Smarkverse

[Grim]

Any non-wrestling trade? I can live without Brandi, but it make more sense to keep her with Cody.

Have to look tbh since I already kinda planned my first five weeks.

 

[Ricky Smarks]

Have to look tbh since I already kinda planned my first five weeks.

And you’ve included Brandy in them?

I like Brandy, but she was always being mocked whenever she did something on tv lol

 

[Grim]

And you’ve included Brandy in them?

I like Brandy, but she was always being mocked whenever she did something on tv lol

I think

 

[Ricky Smarks]

Writing up my first show now. Already putting the backstory to good use. Gonna say Halloween Havoc was the final NXT show under the WWE umbrella as WWE fulfilled its television obligations following WWE’s end.

 

[Spitfire]

Writing up my first show now. Already putting the backstory to good use. Gonna say Halloween Havoc was the final NXT show under the WWE umbrella as WWE fulfilled its television obligations following WWE’s end.

looking forward to seeing what you want me to do

 

[Spitfire]

Current Potential Candidates
Nick Wayne
Starboy Charlie

If there are any unsigned wrestlers - who are not as established [not known for working in WWE or AEW mostly] and on the younger side of 30. I am taking suggestions of people to part of the first intake in Shane's new NXT.​

 

[Comrade Khan]

1a

If there are any unsigned wrestlers - who are not as established [not known for working in WWE or AEW mostly] and on the younger side of 30. I am taking suggestions of people to part of the first intake in Shane's new NXT.​

Njpw will send atticus on excursion to nxt

 

[Comrade Khan]

Take tge gcw kids too

 

[Comrade Khan]

Like nick wayne

 

[Spitfire]

1a

Njpw will send atticus on excursion to nxt

You might want to wait until Progress start taking people on excursion.
NXT - will be for unsigned talent.

 

[Spitfire]

but Nick Wayne and Charlie are both free agents - so i can put them on the 'list of potentials'

 

[Ricky Smarks]

Sent my first show in. Hope it lives up.

 

[Ricky Smarks]

Let me know if that looked up to snuff.

 

[Spitfire]

Episode One

- The first episode of ROH: ELITE begins with Ian Riccaboni backstage welcoming the viewers back to ROH programming, before welcoming Scott D’Amore to the backstage interview area. Rather than ask any questions though, Riccaboni introduces Scott as the Executive Vice President and that D’Amore has some important information to share with the Honor Club.

- D’Amore would make it plainly clear that following the announcement made by the WWE last summer that they were shutting down shop due to bankruptcy, with the intention of running final shows in November had caused a massive upheaval within the business and that the situation had looked just as dire for ROH as he would confirm that if it hadn’t been for an eleventh hour lifeline Final Battle last year could very easily have been the end of the road for Ring of Honor as well. Scott though, would lighten the mood and that unlike the big E a new management group had come in and secured a deal with his bosses at AXS in which ROH would hold a three hour television slot every Tuesday on AXS. D’Amore would go on to explain that just like his previous tenure with Impact Wrestling, until he was told otherwise he would be managing the day to day working of ROH and making sure that all the new changes and new talent were able to adapt and excel in this version of Ring of Honor - especially when the company was on the verge of reaching its 20th anniversary.

- D’Amore would make it clear that the board of directors had understood what Maria Kanellis had attempted to do regarding the the ROH Women’s Championship Tournament and that going forward the Women of Honor wouldn’t be treated as second class citizens, and that the the belt would return to its original name of the Women of Honor World Championship - with the winner of last year’s tournament remaining as its champion. He would then announce that over the next two weeks there would be a number of qualifying matches for the first ever Women of Honor Survival of the Fittest match - with the winner earning themselves a future show at the championship belt.

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- A video recap would cover the feud between Josh Woods and Jonathan Gresham, in which Woods had eventually claimed a win over Gresham at Death Before Dishonor to finally get his hands on the Pure Championship - before then focusing on Gresham going on to beat Jay Lethal to become the new ROH World Championship. The voice over, would then confirm that both Woods and Gresham were proven masters of Pure Rules and that no better match could be conceived than Gresham versus Woods in a Pure Rules match for the ROH World Championship as the first in this new era of Ring of Honor.

