Pride: Watch the Throne

Chapter I

For a guy who's been in this business since FCW in 2010, I guess you could honestly say that I've been through hell and back, and I haven't even been WWE champion yet.

Then again, I guess you could say that's the story of my whole life. After all, I was born into this business through my family bloodlines. From the High Chief Peter Maivia, to Jimmy Snuka, to the my dad Sika and uncle Afa, the Wild Samoans, to my cousin Rikishi and my brother Rosey, to the Great One himself the Rock, all the way to the current day with myself and my cousins the Usos, we are a Samoan Dynasty.

Let me repeat that for you: a Samoan Dynasty. We have been around ruling the wrestling business for generations past, and will continue to rule this industry for future generations to come. For right now though, it's my time to shine. It's my time to step up and take the throne and carry our family's legacies into the future.

It was perfectly planned out too. I had won the Royal Rumble to punch my ticket to the main event of WrestleMania. Of course, everyone had their doubts about me and my ability; all the things they said I couldn't do. So you know what I did? I went out there and proved my critics wrong, just like I always continue to do. Cheer me or boo me, but I will make sure that by the end of the night, you will respect me.

During most of the year in 2014, I was reacquainted with an old face I fondly remember seeing back in NXT quite often in 2012. Her real name was Mercedes, but for the sake of her not killing me or you, we'll just call her Sasha Banks. It was amazing to see how much she had changed and grown as a person. The days she dated Seth were awkward days for me. I respect a relationship, so I stayed away, despite what I strongly felt for her.

The times we spent together, they were just…tremendous and magnetic. I really don't know how else to put it, but she captured my heart and held on to it ever since. She's never going to let go either. I don't say these words often, but I do love her. And I wish I could tell her that, but she's not here with me right now. All thanks to the Authority..

I kicked Daniel Bryan's ass on the way there, earning his respect in the process. It probably doesn't seem like it, but it means a lot to me that I earned his respect. He's a real likable guy and a true warrior who, just like me, has had to put up with the Authority's bullshit for the past 2 years.

The weekend of WrestleMania, Sasha started to act strange around me, and at first I thought she was back to drinking again, but when she had those sad worried brown eyes that approached me before my match, it reminded me of those same eyes of someone I once knew long ago, when they told me those words. "Roman, I'm pregnant." Crazy how I tend to make the same old mistakes over again and get caught in the worst possible moment right?

I made it to the main event of WrestleMania. I went toe to toe with the Beast, Brock Lesnar. The very same Brock Lesnar who broke the Undertaker's undefeated streak of 21-0 at WrestleMania, as I'm sure Paul Heyman would be happy to remind you. I put him through tremendous pain and he put me through tremendous pain. I made the Beast bleed. Who the hell else could say that?

As soon as I hit that Spear on Brock, I could have sworn that the match would have been over right there. Even though that Spear didn't work, I tried it twice more and on the third try Brock hit that third F-5 on me and it could have been over right there. It truly could have been over at that very moment but unfortunately, a former friend, a brother turned nemesis came calling from my past. The devil was here to collect his due, and I was about to lose everything.

It's funny because you never see it coming. One minute you're on top of the world, and then the next, it hits you. You take the woman I love, carrying our child, you take my moment, and you will all feel my rage. I'm going to become your worst nightmare. I am fury. I am vengeance. I am payback.

My family was buried alive, and we won't take that lying down. I'm coming for you Triple H. And your damn throne. And I'm going to take back everything that you took from me.

Believe that.

Undisclosed Location, April 29, 2015

The loud sounds of Singapore cane echoed throughout the wilderness as the Powerhouse Roman Reigns swung the weapon with tremendous force onto the exposed back of the Big Show. He, along with his cousin Dwayne Johnson, better known as the Rock, tracked down the giant while he was on a promotional tour. Causing a massive traffic car pileup, the Big Show's tour bus rolled off the edge of the highway and crashed into the mass of trees below.

As the giant struggled to pull himself out of the bus, he immediately found the Samoans waiting for him, fury in their eyes and vengeance on their minds. The two of them immediately pulled the giant out of the bus and started to hammer away at him. Roman speared the giant into a tree, the bark being stabbed into Show's back as he hollered out in pain.

"Shut your mouth before I slap your lips off your face, you big ass baby," Dwayne threatened, proceeding to slap Big Show in the face anyway. Roman immediately chained the Big Show to a hardened and sturdy tree. "Hey Show, you ready to go another round?" Roman smirked, shining up the Singapore cane some more.

"What the hell man! Wasn't you beating me in our last man standing match at Extreme Rules enough?" Big Show yelled, but Roman delivered swift shots to the ribs of the Big Show, keeping him in severe pain. "After what you guys did to my family? Fuck no it isn't. I'm gonna make you all pay slowly. Now tell me, where the hell is Hunter keeping Sasha?" Roman asked.

Big Show began to profusely sweat as the Rock delivered stiff left and right hands to the bald head of the giant. "Answer the man when he asks you a question jabroni. Or else I'll slap the lips off your face and sew them back on to your ass," Dwayne crossed his arms as Roman stared down Big Show. "Look man, I don't know what you've been told or what you saw in that casket, but that Sasha bitch is dead alright?!"

