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[Grimoire Lenin]

What's the news of the world?

 

[Smart Marx]

What's the news of the world?

I assume not too long now. Sent Juice and Jeff crossover plans and neither vetoed anything yesterday while I wrote the rest of the notes so Juice will be getting the full plan tonight.

Note to future Juicyverse planners, don’t try to book two crossovers a week apart, it’s hard.

Also, don’t catch Covid. That’s just friendly life advice.

 

[CakeWalker]

Episode Five

- The fifth episode of ROH: Elite - sees the company return from its one week in Canada back to the US with the show taking place in PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh. The first match of the night was booked as the much anticipated contest between Hikuleo and Jay White, and with all the lines being drawn within the Bullet Club in recent weeks - it wasn’t at all surprising that White would have something to say prior to the match beginning. Jay would get right up into Big Hik’s face and would make it clear that he was not a dictator, and so everyone within the club was able to question his leadership without having to worry about a major backlash.However, after their match today when all thing had been said and done via the form of physical combat - ‘Young’ Hikuleo was going to recognise that this was still very much ‘The Era of the Switchblade’. Jay though makes a point, that if by some sort of miracle he were to actually lose tonight then he would allow questions such as whether he was fit to lead or on the other side of the coin, if Hikuleo lost then perhaps he would have to go in the same direction as his two brothers who had proven they were no longer capable of cutting the cheese.

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Finish: The match would be a fairly decent contest, but it would be Jay who would very much control the contest and would end the affair by nailing his larger opponent with the Blade Runner to bring an end to the contest.

- After the match, Jay would exit the ring only to roll back in with a steel chair in his with clear intent in his eyes as he would yell at Hikuleo to get up whilst he was poised to wipe him out with a shot from the chair, only to start smiling as he would lower the chair to his side in his left hand and would extend his hand to his younger foe. Before anything else could be said or done, EVIL would emerge from the crowd and slide into the room and say something to White before turning his back on White - almost as if he was challenging him to put the final nail in his coffin and end his association with the Bullet Club once and for all. In English he shouts out to stop hiding behind Tama Tonga and MJF - and that if he wants to kill Japan’s BC, then as a good leader he should stick the knife in his back and prove to everyone that he was the leader that everyone else should follow, before outstretching his arms and awaiting is fate.

- Just as it looked as if Jay White was going to lift up the chair and swing for the fences, the House of Torture would hit the ring and stand in front of EVIL offering a wall of protection with Dick Togo making it clear that it clear that this all needed to settled at the summit where everyone would be able to have their say. White would look frustrated, but would shrug and point towards the back as The House of Torture would exit the ring only for The Good Brothers, Juice and Chris Bey doing their best to stop EVIL from exiting only for Chase Owens and Bad Luck Fale stepping forward and allow EVIL to exit. One thing was certain and that was things within the Bullet Club were getting more intense as each day that passed.

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Finish: The match would be a good spectacle, with both Shida and Ford presenting a good contest and reminding everyone that ROH continues to play host to high quality women’s wrestling - that would see Shida end the contest by connecting with Three Count (Running knee strike to the face of a kneeling opponent) that would allow Hikaru to pick up a clean win over Ford.

- Before Shida could even enjoy her victory, The Bunny would come crashing into the ring with steel chain wrapped around her fists and would catch Shida completely off guard with a sucker punch before The Bunny and the ‘The Bad Girl’ would reunite with an embrace in the middle of the ring. Just as the two looked on the verge of giving Shida a further beatdown, Thunder would slide into the ring with a kendo stick in hand that would prove to be enough of a threat to the pair that would cause them to scatter like scolded dogs out of the ring wanting to have no part of Rosa.

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- Within the premises of the B.C. Clubhouse, White would be noticeably furious as he would make it clear that this latest appearance by EVIL and the dissension in the ranks from the House of Torture was only adding further frustrations in this Civil War that was taking place within the Bullet Club. Juice Robinson would speak up, and remind Jay that he was restoring the Club to its true glory and it didn’t matter what these pissants thought on the matter. He had managed to bring back the two greatest tag teams in club history back into the fold in the Good Brothers & The Young Bucks and on top of that had recruited the two hottest young prospects in the business in himself and Chris Bey, and that as thing stood their future was beginning to look very bright - and sooner or later everyone else would understand the only way that was up was Bullet Club.

- The Jacksons Brother would speak up and make it clear that they wanted to be considered as being more of associates as they fully intended on returning to Japan full-time after this temporary Forbidden Door was closed, but it should never be put into question that they had always been “4-life” and unlike The Elite - which they promised to make up for an error they had been part of separating The Elite from The Club, but they would enjoy nothing more than putting down Cole and Cody for good later on tonight.

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Finish: Much to everyone surprise Schiavone, Striker and Callis would be joined by TNA Knockout’s Champion Becky Lynch - who would have her personal security Max the Impaler standing at the champion’s side looking menacing throughout. Becky would put over Mandy Rose and make it clear that she was very much impressed with the new Women of Honor Champion and that she had come very far from the women that had made a name for herself on Tough Enough.

The finish would see Britt Baker and Alexa Bliss have a clumsy collision in the ring, that would leave Alexa vulnerable as she would be grabbed by the throat and sent down onto the canvas with the Harlot Slayer (Chokeslam) to win the contest.

- This mistake would cause a lot of bickering amongst the losing team, with Rebel and Britt not looking pleased as they would storm off. As all three members of Toxic Attraction began walking towards the back, Becky with Max in tow would offer Mandy her hand and claim that she thought in the coming weeks they could prove to be mutually beneficial to each other and that she hoped Mandy and her two girls would consider it and give it some real thought, as she would offer the trio an open invitation to Impact anytime they wanted.

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Finish: In a high caliber contest, fans would be treated to a truly entertaining contest with four men truly at the top of their game with all the fans in the PPG Paints Arena clearly enjoying the contest. The ending of the contest would see Anderson and Gallows make their way down to the ring with the clear intention of helping to allow the Bucks to cheat in order to win only for Gargano and Ciampa (DIY) to turn up and end up fighting with each other on the ramp.

The referee would exit the ring trying to gain control of the situation, that would allow for Juice Robinson and Jay White to sneak through the crowd in attempt to change the favor of the contest, only to be left totally off guard as their path would be blocked by two hooded fan - who would turn to reveal themselves as ZSJ and Minoru Suzuki with another fight breaking out amongst the fans much to the delight of the Pittsburgh locals. Despite all the attempts at stopping the Bullet Club - Kevin Owens would slide into the ring and nail Cody Rhodes with a Stunner that would give The Young Bucks the advantage they needed to hit tandem Superkicks to Adam Cole to pick up the victory.

