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*Sorry for a not consistent writing style. The matches in this one are a bit longer, compared to
the first show. I hope to get more consistent with the length of segments and matches with
future shows.
New Year's Revolution 2022
@ the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas
DAY TWO
YOUTUBE PRE-SHOW
Just like yesterday Renee Young leads the viewers through this half hour long Pre-Show,
but this time she has new guests with the hardcore legend Mick Foley and Dolph Ziggler,
who is still pretty sour about losing his tournament match 24 hours ago.
The three of them talk about what happened yesterday and then move on to run down
today's card. Mick is especially happy to talk about the Texas Death Match between
Hangman Page and James Storm, while Ziggler predicts Seth Rollins to become the
new World Heavyweight Champion tonight.
Then we go to the Ring with today's pre-show Match between HollyWOO's Hunks
and The Acclaimed, who do their usual entrance and Max Caster can't refrain from
hitting some verbal jabs about HollyWOO, Ryan Nemeth, Tyler Breeze and even the
World's Greatest Tag Team.
Pretty standard Tag Team match here, with HollyWOO trying to insert herself into
the match by distracting the Referee and her Hunks' opponents. Caster got trapped
in the corner of the Hunks for some time, before the hot tag to Bowens happened.
Anthony cleaned house and it looked like The Acclaimed were on the winning path,
but thanks to the chaos HollyWOO was able to distract Caster and the Referee
long enough, so Breeze could dish out a Low Blow, followed by Nemeth dropping
Bowens with the Hot N Bothered to get the win.
MAIN SHOW
Commentary: Jim Ross, Tony Schiavone and Pat McAfee
Today's video package we get to see is a bit different than yesterdays. A big part of it
is about the Texas Death Match we are going to see later and this time it ends with the
four remaining guys in the World Heavyweight Title Tournament saying the line
"this is my Revolution" in at the same time. In the Arena we again are welcomed by
a slew of fireworks.
Our three Commentators run down what we will see tonight, after they quickly went
over last night's results. The second day of New Year's Revolution starts off with the
first Semi Final of the World Heavyweight Title Tournament.
PAC was able to dominate Rollins for the first couple of minutes, with Seth not getting
anything going in the Match. That lead to PAC getting a chance for the Black Arrow
pretty early on, but Rollins rolled out of the ring, which made PAC perform a Moonsault.
He didn't get all of Rollins though and hurt his leg in the process. That finally put Seth in
the driver's seat, who dished out a lot of damage around and in the Ring for the next
couple of minutes, but PAC didn't stay down. The home stretch saw one last flare up
from the Bastard, who surprised Rollins by countering an attempted Pedigree. PAC then
took a very long time to get to the top turnbuckle, which led to the Black Arrow missing
its target. Seth immediately finished PAC with the Curb Stomp afterwards.
A laughing Seth Rollins celebrates his victory, before we see a Hangman Page promo. He
stands backstage and gets ready for his match later on, while he talks about how he would
have never thought that this rivalry with James Storm over the last year would be the
longest, hardest and toughest war he'd have in his career, when they faced off for the
first time last January. Then he directly addresses Storm and tells him to once again
bring everything he got, because "Tonight... this is going to end. Once and for all."
In a different locker room we see HollyWOO, only covered by a towel draped around
her body. We can hear showers running in the background, while she talks into the
camera about the victory Nemeth and Breeze pulled off during the Pre-Show. She
then states that once again she is fully satisfied by the performance of her Hunks
and it's only a matter of time until their already perfect bodies get the very last thing
that is missing, the BTB Tag Team Titles. HollyWOO then turns towards the showers
and asks loudly "are my boys ready for their celebratory treat?". She then smirks towards
the camera and states that she is definitely ready for hers. In that moment two other
Women, only covered by towels as well, enter the frame from the side and all three
enter the showers. We then only see the towels getting thrown to the floor and hear
some loud "WOO"s, before we go back to the ring.
This Match started with a surprise, because as soon as the bell rang, Edge stormed
towards Gargano for a Spear and almost caught him with it. Johnny stepped out of
the way in the very last second and Edge hit the corner. Gargano immediately rolled
Edge up, but the former World Champ kicked out at 2.5. After that fiery start, the
Match became a true nailbiter, which could've swung either way. The last act started
with a Referee bump, when Gargano, once again, was able to avoid getting speared.