A Superman Punch rocked Big Show's jaw so hard a few teeth came flying out. "Another fucking lie," Roman replied, picking up a Singapore cane and swiftly delivering shot after shot to the head and ribs of the giant. "Hunter help me!" Show cried out, tears starting to roll down his face as Roman delivered a swift shot between the legs of the big man. "Get the bonesaw Rocky," Roman demanded, as the winds began to blow and pick up a bit.

Looking at his eyes, Big Show could tell that this wasn't the same Roman that he had battled when he was in the Shield. This wasn't even the same Roman from before WrestleMania. This was a Roman Reigns that had been possessed by a demon of vengeance and would not stop until he had made every single person pay for their role in destroying Roman's life.

"Alright you giant piece of crap, I'm gonna give you one last opportunity to tell me just where the hell Sasha is, and if you don't, I'm gonna shove this bonesaw up your ass. Now start talking," Roman said, kicking Big Show in the ribs.

"When I break free of these chains, not only am I gonna tear you apart, I'm gonna—aghhh!" Big Show screamed as Roman started sawing at Big Show's neck. "Please stop! No!" Show screamed, but Roman kept cutting until the bonesaw was at least a quarter of the way into his neck before pulling it out. Big Show bled out of control, before Roman pulled out the buzzsaw from the back of the Rock's pickup truck.

"Tell me Big Show, do you bleed?" Roman asked, in a dark and gritty voice. "You will," he continued, proceeding to cut all the way through the rest of the neck of the Big Show, cutting his head off completely clean. As the giant's head rolled along the grassy ground, Dwayne stabbed it in the center with a pitchfork.

With the rest of the body chained to the tree, Roman pulled out a lighter that Dean had once given to him, in case he ever decided to smoke one. Well, he surely was never going to smoke a cigar, but he sure as hell was about to smoke a giant. Roman turned the lighter on and tossed it towards the tree, watching fondly as the flames began to dance out of control and blaze stronger.

"Let's go Roman, unless you wanna burn in your own personal hell," Dwayne tapped Roman, as the two cousins headed off slowly, hopping into the Rock's truck and driving the hell out of the wilderness. As Dwayne got them back on the highway, he glanced towards Roman who was noticeably quiet. All the Samoan Thor could do was stare outside into the wildside, thinking to himself.

"Hey Ro, relax alright? Sasha is out there, and I promise you we're gonna find her. There's no way in blue hell that Hunter would have just killed her off like that and disposed of her body like that. Now I'm not gonna sit here and make you promises I can't keep, but we're gonna kick Hunter's candy ass and the rest of his stupid McMahon family. We're the motherfucking Samoan Dynasty, alright?" Dwayne proclaimed, looking towards Roman once more.

The former Shield member looked towards Dwayne, shaking his head. "I know, but I don't want to hear about hope. I want payback, revenge, and Hunter's head on a silver platter. And then, I want my woman back into my arms. That's what I want Dwayne. This is love and war."

Dwayne slowly sighed to himself as they continued to drive along the roads. This was a dark path Roman was on the verge of taking and he surely didn't want his cousin to take the same path that he once took back over a decade ago. For the Great One, this was just about as much as saving Roman from himself as it was destroying the Authority, and he'd do anything to make sure that that happened.

Sunkiss Bar, May 5, 2015 10:35pm

As a bunch of guys gathered to play pool, an athletic woman with long jet black hair and sweet chocolate skin strolled into the bar of men, picking up a pool stick and interrupting a game. "Excuse me miss, but I think you need to wait your damn turn," the wrecking ball known as Bull Dempsey warned the diva. The young woman simply sighed, taking off her rebel shades to reveal herself as the one and only Naomi.

"Excuse me? I can do whatever the hell I want. And you're funny, seeing as how you're not even on the main roster yet. So step the fuck aside," the Slayer Naomi demanded. When Bull refused to back down, the athletic collectively sighed and chuckled to herself. "If you can't learn to respect me on your own, then I'm gonna beat it out of you myself," she said, proceeding to stab the pool stick into the foot of Bull.

"Come here you little bitch!" he yelled, hobbling over to her only to be met with a superkick from the fully healed Tamina Snuka. "Sit the fuck down," Tamina warned, turning back to Naomi who had a smile on her face. "Thanks for coming. I knew you'd answer my call," Naomi smirked, looking at the scattered pool of bodies sprawled out everywhere thanks to Tamina's doing.

"No problem. Let's just say I know what it's like to be pushed aside for someone else's agenda and bullshit," Tamina said, dusting her hands and nodding towards her cousin in law. "You're not doing this nonsense for the Authority are you?"

Naomi quickly shook her head. "To hell with the Authority, from now on, we do what we want and take whatever we want. Nobody else is gonna tell us what to do. First, we take out those damn Bella Twins, then we take that Divas championship, and from there the rest of the world is ours," Naomi claimed, smiling at the vision in her head.

She was gonna do whatever it took to be the queen, everyone else be damned.

And now she had some muscle behind her cause too.

And there's your first chapter for the sequel of Pride, entitled Watch the Throne! What do you guys think of Roman's vengeance quest to find Sasha? And just what the hell is Naomi about to get herself into with her own personal vendetta? Also, next chapter we get an update on Jimmy and Jey and how they're feeling after Slayomi's betrayal, and Roman next prepares to go after Seth Rollins and the championship! A surprise in store awaits you as well! Stay tuned! And read the other stories that connect to this story and don't forget to fave, follow, read, and review! Thanks!

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