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[CakeWalker]

Episode #912 Preview

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[Canadian Dragon]

@Chris we are on week 4 right now. NJPW's episode 2 this week, because my first 2 weeks were PPVs, in case it gets a bit confusing on the OP

 

[CakeWalker]

Impact #912

- Mike Tenay and Don West would welcome the fans to the fallout show following Destination-X over the weekend that really shook up the roster with a number of significant changes and results taking place that really turned the promotion on its head. Tenay would inform viewers at home tonight that the six sided ring was currently working out of the Charles Dodge Center, Pembroke Pines (Florida). Tenay would talk through some of the confirmed features of tonight show including the NWA Women’s World Championship match between Kamille and Sonya Deville and an exclusive video message from Roman Reigns - who Tenay would remind the fans was yet to actually make his Impact debut.

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- Eddie Edwawrds would open the show by coming out to the ring and open up about how he was very much enjoying the fact that he had become the GHC Heavyweight Champion for the second time in his career. Edwards would make it clear though, that he would have preferred to have won the belt cleanly, but would make the point that Nakajima should really have kept his house in order and would make it clear that he would be a fool if he didn’t take his own advice. Edwards would point towards the back, as out from the back would emerge Eddies’ long-term tag team partner Davey Richards who would make his way down to the ring.

- Richards would take to the microphone and make it clear that he was incredibly pleased to be back and that the ‘American Wolves’ were back and in force - and that he wasn’t coming in as jealous friend, but rather as a brother and he would be Edward’s second and watch his back doing all he can to keep the GHC Heavyweight title around Eddie’s waist. Richards would call out the veteran team of Edge and Christian and make it clear that the main reason they had reunited was with the purpose to once again become 'THE' tag team - and getting a win over a team with a world championship would be a great way to continue making a name for themselves here in TNA. Edge & Christian would emerge from the back, and the impromptu match would be the first of the evening.

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Finish: Both teams would feature in an interesting contest, with the words ‘dream match’ almost leaving the lips of some onlooking fans. The match would be marred by the appearance of SoCal Uncensored with all three of its members would prove to much of a distraction for E&C - that would give the Wolves a cheap win with Edge contending with Kazarian and Daniels, Christian would be caught out and hit with the Force of Nature (Powerbomb (Edwards) / Double knee backbreaker (Richards) combination) giving the American Wolves a win on their return match at a team.

- SCU would be chased backstage by an incensed Edge & Christian, as Richard and Edwards would enjoy their victory as a team.

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- Rey Mysterio would cut his first promo (backstage) as the X-Division Champion and would make it clear that he intended on creating a legacy for himself in the X-Division in the same fashion he had in the Cruiserweight Division back in the day and wanted to make sure that he faced the very best challengers at each and every title defense. Rey would reveal that he would defend the belt next week on Impact - but tonight a three way match would take place between KENTA, Archer and Ziggler and the victor would be his opponent next week.

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Finish: All three men would show signs of fatigue, after having pulled double duty at Destination-X - but the shining light in the contest would be Ziggler. Who would escape a Go 2 Sleep attempt from KENTA, and instead roll Archer over with a schoolboy pin to claim the victory and earn the right to face Mysterio next week.

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- Becky would cut a promo ahead of Max the Impaler’s match with Paige VanZant. Becky would make it clear that over the next few weeks she would be scouting for talent - trying to find someone on the roster that was actually worthy of a shot at her Knockout’s Championship, but that wouldn’t keep her out of the ring as she would continue to stand in Max’s corner and enjoy watching all those that fall in the Impaler’s Path.

Finish: The match would be a tough encounter, with PVZ being forced to use her speed to try and escape the sheer brute force of Max. PVZ would claim a win against the run of play, when she would use the middle rope to propel her forward to smash into Max with the SuperWoman Punch, that would have just enough impact to keep down Max for the three count giving Paige an important win.