Finish: In a very respectful contest, Gresham would claim the match victory by trapping Woods in the Figure-four leglock and with Josh having expended all three of his ropes breaks even touching the ropes wasn’t going to save him as he would be force to tap out for the excruciating pain he was being put under.

- After the contest, both men would shake hands and the Code of Honor would be adhered to. With Gresham still in the ring celebrating his victory, out from the back would emerge a very well dressed Killer Kross with Scarlett Bordeaux draped by his side. Kross would make it clear in a completely one-sided conversation that he had been impressed with everything he had seen and that as one headliner to another, he could think of anything more thrilling and appealing than be the first man to face Gresham in this new era of ROH and feature in the main-event of the next ROH Pay Per View. Gresham wouldn’t offer any sort of indication of agreement or denial, but would just look deep in thought as he would listen to everything that Kross had to say.

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- Cameras would take us outside the 2300 Arena, as a black limousine would pull up with Robert Stone emerging from the back. Stone would inform the camera that any rumours that had been heard were absolutely true and that ‘The Brand’ had very much decided to now conduct its business within the confines of Ring of Honor. Stone would announce that he had been able to secure the services of one of the hottest free agents and exclusive rights to a new line of wrestling action figures in the process as he would introduce his new client. This would result in Chelsea Green exiting the limo and posing for the camera as she would smile as she stood by Stone’s side.

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- A short recap package would show Rok-C winning the ROH Women’s Championship tournament at Death Before Dishonor - before it being confirmed that Rok-C would have a title rematch against fellow finalist Miranda Alize following the commercial break and that the match would be contested for the original Women of Honor World Championship.

Finish: The two women would have had another tough battle, with neither of the two coming off as weak. Rok-C would show why she was the champion though when she would connect with The Prodigy (Falcon Arrow) to claim the pin-fall victory and retain the strap.

- After the contest, as Rok-C was offering up Alize her hand she would be taken out from behind with a gold title belt before a hooded figure. The figure would look straight at the camera and reveal themselves as Mandy Rose who would be holding the NXT Women’s Championship belt and look very happy with herself only to Miranda Alize to take exception and square up to Mandy, whilst clearly trying to create some separation to protect Rok-C. With Miranda focused on Mandy, former former NXT Women’s Tag Team Champions, Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne would slide into the ring and take out Alize with a high/low lariat combination.

- Mandy would demand a microphone before gloating that all three member of Toxic Attraction had ended the closed their account with the WWE by becoming the the final NXT champions at Halloween Havoc - and would admit that never in her wildest thoughts had she ever expected for the company to go down the plughole. She would then fire shots at Shane McMahon and call him a pathetic incel, for attempting to keep some level of NXT alive as a training school and that Gigi, Jacy and herself would forever be recognised as the final champions and the gold standard for women’s wrestling in NXT history. Mandy would crouch down and talk at Rok-C (who was still looking worse for wear) and inform her that as an undefeated champion, she was cutting the queue and that she intended on becoming the next Women of Honor Champion.

- Before anything else could be said Ivelisse and Diamante would run out from the back with chain in hand and proceed to scare Toxic Attraction out of the ring, before crouching down and checking with Miranda was okay. The three would exchange words before they would proceed to kick the crap out of Rok-C adding insult to injury, before Ivelisse would clearly be seen handing Alize a neck scarf as the shot would cut away from the ring.

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In one of the studios backstage, a sit-down interview with Quinn McKay would see the Brisoes being questioned about what it meant to be the record 12-time ROH World Tag Team Champions. Mark and Jay would reflect on some of their best matches for the belt and would highlight wins and losses that had helped shape them into the team they are today. The segment would be interrupted by The Lucha Brothers and Alex Abrahantes, although the intrusion wouldn’t be violent but instead very respectful. Abrahantes would make it clear that Penta and Fenix were no strangers to championship gold and in fact had never been beaten for their AEW Tag Team belts before they had departed the company and signed with ROH. Alex would make it clear that The Lucha Brothers didn’t fight like lost dogs and they were not cowards - but instead said things how they were. Rey Fenix would then interject and make it clear that he and his brother - would very much like to challenge for the title at Honor Reigns Supreme. Mark and Jay would nod their heads and offer their hands as both teams would shake on it and agree to face each other at the future PPV.