Gargano put Edge in his Garga-No-Escape, but when he realized that the Ref is out,
he let go of the hold and tried to wake the official up. That's when Christian hit the
Ring, coming from the audience. He immediately drops Gargano with the Unprettier
and helps Edge to pin Johnny, before leaving the Ring again. Christian then paces
up and down on the outside, yelling towards the Referee to get up, before he finally
decides to take some water from the Commentary corner to resuscitate the Ref.
It takes a second for the Ref to start the count, but much to Christian's dismay,
Gargano was able to kick out. Afterwards Johnny and Edge exchange blows, while
getting back onto their feet. The pace picks up one last time and we see a couple
of more nearfalls, while Christian goes crazy at ringside. Johnny then is able
to counter another Spear attempt and slaps on the Garga-No-Escape, which
leads Christian to jump up on the apron to distract the Referee. Edge, while
still in the hold, shockingly turns Gargano up and has him basically pinned, but
the Ref is not there. Christian notices the situation and jumps back down, turns
around and puts his arms in the air while stepping away from the Ring. Right
when the Ref turned back around and was about to count the pin, Gargano
was able to shift his weight back and Edge can only hold on for a couple more
seconds before tapping out.
Christian can't believe it, when he realizes that Gargano just won and he slides
back into the Ring, but Johnny immediately rolls out to escape a possible attack.
Next up is an Interview with Renee Young who welcomes James Storm to her
side. Storm, just like Hangman earlier, talks about their bloody rivalry over 2021
and he also looks forward to not only ending this feud, but Page as well. He
continues with reminding the viewers about how the two bled over each other
in a cage and how they bled over each other while being bound together by a
bull rope and then states that there is no better place and no better way than
finishing it all in a Texas Death Match right there in Dallas.
Then his focus went to something on the side and Bobby Roode steps into
the frame. Roode immediately raises his hand and only says that even though
the two had their differences and drifted apart over the last four, five years,
he just wanted to wish Storm good luck. James doesn't know what to make
of it and just nods, before Roode turns around and walks away again.
We have Seth Rollins standing by Renee Young, who immediately asks what
Seth thinks about fighting Johnny Gargano in tonight's Tournament final.
Rollins congratulates Gargano for beating the last World Champion, but
he also reminds him that it doesn't matter who Gargano beat and it makes
no difference whatsoever how many people chant and call him "Johnny
Wrestling". At the end of it all, Gargano is not on the same level and he
never has beaten, nor will he ever defeat Seth... Freakin'... Rollins.
There's a long staredown at the start of the Match, which slowly turned into
a back and forth shoving and then into a wild brawl. Neither even tries to
attempt an early victory, since both know it will need a lot today to win this
and so we see some chair shots, a return of the bull rope, the breaking of
a commentary desk and both of them going through a couple of tables at
the same time. At one point James Storm got some beer bottles from
under the Ring and put them in a corner. He tried to spew some of it, after
taking a sip, into Hangman's face, but Page was able to counter and tasted
some of the beer himself, before simply emptying a bottle over Storm.
When they returned to just exchanging some hard hits, while being on
wobbly legs and wearing crimson masks, everyone knew this is about to
go not much further. That's when Hangman emptied a sack of thumbtacks
in the middle of the Ring. He attempted the DeadEye, but James countered
the move and almost put Page into the tacks with a DDT, but that also
failed. After a couple of very close encounters with the tacks, Page again
was almost DDTed into them, before countering and finally getting the
DeadEye into the thumbtacks in. James Storm didn't stay down though,
much to the surprise of Hangman, who now wanted to end this with
the Buckshot Lariat. So he slowly leaves the Ring, while Storm crawls
into a corner. Page then eagerly awaits for Storm to get back on his feet
and when James finally does, Hangman jumps into the Ring and Storm
has a surprise for him. A full bottle of beer explodes over the bloodied
head of Hangman Page, who falls right into the thumbtacks and is
out cold. James only sinks to the ground afterwards and lays one arm
over his opponent for the victory.
Backstage we see Edge pacing back and forth, when Christian joins him and
starts talking trash about "that little punk" Gargano and how they should
hunt him down and give him the beating he deserves right now. Edge just
shakes his head, takes his bag and exits the room, leaving behind a perplexed
Christian.
