Total Nonstop Action Wrestling: Ground Zero

[CakeWalker]

Ground Zero: Entry 009
TNA Impact 049 - Slammiversary II [PPV]
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- The tag team title picture would see Young & Cross hold the NWA World Tag Team Championships for a few weeks only for The Hotshots to have a short two week reign only for Young & Cross to win back the titles at Sacrifice. For the next year the prestige of the title belts would be raised as Team 3D would become the champions for a few months, before the combination of Chris Harris and James Storm - America's Most Wanted would finally claim the championship belts for themselves at Bound For Glory (2003). AMWs reign would be much shorter than they would have originally planned as Deep Blue Sea would claim the titles for themselves at Turning Point to become the first three time champions. A new team would emerge at the end of 2003 - which would be a combination of Brian Lawler and Ace Steel and would do so under the moniker of Nu Found Glory. The duo would have instant chemistry and claim a historic victory over Deep Blue Sea to become the champions before successfully defending the belts against The 2nd Church, Team 3D and America's Most Wanted to very much make a name for themselves in Total Nonstop Action and go on to have the singular longest tag team title reign. America's Most Wanted would reclaim the belts at Hard Justice, and have now been having an active rivalry with Team 3D with their last contest being a successful title defence at Slammiversary II. ​

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- The NWA National Championship would strangely be hand delivered to Brian Lee by Jerry Jarrett, without Lee ever having to compete for the title. It would be Jimmy Rave who would become the first true champion who would successfully defend the reactivated title a total of seven times within a two month period. After Rave's reign the title would pass hands much less indiscriminately with champions including Jason Cross on two occasions, Paul London, Brian Lee, Jorge Estrada, Shark Boy and D-Von all having reigns of their own. This would all change though when Travis Tomko would be signed on as one of TNA's newer talent that would see him successfully defend the National Championship a total of eleven times and hold the title for five months along, with the title somehow not playing second fiddle to the NWA World Heavyweight Champion but rather would seem to add prestige to the National Championship at the same time. ​

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- Within the twelve month period Paul London, Samoa Joe, Christopher Daniels, Colt Cabana, Travis Tomko would join halfway through the year, whilst Rey Mysterio, Batista, William Regal, Edge and Austin Aries would all join TNA on the same weekend as Slammiversary. On the other side of the coin Monty Brown, Sonny Siaki, Curt Hennig, David Young, Kid Kash, Jimmy Yang, Jerry Lynn and Amazing Red would part ways with the company moving onto new pastures. ​

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- Jeff Jarrett, Chris Benoit and Paul London would end TNA's second year of being active as three men currently on the injured and inactive list. ​

 

[Chris]

Those Slammiversary signings

 

[CakeWalker]

The random simulator I am using to build the backstory - has offered by quite a few surprises

 

[Chris]

Oh thank god you're using a sim kind of thing on this bc I was starting to question how you came up with some of these events that felt random to me

 

[CakeWalker]

Oh thank god you're using a sim kind of thing on this bc I was starting to question how you came up with some of these events that felt random to me

Im inputting the matches - but available wrestlers and injuries are very much out of my hands. After a certain period of time - I'm just going to go free-hand.

 

[TOP GUY TIME]

What are you using? If it's TEW then NVM

 

[CakeWalker]

What are you using? If it's TEW then NVM

I'm using JOW - but with absolute no care in the rating system.

 

[TOP GUY TIME]

Oh yay. I see a bit of it now. Are you using Paid or are you marking stuff down as it happens?

