Can I Ask You Something?

Summary: Zack Tyler a.k.a. Machetti has been brought in from OVW to compete on Raw. But what happens when he starts to have special feelings for a certain backstage announcer? Story goes parallel to WWE programming, starts at the June 9th addition of Smackdown.

Pairings: OCxMaria

Disclaimer: I don't own the WWE or any of its superstars' trademarks, names or slogans; it all belongs to a great man named Vincent Kennedy McMahon and World Wrestling Entertainment. But any characters you don't recognize (Zack Tyler) are mine!

Rating: T (For Now)

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Chapter 1: The Need For Speed

Zack 'Machetti' Tyler had just arrived in Wheeling West Virginia and couldn't be any happier. Zack had been invited to Smackdown for a tryout dark match before the show. The match was scheduled to be before the taping of the June 9th Smackdown.

Zack has shoulder length brown hair, sapphire blue eyes, and always has a smile on his face. He has a skinny body and long legs but is still muscular. Speaking of muscles Zack has strong upper body muscles and sported nice solid six-pack abs. He is 26 years old, 5' 11" and weighs 190lbs.

Zack was told that the reason he was called was because of his wrestling style. He along with Brian Kendrick, and Paul London had been trained at the Texas Wrestling Academy, where all three up and coming superstars learned how to use their speed to their advantage. Another thing Zack, Paul, and Brian had in common was they were all trained by Michael Hickenbottom AKA Shawn Michaels, so of course the three of them had grown close and had become good friends. So now due to the return of ECW, RAW needed some new superstars, and they needed stars that could stand out, Machetti could do that, thanks to his speed. Now Raw had gotten the Spirit Squad in January, and a few of them were fast, but seeing how Smackdown had all of the cruiserweights they needed some more fast people on Raw too.

Zack had been recently working in OVW, but pretty much kept to himself, and while his matches there were good, OVW could only do so much for his career, so when he was called up for a chance on Raw, Zack went for it. Now today Zack was in Wheeling for a try out match, on Smackdown, and if the Board of Directors liked his match he would then compete in a match in a dark match before One Night Stand, and then he would debut the next week on Raw.

So now, Zack was meeting Paul and Brian at the arena before the show started so they could catch up and warm up together. When he arrived security pointed him in the right direction, towards the locker room he would be using.

As Zack walked alone down the hallway he suddenly heard a voice call, "Hey Zack!"

Zack turned to see Paul and Brian at the other end of the hallway, Zack quickly dropped his bag and started running towards Paul and Brian, while they did the same. Then all three jumped into the air and bumped chests. Zack then pounded fists with both of them before they started walking back to the bag that Zack had dropped.

"So I hear you guys are the Tag Team Champions now," said Zack.

"Yeah man, it's been great," said Paul.

"How have you been?" asked Brain.

"Pretty good," said Zack, "I'm really excited to be starting in the WWE, this is really a dream come true."

"Yeah what's the deal with that?" asked Paul, "what are you going to be doing?"

"Well the Board of Directors says that they need some more speed on Raw," explained Zack.

"So why are you here on Smackdown?" asked Brian.

"Well they want me to do a tryout match here, and then go onto Raw," said Zack.

"Who's it going to be against?" asked Paul.

"They told me I could pick my opponent," said Zack, "as long as they weren't working a match and can keep up."

"Well I'm having a match with Super Crazy," said Brian, "and its supposed to be a technical match more than a high-flying one. But Paul isn't fighting, he's just going to get his ass kicked by Kahli."

"So Paul how about it?" asked Zack, "Wanna face me in my first match in the WWE?"

"Unscripted?" asked Paul.

"Of course," said Zack.

"Sounds fun," said Paul.

"Dude are the Board of Directors letting you wear the purple shorts you always do?' asked Brian.

"No," said Zack, "Viscera is apparently the only one who can wear purple on Raw, so I've been assigned something different. I'm going to be wearing a pair of orange shorts that go down to my knees, with a black belt, then I have a pair of black knee pads, and black boots. But when I go to Raw I'll get to wear a black vest and an orange bandana during my entrance."

"But you're still wrestling as Machetti right?" asked Paul.

"Of course," said Zack, "they even let me keep Riot Time for my theme song."

"Do you wanna get changed and warm up then?" asked Brian, "the fans haven't arrived yet and we can have some fun in the ring before the show starts."

"That sounds cool," said Zack, "TO THE LOCKER ROOM!"

"Yeah I guess you can't wrestle in a t-shirt and jeans," said Paul, as he commented on how Zack was dressed.

"Well did you want me to arrive dressed in my gear?"

"No but… oh never mind let's go."

