It All Started With A Kiss

Confrontation With Dashing Cody Rhodes

Tonight is the night, NXT. Tonight is the last night before the finale next Tuesday, Alex better win. Aly and I are backstage with Mike and Alex waiting for the beginning of the show. They show a look back at last week from who got eliminated that night. First Percy Watson, then Husky Harris and also when Cody flipped out on everyone. We watch backstage the opening for the show and when they show Mike and Alex, Aly and I clap and cheer. We wait backstage near the curtain to wait to be called out by Jamie.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome your WWE pros."

First Kofi comes out.

"Kofi Kingston!"

Then Zack Ryder comes out, he actually looks decent tonight.

"Zack Ryder!"

Third was Cody Rhodes.

"Dashing Cody Rhodes!"

Fourth was LayCool.

"The self-proclaimed women's champion LayCool!"

Fifth was MVP, I respect this guy so much.

"Montel Vontavious Porter, MVP!"

Then the music stops for a second.

"Ladies and gentlemen please welcome your three NXT rookie finalists."

Kaval comes out first.

"Kaval!"

LayCool obviously cheers for him. He goes down the ramp and gets into the ring. Next was

Alex, and I come out with him. I don't know about Mike and Aly, maybe they'll come out later hopefully.

"Alex Riley!"

I walk down the ramp with him, my arm in his. We get into the ring, with him helping me of course and wait for Michael McGillicutty to come out. Finally he does come out.

"Michael McGillicutty!"

He walks down the ramp as everyone else does and gets into the ring and Kofi claps for him. Now Matt Striker is in the ring and has the mic.

"Gentlemen, welcome and congratulations. Now twelve weeks ago we started with eight rookies all with a dream to become the WWE's next breakout star."

I stand there next to Alex and nod my head in approval of him. He has to win and be the breakout star, he's the whole package.

"And now with next week being our season finale, we're down to our final three."

Alex claps his hands together and smiles.

"I'd like to hear from each of you, how does it feel to make it to the finals of NXT. Michael McGillicutty come on."

Alex and I stand there and watch him talk.

"How does it feel? Take a look around, look at all these people around here. Woo, man I love my job. This is the greatest job in the world. And these are truly the greatest days of my life. I'm in the finals of NXT. I'll honor my success to my pro Kofi Kingston! I love you Kofi. And the fact that I get to perform in the same ring as my father did, makes it all worth it. Thank you." He ends and hands the mic back to Matt Striker.

"Thank you Michael. Alex Riley, you're a finalist. How do you feel?"

Alex tried taking the mic away from Striker, and it seems like Striker has a bit of an attitude with Alex. Now Alex does have the mic and he answers the question.

"Well frankly Matt, I expected to be here."

I clap and everyone else in the arena boos him.

"Easy, easy. Let's take this opportunity to examine what this contest is really about. Okay, this contest is about finding the next breakout star!" he said dragging out 'star' looking at McGillicutty and Kaval.