- Don Callis would remind fans this Thursday on Impact, Suzuki-gun (ZSJ & Suzuki) would challenge for the TNA World Tag Team Championships, whilst on Saturday at the NJPW’s New Beginnings PPV the Young Bucks would defend their belts against DIY in a Ladder Match, in what was already proving to be a very challenging week for the Bullet Club, but he was confident that the BC would come out of this situation trumps up.

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- After a commercial break, MOOSE would barge in Scott D’Amore’s office and complain about the sheer lack of respect he had gotten since signing with Ring of Honor and would demanded that he be given a high profile match next week on Elite and would demand that Brock Lesnar be banned and prevented from entering the arena.

- Scott would make it clear that Moose needed to watch his tone, but he had already had a conversation with TNA GM and that next week he would be given one final chance chance to face Josh Alexander one on one for TNA World Heavyweight Championship, but that this would be his last shot and if he lost this would be the last time he would ever challenge for the belt whilst an employee of ROH. In regards to Brock Lesnar, he would confirm that he had already offered Brock front row tickets for next weeks, but if Moose was fortunate perhaps Lesnar would be too busy to attend or perhaps he would be obligated to return to Japan after the completion of the California Tour.

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- The Briscoes would come out to the ring, with Mark Briscoe making it clear that he and his brother were without any shadow of a doubt the greatest tag teams champions of all time - but as much as they have always enjoyed destroying teams week in and week out of ROH, they had fought that perhaps with these two joint events on the horizon between both NJPW and TNA they very much wanted a team to step up to mark so they could prove themselves once again as the best team of all time.

- Out from the back the duo of Edge & Christian would appear that result in a massive pop from the crowd, before making it clear they were more than happy to take their five seconds now, because never in the history of this little promotion had a greater tag team than Edge & Christian ever been present in this audience’s entire lives and that they would enjoy nothing more than to take the ROH World Tag Team Championships belts away from them.

- SCU would throw themselves into the fold, with Christopher Daniels making it clear as he would address the ROH fans that only last week had E&C just lost to the American Wolves and that this pair of has-beens needed to get to back of the line before they were worthy of challenging for any form of tag team championship. However, he and Kazarian were one of the single greatest indie tag teams that the world had ever seen and that they were surely the team more suited to challenge the Briscoes.

- Jay Briscoe would make it clear that he didn’t mind taking either team or even both, but the two teams should settle the matter amongst themselves on Impact and when they had come to a decision they should let them know.

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- Jay White would be standing backstage and would demand that a camera crew film him immediately. White would make it clear that he didn’t know why Suzuki-gun were sticking their noses in Bullet Club business -especially now that both parties weren’t even work in either Japan or for the same company anymore, but would make it clear that he intended to be in the Good Brother’s corner this Thursday on Impact and that if Minoru wants a of piece of him, he should step up to him on Thursday and just be a man about it.

- Juice Robinson would enter the frame and make it clear that he felt that Zack was nothing more than a little punk bitch for taking advantage of him being distracted by his partner last week and that everyone on ROH and TNA knows that the win was nothing more than fluke but unlike weaker men mind games weren’t going to work on him and that Rock Hard Juice Robinson would also be on this week’s Impact and would make it clear that it didn’t matter if the result was a win or a loss for either side, because all he was interested in is getting his rematch with ‘The Soy Boy’ pronto.

- Juice would then change his attention to MJF, and make it clear that is was a real shame that Maxwell was starting to give New Japan such a bad name as of late and talking so much absolute nonsense, but that he would be pleasantly surprised if Maxwell performed some sort of miracle at New Beginnings and was actually capable of becoming the IWGP Intercontinental Champion. Juice would make it clear that he wasn’t going to be seen as any sort of coward by anyone and whether it was a match against Will Ospreay, MJF or both of them at Bound By Honor he would even be happy to make it a three way, because when push came to shove he would become the next Intercontinental Champion - and it would be a Rock Hard Championship reign.

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- Adam Cole would return to the ring nursing a visibly sore chin,and would demand that Kevin Owens emerge from the back. Cole would make it clear that if The Young Bucks wanted an all out with The elite, then they can have it. Cole would make it clear that he had never forgotten the humiliation of being kicked out of the Bullet Club by two people had had long considered his best friends in the business and that he had felt sick to his stomach when he had signed with AEW and actually had to pretend to be friends with these two bastards despite everything that had happened between them and would make it clear that there was nothing worse than a pair of two cowards that took order from a man over an iPhone video because he couldn’t even be bothered to attend a show himself.

- Cole would make it clear that it was his pleasure to continue the great name of ‘The Elite’ especially now that these three hyenas had abandoned ships, only to be betrayed once again when Kevin Owens had decided to bring back the Mount Rushmore stable from the grave and hadn’t even thought of sending him an invite, with Owens yet again being another turncoat betraying their friends for their own personal gain. Cole would make it clear that he had been the centerpiece of the group, as he had been the PWG Champion and so he understood why The Bucks had wanted to freeze him out not wanting to share the glory with him once again, but would demand an explanation from Owens especially what on earth he was doing in the building when he had no reason to be getting involved in Bullet Club business, considering he had never been part of the group at any point in this life.

- Owens would make it clear to Cole that he had zero allegiance to Bullet Club, but he wasn’t an insecure pussy that worried about who the Young Bucks chose to be friends with outside of New Japan, but that when he saw that the Bullet Club were failing to get the job - he had been obligated as a member of the Mount Rushmore to step up to the plat and do what needed to be done. Kevin would make the point that everyone had always known that Adam Cole was nothing more than a faction leech that clung onto whatever came along and that it didn’t matter if it was Mount Rushmore, Bullet Club or The Kingdom - pausing to laugh at the fact that he had lowered himself to the point of actually be aligned with Bennett, Taven and Matt Hardy, but now he had really outdone himself by being the so called leader of ‘The Elite Rejects’. And to make it worse and even more pathetic, Cole hadn’t even been part of the group that had got them to the position they were today, he had been too busy on his knees begging The Game for a promotion.

- Cole would retort that KO had no leg to stand on with all his horseshit, especially when he had abandoned Rushmore first to ho seek out his big adventure in the WWE, whilst he and the Bucks had carried that mountain on their backs for years and made it stronger with is good pal Roddy, when he was nowhere to be seen - another person who made the wrong choice and if they had been strong of mind would know they belonged within The Undisputed Elite.

- Owens would say it was interesting how easily Cole was able to discount his own hypocrisy and that he was so capable of blaming everyone apart from himself for not having been included in the latest form of Mount Rushmore - but would offer him the chance to come to New Japan and have a cordial conversation with Roderick Strong, but it was going to be very unlikely that Adam was going to convince him to falling in line with him, KOR and Fish again because it was unlikely that Roddy wanted to be aligned with a bunch of losers again - but that if he had the guts to turn up to NJPW: World next week he accept any challenge that Cole sent their way.