- As PVZ would celebrate the win, she would find herself attacked once again by Ronda Rousey with a nightstick to the back of the head before sending VanZant down to the canvas with the Reverse Kata-Guruma (Spinning Samoan Drop). Ronda would look defiant as she stood in the ring, whilst Becky and Max would have fled the ring clearly wanting to have nothing to do with this situation.

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- Zicky Dice would cut a promo backstage about having become the Global Champion on his debut match at Destination-X and by doing so had created an outlandish paradise in his own image within TNA and just like the Garden of Eden everyone on the roster would be tempted to eat an apple from his table. Dice would find himself being interrupted by Ultramantis Black who would make it clear that 'the great portal' would open very soon - and that it would be in Zicky's best interest to welcome the past into his life with open arms. Dice would look very confused by this statement - as a puff of a smoke would appear, with Ultramantis disappearing out of site.

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Finish: Both men would put on a great contest, with both men clearly being considered as strong additions to the X-Division. It would be Kushida who would claim the win though, with the man who had confirmed himself to now being part of the TimeSplitting Machine Guns getting the victory.

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- Zack Sabre, Jr, and Minoru Suzuki would cut a promo backstage - where they would be flanked by Lance Archer, Shelton Benjamin and Nosawa Rongai with the full complement of Suzuki-gun being in force. ZSJ would make it clear that next week to open the show he and Minoru would challenge The Good Brothers for the World Tag Team Championships and finally bring the belt back home to Impact. Tonight however, ZSJ would make it clear that he and Minoru had agreed to compete in singles action to showcase just how skilled and talented members of Suzuki-gun truly were.

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Finish: Kamille would crush Deville in another squash - with a frustrated Charlotte Flair watching on at ringside. Kamille though, wouldn’t even acknowledge Flair as she would celebrate the win as if she had competed in the toughest match of her career.

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- Kenny King would cut a promo in the ring and would be accompanied by Amy Rose who would stand at his side looking as glamorous and devilish as ever. Kenny would make it clear that as member of LFI - he had a responsibility to make sure that TNA became home to the ‘Third House’ for the greatest faccion in pro wrestling and that just like Natio & Andrade in New Japan or Dragon Lee in AAA - he was created his own right right here in TNA. Kenny would introduce Chris Brookes and Masahiro Takanashi a.ka. Calamari Drunken Kings and Shane Taylor as the new members of the ‘Third House’ which would be known as La Facción Confederada de América [LFCA] and would make it clear that they would continue to hold things down in the United States for the LFI collective.

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- Roman would make it clear that he had been impressed with Page in claiming a victory over Sheamus at Destination-X, although he wouldn’t hide the fact that Sheamus had massively disappointed him and everyone that got on his bad side had to be punished otherwise they had no chance of learning. The camera would zoom out to show a beaten up and bloodied Sheamus lying at Roman’s feet looking as if he had recently suffered one hell of a beating. Roman would make it clear that Adam had a long way to go before he earned the right to face him one on one - and that next week he would face Jimmy Uso. Roman would make it clear that he expected Jimmy to win on his behalf and prove to the world that Page was nothing more than an overrated indie fraud.

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Finish: Suzuki would enjoy fighting Hayes and slapping the crap out of his opponent’s chest, whilst shouting ‘Stupid Young Boy’ and would claim the win fairly convincingly with the Gotch-style piledriver to pick up the win - with Hayes never really having stood a chance against ‘The Murder Grampa’.

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- In a taped segment off-location at an unknown abandoned fairground, John E. Bravo would reveal Suicide, Shark Boy and Curry Man as his newest clients and members of the Bravo Brand and would make it clear that he had high hopes for the trio and intended to lead clients to many evening of glory and success in the months to come.

