Mute

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My hand reaches for my chin as I watch the screen in front of me, watching as the camera tries to catch up with both matches that were happening at the same time. In the female ring, it's Becky Lynch versus Carmella. Two powerful women, wrestling it out. Hopefully, my own feet will walk on that very stage tonight and do my part for my own name for once. 

Then on the men's side, it's a different matchup. Austin theory versus Logan Paul. Logan was in the same room as me that I am in now, so seeing that he was picked I wasn't sure who he was going to be up against. Some of the crowd members love him while the other half hate him. Watching the audience members bicker about it was honestly amusing. 

"Alright, ladies and gentlemen, who is ready for the final match of the night? As Theory and Logan finish up, why don't we pick the names of the final fights? Who want's that?" The crowd goes wild as the commentator digs through the buckets of the males' names. Commercials start playing just before the commentator told us who is the final match. They have been doing this, just so the wrestlers are notified and ready for the walkout. Ready for the big reveal to the crowd for the optimal experience. 

The male staff member that helped me earlier today walked into the room, his clipboard still in his hands. A smile comes to his face as everyone else turns to look at him for the news. "Alright for males we have Finn Balor," the smile never leaves his face.

Finn high-fives Damian as the rest of Judgement day gets up, getting ready for their walkout. Dominik throws his arm over Finns' shoulders as they head for the door, smiles on all their faces. Rhea sends me a reassuring smile over her shoulder at me as the door starts to shut between us.

"And Mute for the women's match." The male says, glancing over at me.

Quickly I get up, moving over to him, "Who am I wrestling? Oh god." Every bone in my body hopes that I will be up against someone that's new like me. Someone that is still unknown to the world, having no following. Who knows what is going to happen to me then? 

"Beth Phoenix. Now come on, it's almost showtime."

"You are joking."

"Sorry hun, come on."

I follow him out the same door Judgement day left through, letting him guide me to where I need to go. So the person I am going up against is Beth Phoenix, the woman that is married to the amazing wrestler named Edge. Oh great, I am about to get demolished for the second time in my career. So there goes my chance of hitting the big televisions in a positive way, once again. 

He takes me to the entry for the woman's ring, hidden from the other wrestler to grow more suspicious of the crowd. Shivers run down my spine as I hear the crowd chatting just on the other wall of me, eager to watch the show that is waiting for them.

"Hey," I hear behind me.

Turning around I find Dominik standing there, his hands in his jeans pockets as he stares down at me. "Hey," I shrug in his direction as I find myself pacing once again. 

"I heard, that you were picked."

"Yeah."

"Listen, I know it's kind of crazy and it's all coming down at you once. But don't worry, you are going to do amazing things out there. Plus, if you see your sparkle fading, just look over at the other ring. I'll be there if you need any encouragement, okay?"

"Thank you, Dominik, I appreciate it."

He grabs my shoulders, holding me still as he looks down at me. From my view, I never noticed how pretty his eyes really were. With his hair slicked back it sorta made me think of him in a whole different way tonight. In a way, I really shouldn't be thinking about right now. Sure I've watched him on TV before I was an official wrestler, but that doesn't mean I didn't think he is an attractive man. 

The commentator could be heard telling the crowd that they are back from a commercial break, causing the crowd to cheer. Dominik let his hands on me linger as he sends me a reassuring smile before turning to leave, getting ready for his walkout for Finn. Having him gone made me remember how lonely I am in this wrestling world, how everyone has that person that they can lean on for support. Much like recruitment, I was alone, working out alone and completing tasks alone. 

"Alright Mute, get ready." I hear someone say to me before moving on to inform probably Beth. 

"For the men's wrestling match, for the final match of the night, we have an amazing random pull. We have the amazing Seth Freakin Rollins!"

A course of a theme song from both the speakers and audience members could be heard as he probably walked down the walkway. Cheers as loud as could be, tearing at my ears as he is entering the ring. Boasting about his credibility.

"Seth Rollins is going to be put up against the one and only Finn Balor. A member of Judgement day!"

Another crazy amount of cheers were heard as the four members of Judgement day walks out to the crowd. All I can imagine is how amazing they looked walking down the catwalk, having pure confidence as they stare down at the competitor. How Finn is probably not showing any fear, only because he has none. Who should he anyways, he is amazing at what he does.

"For the ladies, we have a new matchup with a fresh new face but paired up with someone of many years of experience. So let's stop with the secrets, let's do this! For the first wrestler, we have the wonderful Beth Pheonix."

Much to my demise the crowd goes crazy as they cheer for Beth. My heart quickens as a staff member ushers me to the doorway of the entrance, letting me know that it is my turn. That it is my turn to shine. You know what Dominik is right, this is the moment that I have been waiting for. 

The lights in the stadium go dark, letting smoke start up for my grand walkout. This is my moment, the walkout that I have dreamed of since I was a little girl. I've done this once before and it felt amazing, so there is nothing that I have to worry about. All I know is that I will wrestle my heart out on that ring, and whatever happens, happens.

"For a fresh new face, we have the mysterious Mute!"

I take a deep breath as I walk out into the stadium I could hear my walkout song play. It was the instrumental version of disguise by Motionless in White. A spotlight falls on me in the smoke as I place my pointer finger to my lips as a way to quiet the audience. Much to my name Mute. Lights turn back on as I make my way down the catwalk, making my way to the ring where Beth was waiting for me. My eyes move to the other ring where I see Finn and Seth yelling at each other, the other three members of Judgement day circling around the ring. 

Once I make it to the ring Beth was already at my hair, pulling me into the ring with great force. "So," she starts, dropping my hair as she walked around me. "Who is this Mute? Hmm?"

"I don't know Beth, who are you?" I shrug at her.

"You talking defeats the purpose of your name, so why do you call yourself that?"

"That's for me to know, and for you to find out sweetcheeks."

I send her a wink, which throws her off a bit. She regains herself by running at me, getting a grip on my waist. With her force she throws me into the ropes of the ring, knocking the air out of me. Using that speed from my body hitting the rope, I bounce back at Beth. Running right towards her, getting a good grip on her neck, and dropping her to the ground on her back. 

This is game on Beth.