War for the heart of wrestling: A Faction War (Rhea Ripley X Male OC)

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"Watson Wins! Lee watson has turned on his biggest ally, his brother in arms, the vanguard has just broken up on the biggest stage in wrestling! Lee watson has captured the united states championship from Merrick blackwood in what was essentially a back to back match for blackwood and nobody can believe what they just saw! not even the former champion himself Dean ambrose, What a way for watson to cash in on his money in the bank win but at what cost?"

Michael Cole gave play by play to the current situation at hand in the ring as the main event of wrestlemania 33 was slowly approaching its more than eventful ending as both originally designated competitors in dean ambrose and merrick blackwood attempted to collect themselves while making there way out of the ring with one obviously worse off then the other as the two spoke in hushed whispers along the ramp with ambrose checking on his younger opponent

"you good kid, I know that knee's screwed to all shit" merrick only groaned and sighed as he attempted to walk back up the ramp but was failing absolutely miserably so it was more of a dragging the limb while trying to walk leading to a very obvious and clear limp even with included help from a on site medic "I'll be alright man, just..help me to med" ambrose nodded as he helped the young man to the back with the two of them getting through the curtain of the guerilla and passing both of their bosses on the way in stephanie mcmahon and her husband triple h while also catching a bit more of the announcer commentary

"yea cole you can definitely say that again, i mean for one thing lets obviously give the kid his due for the great match he put on with ambrose, who isn't a slouch either that match was something special especially considering the obvious knee injury he sustained during the first half of this probably now infamous match so to do what he did on one knee is something special the kid should be proud of this, watson just lasted a little longer tonight."

Corey graves gave off his input to what just went on in the ring as the show was closing off with Michael Cole giving off a final thought before I decided to head off "I guess you're right Corey but I still would've never thought that something like this would happen I mean not to these guys at least, even if we've seen it once before in rollins and his breaking up of the shield, everyone thought the vanguard would be different where as the shield was becoming a family, a brotherhood; the guard was a family these boys were brothers raised in the business exclusively with just each other to lean on." I saw Corey nod at this "well Cole absolute power corrupts absolutely, I guess Vince's promises finally got to watson and now here we stand."

Losing sucks. It does that feeling of giving all that you have only for it to not be enough is almost the most soul crushing feeling but what hurts worse than losing is letting people down that have poured into you and want nothing but success for you that's the ultimate pain to lose on the biggest stage your profession has to offer is one thing but to do so the way that I did is a entirely different feeling of pain to carry it's something that haunts you, it follows you, no matter the other accomplishments you put on your resume that moment will always be there to remind you of your failure and inadequacy no matter how much better you think you've gotten the loss still sits on your shoulders and you're destined to carry the weight same as atlas is the bearer of the sky on his.

I couldn't help but to feel like this as i sat with my thoughts in the somewhat small medical room with our on site medic checking me over and going through a few quick tests since we didn't have full medical equipment like your local hospital would but that didn't make the situation any better "damn kid you sure do know how to have a war huh a match with ambrose then go right up against watson sheesh"

I groaned as he touched at my ribs poking and feeling at them "mhmm, mhm come on terry that shit hurts man" he nodded acknowledgement as he gave me a look before moving on to my damaged knee which he attempted to run tests on but considering it's state even in me trying to push it along there was no use "yea kid that knee is pretty fucked, you definitely need the hospital for it" I only huffed at this "ight man"

I slowly attempted to scoot off the table while holding onto it at the same time until he stopped me "hey, you're not gonna be able to walk on that let me grab your parents" I didn't reply to him and just leaned back on the table as after a few minutes my parents both came into the room obviously worried about me which I tried to ease "its only a scratch I think I should be fine ya'll" they both ignored me as they helped me to get off the table and out of the building and to the car for a much needed hospital visit.

The ride to the hospital was quiet but not awkward just comfortable my parents in one world me in another as I finally got my phone after going through my mom's tote bag and feeling it vibrate letting me know things were happening that I needed to check out as I layed out on the back seat of the car going through messages but that's really all I wanted to be doing at the moment.

Rollins: hey kid hell of a match don't worry about the loss just focus on that knee and getting back healthy don't rush it and I feel a way about that twist at the end but we'll talk about that later lol

Becky: hey lad, the match was great now get to work on your knee we gonna miss ya here 😢

Roman: saw the match uce, one hell of a performance but get ready to be back stronger and better we gonna have a lot of catching up to do and to talk about especially that little surprise 💪🤨

I appreciated the messages and people showing all there concern for me as they all were some variation on wishing me well about my knee which i had layed across the rest of the backseat as I did reply to a few more and told others I'd facetime later if I could but all of that immediately took a backseat once I got a message from the person I cared about more than anybody excluding my parents;

Sunshine🌞: hey baby, I saw the match and you did absolutely amazing but I saw you get hurt so please go get checked for me and let me know how it goes

i just nodded to myself and let her know that I would as we pulled up to the hospital and I got out with my parents help as we got all my information and waiting on done with relatively fast which allowed me to get put into a room pretty quick and get x-rays taken care of now I just sat in the bed of my hospital room waiting on the doctor to come in after my x-rays and everything else was taken care of as my parents finally decided to finally speak to me with my dad breaking the silence

"hey buddy, how would you feel about being on "creative", you transitioning over while you heal up" I looked over at him as he used air quotes when he said the word creative which put me on alert a little "it would be something interesting, why you askin tho" he shrugs "I know you so I'm just trying to give you something to keep you busy" I nod as I get another message since I got my phone back and it's from stephanie herself which i mumbled siletly to myself

"hey sweetheart, I know you're probably down right now but don't worry about anything just focus on healing up and me, hunter and your parents decided it would be best for you to take some extended time so enjoy that for me we'll welcome you back with open arms as soon as your ready"

I was confused and only looked at my dad as i tossed my phone to him gently "ay dad, explain this" I watched my dad as he read it over then looked at me calmly explaining what I was about to go through "just we all decided that it would be best for you right now to take a break budddy you know me and mom have been watching you and it seems like you been extra just...not depressed but almost like this is all weighing on you and we don't want that for you this is something we want you to love and enjoy this so we were just gonna let you explore other things outside wrestling"

I looked at him absolutely floored and lowly mumbled "you fuckin kidding me" he shook his head ignoring my use of crude language given the situation and looked to my mom who I looked at as well as she spoke "yea baby we're just trying to take care of you, all this just seemed like it was taking a toll on you so we just wanted to give you space to grow" I turned away from them both now having to deal with all these mixed emotions I was having only letting go a huff of frustration before i replied "ight i guess"

if only in that moment I had realized how much this moment would change everything for me both in positive ways and negative. 7 years never flew by so fast but I'd figure that out soon then I got one more message before I drifted off thinking and to eventual sleep

Duncan: everybody's talkin about the ending, what we got cookin is gonna be something to remember, enjoy the work brother we got ppl to shock and lives to change 😎🔥