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- A pre-taped segment would be aired, that seemed to be taking place in the back area of a strip club in the middle of the day. Homicide, Low Ki and Hernandez would enter the club and be allowed entry into the VIP area, where Konnan and LAX were already present. An older Latino gentleman, who seemed to be taking on the role of a peace keeper would inform both groups that these turf wars had been going on for long enough and that Konnan and Homicide always seemed to be in the center of every battle and that a third party had been asked to mediate this meeting, and that he was simply a legal representative of none other than his client Eddie Kingston.

- Eddie would make it clear that if it wasn’t for the Lucha Brothers he wouldn’t even be here and that he was very much here on their behalf - because he had already been through this dance with Konnan in the past and it had resulted in a fruitless venture. Homicide would respond that this was family business, but he had been out of favor with the group since had lost in a war with Konnan back in 2018. Santana would make it clear that he had seconded the motion to allow Kingston to mediate, and that he and Ortiz have seen these wars escalate before, but that Kingston knows better than anyone what it means to be caught.

- Eddie makes it clear that he and Homicide go way back in their careers and their friendship meant a lot to him - so had been a bit confused because he hadn’t received any sort of phone call when he had decided to bring 5150 to Ring of Honor. Eddie would make it clear that he had been far from pleased to have been left out of LAX, especially when Low Ki and Hernandez had got involved - but for someone he hadn’t been good enough to head the heads up when the family was getting back together.

- Konnan would agree that Eddie made a good point, and that he had every intention of reuniting 5150 and LAX once they had a foothold in ROH and adding the Lucha Brothers into the mix would have proven to be a handsome payoff for the family. The Bosses would agree to come to a cease fire until Bound By Honor, especially with the Lucha Brothers having important opportunities on their horizon that were currently on a need to know basis. Eddie though would make it clear that some business needed to be sorted out first and would challenge Homicide to face him in a match at Bound By Honor - if the bosses allowed it. Both sides would come to an agreement before deciding that LAX and the Lucha Brothers would settle their personal issues between each other at the 20th Anniversary Show in March.

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Finish: Miro would compete in his first ever Pure Rules match and would prove himself as being more than capable of competing in such a technical contest, in what would prove to be another supreme match in ROH’s signature match type - but Josh would show why he was the man with the belt as she would manage to lock Miro in a submission and force him to tap to claim the victory. After the match, both men would show the other respect as they would shake hands and adhere to the ‘Code of Honor’.

- After the match Killer Kross and Scarlet would make their way down to the ring, with a contract visibly in Scarlett’s possession. Scarlett would introduce them as the the greatest husband and wife duo in professional wrestling, which would result in the camera panning up to a skybox that presently had The Miz and Maryse watching on, drinking champagne and chucking at the statement that had just been made. Bordeaux would make it clear that Josh had been given a week to consider the challenge and it was now time that her husband wanted answers. Before anything else could be said or done, Woods would be joined in the ring by stablemates Gresham and Williams who would have a worried look on their faces - as the commentary teams would highlight that Jay Lethal’s absence from the ring had surely been noted.

- Killer Kross shows no fear, as he enters the ring despite the clear numbers disadvantage. Woods would make it clear that nothing that Kross had done had taken out any member of the Foundation or undone any of their hard work and that if anything their resolve had only grown stronger and made them more determined. In a snap, the Foundation would encircle Kross and begin to enact revenge on him for his recent attacks on both Tracy and Titus in recent weeks. Kross would be unable to defend himself and would eventually be beaten so badly that he would be busted wide open, and Woods would wipe Kross’s blood onto the contract before signing the contract himself and tossing it in Scarlett’s direction as she looked on in shock unable to come to the aid of her husband.

- The HonorTron would suddenly light up with Vincent appearing on the screen. He would openly mock The Foundation for acting like a group of hyenas who had pounced on their prey like the group of scavengers that they truly were - and that the so called pure can be only be so for as long as they are pushed to their limit and then their hearts know that honor is no more. He would make it clear that the Righteous may be accused of preaching, but never once had he or a member of his group made such a wild claim as restoring honor whether it was through violence or by being pure - and by nothing making such claims had already become purified by their honesty. Vincent would make it clear that The Foundation were nothing more than false prophets like Jay Lethal.

- Vincent would then smile before spinning the camera around to reveal Jay Lethal bound in a dark dank room with a black sack hood over his head, whilst clearly in total discomfort. Vincent makes it clear that he fully intended on exposing the phony bologna of John Cena and finding out if his Hustle, Loyalty and Respect colors bleed because theirs doesn’t run like Cena to Hollywood or now to Japan. They hope to find out. He would make it clear that if The Foundation wanted to retrieve “there friend” then they would have to meet them on NJPW World next week, but would make it clear that Jay was nothing more than a snake in the henhouse before replaying the video of Lethal saying ‘He didn’t even like the Foundation’ which had been claimed by Lethal on multiple occasions of being a forgery.

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- The recently reunited American Wolves of Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards would make a surprise appearance on ROH, as they would be having a conversation with Scott D’Amore about potentially being involved in a shot at either Josh Woods or Jonathan Greseham at Bound By Honor. Miro would end up walking by having clearly overheard the conversation and make it clear that anyone who took on Woods was going to need the best of luck because that man was worthy of being the Pure Champion. He would make it clear that he had come very close to bringing any end to Woods' reign and that he’s not giving up his oath of redemption and that he is God’s Chosen Warrior and he will become a champion again.

- Eddie would would interject, that say that it was Davey’s choice who he wanted to face at Bound By Honor - because he was already looking at a man worthy of being a challenger for GHC Heavyweight Championship as being none other than Miro and that if Miro wanted a shot at greatness, he was offering a chance at his belt. The two men would stare each other down, before shaking hands and agreeing to do battle at the joint show.

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- Flip would be without a partner, and would be confronted by Fale who would dare Scurll to come out and save his sidekick from a brutal beating. Flip would make it clear that Scurll wasn’t real and that no one had seen him in years. Scurll’s theme would play for a few moments, but he would come out with Flip adamant Marty wasn’t going to be his partner. The HonorTron would light up to reveal Marty Scurll had been laid out whilst dressed in his Villain Enterprises merchandise and his umbrella laying over him. The referee would make it clear that the match would go ahead, with or without a partner.

- The theme tune belonging to ‘Hangman’ Adam Page would begin to play, with Page wearing a tee with Roman Reigns’ face on it with the text below it that read ‘Over Rated’ and with a microphone in hand would volunteer to be Gordon’s partner.

Finish: Page would prove to be the difference maker in the contest and would end the contest by nailing Chase Owens with the Buckshot Lariat to wrap up the contest.

