Raw opening segment
HHH is pacing back and forth in the ring flanked by his cronies--the Shield, NAO, Batista, Orton. "Seven days ago, my wife was kidnapped by a bunch of rejects from Deliverance. The Wyatts, we've tried to call them but apparently those hillbillies don't have phones. For seven days, one of the pillars of the WWE has been held hostage, kidnapped. Vince wants to call the police, to report the kidnapping. But that isn't what a man does." He removes his coat jacket, starts unfastening his shirt, throwing them to the side. "These buffoons can't stop you. But I can. So I call you out here, Wyatt Family and Daniel Bryan. Come out here right now."
The Wyatts and Daniel Bryan appear on the TitanTron with Stephanie tied down to a chair. She appears scared and Daniel Bryan looks conflicted about the situation.
Bray Wyatt commences his segment. "I told you, Hunter, I told you not go after my son Daniel Bryan, but you didn't listen, did you Hunter. And now the chickens have come home to roost." He laughs. "And it looks like we have the queen hen of the yard." He runs his fingers through Steph's hair as she pulls away.
"I'll kill you! I'll kill you!" The cronies start pulling HHH back, trying to calm him down. "Get out here!"
Daniel pulls close to Bray. "Maybe this it too much." Looking back to Stephanie, then back to Bray. "I mean, we kidnapped her."
"You question my methods, Daniel Bryan?" Bray puts a hand on Stephanie. "I know there is a Judas among us." He squeezes Stephanie's shoulder. "But I didn't think it would be you, Daniel Bryan. Do you think they would hesitate to treat you like this? For the last six months, haven't they kidnapped your career, held it hostage? Haven't they tied you down like we have done Stephanie?"
Bryan looks to Stephanie, his face changing from concern to anger. "Yes!" He takes a step back, letting Bray continue.
"Now, Hunter, your proposition intrigues me. But it need not be gang warfare like the lesser people who are beneath us. No, Hunter. I'd like to meet you one on one."
"Great, get out here and we'll settle it like men."
"No, no, no, Hunter. See, you are not in control here. I see how that anguishes you after so many years believing you were the puppeteer, the puppet master, believing you were pulling the strings. It made you feel strong, invincible. But now that your weakness has been displayed, you are a lost little child in the wilderness. I am the wilderness, Hunter, and I will devour you. I will devour you at the Elimination Chamber."
HHH kicks the ropes, visibly agitated. "Get out here! I want you now!" Segment ends with the cronies trying to calm HHH.
Back from commercial, HHH and the cronies are still in the ring. He has been calmed down, but quietly seething.
"Here is the deal. Elimination Chamber, you and me, Bray. But Daniel Bryan doesn't get the night off then. Oh, no. He will be competing in the Elimination Chamber. Oh, not the world championship one. Your opportunity, your LAST opportunity, for the heavyweight title will be at Wrestlemania. At the Elimination Chamber, it will be you along with five other WWE superstars." HHH slowly turns to his entourage with a smile. "Who should those five be? One. Two. Three. Four." He touches The Shield and Batista on the shoulder. He turns back to the camera. "But that leaves us one short and I'm already booked for the night." He scratches his chin. "I know." Snapping his fingers. "Brock. Lesnar. But don't think you have tonight off. Tonight, you're facing off against the tag team champions, the New Age Outlaws. See, while I have nothing to threaten Bray with, I know I can threaten you. If you don't show up tonight, I'll have no choice but to say you're in breach of contract which constitutes fair reason to strip you of your number one contendership. Ball's in your court." He throws the mic down angrily. (The main event for Elimination Chamber would be Orton vs Christian vs Cena vs Dolph vs Cesaro vs Sandow)
Backstage segment
The Rhodes Brothers are talking about how maybe they shouldn't have aligned with the Wyatts, how Bray is crazy. Goldust takes the side of the Wyatts, saying people have called him crazy in the past. They talk about how HHH will have it in for them. Kane shows up and tells them they have a match right now and they have to head to the ring.
The Brotherhood vs The Shield (Handicap match)
This is nothing short of a mugging. No rules are enforced. The Shield do their old school beatdown of the Rhodeses. They target Goldust, doing the most damage to him.
HHH comes out with the mic as the Shield continue to do their worst to the Rhodes brothers. "Where are you, Wyatts? Bryan, aren't you going to save your friends? Are you going to sacrifice them?"
No one shows. No TitanTron appearance either. HHH turns to the rings and makes a slash sign across his neck to the Shield who triple powerbomb both Rhodes brothers.
Big Show runs out, but is met by Batista and the NAO. They beat him down, throwing him to the Shield.
Daniel Bryan vs the New Age Outlaws
HHH's cronies line the walkway down to the ring. As Bryan walks between them, he stares at each one, prepared for a beatdown, but they let him pass. The match proceeds with Bryan holding his own until outside interference starts to swing the momentum to the NAO.
Halfway through the match, on the TitanTron, Stephanie has gotten a cellphone and is using the videochat function. "Hunter, Hunter, I've gotten away." She looks over her shoulder, frightened, running. She stops. "I don't know where I am." She frantically looks around, then stares back into the phone. "I don't know." Over her shoulder a lamb mask appears. She looks over her shoulder and screams.
Rowan simply says, "Run!"
While the Authority and its cronies are distracted, Bryan picks up the pinfall and escapes through the crowd, ending Raw.
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