Next up we hear from Johnny Gargano, who stands besides Renee Young.
She has basically the same question for him, as she had for Rollins earlier,
about them facing each other in the World Title Tournament final and
Gargano says that nothing had changed since yesterday, where he already
said it wouldn't matter who he has to face to achieve his dream to finally
become the World Heavyweight Champion. He adds that Seth Rollins
is one of the most difficult hurdles anyone can have in their way, but come
hell or high water, there's nothing that will keep him from jumping over it.
Then we get to see a pre-recorded video for the upcoming, second Fatal
4-Way Match for an opportunity to become the new BTB Women's World
Champion next Wednesday on the debut episode of BTB Glory, where
every single participant drops a couple of lines.
Candice LeRae starts and says that she wants to make the best out of
this opportunity, while Mercedes Martinez states that she is the thoughest
bitch in the division and the other would need to put her six feet under,
if they want to win. Becky, wearing one of her ridiculous outfits, including
sunglasses, says that even after all the changes, this is still her division
and that after two and a half long years it's finally time for the Women's
World Title to be "around the waist of the one and only Big Time Becks
once again". Shayna just smirks and says that she doesn't care if she has
to break arms, legs or necks, because she had to wait way to long for her
turn and neither of "those bitches" will stop her.
Immediately after the bell rings, Lynch rolls out of the Ring and while trash
talking the other three, she joins the commentary team for some time.
The other three eventually start the Match, with Candice taking over for
the first moments, until she gets thrown out by Baszler, who then stands
before Mercedes. The two exchange some words before starting to brawl.
Becky on the outside sees a chance and delivers the Bexploder Suplex against
Candice, before taking a seat at the commentary desk again. Shayna and
Mercedes go all out in the meantime, with Becky trying to sneak in a pin,
when she sees an opportunity. At one point it's Candice, who suddenly stands
before Becky and hinders her to leave again.
With that all four women are finally completely involved in the Match. Becky's
frustration grows and grows with each time she isn't able to get in the sneaky
win, even when she again kills Candice with a Bexploder Suplex, right after
LeRae was able to Tornado DDT Mercedes. Then comes Shayna's moment, when
she throws Candice out and goes for Becky. Alternating between Forearm
Smashes and Uppercuts, Baszler is able to pretty much pummel Becky to a bloody
pulp and then Shayna starts grinning as if she has already won. Lynch though gets
pissed by the sight of her blood dripping onto the canvas and a surprised Shayna
can't defend against the enraged Becky, who puts Baszler into the Dis-arm-her.
Before she taps though, Mercedes is there to make the save, just to be put in the
hold herself. Candice comes in and breaks it up, but again the pissed off Becky
has no problem with putting LeRae down, who then taps out, since no one is
left to make the save.
Right after the Match Becky doesn't let the Ref raise her hand, instead she tends
to her bloody nose, when Jordynne Grace shows up. With a smirk on her face and
her sight set on her opponent on Wednesday, she poses her muscles, while Becky
just looks towards the entrance with an angry glance.
We go to an office backstage, where we see CEO Shane McMahon talking to some
workers, when the currently injured Sheamus walks up. Shane asks him about
his injured arm and Sheamus answers that he is finally going to be at one hundred
percent again right in time for this year's Royal Rumble and that he wants to be
a part of the Rumble Match. Shane just pats him on the shoulder and announces
that Sheamus is officially in, before leaving. When Sheamus turns around with a
big smile on his face, W. Morrissey stands right in front of him, who lets us and
Sheamus know that he will also be a part of this year's Rumble Match and that
he can't wait to throw Sheamus and all the other losers over the top rope. The
two engage in an intense staredown before we go back to the Ring for the final
of the World Heavyweight Title Tournament.
We are then back at the Ring, where "Here Comes the Money" plays. Shane McMahon
comes out with the World Heavyweight Championship belt in his hands, which he puts
up on a pedestal besides the Commentary team, before joining them for this Final.
Even with the break both had, you can see each of them already had a grueling match
today and with that, this Match starts out slow. Neither of them wants to make even
the tiniest mistake and possibly give this Match and the World Title out of their hands.