 

[CakeWalker]

I bought the full version. TEW doesn't work on my Mac, so I thought fuck it. LEGGO

 

[CakeWalker]

Ground Zero: Entry 010
TNA Impact 097 - Slammiversary III [PPV]

-Travis Tomko's reign as the NWA World Heavyweight Champion would last for a total of eight months in which he would successfully defend the title a total of nine times. Tomko's long-term feuds would most be with BG James and Samoa Joe, but neither men would be able to topple Tomko who was proving himself as the future of the wrestling industry. Tomko first era as the champion though would end in exactly the same way as the previous champion's had by way of injury as Tomko would successfully retain the title in a Ladder Match seeing off Jimmy Rave, Samoa Joe and James Storm but suffer a broken leg from one of the failed attempts to climb the ladder that would put him out of action for a minimum period of twelve months forcing him to vacate the top prize in TNA. The vacant title would be made up for grabs in a triple threat contest between James Storm, BG James and returning from injury Jeff Jarrett with it being Jeff Jarrett would pick up exactly where he had left off by beginning his second reign as world champion on the night he would return to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.

- At the Turning Point Jarrett would rekindle his previous rivalry with BG James to successfully retain his title, whilst new TNA Commissioner Sting would put together a new tournament known as the 'Turning Point Trophy' with the winner granted a world title shot at Slammiversary with Chris Harris being the first person to win the tournament doing so beating Samoa Joe and earn his shot at the title in six months time at the anniversary show. Jarrett would move on to have a short feud with Jimmy Rave which would include a 5-Star Match at Destination-X in which Rave and Jarrett would push each other to the limit in the legendary 'I Quit Match' but Jarrett would prove himself as being on par with Travis Tomko as the lifeblood of TNA.

Jeff's reign would come to an end though as he would finally fall to BG James at Hard Justice in a pay per view that was built around the feud that had began at Lockdown against Planet Jarrett (Jeff Jarrett, America's Most Wanted, Kevin Nash & Syxx-Pac) against The James Gang (BG James, Nu Found Glory, Colt Cabana and Paul London) with James finally claiming victory over Jeff to claim the NWA World Heavyweight Championship for himself. His first defence would be against the Turning Point Trophy winner Chris Harris in a 5-Star Last Man Standing match with BG James ending the three year anniversary show with the world title hoisted above his head as Slammiversary III drew to an end.

BG James - the 69th NWA World Heavyweight Champion​

 

[CakeWalker]

Ground Zero: Entry 011
TNA Impact 097 - Slammiversary III [PPV]
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- The NWA TNA X-Division Championship was unlike any of the other championships in TNA in that it was the only title without any previous history. Over the next year the title would pass hands through a number of different wrestlers both established names and upcoming talents with Rey Mysterio, D-Von, Brian Lawler, Chris Benoit claiming the championship before wrestling legend Kevin Nash would claim the championship whilst holding the National Championship at the same time. It would be Chris Benoit who would be the man to not only bring an end to Nash's reign but would also see Nash's unbeaten streak of 21-0 come to an end as Benoit would become a three time champion in the process. ​

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- The NWA National Championship would finally be dropped by Tomko who would lose the title to Batista on the 101st episode of Impact which would also be the first time that Tomko would lose in one-on-one action which would make the title win by Batista that much more impressive. The title would then bounce around hands with fairly short reigns from William Regal, Batista a second time, Austin Aries and Tony Mamaluke before Kevin Nash would claim the title on what would be a run in which he would successfully defend the title twelve times over a six month period before William Regal would win the title two weeks before the anniversary show only for Batista to become a three time champion at Slammiversary III. There was a lot of confusion surrounding the championship, as some fans felt that the National Championship was on many ways on equal par to the X-Division Championship which seemed to stem largely from the prestigious runs made by Travis Tomko and Kevin Nash. ​

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- The NWA World Tag Team Championships would seemingly become cursed as soon as America's Most Wanted second reign as champions came to an end. Styles and Rave would claim the titles at Unbreakable, but on their first defence at Bound For Glory they would manage to win the match only for Styles to injure himself and the team forced to vacate the titles. The vacant titles would then be won by 'Sons of the Tempest' (compromising of Edge & Jason Cross) which they would win at Victory Road only for Jason Cross to injure himself after the duo would successfully defend the titles at Final Resolution against Eternal Eclipse, being forced to give up the titles. It would be Eternal Eclipse (Batista & Austin Aries) who would become the new champion, and would hold onto the belts three month before Austin Aries would suffer a major concussion and for the third reign in a row that champions would be forced to drop the belts. Nu Found Glory (Lawler & Steel) are the current champion, and successfully retained the belt at Slammiversary III in an interesting encounter with Team 3D. ​