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- Backstage Matt Taven would talk about what it meant to be part of The Kingdom, and that the reformation of himself and Mike Benett as OGK had only ever been the first step in their journey - as he would reintroduce another former member of the group Matt Hardy. Taven would make it clear that The Kingdom were going through a reawakening and he had walk down the road and experienced a dream quest - and during this quest he had understood that The Kingdom still had a purpose and a reason to exist with pro wrestling - but that the shadows had told him that reinforcements were needed to bolster the strength of The Kingdom and allow the three of them to achieve their goals - and match their former glory. Taven would end by making a vague comment about the door being left open, and strangers entering castles without permission.

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- Rockstar Spud would make an announcement from the ring that during the weekend of the 19th & 20th of February - TNA and ROH would be working together and co-producing a show that had been aptly named ‘Bound By Honor’. Spud would then proceed to have the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion Nick Aldis make his way out from the back - where he would hand Aldis the microphone. Aldis would reveal that at the special event - a contract had been signed and agreed upon and that he would defend the ‘Ten Pounds of Gold’ against none other than ROH’s Marty Scurll - and would comment that it was such a shame that he had been forced to look elsewhere to find a worthy challenger.

- The Miz & Maryse would interrupt Aldis - with The Miz making it clear that after his victory over LA Knight at the PPV there was no way that some nobody from some forgotten about indie company was going to jump the queue and take his place. The Miz would make it clear that he was next in line for a shot, and that Spud had no authority to prevent him from challenging from the belt - and that he was clearly going to have to speak to CVV about rectifying this situation.

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Finish: ZSJ and Juice would feature in a great final match of the evening, in what was certainly the match of the evening and would be fought right down the middle until ZSJ and the referee would end up accidentally colliding after Robinson would manage to roll out of the way of an attack from Zack. With the referee down, Robinson would call for Finlay to toss him a steel chair - but David Finlay refused to help his long-term partner to cheat which resulted in the pair actually arguing. This lack of concentration, would allow ZSJ to come at Robinson from behind to hit the Double Underhook Snap Suplex and win the contest.

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- The show would end with TNA World Heavyweight Champion Josh Alexander, requesting that PAC come out from the back and join him in the ring - which PAC would do with both men proving to be very popular with the fans in attendance. Alexander would thank PAC for helping retain the title, but question why PAC had just allowed him to pin MOOSE. PAC would make it clear - that he chose TNA over himself, and that it had been more important that MOOSE lost the belt than he had won it.

- Alexander would offer PAC a second chance at the belt - but the Brit would refuse and make the point that he was going to have to earn himself the right to fight for the prize, and he had given up that right at Destination-X, but hoped that one day soon it would be him and Alexander battling it out for the World Title. Both men would shake hands, before PAC would turn to exit the ring. Out of nowhere, Randy Orton would slide into the ring and nail Alexander with the RKO - before escaping underneath the ropes before PAC had time to react. Randy would look very pleased with himself, as the show would come to a close.​

 

[Canadian Dragon]

Good shit

 

[CakeWalker]

Episode 004

- Following Aces High, the American Wrestling Association would cross state lines and work out of the Resch Center, Green Bay (Wisconsin). Tom Phillips would run through all of the action that took place at the pay per view, which had seen the crowning of five new champions with the most important being Keith Lee winning the tournament to be the first AWA World Heavyweight Champion within the new era of the company. Stu Bennett would go on to confirm that the show would begin with Lee presenting himself to the fans to begin the show.

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- Keith Lee would come out from the back with the World Heavyweight title and refuse to interact with any of the outreaching fans as he would enter the ring and slowly raise the belt into the air as he would pose with it as he entrance music would continue to play through the Resch Center. Lee would eventually stop posing, and instead grab hold of a microphone and not speak for too long but make sure all of his words counted. Lee would make it clear that he had proved it to everyone and now he was the man that stood at the top of the mountain with the most sought after prize in pro wrestling in his possession. He would go on to make it clear that there was nobody who was capable of stopping him and therefore there was nobody who would be able to take the title away from him.

