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2023.06.02 01:18 Adizzy312 MOOSE’S IMPACT WRESTLING CONTRACT IS COMING TO AN END

Sean Sapp noted behind Fightful’s paywall that Moose is due to be a free agent soon enough. This summer could see the former Impact Wrestling Champions hit the free market.
Fightful Select has learned that as of a few weeks ago, former TNA and IMPACT World Heavyweight Champion Moose’s current contract is set to expire in June. Moose was also set to to hit free agency in the summer of 2021, but IMPACT Wrestling re-signed him.
It was also noted that “IMPACT wanted to lock down Moose before he could even technically field offers from other companies, and provided him with a lucrative contract extension and a heavy push as one of its top stars.” That apparently didn’t pay off.
It was also noted that, “despite him not having hit free agency, Moose confirmed to Fightful during an interview last year that WWE had interest in him. We later learned that WWE’s Canyon Ceman had been specifically interested in him coming in, but he’s no longer with the company. One of the primary pitches to Moose was to be him jumping straight to the main roster, which didn’t happen much back then. However, we’re told that Vince McMahon specifically had dragged his feet on signing off on that.”

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2023.05.29 19:05 WrestleQuest I need a name for a Hollywood/filmmaker stable

I'm about to start a 2010 TNA save and I want to actually develop Sean Morley's filmmaker idea that he teased when he joined the company in real life. The storyline was dropped after a week, so there's room to build this gimmick from scratch.
In real life, it's implied that he was going to direct adult films, but I plan on expanding beyond the Val Venis shtick. Long-term, I envision him being a heel who makes propaganda movies to support Eric Bischoff's agenda (since they're buds in real life and Bischoff brought him in), but I don't want to make them an official partnership.
To start with, however, I'm going to make him a babyface and run a Paparazzi Productions-inspired storyline. The stable will also include Paul London, Brian Kendrick, and a female roster member (maybe Dixie Carter as she's rich and could "fund" his movies). I also think London and Kendrick will be fun to use as heels down the line as Kendrick and Morley are real-life conspiracy theorists.
Anyway, long story short, I need a name for a stable that establishes them as a filmmaking unit.

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2023.05.28 02:38 InfiniteTranquilo The AEW Game is scary

Let me be clear: I’m not hating on the graphics, but hey don’t really bother me. But I get there are people who aren’t gonna be on board with it. But almost everything else scares me.

We have a month. That’s not a lot of time.
I know the team that made this game, is the same that made a lot of the previous Wwe games. So similar to the outright same animations are gonna be there, but I’m seeing a lot! More than I think is justifiable.
I don’t think we’ve seen the “CAW” (or AEW equivalent) mode or the story mode.
The games general direction seems to be somewhere in the middle between real arcade in style and the simulation style. Which I feel is gonna hit bland, to be fair I haven’t gotten a chance to play the No Mercy game they are basing this on.
I’m sure there are contract issues, but there are weird holes in the roster. Guys are have a good reason to be in, and little to no obstacles to getting in aren’t included. 35 is a good size, but the names that aren’t there are weird. To my knowledge, no HoB, FTR, Wardlow, Hobbs, Hayter, Storm, etc.
I hope online is good, not sure if it’s pure matchmaking or some other fun system or mode
this is heavily based on the story mode but the game looks like a “pick up for a few weeks, then drop for a few months”

I’m still kinda excited, but I think I’m more excited for the idea of an AEW game than the reality that appears to be coming into play. For those who are interested or really genuinely excited, what’s got you hype? It looks fine, from what we’ve seen but I get the feeling there is X,Y, and Z missing from it all but I hope I’m wrong.
Side question: what are you comparing this game to? Like I said, game direction feels like a mix between simulation and real arcade. So I think the old TNA impact game (which was a solid fun game btw) is the closest and fairest comparison.

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2023.05.28 02:36 InfiniteTranquilo The AEW Game is scary

Let me be clear: I’m not hating on the graphics, but hey don’t really bother me. But I get there are people who aren’t gonna be on board with it. But almost everything else scares me.

We have a month. That’s not a lot of time.
I know the team that made this game, is the same that made a lot of the previous Wwe games. So similar to the outright same animations are gonna be there, but I’m seeing a lot! More than I think is justifiable.
I don’t think we’ve seen the “CAW” (or AEW equivalent) mode or the story mode.
The games general direction seems to be somewhere in the middle between real arcade in style and the simulation style. Which I feel is gonna hit bland, to be fair I haven’t gotten a chance to play the No Mercy game they are basing this on.
I’m sure there are contract issues, but there are weird holes in the roster. Guys are have a good reason to be in, and little to no obstacles to getting in aren’t included. 35 is a good size, but the names that aren’t there are weird. To my knowledge, no HoB, FTR, Wardlow, Hobbs, Hayter, Storm, etc.
I hope online is good, not sure if it’s pure matchmaking or some other fun system or mode
this is heavily based on the story mode but the game looks like a “pick up for a few weeks, then drop for a few months”

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2023.05.27 18:53 Turbulent_Turnip_707 IMPACT Wrestling Brand Split

I've grown my TNA save from 2010 to a sustained Big size in June 2013. Renamed to IMPACT Wrestling in 2012. I currently have a main roster over over 160 workers, with 60 of them in my child company (GFW). GFW more like a sister company than developmental.
I have a lot of former WWE stars on roster, taking the spotlight away from the home grown TNA stars. (Yip, I'm TK). So, I'm planning to do a brand split and have a second A show. Currently I have IMPACT as the A show and Xplosion as the B show. I'm going to cancel Xplosion after the TV deals expire, and run a second A show on Saturday.
I've even made it into a storyline where Jarrett comes back and is warring with Hogan for control of IMPACT because "the company is losing its soul to Hogan's ego". The storyline will have a brand split which will last for a couple years.
The three world titles holder s (World title, World Tag team and Knockouts World) won't be brand exclusive. I'm going to put the men's TV title and Knockouts Tag Team titles on one brand. And the X Division title and a secondary women's title on the second brand.
I've also considered closing GFW and elevate the titles to main roster titles on as the second brand.
Currently I'm thinking of doing the split along separate wrestling companies under an umbrella company company. Here is what I'm thinking so far
Umbrella company: Global Impact Wrestling
Brand A - Impact Wrestling Brand B - TNA Wrestling or G-Force Wrestling
Any suggestions are welcomed. And the thank you for reading so far 😁

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2023.05.24 04:06 Darren716 Post WWE NXT 5/23/2023 Show Discussion Thread

MATCH RESULTS

Winner	Loser	Match Finish	Stipulation
Lyra Valkyria	Cora Jade	Roundhouse Kick	NXT Women's Championship Tournament Semi-Finals
Dabba-Kato	Axiom	Choke Bomb
Tyler Bate	Eddie Thorpe	Tyler Driver 97
Nathan Frazer w/ Dragon Lee	Noam Dar	Phoenix Splash
Hank Walker	Tank Ledger	Lariat
Luca Crusifino	Von Wager w/ Robert Stone	DQ
Tiffany Stratton	Roxanne Perez	Prettiest Moonsault Ever	NXT Women's Championship Tournament Semi-Finals

IMPORTANT NOTES

Following the opening match Cora attacks Lyra's knee before striking it with a metal pipe she had placed in between the steps before officials force her to leave so they can check on Lyra.
Dijak arrives backstage where he is ambushed by Ilja Dragonov who knocks him down with a chair shot and goes to crush him under the garage door like Dijak did to him weeks before. Officials run-in before he can do the deed.
Dabba Kato continues his assault on Axiom after the match but is interrupted by Reggie jumping off the turnbuckle to Axiom's aid! He causes Dabba to throw himself over the ropes before explaining himself to Axiom.
Tony D'Angelo is in an interview room when a detective enters and asks why his name keeps coming up when it comes to illegal activities. Tony claims his name is clear but the detective shows him footage that came from an informant. D'Angleo maintains his innocence saying it can't even be clear that it's him in the video when a second detective enters to tell the first one that there is more information about Tony's case. They exit the room as Tony tries to listen against the door.
Bron Breakker talks about how he held this brand down for over a year, doing all the live events and autographs, just to hand the torch to a guy that he's clearly better then? He says forget that and he wants to burn this place down. They aren't cut from the same cloth, Melo is just wearing a title with his colors on it. Bron says he already cut Melo in half and speared him out of the sky, so he's coming to Lowell not for a home coming but to witness a massacre.
Gallus is in the ring as Mark Coffey says the Battleground card looks stacked but is surprised Tony and Stacks haven't challenged them give that D'Angelo is currently locked up. He also wonders where the Creeds are since they were supposed to be calling them out but still haven't. Julius and Brutus come out and Julius says it seems like Gallus doesn't want a challenge so this week they found them and are demanding a title match. Joe says he sees they're hyped up but Gallus is an entirely different member. Brutus tells them that Gallus is just outta surprises to pull. Julius says at Battleground the four of them will walk in but only two can leave with gold. Mark asks if they think they can hang with the Gallus boys and brawl breaks out. Gallus gets the numbers advantage on the Creeds but Stacks runs down to even the odds and helps send Gallus out of the ring.
Wes Lee is interviewed backstage, he knows it's the nature of the beast but he thought he could trust Tyler Bate and wonders if the title reign is getting to him. Tyler Bate is brought in but Wes says he doesn't want to talk and will be paying close attention tonight. Tyler asks for him to not be like that as he walks off and says he didn't try and use Tyler.
Joe Gacy attacks Tyler Bate after his match and Wes Lee tries to run in but is sent into Tyler Bate inadvertently. Gacy then hits both Bate and Lee with the Upside Down. After we see Wes try to help Tyler to his feet but Bate shoves him aside and the two argue before Wes storms past Tyler.
Lyra Valkyria is the the trainers room and says he knee is bruised but she doesn't feel any major damage so she will continue to check on her injury as she watches the other semi-final match tonight. She says she knows how most people will say that they'll take on anyone, but she says she wants to take on Roxanne Perez and calls her the best the division has to offer.
Ilja Draunov is interviewed and said he wanted to make Dijak feel the same pain he went through last week and prove that he'll still be standing and that he invincible. Dijak storms into the locker room and tries to attack Ilja but the two are separated by the rest of the roster.
We get a promo package of Carmelo Hayes doing promotions and media around his home town prior to Battleground. He says Boston is a city of champions and he's glad to be home as a champion. He warns Bron Breakker to not look past him and says Stand and Deliver wasn't just luck.
Following Hank and Tank's match Bron Breakker runs down and levels both of them with spears.
Backstage The Creeds meet with Stacks, Julius thanks Stacks for the help and Stacks says they aren't the only one Gallus has screwed over and offers to have their back at Battleground. Julius says they've been burned before by trusting people so they turn him down but let him know once Tony gets out they'll get the first shot at their titles. Stacks says no offense taken and checks his phone.
Gigi Dolin makes her way to the ring, she says she isn't shy about the broken home she came from or having to learn what addiction looked like growing up. When she came here she thought she finally knew what a family was but Jacey had to ruin that and she wants to take the pain in her heart and tattoo it over Jacey's face. Jacey appears at the top of the crowd and says Gigi was at the top of her career when they ran together but she realized she was the one carrying Gigi and she had to cut the weight to move onto bigger and better things. Gigi says for someone who doesn't want to be weighed down Jacey has been solely focusing on her since she kicked her face in because she's afraid of being the irrelevant third wheel. Jacey says she has nothing to prove since she beat Gigi last time but Gigi says she still left Jacey with 8 stiches and last she checked they were still tied 1 to 1 and wants to finish things right now. Jacey challenges her to end things where it all began, next week inside of a steel cage. Gigi agrees and wants to prove that Jacey is a fake ass bitch and ups the ante to make it a weaponized steel cage. Jacey says she's on.
Luca Crusifino is walking out of a court room and says that today was supposed to be Von Wagner's day in court but his complaints fell on deaf ears so instead they have to settle things in the rings and by the end of tonight Von will have wish he settled it in court.
Backstage we see Noam Dar talking to Oro Mensah trying to convince him try to be his number two but he turns him down. Noam then tries to say hi to Lash and Jackson but they shoot him down and tell him to kiss his cup behind.
Von Wagner continues to attack Luca after the match and is about to power bomb him through a table until Stone calls him off. Wagner lets him down before thinking about it and then returning to grab Luca and power bombs him on top of the table.
We're back in the interrogation room with Tony D'Angelo as the detectives inform Tony that he is under arrest and handcuff him. Tony protests and says he knows what his rights are as he's escorted from the room.
Following the main event a masked figure attacks Roxanne Perez as she is walking up the ramp before running off into the crowd.
After that attack, Dijak comes out for the contract signing but is ambushed from behind by Ilja Dragunov. Dijak throws Ilja into the steps and then over the barricade before signing the contract on the announce desk. Ilja recovers and fights back, bashing Dijak's head off the barricade before lighting him up with strikes and chopping him back over the barricade. He signs before going back after Dijak but security tries to hold him off. Ilja fights them off as Dijak storms back at him and tries to strike him with the steel steps but Ilja dodges and knocks Dijak down before diving off the steps to hit him with a forearm strike. Officials hold back Dijak as he makes his way back to his feet and Ilja taunts from atop the steps.

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2023.05.14 00:59 hhhfan92297 Re-Booking Every WWE PPV From WrestleMania I - WrestleMania XXXIX (Part 84)

WWE Payback 2018:
Date: 4-29-18
Venue: Amway Center
City: Orlando, Florida
Attendance: 11,278
Brand: Monday Night Raw
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Side Note:

This replaces the Greatest Royal Rumble Event & like I said before, The Saudi deal doesn't exist.

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Pre-Show:
1- The Authors of Pain (w/ Paul Ellering) def. Heath Slater & Rhyno
(Not much story here. Heath Slater & Rhyno confront The Authors of Pain when they attack a jobber team. Paul Ellering says Slater & Rhyno will be the next team added to the list of victims in the Book of Pain.)
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Main-Show:
1- 2 Out of 3 Falls Match for the Cruiserweight Championship: Cedric Alexander © def. Mustafa Ali
(Mustafa Ali challenges Cedric Alexander to a rematch. Ali says that he fell short at WrestleMania, but he won't fall short again. Cedric accepts this match & says now that he's the face of 205 Live, he is excited to lead it into the future. Drake Maverick makes this match Two out of Three Falls to determine a clear winner.)
2- The Riott Squad (Liv Morgan & Sarah Logan) (w/ Ruby Riott) def. Bayley & Sasha Banks
(The Riott Squad make their debut on Raw during the Superstar Shakeup, & target Sasha & Bayley, who are slightly infighting amongst each other. Ruby says that she's so sick of seeing the horsewomen get all of these opportunities, so she's gonna set The Riott Squad on them to take them out for good. Liv Morgan gets the win for her team after Sasha tags herself in as Bayley is going for a Bayley-to-Belly.)
3- Raw Tag Team Championship Match: The Revival © def. The Bar
(The Bar invoke their rematch clause after WrestleMania. When Sheamus & Cesaro are drafted to Smackdown, the stipulation is added that if they win, they’ll get drafted back to Raw. The Bar say they they will reclaim their titles & remain on Monday Nights. The Revival vow to send Sheamus & Cesaro to Smackdown empty handed.)
4- Finn Bálor def. Baron Corbin
(Baron Corbin is drafted to Raw in the Superstar Shakeup. He attacks Finn Balor on his first night. Finn goes to Kurt Angle & demands this match. Corbin says that Balor is a small man in a big man's world & he'll send him back to Japan. Bálor says he’ll shut Corbin’s mouth.)
5- Ladder Match for the Intercontinental Championship: Seth Rollins def. Adrian Neville ©
(Seth Rollins defeats Finn Balor & Baron Corbin in a triple threat match on Raw to become number one contender. Rollins says that he will take Neville's precious crown & leave Payback as Intercontinental Champion. Neville says that Rollins is like a pest who he will finally rid himself of.)
6- Bobby Lashley (w/ Lio Rush) def. Roman Reigns
(On the Raw after WrestleMania, Roman Reigns is cutting a promo, until he's interrupted by a returning Bobby Lashley, who takes the mic from Roman's hand, & just as it looks like he's about to speak, he spears Roman, & lays the mic on his chest. Renee Young tries to interview him backstage, but Lashley just looks down at the camera, & walks off. The following week, Lashley is accompanied by Lio Rush, who says that he & Lashley's actions will do the talking for Bobby, & they will deafen. Roman says he'll exile Lashley back to TNA, while Lio says nothing can stop Walking Armageddon. This is the same match they had at Extreme Rules 2018, all while Lio just says Lashley's name on loop post-match. Following the match, Byron Saxton hops off commentary & goes to interview Lashley, before getting speared.)
7- Raw Women's Championship Match: Alexa Bliss © def. Nia Jax
(Nia Jax issues another challenge to Alexa Bliss after WrestleMania & says that she will not stop until she squashes her like a bug & becomes Raw Women's Champion. The Goddess accepts saying that she beat her fat ass once & she has no problem doing it again.)
8- Dolph Ziggler def. Apollo Crews (w/ Titus O'Neil)
(Dolph Ziggler is moved to Raw after WrestleMania & he attacks Apollo Crews & Titus O'Neil. He says that he's tired of being overshadowed & over casted. Crews challenges Ziggler to this match by telling him to put up or shut up. The showoff accepts & says that he'll run through him.)
9- World Heavyweight Championship Match: Braun Strowman © def. Samoa Joe
(Following Braun Strowman's World Title win at WrestleMania, Kurt Angle announces that Braun will defend the title at Backlash & his opponent is revealed to be Samoa Joe who attacks him at the end of the show. Samoa Joe says that he put John Cena to sleep at WrestleMania & he will do the same thing to the monster & take the World Championship over to Smackdown. Braun Strowman says that he will run through Samoa Joe & make sure that his World Title reign will have a strong start.)
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WWE Backlash 2018:
Date: 5-6-18
Venue: Prudential Center
City: Newark, New Jersey
Attendance: 14,724
Brand: Friday Night Smackdown
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1- United States Championship Match: Rusev © (w/ Aiden English) def. Bobby Roode
(Bobby Roode invokes his rematch clause after WrestleMania. He says the sight of a clown like Rusev holding a championship that he made glorious makes him sick to his stomach, & that he will reclaim the United States Championship & take it to Raw. Rusev says he simply wants to relive the same day over & over again for as long as he’s US Champion.)
2- The IIconics def. Naomi & Mickie James
(The newly rechristened IIconics debut on the Smackdown after WrestleMania & begin berating Naomi, which leads to Mickie James confronting them & throwing down the challenge for this match. At first, Peyton Royce & Billie Kay don't accept, until Paige forces them to.)
3- Smackdown Tag Team Championship Match: Sami Zayn & Kevin Owens © def. The Usos
(Shane McMahon congratulates Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn on their win at WrestleMania a week later on Smackdown. Zayn says he still doesn’t trust Owens, but Owens admits that all the infighting & bickering helped them become Smackdown Tag Team Champions and that the past is behind them. The Usos interrupt and invoke their rematch clause. Jimmy & Jey say they don’t care if KO & Sami are on the same page, but they’ll take back their titles regardless. Owens & Zayn say they’ll make The Usos regret questioning their friendship.)
4- Luke Harper def. The Miz
(Not much story to this match. The Miz runs his mouth to Luke Harper backstage & both men brawl, which leads to Paige making this match. Miz says he won’t stop till he demands that everyone respects him, while Harper says he’ll bring down Miz’s narcissistic facade.)
5- Andrade "Cien" Almas (w/ Zelina Vega) def. Tye Dillinger
(Andrade "Cien" Almas & Zelina Vega debut on Smackdown a week after WrestleMania. Vega says Almas has to come to Smackdown to make a statement & challenges anyone to prove him wrong. He begins squashing jobbers until Tye Dillinger confronts him backstage & says that Almas will not bully his way to a top spot on Smackdown. Almas responds by attacking Dillinger, which leads to this match.)
6- Triple Threat Match for the Smackdown Women's Championship: Asuka © def. Charlotte Flair & Carmella
(Following her embarrassing loss in seconds to Asuka back at WrestleMania 34, Carmella invokes her rematch clause. Mella says that she wasn't ready for Asuka back at WrestleMania, & that was a fluke victory, it was her worst night & Asuka's best night, ain't no way that happens again. At the same time, Charlotte Flair returns & says that since Carmella isn't champion anymore, she wants the 1st shot at Asuka. Paige decides to make it a Triple Threat Match so everybody gets a shot.)
7- Daniel Bryan def. Samoa Joe
(After getting his revenge on The Miz at WrestleMania, Daniel Bryan comes out on Smackdown & says he’s ready to begin another journey back to the very top of the WWE once again. Samoa Joe then attacks him & puts him in the Coquina Clutch. In the build, Joe says he’s putting everyone on the Smackdown roster on notice, & that he’ll retire Bryan once again. Bryan says he’ll prove to everyone in company that he still has what it takes & that he will humble The Destroyer.)
8- WWE Championship Match: Shinsuke Nakamura © (w/ Paul Heyman) def. AJ Styles
(On the Smackdown after WrestleMania, AJ Styles challenges Shinsuke Nakamura to a rematch here. He says that Shinsuke may have gotten lucky at WrestleMania, but he promises that it'll be different the next time they face off. Paul Heyman accepts on The Artist's behalf, saying that AJ Styles has had a very PHENOMENAL run as WWE Champion. But Nakamura's run is just beginning & will not end any time soon.)
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NXT TakeOver: Chicago II
Date: 6-16-18
Venue: Allstate Arena
City: Rosemont, Illinois
Attendance: 11,000
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1- NXT World Tag Team Championship Match: The Undisputed Era © (Kyle O'Reilly & Roderick Strong) (w/ Adam Cole) def. Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch
(Oney Lorcan and Danny Burch earn a shot at the NXT World Tag Team Championship following a six-man tag team victory over The Undisputed Era on the 5/16/18 episode of NXT. In the build up, The UE scoff at their challengers, saying that their Cinderella story will end in Chicago. Lorcan and Burch vow to knock the dastardly trio off their perch. Just like in real life, Lorcan & Burch win the crowd’s respect.)
2- Ricochet def. Velveteen Dream
(Following his debut at Takeover: New Orleans, Ricochet says that he came to NXT for one reason - to be NXT Champion. This doesn’t sit well with Velveteen Dream, who says that anything The King of Flight can do, he can do better. Ricochet challenges Dream to this match, saying Dream is nothing but a Tough Enough reject.)
3- NXT Women's Championship Match: Shayna Baszler © def. Dakota Kai
(After TakeOver: New Orleans, Shayna Baszler begins her reign of terror, warning the entire NXT Women’s Division to fall in line or get hit with a hard dose of reality. In the build up, she bullies & intimidates Dakota Kai, making her too terrified to fight back. Two weeks before this event, Baszler pushes Kai too far & the latter snaps, beating down The Queen of Spades with several kicks. Kai says that she’s had enough & will kick Baszler’s head off in Chicago & take her title. Much like their match from the 5/30/18 edition of NXT, an enraged Baszler chokes out Kai after the match until Kairi Sane, sitting at ringside, hops the barricade & chases off The Queen of Spades.)
4- NXT World Championship Match: Aleister Black © def. Drew McIntyre
(After TakeOver: New Orleans, Drew McIntyre returns from injury & says he is owed a rematch for the NXT World Championship. He says that Aleister Black is simply keeping the title warm for him, & that he'll take the title back & snap Black’s streak. Aleister accepts the match & says that he'll beat McIntyre & prove that he only needs one shot to make his opponents fade to black. After the match, Drew gets a standing ovation & thanks the fans before leaving for the main roster.)
5- Tommaso Ciampa def. Johnny Gargano - Street Fight
(After TakeOver: New Orleans, Tommaso Ciampa continues to target Johnny Gargano. Ciampa brutally attacks Gargano on an episode of NXT & sends him to hospital. In the preceding weeks, Ciampa gloats about how Johnny may have won the battle, but he will always win the war. It becomes more than personal after Candice LaRae gets put in harms way, to which the Sicilian Psychopath blames Gargano for. Enraged, Johnny Wrestling signs a contract for a Street Fight, vowing to send Ciampa home in an ambulance, just like how Johnny left Chicago last year. Same banger of a match as in real life.)
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WWE Money In The Bank 2018: Raw and Smackdown Together For The Price of One
Date: 6-17-18
Venue: United Center
City: Rosemont, Illinois
Attendance: 15,214
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Pre-Show:
1- Cruiserweight Championship Match: Cedric Alexander © def. Hideo Itami
(Hideo Itami defeats Mustafa Ali, TJ Perkins, & Drew Gulak in a fatal four way match on 205 Live to become the #1 Contender. Hideo says he will not give in until he leaves as Cruiserweight Champion. Cedric says that Hideo hits hard & fast, but he'll weather the storm & continue his reign.)
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Main-Show:
1- Women's Money In The Bank Ladder Match: Becky Lynch def. Bayley, Ronda Rousey, Naomi, Ember Moon, Nia Jax, Charlotte Flair, & Sasha Banks
(Not much story here. All eight women want to be Mrs. Money in the Bank. The main rivalry going into this match is Sasha Banks & Bayley’s bitter rivalry. It’s Becky Lynch who triumphs here.)
2- Raw Tag Team Championship Match: The Revival © def. Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson
(Gallows & Anderson win a #1 Contender's Match against Heath Slater & Rhyno to earn this match. They say that it's been a while since they were champs & they wanna change that. The Revival say that they'll run them just like they did The Bar.)
3- No Holds Barred Match for the Smackdown Women's Championship: Asuka © def. Nikki Cross
(Nikki defeats Carmella & Naomi in a Triple Threat Match to secure a match against Asuka & her Smackdown Women's Championship. Nikki continues to attack Asuka after Backlash, saying she will not rest until she breaks Asuka's undefeated streak. Asuka says she respects that Nikki keeps on getting back up after she knocked her down in NXT, & it's to the point where she wants her to leave her alone. Smackdown GM Paige makes this match No Holds Barred due to how intense the feud is getting.)
4- Intercontinental Championship Match: Dolph Ziggler def. Seth Rollins ©
(Dolph Ziggler wins a Fatal 5 Way #1 Contender's Match against Baron Corbin, Finn Bálor, Apollo Crews, & Elias Samson. The Showoff says that Seth Rollins is on a hot streak right now. But that will end at Money In The Bank when he becomes a 2x Intercontinental Champion. Rollins says that just like the others who face him for the IC Title, Ziggler will fall short. Dolph shockingly wins thanks to interference from a returning Drew McIntyre.)
5- The Miz def. Daniel Bryan - Street Fight
(Bryan & Miz's feud becomes more & more intense each week. Bryan challenges Miz to this match so he can put him in his place again. Miz accepts, saying he would love the opportunity to humiliate Bryan. Miz wins thanks to interference from Maryse.)
6- Smackdown Tag Team Championship Match: SAnitY (Killian Dain & Alexander Wolfe) (w/ Eric Young) def. Sami Zayn & Kevin Owens ©
(SAnitY are drafted to Smackdown during the Superstar Shakeup. They target The New Day after Backlash, brutally attacking them during an in ring segment. Eric Young reveals that they are here for one purpose - chaos. For weeks, they continue to sneak attack The New Day until Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn, the former close to turning babyface, make the save. Owens & Zayn say they won’t allow a bunch of homeless rejects to walk into Smackdown & push everyone around. They convince Paige to make this match & she accepts. Young says Owens & Zayn will regret their decision. This match doesn’t go long due to Zayn suffering a shoulder injury that puts him on the shelf for the rest of the year.)
7- Raw Women's Championship Match: Alexa Bliss © def. Natalya
(Natalya wins a Fatal 4 Way #1 Contender's Match against Bayley, Sasha Banks, & Nia Jax on Raw. She says that she's watched Alexa Bliss bully her way to the top & all of it stops at Money In The Bank. The Goddess says that Natalya is just an overrated member of The Hart Family just like her father, uncles, & grandfather. She'll run through her just like she did everybody else for almost an entire year.)
8- Last Chance Match for the WWE Championship: Shinsuke Nakamura © (w/ Paul Heyman) def. AJ Styles
(After coming up short back at Backlash, AJ wants one more match for Shinsuke Nakamura's WWE Championship, to prove he can beat Shinsuke Nakamura. Heyman says that time & time again, he can never beat Nakamura, & he never will, because Nakamura wants to move on to bigger & better things. AJ & Nakamura work a VERY New Japan style match & they shake hands & bow to each other after this match.)
9- World Heavyweight Championship Match: Braun Strowman © def. Neville
(Neville defeats Chad Gable on an episode of Raw to earn a shot at Braun Strowman's World Heavyweight Championship. Neville says that the World Champion shouldn't be some neanderthal musclehead. Strowman says he'll toss Neville all around The United Center, & still leave as champion.)
10- Men's Money In The Bank Ladder Match: Finn Bálor def. Bobby Lashley (w/ Lio Rush), Jeff Hardy, Roman Reigns, Rusev (w/ Aiden English), Bray Wyatt, Bobby Roode, & Samoa Joe
(Just 8 of Raw & Smackdown’s very best doing battle to earn a life changing opportunity. Kofi Kingston is originally meant to compete in this match, but he & rest of The New Day are attacked by SAnitY on the go home edition of Smackdown & he is replaced by Samoa Joe. Finn Bálor is crowned Mr. Money in the Bank after hitting Roode with a Coup De Grace off the ladder & then just BARELY beating Lashley to the briefcase.)
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Non-PPV Title Changes:

Dolph Ziggler defeats Seth Rollins on the June 18th episode of Monday Night Raw to win the Intercontinental Championship thanks to a returning Drew McIntyre
Mustache Mountain defeat The Undisputed Era on June 19th during the United Kingdom Championship Tournament Special to win the NXT World Tag Team Championship (which I won't be rebooking only because I'd have no energy left after that)
The Undisputed Era defeat Mustache Mountain on the June 21st episode of NXT to win back the NXT World Tag Team Championship

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2023.05.13 21:11 Mundane-Turnover-913 Fantasy rebooking the WWE title at every PPV (2017-2020)

Please read Part 1!: (1) Rebooking the WWE title on every PPV (2010-2014) : FantasyBookers (reddit.com)
And Part 2 as well!" (1) Fantasy Booking the WWE title at every PPV (2014-2017) : FantasyBookers (reddit.com)

Backlash 2017

Following WrestleMania, WWE holds another Draft, and the former Universal champion Kevin Owens, is now on SmackDown. He's pissed about dropping the Universal title to Chris Jericho at WrestleMania 33, and even more pissed that because he's on SD now, he won't be getting his rematch. He confronts Shane McMahon and demands an automatic shot at AJ Styles' WWE title at Backlash. Shane initially refuses, but AJ agrees, believing that KO needs to be put in his place, because SD isn't like Raw, and he won't go down as easily as Owens thinks. Ultimately, AJ defeats KO to retain the title.
Meanwhile, Shinsuke Nakamura makes his debut on the main roster, by confronting the newly drafted United States champion: Sami Zayn. These two had quite the match in NXT, and this would be the best way to debut him IMO. Also, Shinsuke would have his own personal ring announcetranslator, so that Shinsuke can speak his native language and people will still be able to understand him. After yet another classic match at Backlash, Shinsuke knocks off Sami, to become the new US champion.

Money in the Bank 2017

After this, Randy Orton is the next to step up. He says that he's spent the last year or so as part of the Wyatt Family, but now that the Wyatt's are gone, it's time for him to get back to what he does best, and that's winning world titles. He talks about how he's heard all the talk about AJ, and he's seen the matches, but that AJ is nothing he hasn't seen before. He says he's next HBK, but Orton has beaten HBK so that doesn't impress him. He challenges him for the title at Money in the Bank, and AJ of course agrees.
Meanwhile, Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn are both frustrated about their losses at Backlash, and they run into each other backstage. They share a glance and tensions seem high. They walk away without saying a word. Shortly after, they both end up being included in the Men's MITB ladder match, along with Shinsuke Nakamura. In the end, Nakamura manages to win the briefcase, and Owens and Zayn both look at each other, equally frustrated once again.
At the end of the night, AJ defends against Randy, and he manages to win, despite some close calls (such as the Phenomenal Forearm being countered into an RKO). However, when AJ is celebrating in the ring, he ends up being laid out by KO and Sami! Sami has turned heel and they've formed an alliance. Shane tries to help AJ but gets laid out. Then Shinsuke comes out, and they finally leave, satisfied in what they've done. There's a moment where AJ looks up, nervous that Shinsuke will cash-in on him, but instead he offers him a hand up, and they look on as KO and Sami laugh at them from the stage.

Battleground 2017

Shane has been hospitalized, and Daniel Bryan is furious. He says he respects KO and Sami because they all came from the same place, but he admits that they seem to have forgotten about HONOR. Because of this, he announces that AJ and Shinsuke will team up against KO and Sami in the main event of Battleground. He then says that since it's obvious that what they want are title shots, then they'll get them if they win.
We get some comedy segments out of the AJ and Shinsuke pairing, with Corey Graves adamant that Shinsuke will betray AJ and cash-in on him soon. However, on the night, the tag match is going well, until Shane returns from injury and tries to help AJ and Shinsuke. This ends up costing them the match, and KO and Sami become #1 contenders.

Summerslam 2017

The matches are set, KO will face AJ for the WWE title once again (this time it'll be No Holds Barred), and Sami will challenge Shinsuke for the US championship. In the weeks leading up to the show, Vince McMahon tries to reason with KO and Sami so that Shane will stop trying to fight them, but they end up laying out Vince. Shane tries to help and is once again taken out on a stretcher. KO and Sami are ruling SmackDown.
They also take out Shinsuke's translator (who by this point the fans love) and try to play mind games with their opponents. Sami is tired of Shinsuke coming in and knocking him down. Shinsuke banished him from NXT in his first ever match there, and then his first main roster match, he took his US title. He's sick of Nakamura doing that.
Finally, Summerslam arrives, and because of interference, Zayn defeats Shinsuke to regain the US championship, and KO manages to defeat AJ to win his 2nd WWE championship, and his third world title in just 2 years (4th if you count the NXT title),

Hell in a Cell 2017

AJ is quick to invoke his rematch clause for HIAC, wanting their match to take place inside the Cell, to ensure that Sami won't be able to interfere. Sami already has his hands full though, as not only is Shinsuke invoking his rematch clause, but the newly debuted Bobby Roode, has also challenged him, making this a triple threat.
On the night, Zayn is able to retain his title, pinning Roode after Shinsuke hit him with the Kinshasa. Owens, meanwhile, uses the Cell to his advantage, and this match is quite violent as a result. In the end, he actually sets a table on fire, and hits a powerbomb outside the ring, and through the flaming table, to pin AJ and retain his title.

Survivor Series 2017

KO's emphatic victory over AJ inside the Cell, legitimizes him further in the eyes of the fans, who've gotten used to KO needing help by this point. KO and Sami hold a victory celebration on SmackDown, which is interrupted by a returning Shane. He says that as much as he wants to teach them a lesson, he has to be more professional than that. He instead tells them that they each have to represent SmackDown at Survivor Series, as Sami will be facing IC champion Chad Gable, and KO will be facing Universal champion Roman Reigns.
At the show, both matches are barnburners, and in the end, Gable is able to defeat Sami and KO defeats Roman Reigns, when he's attacked by a returning Brock Lesnar.

Clash of Champions 2017

On the next SmackDown, Rusev Day is having a singing session in the ring, when KO and Sami interrupt them. They say that SmackDown is their show now, and nobody can be in the ring unless they have permission from them. Rusev and English get into a brawl with them, and it's shortly announced that Rusev will be facing KO for the WWE title at Clash of Champions.
The fans are REALLY behind Rusev for this one, since they love him so much right now, and KO is such a despicable heel, even attacking English, and putting Lana through a table. Rusev tries his hardest and has some close calls, but in the end, KO manages to retain the title thanks to Sami.

Royal Rumble 2018

Shinsuke Nakamura is finally back in the title picture, having concluded a feud with Randy Orton. He announces that he'll be cashing in his MITB contract at the Royal Rumble for a shot against KO. KO doesn't seem afraid at first, but then cracks start forming, when Shinsuke costs Sami the US title to Bobby Roode on SmackDown.
Ultimately, after another classic match, Sami looks like he's going to interfere, but the translator shows surprising strength when he grabs Sami's legs and doesn't let go. Sami looks like he's going to hit the translator, but then Shane McMahon FINALLY steps up after months of holding back, and beats Sami up. This allows Shinsuke to hit the Kinshasa on Owens, and finally become the new WWE champion! On this same show, AJ Styles wins the 2018 Men's Royal Rumble match, and immediately announces his intentions to face Shinsuke at WM 34.

Fastlane 2018

KO and Zayn are fuming about what happened at the Rumble. They've gone from running the show as dual champions, to having no championships and no obvious direction for WM. They decide to challenge for the WWE title at Fastlane in a triple threat match. In the weeks leading up, Nakamura plays mind games with Sami, saying that he still hasn't gotten over the fact that he's better than him, and not even KO can change that.
These mind games come to bite them in the ass, as KO goes for the pin, but Sami drags him off, saying he NEEDS to win this match, to prove Nakamura wrong. But KO thinks he was screwed out of the WWE title, and so he should win. This infighting causes them both to lose, and Shinsuke retains his title.

WrestleMania 34

KO and Zayn manage to put themselves together after this, and KO challenges Shane McMahon to a match at WM, believing all of this to be his fault. Shane agrees, but later announces that he won't be alone, as Daniel Bryan has been cleared for a comeback. Shane and Daniel defeat Owens and Zayn at WM in a loser leaves SmackDown match, sending them back to Raw, however KO never appears on the show, and it's quite some time before we see him again.
Meanwhile, AJ and Shinsuke run down their shared history in Japan, and the classic they had at Wrestle Kingdom. But now this is for a greater prize on an even grander stage. They're both older and wiser men, and if they thought their last match was a challenge, they haven't seen nothing yet. In the end, after a HOPEFULLY better match than IRL, AJ defeats Shinsuke to become the new WWE champion!

Greatest Royal Rumble 2018

Shinsuke gets drafted to Raw, and this leaves AJ without an obvious opponent for Greatest Royal Rumble in Saudi Arabia. However, the newly returned Daniel Bryan steps up to the plate. He talks about how at WM 3 years ago, he was robbed of the chance to win the WWE title. How 4 years ago, he was forced to give up his title early into his reign. He's had years to think about it, and he knew if he was able to return, then AJ Styles was the top guy that he wanted to wrestle. So, he makes a challenge for the title, and AJ accepts.
However, their excellent match in Saudi is ruined by the newly SmackDown-bound, Miz. The Miz still had his tirade against Daniel Bryan on Talking Smack in 2016, and now Miz finally has the chance to properly put Bryan in his place. So, he costs Bryan the title, meaning AJ retains by DQ.

Backlash 2018

AJ is pissed off at the Miz for ruining their dream match, and so is Bryan. They decide to have a triple threat match a week later at Backlash between AJ, Bryan and the Miz. This match ends up being the main event, and it's a great match, that unlike Roman vs Joe in our timeline, sends the fans home happy.
In the end, Bryan looks like he's going to force AJ to tap out to the Yes Lock, but then the Miz hits Bryan with a Skull-Crushing Finale. But before he can go for the pin, AJ recovers and hits Miz with the Styles Clash to retain the title.

Money in the Bank 2018

Bryan and Miz go on to feud with one another, and this would leave AJ in need of a new opponent. Styles makes a challenge to anyone who wants a shot, and his challenge is answered by none other than his old TNA cohort, Samoa Joe. Joe has had a great first year on the main roster, winning the Universal title from Chris Jericho a year earlier, and holding it through the summer.
Now Joe is on SmackDown, and he's ready to put his old friend AJ to sleep and make himself the new face that runs the place. Joe plays mind games with AJ in the weeks leading up to the match, even promising the Styles' family that he'll be replacing AJ because they deserve better. This causes AJ to be uncharacteristically reckless in their match at MITB, and he falls prey to the Coquina Clutch. AJ passes out, and Joe is the new WWE champion!

Extreme Rules 2018

AJ wants revenge on Joe, not just for taking the title, but for dragging his family into it. He wants to beat the living hell out of the Samoan Submission Machine, and so a Street Fight is made for Extreme Rules. These two beat the living hell out of each other, with Joe being covered in welts from kendo stick shots. In the end however, Joe hits the Muscle Buster off the top rope and through a table to retain his title.
At the same time, Daniel Bryan continues his feud with the Miz, who managed to get a fluke pinfall win over Bryan at MITB. They decide to have a 2 out of 3 falls match at Extreme Rules. Miz gets himself DQ'd with a chair shot but takes advantage with a Skull-Crushing Finale to even the score. In the end, Bryan puts Miz away with the running knee.

Summerslam 2018

Rusev Day has been more and more over since late 2017, and Rusev was able to continue that momentum by capturing the US title from Bobby Roode at WrestleMania. However, he's recently lost the title to Tye Dillinger, and now he wants to do what he failed to do at Clash of Champions, and that's become the WWE champion. He throws out the challenge to Samoa Joe, who believes Rusev will be an easy opponent for him.
Joe attacks Aiden English early on in the feud and we don't see him for weeks. However, at Summerslam, he makes his grand return to serenade Rusev to the ring. This match goes back and forth and is a hoss fight in the best way. In the end, Joe puts him in the Coquina Clutch, but Rusev manages to roll out and lock in the Accolade, forcing Joe to tap out! Rusev becomes the brand-new WWE champion!
On this same show, Bryan and Miz have one final encounter. Miz claims Bryan only won at Extreme Rules because it was by pinfall. He says Bryan couldn't beat him in a submission match, and Bryan takes him up on that. Of course, Bryan forces Miz to tap out to the Yes Lock at Summerslam, to finally end their feud.

Hell in a Cell 2018

Joe is FUMING over his loss of the WWE championship. That's when AJ Styles makes his return after a brief hiatus and tells Joe that he lost and to get over it. Joe however insists he deserves a rematch, and AJ wants in on that too, wanting one more chance to shut Joe up. This match is made into a triple threat, and in the end, Rusev manages to overcome both men, to retain his title.

Super Show-Down 2018

AJ congratulates Rusev on the successful defense but reminds him that he wasn't involved in the final decision (Joe was the one pinned), and he asks for a one-on-one match with Rusev in Melbourne, Australia. Rusev agrees and the match is set. In the end, Rusev proves definitively that he deserves to be WWE champion (if he didn't already), by forcing AJ to submit to the Accolade.
On this same show, Daniel Bryan wins a match against Randy Orton and becomes #1 contender for the WWE title.

Crown Jewel 2018

Bryan vs Rusev is set for the next Saudi Arabia show, however because Bryan doesn't wrestle in Saudi, Randy Orton attacks Bryan backstage, and puts him on the shelf. So, it's Orton vs Rusev in Saudi, and Orton plays on the fact that he's never been more dangerous before, and that Rusev is in WAY over his head. But despite this, he manages to retain the title, slipping out of an RKO attempt, and hitting the Machka kick for the pinfall win.

Survivor Series 2018

After this, Rusev seems locked in to face Universal champion Bobby Lashley at Survivor Series, but then Daniel Bryan asks for a title shot on SmackDown, since he was supposed to get one at Crown Jewel but was unable to compete.
Just like IRL (but more heartbreaking since everyone loves Rusev as champion), Bryan turns heel during the match, hitting a low blow on Rusev and then the Running Knee to capture his 3rd WWE championship.
Now it's Bryan vs Lashley for Survivor Series, and Bryan wins this through shenanigans, cementing his new heel persona.

TLC 2018

Bryan soon develops an Eco-warrior gimmick and begins calling the fans FICKLE for polluting the world and booing their planet's champion. Rusev invokes his rematch clause for the next PPV, in a TLC match. There, Bryan is able to retain his championship, hitting a low blow on Rusev right before he could pull down the title.

Royal Rumble 2019

AJ Styles is the next person to step up to Bryan. He says that the man he felt so honored to face after WrestleMania, is not the man he's looking at now. Bryan just laughs and says that this has always been him. He's always been a protector of the world's eco-system, but he just never felt so strongly about it until now, because he has the biggest platform possible now.
AJ compares him to CM Punk, calling him a man who believes he's a God. Bryan however says they both know that he's no God, but he is a vessel of virtue, and AJ is an overconfident polluter that needs to be taken out of the equation.
The match between them is set for the Royal Rumble, which goes exactly the same as it did IRL. Erick Rowan makes his return as Bryan's henchman, aiding him in his successful defense over AJ Styles.

Elimination Chamber 2019

Bryan is having a great time on the next SmackDown, holding a victory celebration and reintroducing Rowan to fans as an eco-warrior. He then unveils his new hemp version of the WWE championship, and says that now that he has a platform, he needs a title that speaks to his cause. He goes on saying he's managed to defeat the two top guys of SmackDown from 2018, one after the other, and that makes him the greatest WWE champion in years.
However, Samoa Joe takes exception to this, saying he was WWE champion last year too, and Bryan sure as hell never beat him. Then Mustafa Ali comes out and says that he's been on a wave of momentum since joining SmackDown (he's already had upset wins over Randy Orton and Samoa Joe in recent weeks). Ali feels he deserves a shot. Randy Orton comes out now and says Ali's victory was a fluke, and a certified future Hall-of-Famer such as himself, shouldn't have to go to the back of the line to accommodate a man who never even won the Cruiserweight title. Then Styles comes out, and says Bryan never beat him, and that Rowan beat him. He wants another shot, without Rowan at ringside. Then Rusev comes out and says that he wants one more chance to enter WM as WWE champion. It's obviously decided that Bryan will have to defend against Styles, Rusev, Orton, Ali and Joe inside the Elimination Chamber. Bryan calls this decision FICKLE.
However, just like IRL, Ali gets injured shortly before the PPV and BIG E is the one to take his place (Kofi was already WWE champion in 2010 in this timeline, so the Kofimania story wouldn't work as well IMO). Big E gets the final spot in the match, and impresses everyone during a gauntlet match on SmackDown, to determine who will enter the Chamber last.
In the end, it comes down to Bryan and Big E, and the fans are VERY much behind Big E. However, Bryan's just on another level right now, and Bryan manages to retain the title, but he's put the fans on notice, and he came THIS close.

Fastlane 2019

Bryan pretends to congratulate Big E on his performance, but then says that anyone wanting a man who thrusts his hips around to some dumb catchphrase that he's been using for 5 years, is FICKLE. He calls himself the Planet's champion and says Big E doesn't deserve to be in the same league as him.
Kevin Owens' music then plays, and we see KO for the first time since WrestleMania 34, when he and Sami Zayn lost to Shane McMahon and Daniel Bryan. KO says that he had to wait almost a year, but he's finally back in the WWE, and he can finally start providing for his family again. He says that his first order of business is shutting up Bryan and taking away his WWE title.
Big E then comes out and says that while he respects KO and why he wants revenge on Bryan, he says that he came too close at the Chamber, and he's waited for years to get an opportunity like this, while KO has already been a three-time world champion. He asks if KO can let him have this one, and KO says no, saying he waited almost a year to return to WWE, and he needs his kids to see that he can still be their hero and provide for them. Big E and KO decide to have a match that same night, and the winner gets to face Bryan at Fastlane.
In said match however, Big E loses to KO when none other than Dolph Ziggler comes out, and costs Big E the match. Ziggler explains shortly after that he was the one who brought Big E into the WWE all those years ago, and he's not going to stand idly by while he continues to be overlooked in favor of some would-be main eventer. Big E and Ziggler hash things out at Fastlane, where Big E defeats his former mentor.
On this same show, Daniel Bryan and Kevin Owens have a great match, but in the end, Bryan manages to once again retain his title.

WrestleMania 35

With his victory over Ziggler at Fastlane, Big E once again asks for a title match with Daniel Bryan at WrestleMania, and finally Bryan decides to give it to him, but says that since a gauntlet match is what started this journey, Big E should have to win a gauntlet match to advance to WM. Big E manages to defeat Erick Rowan, Randy Orton, and Kevin Owens (the latter of which finally decides to let Big E win, because he supports his journey).
In the weeks after this, Bryan sends Erick Rowan to attack Kofi and Xavier, putting them on the shelf and leaving Big E without his biggest supporters. However, this just makes things more personal for him.
At WM, Big E and Daniel Bryan have a show-stealing match, and there are quite a few moments where it looks like Big E will lose, but he always manages to power out of the Yes Locks and kick out of the Running Knees. Rowan interferes on Bryan's behalf a lot too, but right before he can do so again, the New Day return and put Rowan through the announce table, making things fair. Finally, Big E hits Bryan with the Big Ending, for the pin and win. Big E is the new WWE champion!

Money in the Bank 2019

On the SmackDown after WrestleMania, the New Day are holding a victory celebration, and Big E is crying with joy. However, the celebration is interrupted by a returning Mustafa Ali, who's clapping for Big E and is seemingly congratulating him. But then he says that Big E took what should've been his WM journey away from him. He says that if not for his injury, he would've been in the Chamber, and the fans would've supported him all the way to WrestleMania. The New Day tries to tell him that now's not the time, but Ali says he's waited long enough. He wasn't even booked for WM, and he says he wants to make up for lost time, and he challenges for the title at Money in the Bank. Big E defeats Ali there in a great match, proving his win at WM was no fluke.

Super Show-Down 2019

CM Punk makes his return to SmackDown for the first time in over two years. In his time away, he feuded with Matt Hardy and was submerged in the Lake of Reincarnation, returning to his usual persona. Having feuded with everyone there was to feud with on Raw, he's now on SmackDown, and wants to face Big E in Saudi Arabia. Punk says he's admired Big E and the New Day for years and calls Kofi a very good friend of his. He also says that watching Big E these last few months, he can honestly say this is the best version of him he's seen. He wants to face Big E at his best. Big E accepts the challenge.
In Saudi Arabia, these two have an excellent match with a hot crowd. Punk nearly wins a few times. In the end, Big E counters the Anaconda Vice into a Big Ending to retain the WWE title.