- After the bell, Cody Rhodes would come out from the back and completely ignore Flip Gordon and would push him out of the way as he would end up having a full on embrace with Hangman in the middle of the ring.


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- The cameras cut to the parking lot where Miz and Maryse are quickly making their way to their town car when they would find themselves being confronted by Quinn McKay, who would question if the pair had anything to do with what had happened to Scurll backstage. The Miz would deny direct involvement, but make it clear that karma had a way of biting him in the ass for not only returning to ‘HIS BUSINESS’ but also cutting the line and taking his NWA Worlds title shot away from him. The Miz would make it clear that once upon a time Marty may have been due to face Aldis - but that was all in the past and that he had an important meeting with CVV to keep especially now that Scurll was in no position to challenge for any championship belts.

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Finish: Seth would push the bounds of the match throughout the contest, that would end up setting Gresham up for failure with Jonathan actually pulling a steel chair from Rollins hands and swinging it at Seth which would result in the referee ending the match via disqualification to give Rollins the victory.

- Seth would grab the ROH World Championship and would nail Gresham with the belt, that would prove to be all that was needed to entice Punk out from the back. Seth would drop the belt and turn his back to Punk almost as if he was daring him to take hold of the belt and strike him down with it. Punk smiles as he picks up the title strap and looks at it for a second before smiling to himself for a second and placing it down on the mat only to spin Rollins around and lift him into a Go To Sleep and knock Rollins out cold in the middle of the ring.

- Punk would help Gresham up onto his feet and the pair would shake hands and have a civil moment - only for Samoa Joe to slowly make his way down the entrance ramp as he would point at Punk and smiles before looking down at Rollins with a microphone in hand and making it clear that if any part of him was still conscious he could learn a lesson today, that if you wanted a match all you need to do was have balls and challenge the man you wanted to face.

- Joe would make it clear that he very much intended on proving a point this weekend at Doger’s Stadium when he would tear JONAH limb from limb in their street fight at New Beginnings and perhaps if Punk has a brain he would be best coming to the show and scouting him out because it had been a long time since they had gone for sixty minutes back in the day. Joe would make it clear that if CM Punk hadn’t already read between the lines, his schedule was completely wide open for Honor Rising and he hoped that Punk would meet him there.

- Punk would stare down at Joe below and nod his head in confirmation, as Joe would cross his arms and smile before making his way to the back. CM Punk would then turn around the microphone still in hand only to come face to face with KENTA who would nail him with a running single knee kick to his face, before picking up Punk and brutally knocking him out with the original version of the move adopted by Punk - the Go 2 Sleep! Rollins would have managed to have pushed himself back to his feet and would be laughing his head off - as KENTA would show absolutely no emotion as he exit the ring and vault the ring barricade and disappear into the crowd with the commentary team left wondering if Rollins had made a deal with KENTA or even the Bullet Club.​

 

[CakeWalker]

Dynamite #122

- The television audience would be welcomed to the Wintrust Arena (Chicago, Illinois) with Jim Ross making it clear that tonight was going to be an important night for AEW - as it was the final episode before next week’s five star crowd pleaser Beach Break. JR would inform the fans that Danny Garcia would make his first defense of his AAA World Junior Heavyweight Championship, but that tonight’s opening contest would a six-man tag team match between Kenny Omega, Johnny Dynamite & T-Breeze would take on the trio of Jon Moxley, Shota Umino and AJ Styles in what was without a doubt going to be a barn burner.

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Finish: Despite the fact that Dynamite and Omega were set to face each other for the AEW World Championship next week they would prove to be more than capable of working well together alongside T-Breeze. However, Moxley and Shota Umino would prove to be difference makers with Shota claiming the win by nailing Breeze with the Death Rider to pick up the victory.

- After the match Moxley would grab a microphone and make it clear that he was far from finished in his crusade for violence with Shota and that next week he intended to show his pupil exactly what pure violence looked like and would demand (rather than challenge) T-Breeze to face him one-on-one at Beach Break.

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- Adam Scherr would feature in a vignette in which he would hype up his own destructive capabilities and that he was putting All Elite Wrestling and the entire roster on high alert because as soon as the Monster Amongst Gods was released from his personal prison everyone else was in major trouble.

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Finish: Ruby and Vyper would feature in a good contest, and because of the brute force that Vyper brought the ring Soho would be forced to work for dinner to get an advantage in the contest. Soho would eventually get the better of the foe and wrap up the match Deadly Night Shade before hooking a leg over to pick up the pin-fall.

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- Stokely Hathaway would cut a promo in which he would hype up his clients The Creed Brothers, with Hathaway making it clear that not only did he feel, but he also knew that Brutus and Julius would one day if not sooner rather than later and if he managed to get his boys a shot at the gold they had the raw potential to become new AEW World Tag Team Champions - and that if FTR ever got over themselves they too would accept the truth and start to fear the Creed name.

Finish: The Beaver Boys would put on a good attempt, but would ultimately prove to be inadequate of offering a real challenge that would see the Creed Brothers pick up the win and continue to work their way up the tag team ladder.

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- Bianca and Deonna would feature in a split screen interview conducted by Tazz that would be used to hype up the match between the pair at Beach Break next week. Both women would make it clear that beating each other wasn’t just about pride, but also vital as it would push them up the division rankings and surely put them in good favor for a future shot at the Women’s Championship.

- The fans would be presented with an updated rankings for the Women's divisions in AEW:

** WOMENS **
1) Toni Storm
2) Deonna Purrazzo
3) Bianca Bel Air
4) Davina Rose
5) Shayna Baszler

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Finish: Teoman would show why he was seen as top prospect and would certainly impress the fans, but Ace Austin would show why he was simply in a different class and one of the more accomplished Juniors presently working not only in AEW, but in all of pro wrestling and would claim the victory by wearing Teoman down enough to set his opponent up for The Fold.

- After the match, Jeff Hardy would make his way out from the back and join Ace Austin in the ring. Jeff would make it clear that he had been very impressed by what he had seen from Ace brought to the ring - but at the end of the day Austin was nothing more than a boy who had grown up watching Jeff Hardy and was trying desperately to emulate his hero. Hardy would make it clear that if Ace wants a match, then he can face him on Dynamite in a fortnight’s time.

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- StableHausen would have a meeting backstage, with Danhausen making it clear that he managed to find his mark and there is no doubt that Senor Butcherahusen was struck with his curse - and that it was the power of the curse that allowed the Horses of War to become Mr. Ass Ruler and advance into the Fatal Four Way for the TNT Championship next week. Warhorse would remain silent, but just nod his head appreciatively, Effy would chime in that as much as The Butcher wasn’t a man he wanted to go one-on-one with in the ring - he would mind meeting him at an afterparty and calling him Daddy. This would result in Effy and Allie Katch giggling, whilst Danhausen would look confused and push out a fake laugh.