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After getting changed in the locker room, Zack, Paul, and Brian, arrived at the ring and found that it was already occupied by Dalip "The Great Kahli" Singh, and Daivari.

"Hey guys," said Daivari, "what's up?"

"Paul, Zack and I were hoping to warm up in the ring before the show," explained Brian.

"Oh, I'm sorry guys, but Dalip can't wrestle for shit, and needs all the practice he can get," said Daivari, "do you want him to kill you out there tonight?"

"Well maybe we could warm up with him?" asked Zack.

"Are you crazy!" shouted Daivari, "he'll rip your… who are you anyway?"

"This is our friend Zack Tyler," said Paul, "he's doing the dark match with me before the show today, and if the B.O.D. likes it they'll ship him over to Raw."

"But seriously, Zack had a good idea," said Brian, "why don't the three of us warm up with Kahli, he can get some practice in before the show."

"Yeah and I bet, Psicosis and Super Crazy over there, wouldn't mind taking a breather," said Zack.

The two superstars in question seemed very relieved at the fact that they were being replaced.

"Alright, but it's your funeral," said Daivari. "Dalip, we've got you some new warm up buddies."

"Alright," said the giant, "get in here."

"Alright here I come," said Zack, "here catch me!"

Zack jumped onto the ring apron, pulled himself up onto the top rope, then spring-boarded across the ring to Kahli who clumsily caught him, then slammed him to the mat.

"Who is that guy?" asked Daivari.

"He's about as crazy as we are," said Brian, "but seriously, he went through the same training that we did, so he should be okay in there."

"Alright, now I'm going to jump off of the top rope for a missile-dropkick," Zack told Singh, "I want you to run forward and just swat me away."

"Okay," said Dalip.

Zack walked to the corner and climbed up onto the top rope, then lunged towards Kahli while extending his legs out in midair for a picture perfect missile dropkick. Kahli did as he was told and ran forward, roared and shoved Zack away so the flying soon-to-be-superstar never made contact.

"Nice job," said Zack as he got up, "now what else do you need to work on?"

"Kahli uses a variety of power moves and kicks," said Daivari from ring side.

"Alright then," said Zack, "what I'm going to do is run at you, I want you to kick out at my side and send me flying, don't worry I'll do most of the flying, you just kick."

So Zack backed up to the ropes then ran at Kahli, only to be met by a still kick to the side, which sent him flying across the ring.

"Do you mind if we practice something I've been working on?" asked Zack.

"What is it?" asked Singh.

"Well I call it a spinning springboard crossbody," said Zack, "what I do is springboard towards you, and while I'm flying over I rotate horizontally before making impact, causing you to fall to the ground."

"Alright," said Dalip, "but I'll have to catch you before falling."

"Sounds good," said Zack, "but just try to catch and fall in one motion."

Zack climbed out onto the ring apron hoisted himself up onto the top rope, before spring-boarding across the ring, while he was lunging at Kahli, not only did Zack turn to a crossbody position but he did a midair horizontal roll in the process. When Zack got close, Kahli caught him and fell down to the mat.

"Nice job big guy," said Zack, "you're already getting better."

Zack and Singh continued to warm up, and eventually Brian, Paul, and even Psicosis and Super Crazy joined in. In the end Kahli was throwing all of the guys around the ring, but they finally stopped when Daivari told them that they needed to get back stage so that the crew could continue setting up.

When the group of wrestlers went back stage they aimlessly wandered around, talking about plans in the upcoming weeks and other stuff like that.

"You know, after we're all done with our matches," said Zack, "we all need to meet up and have celebratory feast."

"Only if you're paying," said Daivari, "last time Singh ate over one hundred and fifty dollars worth of food on his own. I don't have that kind of money."

"Oh no problem," said Zack, "I've got large amount of money from my birthday last month. So I think that will cover everything."

"Alright, we'll see you guys later," said Daivari, "as he, Singh, Crazy, and Psicosis, walked off to their locker room.

Brian, Paul, and Zack then made their way to their locker room and Zack and Paul began planning the finish to their match.

"I'm telling you dude, your finisher needs to be a high-risk move," said Paul.

"Well what did you have in mind?" asked Zack.

"How about that Springboard Body Splash that you used to do?" asked Brian.

"You know," said Zack, "that would be pretty cool, and it is a move that's easy to pull off, and I don't need to rely on any one catching me."

"Alright, Springboard Body Splash it is then," said Paul.

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Zack left the locker room and was heading to the ring. He was up against Paul London in the dark match. Slowly Zack cricked his neck and changed his mind set to Machetti's. He became more aggressive, more daring, and more relentless, Zack had transformed himself into Machetti. Zack finally put on his bandana as his music hit, he then ran down and joined Paul in the ring.