Stomping Grounds 2019

Next up for Big E is Roman Reigns. Roman has only recently returned after his leukemia diagnosis, and he wants to become a world champion again. He was on the verge of winning the Universal title back from Bobby Lashley on Raw, but his leukemia stalled his momentum. Now he's on a new show, and he's starting over. Roman has a lot of respect for Big E and the New Day, but he's not going to hold back, because he has dreams too.
Big E respects Roman for not wanting to take it easy on him, and says he didn't beat guys like Daniel Bryan, Mustafa Ali and CM Punk, so that people could start taking it easy on him. However, that goes both ways.
These two go on to have a great match at Stomping Grounds, but in the end, Big E reverses a spear into a Big Ending to retain once again. However, after the match, Chad Gable comes out and attacks Big E. He crushes his leg in a steel chair before the New Day come out and chase him off.

Extreme Rules 2019

Now this next feud needs some context. In this timeline, CHAD GABLE was Kurt Angle's illegitimate son instead of Jason Jordan. Because of this Jordan is still an active wrestler who never broke his neck. Gable quietly splits from Jordan after the revelation, and slowly turns heel by taking advantage of Angle's powers as Raw GM. He wins the IC title from Finn Balor in the Fall of 2017 and would go on to be the longest reigning champion in the belt's history, not losing it until WrestleMania 35 to Ricochet. He was subsequently drafted to SmackDown, and after biding his time, he's ready.
Gable explains that he's been an accomplished tag team wrestler and a VERY accomplished mid-card wrestler, and now he's ready to dominate the world title scene as well. He says Big E's opponents have shown him a lot of respect, but if his opponents have anything to say, it's that respect doesn't win championships. He thinks it's a joke that people would boo a former Olympian like himself when the WWE champion is a dancing buffoon who flukes his way to victory every month.
Big E is PISSED at these comments, and says if it's a title match, he wants, all he had to do was ask. But now this is going to be far more than just another title defense. Big E wants Gable, and he wants him in a No Holds Barred match at Extreme Rules. Gable just smiles and says he was hoping he would say that.
In the end, Gable holds his own against the champion, but Big E winning is what everyone expects to happen. However, he shocks the world, locking in the ankle lock with a chair wrapped around his already injured leg. Big E is left with no choice but to tap out, and Chad Gable is your new WWE champion!

Summerslam 2019

Big E hobbles out on crutches on the following SmackDown and apologizes to the fans for losing at Extreme Rules. He admits that he tapped out and that Gable was the better man that night. However, that doesn't mean he doesn't want his title back. He won't just stand idly by while a disrespectful punk like Chad Gable runs his mouth and brags about his accomplishments. He invokes his rematch clause. Shane McMahon however says Big E isn't cleared to compete at Summerslam, and so Big E offers to have it be an unsanctioned submission match. No more excuses. If he can't beat Gable at Summerslam, then he'll concede Gable is the better man. Gable of course accepts this.
At Summerslam however, Big E surprises everyone with a more submission-based move set, and nearly gets Gable to tap out on more than one occasion. But in the end, Gable is the professional when it comes to technical offense, and Big E can't keep up with him. Gable retains the WWE title with a figure four around the steel post.

Clash of Champions 2019

After this, Gable holds an "All-American" celebration on SmackDown with red, white and blue balloons and pictures of his past achievements everywhere. However, there's no mention of Jason Jordan, which spurns Jordan to come out and confront him. He says he doesn't even recognize the man Gable has become but understands he's doing what he thinks has to be done. But now, he's doing what HE feels has to be done, and that's challenge his former partner for the title at Clash of Champions. Gable laughs him off, saying he's done nothing to earn the shot, but Jordan goads him, saying deep down he always knew management liked him more than Gable, and Gable is just trying to bury that under his title. Gable is fuming and he agrees to the match.
This match is very personal given their history, and these two are quite evenly matched. Gable is getting flustered that Jordan is keeping up with him, and resorts to cheating to stay ahead of him. In the end, Gable manages to put Jordan away by count out, putting him through the announce table and letting Jordan get counted out.

Hell in a Cell 2019

Jordan is pissed because he knows he could've beaten him, and Gable knew that too, and that's why he took the easy way out. He wants another shot, and this time, he wants to make sure he has nowhere to run to. He asks Shane to book a Hell in a Cell match, and he agrees.
Jordan let's all of his anger drive him during their Cell match, but Gable is desperate enough to retain that he's equally vicious. These two are once again evenly matched. At one point, they exit the Cell and Gable hits a moonsault off the side of the Cell and through the announce table. In the end, Gable grapevines the Ankle Lock and Jordan is left with no other choice but to finally submit. Gable after the match acts like he's going to make up with him, offering him a hand up, only to hit an Angle slam and leave.

Crown Jewel 2019

Gable talks about how everyone always says that they're the most dominant champion, but when Gable says it, it's actually true. It's DAMN true. He's knocked off the beloved Big E, and his former partner with no remorse. He says there's nobody on SmackDown that could even slightly pose a threat to him in Saudi Arabia. That's when BROCK LESNAR'S music hits, and Gable has a look on his face that says, "I just fucked up."
Heyman brings up Kurt Angle being Brock's greatest rival, but Brock always came out on top of Angle in the end, and Gable isn't even close to being as great as he was. Heyman doesn't believe Gable has a chance in hell of retaining. Gable stands up for himself however, saying "you beat Angle at WrestleMania? Well whoop de doo, I RETIRED Angle at WM."
In the end, these two have an EXCELLENT match, that harkens back to Brock's classics with Angle, but in the end, Brock manages to reverse the Ankle Lock into a kimura, and he forces Gable to submit. Brock is once again your WWE champion!

Survivor Series 2019

After this, Gable is taken off TV with injury (since he's been competing at a high level for so long now and could use a break), and Brock gets a VERY unlikely challenger in the form of Rey Mysterio. Dominik is sad his father only got to have one reign with the world title (in this timeline Rey's only world title reign was in 2006), and he thinks he should have a chance at another. Rey isn't confident he can beat Brock, but he agrees to try for his son.
We get the same match we got between these two IRL, with Rey getting some good hope spots, but in the end, Brock manages to retain his title.

Royal Rumble 2020

Brock Lesnar misses out on the TLC 2019 PPV, and marches straight for the Royal Rumble. But not just the PPV, the Royal Rumble match itself. Brock doesn't think there's anyone worthy of fighting him at WrestleMania and decides he's going to win the Royal Rumble to prove his point. He enters at #1 and dominates for most of the match.
In the end, Drew McIntyre manages to eliminate Brock from the match, after Big E hits him with a low blow (payback for Brock eliminating Kofi and Xavier). Brock is REALLY pissed at Drew, but he manages to go on to win the 2020 Men's Royal Rumble match.

Super Show-Down 2020

Brock Lesnar is set to face Drew McIntyre at WrestleMania, but before he gets there, there's one person he also wants revenge on, and that's Big E. Big E says that winning the title last year was a dream come true for him, and that it would be an honor to defend it against Drew at WM. Big E intends to defeat Brock in Saudi and enter WM as the champion.
However, while Big E puts up a very good fight, and even Brock is surprised at Big E's power, it's not enough, and Brock manages to retain with an F5.

WrestleMania 36

Sadly, COVID-19 starts, and WM 36 ends up taking place inside the performance center. However, Drew says the location won't matter. He WILL beat Brock if it's the last thing he does. He talks about how in 2009, Vince McMahon brought him into the WWE and proclaimed him as the Chosen One. However, Vince got over him, other big names came into the WWE, and he never lived up to his potential. Drew said he used to resent the WWE for overlooking him, but he now realizes he only has himself to blame. He was complacent and didn't work hard enough to earn that Chosen One nickname. But now, after years of rebuilding himself, he's hungrier than ever, and is determined to make that potential a reality at Brock's expense.
In the end, Drew accomplishes his goal, reversing an F5 into a Future Shock DDT before hitting the Claymore Kick for the victory. Drew is FINALLY the WWE champion!

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2023.05.13 21:10 Mundane-Turnover-913 Rebooking the WWE title scene at every PPV (2017-2020)

Backlash 2017

Money in the Bank 2017

Battleground 2017

Summerslam 2017

Hell in a Cell 2017

Survivor Series 2017

Clash of Champions 2017

Royal Rumble 2018

Fastlane 2018

WrestleMania 34

Greatest Royal Rumble 2018

Backlash 2018

Money in the Bank 2018

Extreme Rules 2018

Summerslam 2018

Hell in a Cell 2018

Super Show-Down 2018

Crown Jewel 2018

Survivor Series 2018

TLC 2018

Royal Rumble 2019

Elimination Chamber 2019

Fastlane 2019

WrestleMania 35

Money in the Bank 2019

Super Show-Down 2019

Stomping Grounds 2019

Extreme Rules 2019

Summerslam 2019

Clash of Champions 2019

Hell in a Cell 2019

Crown Jewel 2019

Survivor Series 2019

Royal Rumble 2020

Super Show-Down 2020

WrestleMania 36

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Extreme Rules 2014
Following WrestleMania XXX, Triple H and the Authority are furious, since everybody on their side lost at WM. Kane lost in the Andre the Giant battle royal to Cesaro, CM Punk defeated Triple H, Brock Lesnar defeated Batista, and Daniel Bryan beat Randy Orton for the WWE World Heavyweight championship. They decide to take out their frustrations on the Shield, who are slowly beginning to crumble, having failed to win the WWE WHC at the Elimination Chamber, and having lost to the Wyatt Family at WM. On top of this, Cesaro defeats Dean Ambrose for the United States title on the Raw after WM.
Triple H, Randy Orton and Batista reform Evolution, in order to try and get rid of the Shield, which they believe is a group of yet more undesirables. A 6-man tag team clash is set-up between the two stables for Extreme Rules. In the lead-up, the Shield begin to have some noticeable tension, and miscommunications lead to them falling to Evolution at Extreme Rules.
Meanwhile, CM Punk, fresh off of beating Triple H, decides to be the first to challenge Daniel Bryan for the WWE WHC (not Kane, because the Authority are mad at him for failing them at WM). Bryan accepts the challenge, and they have a friendly classic at Extreme Rules, where Bryan retains.
Payback 2014
Daniel Bryan is initially set to defend his WWE championship against a returning John Cena at Payback (Cena has now turned face after the Undertaker humbled him at WM), but Bryan is unable to compete. Cena is instead confronted by Bray Wyatt, who's been on a roll lately, and challenges Cena to a match at Payback, and the winner gets to challenge Bryan at Money in the Bank. Wyatt defeats Cena on the night.
Meanwhile, the Shield challenge Evolution to a rematch at Payback, this time under elimination rules, confident that they can get back on track, and put Evolution out to pasture. Since they already beat the Shield at Extreme Rules, they're pretty high on themselves, and arrogantly agree. Of course, just like IRL, the Shield defeats Evolution in a total clean sweep, seemingly on the same page once again.
Money in the Bank 2014
Sadly, just like IRL, Bryan can't compete at MITB and is forced to vacate the WWE championship. Bray Wyatt is automatically put into the main event for the vacant title but needs an opponent. He gets one in the form of CM Punk, who never got his revenge against the Wyatt's for attacking him in late 2013. In the weeks leading up to the match, AJ Lee (who's been dating Punk on-screen for almost a year now and also acts as his manager), begins to be drawn in by the Wyatt's. This all culminates with AJ betraying Punk at MITB, joining the Family and allowing Bray to capture the vacant title.
As this is going on however, bigger things are at play lower in the card, when Batista quits the WWE when Triple H refuses to grant him a title match, and so Triple H enacts Plan B, at which point Seth Rollins attacks Dean and Roman, and joins the Authority. Dean and Roman are pissed off, and all three members are put into the MITB ladder match. This means Roman doesn't get a separate push, and the fans hopefully don't turn on him. In the end just IRL, Kane interferes in the match, helping Seth to win the contract.
Battleground 2014
Kane's interference at MITB earns him the ire of Dean and Roman, who challenge Kane and Seth to a tag team match at Battleground. The match is made official, however the Authority once again defeats the Shield, who are beginning to have issues of their own, as they disagree on how to get revenge on Seth.
Bray Wyatt is now the WWE champion, and he has AJ Lee at his side (this means Punk and AJ would have to delay their wedding to August sorry). Punk is PISSED about this and wants to kill the Wyatt Family and bring his fiancée back. The Wyatt's try and use AJ to manipulate Punk into joining them, pointing out his own history of being a long haired and bearded cultist, and Punk looks like he may join them, but stays strong. They have a street fight at Battleground, where Punk is able to bring AJ out from under their spell, but at the cost of the match, which Bray wins.
Summerslam 2014
On the Raw after WM, we see several vignettes of a pickup truck driving to the Wyatt Family compound, which correlates with Bray spouting sermons from that same location. At the end of the night, Brock Lesnar is revealed to be the driver. He breaks into the compound, attacks the Family and destroys their house (picture what he did to Triple H's office, but with the compound). He makes his intentions clear; he wants the WWE title at Summerslam.
In the weeks leading up, Brock attacks Rowan and Harper, and Bray tries to play his mind games, but Brock isn't falling for anything. Finally, they resort to kidnapping Paul Heyman, and Brock has to go into Summerslam alone. There he TOTALLY wrecks Bray. Bray is made to look strong in defeat and it's not completely one-sided, but it shows that Brock is on a new level right now, and he's the WWE champion for the first time since 2004.
Meanwhile having lost to the Authority at Battleground, Roman and Dean decide that they need to cut the head off the snake, and so they bring Triple H back into the storyline, challenging him and Seth to a tag team match at Summerslam. This is made into a No Holds Barred match, and in the end the Shield picks up a big win, getting the pinfall victory over Triple H.
Night of Champions 2014
CM Punk makes his return from his honeymoon and decides to call out Paul Heyman. He talks to him about how he got him his start in WWE, and he'll describe himself as a Paul Heyman Guy, but he hasn't been WWE champion in over 2 years now, and he feels like he NEEDS to be champion again. He can't sit down while creepy cultists like Bray Wyatt, wannabe megastars like Seth Rollins and part-timers like Brock Lesnar, are the ones competing for the WWE championship. Paul tries to warn Punk off, but he's made up his mind to challenge Brock for the WWE title at Night of Champions. Brock accepts the challenge by getting into a big brawl with him.
Punk talks about Brock being a quitter who couldn't hack it, and Brock tells AJ not to watch the match between them, because he's going to kill him. In the end, the classic these two had at Summerslam 2013 in our timeline, it happens here instead, and despite Punk's best efforts and the support of the crowd, Heyman betrays Punk. Punk goes to the top rope for the Macho Man elbow, but Heyman holds his foot and Brock hits an F5 for the win.
Meanwhile, Roman isn't satisfied with beating Triple H, and wants Seth at Night of Champions, but shocks Dean by requesting a one-on-one match. However, this match never happens, because Roman ends up going out with a hernia, and so Seth arrogantly wins the match by forfeit, only to get into a brawl with Dean, who runs in through the crowd.
Hell in a Cell 2014
This leads of course to Seth and Dean being booked for a Hell in a Cell match at the titular PPV. Seth asks directly for the Authority not to get involved, because Kane has been questioning if he can get the job done on his own, and Seth wants to prove that he can. Plus, for him he feels he needs to put an end to the Shield alone. In the end, Seth does indeed defeat Dean inside HIAC, using every weapon he can find. In the end, he hits Dean with a pedigree onto a pile of thumbtacks that Dean brought with him, and beats Dean, just like his mentor did to Cactus Jack in 2000.
Cesaro has just recently lost his US championship to Rusev at Summerslam and failed to win it back at Night of Champions. Thus, he takes this as a sign that he's ready to move onto bigger things. He challenges Brock Lesnar for the WWE title, but Heyman says he won't be there, because it's below his paygrade. CM Punk then confronts Cesaro, and says that while he respects him, he wants another crack at Brock too. It's decided Punk and Cesaro will have a #1 contender's match, and the winner gets to fight Brock for the title at Survivor Series. Cesaro manages to beat Punk clean and earns his respect.
Survivor Series 2014
Now the Authority has been terrorizing WWE for over a year now, and wrestlers are getting tired of it. Particularly John Cena and Dean Ambrose. Cena has just recently returned from hiatus, and Dean while unable to beat Seth, still wants to destroy his employers. So, they assemble a team, consisting of themselves, CM Punk, Dolph Ziggler and for one night only, NXT's Sami Zayn (with Zayn facing Neville in a loser leaves NXT match, this makes people think Sami might be leaving NXT soon).
The Authority's team consists of Triple H, Seth Rollins, Kane, Randy Orton and the undefeated US champion Rusev. A stipulation is put in place, that if Team WWE wins, then the Authority must disband. In the end, the Authority look like they're going to cheat to win as always, when Sting makes his WWE debut, and ensures that Team WWE wins. The Authority is immediately disbanded. It should be noted however, that this stipulation is only good for a year, because realistically, the Authority would have to come back, but at least we wouldn't have to see them for a year.
Cesaro and Brock have an EXCELLENT WWE title match on this same show, where Cesaro gets in a lot of good hope spots. He muscles Brock up and even manages to hit a swing on him which really pops the crowd, but in the end, Brock catches him with an F5 to retain his title. Cesaro is showered with praise after the match.
TLC 2014
With the Authority disbanded, a now directionless Randy Orton starts to go a bit crazy. He takes his frustrations out on Dean Ambrose, whom he attacks on the next night's Raw, hitting him with a Punt kick. This leads to a chairs match between them at TLC, which Dean wins. Randy however is a sore loser and goes for another punt after the match, only to be attacked by a returning Roman Reigns, who hits Randy with a spear.
Meanwhile, John Cena begins feuding with Seth Rollins, who blames Sting for the Authority being disbanded. He calls Sting out but gets Cena instead. He says he doesn't know where Sting is or why he interfered, but he knows that the Authority is gone, and Seth holding MITB is the last reminder of the impact they had. So, he challenges Seth to a ladder match with the MITB briefcase on the line which Seth agrees to. This match is basically Seth's coming out party, the match where Seth proves definitively that he belongs in the main event. Despite Cena throwing everything he has at Seth, it's not enough and Seth retains his briefcase. Cena goes to show respect, but Seth just nails him with a curb stomp.
Royal Rumble 2015
Brock Lesnar returns in early 2015, and Seth feeling confident after defeating John Cena, wants a shot against Brock at the Rumble. Heyman however says if he wants a shot, he needs to use his briefcase to do so. Seth however refuses, saying beating Cena should make him #1 contender, and it's clear that Seth isn't actually as confident as he sounds, because he wants to keep the contract as an insurance policy, which Heyman calls him out on.
Cena then gets involved, saying that he tried to show Seth respect and he spat in his face. But he agrees that Brock's time as champion needs to come to an end. He also challenges Brock, and Brock rips the microphone from Paul's hand, and tells both Cena and Seth that he'll kick both their asses at the Rumble. We get the same classic triple threat that we saw in real life, and just like IRL, Brock nails Seth with an F5 and retains the title.
Around this time, Roman defeats Randy on the first Raw of 2015, and both he and Dean announce their entry into the Royal Rumble match. On the night, #1 ends up being none other than Dean Ambrose, and #2 is the shocking return of one Daniel Bryan. These two last the whole match, and eventually make it to the final 6, alongside Roman, Cesaro, Bray and Punk. Punk eliminates Wyatt, Cesaro eliminates Punk, the Shield eliminate Cesaro and then Roman eliminates Dean! It comes down to Roman and Bryan, and Bryan ultimately wins, announcing his intentions to pursue Brock Lesnar at WM for the title he never lost.
Fastlane 2015
Dean and Roman's tension which has gone on and off for the last year, begins to come to a head, when Roman says he wants to face Seth at Fastlane one-on-one because he never got to do that last year, and he doesn't want Dean to get involved at all. Dean seemingly respects that (though he is insulted a bit), but at Fastlane, he still tries to help and Roman loses because of it.
On this same show, Daniel Bryan and Brock Lesnar have a contract signing where Bryan actually puts Brock through the announce table, and Triple H returns to programming to call out Sting for a match at WM.
WrestleMania 31
Just like IRL, WM 31 is heralded as one of the best of them all, but the card is slightly different. The Undertaker defeats CM Punk, Cesaro wins the ladder match for the IC title, Sting defeats Triple H, and Roman wins a Shield triple threat match against Seth and Dean. Finally in the main event, Daniel Bryan challenges Brock Lesnar for the WWE championship.
Brock and Bryan's match is initially very much like the one they had at Survivor Series 2018, with Brock dominating at first, before Bryan makes a fiery comeback, and locks Brock in the Yes Lock which he counters, into an F5 but Bryan kicks out. Brock then locks in the kimura, but Bryan actually LIFTS him up and drives him into the corner. He then hits a running knee, but Brock STILL kicks out. Thats when Seth Rollins rushes out, cashes in his contract and pins Daniel Bryan after a Curb Stomp, to become the new WWE champion. Seth has robbed Bryan of his chance to win the title he never lost and becomes the top heel because of it.
Extreme Rules 2015
Now obviously, Daniel Bryan would be meant to feud with Seth throughout the summer of 2015, however, he's forced to retire from wrestling, and that storyline is left unfinished. HOWEVER, Roman believes he should be next in line, since he scored a pinfall win over Seth at WM. Dean Ambrose also wants a shot however, and so we're set to get another Shield triple threat at Extreme Rules, however this time the stakes are far higher.
In the end, Seth manages to retain his title, after Roman hits Dean with a spear, and then Seth hits Roman with the stomp to win.
Payback 2015
Now Roman and Dean spend some time feuding with each other, as any semblance of friendship is out the window, and they're getting tired of the other getting in their way. Seth loves this of course, since he thinks he has nothing but smooth sailing ahead of him now. HOWEVER, CM Punk makes his return after some time away, and he challenges Seth for the title at Payback.
The promos these two have against each other would be excellent, and since the Authority doesn't exist anymore, and he can't rely on two other people taking each other out, this feud is where Seth's abilities as a main eventer are truly put to the test. Punk points out that he only won the MITB because of the Authority, and now he has nobody left to protect him. Seth stands up for himself though, and points out that just like Punk, he's a former ROH world champion, and was also the first NXT champion. He says the Authority chose him for a reason, and that's that he's the future of this company, not someone like Punk, who hasn't held a title in almost 3 years.
At Payback, Seth and Punk absolutely tear the house down. The crowd is white hot for everything, and Punk makes Seth look like a million bucks. He has a good few hope spots, but Seth is ultimately able to put Punk away with the Stomp. On this same show, Roman Reigns defeats Dean Ambrose in a street fight.
Elimination Chamber 2015
So now, Seth is riding high on top of the world, having knocked off John Cena, Brock Lesnar, Daniel Bryan, Dean Ambrose, Roman Reigns and CM Punk in the last few months. He claims he's beaten the best of the best, and he could do it all it again in a heartbeat. That's when Ambrose, Reigns and Punk come out, and an Elimination Chamber match is made. The next two participants end up being IC champion Cesaro and Randy Orton.
This Chamber match is considered to possibly be the best one we've ever had. Cesaro makes it to the final 2 with Seth, and the fans are on fire for the Swiss Superman, who they so desperately want to win. However, the expected result remains intact, with Seth managing to eliminate Cesaro after a stomp on the steel grating.
Meanwhile, Kevin Owens makes his main roster debut in the same way he did IRL, by attacking John Cena on Raw, and then challenging him to a match at Elimination Chamber. Owens still manages to defeat Cena completely clean, however in this timeline, he also wins the US title by doing so, taking it back with him to NXT.
Money in the Bank 2015
Kevin Owens rides this momentum by immediately trashing the US championship, and replacing it with the Canadian championship, which he defends almost exclusively on NXT TV. On top of this, he also announces that he'll be in the MITB ladder match at the titular PPV, and so will John Cena. In the end, Owens manages to win the match, knocking Dean Ambrose off the ladder right before he would've won.
Seth Rollins meanwhile moves onto Cesaro, who due to coming so close in the Chamber, wants a one-on-one match. Seth agrees, but takes him very seriously, since he only barely beat in the Chamber, and a lot of that had to do with Cesaro already taking a lot of damage. In the end, Cesaro manages to do the impossible, knocking off Rollins in a critically acclaimed match, to become the new WWE champion!
Battleground 2015
John Cena very much wants to win back the Canadian championship from KO, calling him disrespectful and inconsiderate for tossing America in the bin. Cena says that while Owens may not be American, WWE was built on American soil, and without America, WWE wouldn't exist, and neither would Kevin Owens. Owens retorts by saying WWE built itself on the shoulders of many Canadian greats, including the Hart Family and Chris Jericho, and so he will hold onto the Canadian title with pride, to honor those great wrestlers. He says it's Cena he can't stand. Cena nonetheless challenges him for Battleground, and KO accepts.
This time, the match is a bit more even, as Cena has encountered Owens previously, and knows more about his move set. Despite this however, Owens knows Cena's moves equally well, and isn't afraid of taking shortcuts, so KO quickly gets the upper hand, and defeats Cena once again.
Meanwhile, new WWE champion Cesaro is confronted by Seth Rollins, who invokes his rematch clause for Battleground, but wants it to be 2 out of 3 falls this time, since he believes Cesaro's pinfall win was a fluke. Cesaro being a fighting champion, counters with the idea of an Iron Man match, so that they can pin each other as many times as they want to. Seth agrees and the match is set.
In the end, Cesaro manages to retain the title and Seth is left despondent in the middle of the ring. However, just when he thought his night couldn't get any worse, Brock Lesnar's music hits and he slowly encircles him like a shark. Brock then enters the ring, and beats the living hell out of Seth, for daring to get involved with him at WM.
Summerslam 2015
KO is finally knocked down a peg when he loses the NXT championship to Finn Balor at Takeover: Brooklyn. However, he has other things to worry about now when Roman Reigns challenges him for the Canadian championship at Summerslam. Roman is coming off of winning the King of the Ring and wants to win some gold. KO agrees, saying Roman was always the least talented member of the Shield anyway, and that people only like him because he looks like your typical poster boy. In the end however, KO loses the Canadian title to Roman on the night, and he immediately drops the Canadian title onto KO and brings back the US title.
Seth Rollins has to deal with Brock Lesnar now, and after he demolished him at Battleground, it's obvious that he's pretty scared. He even tries to reform old alliances in the weeks leading up to the show, approaching both former Authority and Shield members, but nobody wants to help him, which seriously humbles Seth, who realizes he's lost everything. However, after a pep talk with Shawn Michaels backstage, Seth decides to try his best and hope he can earn back some respect. So, we see him training his ass off, and he puts in the performance of a lifetime against the Beast. However, his best is still not enough, and he loses to Brock. However, the fans cheer him on after the match's conclusion, and he walks out with his head held high.
Meanwhile, Cesaro gets challenged by none other than John Cena, his former mentor in the NWO. Cena says Cesaro has come a long way, and he always saw the potential in him for greatness. Cesaro however remembers things a bit differently, claiming Cena always tried to hold him back, and he hasn't forgotten that just because he wears a different color t-shirt now. He challenges Cena to a match at Summerslam, vowing to overcome him, and officially leave the NWO behind for good. In the end, he does just that, beating Cena completely clean to retain his title. But then, KO comes out and cashes in MITB to become the new WWE champion!
Night of Champions 2015
Cesaro and his fans are equally PISSED OFF about KO stealing his title at Summerslam, and he wants his rematch on the next night's Raw. However, Owens says he only defends world titles on PPV, because he's a Prizefighter, and agrees to face him at Night of Champions. Their match ends up being a barnburner of course, and in the end, KO manages to retain his title, proving he deserves it.
Meanwhile, CM Punk has been feuding with the Wyatt Family once again, but this time, Punk ends up being KIDNAPPED by the group, and we don't see him or AJ Lee again for several months. Not even on social media.
Also, Seth Rollins still tries to make amends with Dean and Roman, but they don't want to hear it. However, he's persistent and Dean is tired of him always being around. He says that he pities him and wants to put him out of his misery by defeating him at Night of Champions. This match ends up being pretty even, but in the end, Dean still wins, because Seth is so conflicted right now.
Hell in a Cell 2015
Kevin Owens gets a new opponent in the form of a man he's already quite familiar with: John Cena. Cena decides that he wants a shot against him, because he hasn't been able to get his losses to KO out of his head. He says KO had an answer for everything he had, and it's been eating at him. KO mocks this, saying Cena never took losses well, just ask any of the thousands of up and comers Cena has tried to hold back over the years. He agrees to kick Cena's ass one more time, but wants it to be inside HIAC, so Cena never faces him again.
This match is just as great as their last two, if not more so, because of the stipulation. Owens knocks Cena through the Cell wall with a Cannonball, and Cena knocks KO off the side of the Cell and through the announce table. This match is pure chaos. But in the end, He hits a pop-up Powerbomb onto a chair, and retains the WWE championship once again.
As this is going on, Seth once again tries to appeal to his former Shield brethren, by trying to help Roman in a US title defense against Tyler Breeze, but almost costs him the title by doing so. Roman is pissed that Seth can't just accept that they can't be friends again and decides that Dean beating him must not have been enough and offers to do the same at HIAC. Seth says he doesn't want to fight him, but Roman does. Seth has the opportunity to cheat during the match, and before the match happens, Triple H approaches him backstage, and says that now that a year has almost come up, the Authority will be able to return soon. He tells Seth if he knows what's best for business, he'll beat Roman for the title tonight. However, Seth decides not to cheat, and Roman is able to retain. Triple H is shown looking pissed.
Survivor Series 2015
Triple H reprimands Seth for not doing what he told him to do at Hell in a Cell. He says he gave Seth everything he needed to succeed, and yet he always seems to choke. He lost the WWE title to Cesaro, failed in matches against both of his former brothers, and failed to keep the Authority alive last year. He says he may have chosen the wrong person for Plan B. Seth however says that he's learned a lot in the last year, and he'll prove it by winning the WWE title from KO, entirely on his own. Triple H agrees to give him this chance.
Seth and KO have an excellent match for the title, and we see backstage that Dean and Roman are secretly watching the match, as are Triple H and Stephanie McMahon. In the end however, Seth is unable to defeat Owens, who retains the title by reversing a Stomp in a pop-up Powerbomb. Triple H then comes out, and Seth seems really disappointed in himself. Triple H offers him a hand up, only to hit him with a Pedigree. He then leans down with a mic in hand and tells Seth that he's fired.
TLC 2015
KO says that Seth deserved what happened to him after that "weak ass performance" at Survivor Series but admits that Seth has made him hungry for more former Shield members. He calls out the US champion Roman Reigns, saying he owes Reigns a receipt for taking his Canadian title from him at Summerslam. Roman offers to put his title on the line but Owens says he's above that title now, and that if they fight, it will be for the WWE title, and it'll be the main event of TLC.
These two have a great TLC match, where KO gets to show more of his vicious side, and Roman gets to do a lot of power moves. In the end, Owens knocks Roman off the ladder and through a stack of tables, retaining the WWE championship.
Royal Rumble 2016
Chris Jericho makes his return to WWE after a hiatus, and immediately challenges KO for the title. He's never gotten to face him before, and he wants to prove that as far as Canadian wrestlers go, nobody is better than him. KO says he grew up admiring Jericho, and admits he was the reason he became a wrestler. But just like Jericho stopped trying to be the next Shawn Michaels, KO is done trying to be the next Jericho. He accepts his challenge.
At the Rumble, KO and Jericho have an excellent match, probably the best match Jericho has had in years, and the fans are white hot for everything. In the end, KO proves himself to be the better man, countering the Walls of Jericho by lifting him and hitting a ferocious powerbomb for the win.
That same night, Seth Rollins makes his return in the Royal Rumble match, eliminating Kane and the Big Show (both members of the Authority), before being eliminated by Triple H! In that same match, AJ Styles makes his WWE debut, only to be eliminated by Triple H as well. It comes down to Triple H and Dean Ambrose, and to the relief of fans, Dean wins the match and punches his ticket for WM.
Fastlane 2016
Kevin Owens isn't happy. KO knocked off Chris Jericho in an acclaimed match, and yet all anyone talked about was AJ Styles, whom he calls an overrated hick, who's best years are behind him. AJ obviously takes exception to this, and challenges KO for that title. KO however says he hasn't earned it, and AJ agrees. AJ wins a #1 contender's match on Raw, and the match is set. AJ really takes it to KO, but in the end, KO retains when Jericho comes out and attacks AJ! Jericho later explains that KO was right. AJ did overshadow his classic with KO, and he resents AJ for coming in and getting a title shot so quickly. This sets up their WM encounter.
Around this time, Triple H is pissed about Seth making it back into WWE, and about Dean eliminating him from the Rumble. He decides to have both of them assaulted backstage. He then challenges Dean to a match at Fastlane, where the winner will challenge for the WWE title at WM. Dean accepts, and Triple H looks like he's going to win through shenanigans, but then both Seth and Roman come out to even the odds. Dean beats Triple H clean and retains his #1 contendership status. They all put their fists together at the end, and the Shield is back (but not really because they're still singles wrestlers).
WrestleMania 32
Dean Ambrose vs Kevin Owens is now set for WM 32. Also on this card, the Undertaker defeats Sting (who never got injured in this timeline), Seth Rollins defeats Triple H in a No Holds Barred match, AJ Styles defeats Chris Jericho, and finally in the main event, Dean Ambrose wins the WWE title from KO.
Payback 2016
Owens is furious about Dean beating him at his first WrestleMania. He wants to tear Dean apart and get some *ahem* PAYBACK on him. They decide to have a Last Man Standing match for the title, and this match goes exactly the same as their match from Royal Rumble 2016 in our timeline. Dean retains the title, and KO looks good in defeat.
Meanwhile, CM PUNK finally makes his return to company programming after being kidnapped by the Wyatt Family last year. However, this is NOT the Punk we're used to seeing. This Punk has long hair, a long beard, and comes out to This Fire Burns instead of Cult of Personality. Yes, Straight Edge Savior Punk has returned. Wyatt's brainwashing has regressed Punk to this crazed persona. Also, (only if she'd be okay with this), AJ Lee is a part of the group, and has shaved her head, just like Serena used to.
He challenges Seth Rollins, tired of people saying he's the next Punk, because there will never be another Punk, and Seth can never be saved. They have a classic at Payback, which Punk wins, when Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson debut to help him.
Extreme Rules 2016
Roman Reigns has recently lost his US championship to Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal winner: Sami Zayn and takes this opportunity to challenge Dean for the title at Extreme Rules. It's nothing personal, but he promised his family, that one day he would be a WWE champion, and he intends to keep that promise. Dean understands and agrees to the match.
This match is great, showcasing why both of them deserve to be in the main event scene at this point. In the end, Dean retains his title completely clean.
CM Punk and Seth Rollins meanwhile have another match, and this time, if Seth loses, he has to join the SES. Punk says that while Seth may be too far gone, what kind of savior would he be if he didn't at least try? In the end, Seth falls to Punk, and is indeed forced to join the SES.
Money in the Bank 2016
Seth is now forced to be a part of the SES, but he doesn't get his head shaved because Punk wants him to prove that he's "earned the right" to have his head shaved. Seth seems like he's going to earn it, when he defeats AJ Styles on Raw (thanks to help from John Cena), to become #1 contender for the WWE title.
Dean tries to get Seth out of the group, but Seth is becoming brain-washed by Punk, and Dean can't get through to him now. They have an excellent match at Money in the Bank, and the SES try to help him win. In the end though, Seth seems to snap out of it and Dean retains the title. Punk is pissed and sends Gallows and Anderson to beat Seth up and teach him a lesson. Roman then comes out and fights off the SES. He and Dean together are able to fully snap him out of it, and the Shield is back together.
Battleground 2016
The SES are furious about Seth's betrayal, and they want revenge against the Shield. Punk claims he was the one who created the Shield, and he can tear it down again just as easily. He says that they can't protect the WWE from injustice, and that he's the only one who can save everyone. This leads to a 6-man tag team match at Battleground, which the SES actually WINS.
Meanwhile, the Brand Split returns, and the SES along with Dean Ambrose, are all drafted to SmackDown, while Roman and Seth will be on Raw.
Summerslam 2016
With the SES holding a win over Dean, Punk uses the opportunity to challenge Dean for the WWE title at Summerslam. Dean agrees, reasoning that he's beaten Punk before, and he can do it again. He says the SES is the only reason Punk won at Battleground, and Punk retorts by saying without the Shield, Dean is nothing. They both agree to enter their match without anyone with them. In the end Punk defeats Dean in a classic match, winning his first WWE title since 2012.
On this same show, Finn Balor defeats Seth Rollins to become the inaugural Universal champion, but I won't be covering that title, because this is about the WWE title only.
Backlash 2016
Dean obviously gets his rematch at Backlash, and Punk is salivating at the chance to induct Dean into the SES. But this time, he won't hold back. He wants to fully indoctrinate him, and his friends won't be around to help him.
Indeed, Punk defeats Dean at Backlash, and the next night, Dean has his head shaved bald, and he joins the SES for some time.
No Mercy 2016
CM Punk is riding high on SmackDown, and everyone backstage is somewhat afraid of him, with the exception of Bray Wyatt. Wyatt reminds Punk that it's because of him that he rediscovered his darker half, and he can take it all away again just as easily. Punk is visibly shaken.
But no time to worry about the Wyatt's, because John Cena steps up to challenge Punk now. He says he respects his decision not to partake, but to force it on wrestlers and fans like he's some kind of God is pretty low. He knows Punk is better than this, and more importantly, he knows what will wake Punk up, and that's beating his ass at No Mercy. However, Punk knows he's better than Cena and he always has been. In the end, he proves him right, defeating Cena to retain his title.
Survivor Series 2016
Now it's time for some brand warfare, but instead of doing a 5-on-5 elimination match, we get a champion vs champion match, between CM Punk and Universal champion Kevin Owens. These two invade each other's shows every week, and the promo exchanges are truly excellent. As is the match they have, where even Jericho can't hope to stand up to the entire SES, and Punk defeats him.
TLC 2016
Bray Wyatt is back to rear his ugly head once again. He promised Punk he would return one day, and now he has, but he's not alone. He also has Randy Orton by his side, and just like Punk, Orton has been regressed to his most dangerous gimmick, AKA the IED gimmick where he gets easily triggered and hits people with Punt kicks every week.
The SES is taken out by Punt kicks in the weeks leading up to TLC, and even AJ Lee isn't safe from Orton. Punk gains confidence after his wife is attacked, and promises to overcome his creator, and make him regret that he ever helped him remember the best version of himself. The TLC match they have is great, and despite Wyatt chicanery, Punk manages to retain his title.
Royal Rumble 2017
However, his business with the Wyatt's isn't done yet, as Gallows and Anderson knock off Orton and Wyatt for the SmackDown Tag Team titles when they return, and Orton is sent by Wyatt to do what he could not and beat Punk at the Royal Rumble.
Orton is allowed time to talk before this, and he says that Punk always felt like Orton held him back, like when he cost him the WHC in 2008. Well now, Orton is going to show him that he never held him back, Punk was just never good enough to defeat him. In the end however, Punk does indeed knock off Orton.
That same night, AJ Styles manages to win the Royal Rumble match, lastly eliminating John Cena in order to do so. The dream match looks to be set.
Elimination Chamber 2017
However, we still have to get through the Chamber first, and Punk has a lot of obstacles in his way before WM. He has to fight Cena, Wyatt, Orton, Luke Harper and his own partner, Dean Ambrose. Dean of course turns on Punk during the match, finally regaining his sense of self, but he still gets eliminated by Bray Wyatt.
It comes down to Punk and Cena, and Cena looks like he's going to hit an AA off the top of a pod, but Punk counters with a kick to the side of the head, knocking him down. He then hits a Macho Man elbow from the top and retains his title.
WrestleMania 33
AJ Styles vs CM Punk is now set for WM. They bring up their shared history in ROH, and AJ brings up his Christianity in comparison to Punk believing he's a God. He says Punk may be a God of wrestling, but not in real life. He's just a man, a broken man. A man who was brainwashed into becoming something he's not. And at WM, he'll humble Punk in the best way he knows how.
The match they have isn't the main event (that would be KO vs Jericho), but it still rules, and is likely the match of the night. Punk goes to hit a GTS but gets countered into a Styles Clash for the victory. Just like that, Mr. TNA is now WWE champion!
It should also be noted that on this same show, we get a rematch between Sting and the Undertaker, only now Sting is in his Joker Sting persona from TNA, having gone crazy since his loss the year before. Despite his best efforts though, Undertaker prevails once again.