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- After a short commercial break the newly crowned Women’s Television Champion Jordynne Grace would be standing in the ring with belt wrapped around her shoulder and her impressive biceps and triceps on show and would take a moment to flex them and put on a ‘gun show’ for the onlooking Green Bay locals. Jordynne after having her fun would take to the mike and make it clear that she intended to make a name for herself as the TV Champion and she couldn’t think of a better way of doing it than by beating anyone and everyone who would face her in the ring. She would go on to announce she intended to defend the belt on a weekly basis and would do so on an ‘Open Challenge’ basis. Paige would proceed to come out from the back and make it clear that Adam Pearce approved this idea - before revealing the first person who had stepped forward to challenge Grace for the belt. Brandi Rhodes.

Finish: Rhodes would approach the match with courage and heart, but she would simply not be able to match the brute strength that Grace would bring to the contest with the champion eventually forced Rhodes to submit after locking her in a rib crushing Bearhug, which Grace would follow up after Rhodes had tapped out by slamming her down onto the canvas with a Pumphandle Slam and would stand in the ring looking dominant and dangerous.

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- Finn Balor would be standing backstage with Alicia Atout that would be conducted at ringside - ahead of Balor facing Sal Rinaruo in singles competition. Balor would be asked if regretted attacking Danielson following their matches at Aces High, which had resulted in his opponent being left injured which had ultimately cost him in winning the World Heavyweight Title. Balor would make it clear that he had no regrets on the matter and that if he was given the chance he would do the same thing again. Finn would make it clear that Danielson had cost him his chance of achieving his dreams - and so he felt no remorse in screwing Danielson out of the belt. Balor would make it clear that he had no idea who this Sal Rinauro was, but that he was going to enjoy beating the crap out of him tonight.

Finish: Balor would absolutely pulverize Rinauro in a complete whitewash of a contest, with Finn spiking his opposite number in under two minutes with the 1916 to claim the victory.

- After the match, a heavily taped and clearly still hurt Danielson would emerge from the back and Balor would exit the ring as the pair would proceed to duke it out on the entrance ramp beating the crap out of each other with heavy swinging shots, only for members of the backstage crew and the referee core to pull both men apart and prevent the pair from doing any further damage to the other - with it being clear that these two men were far from being finished with each other.

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Finish: The Women’s Tag Division was currently without champion, so the IIconics would make a good opening account of themselves as Jessie and Cassie would put on standout performance and show off their impressive chemistry as a duo would nail Persia with the Thunder Down Under (Punt kick to the head by of an opponent by Jessie whilst held in a wheelbarrow position by Cassie) to win the contest.

- After the match Cassie would grab a microphone and make it clear that she and Jessie had a working visa and very much intended to take the AWA by storm and intended on beginning their journey as part of the American Wrestling Association by winning tag team gold as soon as the opportunity to do so was presented to them.

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Finish: Cesaro and Killings would put on a great contest, with the comedy version of Killings seeming to almost be a thing of the past as this was much more the man who had made himself back in the early days of TNA. Killings would impress and almost claim a win by hitting the Flying Jalapeño (TNA) (Jumping corkscrew flying forearm smash), but Cesaro would survive and instead claim the win himself by locking Killings in the Sharpshooter and forcing his opponent to tap out to claim the win.

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Finish: Tamina and Evans would battle in a trying contest, with both women showing a lot of potential and it being clear that they both had aspirations of more. It would be Lacey who would claim the victory via the Lady Lace Up (Dudebuster).

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- Brian Pillman, Jr. would cut a promo from the ring prior to his match with Trevor Murdoch in which he would talk about the importance of legacy and how he intended to carry his father’s name and continue to make a name for himself so that the Pillman name would continue to mean something in pro wrestling, although would make it clear that he had a lot to prove but that he intended on fighting for every opportunity and every accolade and make a fan out of every AWA viewers.

Finish: Brian would be in fine form and even though Murdoch would offer up a challenge, he really would be no match for Pillman, Jr. who would claim the win by hitting his foe with the Sleeping Hero German Suplex to claim the match victory. Trevor would offer his hand to Brian after the contest and the pair would shake hands, before Pillman, Jr. would savor the victory.