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- ‘The Hitwoman’ Mia Yim would cut a short promo in which she would reveal that he had just exacted her first hit (although there would be no detail in regards who the target had been). She would make it clear that all women on the roster should watch their back and be on high alert - because when it was time to strike, it would already be too late to counter her.

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- Chris Van Vliet the Commissioner of the National Wrestling Alliance would thank Tony Khan for inviting him to tonight’s show and inform the fans that he was very much enjoying the overall product that AEW was offering its fans as of late before drop a plug for NWA’s Great American Bash that would take place in just over a months time on the weekend of the 5th & 6th of March before revealing two further matches that would take place in the Jr. Heavyweight Tournament. With matches of ROH’s Chris Bey facing AEW’s A-Kid & ROH’s Santos Escobar taking on hot free agent PJ Black and that two further matches in the Jr. Heavyweight Tournament would be revealed and confirmed over the next few weeks.

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Finish: Yoshi Tatsu would simply prove to be no match for Bronson, and would find himself being brutalized by Rochsteiner and would be left with no choice but to tap out as soon as he was locked in the Rochsteiner Recliner.

- After handing out a brutal beating, Bronson would take to the mic and call out Myers and Cardona with the pair walking out from the back looking very pleased with themselves. Bronson would make it clear that Cardona was fortunate that he was already involved in the TNT Championship and therefore he was contractually protected from him laying hand on him. Turning his attention to Brian, he would make it clear that both men were without an opponent in Atlantic City and that he looked forward to turning Myers into his bitch when they faced each other at Boardwalk Hall.

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Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler would make it clear that now that they were in possession of the AEW World Tag Team Championships, there was no question that FTR were without a doubt ‘The Top Guys’ and that they were had got their study books out and they would be scouring the tag division to find the best tag team suitable enough for facing them for their gold - but that were thinking big and so this didn’t just mean AEW and that no matter what company the teams worked for, if they were any good then FTR would have their eyes on them.

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- Toni Storm would cut a promo ahead of facing Mercedes Banks for the AEW Women’s Championship next week at Beach Break. The Kiwi Wrestler would make it clear that as things stood she was the single greatest women's talent without a title belt in their possession and that she intended to change all of that next week. Storm would make it clear that Banks should only think back to the brutality she had sported when she had torn Davina Rose apart during their Unsanctioned match as the depths that she was willing to lower herself to do what needs to be done to claim the victory and become the next holder of the belt.

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Finish: Harry Smith and Doug Williams were simply not prepared for the level of destruction and violence that The Slaughterhouse brought to the ring, with The Butcher seeming to take out his frustration of failing to advance to the TNT Championship match. The Butcher would focus beating the crap out of Harry Smith at ringside, as the the younger Joe Gacy would finish off Williams with the Unforgiven Backbreaker

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- Charles Gable and The Academy of The Alphas would make their way out to the ring, with Gable taking to the microphone and demanding that the fans show him respect and remain silent whilst he addresses them. This would be met with boos and jeers, which would clearly frustrate Gable. Gable would have some footage of some of the recent matches of Team Taz in which he would analyze and critique what he saw were some clear mistakes being made by what he considered was a team that were interior both physically and mentally in comparison with every single member of the Academy. And to make it worse, Gable would make it clear that Taz was the worst example of a mentor for all he did was shove chips in his mouth and throw out insults, when the truth was that his team simply wasn’t good enough to compete at this level.

- The shit talking would only be tolerated for so long, with Powerhouse Hobbs and Ricky Starks coming out from the back with the pair rushing out and being met by Gulak and Bravado with the four clashing on the entrance ramp, with HOOK watching on. Gable and Bogojevic would flee the ring, seeming to just abandon their stablemates, but with a microphone still in hands Charles would scream that not only was he going to break HOOK’s precious streak next week, but also he intended to break his ankle in the same swipe.

- The fans would be presented with an updated rankings for the Men's divisions in AEW:

** MENS **
1) Johnny Dynamite
2) AJ Styles
3) Jon Moxley
4) Chris Jericho
5) Shingo Takagi

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Finish: Garcia would look in mighty form and prove that his victory over Drago last week was no fluke, as he would continue to prove himself as the future of professional wrestling and would show off his pure technical prowess to wear down YOSHI-HASHI and put him on his back to lock in the Sharpshooter to claim a victory by forcing his foe to tap out and retain the Jr. Heavyweight Championship.

- Before Garcia had time to celebrate, the Jericho Appreciation Society would hit the ring and start and start to dish out a post-match assault down onto YOSHI-HASHI. It wouldn’t take long for Goto and Takagi to rush out from the back as the pair would slide into the ring and chase JAS away - with the two men shouting with pure rage at Jericho and his goons. Taz would confirm that it had just been confirmed by Tony Khan that all six men would face off in a six man tag at Beach Break.

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- The show would end with Excalibur running down the list of the confirmed matches that would be taking place at Beach Break next week live from Atlantic City.

​

 

[Comrade Khan]

Lovely, ill read both shows n get some feedback

 

[CakeWalker]

surprised myself and wrote AEW all today lol

 

[Comrade Khan]

Very enjoyable shows. Digging the upcoming aew build. Strong womens feud

Lots if building pieces on roh, as expected w 2 ppvs so close together. Good stuff between bc / elite / mjf / rushmore.

Looking fwd to whats next w moose brock as well

 

[Smart Marx]

By the way, Vincent and the Righteous say they want to see if Cena is as phony as Jay Lethal is with his hustle, loyalty and respect mantra in the same vein as the Foundation claim to be restoring honor through purity and that’s why they’ll be in Japan soon.

 

[CakeWalker]

Impact #913

- For the second week in a row, Impact would be coming live from the Charles Dodge Center, Pembroke Pines (Florida). Tenay and West would reflect on the fact that in the coming weeks TNA and ROH would be coming together for one weekend only for the joint production ‘Bound By Honor’ which the pair would both agree could prove to be a real treat for the fans who would witness some potential dream matches and epic clashes between both promotions. Tenay would remind the fans that tonight Rey Mysterio would defend his X-Division Championship against Dolph Ziggler - and for the first time this year The Good Brothers would defend their TNA World Tag Team Championships on a TNA broadcast against the #1 contenders of Minoru Suzuki and Zack Sabre, Jr.

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Finish: Mysterio and Ziggler would feature in a fast paced match, with both men having proven themselves more than capable of being dynamic and creative within the six sided ring - and on a number of occasions Dolph came very close to claiming the victory much to Rey’s growing frustration. Mysterio would eventually mange to connect with a double drop kick, that would set Ziggler up for the 619 and be all that was needed for Mysterio to successfully retain the strap.