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2023.05.11 18:55 Mundane-Turnover-913 Fantasy Booking the WWE title scene 2014-2017

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2023.05.10 04:08 Darren716 Post WWE NXT 5/9/2023 Show Discussion Thread

MATCH RESULTS

Winner	Loser	Match Finish	Stipulation
Tiffany Stratton	Gigi Dolin	Prettiest Moonsault Ever	NXT Women's Championship Tournament Quarter Finals
Gallus (c)	The Dyad w/ Ava	Gallowgate	For the NXT Tag Team Championships
Duke Hudson w/ Thea Hail	Javier Bernal	Razor's Edge
Eddie Thorpe	Damon Kemp	Jumping Elbow Drop
Ilja Dragunov	Dijak	DQ when Dijak attacks Ilja with a chair
Charlie Dempsey w/ Drew Gulak	Tyler Bate w/ Wes Lee	Dragon Suplex
Brooks and Jensen w/ Fallon Henley	Hank Walker and Tank Ledger	Elevated Lariat
Lyra Valkyria	Kiana James	Roundhose Kick	NXT Women's Championship Tournament Quarter Finals
Bron Breakker	Trick Williams	Steiner Recliner

IMPORTANT NOTES

Backstage Joe Gacy tells the Dyad that he sacrificed himself for their betterment and tells them to bring gold home to the Schism. As the Dyad leave he tells Ava that he has taken her words to heart and she won't be joining her at ringside.
Trick Williams and Melo are in the barber shop and Trick says he's gonna beat the breaks off Bron tonight. Melo says he still hasn't been medically cleared and thanks Trick for dealing with Bron tonight but tells him that he doesn't have to prove anything to him. Trick says he's doing this not just for Melo but to prove to himself, he knows Hayes's biggest test is at Battleground but his is tonight.
Backstage Thea Hail is wondering when Andre Chase will be back but is glad Duke is stepping up. Javier Bernal stops by and asks if Chase U has any worthwhile classes about how to get into the Women's Title Tournament. Duke Hudson comes by and Javi asks him how long he's going to keep up this charade and says he's only doing this to advance himself. Thea says that isn't true and Duke tells her she got an 88 on the last test which excites her. Duke tells Javi that he won't let Javi disparage the good name of Duke Hudson, before correcting to say Chase University and goes to get a match made between him and Javier tonight.
We get vignettes of a hooded figure watching the various attacks in the NXT parking lot over the past months as a rainbow static filter is played over it.
Von Wagner is talking to Robert Stone and talks about how the warm weather and energizes him and asks him about some of his favorite foods before trying to ask him about the picture again. Wagner says he doesn't want to talk about it when he's confronted by an NXT trainee who asks Von if he's looking to get a-"head"? Wagner flips out and throws him against a crate and asks if he's got any other jokes before storming off with Stone.
Gallus are singing and celebrating their win backstage when they run into the Diamond Mine. Mark tells the Creeds to keep Ivy in check and out of their business. Julius tells them to keep an eye on their titles and no one messes with Ivy except for them and nudges her.
Kiana James is interviewed backstage, she says she has the most difficult first round opponent with Valkyria but she thrives under pressure and she's proven it over the past 12 months. She says the next year will be even better with her as NXT Champion.
Bron Breakker is interviewed and says he didn't change, he just stopped caring, he carried this brand and the title for a year yet the fans didn't care and they chose Melo instead so he speared him so hard he's still picking splinters out of his ass. He vows to send Trick Williams to the same hospital he sent Melo to.
Following his match Dijak continues to attack Ilja on the outside, chokeslamming him on the ring apron before tipping the steel steps over. He drags Ilja over and pins him under the steps before standing on top of them as Ilja struggles to try and break free. As officials run down Dijak steps off and walks away as Ilja shoves the stairs off him.
We see a video of Melo watching Bron's promo from earlier while still at the barber shop which causes him to head to the arena to help out Trick even if he said he didn't need him.
Backstage Dragon Lee says Noam Dar sees him as a threat and he's right. He says Noam Dar only cares about himself and the Heritage Cup. He is interrupted by a video appearing on the TV of Noam Dar saying he is offering Dragon Lee a special opportunity to be the first guest on the re-launch of the best talk show in WWE Supernova Session. Lee says he will be there.
Lyra Valkyria says you either evolve or die, she says this new landscape has forced her to grow but she is still Valkyria and three women have been marked on her route to the NXT Women's Championship and Kiana James is the first.
We get a new episode of Hard Hitting Home Truths with Nathan Frasier talking about with 17 call ups to the main rosters there are more people than ever fighting for their spot and they come from all over the world. He says that Noam Dar's talk show does nothing rather than to inflate his own ego, while his talk show is to expose truths and shows the footage of Noam trying to attack Dragon Lee last month. He then shows footage of treating his Heritage Cup like a baby and calls him weird. Nathan says soon enough he may not have his baby and his whole world will come crashing down.
Gallus are at the pub and make a toast to their win when Tony D'Angelo and Stacks walk in, Tony congratulate them on the win but Stacks says if it wasn't for Mark they wouldn't still have the titles and demand another match. Mark puts a club on the table and says with Gallus at full strength they don't just hand out title match and tells them to leave. Tony says that isn't how things work in the state but soon find themselves surrounded by the other bar patrons. Stacks says their surrounded and Tony agrees to leave.
Following the main event, Bron locks the Steiner Recliner in on Trick again but Carmelo Hayes rushes to the ring to attack Bron. He gets some offense in but when going for a springboard he rebounds back directly into a mid-air spear from Bron! Bron grabs the NXT Championship and says Melo has something that belongs to him before dropping it on Melo's body.

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2023.05.09 05:43 Defiant4441 Optimistic for IMPACT going forward.

It really seems as though IMPACT has finally hit their stride since dropping the TNA banner in 2017.
Their time is now with a growing talent roster, looking down talent long term, selling out venues and increasing venue capacity as well as touring worldwide.
I’m very excited to see what’s next for IMPACT, hopefully they’ll go back to India and embark on more shows overseas.
It’s exciting times for us impact fans, seeing new fans to the promotion join the community and folks giving IMPACT the props it deserves.
Hopefully we will see a new stage design and production value increase soon. Everything has been improving little by little, I’m glad the slow build is finally starting to payoff.

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2023.05.09 00:21 Traditional-Bear-493 Book CM Punk going to TNA instead of Samoa Joe in 2005 - Blitz

Slammiversary 2005:
Raven wins the KOTM match to win the NWA WHC - 14:17

A moment in history for Total Nonstop Action.... Raven, The King of the Mountain... the new NWA World Champion.... he stands on the ramp to close the show, raising the title in the air....

..........The lights cut out on Raven and the opening to Miseria Cantare begins to play throughout the arena....CM Punk has arrived in TNA and takes Raven out on the walkway..... before delivering an impactful GO TO SLEEP to the new champion in-front of his new home.... and new followers. Punk hasn't forgot the history these two men have and has arrived with an IMPACT.

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Leading up to No Surrender...... CM Punk makes his TNA television debut by defeating Waltman.... before Raven returned to the screens to face off against CM Punk. The main event of No Surrender is set...... a blast from both men's past. The Straight Edge Saviour, Punk tells the TNA universe he could not sit and watch Raven poison yet another company with his recklessness, and Punk will finally eridicate him from the world of professional wrestling.

No Surrender 2005:
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The match is brutal. It is career shortening, in the end.... in his VERY FIRST PPV match in TNA..... CM Punk leaves the corpse of Raven to rot in the middle of the 6 sides... after a vicious dog-collar match, reminiscent of their one from years prior.... CM Punk is the new NWA World Heavyweight Champion!

CM Punk def. Raven to win the NWA WHC - 20:15

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The landscape of TNA has already changed....forever. The biggest name in Independent Wrestling has taken the company by the horns and has snatched its greatest prize... In the buildup to TNA's next huge show, Sacrifice, The era of Punk begins... first, a Declaration of War against wresters who walk the same line as Raven, those who have plagued the profession for years, Punk sets out to destroy. First, Sabu... who Punk ambushes on TV... with Punk throwing Sabu off the stage... it seems that Punk's true targets... are legends of past-times, who still cling onto the past... Punk begins to taunt the legends of the TNA roster, and begins a ticking time on their careers, and once Punk touches them... they will never be the same again.

At Sacrifice, the match is made... CM Punk will face Sabu... in a Street Fight!

Sacrifice 2005:
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Similar to how Raven fell..... Sabu follows suit.... Punk ends up choking Sabu out in the middle with the Anaconda Vice, while a chain is wrapped around the neck of Sabu.... making him pass out in a pool of his own crimson in the ring as fans, with horrified looks on their faces, feel worry for the legend as the Straight Edge Saviour seems to have put him into his grave....

CM Punk def. Sabu to retain the NWA WHC - 16:55
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.....RAVEN RETURNS!!!! This time it is Punk on the receiving end of punishment... with the legend setting an eye of retribution on the man who dethroned him and destroyed everything he has built. Raven re-enacts his rematch clause, with CM Punk determined to finally end Raven... the match is set at Unbreakable... Punk Raven II...... Raven's Rules....

Unbreakable 2005:
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Blood continues to spill... but this time equally from the cranium of Punk this time in the most brutal match in the history of the company... Raven's playground seems to be too much for Punk to handle with Raven getting close to ending the reign of terror... Raven has Punk in position for the Raven Effect.... but Punk switches at the last minute to hit Raven with his own move.... before signalling the end... and putting him to sleep. 1....2....3.

