Kevin's POV:
One. Two. Three. I rolled off of the guy and the referee raised my hand up high saying, "Winner Steen!" I was in the performance center training for my big NXT debut. It's been exactly two weeks since I last saw Nicole. I wasn't worried though. I know she has to keep up appearances with John and pretend like nothing's changed in their relationship. But something has. She knows it has. I don't wanna sound arrogant but I'm probably on her mind right now. Like she's on mine. Like she is always on my mind and always will be. "Steen!" I snapped out of it and turned around. Outside of the ring was the boss man himself, Triple HHH. "Yeah?" "Come here. I need to speak with you."
I exited the ring and hopped down on the floor. I walked toward Hunter. I'm pretty sure I looked disgusting since I was drenched in sweat but I didn't care. All sweat is is determination and hard work. "I saw you get involved Monday Night with a certain divas match." I nodded, "They were ganging up on Nikki. It wasn't right." "I didn't say it was it's just..how can I put this. Ah. I'm not in charge of the divas division. Do I have some input in it? Sure but, my wife makes the final call. She was angry about what you done last week because her soul intent is to punish Nikki." "I've noticed," I mumbled then looked at him, "What is the endgame in punishing Nikki? Just take it out on someone else. Someone as useless as like Summer Rae or something. Nikki has potential to be one of the top divas on main roster and you treat her like shit. And I don't appreciate you and your wife treating my wife like some kind of joke." I was steaming and if I kept talking, I probably would've cursed him out and lost my job at that moment. Hunter looked at me curiously, "Wife?"
I froze. Shit. God dammit Kevin. "I said your wife," I tried to clean it up but Hunter shook his head. "So that's why you came to her aid out there?" "Look, she loves John. I don't know why but she does. So this can't be spread okay? Nobody but you and I and her. Please." I can't believe I'm begging another man to keep a secret I don't want to be a secret. I'm only doing this for Nicole though. Any other person, I would've let him spread the news. "Hey Hunter, you guys done with this ring or?" I know that voice. I smirked then turned around slowly folding my arms.
"And why the hell would you think I'm done with the ring?" I asked quickly climbing back inside. John Cena stared at me, "Well I just assumed since you were outside of it and no ones in here now-" "That's why you don't go around assuming shit, Johnny." I smirked at him chewing my gum arrogantly. John nodded chuckling. I even hate the way he laughs. "You're Kevin, right?" "What's it to you?" "Nicole told me about you." I knew I was on her mind. "Did she? What is it there to say?" "Just that you and her are friends and that you've recently signed with NXT. Congrats on that by the way." Is this guy serious? He's got this nice guy act down pact. I'm almost buying it. He even held out his hand for me to shake but I stared at it then finally said, "I'm not apart of the John Cena fan club so put your damn hand down because I'm not buying your nice guy routine. There's no cameras here John, no need to put on a smile and a handshake."
He sighed and dropped, "She told me you were an ass." "What else did Nicole tell you?" I grinned. I should probably quit teasing him but he's like that dumb jock in high school that has no idea his girl is banging the witty smart ass in front of him. It's pretty hilarious. "Well I know you have feelings for her. I understand, believe me, I've been where you're at when it comes to her." Trust me, he has no idea. "Oh yeah..my feelings for her? I have feelings for her? Wow, someone should tell my heart that." "Are you saying you don't?" "Nikki is uh..she's very special to me. I'm very protective over her. It's like if I see one nail broken and it's not from the ring, then I'll kill someone just so the pain of that broken nail will be forgotten when she sees the pain the person dying is in." "That's a pretty dark way of looking at it."
"Just protecting my.." I stopped then gritted my teeth, "Just protecting Nicole." "I just wanted you to know that what you did last week with saving her is appreciated-" "I didn't do it for you. I did it for her. I did it because a real man defends someone they love and not stay backstage to watch them suffer." "I would ha-" "No. You wouldn't have. She would've been ganged up on out there. She needed you. And you weren't there. So I was, like I will be from now on." I didn't realize that we were face to face until we had a stare off in the center of the ring. "I understand you have a crush on Nikki. But I see that wedding band on your finger and you consider your wife next time you're saving Nicole."
I started to say something else but Hunter's voice interrupted, "Cena, Steen." We both turned to where he was and he pointed between us, "You both want the ring to train in? You'll both get it. Fight each other." Finally. I've been waiting to beat this guy senseless for awhile now. I looked at him, smiled, then stepped back a little. Hunter ordered another referee in the ring for us and that referee pretended to point as a signal to ring the bell if we had one. I carefully walked around the ring not taking my eyes off Cena and he did the same. We locked up quickly and that's when it began.
The "match" I guess you can call it went on for a really long time. Longer than necessary. Everyone got through with their training and was now surrounded around our ring watching us. There was a few times where I thought about just lying down for three seconds and letting him have the ring. But then I'd quickly realize, I'm not a quitter. And neither is he apparently. He gained the upper hand a few times and I did the same. We treated this like a real match. This match had went on so long that outside when we started it was light out, now it's getting dark. Hunter was into it and just smiling. Probably impressed with me.
Right when it seemed like I was about to win is when I heard my name being called, "Kevin! Kevin, what the hell are you guys doing?" I didn't have to look at her to know it was Nikki on the outside of the ropes. I answered her as I put John in a headlock, "Just wrestling my queen. What about you?"
"Let go of him. This is ridiculous. You two have been fighting for three hours straight, you're gonna get dehydrated and pass out." I held my arms around his neck squeezing tighter as people started cheering for me. All except Nikki. "Kevin let go you're choking him!" "I know that's the point of wrestling." "You're gonna kill him!"
Everyone started telling me to let go just like Nikki did but I kept the hold until the referee counted to nine. I held my hands up stepping back from him and smiled like a mad man while Cena was choking in the middle of the ring. "Doesn't feel so good being tortured huh!? Imagine how she felt. Come on, Johnny! Come on, John Cena! Show me what's so great about you. Come on!" I taunted then stepped close again, against the ref's protest and I smacked him across the face a couple times. "Kevin stop being an arrogant asshole!" Nikki yelled frustrated. The referee looked at Hunter and shook his head. Hunter sighed, "Okay everyone that's it. Show's over. John can't go on any longer. Nothing more to-Kevin god dammit! It's over. You proved your point."
I smiled and held Cena up. I set him up for what I like to call the Package Piledriver. Once I connected it, I sat on the mat for awhile since that's where I usually land and grinned at Nikki. But she wasn't impressed. She was furious. "Baby, you use to love when I finish matches off like that, remember?" I kept smiling at her.
All she did in return was shake her head and slide into the ring. Straight to John..
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The video above is the Package Piledriver that Kevin Steen uses. In the video, he uses it on Maria (former WWE diva) but of course in the story, he uses it on John. If you haven't seen the move before or have and want to see it again, I highly encourage to watch the video :) it's pretty awesome.