- Whilst celebrating the win - the Lucha Brothers would emerge from the back and would be applauding Rey as they would make their way to the ring and Rey would show the pair a lot of respect with handshakes that would turn into embraces. Fenix would take to the microphone and note that as things stood Rey was without an opponent at Bound By Honor and that perhaps Senor 619 would be interested in perhaps taking on one of them in a match for his X-Division Championship. This suggestion certainly got a good reaction from the fans who were interested in how Rey would reply.

- Rey would make it clear that he didn’t want to disappoint the fans, especially not at this stage in his career and that rather than being forced to pick one brother over the other perhaps it would be better if he just faced both instead in a three way dance. Penta and Fenix would look very pleased with the suggestion that had been made, whilst a cameraman as the shot was closing would notice a man staring at all three men from the front row - with Don West informing Tenay that it was none other than AAA’s GHC National Champion Chris Ridgeway.

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- In a pre-taped segment Ultramantis Black would cut a promo in which he would proceed to chant like a mad man and talk in riddles about ‘the great portal’ and how that it had now been thrown open and that the past had returned to the present. He would make it clear that he was the keyholder and the key had been placed into the lock and was just waiting to be turned. The promo would end with Black chanting to himself in an unknown language, with incense and smoking filling the room and creating a cloudy haze.

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Finish: In a Big Hoss Battle, Wardlow and Kratos would push each other back and forth in a match that would test their strength and raw power potential. It would be the ‘God of War’ though who was more willing to bend the rules who would gain the advantage by blinding Wardlow by raking his eyes before cutting him in half with a Spear to end the contest.

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- Ronda would be in the gym backstage, going through the motions of one of her brutal workout when she would be interrupted by Becky Lynch. The TNA Knockouts’s Champion would gain Rousey’s attention and she would seem to annoy Ronda, who would ask Becky what she wanted. Becky would inform her that she had some special guests arriving tonight of the Toxic variety and that she hoped that Ronda would come as her +1. Ronda would make it clear that she had no interest in friendships or alliances, but she would attend as long as Becky could make it worth her while. Becky promised Ronda that she wouldn’t regret her decision to attend.

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Finish: The match was a short affair, because Jimmy seemed more interested in irritating Page and hyping up Roman than actually concentrating on the matter in hand which would lead to the match being over in a matter of minutes by way of the Buckshot Lariat!

- After the match, ‘Hangman’ Page would grab a microphone and cut a promo in which he would make it clear that he didn’t care about who Roman wanted him to face next week because he was taking his destiny into his own hands and that next week he intended on keeping the ass kicking in the family as he wanted to fight with more the capable of the Usos - but would make it clear that he really hoped that Jey wouldn’t be as disappointing an opponent as Jimmy had proven to be.

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- Penelope Ford and The Bunny would look very pleased with themselves and would both be wearing matching motorcycle jackets emblazoned with a logo of a ‘house made of bricks’ - with the text ‘Strictly Business’ printed underneath. The Bunny would also be counting a number of dollar bills out on the table and tell Penelope that as promised, this was her reward from Kamille. As soon as he name was mentioned Kamille would enter the room and make it clear that she had been pleased with the manner in which the pair had taught Hikaru Shida a lesson in respect on ROH: Elite - although would admit she hadn’t been expecting Thunder Rosa to get involved. Tonight however, she would make it clear to both Penelope and Bunny that they were going to make an example of of The #1 Bitch of Pro Wrestling.

- Rockstar Spud would enter the room, and Kamille would instruct the two other women to exit the room to allow her some privacy with TNA’s General Manager. Spud would make it clear that he was far from pleased with Kamille - and she had known that she was meant to defend her NWA belt tonight against Shida, but Shida had not been medically cleared after her post-match attack a few days ago. Kamille would just laugh, and make it clear that if Shida wasn’t capable of suffering an offhand beating then was she even worthy of a shot at the title. Spud would make it clear that TNA had a good relationship with CVV and the National Wrestling Alliance and that she had no place involving herself in preventing booked matches from taking place. Spud would make it clear that he didn’t have any more time for this - as he needed to make an announcement in the ring.

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- After a short commercial break, Rockstar Spud would stand in the ring with a ‘Bound By Honor’ banner setup behind him. Spud would confirm that he had been heavily involved in a number of conversations with ROH’ Scott D’Amore about various potential matches - and that tonight one match was going to take place to determine who would face The Briscoes for the ROH World Tag Team Championships at the joint event and would proceed to call out E&C and SCU to the ring making it clear that only the winning team would battle for the ROH gold and that TNA had no interest in sending second rated teams into big money matches.

Finish: The two veteran tag teams would put on a dynamic match with fast tags and a variety of double team maneuvers that would keep the fans engaged throughout the contest. Scorpio Sky would attempt to affect the result of the match by playing interference only for Swerve Strickland to get involved in the contest and prevent Sky pulling off an unseen attack. This distraction would seem to throw SCU off, which would allow E&C to take hold of Kazarian with a Double Flapjack to claim the win.

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- The Miz & Maryse would be chilling in their private locker-room, with a cameraman filming The Miz in what one had to assume was some sort of social media event - only for an unexpected knock to come at the door. When Maryse opened the door as Miz continued to address the camera, Killer Kross & Scarlett Bordeaux would enter the room. Kross would make a comment that both men had an awful lot in common and that it almost felt as if he was looking at his own reflection even if Miz was a bit shorter. The Miz would state that he may lack a few inches, but his accolades in the ring certainly outweighed anything that Kross had achieved. Kross would retort that perhaps they could figure things out with a match to prove who was THE power couple.

- The Miz would make it clear that he already had a match with Nick Aldis on the cards, which would only result in Kross laughing to himself informing The Miz that such a thing wasn’t possible because both Scott D’Amore and Spud had signed off on this match at Bound By Honor. The Miz would look furious at this statement - whilst Scarlett would laugh before kissing Maryse on the lips which would leave her looking stunned, as Kross and Bordeaux would walk off with the Miz looking furious and proceeding to knock out the private camera man with one punch before throwing a full on tantrum as Maryse would force the camera crew out of the room.

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Finish: Finlay would be noticeably not joined at ringside by Juice Robinson, but that wouldn’t stop David putting on a solid performance and showing all that he was capable of on his own as he would finish Mack off with Acid Drop (Corner springboard cutter) to claim the victory.

- After the match, Juice would appear on the entrance ramp and proceed to applaud Finlay whilst kitted out in this Bullet Club drip. The two would exchange words, but it was clear that there was a clear rift between both men although there was no signs of any hostility.