CM Punk def. Raven to retain the NWA WHC - 25:49
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There be no more legends in TNA that have the nerve to face up to the new dominant force of TNA.................. Punk tells the Impact Zone he has eradicated them of poison in their system, he has cleansed their organs... he has de-toxified TNA for good. However, it's the main-stays and originals of TNA who come gunning for Punk. First, Sabin... Punk and Sabin put on a classic on TV with Punk only just sneaking a victory.........then, Jerry Lynn steps up.... a mixture of both worlds, a legend, and a TNA faithful.... Punk detests Lynn's presence and, after they put on a hell of a match... Punk begins to destroy him..... Meanwhile, after retaining his X-Division title against Daniels in a 30-minute Iron Man Match..... AJ Styles comes to the save of Lynn, Punk flees the ring as Styles makes the save.... in the lead-up to Bound For Glory, AJ Styles demands a chance at CM Punk's NWA World Title.... Punk agrees, saying there will be no greater victory for him, than killing off a youth who has been blinded by the venom of yesteryears..... Styles however, must first relinquish the title he loves most.... if he is to have the opportunity... a tough pill to swallow..... he agrees. He leaves the championship gold in the ring, in the name of revenge for the place he loves even more. The match is set..... at Bound For Glory.

Bound For Glory 2005:
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A dream match that will be remembered as a classic. Styles and Punk, clash in the biggest match in TNA's history so far. Near fall after near fall, reversal after reversal. They are unbelievably equally matched. Punk becomes the first man to KICK OUT of the Styles Clash.... the match reaches its boiling point finally as CM Punk looks to deliver the final blow.... The GO TO SLEEP..... REVERSED INTO A SECOND STYLES CLASH......... 1......2........3!!!!!!!!!!!! AJ STYLES SEALS REDEMPTION FOR TNA!!!!!! Punk falls to AJ in a war of a match, now recognised by all as the new top guy to challenge Styles in TNA however in just a few short months..... revenge is now, in the eyes of the straight edge saviour.

AJ Styles def. CM Punk to win the NWA WHC - 36:24
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2023.05.06 18:20 TripleTTT95 The Backstory & Roster Reveal for my WCW/TNA merged brand

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2023.05.05 18:41 Windows_66 Observations on WWE in 2003

I'm continuing my journey of watching WWE and TNA from 2002 onwards, and I am now halfway through WWE in 2003. Here are some observations I've made:

It's interesting how much WWE pushed Gail Kim on her debut. I wonder what made them lose interest later on.
John Cena had a giant glow-up from January to July. He started out teaming with Bull Buchannon and coming out to generic music, and by July, he had a world title match under his belt and was even starting to get cheered.
It's cool how they put John Cena in the Kurt Angle role after he had been with the company for a year. I wonder if they truly thought that Orlando Jordan would be their next breakout star.
For every Brock Lesnar or John Cena, there's a Nathan Jones or Mark Jindrak
Brock Lesnar was an ultra-babyface in 2003.
The HHH/Booker feud would've been more forgiveable if Booker had won at Wrestlemania. Booker never took the abuse lying down throughout the feud and downright looked stronger than HHH going into Wrestlemania. Instead of an inspiring story of Booker T overcoming HHH's prejudice and becoming world champion, we got one of the worst endings to a Wrestlemania match and a de facto validation of everything HHH said.
Shawn apparently got more angry with Montreal over time. In 2003, his argument was, "I didn't like the screw job, but you need to move on." A couple years later, it was, "You're damn right I did."
GM Stone Cold was the best use of Stone Cold when he was injured beyond wrestling, especially his duo with Bischoff.
What the hell was with the BDSM stuff on Smackdown? And what happened to Rico on Raw?
If I'm remembering my TNA watchthrough correctly, Test's heel turn on Stacy Keibler into a woman abuser preceeded Kid Kash's similar heel turn on Trinity (not Fatu) a little later. Even did a similar angle with manager contracts.
Val Venis went from scumbag authority figure to sexy lady's man with complete forgiveness from the audience.
You can see the growing pains that Evolution went through. They formed early in the year, then Orton and Batista disappeared (injured in a dark match I believe) for months. Then Orton returned, and they all start asking "Who's gonna be the fourth man?" As if Batista never existed.
Unmasking Kane was one of the best things they ever did for Kane. Kane had become a total goober at this point (Katie Vick didn't help), and the unmasking storyline helped turn him into a threat again.
The Beautiful People is better than I Want it All.
Jericho's one of the few people who could believably start a Montreal promo about wanting to avenge the Montreal Screwjob and end the promo trashing Canada and praising America (and getting the crowd to cheer Shawn in the process).
Kevin Nash looks like an obvious heel, but he was incredibly over as a macho baby face.
I hate the Diva's belt as much as the next guy, but geez did Smackdown need a title at this time. You had Nidia, Torie Wilson, Dawn Marie and Sable on the roster and all they had to feud over were playboy covers and Tories geriatric father.
The Raw Women's division was surprisingly strong at this point with Trish, Jazz, Victoria, Jacqueline, Molly Holly and now Gail Kim. Only real issue is that they're constantly attached to the men.
Why Undertaker spent the first half of 2003 feuding with the FBI is beyond me.
Brian Kendrick originated the "Cena Sucks" chant.
Rey Mysterio got the Sting at Wrestlemania treatment over a decade before Sting did.
I know that the Mr. America saga ended suddenly because Hogan's contract ended and he went to Japan, but Higan is a kayfabe dumbass for taking off his mask in an arena full of people after Smackdown.
Zack Gowen had 2 matches (3 including a dark match) in TNA and then got signed by WWE and put in a storyline with Hulk Hogan and Mr. McMahon. Talk about moving up fast.
Watched Eddie Guerrero turn heel over his (slightly) damaged car on the last episode of Smackdown. I wonder how long it'll last.

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2023.05.05 10:01 YeahNoYeahThatsCool Have you ever "predicted" booking to a scary degree?

Trying to see if anyone else has ever had this kind of experience.
This is no joke and it's kind of cringe to confess in many ways.
In HS I played EWR during my senior year rather than you know, sleep at night. This is legit more than 15 years ago at this point but I still remember the booking decisions I made big picture because I thought it was really fun at the time but I have been noticing something kind of spooky as of late.
So I ran TNA and it was like a years long thing. Bound for Glory was the biggest show and I got popular indy people plus stole some people from WWE, even getting Cena and Orton eventually. So I had like those two plus Brock, Sting, Lashley, but then my homegrown stars like Harry Smith, CM Punk (this was before he blew up in WWE) and I took pride in being the one to make Shelton Benjamin a main event star.
So basically for awhile I was running it that we had two world titles - the NWA Championship and TNA Championship. My idea was that the person with the NWA title was actually going to tour local affiliates to wrestle and represent our company (obviously impossible in the game but I pretended).
Well for a few years I had this plucky young babyface Harry Smith who was part of the illustrious Hart family as we all know. I even gave him a run as face with the NWA belt but the reactions indicated he wasn't ready yet. But at some point his shtick got old and I turned him heel and decided to make him a badass heel at that. "The Canadian Bulldog." He won the title but at the time I still had more over guys like Brock who would be main eventing Bound for Glory.
Now here's where it gets really weird. Finally I had Harry as the most over heel on my roster. So I planned this story where he forms this group and starts being big into his Canadian heritage and his family legacy. His group was not relatives but his enforcer was Lashley and there was a tag team that I don't recall, some random guys thrown together. Anyway, he beats Sting for the NWA title and then, no cap, has a unification match with Brock Lesnar where he also wins the TNA title. So he's the undisputed champ carrying both belts and just beating everyone mostly by interference. My goal from the start was give him a record breaking reign and establish him as our all time homegrown superstar. And because I also had the great X-Division and a bunch of over guys like those mentioned above, sometimes I didnt even have Harry work at a PPV!
So this builds up to a match at Bound for Glory where, I shit you not, a year before I had finally re-signed AJ Styles after he had left for WWE for a few years. He comes back and I build him up for a year as a major homecoming face set to win the title, but I swear to you, I deadass had Harry Smith beat him in the main event. I remember thinking "Man, fans would be so pissed but this really builds Harry as THE guy."
Eventually Lashley breaks away from him and gets over as a face, and they have a match at a summer show but shit - Harry beats him too. Who's our guy?? It's already been nearly 2 years and by far my longest reigning TNA Champion.
So eventually at Bound for Glory, Shelton beats Harry because I want to establish him as my top face. But then I made a roster split into two shows and no joke, despite Shelton being both the NWA and TNA champ, undisputed champ, I introduced a brand new "Global Championship" for Impact while the undisputed title stayed on the other show. And John Cena became the first guy to win it because I hadn't had him hold a world title since signing him. Anyway I eventually got rid of the NWA Championship with the idea that we finished our agreement with the NWA and wanted to just focus on two belts.
Ok so... tl;Dr I think I may have accidentally made the original Bloodline story and if you don't like what's going on now, I'm the one to blame.
And I truly wonder if anyone has ever had an experience like this.

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2023.05.05 05:39 ValkyrieTiara Tiara's "Everything You Need to Know to Get Started" Guide Part 1: Team and Leveling Basics

PREAMBLE (the part you'll probably skip even though you shouldn't):
So. You, too, have been ensnared by the alluring scent of Anis' bakery and decided to start playing Nikke. Not the smartest decision you've ever made, but if you're reading this it's probably already too late for you anyway. That's why I'm here to ease your faceplant into the 160 wall as much as possible.
This is part one of what I plan to be a series of guides that, when complete, should comprehensively cover everything a new player needs to know to get started playing Nikke. Each part will focus on a different topic, though this first one will probably end up the longest and most detailed. For those who don't want to read the whole thing, I will provide a TL;DR at the bottom in the form of a bulleted list; you can go through that for the rundown, and then go back and read just the parts you don't understand or want more information on.
The focus here is on getting brand new players up to speed, allowing them to make well informed early- and mid-game choices and minimizing regretted decisions and wasted resources. To that end we will be covering some intermediate information and tactics, but the main goal here is increasing understanding of systems and mechanics. Things like "this is how boss fights tend to go" and "here are some things to to think about when building a team" rather than "Here's how to beat this boss and what team to use". No "just use Scarlet and Liter 4head" BS here. Documentation and explanation, not a step-by-step tutorial. The goal is to get new players to the point where they can understand such guides (or, ideally, forgoe them altogether in favor of their own strategies) as quickly and painlessly as possible.
Also, with the exception of the Synchro Device, I will not be covering in detail anything the game clearly teaches on it's own; combat basics, bursting, Simulation Room buffs, Recycling Room, etc. If you can read these guides, you can read the tutorials and explore around on your own. I will be giving tips on how best to make use of these things and what to focus on, and when, as well as perhaps a brief overview, but for the most part I'll expect readers to make use of the resources the game provides them. I may rethink this after I'm done if there's demand, or maybe I'll do a FAQ or something.
As I publish new parts, I'll edit the previous ones to link forward to the newer ones. So if you want to refer back to one of them, or if you want to find it again to share with someone else, you should be able to just search the sub for "Tiara's guide" and hit up the first part you find. Or, on the off chance it gets pinned to the sidebar, just find it there.
Finally, if you want to republish any of these somewhere else, please get my permission FIRST. I'll probably say yes, it's just... it's polite, you know? Don't be that guy. Anyway, let's get started!

Tiara's "Everything You Need to Know to Get Started" Guide Part 1:

Team and Leveling Basics (aka "What's a Synchro Device?" aka "Here are my Nikkes what team should I use?")

Preamble Table of Contents (You Are Here)
Secton 1: Leveling Section 1.1: INTRO TO LEVELING Section 1.2: HOW DO LEVELING AND DUPES WORK? Section 1.3: THE SYNCHRO DEVICE
Section 2: Team Building Section 2.1: INTRO TO TEAM BUILDING Section 2.2: BURSTS Section 2.3: STANDARD FORMATIONS Section 2.4: ROLES Section 2.5: OTHER CONSIDERATIONS (teambuilding faq)
Section 3: SR Teams Section 3.1: CHOSING YOUR SRs (Finally) Section 3.2: THE GIRLS Section 3.3: EXAMPLE TEAMS
Outro TL;DR

Section 1.1: INTRO TO LEVELING
Alright. You've cleared the prologue and the first chapter. You beat Blacksmith, had a good cry, pulled an SSR, and now some sex machine in a military uniform is making you take ~~the world's worst~~ ~~best~~ some spy on another mission. Maybe you've done a few more pulls, or even unlocked the Outpost. Regardless, fights are starting to get more difficult and it's time to start thinking about leveling up some Nikkes, which also means it's time to start thinking about team compositions.
First let me say, if you're F2P, DO NOT PULL ANY MORE RIGHT NOW. Trust me, unless there's a Nikke on banner that you really want, save your gems and any Advanced Recruit Vouchers (the rainbow tickets) you might receive. Pulling strategies, yes there are strategies, will be covered in a future guide. Oh, but go ahead and spend your Recruit Vouchers (blue tickets) as you like. Or you can just whale, man, idk. Now, then.

Section 1.2: HOW DO LEVELING AND DUPES WORK?
This is mostly explained in-game but Limit Breaking is important to understand, so I want to briefly clarify it here. Basically, all Nikkes have a level limit of 80. This limit can be extended by 40 every time you Limit Break a girl. Each Limit Break requires the Nikke to be pulled from the gacha an additional time (pulling a dupe), or for a dupe or spare body to be purchased from the Mileage shop. There are a couple other ways to get certain Nikkes under certain circumstances (read: events) but those are the basics.
This will all be explained in more detail in the pulling guide, but for now the main thing you need to understand is that dupes let you LB a Nikke, which gives bonus stats and raises her level cap. Max Limit Break (MLB) for SRs is two (so you need to pull her three times, once to get her and two dupes for the limit breaks) to a level limit of 160, and three for SSRs (four pulls total) to a maximum level of 200. Rs cannot be limit broken, and are capped at level 80.
One final very important thing to note is that units can have their levels reset for the cost of 10 gems (about 10-15 cents worth, one pull is 300 gems). This refunds ALL resources put into leveling her up (experience, credits, and core dust); the only thing you lose is the gems. However, it does NOT reset skill levels. I haven't had a good chance to say this yet, so I'll say it now: SAVE YOUR SKILL MANUALS. You'll need a lot of them, they're somewhat difficult to come by, and there's no way to refund spent manuals under normal circumstances. If you've already used some, it's no big deal, but for now save them until you're very sure which Nikkes you'll be using long-term and you have a better understanding which skills are best to upgrade. Or just dump them all into your Supreme Waifu, I'm not the boss of you.

Section 1.3: THE SYNCHRO DEVICE
When it comes to leveling up your girls, the first and MOST IMPORTANT thing you need to understand is how the Synchro Device works. I'm going to explain it here, both because it's a little confusing for some people and also because its existance can impact decisions you make before you even unlock it.
The Synchro Device is unlocked after clearing Stage 3-9, and what it does is it syncs the levels of a number of designated Nikkes to that of your fifth highest level Nikke.
Wtf does that mean? Let me give you a scenario to illustrate.
The Synchro Device starts with five open slots, though you can unlock more through the academy (and can pay gems to unlock additonal slots beyond that). Let's say you have five Nikkes all at level 34. Now let's also say you put Rupee, who is level 1, into one of the open slots in the device (Nikkes must be level 1 to be put into the Synchro Device). Rupee will now will now be level 34 until you remove her from the device. As you increase the levels of your other Nikkes, Rupee's level will also increase. It's that simple. Mostly.
Remember, you're syncing to your fifth highest level unit. It's not an average, so if you level one, or even FOUR of your Nikkes to 100, Rupee will remain level 34 because your fifth highest level is still 34. Likewise, if you level a 6th, 7th, 8th, etc Nikke, that will also not have an effect on Rupee's level. Though if you level them past 34, they will automatically replace however many of the existing Nikkes as the highest level.
The other thing to be aware of is that this syncing ignores level limitations. If your current synced level is, for example, level 180, you can put in anyone from a two star SR, a zero star SSR, or even an R if you're feeling really frisky, and they'll all sync up to 180 no problem.
All of this means three things:
First, YOU NEVER NEED TO LEVEL MORE THAN 5 GIRLS AT A TIME. Anyone else you want to use should go into the Synchro Device.
Second, your five chosen girls should be leveled evenly.
Third, you should choose your five girls based on their LEVEL CAP first, and poweusefulness second.
Recall that in the previous section I mentioned that SR Nikkes have a level cap of 160, because you can limit break them twice? SR Nikkes are so common, and there are so few of them, that you are almost certain to two star all of your SRs before you two star even one SSR. This means that, at the beginning, you're probably going to want to pick five SRs to level unless you got VERY lucky with your rolls (or whaled on a banner). It's silly to spend resources leveling an SSR to 80 or 120, as doing so also caps all of your other girls to that level, when you could instead raise an SR to 160 and get everyone (including your SSR) to 160 along with her. However, you must understand that this also means TO GET PAST LEVEL 160 YOU NEED FIVE MLB SSRs. This is called the 160 Wall and breaking it as quickly and efficiently as possible will be the focus of the pulling guide. Anyway, does all of that make sense? I hope so because we're moving on to the next section.

Section 2.1: INTRO TO TEAM BUILDING
Alright. So you need to level five girls. Cool. The obvious question at this point is... which girls? I will be giving you some recommendations, but in order to understand the hows and whys you need to understand the fundamentals of teambuilding. This will also allow you to modify the teams as you like, help you choose which SSRs to prioritize putting in the Synchro Device, and assist you in building teams to overcome difficult encounters. If you don't care about any of that and just want to know which SRs are good, you can skip it. I guess.

Section 2.2: BURSTS
The absolute most basic and fundamental aspect of team building to consider is the Burst Rotation. The details of the burst rotation are one of those things that's complicated to explain but dead simple once you understand it, so buckle up cause this is gonna get a little weird. You (should) already know that there are three burst "stages" (or "levels" or "ranks" or whatever) and that they chain into each other; you always start with a level one burst, which allows you to use a level two burst, which allows a level three burst, which triggers "Full Burst Mode". If you don't have a burst two, you can't use burst three, and if you don't have a burst one, you can't use burst two (or, consequently, burst three). Also, all Nikkes have exactly one burst and there's no way to change what their burst does or what rank it is.
What you might NOT know is that ALL bursts, regardless of rank, have one of only two cooldown values: 20 seconds and 40 seconds. I will not be going into the exact mechanics of how the burst guage itself works, but it should not surprise you to learn that under normal circumstances, most teams will be able to burst about every 20 seconds.
So what does that tell us? What does it mean? Well, if we burst every 20 seconds, that means that 40s bursts can only proc once every other burst phase. With three stages to each burst phase, you would need 6 Nikkes to have a team consisting of only 40s bursts. However, there can only be five Nikkes in a squad, so we know that if we want to full burst every rotation at least one Nikke in each squad must have a 20s burst. Furthermore, Burst 3 units always have 40s bursts, so you always need two Burst 3's.
Also, higher burst level units tend to have higher DPS (burst 3s especially) while lower burst levels tend to be more support oriented. This isn't hard and fast, and I might go into more detail when I (eventually) get to the pulling/unit guide, but it's a good rule of thumb. It's not to say that lower burst units are worse, Liter and Pepper are two of the best in the game, but simply that a team of 5 Burst 1s probably isn't going to get you very far if only because you'll time out of every fight.

Section 2.3: STANDARD FORMATIONS
When we put all of that together there are, generally speaking, three viable burst formations you typically want to stick to. They consist of the following:
2-1-2 1-2-2 1-1-3
Obviously the 1-1-3 formation requires a 20s burst in both the 1 and 2 slots, and one of the level 3 bursts will never be used (or may be situationally activated by the player). There are times where running only a single Burst 3, such as a 2-2-1 formation, is viable but these are more advanced edge cases in specific modes and we won't be covering those in this guide.

Section 2.4: ROLES
Right, so what else is there to consider besides burst level and cooldown? First of all, roles. Notice I did not say "classes". There are three classes in this game: Attacker, Defender, and Supporter. However, the only mechanical impact they have is what gear a unit can equip (though each class' gear does confer different stats). You also TEND to see classes in particular burst slots; 14 of 20 Burst 1 SSRs are Supports, and a whopping 22 of 23 Burst 3 SSRs are Attackers (the only exceptions are Crow, a Defender, and iDoll Sun, an R support lol). Burst 2 is the most diverse, where only 9 of 21 SSRs are defenders, but it's also worth noting that as of this writing there are only 14 defenders in the game. But none of that actually matters very much, as in terms of practical capability these classes tend to be quite fuzzy; there are Defenders and even Burst 3 Attackers that feel more like supports, and supports that out-damage Attackers and out-tank Defenders.
So what's actually important about an individual Nikke, in terms of play mechanics, is her general role and (if applicable) what niche she fills. I won't get too much into niches and specific builds or other such deep meta in this guide, but in terms of roles I personally think there are five general "things to do" that I think about when categorizing Nikkes and building teams.
AoE Damage Single Target DPS Healing Tanking/Mitigation Support (Boosting party DPS)
Niche utility aside, in terms of practical use any unit that can't do at least one of these things exceptionally well almost isn't worth considering. The very best S tiers excel at two of these (Pepper, Emma) or are absolutely top of their class at one (Alice, Liter). "Niche utility" includes things like esoteric status effects (such as stuns and binds), burst generation, and bonus damage to interruption/parts. These things can make a girl invaluable in certain modes (especially PVP, looking at you Centi and Privaty) or for certain fights, but generally are not core considerations. Not until endgame at the very least. Thinking about those five core "roles" is typically what you want to be doing first.

Section 2.5 OTHER CONSIDERATIONS (teambuilding faq)
It's all well and good to give a list of meta roles to fill, but what's a good balance between them? And how important are the various aspects of each role? ie HoTs vs burst heals, how important are Elements for DPS, etc. I won't go over every little detail here, but I would like to give some general tips and cover some of the common questions folks might have.
The most important thing to know is that, generally speaking, damage is king. As always there are niche exceptions, but generally speaking Nikke is very much a "the best defense is a good offense" kind of game; dead enemies can't hurt you, and overall you're much more likely to lose any given stage to timeout than actually getting killed.
Compounding this, the damage formula favors the attack stat. Point for point, Attack is the most important stat in the game. Not to the exclusion of all else, but one point of attack is worth more than one point of defense, and overall high attack builds are better than high crit builds. Crit isn't worthless, attack is simply better.
On the defensive side, healing is usually preferable to mitigation. This is tempered somewhat in late game when minibosses start spitting out OHKO lasers, but for the most part a big burst healer will carry you much farther than a tank or any amount of mitigation. One good healer backing up a solid DPS core is all you typically need for "defense".
Generally speaking, the stat spread is as follows: Attackers have a high attack but are the squishiest, Supporters have relatively balanced stats, and Defenders have more hp and defense but the lowest attack.
Following that, Defenders kinda suck. Or rather, it may be better to say Defenders aren't good at their job, but can be very good at other things. There are VERY good defenders, a number of the best and most sought-after units are Defenders, but they're all run for support buffs or utility rather than tanking/mitigation (fun fact: the best tanks are Supporters).
That isn't an indictment against Defenders so much as it is a point to reinforce that the usefulness of a Nikke lives and dies by her skills. There are a lot of factors that go into how "good" a Nikke is, and some Nikkes transcend a mediocre skillset, but generally speaking skills really are the primary concern.
Don't worry about weapon types for now. They matter somewhat more in endgame, but aside from range considerations the only thing you really need to worry about for now is that rockets do AoE damage and SMGs are kinda shit.
Don't worry about elements yet either. Nikkes deal 10% more damage against enemies weak to her element. This is nice, but not generally not enough to break an otherwise good team build for. Can be useful against later boss fights, but for now it's not worth fretting over.
One final, important note: TEAM ORDER MATTERS. When set to auto-burst, bursting occurs from left to right, by which I mean Nikkes on the left will always burst first if it's available. This means that if you have two 40s bursts of the same tier, the girl on the left will burst for the first rotation, and the girl on the right will burst for the second rotation. If you have THREE bursts of the same level, the girl on the far right will never* burst without manual intervention. Similarly, nobody to the right of a 20s of the same tier will ever* auto-burst. *(it can occasionally happen if the game has a hiccup or for your Rank 1s if you have a team that generates a lot of burst)
That's about it. You may end up with one "core team" that you use for clearing most stages, and not every team in every situation needs to have all of the five roles I listed covered. For example, as mentioned tanking and mitigation are only situationally useful, and obviously AoE damage is not a priority in many boss fights. But when you get stuck, adjusting your team based on the core role concepts to meet the specific demands of the problem fight is often key to clearing at a CP deficit much more than gimmicky builds or "just using Scarlet".

Section 3.1: CHOSING YOUR SRs (finally)
Okay! FINALLY, we understand why we want to pick one specific team of five SRs and we have a good idea of what a decent team looks like (or at least what we might want in a decent team). Is there ANYTHING ELSE to consider? First, what SSRs you already have. Second, personal preference.
Your SSR roster doesn't matter as much as you might think for chosing SRs, simply because ALL of your SRs must be replaced eventually to break the 160 barrier, and very few of them have any practical use beyond that. Most of them will likely be outmoded long before you get even that far. Regardless, it's not something I can really help you with as I don't know which SSRs you have.
Personal preference really is the deciding factor here. I can talk about meta for as long as you like but at the end of the day we all know that waifus are the real meta and if you decide for whatever reason that Delta is the one you wanna pump your levels (or whatever else) into then I'm sure not gonna be the one to stop you. Godspeed, cummander.
We're in the home stretch now. At this point I'm just gonna give some bios on the girls and their strengths/weaknesses, then provide some example teams, and that'll be it!