 

[CakeWalker]

Ground Zero: Entry 012
05/06/05-23/06/05​

- The weekend after Slammiversary III, the WWE would host an event called ‘ECW: One Night Stand’ which would act as a reunion show for the original Extreme Championship Wrestling. Although most of TNA’s employees were working with open contracts, the National Wrestling Alliance would make it unclear they were unhappy about the idea of associated promotions allowing workers to take part in the event being organised by the WWE. Nonetheless Tony Mamaluke, Rey Mysterio, Sabu, Chris Benoit, Bubba Ray and D-Von would all take part in the historic event.

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- Robert Trobich (executive director of the National Wrestling Alliance) would make it clear during a meeting with the TNA management group that rather than take an aggressive stance over the situation or bring an end to the three year partnership, Trobich instead would act as the public figurehead and broker two massive deals for TNA. The first would see the promotion leave the ‘TNA Asylum’ and relocate to Universal Studios Florida. The second piece of business would see the TNA brand sign a new television partnership with the Fox Sports Network. In exchange for this aid, Jerry and Jeff Jarrett would agree to Trobich demands of signing wrestlers on fixed term contracts..

- TNA would retain the services of the following wrestlers: Jeff Jarrett, AJ Styles, Travis Tomko, BG James, James Storm, Jimmy Rave, Chris Harris, Kevin Nash, Chris Benoit, Syxx-Pac, Samoa Joe, Paul London, Batista, Brian Lawler, Rey Mysterio, Ace Steel, Sabu, Colt Cabana, Bubba Ray, D-Von, Jason Cross, Spike, Edge, Austin Aries, William Regal, Christy Hemme & Petey Williams.

- TNA would part ways with the following individuals who were unwilling to sign exclusivity contracts: Brian Lee, Chris Michaels, Tony Mamaluke, Francie & Taylor Vaughn.

- TNA would sign wrestlers on developmental contracts which would allow them to continue to work in the indies, but which would require them to wrestle exclusively for TNA when they were called up. They would be the following: Kevin Steen, Renee Dupree, Lance Hoyt, Eddie Kingston, Chris Masters , Michael Bennett & Christian York

- A whole fortnight had passed since Slammiversary III, but in just a few days time TNA would air their first episode on the Fox Sports Network in just a few days time on June 24th.

 

[TOP GUY TIME]

Yo Juice, what scenario is this by the way?

 

[CakeWalker]

Yo Juice, what scenario is this by the way?

Right before Entry 12 it was 'The Aftermath v9' - but now I'm taking full control

 

[CakeWalker]

Ground Zero: Entry 013
Impact Episode 144
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- Impact Episode 144 would be the first episode that Total Nonstop Action Wrestling would air on the Fox Sports Network and also be the first time the promotion would wrestle out of their new home of 'The Impact Zone' at Universal Studios Florida. The first episode would begin with TNA's Commissioner Sting kickstarting the new era of TNA. Sting would make it clear that despite Jerry Jarrett and his son Jeff being registered as the co-owners of the the company, that he the man that was calling the shots and making all the key decisions of the running of TNA on a weekly basis.​

- Sting's first piece of business that he would conduct was to announce that for the next few months TNA would be running a competition called 'The Super X-League' which would not only feature wrestlers currently employed by NWA:TNA, but also feature twelve wrestlers from a number of foreign promotions. They would revealed as follows: Volador, Jr., Averno, Mistico, Tarzan Boy (CMLL - Mexico), Tiger Mask, Minoru Tanaka, Rocky Romero, Katsushi Takemura (NJPW - Japan), El Ligero, Alex Shane, Johnny Storm & Darren Burridge (Frontier Wrestling Alliance - UK). Sting would then reveal the twelve wrestlers employed by NWA:TNA that would be taking part as: Ace Steel, Brian Lawler, Paul London, Rey Mysterio, AJ Styles, Christopher Daniels, Jason Cross, Petey Williams, Sabu, Samoa Joe, Spike & Syxx-Pac.​