Machetti struck first with a leg-trip take down, then he applied a headlock to Paul's head, Paul got to his feet but Machetti took him down with a snapmare, then did a standing moonsault onto Paul, went for a pin, but only got a two count

Machetti rolled off of Paul and both superstars got to their feet at about the same time. Then both charged at each other, Paul doing a back flip and attempting to nail a dropsault, and Machetti spinning horizontal for a corkscrew dropkick. But Machetti's kick found its mark on Paul's back, and Paul was in midair when it hit so he could do nothing to stop it and went crashing to the ground.

Machetti helped London to his feet then whipped him into the ring post on the other side of the ring, Machetti then charged at Paul, jumped in the air and nail a turnbuckle crossbody. Paul stumbled forward after the impact, enabling Machetti to jump up and send London flying with a hurricurana.

London landed on his back on the other side of the ring, so Machetti quickly ran to the ropes opposite London and ran at him while Paul was still on the ground. Then when he got close, Machetti jumped into the air and did a summersault, and landed a split legged leg drop, connecting right to Paul's stomach.

London clutched his stomach and quickly rolled out of the ring in an attempt to catch his breath, but that was not on Machetti's immediate to do list. Machetti ran to the ropes opposite the side of the ring that Paul had gone out of, bounced off of them and sprinted full speed across the ring, then jumped high into the air, and came crashing down on London, who had just turned around, sending both superstars down to the hard mat.

The referee had started the ring out count while both Machetti and Paul were outside of the ring, Machetti got to his feet first and quickly climbed onto the guard rail, then jumped off onto London's prone body for a leg drop. Then seeing how the referee was up to a seven count, Machetti lifted London to his feet and rolled him back into the ring.

London took this opportunity to strike, once he had be rolled in the ring he got to his feet, and when Machetti was climbing in after him, London jumped and connected with a standing flip leg drop to the back of Machetti's head.

Machetti got to his feet and quickly punched London in the gut, but was met with a hard kick to the face, which sent him back down to the mat.

London lifted Machetti to his feet and applied a side headlock, then jumped into the air and drove Machetti's head down to the mat for a Tornado DDT. London then walked to the corner, and climbed onto the top rope, then went for the 540 splash, only to have Machetti roll out of the way the last second.

London crashed and burned and landed hard on his face, giving Machetti the opening he needed to take control of the match again. Machetti lifted London to his feet and whipped him into one the ring posts, and then charged at him, upon almost reaching London, Machetti jumped up and landed with both of his feet on the second rope, and on either side of London's body. Machetti then grabbed London's shoulders, brought his legs together and fell backwards, sending London flying with a monkey-flip.

Machetti got to his feet to find, London had landed on his back on the other side of the ring. Thinking quickly Machetti climbed to the top rope, then lunged at London's prone form on the other side of the ring, and connected with a flying head-butt. Machetti quickly covered but London managed to kick out the last second.

Machetti rolled onto his back and kicked up, then helped London up and put Paul in a side headlock. Machetti then went to whip Paul into the ropes, but Paul reversed it and sent Machetti running towards the ropes. Machetti had expected this though, and when he reached the ropes he jumped onto the middle one, then spring-boarded off of the rope, high into the air, across the ring and over London's head. But as Machetti was going over he grabbed London's head and brought it down to the mat as he landed.

Machetti felt that one more move would be able to put Paul away, so he lifted him up and put him in a side head lock. Then grabbed the side of his shorts and lifted Paul up in the air, while spinning slightly then drove Paul's head to the mat for an Impaler DDT.

Machetti then got to his feet and walked back to the other side of the ring and went outside onto the ring apron. He then hoisted himself onto the top rope in a Rey Mysterio like fashion and spring-boarded across the ring. Machetti's body then landed and made hard contact with London's stomach, from there Machetti hooked one of London's legs and got the three count for the win.

Machetti's theme song hit and he slowly got back up onto his feet and raised his hands up in victory. The fans knew a good match when they saw one and cheered loudly. Machetti then made a big deal out of helping Paul to his feet and shaking his hand, which the crowd ate up. Machetti and London, then got out of the ring and walked backstage together.

As they went through the curtain Machetti slowly calmed down, and cleared his mind, he regained his common sense, and cricked his neck to once again become Zack Tyler.

But as Paul and Zack rounded a corner they were met with a very surprising sight. There in front of them were, Rey Mysterio, Sabu, Booker T, Undertaker, Gregory Helms, Chavo Guerrero, and of course Brian Kendrick. All seven superstars applauded Paul and Zack for putting on a good match.

"Way to go guys," said Brian, "I was sitting in the locker room and all of a sudden these guys come in here and ask me who's the guy out in the ring wrestling Paul London?"

