Hiding out before the main event

September 30th, 2019 - Phoenix Arizona - Monday Night Raw

Back from the commercial break, the recovered commentary team recapped the opening segment and showed a replay of the carnage. Rey Mysterio was supposed to face Seth Rollins in the main event for the Universal Championship but Brock Lesnar came out and laid waste to Mysterio and his son Dominick. So instead, Mysterio gave up his title shot to ride to the hospital with his injured son.

Sarah Schreiber tried to interview Brock Lesnar but gets his hype man Paul Heyman instead. Heyman insisted that the attack wasn’t Lesnar’s fault because ‘the Beast’ was in fight mode. Mysterio and his son were casualties that were in the wrong place at the wrong time. Heyman then hypes Lesnar’s title match against WWE Champion Kofi Kingston on Friday’s Smackdown Premiere on FOX.

The cameras go further backstage where a shirtless R-Truth slips into a barely lit storage area. There are equipment cases pushed against one wall and there’s a chain-link fence sealing off electrical equipment on the other wall.

“Carmella!” Truth calls out into the dark room. “‘Mella! You here?”

“Over here!” Carmella pops out from behind an equipment case. She’s still wearing only her white towel which isn’t quite as fluffy as it was when she put it on back in the women’s locker room twenty minutes ago. She also still has her 24/7 Championship which means she somehow managed to shake off her pursuers during the commercial break. “I barely got away from Sarah. That girl is pissed!”

But then she spots the cameraman following Truth. “Gah! You brought a camera!?”

“He’s been followin’ me since I got chased outta the women’s locker room,” R-Truth explains.

“Chased out?” Carmella repeats. “Wait, you didn’t get my clothes?”

“I tried,” R-Truth insists. “For some reason, they didn’t want me in there.” He motions to his own bare chest. “I lost my shirt tryin’ to get away from those angry ladies.” It wasn’t hard to imagine why the women didn’t want R-Truth in their locker room.

“Then go get me one of your shirts,” Carmella suggests. “Or get me a shirt from the nearest merch table. I’m not picky! I’ll wear anything at this point! The show’s almost over. I just need something to wear so we can leave.”

“Okay, I’ll find something,” Truth agrees. “Are you gonna be okay?”

“Are you kidding?” Carmella asks. “No one in their right mind would come down here. Just hurry up and get me some clothes. I can’t leave the arena in a towel!”

“Don’t worry,” R-Truth reassures her. “I’ll be back soon. You hang tight.”

R-Truth runs out of the storage room and Carmella is left alone… well, not quite…

Carmella glares at the cameraman in annoyance. “Do you have to film me? It was tough finding this hiding spot. If you keep that camera rolling, someone's gonna follow the feed and find me here!”

Normally, the WWE production crew stay quiet to keep the audience’s attention on the stars. But since Carmella had just asked him a direct question, the cameraman answers her.

“I’m still rolling because someone already has.”

The unexpected answer causes Carmella to go stiff and nervously hug her 24/7 Championship to her chest as she slowly looks over her shoulder.