The first, who picked up the pace and took over was Gargano, but Seth didn't stay down
and fought back after a while. Thanks to a reversal, he sent Gargano into the steel steps
outside the Ring, to take over. Rollins handed out a lot of damage over the second act of
the Match, but Gargano kicked out or broke free every single time, which made Seth
get increasingly frustrated. Each time you could see it got harder and harder for him to
regain his composure. That ultimately lead to the very first time Seth tried to win with
an underhanded tactic, but the Referee noticed him using the ropes as leverage during
a pin attempt.
Seth immediately started to argue with the Referee, what Gargano used to get back into
the driver's seat for a while. The final stretch was filled with near falls and Gargano already
had Rollins in his Garga-No-Escape, but after a very long fight, Seth ultimately reached the
ropes with a single finger. Then we got another short period of back and forth action,
before Seth caught Johnny during a Slingshot Spear attempt and he drilled Gargano into
the canvas with a Pedigree. Certain of success and completely spent, Seth only laughed for
three, four seconds, before hooking Gargano's leg. The Referee started to count the Pin,
but Johnny kicks out, much to Seth's disbelief. Seth immediately tried another Pinfall, but
the same result. After a third attempt, while shouting at the Referee, Seth completely loses
it. He grabs the Official by his collar and has a small shouting match with him. Rollins then
leaves the Referee be, when he sees that Gargano is in the right position for the Curb Stomp.
He starts running, but Johnny jumps up and evades a collision with Rollins, who ends up
getting put to the floor with the Hurts Donut. Gargano transitions it directly into the Garga-
No-Escape again and Seth's eyes widen in panic. He tries to scramble for the ropes, but
this time it's just too much and he has no other choice than to slowly tap out, just before
he is about to pass out.
After the Match Shane McMahon enters the Ring to present the title belt to the new Champion.
Gargano can't really believe that he just won, while Shane is more than happy to put the belt
around Johnny's waist and raise his arm.
the first show. I hope to get more consistent with the length of segments and matches with
future shows.
New Year's Revolution 2022
@ the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas
DAY TWO
YOUTUBE PRE-SHOW
Just like yesterday Renee Young leads the viewers through this half hour long Pre-Show,
but this time she has new guests with the hardcore legend Mick Foley and Dolph Ziggler,
who is still pretty sour about losing his tournament match 24 hours ago.
The three of them talk about what happened yesterday and then move on to run down
today's card. Mick is especially happy to talk about the Texas Death Match between
Hangman Page and James Storm, while Ziggler predicts Seth Rollins to become the
new World Heavyweight Champion tonight.
Then we go to the Ring with today's pre-show Match between HollyWOO's Hunks
and The Acclaimed, who do their usual entrance and Max Caster can't refrain from
hitting some verbal jabs about HollyWOO, Ryan Nemeth, Tyler Breeze and even the
World's Greatest Tag Team.
Pretty standard Tag Team match here, with HollyWOO trying to insert herself into
the match by distracting the Referee and her Hunks' opponents. Caster got trapped
in the corner of the Hunks for some time, before the hot tag to Bowens happened.
Anthony cleaned house and it looked like The Acclaimed were on the winning path,
but thanks to the chaos HollyWOO was able to distract Caster and the Referee
long enough, so Breeze could dish out a Low Blow, followed by Nemeth dropping
Bowens with the Hot N Bothered to get the win.
...by Pinfall:
HollyWOO's Hunks
(10:12)
HollyWOO's Hunks
(10:12)
MAIN SHOW
Commentary: Jim Ross, Tony Schiavone and Pat McAfee
Today's video package we get to see is a bit different than yesterdays. A big part of it
is about the Texas Death Match we are going to see later and this time it ends with the
four remaining guys in the World Heavyweight Title Tournament saying the line
"this is my Revolution" in at the same time. In the Arena we again are welcomed by
a slew of fireworks.
Our three Commentators run down what we will see tonight, after they quickly went
over last night's results. The second day of New Year's Revolution starts off with the
first Semi Final of the World Heavyweight Title Tournament.
PAC was able to dominate Rollins for the first couple of minutes, with Seth not getting
anything going in the Match. That lead to PAC getting a chance for the Black Arrow
pretty early on, but Rollins rolled out of the ring, which made PAC perform a Moonsault.