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- The main authority figure of AAA and the leader of Escalera Real, Dr. Wagner, Jr. would appear on AWA and would be flanked by stablemate Masa Kitamiya as well as Dagger Club representative Mephisto with it seeming as if both factions had formed some sort of alliance. Dr. Wagner, Jr. would make it clear that Cesaro had insulted by calling him a “rat bastard” on social media and that if the Swiss talent thought he was going to let him get away with insulting him in that manner then he had another thing coming.

- Wagner would make it clear though, that if Cesaro wanted to face him n the ring then he was going to have to earn it and reveal that next week on Firefight it would be Cesaro and two men of his choosing against none other than Nueva Generacion Dinamita (El Cuatero, Sanson & Forastero) and would make it clear that if Cesaro lost to NGD - as he expected him to then it would be goodbye from him and goodbye to the idea of him standing in the same ring as the great Dr. Wagner, Jr. in the future.

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Finish: Corbin & Moss would add a comedy element to the contest, although it was clear that Imperium were not interested in what the pair were selling and Happy Corbin would be crunched with a DVD by Aichner, only for Barthel to pick up the victory by forcing Moss to tap out by locking him in the Lotus Lock to pick up key win for Imperium, with WALTER standing on the entrance ramp and applauding both men on a job well done.

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- Ahead of the final match of the evening, Austin Theory would cut a promo from the gorilla position. Theory would make it clear that he is the future of the AWA - and that means that he is going to put in the hard work in order do everything in his power to put him on a trajectory of becoming the AWA World Heavyweight Champion and if that meant getting victories over big name or winning lesser championships to climb up the wrestling hierarchy because nothing was going to stop him from climbing to the very top of the mountain and becoming the face of the American Wrestling Association.

Finish: The final match of the evening in Green Bay would be hands down the best match of the evening with Theory and Dragunov pushing each other to their uppermost limits. Whether it was Ilja hitting Austin with brutal knife edge chops or Theory ramming into Dragunov with various high knee assaults it was clear that both men were intent on bringing nothing but pure violence to their opposite numbers. The matches back and forth seesaw nature of the contest would see the fans witness a contest that would last over twenty minutes, before Theory would nail Ijla with the ATL to keep the Russian down for the three count and bring an end to the show.

- Pat McAfee would close the show by informing the fans that next week’s show would take place at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wisconsin in which two matches were already confirmed as Cesaro had chosen the Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake & Zach Gibson) to team up with him to face Nueva Generacion Dinamita (El Cuatero, Sanson & Forastero) during next week’s show - as well as informing the fans that WALTER would also face Puma King in a match that very much had the potential to be a match of the evening.​

 

[CakeWalker]

@Canadian Dragon @Blaine Event @Grim Theft Auto @The Fourth Wall @King Switch @Chris - ranks for week 4 [and week 3 also for Smark]

 

[Canadian Dragon]

sent. great stuff everyone!

 

[CakeWalker]

Week Four

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[CakeWalker]

[calculated based on Wrestler of the Week Tallies]​

 

[Canadian Dragon]

cant wait to turn the rating on their heads with my upcoming PPV. hopefully ppl love it as much as I currently do

 

[CakeWalker]

[just realised only one of those works for fed IRL]

 

[CakeWalker]

Episode Three

- The third episode of NJPW World would see the promotion continue their tour of America with the action coming out of the Oakland Center, Oakland and the final episode before the ‘New Beginnings’ PPV. In the ring MJF would open the show, where he would be joined by the full complement of ‘The Pinnacle’ and would begin by speaking high praises of every single member of the group, making sure that every single member of the group is painted in good light by him. Eventually though, Maxwell would turn his attention to the crowd and make sure to make his feeling known that “California is a bum state, full of homeless losers.” He would then proceed to fire shots at Bullet and the fact that the faction no longer had any Japanese representation and that EVIL had been taken out with the trash, but that ‘The Pinnacle’ were here to make everything alright moving forward.

