Wrestling With Love

Chapter Fourteen ;; Double or Nothing Part 2

*Third person point of view*

The Pinnacle were first to make their entrance as their music silenced and they stood in the ring, staring down at the tunnel where The Inner Circle would be making their entrance any second.

As expected, The Inner Circle's music begin to echo throughout Daily's Place and they begin to appear from inside the tunnel. First, Jericho could be seen, carrying his new shiny bat against his shoulder. Then Santana, then Ortiz, then Bexley, then Hager. The five of them walked closer to the ring, but stopped half way. They stood shoulder  to shoulder, eyeballing The Pinnacle from outside the ring. MJF looked at The incomplete Inner Circle and begin to laugh.

"Aww, where's Sammy boy?" MJF teased, knowing damn well he was the one responsible for the concussion that kept Sammy from being in the match.

"He has his daughter taking his place," Dax Harwood pointed at Bexley and joked with his fellow Pinnacle members in the ring. They all laughed, but The Inner Circle remained cold.

All of a sudden, The Pinnacle's laughing and teasing was brought to a holt as Cody's music hit. Bexley, who had her hands on her hips, looked MJF dead in his eyes as she smiled to the sound of Cody making his entrance. Cody joined the line The Inner Circle had created with their bodies by standing next to Hager. He tapped Hager on the back as he smiled down the line at the rest of The Inner Circle. Bexley was the only one to smile back as Hager threw his shoulder back, signaling for Cody to not pat his back ever again.

The Pinnacle, who were now annoyed to know they wouldn't have the upper hand, decided to make the first move. Shawn Spears who as always had his steel chair with him, ran to the front ropes of the ring and threw the chair full force towards Bexley. The whole Inner Circle and Cody immediately tried to get in front of Bexley, attempting to intercept the hit. Hager would be the one to accomplish this as he put his arms up and batted it down. He fell to his knees, grabbing his hands in pain as the rest of The Inner Circle and Cody ran into the ring to charge The Pinnacle.

Bexley checked on a fallen Hager and thanked him for saving her. She looked up into the ring to see all the men trading punches and blows. Wardlow, who was the only one not currently fighting anyone, stepped out of the ring and started making his way towards Bexley and Hager. Bexley froze for a moment, not knowing what to do, but soon an idea became clear to her. She picked up Spears' steel chair from off the ground and smacked it against Wardlow's back as he tried to pick up Hager. Wardlow grabbed his back, nearly falling to his knees. This was the opening Hager needed as he made it to his feet and threw Hager off the edge of the stage. Hager patted Bexley on the back as he took the steel chair from her and headed into the ring.

As Hager entered the ring, Santana and Ortiz each close lined one member of FTR, sending them out of the ring, over the top rope. Cody, who had Shawn Spears against the ropes, stepped back as Santana swung off the ropes and hit Spears with a dropkick, also sending him out of the ring. At the same time, MJF had somehow managed to reverse Jericho's attempt in throwing him out of the ring. That's when Ortiz, picked up Jericho's bat that had fallen on the rings mat, probably when they had first charged The Pinnacle, and hit MJF across the back with it. This caused MJF to fall to the mat and roll out of the ring himself.

Ortiz held up the bat and posed for the crowd as the whole Inner Circle became fired up around him. This wouldn't last long as Bexley ran onto the apron, trying to get away from a recovered Wardlow. Once again, Santana swung off the ropes, this time he dove between the top and middle ropes, hitting Wardlow with a suicide dive. Realizing this didn't knock him down all the way, Ortiz dropped the bat in the ring and did one of his own, causing Wardlow to crash against the barricade and fall to the floor.