Behind the Scenes with D-Generation X

Author: Vicky (The Heartbreak Babe)

Story: The fans are given an insider's look at what happens behind the scenes of Raw, Smackdown, and ECW, courtesy of your friends at D-Generation X.

Time Period: Not definite. Anywhere between July 2006 (as opposed to DX's reunion in June) and January 2007 since Stephanie and her child are mentioned briefly.

Note: This is my first real chapter fic and comedy so hopefully it'll be good. I had an original version that I never shared and after I re-read it, I realized that it needed A LOT of work (trust me: compared to my other fics, it sucked) so I began rewriting it and it's SO much better than the original. Enjoy!

"Pass the fries, Hunter! I'm ready for the next batch!" Shawn yelled to Hunter, who was in the kitchen. Shawn, on the other hand, was slumped lazily on his best friend's couch, flipping channels on the TV in front of him.

"I told you you'd want more!" Hunter responded as he reached inside the McDonald's bag and retrieved a red carton of large fries for Shawn and a second cheeseburger for himself. He opened the refrigerator and grabbed himself a cold one...a root beer, that is. He wasn't the type to drink, despite the fact that he appeared in a number of Miller Lite commercials. In real life, his "man law" was to stay as drug-free and drink-free as possible. He closed the fridge and headed towards the living room where Shawn was. "Scoot over man! I need room, too! You have to respect a man in his own home. It's his castle! His kingdom!"

"But all the same, the guest is always right."

"Shawn, the phrase is 'the customer is always right' and this isn't a store. Now hurry up and move your small butt over. That's the least you can do for me since I'm the one who bought the food."

Defeated, Shawn gave in. "Oh, alright. You won the battle, but the war is still up for grabs."

"Shawn, if you think you can start the 'war' by singing country songs all day, I'll throw you out and never invite you over again." said Hunter as he took his seat on the remaining space of the couch. He handed Shawn his fries while he placed his feet on the table in front of him. He placed his drink on the small glass table on the side of the couch and opened the wrapper on his cheeseburger so it's protrude a little. He bit off a huge chunk and allowed the mixture of flavors to please his taste buds. Hid mouth was having a fiesta gorging on the varying taste of sour pickles, meaty ground beef, tangy ketchup, melted cheese, and soft bread his one bite provided. Satisfied, he closed his eyes and slowly chewed the burger, allowing himself to savor the flavor. He even chuckled a little at the sensation.

Watching all of this in disbelief, Shawn stopped munching on his fries and started at Hunter.

"That cheeseburger is the devil." Shawn spewed out, trying to look as serious as possible.

Hunter opened his eyes and looked at his buddy. "But it's so addicting! I think I'm in love!"

"So you're 'cheating' on Stephanie with a hulk of fatty food? I thought so high of you. You're really let yourself go." Shawn tried to stop himself from laughing.

"Please don't tell Steph. It'll ruin our relationship! We'll lose whatever trust we have left!"

"Oh, forshame! Now you want me to hide your 'secrets'? And I thought you were an honest man!"

"What she doesn't know won't hurt her, Shawn."

At that point, the roleplaying was over. Shawn and Hunter laughed at what they did and went back to their respective fries and cheeseburger.

Hunter opened his can of root beer and took a sip as he eyed the TV. "Hey! Stop right there!"

While Shawn was flipping channels, he landed on Telemundo, a channel for the Latin community. At the moment, Raw was on. It was that week's episode so it was pretty much delayed. Raw aired on the Sunday after that week's episode was filmed so by the time it aired on Telemundo, it'd be old news for whose who'd seen it live on the USA Network.

On the screen was a graphic of WWE's official site. Puzzled, the older man addressed his buddy.

"What's so special about this? We don't need to watch Raw. We're some of the main stars and we already know what happened that night."

"No, Shawn. It's not the show itself. Look at the graphic!"

By the time Shawn looked back at the screen, the image changed to the announce table where Jim Ross and Jerry "The King" Lawler were.

"Darn! I missed it!" He looked back at Hunter. "What did it say?"

"It said something about Coach getting a special show on Wednesday."

Shawn whistled. "Hear that? That's the sound of ratings hitting rock bottom." He plopped some more fries in his mouth.

"I know. We should check the site for more details!"

"You're right about that!"

Shawn turned off the TV as the two men approached Hunter's computer. Hunter sat down in the computer chair, opened a window, and typed the url to WWE's official site. As usual, the site featured its picture ticker with WWE's latest happenings. Among those pictures was one of Shawn and Hunter flaunting their DX merchandise.

Hunter looked up at Shawn who was standing over him and grinned. "Ca-ching!"

"Money, money, yeah, yeah! Money, money, yeah, yeah!" Shawn replied back as he did a dance to accompany the phrase Cryme Tyme always used.

Hunter turned around and looked back at the screen. He looked over at the small headlines to the right of the ticker and saw the headline about

Coach three headlines down. It read "Coach's Corner". Hunter clicked on the link and it took him to the full length article. Shawn leaned in closer and read a snippet of the article.

"In an attempt to give fans what they want, The Coach will begin filming a live TV show on Wednesday."

"Geez, I could've told you that!" said a disappointed Hunter, eager to read something more substantial. The rest of the article gave no more juicy details.

"Actually, you did. But why the name 'Coach's Corner' sound so familiar?"

"Because he used to have him own column in the old WWE Magazine. And get this: sometimes he'd end his column asking Halle Berry to call him."

"Idiot. It's one thing to be a chick magnet. It's another to assume that you're one," Shawn shook his head. "Coach is so egotistical."

"Um...Shawn? You had a column, too, at one point."

"Ah yes. 'Advice for the Lovelorn.' I remember that like it was yesterday. All these ladies were sending me questions by the hundreds to answer," Shawn started to reminisce. "Those were the days."

"What did the ladies say?"

"Oh, they thought I was an egotistical idiot." Shawn said as if the fact didn't matter.

"So basically, you paved the way for people like Coach to do what they do today." Hunter said matter-of-factly as he finished off his cheeseburger.

"Oh crap! I never thought about it like that. I'm the one to blame!"

"Yeah...you are. And to think, you assumed you were a chick magnet."

"Hey, I was a chick magnet! Unlike Coach, I can actually lay claim to holding both Jenny McCarthy and Pamela Anderson on my arm on two separate occasions," Shawn chuckled. "And Sensational Sherri had a crush on me at one point. As a matter of fact, did you see how she looked at me after her and Kurt Angle spent their precious time mocking my theme song? The lady's still in love with me! So I guess that means that I'm still a chick magnet!"

Hunter shook his head at his buddy's explanation. "Whatever. Anyway, we need to find a way to stop this madness from happening."

"I say we take over and run things like we always do."

"Well, yeah. That goes without saying, Shawn. What I meant is that we need a plan. We've got to find a way to get Vince and Shane out of the picture. And Coach, too."

"We could always say that Stephanie's in labor."

"Shawn, something like that can only be done once to be effective. And besides, Steph already had her kid. Remember?"

"D'OH!" Shawn slapped his forehead as he repeated a line from well known cartoon character Homer Simpson. "How stupid am I?"

"But I see your point. We need to come up with something believable."

"Come on, Hunter. Let's put our creative juices together."

"Yeah...let's. It's about time we take over the show!"

From there, Hunter and Shawn returned to the couch and began shooting as many ideas as possible until they came up with the perfect solution.

Coming Up Next: Chapter 2: An Offer They Can't Refuse (With the introduction of Vince and Shane McMahon!)

Again, this is my first chapter fic and comedy. Please review and tell me what you think so I'll know if I'm heading in the right direction. Thanks!