- MJF would change his focus to Will Ospreay and make it clear that he fully intended on ripping the IWGP Intercontinental Championship out of Will’s cold lifeless hands at New Beginnings at Dodger’s Stadium - and that the rise that he and the rest of his boys will achieve this weekend will be meteoric. At this point Ospreay’s music would start to play, and he would be flanked by Cobb and Dickinson as Will would demand his music be turned off and address MJF from the entrance walkway.

- Ospreay would make it clear that Maxwell might have got one over EVIL and for that he had to applaud him, but unlike that washed out disaster the Empire was united and Strong and that he and his lads were going to decimate the Pinnacle and send him on the first greyhound all the way back to Long Island. Both teams would have an intense stare down from either side of the ropes, with the United Empire being smart and not actually clambering up the ring apron.

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John Cena vs Konosuke Takeshita

Finish: The contest would be an instant classic with both men beating the living crap out of each other, with multiple false finishes taking part that would really make both men look great and neither would suffer. Takeshita would look to end the contest with one of his dangerous flying knees, only to be caught in mid-air by Cena who would counter the move and nail him with the F-U. After the match, both men would shake hands and there would be a real level of respect between the old veteran and the former Ace of DDT.

- Backstage Tanahashi and Kento Miyahara would both have been standing backstage watching a monitor of the match in the back, with both men looking very impressed with what they had been and both seeming to be in agreement in regards to the quality of the match they had witnessed.

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- Candice LeRae would be being interviewed backstage, and would be questioned in regards to Guilia and Donna del Mondo having called her out by name. Candice would make it clear that she was a fighting champion and she was willing to take on anyone, anywhere, anytime. As if on cue, Guilia and DDM would end the shot and Guilia would ask how she would feel about losing her title tonight, with LeRae making it clear she was ready for anything and to bring it on. Guilia would make it clear that she was happy with this decision, but tonight she wouldn’t be doing the fighting - but rather Syuri would. The look on LeRae’s face would be a tough bravado, although it was clear that she had every right to be worried about facing the wrestling and MMA phenom on such short notice.

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- Prior to the match the commentary team would reveal that a 4-way Dance would take place in the Junior Heavyweight Division, with the winner of the contest being place into a triple threat match at the PPV for the title before current champion El Hijo del Vikingo and former champion El Desperado. It would also be revealed that Hiromu Takahashi would be involved in the contest, but if he failed to win he would drop to the back of the line if he suffered yet another loss.

Buddy Matthews vs. Hiromu Takahashi vs. Mustafa Ali vs.Black Taurus

Finish: From the get go, it would be clear that Black Taurus was intent on hurting Hiromu to the point that they were fighting amongst the crowd. In the ring Ali would hit the 054 on Buddy Matthews, to book himself a ticket to an Jr. Heavyweight title shot at New Beginning - with Buddy noticeably not looking pleased as he would walk off with a menacing look about him.

- Backstage Hiromu would be furious and he would lash out at his fellow LFI members and it would be clear that he wanted to know where they had been and why they hadn’t had his back when he had needed them. Andrade wouldn’t look pleased and would tell him to behave more ‘tranquillo’ and he hadn’t realized that Hiromu had needed help against three other babies - especially a man dressed like a bull that was in the most pathetic stable in AAA (Los Mercenarios). Hiromu would look incensed only for RUSH to rush in between, and get in Takahashi’s face. Tetsuya would shout at everyone that they all needed to cool off and that everything is going to be fine.

- Andrade would agree and he and RUSH would walk away. Hiromu would try to speak to Naito, but Tetsuya would just shake his head and was clearly upset with the manner in which his long term ally had acted and would walk off. A dejected Hiromu would exit the room only to bump into ‘The Cold Skull’ SANADA (recently signed by NJPW) and suggesting that perhaps Hiromu needed a friend he could trust in.