He didn't get all of Rollins though and hurt his leg in the process. That finally put Seth in
the driver's seat, who dished out a lot of damage around and in the Ring for the next
couple of minutes, but PAC didn't stay down. The home stretch saw one last flare up
from the Bastard, who surprised Rollins by countering an attempted Pedigree. PAC then
took a very long time to get to the top turnbuckle, which led to the Black Arrow missing
its target. Seth immediately finished PAC with the Curb Stomp afterwards.
...by Pinfall:
Seth Rollins
(13:42)
Seth Rollins
(13:42)
A laughing Seth Rollins celebrates his victory, before we see a Hangman Page promo. He
stands backstage and gets ready for his match later on, while he talks about how he would
have never thought that this rivalry with James Storm over the last year would be the
longest, hardest and toughest war he'd have in his career, when they faced off for the
first time last January. Then he directly addresses Storm and tells him to once again
bring everything he got, because "Tonight... this is going to end. Once and for all."
In a different locker room we see HollyWOO, only covered by a towel draped around
her body. We can hear showers running in the background, while she talks into the
camera about the victory Nemeth and Breeze pulled off during the Pre-Show. She
then states that once again she is fully satisfied by the performance of her Hunks
and it's only a matter of time until their already perfect bodies get the very last thing
that is missing, the BTB Tag Team Titles. HollyWOO then turns towards the showers
and asks loudly "are my boys ready for their celebratory treat?". She then smirks towards
the camera and states that she is definitely ready for hers. In that moment two other
Women, only covered by towels as well, enter the frame from the side and all three
enter the showers. We then only see the towels getting thrown to the floor and hear
some loud "WOO"s, before we go back to the ring.
This Match started with a surprise, because as soon as the bell rang, Edge stormed
towards Gargano for a Spear and almost caught him with it. Johnny stepped out of
the way in the very last second and Edge hit the corner. Gargano immediately rolled
Edge up, but the former World Champ kicked out at 2.5. After that fiery start, the
Match became a true nailbiter, which could've swung either way. The last act started
with a Referee bump, when Gargano, once again, was able to avoid getting speared.
Gargano put Edge in his Garga-No-Escape, but when he realized that the Ref is out,
he let go of the hold and tried to wake the official up. That's when Christian hit the
Ring, coming from the audience. He immediately drops Gargano with the Unprettier
and helps Edge to pin Johnny, before leaving the Ring again. Christian then paces
up and down on the outside, yelling towards the Referee to get up, before he finally
decides to take some water from the Commentary corner to resuscitate the Ref.
It takes a second for the Ref to start the count, but much to Christian's dismay,
Gargano was able to kick out. Afterwards Johnny and Edge exchange blows, while
getting back onto their feet. The pace picks up one last time and we see a couple
of more nearfalls, while Christian goes crazy at ringside. Johnny then is able
to counter another Spear attempt and slaps on the Garga-No-Escape, which
leads Christian to jump up on the apron to distract the Referee. Edge, while
still in the hold, shockingly turns Gargano up and has him basically pinned, but
the Ref is not there. Christian notices the situation and jumps back down, turns
around and puts his arms in the air while stepping away from the Ring. Right
when the Ref turned back around and was about to count the pin, Gargano
was able to shift his weight back and Edge can only hold on for a couple more
seconds before tapping out.
...by Submission:
Johnny Gargano
(17:26)
Johnny Gargano
(17:26)
Christian can't believe it, when he realizes that Gargano just won and he slides
back into the Ring, but Johnny immediately rolls out to escape a possible attack.
Next up is an Interview with Renee Young who welcomes James Storm to her
side. Storm, just like Hangman earlier, talks about their bloody rivalry over 2021
and he also looks forward to not only ending this feud, but Page as well. He
continues with reminding the viewers about how the two bled over each other
in a cage and how they bled over each other while being bound together by a
bull rope and then states that there is no better place and no better way than
finishing it all in a Texas Death Match right there in Dallas.
Then his focus went to something on the side and Bobby Roode steps into
the frame. Roode immediately raises his hand and only says that even though
the two had their differences and drifted apart over the last four, five years,
he just wanted to wish Storm good luck. James doesn't know what to make
of it and just nods, before Roode turns around and walks away again.
We have Seth Rollins standing by Renee Young, who immediately asks what
Seth thinks about fighting Johnny Gargano in tonight's Tournament final.
