Defy Them

Mixed Tag Match Gone Awry

It was Raw, only one week from Money in the Bank, making the excitement among fans even more wild. No one in the audience knew exactly what to expect, but they were about to learn when they looked on the screen to see Vickie Guerrero currently working on some paperwork in her office.

Things were peaceful for her at the moment and she was pleased she wasn't getting any unnecessary interruptions. It was just her alone with the paperwork in front of her.

Unfortunately, after a few seconds of silence and no interruptions, she felt someone rudely tap on her shoulder. She grumbled, annoyed and almost didn't want to know who was behind this.

"Excuse me?" she said, turning to find who it was that tapped her, her tone sounding annoyed.

Much to the Raw General Manager's vexation, it was Smackdown General Manager Teddy Long standing beside her. He was waiting for her to get his attention.

"What do you want?" asked Vickie, rolling her eyes at Teddy.

"Why don't we plan a mixed tag team match?" suggested Teddy a little too enthusiastically.

The Raw General Manager's expression changed from annoyed to near excitement. To her, she was liking where this was going. A tag match at all was something she and Teddy could find common ground in so she couldn't be mad at him for long.

"Who do you have in mind?" she asked, a smile shown on her face.

"A six person mixed tag match and I already have an idea for who I want on one team," answered Teddy. "Cody Rhodes, Wade Barrett, and Imigie."

The raven-haired woman laughed when she heard this. To say she was onboard with this was an understatement. She loved this already surging idea. However, she wondered who would be on the opposing team.

"As for opposing team," continued Teddy. "Two of the members from New Nexus, though Punk should stay out. Things would get messy."

Vickie nodded then both were silent to think of who should take place being in the tag match. Making up a decision was a little tough at the moment, but after another few seconds, a smile crept its way on her face, showing she made up her mind.

"How about David Otunga and Curtis Axel for the men," she suggested. "As for a woman in the team, Layla."

Teddy didn't hold back the smile on his face. He very much liked the idea and was determined to make it work. Sure, he was the Smackdown General Manager and not the Raw General Manager, but he and Vickie found their common ground.

Both general managers didn't hold back their sniggers over their planned mixed tag match. Whether it actually went well or not was the least of their worries. They were more so amused about what the result would end up being, given that it was a week away from Money in The Bank.

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"Whoa! You're only smoke and mirrors!"

The crowd cheered loudly as they saw Cody Rhodes making his way down to the ring. Cody himself was surprised when he learned about that there would be a mixed tag match in place, but he wasn't going to back out. He had decided that this was just one step closer to Money in the Bank.

He stopped at the end of the ramp just when his music stopped playing. He was waiting patiently for his other two partners to come out to the ramp so the three of them could go into the ring and wait for their opponents. Unfortunately, he was about to learn that things wouldn't go as well as planned.

It seemed like Wade Barrett would be the next one to come out, but instead, completely new music began to play in the arena. Cody turned behind him, letting out a gasp in shock to see the entire Nexus team walking fast down the ramp, heading toward him, and the crowd booed loudly in response.

Cody hardly had any time to react before the Nexus members began to beat, toss, and toy with him. He began to think that this was something for CM Punk to deliver a message to Imigie, something he was less than pleased about.

Luckily, he didn't have to be alone for long. Cheers erupted in the arena when they saw Wade Barrett and Imigie running down the ring. Barely a second later, they were now attacking the Nexus members. It was now a full-fledged brawl, this one more intense than the last brawl. Even the referees, who were trying to break up the brawl, had a hard time trying to separate the irate competitors. Imigie and Punk were more irate than the others, unsurprising to their allies, referees, and the fans.

After what it felt like an eternity even though it was about two minutes in the brawl, the referees and the allies of the two opponents managed to pull back the two opponents. Despite this, the two opponents were still hissing and trash-talking to each other.

Backstage, Vickie and Teddy watched from the TV screen, guffawing at the results that happened. Layla was nowhere to be seen while the others had gotten incredibly heated in their feud. The sight was more than amusing to the two general managers, Vickie at one point almost choked on her coffee from laughing and Teddy almost spat out his drink from laughing so hard.

The two calmed down after several seconds and Teddy decided that something else must happen, something that had happened before, but decided it would be best to be safe than sorry. He didn't realize how so intense the opponents were at each other's throats.

"I think I'll let them talk it out this Friday," he said at last. "That didn't work out as planned, and none of us were truly aware about how crazy this would get."

Vickie nodded in agreement with the Smackdown General Manager. Things between both Punk and Imigie got more heated than she realized, but she knew that if the two could handle talking it out without ripping each other after just seconds in their entrances, then it had to be put in place.