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-Backstage Mickie James and KyLinn King would be getting ready for their match in a split screen, with King surrounded by the rest of The Clinic - whilst Mickie would be somewhere else in the Oakland Arena by herself.

Candice LaRae vs. Syuri

Finish: Candice would be overwhelmed by Syuri at the start of the contest, but would do her best to fight back. All the hard hits that Syuri had put in at the start of the contest would give her the advantage she needed to hit Syu-Sekai (One Winged Emerald Flowsion) and in a shock win had become the new Wonder of Stardom Champion. The crowd would look on stunned as Guilia and Thekla would rush into the ring and embrace Syuri whilst the Justice Squad would attend to LeRae and help her to the back with it clear she was struggling to walk on her down two feet.

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- Mayu Iwatani would be interviewed backstage by Jushin Thunder in Japanese language interview in which she would cut a scathing promo on the cowardice and arrogance of Io Shirai.She goes on to say that while Io was in American Developmental she and others like her helped Stardom become an even bigger brand. She says that she’s not going to allow a spoiled brat to lead the division like some American high school bully and if she actually has any courage she will accept her challenge and face her at New Beginnings.

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Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Chris Dickinson

Finish: Both men would feature in a good match, but as good as it was there was never any about that Tana wasn’t winning and he would do so in signature style by hitting the High Fly Flow. Tanahashi would cut a short promo in which he would put Cena over and talk about how excited he was for their upcoming bout this weekend at Dodger’s Stadium.

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- Dickinson would find himself accosted by QT, with Marshall doing his best to sweet talk Chris into joining ‘The Pinnacle’ , but Dickinson would decline the offer and brush QT off making it clear that he was part of the United Empire and had no interest in joining any other group. The cordiality of the situation would disappear in an instant, Dickinson would find himself grabbed by QT but before ‘The Dirty Daddy’ was able to respond El Phantasmo would crack Chris over the back of the head with the pipe only to be joined by Bone Soldier as the three members of the Pinnacle wound encircle Chris and start kicking the grab out of him, before dragging him up and throwing him shoulder first into a concrete wall. The three men would flee as soon as the United empire would appear, as Dickinson would stay down and shake his head whilst nursing his right shoulder.

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- A recap video would show the ongoing feud that was taking place between Mickie and Britt, within the Clinic before Britt Baker would be revealed as special guest on the comms table for tonight’s contest between James and King.

Kilynn King w/ Britt Baker vs. Mickie James

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Finish: Mickie would find herself in a tough spot throughout the match, as she would have the challenge battling with a much taller woman in Kilynn - with MJ having to pull out all of the stops and opening her box of darkness allowing her more violent side to flourish, whilst she would be berated and belittled by Baker on comms for the entire match. Eventually though, a breakthrough would come when King was nailed with the Mick DDT giving James an important win. After the match, MJ would confront Baker at ringside and the pair would have a heated exchange before breaking into a brawl with the pair being forcefully pulled apart by security and escorted towards the back.

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- An incredibly frustrated looking Will Ospreay would be standing backstage with Funaki. Ospreay would reveal that following the shocking attack on United Empire compatriot Chris Dickinson, doctors had ruled that Chris would not be medically cleared to compete this weekend at Dodger’s Stadium. Ospreay would make it clear that because of the attack, he was going to make an example of MJF and was going to hurt him in ways he would never been hurt before and make it clear he would get revenge for the cowardly attack. Will would make it clear that the Intercontinental Championship would be staying in the commonwealth and would do so around the wait of its King and that when all of this was over - MJF would bow down in front of him.

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AOP w/ Paul Ellering vs. Samoa Joe & Tomohiro Ishii

Finish: The early portions would see Joe and Ishii very much control the match, with the Authors of Pain simply having no real answers for what their two opponents were bringing to the table - but Ellering would sacrifice himself and get ejected allowing JONAH to pull Joe off the apron and throw him into the railing. This would allow AOP to pummel Tomohiro down to the mat with a double chokeslam, but Ishii would power out showing his true strength. Joe would manage to recover, and aid Ishii with the pair hitting stereo Brainbusters and Muscle Busters to claim the victory. With the pair celebrating - Joe would point at JONAH and say “Tick Tock your time up at New Beginnings!”