Section 3.2 THE GIRLS

RAPI
Burst 3 (40s) Assault Rifle Attacker - Fire - Elysion
Rapi is the leader of Counters and features prominantly in the main story. Mechanically she's quite solid and is probably the DPS among the SRs, and as long as her stats keep up she can even go toe to toe with some of the weaker SSR DPS units. Unfortunately, as an SR she will, eventually, be outstripped by your SSRs and be outmoded. Additonally, as Attackers are the squishiest of the 3 classes the farther you get into the game and the stronger your enemies become the more her taunt turns from a nice way to proc her skill 1 into a liability. Especially with no extra defenses or healing in her kit. That said, her DPS self-buffs are quite good good and while I can't exactly recommend it, if you're a Rapi fanatic willing to invest into maxing her Attraction or even burn skill manuals you can keep her relevent for a surprisingly long time. And you wouldn't be the first one to do so, either. Her stoic demeanor, cool leadership under pressure, mysterious past, and occasional gap moe-inducing bouts of shyness combined with those fat thighs and child-bearing hips have deservedly earned her a spot as a fan favourite.

ANIS
Burst 2 (20s) Rocket Launcher Defender - Iron - Tetra
The GOAT. The One True Queen of the SRs, Anis, besides being best girl is also the single SR to retain some manner of meta relevence beyond the 160 wall. Alongside a 20s burst and granting a moderate AoE def down, both things you're always on the lookout for, she also has damage sharing. I won't get into the specifics of damage sharing vs taunting here, but suffice to say it's a useful mitigation tool that very few Nikkes have. Furthermore, while being a defender is usually more of a detriment than a boon, in this case it means that she's thicc enough not to get instantly blown up at high levels like most other SRs do. Her single target damage is even worse than SSR defenders, but who cares? That's not her job. And as a RL user, in AoE situations she actually can put up enough damage to make a difference and is effective at all ranges. Finally, and MOST IMPORTANTLY, she's actually one of the top burst generators in the game. Damage sharing + Burst generation = she actually has a place in the PVP meta. She's not THE top pick for her niche and like Rapi you have to at least invest in boosting her affection to keep her relevent, but your dedication will be rewarded; especially if you don't have Centi or Jackal. Oh, and she's a member of Counters and one of the central characters in the story, and is very smart, funny, and cool, and SUPER HOT. So there's that too.

NEON
Burst 1 (20s) Shotgun Supporter - Fire - Elysion
Neon, the last member of Counters who likewise features heavily in the main story, is kindof the oddball of the group in more ways than one. She's strange mechanically because, while she's not entirely useless, she's pretty inarguably the weakest member of Counters. Basically, she's a 20s burst 1 who gives a small buff to any shotgun users in the squad (herself included). Does that matter? Maybe! Shotgun teams ARE a thing! They're not exactly "meta" but they do have uses. If you happen to find yourself in a situation where you would like to run a shotgun team, and don't have Pepper, Mary, or a 20s Burst 1 with better buffs... well, my friend, Neon is always by your side. On the other hand, you could also just field N102 who is better in every way. But if you like goofy silly girls without room in their heads for a single thought on account of all the space in there being taken up by FIREPOWER, boy howdy have I got someone for you.

ETHER
Burst 1 (40s) Shotgun Defender - Electric - Missilis
The first thing I'll say about Ether is don't sleep on her. Is she very good or strong compared to SSRs? No. Is she "meta" in any sort of way? Not at all. But what she IS is the only defensive SR likely to actually boost the survivability of your team. She doesn't heal, which is unfortunate, but she does have a nice, beefy shield on her burst. It's got a short duration compared to similar shields on SSRs so you'll have to time it manually to get much use out of it, and it only covers three members instead of the whole team, but you can totally use it to clear some tough early boss encounters. Her S1 also cuts the damage to one party member by a healthy percentage (with 1/3rd uptime, which is good for an SR), AND she gets a nice little def debuff on every full burst, to boot. Not bad for an SR, though you'll probably replace her the instant you get any SSR with a heal or shield. How is she as a character? Well... if you're into highly intelligent women motivated more by science than things like "ethics" and "morality" and who will absolutely lie, cheat, and steal to get what they want out of you, you're in for a treat. That said, for my money she's the hottest non-SSR Nikke after Neve (who you can't even get anymore).

DELTA
Burst 2 (40s) Sniper Rifle Defender - Wind - Elysion
Delta straight up is probably the worst SR in the game. She's a Defender, so her stats are bad, she brings no utility to the party to speak of, and worst of all she has a global taunt so expect her to die a LOT. She doesn't even have a 20s burst. Now, I'll temper all of that by saying that because her taunt is on her burst, AND her burst creates a new decoy every time, there may be some manner of niche use in certain boss fights. I would be interested in seeing if someone can figure out a way to use her to cheese Special Alteisen. That would boost her from worst SR to arguably the best! But as it stands she sucks. As a unit, anyway. As a waifu, she's pretty simple; what you see is basically what you get. She's earnest, hardworking, a little shy, kinda dumb, and eats sleeps and breathes "being a soldier". You can probably tell just by looking at her if she's for you or not.

BELORTA
Burst 2 (20s) Rawkit Lawnchair Attacker - Electric - Tetra
I like Belorta! I think she's underrated. She's got a cute face, a hot body, a niche she fills well enough, and she makes a funny sound when you click on her. She's even got a 20s cooldown! What's not to love? Alright she's kindof annoying so YMMV, but if you need an SR to do some AoE damage she's your best bet as she's the only Rocket Launcher SR who is also an attacker. Her burst also brings a tiny smidge of utility for RL/SR-centric teams, so she's got that going for her. You can basically replace her with any RL or AoE SSR though. As for personality, she loves pranks and food so if you're the type who likes the particular gap of childish girls with TnA for days, you'll be eating good right along with her. Also, if you're the "I like to watch" shipper type who'd rather imagine girls making out with each other than with you, she comes pre-equipped with a teetee partner in Mica.

MICA
Burst 1 (20s) Rocket Launcher Supporter - Wind - Tetra
Belorta's gal pal, Mica is thoroughly meh. Also a RL user, her kit isn't actually the worst; it's servicable enough. The defensive buffs aren't worth much, but the + ammo is good for RL/SSG teams, and the def down isn't huge but it's nice to have. Mechanically her biggest problem is simply that N102 exists. That's actually kindof her problem as a character, as well. She's the shy, nervous, insecure moe type with a sad backstory. But if you want a girl to cry and fawn over... again, N102 is right there. To be fair, I actually prefer Mica in that regard; N102 is a little TOO depressing for my taste. On the other hand, I'm not not really into the "must protect" moe type to begin with. In the end, I do like Mica, and just because she isn't my thing doesn't mean she won't be yours. And of course she's got her whole thing going with Belorta, so that's nice!

N102
Burst 1 (20s) Rocket Launcher Supporter - Water - Missilis
Co-star of one of the most popular events to date and the only SR yet to receive an SSR alter in Anne: Miracle Fairy, fan darling N102 almost doesn't need an introduction. Her constant memory loss character trope and innocent, childlike demeanor were engineered in a moe lab for the express purpose of creating simps. If you click on her, look at her face, and feel that inexorable urge to protect, it's too late. She's already got you. On top of that she is second only to Anis in terms of viability, and actually probably beats her outside of PVP, at least in earlier stages. The attack buff on her burst is hands down the best utility of any SR, and it lasts for 10 seconds on a 20s burst! That's not bad! A little bit of bonus crit and +3 ammo to, say, a high powered sniper or shotgun SSR and she can actually be worth keeping around long past you've put your other SRs to bed. Is she worth burning skill manuals on? ...no, even an Anne superfan would have to think twice on that one as you'll likely replace her as soon as you pull an SSR with DPS buffs. But hey, I'm not your mom.

MIHARA
Burst 3 (40s) Assault Rifle Attacker - Water - Missilis
Everyone's favourite bondage kitten, Mihara has the unique honor of being the only SR aside from the three members of counters to feature in the main story. She doesn't feature as heavily as the main girls, of course, but the story surrounding her and her partner, Yuni (an SSR) is pretty good (and ongoing!) so look forward to that. Without getting into spoilers, her main traits are that she's a masochist with something of a motherly personality; Yuni is the domme, but Mihara is the boss. Another "What you see is what you get" kind of character, if her aesthetic and the fact that she's an M gets your motor running you won't be disappointed. As a unit, she's fine. She's fine! Her kit is more complicated than other SRs but the gist of it is that bursting once gives her a buff, and as long as she maintains that buff all of her subsequent bursts are enhanced. She's about as good as Rapi, so you can pick the one you like the most. Or use them both!

NEVE, HIMENO, AND OTHERS
Occasionally, Shift Up releases additional SRs as free event units. These can be exceptionally strong, but as they are unavailable to new players who join after their debut event ends, they're useless for such players to break the 160 wall. And as I'm not about to update this guide every time a new one is released, you'll just have to judge for yourself whether they're worth spending the 10 gems to reset someone or not.

Section 3.3: SUGGESTED TEAMS
Here are a few example teams you might want to consider based around common themes. Remember that you can swap any or all of these girls out for whoever you want based on personal preference and what SSRs you have, these are just examples that favor my own personal biases (I like boobs).

Team Progression Meta (several of these girls have situational use even at mid/high levels, a good team if you only care about performance):
Burst 3: Rapi, Mihara Burst 2: Belorta Burst 1: N102, Ether

Team Big Damage (transforms into Team FIREPOWER if you replace Mica with Neon):
Burst 3: Rapi, Mihara Burst 2: Belorta Burst 1: Mica, N102

Team Lorehound Waifu (most of these girls play a role in the MSQ, a good team if you want an emotional attachment to your squad):
Burst 3: Rapi, Mihara Burst 2: Anis Burst 1: Neon, N102

Team Fat Tits (self-explanatory):
Burst 3: Rapi, Mihara Burst 2: Anis, Belorta Burst 1: Mica
You can replace Belorta in that last one, based on who you find hotteless infuriating. Hell, you can replace anyone in any of these with anyone you like. Run five Rares if you want, for the last time I'm not the boss of you.

Anyway, if you made it this far thank you for taking the time to read this beast. If you have any comments or constructive feedback, please let me know. This thing is just over 6,000 words and took almost a week to write, way more effort than I originally anticipated. Not feeling super motivated for the next parts if I'm honest, though if/when I get to them (does anyone even care? will anyone even use this? could I have been playing FFXIV or reading I'm in Love with the Villainess fanfic this whole time? lol) hopefully none of them are THIS long. I don't think they will be? But yeah, if you think it's useful, please point new players to it as needed and... idk upvote it? That's what I'm supposed to say here, right? Regardless, the most important thing is that newer players find it when they need it, and the best way to to make that happen is to share it around and make it visible. Thanks again for reading!

TL;DR
Section 1: Synchro Device

-Free players save your gems and rainbow tickets, burn blue tickets
-Nikke levels can be reset for 10 gems
-Save skill manuals for now
-Synchro device synchs Nikkes to your 5th highest level
-You never need to level more than 5 Nikkes
-Level girls evenly

Section 2: Team Building

-Burst rotaion is key to team building
-All bursts have 20s or 40s cooldown
-Most teams burst every 20s
-At least one Nikke in a squad must have a 20s burst
-Classes are fluid, think in terms of role
-The best defense is a good offense
-The usefulness of a Nikke lives and dies by her skills
-Tailor your team to the fight to clear problem stages
-When set to auto-burst, burst priority is left to right

Section 3: SR Teams

-Pick whoever you want, they'll all get swapped eventually
-Thanks for reading, I hope this helped!

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2023.05.03 04:06 Darren716 Post WWE NXT 5/2/2023 Show Discussion Thread

MATCH RESULTS

Winner	Loser	Match Finish	Stipulation
Wes Lee (c) w/ Tyler Bate	Drew Gulak w/ Charlie Dempsey	Cardiac Kick	For the North American Champion
Jacey Jane	Gigi Dolin	Roundhouse Kick
Axiom	Scrypts	Golden Ratio
JD McDonough	Dragon Lee	Devlin Slide after interference from Noam Dar
Joe Gacy w/ The Schism	Joe Cofey w/ Gallus	The Upside Down after Ava interferes	If Gacy wins The Dyad get a tag title match, if he loses they will never get a title match
Dani Palmer	Tatum Paxley	Frog Splash
Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn (c)	Kayden Carter and Katana Chance	Gory-Bomb Leg DDT	For the NXT Women's Tag Team Championships

IMPORTANT NOTES

Alba Fyre says the future is difficult to present but they see now their path leads to Smackdown. Isla says on their last night on NXT they have one last flame to extinguish and plan on taking their tag titles with them. Alba says they will leave this place where they did battle not in light but the dark.
Trick Williams comes down to the ring and says Bron put Carmelo into the hospital and he still isn't there tonight. Trick says from day one since they knew each other in high school game recognized game. During lunch Trick-Melo game was created and no one will ever be closer than them and they're always gonna be there. Last week he pushed Melo out of the way to take the spear from Bron and he'd do it again. We all know Melo don't miss, but if he did Trick would be right there with the rebound. Bron Breakker comes out and it seems we know which of the two of them is stronger since Trick is right here while Melo is still in the hospital. Trick asks if he accepts Melo's challenge and Bron says he doesn't represent these stupid ass people. He has the special opportunity to embarrass Melo in front of his home town, his friends, and his family. Bron says he accepts and goes to leave when Trick tells him they aren't done and challenges him to a match tonight. Bron says he'd be happy to shut up Melo's mouthpiece. Trick tells Bron he's just jealous that the people always loved them more than Bron ever did. Bron says he does things on his time and they'll have a preview of Battleground next week on NXT.
JD McDonough says he has a two decade long chip on his shoulder going into Raw. Noam Dar runs up and asks JD if he can make sure Dragon Lee doesn't walk out of here tonight. JD warns him that he thinks Noam is a snake who never gave him a match for the Heritage Cup and if he gets in his way then he may go after Dar and take the Cup with him to Raw.
After the match Jacey continues to attack Gigi on the outside by throwing her against the steel steps and taunt's Gigi's brother who is sitting in the front row. Offiicals
Axiom lifts up Scrypts after the match but his slapped in response! Axiom goes on the offense and rips off his mask revealing it to be Reggie!
Brooks walks into the bar to apologize to Fallon and Brooks, Brooks says it's all good and says it felt good to get it all out and the fight energized him. Brooks says he learned a few things from Kiana, namely that the land the bar is on is worth quite a bit and depending on how Fallon's parents invest they can set themselves up for life. Two girls ask Brooks if he wants to have a drink with them but he turns them down, saying he wants to catch up with his friends and Fallon says he's all grown up.
Dragon Lee dives at Noam Dar after he costs him his match and chases him to the back.
Katana Chase tells Kayden that a Raw tag team have never faced a Smackdown tag team for the NXT Women's Tag Team Champions. Kayden says they've bee a team forever and they are leaving as tag champions before hugging Kayden.
Backstage Dani Palmer is warming up and facetiming with Sol Ruca before her first match and thanks Sol for making her gear. Hank and Tank hype her up and sit to watch her match as Oba walks by.
Eddie Thorpe is training when Damon Kemp approaches him and tosses a water bottle at him and tells him to throw it away. Eddie asks if this is some sort of joke but Damon says the real joke is him thinking he could hang in the ring and calls him young boy.
In the classroom Thea Hail is freaking out wondering where Andre Chase is when she gets a text saying that he canceled class due to what happened last week with he who shall not be named. She wonders what they should do for Andre when Duke takes charge and decides to teach the class in Andre's place and starts teaching about the WWE Draft. A student asks if this means there's no pop quiz today and Duke has the class rip up their papers. He thinks to himself that "Duke University" has a nice ring to it.
Backstage Robert Stone and Von Wagner are looking at old pictures of his dad in the Beverly Brothers including them at Wembley Stadium for Summer Slam 1992. Stone asks Von if he was upset that his dad never won the tag titles but he says he wasn't even born yet and the two laugh for a second. They turn the page to some baby pictures of Von Wagner which causes him to snap the book close and tells Stone he doesn't have to see that but Robert says it's important since he just got drafted as a free agent. Wagner storms off as Stone looks at the pictures again and it shows an infant Von in the hospital, having some sort medical equipment attached to his head.
Dijak says he warned Ilja not to show up to the arena and now his ribs are broken. He says he didn't seem like a mad dragon when he was gasping with shattered ribs and next week he is going to finish the rest of him.
Trick Williams is in the parking lot where he congratulates Apollo Crews on going to Raw. Apollo says he knows they've fought before but tells Trick that he has a ton of potential and if he keeps grinding then next year it'll be him going to Raw or Smackdown.
NXT Women's Champion Indi Hartwell comes down to the ring on crutches. Indi says over 1,000 days she stepped into the performance center for the first time as a fresh faced 23 years old. She says she was a fan of the black and gold era and of women like Bayley, Charlotte, and Asuka who made this title the most important in the industry. People doubted she'd ever make it this far but eventually she found The Way. Indi says that family brought her to where she is and she couldn't believe there was a WWE wedding with no interruptions, just like she didn't believe that she'd be at the top of that ladder at Stand and Deliver. Last week she refused to let her title reign end on a medical table so she ran back out to finish the match, then Friday came and she got drafted to Raw. On May 8th that'll be her new home, but right now the most important thing is NXT and this title so starting next week there will be a tournament to crown a next NXT Women's Champion at Battleground. Indi says not to cry because it's over, smile because it happens and lays the title down on the mat. She says now she just has to figure out how she's gonna get out of this ring and as she makes it to the ropes Dexter Lumis slides from under the ring! He lifts up Indi and carries her to the back as she gives a Thumbs up. Tiffany Stratton enters the ring from the back and grabs the title but Cora Jade enters as well to grab the title and the locker room empties with every woman on the roster brawling as officials try to restore order.

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2023.05.02 04:43 InfernoAA ALL IN 2 x Part One

ALL IN. What started as a simple bet sparked on Twitter blossomed into one of the biggest successes in independent wrestling history, The Elite selling out a 10,000+ capacity arena in under 30 minutes with only one match announced, going on to craft a thrilling interpromotional show which featured top talents from NJPW, ROH, IMPACT, NWA, CMLL, AAA, and MLW. A pilot of sorts for what’s become the hottest promotion in the world today, All Elite Wrestling, its impact on the modern landscape of wrestling is undeniable, the reopening of the ‘Forbidden Door’ bringing back the buzz that the Summer of 2018 had brought to the wrestling world. While it may have taken shape as its own collaboration between AEW and NJPW, we all know the potential for an international supercard is far greater than a rehash of June’s PPV, so as the hotly-anticipated sequel arrives to Wembley Stadium after 5 long years with the bar set ever so high by the first edition, let’s see how much further it can be pushed as wrestling’s top companies come together on August 27th…

Buy-In

Scorpio Sky vs Frankie Kazarian vs Christopher Daniels
The Build:
In May 2021, a decade of partnership between Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian came crumbling down at the hands of The Young Bucks, SCU losing an AEW World Tag Team Championship match with the stipulation of being forced to disband. Over two years have passed since then, and it just hasn’t been the same for either of them. Whilst Frankie went in search of a career revival in IMPACT, Christopher Daniels was left wayfaring about the independents and NJPW STRONG to little avail, looking a shell of the once great Fallen Angel. But unlike Daniels, Kazarian still has hair on his head, and he’s doing his best to make the most of that relative youth. After a brief IMPACT X-Division Championship reign, he sets his sights on the one title he failed to win in all his time as a TNA/IMPACT star – the World Championship. Though he initially succumbs to Josh Alexander at Over Drive in late 2022 after a half hour war, he doesn’t let the loss break his spirit, pushing on into 2023, where he bests Alex Shelley and Eddie Edwards in a #1 Contender’s match at Under Siege, earning himself a rematch for Against All Odds!
Against all odds he does indeed stand up to Maclin, managing to top his performance against Alexander as he bullies the younger star around, managing to control Steve for sustained stretches, showing he’s not playing around anymore, the chances of him finally winning a World Championship in his career wearing thin. Youth, however, can hold out longer than a grizzled veteran, Maclin breaking down Frankie with a K.I.A to hand him another heart-wrenching loss. Yet Kazarian remains in denial of being beaten, growing incredibly desperate for one more chance, resorting to the means of assaulting Steve until he yields to give Kaz a rematch for Slammiversary, but with the stipulation that if he loses, he can’t challenge for the title ever again. Pressure crushing his shoulders, Frankie gives Steve hell once more, drawing even closer than last time, and after not caving to the moral dilemma of using a chair, he instead goes to pay tribute to his ex-partner with a B.M.E… but his knee gives out. Frankie’s years seem to have caught up to him as now Maclin has him trapped in a Texas Cloverleaf!
Roaring in pain, Kaz refuses to let his dreams be broken even at the risk of his health, but it’s evident the longer he remains stubborn, the likelier an early retirement draws. Hand mere inches from the ropes, he hears the bell ring despite not tapping! Frantically looking around to locate the cause, he spots a white towel in the ring and a torn Christopher Daniels standing by the ropes. Daniels cost him his chance of ever winning a true World Championship. Heartbroken, he watches a solemn Chris walk away from the crime scene, and unlucky for the Fallen Angel, forgiveness for such crimes doesn’t exist. Cut to ROH on HonorClub and Daniels himself is challenging “Hangman” Adam Page for the ROH World Championship, trying to save his dying career from fading to irrelevancy, and he himself goes to the top for the B.M.E… LOW BLOW FROM AN INVADING KAZARIAN BEHIND THE REFEREE’S BACK! Christopher’s eyes fill with pain and betrayal as he collapses to the mat, an unknowing Page nailing the Buckshot Lariat to retain! An eye for an eye.
On Dynamite, Kazarian accuses Daniels for screwing him out of success from jealousy of his own career fading to nothingness, incapable of letting Frankie surpass him, whilst Chris earnestly defends his actions, saying he threw the towel in out of love for his brother, both of them knowing Frankie would be in hospital if Daniels didn’t. But as they get ready to come to blows, a sight that hasn’t been seen in a long time emerges… AS SCORPIO SKY ARRIVES! The final member of SCU says it’s pathetic seeing his former partners like this, reminding that he’s done more than both since the split despite being away from the entire past year, and yet they’re being drowned in World Title opportunities they clearly don’t deserve. Where are his flowers? He beat Frankie so bad that Kaz packed his bags and left AEW. And he’s proven before he’s a better wrestler than Chris by beating him too. SCU died because of Daniels and Frankie’s inadequacies, but it’s about time someone gave it proper burial. AEW’s first World Tag Team Champions and Daniels all at each other’s throats, three of the original ALL IN card’s core components are sanctioned to settle things the old-fashioned way – in the ring.
The Match:
SCU have been intrinsically tied to AEW’s history from the very beginning. The first ever match on the original ALL IN’s Buy-In featured SCU winning a tag team match. The first match on Double or Nothing’s main card featured SCU again. And now, they have the honours of being first up on ALL IN 2’s Buy-In, just like 5 years ago. A heated, emotional battle ensues between the ex-partners, Daniels trying to hang onto his youth, Frankie bitter about being robbed of potentially his last chance at holding a World Title, a Scorpio reinjecting relevancy back into him. After a 10 minute sprint, it’s Sky who walks out victorious, burying SCU’s legacy with him on top!
Scorpio Sky def. Frankie Kazarian and Christopher Daniels

