Lita came out alone. Wearing a dark green thong bikini, she looked mad and tired at the same time. She knew this was a setup against her. She had talked to Trish this week, and was encouraged by her physical progress, but had not heard from her today. Trish promised to be here. She had an old friend coming by her home to help her up and to bring her to the studio. Lita was hopeful, but not overly confident.

As Stephanie was following Chyna’s stretcher, she saw Lita alone and sought to help her as well. Stephanie soon followed Lita and went straight to her father.

“Daddy, you can’t do this to Lita. After all she did for your company, at least give her a different slot tonight to give Trish more time to get here!” She begged.

“I’m sorry little girl, but your Lita is going to have to go it alone if Trish doesn’t show. But just so she gets straight to the ring, I’ve posted a special guard at the DIVA entrance to make sure Trish is greeted and brought in.”

Seeing she had no choice, Stephanie went to Lita at the side of the ring and told her she would check on this security guard and watch for Trish. Lita thanked her and they parted. Lita bounced in the ring, trying to limber up as Kimberly crawled in to referee and awaited Lita’s opponents.

Jazz and Shaniqua then came out to surprisingly loud cheers from the all-female audience. They wore their matching black thong bikinis again and paraded around slapping hands and greeting their fans.

They strutted around the entire ring as Lita eyed them from within. Once satisfied that they had touched each fan, they charged into the ring and attacked Lita together. Lita was able to fend them off for a few moments with hip tosses and blocked punches, but two against one usually wins and it was Jazz who finally scored a DDT on Lita, dropping her in the middle of the ring. Kimberly finally got Shaniqua to exit the ring. But once Shaniqua was through the ropes, Sunny came to the ring and announced that this tag team semi-final would be a tornado style match where all wrestlers would be in the ring at the same time.

Jazz and Shaniqua smiled as Shaniqua came back through the ropes and assisted Jazz in lifting Lita and dropping her with a double power slam. Jazz lifted her again and flung her into the ropes as she and Shaniqua locked arms to form a clothesline, but when Lita came off she instinctively ducked and bounded to the other side, when she came off she leaped and knocked them both down with a double arm clothesline of her own.

Lita rolled through and scrambled up for another attack. She dropped kicked Jazz against the corner turnbuckle, and then drop kicked Shaniqua to the opposite corner. She turned and charged at Jazz, goring her into the corner. She turned and charged at Shaniqua, goring her as well. She stood back and then planted three kicks to Shaniqua’s stomach knocking the amazon to the mat. She then turned and charged at Jazz for another gore, but was stunned when Jazz moved and Lita’s shoulder connected with the middle of the ringpost.

Jazz staggered to stand behind Lita. She grabbed each of Lita’s legs and lay backwards, catapulting the back of Lita’s head up into the bottom of the top metal turnbuckle. Lita bounced back down and grabbed her head in pain as she coiled in the corner of the mat.

Jazz stomped at Lita’s head until Lita was able to roll out of the ring. Once on the floor, Lita scrambled up and leaned away from the ring. But once she was too close to the fans, an aggressive black woman reached out, over the barrier wall and grabbed a handful of Lita’s red hair. She slammed the back of Lita’s head against the barrier but didn’t release her hair. She spun Lita around and gave her a forearm across her cheek. Lita wobbled back but the woman still refused to release the redhead. The woman spun Lita again, arched her backwards across the barrier and pounded her chest three times. When she released Lita, she sank to the mats, nearly out. Jazz came through the ropes and high-fived her sister, Zira, then helped her over the wall. Zira and Jazz lifted Lita and flung her against the steel corner ringpost. Lita fell backwards with an open gash on her forehead. Zira then lifted Lita, held her arms behind her back and kept her still as Jazz unloaded several punches to her gut and face.

Vince then announced that Trish had arrived and that they would cut to the back to see if she was coming. When the camera came on, it showed the back of a security guard. Seconds later, the guard turned to the camera and winked. It was Jackie Gayda. As the door was being opened, she stepped back and watched from a hidden spot as Trish slowly came through. Just as Trish cleared the doorway, Jackie nailed her with a from-behind clothesline.

Trish hit the ground face first. Jackie then stomped her back and head several times before answering her squeaking walkie talkie.

“Yes, sir……yes sir………I will sir…………with pleasure sir!” Were her comments to the device.

Jackie lifted Trish up by the hair, and whipped her back into the door, face first.

“OOPS, sorry Trish, I thought it was open.” Jackie laughed out loud. She lifted Trish again, punched her once in the stomach then walked her back to the door and said, “The boss says you have to knock and ask to come in, you can’t just run through the door without permission.” Jackie whipped her against the door again, and again she fell back but this time to the open arms of Jackie who applied an excruciating full nelson. Trish screamed and kicked in pain but was unable to break the hold of the taller and stronger rookie.

Back in the ring, Lita had been rolled back into the ring by Jazz. Zira grabbed a table from where she had been sitting and pushed it into the ring. Kimberly protested until Sunny informed her that Vince had made it a hard-core/no dq match as well. Zira and Shaniqua set the table up in the middle of the ring and laid Lita across it. Jazz grabbed Lita’s hands and Zira her feet and they held Lita still as Shaniqua climbed to the top of the nearest corner and prepared to leap. Once there, Shaniqua did a muscle pose, then threw herself across the ring, landing with a violent leg-drop across Lita’s stomach and crashing through the table.

Shaniqua rolled away in some pain, but seemingly delighted with her attack. Zira then rolled the unmoving Lita to her stomach, sat on her back and pulled her arms back for a camel clutch, or what’s known in the WWE as a Steiner recliner. Jazz laughed at her sister’s proficiency.