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- DIY would feature in a promo package, in which they would talk about their victory over The Bucks and Kevin Owens. They would make the point that when the odds were level, they just can’t be beaten and that perhaps the teams should meet one more time, at Dodgers Stadium. Ciampa would make it clear that a normal match wouldn’t be enough and instead it needed to be memorable and with the additions of metal and mayhem - the New Japan fans would be treated to a IWGP Tag Team Championship that no one would ever forget.

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Io Shirai would cut a promo backstage with Queen’s Quest surrounding her as she would offer a reply for Mayu. Io would make it clear that if Mayu expected the Queen (herself) to soil her hands, Iwatani needed to prove herself worthy and would make it clear that if she ever wanted to face her - first she would have to take on Utami Hayashishita at New Beginnings. Utami would have a look of surprise with it clear she had no idea of this plan and as she would turn to speak, Io would put her finger in front of her lips and literally shush Hayashishita, with tension that could be cut with a knife. Io would make it clear that Utami was the measuring stick to the Goddess - but would make it clear that if Utami proved herself and won she would instead earn the right to face her. Utami would look perplexed by the situation, as Io would cackle like a mad monarch.

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Black Desire (Momo & SLK) w/ Bea Priestley vs Justice Squad (Kris Statlander & Kidd Bandit)

Finish: The match would be a decent match, but with Priestley getting involved in the contest - Starlight Kid would manage to benefit from the advantage and claim a victory for her team. After the match, Kris Statlander & Priestley would have a heated moment on the entrance ramp before staring each other down on the ramp with it being clear that there was a certain level of tension between both women.

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- A promo video would play with a DeLorean braking to halt, with the door being raised and smoke exiting the vehicle - with none other than Kushida clambering out. He salutes the camera and makes it clear that he is back in Japan from a much bleaker timeline, but he is ready to start kicking some ass again. He says he’s got a challenge for La Faccion Ingobernables but he didn’t come alone, asChris Sabin and Alex Shelley get out of the car. Kushida tells the NJPW faithful that at New Beginnings, the Time Splitting Machine Guns are coming for the Never Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championships.

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House of Black (Malakai, Brody King & Red Hood) vs. CHAOS (Okada, Trent Barretta & Orange Cassidy)

Finish: The contest would be a barn burner spot fest - with the House of Black doing their best to keep Orange isolated in the ring, whilst doing the best to prevent Okada from actually tagging into the contest. When Kazuchika would finally get involved in the contest, he would end up nailing Red Hood with the Rainmaker - that would cause the mask to be ripped off from the force and none other than Kenoh to be revealed underneath - with the pin being broken up by Malakai Black at the last possible moment being all the light go off and the titantron is turned on. On the screen Gedo would appear tied up and gagged having been tied to an inverted cross, battered, bruised and visibly unconscious with none other than Manabu Soya standing guard. As the light came back on - Okada would walk straight into the Black Mass with Malakai claiming the victory by pinning the IWGP Heavyweight Champion in the middle of the ring.

- Malakai Black, Brodie King and Kenoh would stand tall - as CHAOS are left with no choice but to retreat backstage to go to the aid of Gedo, although Okada has to be held back from preventing him from rushing back to the ring in a clear fit of rage. Malakai Black laughs loudly in the ring, clearly pleased with himself and noticeably hands Kenoh a pair of red gloves before waving at Okada as he is finally convinced to head backstage as the show comes to a conclusion.​

 

[Canadian Dragon]

awesome job as always juice bringing forth da vision

 

[Roy Mustang]

Fun latest show. Loving the Ace vs Cena feud and MJF vs Ospreay feud. Also curious to see where EVIL goes as I assume you are knocking him down rebuild him and curious to see if you go all the way with Black vs Okada