AEW TNT Championship: Swerve Strickland (c) vs Nick Wayne vs Atsushi Kotoge vs Hiromu Takahashi vs Michael Oku vs MAO vs Mike Bailey
The Build:
Since aligning with The Embassy, Swerve Strickland’s career has been rocket-strapped to Cloud Nine, winning his first piece of AEW gold in the form of the TNT Championship from Powerhouse Hobbs at Double or Nothing in a 4-Way also involving his personal blood rival Keith Lee and Hobbs’s in Ricky Starks. And as champion, he makes it crystal clear what this is all about to him – money and fame. He could hardly care about any sort of allegiance unless it benefits him. That’s why he cut Lee loose when he did, Keith no longer serving his agenda without the belts. And that’s why he’s the face of Prince Nana’s operations right now, because he’s funding Swerve’s rise to superstardom. Refusing to defend his gold unless a significant bounty is placed on the head of his opponent, he slowly begins transitioning into a killer like his Killshot character in Lucha Underground, the cold-hearted Strickland resorting to any means necessary to amplify his winnings with every match. After all, the more bounties he collects, the more money The Embassy makes.
As ALL IN approaches, Swerve questions his manager what the next pay-out is looking like, knowing there’s major money to be made off the Wembley Show, but Nana sheepishly responds that Tony doesn’t have space for him on the card, already spending egregious amounts bringing in top stars from around the world. Strickland’s livid, grabbing Prince by the collar as he demands he fixes that, claiming he’s the biggest star around, above all of Tony’s shiny toys. Cut to one Dynamite where The Embassy are seen in their usual hangout of an empty Casino owned by Nana, where the championship-clad group are playing poker, Strickland giving his best deadpan expression to ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions Brian Cage, Kaun, and Toa Liona. Right as Swerve’s about to make his next play though, Nana bursts into the room all giddy and tells him to hold that thought, Strickland initially seeming annoyed at the disruption, only for his eyes to light up as Nana reveals he’s managed to work out a deal with Tony for ALL IN.
Strickland can defend his title on the Buy-In against whoever he likes, but he’s not going to be paid out of Khan’s pocket. Rather, anyone who wants in is going to have to “buy in” to the match. A pot will be set up, towards which any competitor’s sponsor will contribute a set sum of money, with the overall winner leaving with both the title and the payday. The ultimate gamble, if you will. Now, the more money Swerve wants to make, the more bodies he’s going to want in the match, so as Nana contributes the initial amount of $100,000 as Strickland’s sponsor, the Mogul extends the offer to 6 other competitors to join the fight. With companies around the world enthralled at the idea of holding one of AEW’s titles hostage, 6 step up, each sponsoring their selected representative, picking from available champions of their own to have the best odds at success, and those are as follows: From GCW, their Tag Team Champion, Nick Wayne! From NOAH, their GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion, Atsushi Kotoge! From NJPW, their IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion, Hiromu Takahashi! From RevPro, their Undisputed British Cruiserweight Champion, Michael Oku! From DDT, their KO-D Tag Team Champion, MAO! And last but not least, from IMPACT, the PWG World Champion, Mike Bailey! $700,000 and a title up for grabs, let the games begin!
The Match:
For Swerve, this is no unfamiliar territory, having been in 7-ways before back in Lucha Underground when contending for the Gift of the Gods Championship, and this is no different, a GOTG style chaotic frenzy playing out between the talented high fliers. MAO and Mike Bailey briefly rekindle their partnership, whilst Hiromu and Kotoge are at each other’s throats as per the NJPWxNOAH rivalry. Michael Oku plays as the hometown favourite, everyone backing him, but ultimately, the story truly boils down to Swerve himself and AEW’s newest roster member, Nick Wayne. With Wayne taking Swerve’s DEFY World Championship months back, Strickland gets some revenge by robbing him a taste of his first title in AEW, Swerve retaining and winning the entire $700,000 pot!
Swerve Strickland (c) def. Nick Wayne, Atsushi Kotoge, Hiromu Takahashi, Michael Oku, MAO and Mike Bailey to retain the AEW TNT Championship

Buy-In: Over Budget Battle Royale for an AEW World Championship shot at ALL OUT
The Match:
Much like the original ALL IN’s Buy In, the Over Budget Battle Royale makes its return, this time with the stakes of an AEW World Championship shot on the line for ALL OUT. Featuring returning stars from the first edition like Mark Briscoe, Jay Lethal, Nick Aldis, and more, it also features a host of outside stars from other companies, like Johnny ALL IN, KUSHIDA, Chris Brookes, and more. The final five boils down to Daniel Garcia, Wardlow, a returning Miro, Malakai Black, and Orange Cassidy. With Jericho Appreciation Society ALL IN 2, they do their best to get their boy the win, but he’s tossed out by Miro, who shockingly takes out Wardlow too, robbing the big man of his chance of potentially facing MJF. Underdog Cassidy is responsible for taking out Miro, but alas, it’s Malakai who takes out Orange to wrap up the rivalry with Best Friends, booking himself the main event of ALL OUT!
Malakai Black last eliminates Orange Cassidy to win

Main Card

AEW International Championship: Konosuke Takeshita (c) vs Katsuhiko Nakajima vs Shingo Takagi
The Build:
All wars have innocent civilians who get caught in the crossfire, and in the case of The Elite and Blackpool Combat Club, that civilian is Konosuke Takeshita. Sharing history with both Kenny Omega from their DDT days and BCC since coming to AEW, both become eager to claim the services of Takeshita in order to gain the upper-hand, making him feel like a mere pawn to their games. At first, he refuses to join up with either, continuing on his own, but The Elite grow desperate, a man down against BCC. Hangman refuses to side with them for all the crimes they committed against him, whilst Kenny denies The Young Bucks’ pleas of bringing in Kota Ibushi, Omega very protective of his Golden Lover, knowing the insane risks he’d take, Kenny not wanting to drag him into his own mess off the back of a career-threatening injury. That leaves Konosuke as their only hope. As BCC continue to prod Takeshita to join them, who can clearly tell he’s just a pawn to their game, Kenny attempts to express his very real friendship by pulling strings to get Takeshita the next crack at Orange Cassidy’s International Championship on Dynamite in the Freshly Squeezed’s 20th defence.
Konosuke humbling taking the match, knowing himself he’s earned it, he dethrones Cassidy in a classic to win his first AEW title! As The Elite come out to celebrate with him post-match, Kenny clinking titles together, an incensed BCC storm out, demanding Konosuke stand with them instead. But Takeshita shakes his head! Blood is spilled on the canvas, but in the chaos, Danielson sneaks away with Kenny’s IWGP United States Championship, declaring he’s willing to ‘pull some strings too’ if that’s how they’re playing this. As Omega’s forced to defend against Bryan in a rematch from Grand Slam, both men agreeing to go it alone, their score a lot more personal, Danielson shockingly dethrones The Cleaner to take his title! And as a now titleless Kenny’s helped to the back by Takeshita, Bryan holds his title high and sneers, the battlelines drawn ahead of Blood & Guts at Double or Nothing. In spite of Takeshita’s recruitment, The Elite simply aren’t strong enough, a violent war seeing BCC reign supreme. And Kenny loses it on Takeshita. ONE WINGED ANGEL! Maybe the friendship was business after all.
Matters between Takeshita and Kenny rapidly heat up the next couple weeks, but during an Omega/Moxley 2019-esque brawl, Omega’s soon reminded Konosuke isn’t his only problem, a HIDDEN BLADE cracking into his head as he readies the V-Trigger, Will Ospreay reigniting their feud for Forbidden Door! And in the meantime, who’s waiting for Takeshita but AEW’s newest signing, KOTA IBUSHI! Instantly taking his Golden Lover’s side, the DDT rivals run it back for the International Title at FD, where Konosuke finally gets his singles win over Ibushi, having failed twice prior back in DDT. And from there, his reign snowballs towards ALL IN, checking off flags from around the world, adding the likes of Canada to his list with Kenny at Fyter Fest, China with Dragon Gate’s Jason Lee, UK with Ricky Knight Jr. down in RevPro, and more, including matches back home in DDT. Alas, with August approaching its end, the Summer of Takeshita proves fruitful, Konosuke claiming to be the best in the world. But one man takes offence to that.
Enter Shingo Takagi. Refuting Konosuke’s claims of having fought through Japan’s best, he questions why his name wasn’t thrown in the mix, the Dragon having had an insane calendar year thus far in NJPW, as well as being one of the former Aces of another Japanese promotion like Takeshita is in Dragon Gate. Takeshita’s supposed ‘friend’ Kenny stole one of NJPW’s titles and ran to the West with it, so ever the company man, Takagi wants to repay them by taking one back home himself. Being a fighting champion, Konosuke accepts. But when you give into one person’s demands, you must be ready for more. As Takeshita and Shingo are conducting a split-screen interview, a figure creeps up behind Konosuke… SLAP! HE’S KNOCKED OUT COLD! Takagi stiffens at the sight of the champion crumpling, before his eyes widen as KATSUHIKO NAKAJIMA sits down in Takeshita’s chair! Holding up the International Title and grinning at Shingo, he says that he hasn’t forgotten about their match at Wrestle Kingdom, owing Takagi a receipt. He believes he’s the best Japanese wrestler alive, and boasting history of his own with Takeshita, beating him back in the day, he’s going to solidify that statement by snatching this title away from both of them. At ALL IN, it’s DDT vs NJPW/DG vs NOAH!
The Match:
Kicking off the main card is the grand 3-Way between three of the leading men of Japan’s top promotions, DDT, NJPW, and NOAH all coming to a head. Shingo sets the tone for the night with a brisk yet ferocious entrance, raring to charge Pumping Bomber-first into the action, before the referee has to cover Shingo’s corner as the hot-headed Nakajima enters next, predictably doing all he can to rile up the Dragon before the match, taunting him from the other end of the referee. As the two mouth off, Takeshita’s theme pierces Wembley Stadium to a massive ovation, the AEW International Champion boldly storming out to the ring, title proudly propped over his shoulder. His opponents may be more experienced than him, but he’s not going to let that stop him from turning them back to the promotions they came from and prove himself the best Japan has to offer. Handing the title off, the three men tug at the ropes in their respective corners like bulls about to charge… DING DING DING, WE’RE OFF!
Takeshita, Takagi, and Nakajima all race towards the centre of the ring, Konosuke raising high his knee, Shingo swinging his arm, and Katsuhiko readying that killer leg of his… only for Nakajima to flake at the last second, the Mad Wolf pulling back into the ropes, letting Takeshita and Shingo bounce off each other! Stiff strikes sending a sickening thud reverberating around the stadium, both Konosuke and Takagi look jarred from the blows, taking a second to shake away the stars around their heads as they stumble back, only to turn around and face the cocky Nakajima leaning in the ropes. Nakajima simply smirks at them, gesturing them to keep going, enjoying having a front row seat to the action, to which Shingo shrugs and wallops Takeshita with a Short-Arm Lariat as Katsuhiko exits the ring! Konosuke shakes it off, returning a close-range Yakuza Kick, before grabbing a hammerlock to bring Shingo to the mat. Shingo uses his strength to shove Konosuke off, but it only opens him up to a spray of chops, Takagi firing up with each one, asking Takeshita for more! Suddenly, Takeshita bursts into a ZAHI attempt, wanting to knock Shingo out cold, but the Dragon barely moves out the way in time, stumbling into the ropes with wide eyes!
Nakajima grins and claps from the outside, clearly enjoying the show, but in Katsuhiko’s laxness he doesn’t notice Shingo turning to give Takeshita a nod, BEFORE BARRELLING OUT THE RING WITH A PESCADO TO WIPE OUT NAKAJIMA! Holding him up, he feeds him to Takeshita for a DIVING KNEE STRIKE, Konosuke wiping Nakajima out too! And they go right back to each other back inside, trading nasty blows! Takeshita leapfrogs a Shoulder Tackle from Shingo, before grabbing the wrists from behind, attempting a JUMPING HIGH KNEE, but now Takagi evades and threads Soup’s arms between his legs, opening him up for a MADE IN JAPAN!!! Takeshita counters with an Arm Drag though- BANG! NAKAJIMA NAILS TAKAGI WITH AN R-15 KICK!!! Takagi’s grip releasing from Konosuke, he slumps to the mat, Katsuhiko hurling him out the ring to confront the man who kneed him in the face! And Takeshita stands toe-to-toe with Nakajima, who blasts a forceful Big Boot against Konosuke’s skull, taunting him. Nakajima fires off another, aggravating the champion, but the moment Konosuke goes from one, the KONGOH member grabs the leg, dumping him with a LEG-HOOK GERMAN SUPLEX!!!
As Nakajima mocks Takeshita, HE’S DROPPED BY A DRAGON SOUL LARIAT! Takagi’s back in, and he has eyes for Katsuhiko, shoving him into the turnbuckles for a Corner Bomber, followed by a Yukon Lariat! Takeshita joins in, throwing chops to Nakajima, the pair alternating on each shot, Katsuhiko paying for his transgressions! Konosuke pulls Takagi away on the last one though, instead stiffing him with a Lariat! Shingo grits his teeth through the shot and returns an AXE BOMBER that turns Takeshita inside out! Hauling him up onto his shoulders, Shingo tosses Konosuke into Nakajima with a BUCKLE BOMB, Takeshita’s head catching Katsuhiko’s outstretched boot! Konosuke dazed, Shingo chucks him into the ropes, but Takeshita hurls himself for a SOMERSAULT in Shingo’s direction, his arm catching the Dragon in a Lariat, whilst his leg catches Katsuhiko in a Dropkick! Takagi cleared out the way, Takeshita goes for a SUNSET FLIP POWERBOMB TO THE OUTSIDE ON NAKAJIMA, though Katsuhiko desperately hangs onto the ropes! Konosuke finally able to yank him off, SHINGO TAKES THEM OUT WITH A PUMPING BOMBER, DOOMSDAY DEVICE STYLE!!!
Sending Katsuhiko in, the crowd cheers as Takagi and Nakajima square off, finally getting to properly run it back from Wrestle Kingdom earlier in the year. The Dragon roughs Nakajima with Dragon Souls to the throat, before going for a PUMPING BOMBER, though all he eats is Katsuhiko’s knee gut-first, Nakajima smartly positioning himself to catch Takagi’s midsection! Yanking him off the mat with great force, he nails a Straight-Jacket Suplex, before comboing with a BRUTALITY KICK! Tossing Shingo into the corner, he teases a full-force Hesitation Dropkick… only to stop at Shingo’s face, dropping down to a cross-legged position to meet him at eye level, BEFORE ROCKING HIM WITH HIS SIGNATURE STIFF SLAP! Dragging Shingo out the ropes, Takeshita covers! ONE! TWO! THR-KICK OUT! Nakajima snorts, before returning to the kicks, dicing up Speedball’s chest with Shoot Kicks! A TWISTER attempt tosses Takagi into a SUPERKICK from Takeshita, Konosuke nailing Nakajima with one too! Both knocked into the corner, Takeshita scores a JUMPING HIGH KNEE on Takagi, though when he tries on Nakajima, there’s a DEATH ROLL AWAITING HIM! Whipping Takeshita into Takagi’s corner, where Shingo has his knees up, Nakajima races in for a Corner Running Knee Strike, but both Konosuke and Takagi pop him over to the apron! Takeshita blasts him with a Running Big Boot, WHILST TAKAGI DROPS HIM WITH A LEGEND FALCONRY ON THE APRON!!!
As Shingo tries to re-enter the ring, a TOUCHDOWN AWAITS HIM, before Konosuke heads out to the apron himself, a TAKESHITA LINE bowling Takagi over! Soup lifts him up for a LAST RIDE, but Shingo surprises him with a Dangerous Driver Takagi! One Pumping Combo later, he winds up the arm again for the Pumping Bomber… HE GETS CAUGHT BY A BLUE THUNDER BOMB!!! ONE! TWO! THR-NOOOOOO!!! A BRAINBUSTER plants the Dragon on the mat, before Takeshita rolls through, deadlifting Shingo onto the top turnbuckle, WANTING ANOTHER! Making the climb to join Takagi up there, the two slug it out, before Konosuke hoists Shingo up for seconds… NAKAJIMA APPEARS UNDERNEATH TAKESHITA, BRINGING HIM DOWN WITH A SITOUT POWERBOMB! MEANWHILE, TAKAGI FLIPS OUT AND GOES FOR THE PUMPING BOMBER! Katsuhiko slides back out the ring to dodge, Shingo eating the turnbuckle instead, the distraction giving Nakajima an opening to slide back in and nail a ROUNDHOUSE KICK! Nakajima cackles, thinking he has Shingo out on his feet… BUT TAKAGI WHIPS AROUND AND TURNS HIM INSIDE OUT WITH THE PUMPING BOMBER!!! Katsuhiko landing on his front, Shingo applies a MANKIRI!!! Takagi has Shingo in deep trouble, and to make matters worse, TAKESHITA APPLIES THE WALLS OF TAKESHITA ON THE OTHER END!!!
Nakajima’s trapped between the two, his cockiness catching up to him as both wrench as much as they can on either end! As the Mad Wolf thrashes on the mat, Shingo and Takeshita lock eyes, knowing the match can’t end in a draw scenario like this, both having to release at some point. Mutually agreeing to let go at the same time once they’ve tortured Nakajima enough, kicking him to the side… BEFORE SHINGO GOES FOR THE PUMPING BOMBER ON TAKESHITA! SOUP NAILS THE ZAHI TO COUNTER!!! Takagi stunned, he drops out the ring, before Takeshita notices the downed Katsuhiko, this his perfect opportunity for a SURPRISE ROSE!!! ONE! TWO! THR-NAKAJIMA GETS A FOOT ON THE ROPES!!! AND KONOSUKE GETS WAIST CONTROL, WANTING A SHUTDOWN GERMAN TO END IT!!! Nakajima though flips through to his feet, NAILING A JUMPING HIGH KNEE! TAKESHITA WITH ONE OF HIS OWN! AND BOTH MEN LAND ONE SIMULTANEOUSLY!!! Knocked to the mat, they take a moment to regain their bearings, before Konosuke grabs the waist again, ONLY TO RIPCORD NAKAJIMA INTO ANOTHER JUMPING HIGH KNEE! AND THE GERMAN FOLLOWS! ONE! TWO! THR-NOOOOOOOO!!! NAKAJIMA STAYS ALIVE!!!
Frustrated but not giving up hope just yet, Takeshita looks up to the top rope, dragging the dazed Katsuhiko behind him up the ropes, setting him up on his back… HE WANTS THE KOMORITSUI OTOSHI – THE AIR RAID CRASH ONTO THE TOP TURNBUCKLE!!! IF HE NAILS THIS IT’S OVER FOR NAKAJIMA!!! Desperate, Nakajima swings back to fight free, managing to slip through Konosuke’s feet back down to the mat, before nailing a JUMPING HIGH KICK on the button! Climbing back up, this time facing Takeshita, he smacks Konosuke silly using his powerful palms, the final one having the champion out on his feet, BEFORE HE TEASES AN AVALANCHE VERTICAL SPIKE!!! But wait, a hand grabs him by the hair from behind, loosening his grip and pulling his head down into the crossfire… TAKAGI-STYLE GTR TAKES OUT NAKAJIMA!!! Dumping Katsuhiko out the ring, Shingo meets the dazed Takeshita on the top rope, the Dragon puffing his nostrils and staring the champion deep in his eyes – a sign that it’s all about to be over very soon. Takeshita feebly tries to fight back, a defiant Headbutt almost having Shingo staggered, but a Dragon Soul Lariat massacres him, before… OH LORD, STAY DREAM FROM TAKAGI!!! ONE! TWO! THREE!!! TAKAGI’S TAKING AEW GOLD TO JAPAN!!!
Shingo Takagi def. Konosuke Takeshita (c) and Katsuhiko Nakajima to win the AEW International Championship

Jay White & MaruKEN (Naomichi Marufuji & NJPW STRONG Openweight Champion KENTA) vs ROH Pure Champion Katsuyori Shibata & Paragon (Adam Cole & Roderick Strong)
The Build:
The hottest free agent of 2023, Jay White, rocked AEW to the core with his debut, reuniting with Juice Robinson to attack Ricky Starks and form BULLET CLUB Gold. And from that moment, he’s been hellbent on terrorising the roster by attacking its OG members whilst establishing his regime on the new turf. Running through Starks, Dustin Rhodes, and Christopher Daniels, before taking down a dethroned Orange Cassidy at Double or Nothing, there was no stopping the Switchblade. But as the war with his old home, NJPW, drew near as the Forbidden Door reopened, that’s when business began to pick up. As he’s bragging about BCG’s recent dominance, the familiar riff sounds and out steps David Finlay! Accompanied by some of White’s old men in KENTA, Taiji Ishimori, and Chase Owens, the foursome has Jay & Juice surrounded, Finlay snarling at his old partner Robinson for his betrayal last year, before locking eyes with the Knife Pervert, telling him there’s no room for a “Bootleg Club” in the wrestling world. But as he motions to his men to strike them down, White’s IMPACT recruits, Ace Austin and Chris Bey, arrive to even the numbers! A stalemate at hand, Finlay backs down, though warns Jay to watch his back.
Heading into Forbidden Door, the sly tactics ramp up as the two immoral squadrons constantly find themselves brawling in all locations possible, though interestingly enough, White and KENTA never touch, the fight conveniently getting between them before they get the chance. An Eight-Man Tag Team match is made to settle the score at the PPV, which sees the Black Sun reveal his true colours, blasting Finlay with a Busaiku Knee Kick to allow White to nail the Blade Runner on Owens to win! Jay & KENTA are back on the same side of the fight! Whilst a disgruntled David regroups in Japan for the G1, KENTA sticks around in the States as NJPW STRONG’s top champion, appearing more frequently on Dynamite in place of The ABC (Ace & Bey Connection), who return to IMPACT, and Juice, who chases down Finlay in the G1, KENTA back to causing mayhem alongside Jay, who above all, has his eyes on expanding his posse by bringing in Adam Cole! Pursuing him in ensuing weeks, White attempts to convince Adam to reinvigorate their partnership from last year, though the Panama City Playboy keeps turning him down politely, claiming he’s not that guy anymore, having turned over a new leaf since returning.
But White doesn’t take no for an answer. Growing more aggressive by interfering Cole’s matches and ambushing his opponents the BC way in hopes of resparking that passion within him, it only ticks off Adam, who gets in Jay’s face asking what the hell he thinks he’s doing. White incredulous at Cole’s lack of gratefulness… HE SPIKES HIM WITH A BLADE RUNNER! Mugging Adam with KENTA, all hope looks to be lost for the BayBay until… COULD IT BE?! IT’S RODERICK STRONG! STRONG IS IN AEW! Blasting the heads off the hyenas with Sick Kicks and chopping their chests raw, Roddy saves Adam from further punishment, for now… With two aside, the four men butt heads going into August, but ever the masterminds, BCG has another trick up their sleeve. During a routine match between Strong and KENTA on Dynamite, Cole keeps watch on Jay, both eventually getting ejected to the back after stirring up too much chaos between themselves, leaving it one-on-one, or so Roddy thinks. As Strong readies the End of Heartache, this theme hits… NAOMICHI MARUFUJI IS ON AEW PROGRAMMING!!! KENTA calling on a favour from his old rival/tag partner after having reunited for NOAH’s New Year show and Wrestle Kingdom 17 earlier in the year, the distraction is enough for KENTA to nail the G2S to win, before MaruKEN beat the hell out of Strong, Maru and Roddy having their own history from ROH! And as the titantron cuts to the parking lot, Jay’s standing over Cole’s limp body, BCG reigning supreme.
Back to being a man down in the fight, Cole & Strong agree to look for help in taking down White and co., though with Kyle O’Reilly still out of commission and Bobby Fish busy being beloved by Mexico, hope wears thin for the duo, no natural allies around. But that changes when BCG gloat their hearts out about their supposed decimation of Cole & Strong for defying them. Chuckling as a taped-up Adam and Roddy step up, raising their fists for a fight, the atmosphere shifts when the sounds of “Takeover” trickle into the arena, ROH PURE CHAMPION KATSUYORI SHIBATA JOINING THEM! KENTA looks like he’s seen a ghost as Shibata stares a hole through the man who threw their friendship away to join BC, AND THE WRESTLER MAKES A BEELINE FOR THE BLACK SUN! KENTA hops the barricade but Shibata joins him, stiffing the hell out of him while Cole & Strong go after White & Maru, the battle lines drawn for warfare at ALL IN as BCG is sent into retreat!
The Match:
A multitude of rivalries all coming to a head in this one ahead of the now announced Adam Cole vs Jay White singles match at ALL OUT, this Six-Man Tag will serve as a thrilling preview to the long-awaited dream match, pooling in competitors from AEW, NJPW, and NOAH. The Jay/KENTA/Marufuji alliance heads out first to a negative reaction, the two BCG members taking their sweet time to tick off the English crowd whilst Marufuji keeps in pace with them, not indulging KENTA’s shenanigans, leaving his side of business to the ring. Pulling the camera close into his face, Jay blows a kiss to Kyle O’Reilly, telling him he hopes he gets well soon so he can watch Uncle Adam get beaten to oblivion. Once the three have made it to the ring, there’s a much more thrilled reaction for the sightings of Adam, Roddy, and Shibata, though the faces don’t waste their time with posing about, this match rather personal for all 3 of them, instead heading directly to the ring. KENTA gives Shibata a dirty look, White taunts Cole, and Strong licks his chops at the thought of getting some revenge on Marufuji after over a decade.
Insisting to start first, Roddy hops into the ring, but rather than his hopes of Marufuji joining him, it’s KENTA who meets him instead, stepping closer to pull faces at Shibata. Roderick doesn’t complain, taking the challenge head-on considering he was screwed out of a win over KENTA on Dynamite, and unlike their last match, there’s no feeling out, no respect, just pure unbridled anger, KENTA and Strong tearing into each other with relentless strikes from the jump! KENTA knocks Strong down to his knees to blast him with a SOCCER KICK, only for Roddy to tank it and take his head off with a JUMPING KNEE STRIKE! KENTA doesn’t try tagging out though, staying on Roderick as he delivers a Reverse Powerbomb and a Swinging Neckbreaker, a Decapitator only further softening up his neck up, the Black Sun wanting the GAME OVER! Ever the submission specialist though, Strong quickly fights free and bullies KENTA with rapid-fire Knife-Edge chops to turn his chest red, before scoring the first of many Backbreakers! Bringing KENTA down with a POWERBREAKER, he wraps on a submission of his own, the STRONGHOLD folding him in half!
KENTA in trouble, after failed attempts of making the ropes he opts to instead roll through Roddy’s legs to break free, before yanking his arm to pull him face-first into KENTA’s knee! Roddy staggered, a KOUTOUBU KICK to the neck knocks him to the mat! Deciding to step back to let the sore spot heal, Strong offers a tag to his partners, Shibata immediately accepting as the crowd roars, a meeting 4 years in the making about to take place! KENTA looks The Wrestler up and down with disgust, tauntingly reminding him of the night he stabbed him in the back, bringing up a murderous look in the Pure Champion’s eyes… BEFORE HE RACES AT KENTA FOR A RUNNING YAKUZA KICK, BUT KENTA SLIDES OUT THE RING! Shaking his head, he cackles, questioning whether Shibata really thought he’d waste his time on him, instead tagging out to Marufuji, giving his tag partner the greenlight to beat up another of his former partners! Shibata grits his teeth, but ultimately swallows his frustrations and decides to let his anger out on Marufuji instead!
Noamichi comes in hot with a KO-OH that knocks Shibata into the corner, Marufuji delivering an ungodly amount of kicks to Shibata’s chest in his patented combination, cycling through the Roundhouse, the Thrust, the Open Palm, the Spinning Back Roundhou- SHIBATA CUTS HIM OFF WITH A FREE KICK! Now Katsuyori’s going hog-wild on Naomichi, brutalising him with the stiffest possible kicks, even Marufuji slightly taken aback by the Wrestler’s ferocity! Switching positions with Naomichi in the corner, Shibata buries successive forearms into his skull to pummel him into the canvas, before THREE HESITATION DROPKICKS sandwich his head against the turnbuckles! Shibata drags Marufuji out for a MUSHA GAESHI attempt, only for Marufuji to return a Superkick, striking Shibata down with an ENZU KO-OH to the back of the head, and a vicious CURB STOMP following suit! ONE! TWO! THR-KICK OUT!!! Naomichi teases a SHIRANUI, but Shibata cuts his legs out with a forceful kick, before ramming open palm strikes into his cheekbones, a GOAL KICK braining him, and a SPINNING BACKFIST backing Marufuji into his corner!
Shibata glares at KENTA to tag in, but it’s White who comes in next as Cole watches intently, Jay wanting to have some fun with one of the Three Musketeers. Communicating to him in Clapanese, White invites Katsuyori to come at him, but it’s only so he can flee the ring and get under Shibata’s skin. But to his surprise, THE WRESTLER GIVES CHASE! Alarmed, White slides back in, cutting Katsuyori off with a Baseball Slide Dropkick the moment he pops his head back in, before stomping his chest into the canvas, a SNAP SAITO SUPLEX quickly following up for 2! A Flapjack and a Sleeper Suplex rock Shibata, but as White attempts the Hiroshi Hase-style Uranage, Shibata turns it into a COBRA TWIST! White screams in alarm, frantically rushing to the ropes to find reprieve, only to have to pull away immediately as Shibata throws an Up Kick towards his chest, instead kicking out Katsuyori’s knee and nailing a SHOTGUN DROPKICK that sends Shibata back to his corner, a cocky Jay firing the BC finger guns. But his smirk disappears when he notices who’s extending their hand to tag in off Shibata. Adam Cole Bay Bay, in the house!
The heated rivals meet each other with intensity in the centre of the ring, Cole ducking a Lariat to nail an USHIGOROSHI and a Seated Superkick, before hitting the ropes to tease THE BOOM! White ducks under, rapidly snatching Cole up for a BLADE RUNNER attempt, but Adam fights him off with an Enzuigiri into a GERMAN SUPLEX! ONE! TWO! THR-NOOOOOO! He calls for the COLEATERAL, but White retorts with a boot that resets his head and a SPIKE DDT that stacks him up for a close count! Testing the waters for the KIWI KRUSHER, White hoists Cole up, but Adam rocks Jay with a full-on SUPERKICK! Jay staggered, Cole blasts him with another, before winding up one final one with the BC finger gun taunt, though Jay sees it coming, grabbing the leg and DRAGON SCREWING IT, before nailing the HURRICANE DRIVER!!! ONE! TWO! THR-NO DICE!!! Running through Shibata and Cole, White’s feeling himself, that is, until Mr. ROH himself tags in, squaring up with the Switchblade in front of an electric crowd!
Jay tries for a BLADE RUNNER off the bat, but Strong smacks him away, exploding with chops and knees, a SICK KICK following into an END OF HEARTACHE!!! ONE! TWO! THR-MARUKEN RUSH TO BREAK IT UP AND ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE!!! Shibata races in with a bombardment of FREE KICKS, KENTA narrowly escaping his doom, only to run right into a SUPERKICK from Cole! Marufuji absorbs everyone’s abuse to dish it back tenfold with KO-OHs, Strong ducking one to nail an OLYMPIC SLAM to finally take down his rival, though Jay pays him back soon enough with a DEATH VALLEY DRIVER! Spent, Jay tags out to KENTA, who blasts Strong with a BUSAIKU KNEE KICK that knocks him into the corner for Cole to tag in, but before Adam can step in, SHIBATA SPRINTS IN AND FINALLY CONNECTS WITH A PENALTY KICK ON KENTA THAT HAS THE CROWD GOING NUTS! He can’t celebrate for long though as Marufuji comes in from behind, scoring the EMERALD FLOWSION, but Cole enters the ring, landing THE BOOM to wipe out Naomichi! Just down to Cole and KENTA now, the two go back-and-forth on finisher attempts, but it’s the SUPERKICK that stuns KENTA, THE BOOM following suit, Adam hooking the leg as he stares a dazed Jay down! ONE! TWO! THREE!!! Advantage – Adam Cole Bay Bay. Jay throws a tantrum at ringside as MaruKEN regroup with him, leaving the ring to Cole, Strong, and Shibata to celebrate, as Katsuyori gives KENTA one last look, knowing this is far from over between them.
Katsuyori Shibata & Paragon (Adam Cole & Roderick Strong) def. Jay White & MaruKEN (Naomichi Marufuji & KENTA)