Rollins congratulates Gargano for beating the last World Champion, but
he also reminds him that it doesn't matter who Gargano beat and it makes
no difference whatsoever how many people chant and call him "Johnny
Wrestling". At the end of it all, Gargano is not on the same level and he
never has beaten, nor will he ever defeat Seth... Freakin'... Rollins.
There's a long staredown at the start of the Match, which slowly turned into
a back and forth shoving and then into a wild brawl. Neither even tries to
attempt an early victory, since both know it will need a lot today to win this
and so we see some chair shots, a return of the bull rope, the breaking of
a commentary desk and both of them going through a couple of tables at
the same time. At one point James Storm got some beer bottles from
under the Ring and put them in a corner. He tried to spew some of it, after
taking a sip, into Hangman's face, but Page was able to counter and tasted
some of the beer himself, before simply emptying a bottle over Storm.
When they returned to just exchanging some hard hits, while being on
wobbly legs and wearing crimson masks, everyone knew this is about to
go not much further. That's when Hangman emptied a sack of thumbtacks
in the middle of the Ring. He attempted the DeadEye, but James countered
the move and almost put Page into the tacks with a DDT, but that also
failed. After a couple of very close encounters with the tacks, Page again
was almost DDTed into them, before countering and finally getting the
DeadEye into the thumbtacks in. James Storm didn't stay down though,
much to the surprise of Hangman, who now wanted to end this with
the Buckshot Lariat. So he slowly leaves the Ring, while Storm crawls
into a corner. Page then eagerly awaits for Storm to get back on his feet
and when James finally does, Hangman jumps into the Ring and Storm
has a surprise for him. A full bottle of beer explodes over the bloodied
head of Hangman Page, who falls right into the thumbtacks and is
out cold. James only sinks to the ground afterwards and lays one arm
over his opponent for the victory.
...by Pinfall:
James Storm
(20:36)
James Storm
(20:36)
Backstage we see Edge pacing back and forth, when Christian joins him and
starts talking trash about "that little punk" Gargano and how they should
hunt him down and give him the beating he deserves right now. Edge just
shakes his head, takes his bag and exits the room, leaving behind a perplexed
Christian.
Next up we hear from Johnny Gargano, who stands besides Renee Young.
She has basically the same question for him, as she had for Rollins earlier,
about them facing each other in the World Title Tournament final and
Gargano says that nothing had changed since yesterday, where he already
said it wouldn't matter who he has to face to achieve his dream to finally
become the World Heavyweight Champion. He adds that Seth Rollins
is one of the most difficult hurdles anyone can have in their way, but come
hell or high water, there's nothing that will keep him from jumping over it.
Then we get to see a pre-recorded video for the upcoming, second Fatal
4-Way Match for an opportunity to become the new BTB Women's World
Champion next Wednesday on the debut episode of BTB Glory, where
every single participant drops a couple of lines.
Candice LeRae starts and says that she wants to make the best out of
this opportunity, while Mercedes Martinez states that she is the thoughest
bitch in the division and the other would need to put her six feet under,
if they want to win. Becky, wearing one of her ridiculous outfits, including
sunglasses, says that even after all the changes, this is still her division
and that after two and a half long years it's finally time for the Women's
World Title to be "around the waist of the one and only Big Time Becks
once again". Shayna just smirks and says that she doesn't care if she has
to break arms, legs or necks, because she had to wait way to long for her
turn and neither of "those bitches" will stop her.
Immediately after the bell rings, Lynch rolls out of the Ring and while trash
talking the other three, she joins the commentary team for some time.
The other three eventually start the Match, with Candice taking over for
the first moments, until she gets thrown out by Baszler, who then stands
before Mercedes. The two exchange some words before starting to brawl.
Becky on the outside sees a chance and delivers the Bexploder Suplex against
Candice, before taking a seat at the commentary desk again. Shayna and
Mercedes go all out in the meantime, with Becky trying to sneak in a pin,
when she sees an opportunity. At one point it's Candice, who suddenly stands
before Becky and hinders her to leave again.