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Finish: The match would prove to be a competitive affair, with both teams showing their technical ability and well drilled chemistry as duos. Adam Cole would end up sticking his nose where it didn’t belong though as he would play distraction with Santana long enough for KOR and Fish to finish the match by laying out Ortiz with Chasing The Dragon. After the match, Cole, Fish and O’Reilly would embrace in the ring before throwing up “too sweets” with there being no mistake in what they were doing or what it represented.

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- Scott D’Amore would approach Toxic Attraction in the wings backstage and would make it clear that he understood why they might feel entitled to championship match, and he would admit that gold recognised gold - but that that if the three of them wanted to challenge for the gold they were going to have to earn it and would confirm that next week Toxic Attraction would take on Rok-C & The Hex in a 6-Women Tag Team match and that if they were able to win next week, then they would all earn shots at the title they were after.

- Mandy would make it clear that if they needed to win a stupid match then so be it, but that she would remember how unhelpful Scott had been in helping Toxic Attraction transition as new members of the ROH roster.

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Finish: Hart was still wearing her eyepatch, which was clearly still affecting her vision which would have led her to make mistake which Jamie Hayter would only capitalise on and had shown no restraints in beating the crap out of Julia and would bring an end to the contest by nailing Hart with a leaping Lariat to win the qualifying match.

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- Ortiz and Santana would be in the men’s locker-room and doing some post-match recovery following their earlier contest with reDRagon only for Konnan to enter the room. Konnan would make it clear that he had been impressed with everything the two men had achieved whilst working for AEW and would make a point to express how sorry he was that thing between them and Jericho just hadn’t seemed to work out. Konnan would make it clear that it was a shame that they had lost tonight, but that losing was part of this great sport. Ortiz and Santana wouldn’t say anything as Konnan would suggest that they maybe both men were ready to come home to the Familia, before leaving two LAX tees hanging up on coat hangers on clothes pegs opposite them before leaving the room.

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- Bullet Club would come out to the ring in full force, with Jay White taking center stage. White would make it clear that everyone in the world new that ‘The Elite’ (faction) were the biggest fanboys of the Bullet Club and had continued to be so even after they had proven themselves unable to compete at the top level and had been forced out of the club and that throwing up hands and usings terms was “too sweet” was nothing short of embarrassing to say the very say.

- Tama Tonga would take the microphone briefly of White and make it clear that they hadn’t come to the States to worry about the Briscoes Brother, but instead firmly had their eyes set on the Good Brothers and intended to take everytime away from them, and in this case that mean the TNA World Tag Team Championships and they had no intention of going anywhere until they got their prize.

- White would carry on speaking once more, and that his full focus was making sure that the Bullet Club’s hold on the United States was never broken and that the US of Jay Challenge was no longer about proving himself, but cementing a legacy and that he intended on laying down some roots and making America his permanent residence and intended to cap it off by becoming the next ROH World Champion.

- A reply would come, but not from Gresham. Instead, it would be The Elite. Adam Cole would make it clear that the Bullet Club were no longer relevant and were a nostalgic gimmick and nothing more and were just a great way for independent wrestling shops to sell tacky merchandise and tees to desperate fans looking for affirmation and a feeling of self worth. The real money was in the Elite. A brand so valuable that one of the newest promotions in wrestling AEW had built themselves around the brand and that as of this very moment ROH had followed the same model by using Elite branding to acquire a TV deal and named the new show around him, Kyle and Bobby Fish. Cole would make it clear that The Elite were the heart and soul of Ring of Honor and that just by being here in the flesh - The Bullet Club were paying gompage to the Elite.

- Adam would continue to make the pint that there was no point on clinging to past, as The Elite were creating the future and that he viewed that he would become the first ever four-time ROH World Champion, so it would be in Jay’s best interest to back his bags and get on the first flight back to Japan or wherever his stupid accent origianlly came from. White would make it clear that he wasn’t going anywhere, that he would be setting up camp in Ring of Honor for the foreseeable future and that perhaps he and Cole should face each other at the PPV to see who is more deserving of the next crack at Gresham and the ROH World Championship.