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2023.05.01 22:42 DawnOfLegion1 Rebooking Aces and Eights

Aces and Eights was a ratings success for TNA and the stable is memorable, but it didn't accomplish what it should have - create stars and ensure TNA's future. Members being masked was stupid (best reveals were people ripping their clothes off to reveal vests underneath), Bully Ray (a mob guy from NYC) and Devon (black biker !?) being at the helm didn't make sense nor was it needed, and virtually all members except the Dudleys were job guys. Mr. Anderson taking orders from his arch nemesis was ??, as was letting Doc Gallows go after getting over. Here's how I would have done it:

Members:
James Storm - President (The Cowboy being behind the stable makes sense, aesthetically and story wise. Storm was always a better heel than babyface anyway, and him leading Aces and Eights is the direction we're going with. Also, a World Title run, a PROPER World Title run is a necessity.)
Gunner - Sgt. At Arms (Gunner had a look and he could talk pretty good, but he wasn't much of a worker. Still, with his army background, talking abilities and overall presence, he would have been a great choice for a "physical leader" of the Aces. Him and Cowboy teamed up IRL later on anyway, so that's cool. Global/TV Title run, with Gunner mowing people for months until a certain someone named Samoa Joe shuts him up would have been great.)
Doc Gallows - Enforcer (DOC got over, and TNA let him go because they didn't wanna pay him - bullshit. I'm keeping Gallows, and he would be my TNA Tag Champion with..)
Knux - Enforcer (..Knuxy ! Fit in like a glove, solid big man, and him as Tag Champion with DOC would have hurt nobody.)
Mickie James - First Lady (Her and Storm also have history, and Mickie is a big name in the business. Consequently, much like Storm, she's always been a better heel IMO. Don't know if her and Storm would be presented as a couple on screen, that's up to them.)
Samuel Shaw - Secretary (I'd tie in Shaw's/Dexter Lumis' eventual "American Psycho" gimmick into Aces and Eights. Storm would give a backstory on Shaw, and explain that Shaw's family, for three generations, have all been Presidents of Aces and Eights. Shaw is groomed for that spot one day too, but the manipulative Storm took the spot from the kid, and promised Shaw's father and grandfather to groom him himself. Shaw would be the club's Secretary, in the sense that he keeps all the records in check, he's meticulous and professional, but not yet a leader. Eventually, he'd put the end to Aces and Eights by turning face and beating Storm, breaking free from his manipulations.)
Kid Kash - Vice President (X Division Champion, rugged look and a prominent Southern drawl, so he fits in nicely. Kash would be the loud and obnoxious one, presented as Storm's right hand man. Makes sense considering Kash has the most experience in the business out of anyone.)
Wes Brisco - Soldier (Brisco was a case of nepotism, but he did have a look and he did have some potential. Plus, we need someone to eat all the pins.)

Storyline:
Much like IRL, Storm would be revealed last, in a match where he finally wins the TNA World Title. His reasoning for taking over Aces and Eights from Sam Shaw's family was simple - in 2011, when Storm was betrayed by Bobby Roode, Fourtune effectively disbanded, and that left Storm broken. When Storm went after Bobby again, he couldn't get the job done, and that cemented his downward spiral mentally. Storm said that doing things the "nice" way got him nothing, except his best friends turning on him, and his former partner ruining his life and career. Therefore, Storm decided he needed a new family.
The other members are all outcasts in their own way ; DOC and Knux felt like they were wronged by WWE, Kash felt like all the X Division guys didn't show him respect, Mickie believed the younger Knockouts didn't have the passion for the business, Gunner was ejected from Immortal, and Brisco had his vendetta against Hogan for not breaking him in. Storm, using his smarts and manipulative tactics, stole the club from underneath Samuel Shaw, gathered a few pissed off Southern friends, and made his own version of Aces and Eights.
Storm's primary targets would be his former Fortune buddies - Daniels, Kazarian, Roode (who'd form a trio to battle Aces, with Roode kinda sorta being a babyface), and of course AJ Styles, but more on that later. Being that the group would ideally hold all the gold at some point, they'd feud with the entire roster basically, but Fortune members are their focus. In the end, AJ (AS AJ STYLES, NOT THE STUPID LONE WOLF STING RIPOFF!) would conquer Storm at the 2013 Bound For Glory, and win the World Title. Aces would then crumble from within, and Sam Shaw would tap out Storm at Genesis 2014 to end the story once and for all.

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2023.05.01 01:02 Traditional-Bear-493 Unbreakable V: Rebook Sting in WWE - Part 1

World Wrestling Entertainment, the pinnacle of professional wrestling. The landmark all in this industry strive to enter, strive to change and strive to stamp their name on. All……… apart from one.

It’s the dawn of 2011. A certain TNA contract has not been renewed, it has ran its course… and the landscape of WWE is about to completely change for good.

Monday Night Raw - 02/14/11
Valentine’s Day, Monday Night Raw. The show runs and flows exactly how we remember, including the show’s conclusion, with the host of WrestleMania XXVII, being revealed as none other than The Great One, The Rock!

Earlier on in the show, however, the anonymous Raw General Manager is doing what it did, creating qualifying matches for the Raw Elimination Chamber Match! As Michael Cole reads the e-mail he gets just towards the end of it until.

His microphone cuts out.
The camera zooms close to Cole’s face as a quick flash of fear covers his emotions.
The lights in the arena all fall into darkness.
The titantron begins to glitch.
A vignette video begins to play after the glitching ends.

https://youtu.be/cPyLgOYxu-U

2 - 21 - 11
Next week’s date, is all that is revealed. The video stops and the lights reawaken. Cole, Lawler and everybody else around the timekeeper’s area have distinct confusion painted over their faces. The show continues, but eyebrows have been raised, and intrigue has increased.

Monday Night Raw - 02/21/11 -
The night after Elimination Chamber, the road to WrestleMania is reaching its final checkpoint, and Monday Nigh Raw is rocking as the Universe’s continued intrigue from the previous week’s vignette is poignant around the arena.

Gong.

The phenom has returned, the outlaw of the yard walks down the ramp slowly, flames flaring into the air as the navy lights slowly fade. The final gunslinger of WWE stands in the ring as the crowd chant and roar. The Undertaker… microphone in hand, slowly looks up towards the sign of the show of shows, his show. The show that holds the streak. WrestleMania.

Taker raises the microphone to his lips.

Undertaker: Time will not slow. I keep a close watch on time. I keep a close watch on this heart of mine…. And the longer, I stand to shoot…. The longer I walk this line. The more gunslingers will try to gun me down.

WrestleMania……… The streak that stands the test of time. One singularity in this world that time can not put down. I will continue to walk the line until my body lies under soil. At Wrestlemania….. The streak will reign, I will grab a shovel….. dig another grave in immortality, and will make whoever brings their holster to the stand-off…..

Rest……..in………

The lights snap shut.
A vignette begins to play on screen, similar to the one last week, but this time…. It glitches halfway through and cuts suddenly to a tree…. With a crow perched on the branch. The lights reawaken as The Undertaker glares, gazes to the horizon…. Emotionless….. as the show ends……

Monday Night Raw - 02/28/11 -
The following week on Raw, it is revealed that Host of Wrestlemania XXVII, The Rock, has made The Undertaker’s Streak Challenge the Main Event of WrestleMania. This has infuriated John Cena, who, slowly begins to believe The Rock may have an agenda out for him.
The weeks leading into WrestleMania follow with superstars battling each other week after week as some of them tease that they are going to be the one to accept The Undertakers open challenge….. but viewers and superstars alike continue to ponder the video that played after the Deadman’s announcement.

Monday Night Raw - 03/21/11 -
The final segment of the show see’s several roster members come down to say their piece on why they are going to be the one to face the Deadman at the showcase of immortals. A brawl ensues in the ring between the superstars…. Until they are all stopped and silenced by the GONG.
The lights arise and Undertaker stands dead centre in the middle of the ring, the superstars all back off and away into the corners and ropes as the phenom removes his hat and jacket… eyeing up every single one of them. Sheamus, Swagger, Ziggler, Morrison, Barrett, Jackson, Kingston, Orton and Punk all look at one another before looking at Taker. The ring begins to gang up on the deadman!!! All of the superstars beat down on Taker and amongst themselves in attempt to prove a point… Taker fights back but ultimately the numbers game is too much for the phenom.
A crows squak shrieks through the speakers……
The lights darken and the same vignette from weeks prior begins to play…. The crow on the branch once again appears at the end of the vignette, but the squawk this time is not cut out…. And the crow flies off the branch.
The name appears on the titantron and the music begins, the WWE Universe absolutely erupts!!!!!!!!!!!
STING IS ON MONDAY NIGHT RAW!!!!!!! The Icon himself comes down the ramp as the superstars in the ring stand frozen in awe of the debuting star….. the biggest star in the industry to never grace the WWE….. has finally arrived.
STING REVEALS THE BASEBALL BAT FROM HIS JACKET!!!! STING BEGINS TAKING OUT THE FIELD!!!!
Taker rises to his feet and begins helping the Franchise and the two men stand back to back as they take out the superstars, as the ring empties as they send Orton and Punk respectfully over the top rope, they both slowly turn around and face each other…… Sting raises the bat past Takers shoulder and raises it to point at the blue and golden sign that shines in the distance. A nod of approval from the deadman receives an incredible cheer from the audience. The show ends with the staredown of the century, one that has only ever lived in fantasy…… until now.
The landscape of professional wrestling has been flipped on its head instantly.
The match is confirmed. The main event. Undertaker. Sting. The streak on the line.
Monday Night Raw - 03/28/11 -
The show opens with the music of the man of the hour. The newest addition to WWE, Sting! Sting comes down with a microphone in hand and addresses the new universe that is graced with his presence.
Sting: Well….. here we are. Deadman walking, Icon rising. I never knew if this day would come, where I would stand here, in this ring, a WWE ring, in front of all of you. Challenging the man….. who many have claimed to be….. my greatest opposition…. Who I have never faced.
*Sting looks directly into the camera*
Sting: There is one thing that has burdened my legacy, grounded my history, and shadowed my immortality. And that….. is this place….. this show *points to the sign* to be exact. Undertaker, I hope you are watching, I came here to complete my mission, achieve a state of immortality never before achieved. I want to fight you, I want to face you, I will face you…. In the biggest match, in front of the world. THE ICON STING, THE PHENOM HIMSELF, THE UNDERTAKER. I am not coming to your stand-off without a holster, I am coming with a faster draw, and I am going to finally rise above the shadow that hangs over me. I will see you at WrestleMania, Undertaker…. But you better be ready to go down swinging.

WrestleMania XXVII - 04/03/11 - Undertaker vs Sting
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The biggest show in live entertainment comes…. And goes…… Edge facing off against best friend Christian for the World Heavyweight Championship. The Miz taking on John Cena with The Rock as the special guest referee…. Randy Orton taking on CM Punk…. But finally, we come to the main event.
Sting walks down the ramp with an elaborate walk, fireworks pop all around the stadium as Sting’s first match in WWE, is the main event of WrestleMania…. Against the deadman.
Sting stands firm, looking onto the ramp as the long walk of the final outlaw in WWE awaits him.
“There ain't no grave
Gonna hold my body down
When I hear that trumpet sound
I'm gonna rise up outta the ground”
The phenom, walks through the fire. Ready for another war and stripe across his mark. Another grave is dug…. And the franchise is the one engraved into the headstone. The hat comes off as Taker and Sting, face to face, look at one another with confidence in their eyes. Every single person in Georgia Dome is standing. The bell rings. The cheer is deafening. The crowd cheer, clap, shout and roar as these two continue to face off, without moving.
“This is awesome, Holy Shit, Undertaker, Lets go Sting” chants roar on for a good few minutes before the two men even attempt to grapple one another.
They circle one another, but back off as the noise of the stadium raises again, and again, and again. They finally lock up to another speaker-breaking cheer! Sting gets the upper hand originally on Undertaker with a waist lock but Taker switches it before Sting drops to one knee before sending the phenom over his shoulder… Taker lands one of those infamous stiff jabs that groggy’s Sting backwards but Sting answers back with a strike of his own, Sting gets the upper hand as he blocks the punches of the deadman… he ducks a left hand and charges Taker with a clothesline that sends him flying over the top rope and into the announcers table!
A striking brawl takes place on the outside before Sting charges at Taker who quickly reverses and flapjacks Sting onto the barricade! Taker rolls sting onto the apron as he slowly climbs up himself and gets ready to drop the big leg drop onto the neck of the Icon, as the leg flies into the air Sting slides out of the way and Undertaker crashes into the hardest spot of the ring! Sting climbs up using the ropes as Undertaker holds himself up, still on the apron. Sting pulls taker up and delivers a DDT on the apron!!!!
In the opening stages of this match… it seems everything Undertaker has attempted, Sting has an answer for it! Sting Irish whips taker into the apron and goes for the Stinger splash but the Deadman manages to slide himself out of the way at the last second, Taker charges in himself with a running lariat strike, before grabbing Sting by the wrist and twisting it around before beginning to climb the turnbuckles… it looks like Undertaker is going to go Old School…. Taker scales the ropes and begins the walk but Sting grabs onto his own wrist to relieve the pressure and charges into the rope…. Undertaker loses balance and falls from the ropes to the floor on the outside!!! Sting isn’t done!!! He scales the ropes… in front of the world…. And delivers a dive from the top rope to the floor onto the Deadman!!!!!!
Sting drags the body of Taker back into the ring for the first 2 count of the bout. Sting rises back to his feet before cupping his hands around his mouth and bellowing a “WOOOOOO” which is followed by thousands and thousands of others from the universe!!! Stinger splash connects in the corner, Sting hits the ropes to follow it up but Taker is able to counter into a sidewalk slam for a 2 count of his own!
The bout continues……
Undertaker this time manages to land the apron leg drop on Sting who falls to the floor and uses the announce table to drag himself back up! Taker walks behind him and delivers a huge right hand that knocks Sting back down onto all fours…. Undertaker slowly removes the dressing of the announcers table… dropping the monitors to the floor as he picks Sting up…. And slaps the hand against the throat ready for a choke slam!!! Undertaker lifts Sting into the air but Sting manages to jump around it and delivers a huge elbow to the face of Taker…. Sting backs himself into the apron and hits a huge running forearm that sends Taker flying onto the table! Sting climbs onto the announce table himself as Taker lays flat on it. Sting stands over Undertaker before looking up and around at the full Stadium before signalling a throat slit!!!! Undertaker slides off the table underneath Sting and hooks him by the thighs and into the air!!!! Surely not…… LAST RIDE THROUGH THE ANNOUNCERS TABLE!!!!!! Holy S%!t!!!! The referee checks on the both men but has to continue the count as the two veterans lay in the rubble!!!
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Undertaker rolls back into the ring……
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Sting just about gets back in to break the count before flopping back to the floor!!!
As both men continue to get battered and bruised in a true showcase of legends…. Taker nails an old school in the middle of the ring before slitting the throat and hooking Sting by the throat!!!! Choke…. No !!!! Sting down again!!!! Scorpion death dro….. No…… Reversed!!!! Up for the tombstone!!!!!! Sting slides down and shoots the leg of the deadman….. Scorpion Death Lock!!!!!!!!! Undertaker riles in pain as Sting has the legs of the phenom wrapped up in the centre…. It takes maximum energy from the phenom to drag himself and sting to the bottom rope to break the hold!!!
As taker slowly gets up Sting once again grabs the leg of undertaker and delivers a chop block to the deadman….Sting hits the rope but runs into the hand of Taker who wraps it around the throat of Sting, Sting slaps it away and again floors Taker…. He floats over the leg and looks in the figure four leg lock to WOOOOOOOOOOOOOS all around the Georgia Dome!!!!! Taker riles in pain again with the torturous pain!! Taker uses that veteran instinct to roll himself back up and over to turn the pressure onto Sting who now has to drag himself to the ropes!!!
Both men climb up to their feet and trade blows, Sting ducks a punch from Taker and locks in for the Scorpion death drop…. Taker lifts Sting up onto his shoulder!!!! Snake Eyes!!!! HOOKED BY THE THROAT!!!!! CHOKESLAM TO STING!!!!
1………..2…………Near Fall!!!!!!
Taker can smell blood in the water!!! Tombstone coming…. Sting slips out the back…. SCORPION DEATH DROP!!!!!!
1………2…………TAKER POWERS OUT!!!!!!
Sting sits up in the ropes in shock that Taker survived the drop…. He laughs to himself as he looks around but is met by the fearsome glare of the phenom as he sits up in the ring!!!!
Undertaker comes towards Sting with lefts and rights but Sting once again slides out from underneath and nails taker with knife edge chops!! Sting gets Taker up for powerslam but the deadman himself reverses and slams himself down into the mat…. But wraps the legs around the neck and drags Sting into the Hell’s Gates!!!! Sting rives in pain as Taker himself looks in agony, struggling to hold the legs after the punishment they have gone through!!! Sting manages to slip his neck out of the hold and pins the shoulders down for a close snap 2 fall…. Sting chases Taker who gets him up on the shoulders for the tombstone….. But the legs give out!!!!!!
Sting picks Taker up from the back….. there’s no way!!!!! STING TOMBSTONES UNDERTAKER!!!!!!!! THE STREAK IS OVER!!!!!!
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2!!!!!!!!!!!! HOW?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! The Icon can not believe Taker managed to kick out!!!!!!
Sting drags the body of Undertaker up for one last scorpion death drop…. But Taker falls back down to the mat and Sting has to drag him up once again to firm the hold….. Taker screams in pain as he lifts Sting up onto the shoulder and NAILS A TOMBSTONE ON THE ICON!!!!!
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KICK OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
STING KICKS OUT OF THE TOMBSTONE!!!!!!!!!!
Both men lay flat in the ring as the official begins to count a TKO…..
The official reaches 9 as the two men drag themselves up by holding onto each other…. These two men have been colliding now for over half an hour and this crowd in Georgia is yet to quieten down!!!!
Undertaker reverses a neck breaker attempt and locks in a scorpion death drop on Sting…. Sting slides out but runs into the hand of the Phenom….. CHOKESLAM CONNECTS AS TAKER FALLS BACK ONTO HIS BACK AND DRAGS HIMSELF OVER STING….
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STING KICKS OUT AT ONE!!!!!!!
STING BEGINS TO PUNCH THE MAT IN RAGE AS UNDERTAKER EYES ALMOST BULGE OUT OF HIS HEAD!!!!!
However, the look on the deadman’s face begins to turn from shock…. To rage…. As Sting drags himself up using Undertaker…. Defiance on the face of Sting…. Shades of the heartbreak kid from the years prior!!
Sting is asking for it, he’s telling Undertaker to bring it to him!!!!! HES SHOUTING IN THE FACE OF THE UNDERTAKER!!!!!
TAKER SLITS THE THROAT!!!!!
TOMBSTONE PILEDRIVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1……………………………2………………………….THE STREAK LIVES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Undertaker def. Sting - 35:23

Undertaker falls in fatigue back to the mat as Sting lays beaten, Undertaker rolls out of the ring but collapses right after, not being able to drag himself back up…. The showcase of the immortals ends with Sting sat up in the ring….. watching The Undertaker be helped to the back….. Undertaker won the battle…. But has he won the war???

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