Disclaimer: I don't own any WWE Superstars, including CM Punk...sigh... And I am not affiliated with WWE in ny way. I am making no money off of this, it's purely for fun... So please don't sue me.
Kayley Bedell walked through a crowded hallway clutching her gym bag for dear life. She was back-stage at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania searching desperately for the office of Stephanie McMahon. Kayley was the newest WWE Diva added to the RAW roster and tonight was her premiere. She grew up watching wrestling, eventually joining two different independent federations in her home state, which also happened to be Pennsylvania.
"Miss can I help you?" A stage hand said, smiling sweetly. She was only about 5' with bright blue eyes and dirty blonde hair.
"Yes, um I'm looking for Stephanie McMahon's office."
"You must be Kayley. I'm Andrea." The women said holding out her hand, which Kayley accepted. "Steph told me you were coming tonight. Don't worry follow me." She lead her through the twisting hallways and Kayley eyed several superstars as she walked by, who were giving her curious glances. As they came around yet another corner Kayley locked eyes with none-other than the head of the Chain Gang himself, John Cena. He gave her a sweet smile making Kayley blush. Unfortunately she didn't see that Andrea had stopped and she ran right into her. She mumbled her apologies as she hear John's booming laugh.
"I... sorry I was.."
"It's ok hun. Cena, stop being an ass!" Andrea screamed, but she still smiled at him. Kayley just looked at her stunned. "Don't worry, you'll get used to it." Andrea then knocked quickly on the door in front of her.
"Come in!" A female voice said.
"That's your cue Kayley. Good luck."
"Thanks Andrea." She watched the blonde walk away before placing her hand on the door knob and turning it slightly. The door opened to reveal Stephanie sitting behind her desk, a stack of papers a mile high in front of her.
"Why hello there Miss Bedell." She said standing. They shook hands and Stephanie motioned for Kayley to sit across from her.
"Please, call me Kayley."
"Well Kayley please call me Stephanie or Steph, which ever you prefer. We're pretty laid back around here... most of the time." Kayley just smiled and laughed slightly. Steph cocked her head to one side and gazed over Kayley's appearance.
"I-Is something wrong?" She asked looking down at her clothes.
"Oh, no not at all. It's just the last picture I have of you, your hair is bright blue."
"Oh... Yeah, it faded almost to white so I decided to go back to my natural dark brown. Should I dye it back to blue?"
"Actually why don't you keep it like this just until we figure out your character a little more." Stephanie said grabbing a file. "So you want to still go by the ring name you used in your independent feds?"
"Yes, if I could." Kayley's ring name was Alexis. She had gotten the name from her cousin as a temporary ring name, but it just stuck.
"That's no problem. We have your entrance music set up it's going to be 'Ugly' by the Exies, starting at the chorus." Kayley smiled, she was astatic she was going to be able to use that song. She had used it in her indy federations, but now it was actually legal. "So tonight is just going to be you coming out and taking on Jillian, I know the two of you met yesterday to go through the match, is everything working for you?"
"Yes, I am extremely excited."
"You should be, not many new Diva's get to win their first match." Stephanie gave her a kind smile. "You're going to be great out there. You nervous?"
"Very." Kayley admitted laughing slightly. "I've never performed for this many people."
"Don't worry, once you get out there it's a piece of cake. Do you have any other questions?"
"Just which way to the locker room." Stephanie smiled widely at her newest Diva.
"That's what I like to hear. You just take a right after you leave the office and your very next right is the Diva's locker room."
"Thank you Stephanine." Kayley stood up and shook her boss's hand. "It's an honor to be working here."
"It's a pleasure to have you." Stephanie said before re-claiming her seat and pulling another file in front of her. "Good luck out there." Kayley said thank you again before leaving the office. Once the door was firmly closed behind her, she let out a nervous sigh.
"You must be our newest Diva." John Cena said smiling at her and holding out his hand. "Nice to meet you I'm John Cena."
"I know. It's nice to meet you too. I'm Kayley Bedell, but my ring name is Alexis."
"Kayley, welcome to RAW." He kissed the top of her hand.
"Thank you."
"You're facing Jillian tonight right?" He asked falling in step beside her as she walked toward the locker room.