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- Randy Orton would cut a promo in which he would make it clear that the closure of the WWE had been one of the worst days of his life and as of yet he had not seen one shining light at the end of the tunnel - however he had no intention of hanging up his boots and his agent had advised him that signing with TNA would be good for business. However, it seemed that the TNA roster were far too soft and had allowed other companies to dominate their major titles for far too long.

- He would make it clear that PAC was an embarrassment for allowing Josh Alexander to pin Moose, and that both men were nothing more than invaders that shouldn’t not be in possession of the top prize. Randy would make it clear that he was coming for Josh Alexander and that unlike the broken promises of PAC - he fully intended on walking away with the TNA World Heavyweight Championship.

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Finish: Chris Brookes and Shane Taylor would team up for the first time as members of La Facción Confederada de América [LFCA] under the watchful eye of Kenny King. Taylor and Brooks would have instant chemistry, and the pair would show cunning to injure Luchasaurus early on forcing Jungle Boy to fight on his own, with Brookes ending the bout by hitting Jungle Boy with Praying Mantis Bomb (Double underhook piledriver).

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- Cameras would cut backstage where Penelope Ford and The Bunny were beating the crap out of Charlotte Flair and would lift her up and end up handcuffing her both her arms to fence behind her and unable to defend herself. On cue Kamille would enter the frame and make it clear that Charlotte was a second class citizen compared to her, but because she was such a bitch to everyone else on the roster it was unlikely anyone was going to come to her aid in times of need. Charlotte would smile and spit out blood on the floor, and comment that Kamille couldn’t stop what was already already set in motion. Kamille would charge forward and nail her with a brutal Running Big Boot knocking her out cold only chuckling to herself - and question that perhaps now Charlotte was worthy of a shot at her title. Kamille would exit the room and would be followed out by The Bunny and Penelope Ford, as the trio would leave Kamille trussed up and out cold.

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Finish: Alpha Female would make her debut in what would prove to be Max’s toughest opponent as of late - but despite her best effort Lynch’s Monster would prove to be relentless and would finish the Alpha Female off with a Double Sit-out Chokebomb to claim the victory.

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- Following Max’s win - we would cut backstage to a room looking more like a VIP party function with Becky playing host to Mandy Rose and Toxic Attraction with the foursome sipping on flutes of champagne and trading wrestling stories and how much they both had in common - only for the camera to pick up on Ronda Rousey entering the room, with Becky ushering Ronda in and offering her a drink and a seat as everyone else would also sit down.

- Becky would announce that she and Mandy had come to an agreement to work together at Bound by Honor and form a super-team. Toxic Attraction, Mandy Rose, Becky Lynch and Max the Impaler - but hoped that Ronda were join them as their sixth member. Ronda would make it clear that the only reason she would work with them was if PVZ was on the other team.

- Mandy Rose would make it clear that their opponents had yet to be decided, but that her and Becky Lynch alone were the two most influential women on both rosters and that if they demanded PVZ was on the opposing team - then it would be so. Ronda would nod her head and agree, but make it clear that she had no interest in being gal pals after all was said and done and that eventually she would come for TNA Knockout’s Championship. Becky would chuckle at this comment as Ronda would walk away.

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- Rockstar Spud would apprehend Kamille as she was making her exit from the building and inform her that what she had done to Charlotte had been unacceptable behavior - and that she was not an integral part of the decision making process. Kamille though wouldn’t respond, but it was clear that she couldn’t care less about what Spud was saying to her. Spud would make it clear that after conversations with both Scott D’Amore and CVV - Kamille would be defending her NWA World Women’s Championship against Hikaru Shida at the Great American Bash and in light of recent behavior Charlotte would be added to the match as the special enforcer.

- Kamille breaks into a rage, and demands she'll only do the match if Charlotte loses any right to a match with her in the future if she touches her at the GAB. Spud said he would consider it, before wishing Kamille a safe journey home.

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Finish: The contest would prove to be a really good battle that would break the fifteen minute mark, with it being clear that ZSJ was without a doubt the inform man on TNA and it was clear that Jay White would pick up on this fact. He would whisper something in Juice Robinson’s ear - that would goad him to entering the ring and attacking ZSJ that would result in a NO DQ - before he would make a whistling gesture towards the back as Chris Bey and KENTA would appear from the back and slide into the ring and proceed to start beating the crap out of ZSJ and Suzuki with the numbers 5 to 2 - as White would look on commanding the troops.

- Suzuki-gun would respond with Lance Archer, Shelton Benjamin and Nosawa Rongai emerging from the back as they would slide into the ring to balance the odds - but in the melee Minoru would exit the ring and charge at White taking him down to the floor with the pair literally beating the crap out of each other at ringside - as the show would come to a close.​

 

[Comrade Khan]

nice stuff!

 

[CakeWalker]

Episode 005

- The American Wrestling Association would remain in Wisconsin, but move south to the Fiserv Forum, Milwaukee. Stu Bennet would inform viewers at home that tonight’s show was set to be another great night of action for the AWA, with the promotion still very much on brand new legs since it had been brought back from the dead - but with Keith Lee standing tall as the first AWA World Heavyweight Champion within the new era of the company he was confident that this company was in good hands.

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Finish: The contest would be a great way to kick off the show, with both teams treating the fans to an intense tag team contest that neither side seemed willing to lose without taking a real beating. Everyone in the match would look exhausted at the end of the contest, that would come by El Hijo de L.A. Park wiping out Marshall with a Sunset Driver.

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Finish: WALTER would have to deal with Puma King, and would swat at Puma like a dog annoyed by an angry fly - but would eventually catch his prey and bring him down to the mat the Burning Lariat which would have an extra sting to it after having being slapped multiple times in the chest.

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- Bryan Danielson would cut an angry and motivated promo backstage in which he would make it clear that Finn Balor had done him dirty at Aces High and that the cheap attack and all the pain that had come from it had caused him to not win the World Championship. Danielson would make it clear that if Finn wanted to play dirty, then he knows exactly how to fight fire with fire and makes it clear that Balor better start watching his back.

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- Fire ‘n’ Flava would feature in a short promo where Hogan and Steelz would announce that they had arrived and were now part of the AWA and can’t wait to show off their skills and strut their stuff for all to see within the walls of the American Wrestling Association.

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Finish: The match would be the first time any curtain from another promotion had been opened - and it was clear that the fans involved seeing NGD live in the flesh. Cesaro though, would prove to be the difference maker in the contest and would nail Forastero with the Swiss Death to claim the victory.

- After the fight, Cesaro would take to microphone and make it clear that if this was the best the Dr. Wagner, Jr. had to test him - then he couldn’t wait to kick his old aged ass at the AAA pay per view.

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- Asuka would cut a pre-match promo in which she would be joined by Kairi Hojo and show off her recently won AWA World Women’s Championship and make it clear that there was nobody on the roster that was ready for, and that she felt sorry for her Kacy because she had no idea what she was getting herself in for.