- Sting would then reveal that the twenty four wrestlers would be drafted into two separate conferences. Jarret would explain that all competitors would be randomly drawn and placed into their respective conferences ahead of the start of the competition. And that each conference would be separated into three divisions - North, Central & South. Sting revealed the conferences would be known as 'The Alpha Conference' and 'The Omega Conference' and that with the assistance of Miss Hemme the draw would take place right now as part of TNA's debut on the Fox Sports Network. ​

'The Alpha Conference'
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Alpha North	Alpha Central	Alpha South
Ace Steel	Syxx-Pac	Paul London
Jason Cross	Sabu	AJ Styles
Averno	Volador, Jr.	Katsushi Takemura
Rocky Romero	Alex Shane	Johnny Storm

'The Omega Conference'
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Omega North	Omega Central	Omega South
Rey Mysterio	Petey Williams	Christopher Daniels
Brian Lawler	Chris Benoit	Samoa Joe
Minoru Tanaka	Mistico	Tarzan Boy
El Ligero	Darren Burridge	Tiger Mask

- With both conference's drafted, Sting would reveal that 'The Super X-League' would take place over the next few months, with the overall winner of the competition being awarded an anytime open contract for the X-Division Champion that could be cashed in during any NWA:TNA event whether it be on television or on pay per view. A total of three league matches would take place on this episode with all of them taking part exclusively in ‘The Alpha Conference’:​

Jason Cross def. Ace Steel / Volador, Jr. def. Alex Shane | AJ Styles def. Paul London

- 'Wildcat' Chris Harris had been the man who had come so close to accomplishing his dreams at Slammiversary III in what had been an outstanding 'Last Man Standing' match with reigning NWA World Heavyweight Champion BG James, but when push had come to shove it had been BG who had ended the evening with the title in his possession. On this episode however, BG would make a promo in the ring and talk about how much he was impressed with the 'Turning Point Trophy' winner's performance and was willing to offer him another shot at the title a second chance at the biggest prize in professional wrestling. Before Chris Harris could offer any sort of reply, it would be the leader and previous world champion that would be the first person out from the back.​

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- Jarrett would make it clear that he was due a rematch for the world title, and that clause had been written into his contract and that BG James was not in a position to book any matches and that if he needed any reminding, it was Jeff and his father Jerry who had built TNA from the ground up and therefore on this basis alone he was setting up a match between himself and BG James at No Surrender. However - people anything could be said, Sting would appear on the titantron screen and remind Jeff that the only person who made day to day decisions when TNA was on the air was himself (the TNA Commissioner) but that he recognised the fact that Jeff was due a rematch at the championship belt. He would at the same time make it clear that a champion had a certain level of authority that had to be respected. Sting would announce that at No Surrender, BG James and a partner of BG's choice would face Chris Harris and Jeff Jarrett in a tag-team match with a twist in that it would be for the world title. BG would retain the belt if either him or his partner achieve pin-fall or submission but that the title would change hands if Harris or Jarrett claimed the victory themselves. The segment would end with Chris Harris walking out from the other side of the ring, with a look on his face that was hard to read whilst Jeff Jarrett was just smiling from ear to ear clearly thinking that the creation of this match was a sure guarantee of him reclaiming the title belts. ​

- Out of the trio mentioned, only Chris Harris would compete on this return episode in a match that would see him claim a fairly comprehensive victory over William Regal. ​

- Two-time and current NWA National Champion Batista would also claim a non-title singles victory over Edge as the only other match of the evening.​

- It would be announced that NWA:TNA would launch a second weekly program which would feature dark matches with the first episode airing next week, with it being indicated that a number of 'The Super X-League' matches would be taking place on the secondary show that was unveiled as being called 'Xplosion'.

Confirmed Matches:

NWA World Heavyweight Championship
BG James (c) & TBA vs. Jeff Jarrett & Chris Harris
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