"Yeah, I'm nervous as hell but excited."
"I remember what it was like before going out there for the first time, but trust me as soon as you get out there the nervousness fades away and it's incredible." They stopped in front of the locker rooms.
"I should get ready, but it was nice meeting you John." She shook his hand again.
"Nice meeting you too Kayley, and good luck out there." Kayley smiled at him and he gave her a wink before heading off towards, what Kayley suspected, was his locker room. She opened the door to her own locker room and suddenly several pairs of eyes were upon her. Every RAW Diva was there.
"Ummm... hi" She said nervously. "I'm Kayley Bedell the newest Diva." Beth Phoenix, the Glamazon and current women's champion, stood up and walked toward her. Kayley fought the urge to run.
"Hey Kayley, it's nice to meet you. I'm Elizabeth Kocanski." She said shaking Kayley's hand. "But you can just call me Beth."
"It's an honor to meet you Beth." Kayley said almost in shock. Beth was hands down her favorite Diva on RAW and tied for her favorite current WWE Diva. Mostly because Beth was dominant. She was strong, and wasn't in the ring to just look like a barbie doll.
"No, trust me it's an honor to meet you." Kayley looked at her confused. "I've been watching your matches on tape. You do a damn good backwards moonsault."
"Thank you." Kayley said slightly blushing. Beth took her around the locker room and introduced her to Katie Lea, Melina, Mickie James, and Kelly Kelly. The latter of which Kayley noticed was not the nicest person she'd ever met.
"Hey Jillian." Kayley said brightly at the woman who was going to be her very first WWE opponent.
"Hey Kayley, you ready for tonight?"
"Yep. I'm ready."
"You ready to hear her sing?" Mickie said playfully pushing Jillian.
"That I might not be ready for." Several of the Diva's laughed. Well, except for Barbie Blank. AKA: Kelly Kelly.
"I don't see why they're letting you win tonight." Kelly said staring daggers at Kayley. "Jillian if I was you I'd be pissed."
"Leave her alone Kelly." Melina said shaking her head.
"Yeah Barbie here is just jealous because she couldn't pull of the moves you can if her life depended on it." Beth said smirking. Kelly stormed out of the room. "I really don't like that girl."
"She always seems so nice on television." Kayley said pulling on her knee pads.
"Yeah, she's a piece of work. She think's she's hot shit. Just like Maria." Beth said rolling her eyes.
"Maria? She's a bitch?" Kayley asked shocked.
"Yeah. She's worse than Kelly... If that's possible." Melina answered Kayley.
"Come on guys they're not that bad." Mickie protested.
"Mickie you're too nice to them." Beth said a little annoyed. "If they said half the shit to me that they have said to you... I would have beat the shit out of them."
"Come on guys let's just forget about it and concentrate on tonight." Katie was stretching and the girls fell into a comfortable silence for a while.
"Well." Jillian said startling everyone. "You ready to get out there Kayley?" Kayley's head turned to the clock on the wall. It was time for her debut. She nervously shook her head and followed Jillian out of the locker rooms as the other Diva's gave her words of encouragement. They got to the gorilla position and several other superstars were standing around. Kayley felt her stomach turn and she rubbed her forehead, trying not to think about how nervous she actually was.
"You're going to be fine babe." A deep voice said from behind her. She turned to see the smiling face of John Cena which Kayley definitely needed at that moment.
"Or she could fall flat on her face walking down the ramp." His voice was a little hoarse and the World Heavyweight Championship belt was draped across his shoulder.
"Punk leave her alone." Jillian said narrowing her eyes.
"What she can't stick up for herself?" CM Punk answered back.
"You're right Punk, I could fall flat on my face walking down the ramp." Kayley started. "Or I could try to jump over the top rope and look like an ass as I take a face plant right into the ring. How many times have you done that now?" John Cena laughed and Punk just glared at her. Jillian's music started and she walked through the curtain.
"Awe, someone thinks they're big and bad. Might want to actually make a name for yourself before you start criticizing real talent." He walked past her toward the locker rooms.
"Is he always like that?" Kayley asked Cena.