With that all four women are finally completely involved in the Match. Becky's
frustration grows and grows with each time she isn't able to get in the sneaky
win, even when she again kills Candice with a Bexploder Suplex, right after
LeRae was able to Tornado DDT Mercedes. Then comes Shayna's moment, when
she throws Candice out and goes for Becky. Alternating between Forearm
Smashes and Uppercuts, Baszler is able to pretty much pummel Becky to a bloody
pulp and then Shayna starts grinning as if she has already won. Lynch though gets
pissed by the sight of her blood dripping onto the canvas and a surprised Shayna
can't defend against the enraged Becky, who puts Baszler into the Dis-arm-her.
Before she taps though, Mercedes is there to make the save, just to be put in the
hold herself. Candice comes in and breaks it up, but again the pissed off Becky
has no problem with putting LeRae down, who then taps out, since no one is
left to make the save.
...by Submission:
Becky Lynch
(15:50)
Becky Lynch
(15:50)
Right after the Match Becky doesn't let the Ref raise her hand, instead she tends
to her bloody nose, when Jordynne Grace shows up. With a smirk on her face and
her sight set on her opponent on Wednesday, she poses her muscles, while Becky
just looks towards the entrance with an angry glance.
We go to an office backstage, where we see CEO Shane McMahon talking to some
workers, when the currently injured Sheamus walks up. Shane asks him about
his injured arm and Sheamus answers that he is finally going to be at one hundred
percent again right in time for this year's Royal Rumble and that he wants to be
a part of the Rumble Match. Shane just pats him on the shoulder and announces
that Sheamus is officially in, before leaving. When Sheamus turns around with a
big smile on his face, W. Morrissey stands right in front of him, who lets us and
Sheamus know that he will also be a part of this year's Rumble Match and that
he can't wait to throw Sheamus and all the other losers over the top rope. The
two engage in an intense staredown before we go back to the Ring for the final
of the World Heavyweight Title Tournament.
We are then back at the Ring, where "Here Comes the Money" plays. Shane McMahon
comes out with the World Heavyweight Championship belt in his hands, which he puts
up on a pedestal besides the Commentary team, before joining them for this Final.
Even with the break both had, you can see each of them already had a grueling match
today and with that, this Match starts out slow. Neither of them wants to make even
the tiniest mistake and possibly give this Match and the World Title out of their hands.
The first, who picked up the pace and took over was Gargano, but Seth didn't stay down
and fought back after a while. Thanks to a reversal, he sent Gargano into the steel steps
outside the Ring, to take over. Rollins handed out a lot of damage over the second act of
the Match, but Gargano kicked out or broke free every single time, which made Seth
get increasingly frustrated. Each time you could see it got harder and harder for him to
regain his composure. That ultimately lead to the very first time Seth tried to win with
an underhanded tactic, but the Referee noticed him using the ropes as leverage during
a pin attempt.
Seth immediately started to argue with the Referee, what Gargano used to get back into
the driver's seat for a while. The final stretch was filled with near falls and Gargano already
had Rollins in his Garga-No-Escape, but after a very long fight, Seth ultimately reached the
ropes with a single finger. Then we got another short period of back and forth action,
before Seth caught Johnny during a Slingshot Spear attempt and he drilled Gargano into
the canvas with a Pedigree. Certain of success and completely spent, Seth only laughed for
three, four seconds, before hooking Gargano's leg. The Referee started to count the Pin,
but Johnny kicks out, much to Seth's disbelief. Seth immediately tried another Pinfall, but
the same result. After a third attempt, while shouting at the Referee, Seth completely loses
it. He grabs the Official by his collar and has a small shouting match with him. Rollins then
leaves the Referee be, when he sees that Gargano is in the right position for the Curb Stomp.
He starts running, but Johnny jumps up and evades a collision with Rollins, who ends up
getting put to the floor with the Hurts Donut. Gargano transitions it directly into the Garga-
No-Escape again and Seth's eyes widen in panic. He tries to scramble for the ropes, but
this time it's just too much and he has no other choice than to slowly tap out, just before
he is about to pass out.
...by Submission...
...and...
NEW BTB WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION:
Johnny Gargano
(18:29)
...and...
NEW BTB WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION:
Johnny Gargano
(18:29)
After the Match Shane McMahon enters the Ring to present the title belt to the new Champion.
Gargano can't really believe that he just won, while Shane is more than happy to put the belt
around Johnny's waist and raise his arm.