- The Good Brothers would appear on the titantron screen and make it clear that they always stood side by side with their brothers in arms and that they were Elite from head to toe. Anderson would make it clear that there really was no need to wait and instead next week a 10-man tag team match would be even more fitting and everyone would get what they wanted and would throw in that if Bullet Club were able to get the win, then the Good Brothers would throw G.O.D. a bone like the stray dogs they were and offer them a shot at their TNA titles. Tanga Loa would step up and accept the challenge and make it clear that the OC and all the other failed copies of the Bullet Club would finally be put to an end when they reigned supreme next week.

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Finish: Kross would absolutely brutalise Nese in their contest and would eventually bring the match to a close by putting Nese to sleep by choking him out with Down The Rabbit Hole (Mandible Claw).

- After the match, Bordeaux would deliver Kross a microphone as he would make it clear that he wanted to know what Gresham had to say about him challenging for the World Championship, as he felt he had been given more than enough time to think it over. The music of the Foundation - only for Rhett Titus to emerge from the back with the World Television Championship in his clutches. Rhett would make it clear that he was a fighting champion and that as things stood his schedule at Honor Reigns Supreme was open, and as a member of the Foundation he intended to keeping fighting for honor alive, amidst this invasion of ruffians and vagabonds from NXT and would make it clear that Jonathan Gresham had more than enough to deal with - so Kross was going to have to prove his worth to him first.

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After being held backstage, Nese with some assistance would walk through the gorilla position only to be stopped by Kaleb with a K who would offer Nese a card and make it clear that with just a little influence to evolve his brand, he could help make them both premier athletes. Nese would look groggy, as Kaleb would make it clear for Nese to let him know ASAP, so he could go ahead and hashtag it.

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Alexander Wolfe & Killian Dain (Sanity) would cut a promo about their former leader Eric Young, as they would mock him and make fun of his new group’s name Violent By Design. Wolfe would make it clear that for a man who talks about family so much, he had so easily tossed them aside and hadn’t even called or written to them since. Dain would make it clear that Eric didn’t know what true violence even looked like, and wouldn’t until they met face to face and educate him on what it meant to face true chaos.

- Madman Fulton would interrupt the pair and call them hypocrites, considering the manner in which he had been tossed to the side after he had been injured whilst representing the family - and would make it clear that even if didn’t have any part to play in this fight he would agree with Wolfe and Dain in that Eric Young doesn’t understand the concept of real family at all.

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- A grand homecoming would take place as Miseria Cantare: The Beginning would play throughout the 2300 as CM Punk would emerge from the back and be met with a standing ovation from everyone in attendance. Punk would begin to speak about how honored he was to be back in Ring of Honor and admit that he had never thought he would walk through the door again after he had parted ways with the WWE, especially following his retirement. He would bring up fond memories including the Summer of Punk and his run as the ROH World Champion, before making it clear that when he had been a part of ROH there had never been a doubt in anyone’s mind that he had truly been in best in the world.

- An interruption would be made by ‘The Visionary’ Seth Rollins. Rollins would make a point that just like Punk, prior to coming to the WWE he had also been a ROH World Champion, although back then he been known as Tyler Black - a dark moment in career to have use such a basic name - but that even with his imperfections he had still been the best in the world back then. Rollins would make it clear that, that now they were both in the very same ring and stand face to face and stop telling all of these like: like being the best of the world, trying to take the credits for coming up with the idea of the Shield amongst other thing - because everyone with any sort of IQ knows that he was the Architect behind the Shield and not Punk.

- Punk looked far from hospitable as he would make it clear that if Seth doesn’t want to thank him from pulling him out of NXT - then that is his prerogative. He would go onto explain that he never asked to be part of the Shield, because at the end of the day he had never needed a pair of heaters to do his fighting for him - in a manner that Seth has needed throughout his whole career. Always having backup, so he doesn’t need to fight the tough battles by himself. Punk would then laugh, when he asked Seth how it felt that the WWE had been pulled out from underneath him and he had been left with no choice but to run back to ROH with nowhere else to go and name drop Tony Khan before continuing to chuckle.