"Yeah, he can be. Don't worry about him." Kayley did some last minute stretches and turned her attention to the monitor, waiting for her cue. She laughed slightly at Jillian's "singing."
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"What?" Jillian said excitedly. "I know you all love my singing voice! Everyone loves my singing voice!" The crowd began to boo louder. "Any superstar who says other wise is just wrong."
"We are dirt, we are alone
You know we're far from sober!" Alexis' music blasted through the arena and she walked down the ramp. She was wearing black baggy jeans and a tight blue tank top with a star on the front. She slapped fans hands as she made her way ringside and the she climbed into the ring and grabbed the mic out of Jillian's hand.
"You've got to be kidding me!" She said shaking her head. Jillian looked confused. "That singing was so bad I swear dogs were crying!" The fans roared. Jillian grabbed another mic.
"Who do you think you are?" She asked pushing Alexis' shoulder.
"Alexis."
"Well Alexis, you're on RAW now and you need to realize who the REAL Diva is!" She began singing again and Alexis just shook her head and looked around the crowd. Without warning she grabbed Jillian and threw her into a corner. The ref threw the mics out of the ring and the bell rang. Alexis pulled Jillian to the center of the ring before throwing her against the ropes and clotheslining her. Jillian clutched her neck and tried to stand. Alexis just picked her up only to slap her across the face, receiving another cheer from fans. Jillian caught her off guard and kicked her abdomen before trying to throw Alexis into the ropes. Alexis reversed her and gave Jillian a DDT. As she was laying sprawled out in the ring Alexis climbed to the top turn-buckle and executed a perfect moonsault. The fans cheered and were on their feet as Alexis covered Jillian for the three count. Her music blasted through the arena and the ref raised her hand. In that moment there was no other place she ever wanted to be. The rush was incredible, the fans were incredible. She made her way back up the ring slapping fans hands as she went as the ref started to help Jillian up.
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She got backstage and hugged a waiting, and stunned John Cena. Pulling away quickly she just smiled.
"Sorry, but I had to do that." Kayley said practically jumping up and down.
"Don't feel bad, that's what I did when I came backstage after my first match." Chris Jericho said walking up beside Cena. "Hey, I'm Chris Irvine."
"It's nice to meet you! I'm Kayley Bedell." She said shaking his hand.
"You were great out there. Awesome moonsault." Chris said with a smile.
"Yeah, I didn't know you could do that." Cena said throwing his arm around her.
"I learned just a few months ago. You were right John that was incredible." Kayley was still on cloud 9.
"Kayley!" Jillian engulfed her into a hug. "That was so much fun!"
"Thanks Jillian for letting me do a moonsault onto you. You're okay right?"
"Yeah, perfect! So... what did you think?"
"I think I was in heaven." Cena, Jillian, and Chris all laughed.
"Well guys I gotta get out there. Great debut though Kayley, I'll talk to you later." Chris said with a smile.
"You next big man?" Jillian asked John.
"Yep. Gotta get my rush now." Cena winked at Kayley who was still just beaming.
"Good luck John." Kayley said as Jillian began pulling her back towards the locker rooms. John waved at her and she heard his music start. "Where are we going? Aren't the locker rooms that way?"
"Yeah, but we're going to catering. You must be thirsty." Jillian said and Kayley just nodded her head. A dozen or more superstars were all piled into the medium sized room and Kayley almost felt star struck.
"Hey girl, damn good moonsault." Beth said handing Kayley a bottle of water.
"Thanks Beth!" She replied before opening the bottle and taking several gulps.
"Oh that's lady-like." His hoarse voice bit into Kayley.
"Hello Punk." She said flatly.
"I am surprised you didn't fall on your ass." He said before taking a sip of his own water. Kayley just rolled her eyes. "Oh well their's always next time."
"What's your problem?" Kayley asked her voice raising slightly and Punk smirked before walking out of the room. "What the hell?"
"I don't know. I mean Punk can be a jerk, but he's never been like this to one person." Jillian said shrugging her shoulders.
"I never met the guy, I couldn't have done anything wrong to him already."
"Well, you might want to find out." Beth said casually. "You have to work with the guy and any amount of drama makes work that much harder." Kayley shook her head and downed the rest of her water. She wanted to avoid Punk at all cost.