"Well what I asked was who was the jack ass who stole the show before it even started," said Mark ('Taker) Calloway, "seriously though, that was a great match out of the both of you."

"Yeah and the best part was that it was totally unscripted," said Paul.

"Wail a minute," said Terry (Sabu) Brunk, "you're not serious are you? You're saying that Paul had no idea that suicide dive was coming until he turned around and saw it!"

"Yup that's the general idea," said Zack.

"You are one sick son-of-a-bitch," said Booker.

"Thank you," said both Zack and Paul at the same time.

"Seriously man, you showed some major cahomes doing all of the stuff you did out there," said Oscar (Rey-Rey).

"Yeah man, as cruiserweight champion I felt honored being represented by you two cruiserweights," said Helms, "welcome to the Smackdown Cruiserweight Division."

"Well thanks," said Zack, "but that's what the board of directors has planned for me."

"What do you mean?" asked Helms.

"Well they want Machetti on Raw," said Zack, "they feel that after losing RVD, and Show, and starting up ECW again that they'll need more guys there, and someone with a fast fighting style like mine is exactly what they're looking for."

"But that's only if they think that he's good enough," said Paul.

"Are you kidding me!" said Mark, "for your first match in the WWE that was very impressive."

"Well thanks guys," said Zack, "it's nice to know that I'd have a spot in the locker room if I was here on Smackdown."

"No problem homes," said Chavo, "any one who can do the things you can is welcome in our locker room."

"Well thank you guys, but I'm really tired and sweaty now," said Zack, "so if you don't mind I need to get a shower."

Paul and Zack, went back to the locker room, showered, and got changed. Then when Brian's match with Super Crazy was over, Zack, Paul, Brian, Daivari, Dalip, Crazy, and Psicosis all met up and went and got food at a stand in the arena. They all had a great time, but then had to go their separate ways and back to their hotel rooms.

Zack had a meeting with the board of directors and all of the Smackdown superstars had a house show. But they promised that they would meet up back-stage at One Night Stand.

As Zack went to sleep that night he couldn't help but think about all of the good time he had in head of him in the WWE. On Sunday he was going to be hanging out with his friend as the Pay-Per-View, then on Monday, he was going to take Raw by storm.

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That's the first chapter, review please!

Okay, now of course Zack is going to get into the WWE, otherwise there would be no point in writing this story. But I figured I'd help you guys out by describing some of Machetti's wrestling moves.

Corkscrew Dropkick: Machetti jumps into the air and extends his legs out, like in a normal drop-kick. But while he is extending his legs he does a horizontal spin, just like a corkscrew, and drives his legs into his opponent's body.

Over Castle Take Over: Machetti is whipped into the ropes but jumps up onto the second rope upon reaching them. Then Machetti springboards off of the rope, up and over his opponents head. But while he is going over he grabs his opponent's head and as Machetti falls to the ground he pull's his opponents head along with him, effectively driving his head into the mat.

Diving Head-butt: While his opponent is on his back across the ring, Machetti climbs the turnbuckle up onto the top rope. Machetti then lunges across the ring, and as he descends on his opponent he drives his head into the as hard as he can.

Split Legged Summersault: Machetti's opponent is usually lying on his back, then Machetti goes to the ropes opposite his opponent. He then pushes off of the ropes and runs at his opponent, when he gets close Machetti jumps in the air and does a summersault, and a the last second he extends both of his legs as he falls and applies his full body weight to his opponent.

Thunder and Lightning: Machetti whips his opponent into one of the ring posts, then as he runs at his opponent he jumps into the air. When he reaches the turnbuckle Machetti is still in the air and thus delivers a turnbuckle body splash/crossbody, or the thunder. Then Machetti jumps back and allows his opponent to stumble forward due to the impact. Then jumps into the air hooks his legs around both sides of his opponent's head, and sends his opponent flying across the ring with a hurricurana, or the lightning.

Impaler: Machetti applies a side headlock to his opponent, then he lifts his opponent up off of the ground slightly and turns a little bit, then he falls back and drives his opponent's head into the match for a DDT.

Spinning Springboard Crossbody: Machetti goes out onto the ring apron and hoists himself up onto the top rope, and then lunges across the ring towards his opponent. While in mid-air Machetti maneuvers his body into a crossbody position, and does a horizontal role in the process and when he reaches his opponent, his full body weight plus the additional force of his jump comes in contact with his opponent's head sending them crashing down to the mat with Machetti on top of them.

Springboard Body Splash: Machetti goes out onto the ring apron and hoists himself up onto the top rope, and lunges across the ring towards his opponent. The opponent is down on their back and Machetti comes crashing down on top of them.