- Rollins would respond that now he was back in ROH - it had already become the top promotion in the world and that wherever he was always became the Major Leagues. Punk would make it clear that the time for talking was over, and that he much rather settle this with his fists. Seth feints like he’s leaving causing Punk to shake his head and in the distraction goes to punch Punk, but Punk grabs hold of Rollins with the intention of hitting the GTS. Rollins though would manage to slip out of Punk’s clutches and rolls out of the ring, as Punk would make a gesture that Seth had come so very close to being put to sleep as Rollins would backpedal towards the back.

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- A video package licensed from Peacock is played covering the Rusev/Lashley angle of 2019/2020. Following the package Miro would come out from the back and make it clear that he was extremely grateful to Ring of Honor for giving him the opportunity to bring an end to what had been the most emasculating angle of his career involving Lashley and that he was very much relishing the chance that he would making his debut against Lashley in a Fight Without Honor. Miro would make it clear that he shed no tears for the collapse of the WWE, and that the only tears being spilled tonight would be Lashley’s after he locked The Accolade with no intention of breaking the hold.

- Just prior to the match finally getting underway, Lana would make her first television appearance of any kind since being released from the company with Lashley looking visibly concerned by her presence.

Finish: Lashley looked set to destroy Miro forever, when he had a cinder block in his hand and looked intent on dropping it on Miro’s head, only for Lana to attack in front of Lashley and plead with him not to do it. Out of nowhere, Liv Morgan would emerge from the crowd and slide into the ring and charge forward going full horizontal to connect with a Spear that would send Lana through a table that had been resting up against the ring corner. In the chaos, Miro would take advantage of the situation and get up onto his feet and drive into Bobby with the Machka Kick before locking in The Accolade until Lashley was forced to tap out. Miro would keep the submission in place for a while longer, until the referee would force Miro off his opponent’s now limp body.

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Ian Riccaboni would speak exclusively with Jay White backstage. The leader of the Bullet Club would make it clear that the US of Jay Tour - ROH leg would begin at Honor Reigns Supreme and that next week’s tag team match was just a teaser of things to come. White would make it clear that he has to end Adam Cole’s career in order to get his shot at the gold, then he was willing to go that far for a world title. Jay promised that Adam Cole would fully understand what it meant to battle with The Switchblade!

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Finish: The second qualifier would also prove to be an interesting watch, with Conti turning a few heads when she would lift Hikaru up and wipe her out with the Tay-KO to bring the match to a close.

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- Moose would emerge from the back and cut an in-ring promo about how he was the ‘realest champion in the business’ and that unlike some other pretenders that appeared on tonight’s show - he was the only legitimate active champion in Ring of Honor that still held the belt of his former employer, but would make it clear that with an unbreakable contract in place TNA had been unable to remove the belt away from him without paying an extremely large amount of compensation to him that his lawyers had put in place. Moose would make it clear that tonight he would be willing to put the TNA World Heavyweight Championship on the line and would do so in an open challenge in tonight’s main-event.

- Tessa Blancahrd would answer the call (making her first appearance since the pandemic had begun) and would take Moose down memory lane, when she had been the legitimate Impact Champion and Moose had just been running around what had then been the retired belt, and that had been involved in an an online battle in regards to who the real champion was. Tessa would make the point that she had never lost that title, and instead it had been stolen from her. Moose would make the point he remembers everything - but in 2022 there is no Impact Champion and the only belt that matters is the real championship, the TNA World Heavyweight Championship and that if she really wants to battle with him in the ring. Then that is exactly what they will do.

Finish: Moose and Tessa would have a tough match, but when the opportunity presented itself out of sight of the referee - Moose would poke Tessa in her eyes before laying her out with the Game Changer to retain the belt and continue his reign as the champion.

- Before Moose would have time to compose himself though, Josh Alexander would roll into the ring and grab hold Moose and lay him out in the middle of the ring with Divine Intervention (Tiger Driver) before stomping down on Moose with unrelenting anger, before picking up the TNA World Heavyweight Championship and slinging it over his shoulder.

- Alexander would close the show by making it clear that at Honor Reigns Supreme, it would be him and Moose going one-on-one and that it had been agreed between TNA and ROH that the TNA World Heavyweight Championship would be on the line.​

 

[Comrade Khan]

here we go!