Finish: Asuka wouldn’t take long in working Catanzaro down to a pulp, where she would finish off her opponent by forcing her to tap after locking her up in the Asuka Lock - but would show how brutal she really was as she would only release the hold when the referee would threaten to overturn the decision.

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- Keith Lee tells the Interviewer that he doesn't give a damn who challenges him for the World Title. He's gonna slap them all down hard and make sure they never get anywhere near his league again. Ever again. Lee would then walk away from Nair, not allowing her to ask him any more questions on the matter.

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Finish: Jordynne would continue to defend her belt as she had promised to do under an ‘Open Challenge Basis’ and would take on Valentina Feroz. Grace would show that she was built of sterner stuff and just like she had done the week previous would force her opponent to tap out after locking Feroz in a rib crushing Bearhug.

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- MVP would cut a promo in which he would make it clear that the New Day had got luck when they had claimed a win over his boys two weeks at the 3M Arena, but that the next time those unicorn sporting idiots step up against the HURT Business they won’t be so lucky and hoped that Woods and Kingston watched his boys in action tonight - because this was just an example of what they had in store waiting for them.

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Finish: The Coffeys didn’t realize what they were walking into, with MVP directing traffic they never stood a chance with Alexander and Crews putting their foot down on the pedal and steaming forward. The match would conclude with Crews hitting Joe with the The Chariot (Spin-out powerbomb) to wrap it up.

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- Brian Pillman, Jr. would cut a promo ahead of his announced bout with Finn Balor next week. Brian would make it clear that he was chomping at the bit, and that beating a top competitor like Balor would rocket him to the top and force everyone to take notice of him and consider him as a major player moving forwards.

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Finish: In a main-event worth battle, Pete Dunne would push Bryan to his limit and would show his wrestling brain by targeting Danielson’s already injured leg which would almost result in a couple of near falls. These focused attacks would seem to incense Danielson though, who would end up snapping and floor Dune with a running knee strike before locking his opponent in the Cattle Mutilation and forcing him to tap out.

- Finn Balor would appear out of nowhere and attack Danielson with a steel chair and target the same leg once again. Balor would chase away the referee and the team of ring agents with the chair before bringing down the chair down heavily on the clearly damaged leg that would cause Danielson to convulse in the ring, with Pat McAfee suggesting that it looked as if he had broken Danielson’s leg. Adam Pearce and Paige would rush out from the back, with Pearce demanding Balor to exit the ring. Balor would throw up his hand and leave the ring, but with a cheeky grin on his face with it clear everything had gone according to plan as a team of EMTs would rush past him to attend to Danielson.​

 

[CakeWalker]

End of the episodic week - so time for those weekly ratings.

 

[CakeWalker]

Ranking:
NJPW World Ep3 | ROH Elite Ep 5 | AEW Dynamite #122 | TNA Impact #913 | AWA Ep 005

 

[CakeWalker]

5th February, 2022

Pre-Show

LFI Rising Sons vs. Tachi and Black Taurus
Preview: Taichi feeling scorned by his omission from New Japan has attacked Hiromu in frustration. Hiromu, feeling down from a few recent LHW losses, teams up with his old friend Sanada against Taichi and his new hired mercenary: Black Taurus.

Black Desire (c) vs. Donna Del Mondo
Preview: New arrivals Guila and Thekla of DDM attempt to join their stablemate in reaching championship gold against reigning champions SLK and Momo Watanabe. Black Desire, however, have shown no signs of slowing down on their dominant and vicious title reign over the division.

Taya vs. Dark Sheik (c) vs. Lady Shani
Preview: Dark Sheik continues to defend her AAA Reina title across the nation, this time against The Clinic's legendary luchadora Taya Valkyrie and AAA's rising star Lady Shani. Will Dark Sheik be able to hold on to her title in this star studded 3 way dance?

Main Show

El Hijo de Vikingo (c) vs. Mustafa Ali vs. El Desperado
Preview: Having both won qualifying matches, Ali and Despy take on IWGP LHW Champion Vikingo. Vikingo has shown resilience and poise so far as champion and this is sure to be his biggest obstacle yet.

Brody King (c) vs. Mystery Opponent
Preview: Brody King has be destroying the competition thus far since laying claim to the NEVER title. He has proposed anyone with the guts to challenge him with no preparation on his part. Who will step up to the plate?

Iwatani vs. Hayashishita
Preview: With the #1 contender's spot on the line, the two former ACES of Stardom go one on one in what is sure to be an instant classic. Will Mayu Iwatani overcome her rival and challenge the Queen of Stardom? Or will Hayashishita get the better of her and take on her own stable leader?

Samoa Joe vs. JONAH
Preview: Jonah and AOP have been a thorn in Joe's side for the better part of the last month and cost him his inaugural Wrestle Kingdom match. Joe looks to put Jonah in the rear-view mirror and get his first PPV win of the year under his belt. Will he be able to overcome the numbers game?

LFI vs. Time Splitting Machine Guns
Preview: Kushida made his long awaited NJPW return but he did not come alone! The time splitter teams up with the MCMG to take on LFI for NEVER 6 man titles in what is sure to be a high flying and hard hitting showcase.

Britt Baker vs. Mickie James
Preview: With Britt Baker snubbing and disrespecting Mickie James for weeks and threatening to replace her, this heated feud comes to a head with Mickie James looking to usurp The Dentist as the real leader of The Clinic. Will Britt Baker lose everything or consolidate her power even further?

DIY vs Young Bucks (c)
Preview: The Young Bucks look to successfully defend their title for a second time in hopes of ridding themselves of DIY for good. With both teams messing with each other's matches in other promotions and Mount Rushmore lurking in the shadows, one cannot know what to expect from this Ladder Match.

MJF vs. Ospreay
Preview: MJF made a huge impact by destroying BC Japan and forming his own faction, The Pinnacle, in NJPW. He further showed his reach by assaulting and taking out a member of Will Ospreay's clan in Chris Dickenson. MJF feels that claiming the IC title is simply his destiny, but Will Ospreay is not one to let his kingdom slip between his fingers so easily.

Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. John Cena
Preview: Our co main event is nothing short of a dream match that requires no real other introduction. Two first ballot future hall of famers of their respective home company, 60 minute time limit. Expect a true epic.

Okada vs Malakai
Preview: Malakai and the House of Black have tormented Okada and CHAOS since the Monday after Wrestle Kingdom. Crucifixions and hospitalizations have been par for the course and have pushed Okada's psyche to the limit. Will Okada's rage be his downfall? Or will Malakai succumb to the Rainmaker like all the others?​

 

[Marty McFourth]

Jeff making dreams realities