The Pin

It had been a long hard six months. While Rehab and the suspension only lasted a month. Davy still had to get himself back in ring shape, and reprove himself to the Locker-room, to the fans and to himself. Thankfully What Shawn told Davy was true, McMahon was still willing to give Davy a second chance. Davy's time in Rehab doubled as a month of arduous physical training, With Davy completely redevoting himself to being a good pro-wrestler. When he came back to competition he was in almost as good of shape as before all his troubles. And he was welcomed back with open arms by everyone. Even Vince gave him a welcome back hug, but more importantly so did Sarah. It wasn't long before the two started dating again, with Davy now in the best emotional state he'd ever been, the relationship was much easier. Davy quickly earned his spot back, being booked to go over (defeat) several minor heels to gain fan support again. The he was given a star making opportunity heading up to Wrestlemania. He was booked as the #1 contender to the Intercontinental Championship, against Shawn Michaels himself. While Shawn had previously stated that he didn't have any real interest in being a champ again, he knew that in order for both of them to stay face(good guys) and have a Wrestlemania match, it had to strictly be about the title. This was going to be Davy's biggest career night to date. And he had a special plan for what to do right after he won the title. It was the third to last match of the night. The only matches bigger were for the Raw and Smackdown World Titles.

The match was perfect. It was nearly half an hour long. Back and forth action, smart counter wrestling, outright brawling, and some amazing turnbuckle and springboard action. Davy knew it was the best match of his life. He was especially proud of the ending. The crowd was red hot. Davy and Shawn stared each other down, the match had already been a five star classic. The crowd was so hot that they could just pause the match and listen. The Crowd alternated its deafening roars "H-B-K!" "LETS GO DAVY!" "H-B-K!" "LETS GO DAVY!" the crowd was so into it that the two men walked to the alternate sides of the ring. And jumped into the corner turnbuckles. Both waved at the crowd and flexed and posed, each taking turns trying to get the crowd even more amped up. When Davy and HBK were sure that the crowd was as loud as they could get, they jumped back into the ring and met in the middle of the ring. The shook hands, and then it resumed. Right during the handshake HBK twisted Davy's arm with a powerful wristlock. Thankfully Davy countered it into a side legsweep, Then Davy did one of his now famous Kip ups but Shawn did one at the exact same time. Again they faced each other, and they started to trade chops. The crowd roared "WOO!" with every strike. Soon Davy grabbed Shawn mid chop and threw him into the ropes with an irish whip. Shawn used that momentum to do a jumping clothesline at Davy, but Davy managed to duck just in the nick of time and grab Shawn, Davy quickly tucked Shawn's leg and away and twisted him into an abdominal stretch. It was a good wear down hold that Davy kept for about 30 seconds, before Shawn managed to get an arm free and elbow Davy in the face to get free. When the hold was broken Shawn capitalized with a scoop slam before rushing back to a turnbuckle to deliver an elbow drop. Davy rolled out of the way and got to his feet. While Shawn was rolling around in agony Davy waited for him to get on his back. After Shawn put both shoulders to the ground Davy smiled. He rushed to the ropes and used them to perform a springboard leg-drop right onto Shawn's stomach. It connected perfectly. Davy then pulled Shawn to his feet, and prepared for his final move. Davy faced Shawn eye to eye, and made that the Camera's could clearly see him say "I love you Man!" Then Davy threw Shawn's head under his arm and grabbed his hands around Shawn's waist, Davy threw himself backwards in a Northern Lights Suplex, it was his finisher, Shawn's shoulders hit the mat, and the ref counted 1-2-3.

Davy's theme song played as the ring announcer called out to the arena "The Winner of this match and new Intercontinental Champion. Davy Ward!"

The time-keeper brought the belt to Davy, who went from Turnbuckle to Turnbuckle showing it off to his fans. Sarah rushed into the ring and into Davy's arms. He accepted her with a huge smooch. And gave her the belt. Then he rolled out of the ring, and lifted the ring apron. It was extremely common for a wrestler to go under the ring and pull out some item to use as a weapon, anything from a kendo-stick to a sledgehammer to a cards table could come out from there any given night, but it was extremely unusual to see a wrestler to pull out what Davy did. A little white box. Davy then walked to the little booth the ring announcers sat in and borrowed a microphone. Davy then climbed back into the ring. The crowd was even hotter for this than they were for the match. Davy smiled at the crowd "Everyone if I can have your attention for just a moment." He asked. There was a rare silence in the stadium that night. "Sarah, the past year half has been a difficult time in my life. I messed myself up pretty badly and you were there watching it happen. But I just want you to know that even though it sucked, really I don't mind. I learned a lot about myself and I learned a lot about life in general. But the most important thing I learned was your name." Davy dropped to his knee, and opened the box, "Sarah, will you marry me?" The whole crowd erupted into cheers. They all started to chant "Say Yes! Say Yes! Say Yes!"

Sarah smiled and fanned herself to make it clear how much she was blushing. Then she stepped over and placed the ring on her right hand's ring finger. "How can a girl turn down a proposal on a live PPV?" She asked the audience. Then she looked at Davy "Get up champ!" Davy got off his knees and wrapped his arms around Sarah. The production guys started to play Davy's theme again. Davy threw his title belt across his shoulder and held Sarah's hand as they walked towards backstage.

As soon as they were away from the camera's eyes, Davy noticed that almost the entire roster and production team had gathered to intercept them. The Diva's swarmed Sarah to inspect her engagement ring, while the guys all patted Davy on the shoulder and said congratulated him, though there were scatterings of comments like "Now my girlfriend is going to expect that." And Triple H bellowed "There's no way I can go on after that!"

Davy looked up and saw all the guys but there was one man in particular he was looking for. And he found him, already in his tights and his trademark black hat, in the back stood the Undertaker. Davy plodded through the group and went straight to undertaker. Davy placed his hand on the much taller man's shoulder. "Hey Taker."

Taker looked down at Davy "Look I want to say I'm sorry?"

Davy laughed "For what. Sure you might have pushed me into a downward spiral that eventually lead to me becoming an alcoholic and almost losing everything. But you did something way more important that day." Davy pointed at Sarah. "You introduced me to the woman I'm going to marry."

Taker smiled "Thank you kid."

Davy smiled back "No thank you Sir." Then in an unprecedented act, Taker and Davy both wrapped their arms around each other and patted each other on the back.

Undertaker then just wandered off somehow disappearing into the now dissipating crowd. Davy then closed his hands. "Dear God, thank you for everything. Please guide me through the next part of my life. Thank you again. Amen" Davis let his mind clear. Then he thought about everything in his life. Warmness filled him, a perfect joy washed over him. He was beyond at peace with the world around him, and he was more than content. For now at least, Davy had achieved perfect happiness.