Once again, the camera in the back came on and it showed Jackie still holding Trish in a full nelson, but Trish was now on her knees, arms dangling at her sides with Jackie towering over her from behind. The walkie-talkie came on again and Jackie released Trish as she slumped to the cement floor.

After listening, Jackie lifted Trish by the hair again and prepared to drag her to the ring when the back door opened again. Jackie turned in curiosity to see who else had come. Who she saw was Trish’s friend, the woman who had picked her up, and even though they were late, she got her there. Holding the bags that Trish had forgotten about since she rushed in was the former WCW and WWE champion, Madusa!

Jackie looked at Madusa with confusion.

“Madusa? I didn’t know Vince had called you back too?”

Madusa walked in and stood beside Jackie, still holding Trish’s bags, she looked down at Trish and shook her head, “You’ve really done a number on her, haven’t you?”

“Yeah, Vince told me to wait for her here and keep her from entering the ring, under her own power. I just got the call to bring her ass in there, now that she’s useless. So Vince called you in to pretend to help Trish?” Jackie asked again.

“No…” Madusa whispered, “Trish called me.”

By the time these last words hit Jackie’s ears, it was too late. The bags Madusa had been holding were now flying up to Jackie’s head, one on each side. As they crashed into the sides of her head, Madusa foot came up and landed in Jackie stomach. Once doubled over, Madusa brought the bags down on Jackie’s back until she was face down on the floor. As Madusa helped Trish up, and carried her towards the ring, Vince was screaming in his microphone at the crimes Madusa was committing.

Vince yelled to the trio in the ring, informing them that Trish was coming, and so was Madusa!

Zira released Lita, and stood beside her sister as they and Shaniqua stood together, facing the red curtain, waiting for the champions to come in.

Seconds later, Madusa came through the curtain helping a hobbling Trish.
Madusa helped Trish to a chair, leaving her for a quick rest, then walked towards the ring. She looked past the three women in the ring and glared at Vince, knowing that this setup was all his doing.

Vince saw her stare, then announced that Madusa was now a part of Trish and Lita’s team, and Zira was joining her sister and Shaniqua. The crowd went nuts for the new arrangements. Lita began to stir in the middle of the ring where she had been dumped from a bodyslam from Zira. Shaniqua went back to her and grabbed a handful of hair, pulled her to a kneeling position and pointed at Madusa saying, “Your next!”

Madusa charged the ring and was met by Zira and Jazz. The two black women unloaded a barrage of punches to Madusa’s head and chest as she tried to get in. Being slightly bigger and not as tired, Madusa finally blocked Zira’s third hit and returned one of her own. She was then tackled by Jazz but was able to roll over on top of her and land two punches to her face before Jazz pushed her off.

Shaniqua saw her partner’s battle and decided to join. She lifted Lita and pushed her head between her knees, lifted her by her thong, painful wedgie, and dropped her in a piledriver. Lita fell over in a dead heap. But before Shaniqua could reach Madusa, from behind, Jacqueline slammed a chair onto Shaniqua’s head. The big amazon dropped to her knees. Another chair shot from Jacqueline fell Shaniqua to the mat. Jacqueline then pulled Lita’s lifeless body over Shaniqua’s, tapped Kimberly on the shoulder, then slid out of the ring and escaped through the crowd.

When Kimberly reached two, Jazz and Zira, who were sitting atop Madusa, holding her down and punching her face, realized that Shaniqua was on the bottom, and Lita on top. They were unable to break up the pin and had to settle for a loss. Kimberly announced Trish and Lita as the winners and advancing to the next PPV tag team title match. Vince was furious, as was Zira and Jazz. By this time, Trish had crawled into the ring. Zira and Jazz looked around, saw the chair, realized that Lita was too out to have done it, then saw Trish in ring. Seeing no one else, they presumed that it was her who used the chair to knock Shaniqua out.

Zira went over and lifted a groggy Trish by the hair. Jazz was following her until Madusa, who was on the mat, reached out and grabbed Jazz’s ankle. Jazz stomped Madusa’s head and freed herself from her grip. She joined Zira in double-teaming Trish. Kimberly tried to break them up but was rewarded with a backhand slap from Zira, and a low blow from Jazz. Kimberly dropped to her knees in pain. Jazz grabbed her head with both hands and drove her knee into Kimberly’s chest. Kimberly fell back causing her breasts to fall out of her small referee bikini top. Zira went back to Trish, lifted her up to a standing position and then clotheslined her back down. She lifted her again, lifted her for a slam and then inverted her in the corner. Zira ripped the shirt from Trish’s torso, dropped to her knees in front of Trish, and pounded her breast.

After throwing Kimberly from the ring, Jazz went back to Madusa, lifted her up for a bodyslam, and inverted her in the opposite corner of Trish.

By this time, Shaniqua came to, although groggy. Jazz told her what must have happened. After kicking Lita in the head, she lifted her and inverted her in another corner of the ring.

The three black women took turns kicking each of their opponents, alternately punching their crotch, followed by kicks to their stomachs and chest.

After several minutes of this trapped abuse, Sunny came into the ring and informed them that they needed to stop, and that Vince would compensate them at the next PPV. He knew they were cheated, and he would make amends next time. After complaining for a few more minutes, the threesome left the ring but not without punishing Lita a few shots more since she was on their way to the back.

Once the three women were back down the hall, Stephanie came out and released the three beaten women. She helped them from the ring and informed them of their win. They were happy, but in a lot of pain.

“Debra, call out the last match, then get in there and try not to screw it up like Miss Kimberly over there!” Vince ordered as he pointed at the topless DIVA still crawling around the floor and holding her crotch.

The Main Event……………Championship Match pitting Molly against Torrie Wilson!

To be continued…………………………