Welcome To Fantasia [a AEW, WWE & NJPW Story]

[CakeWalker]

• 23rd September 2022 [Part One] •

It would be announced on the 'Special Draft Edition' of Smackdown - that from the following week the schedule of the WWE would look very different. Monday Night RAW would continue as always on a Monday, but see its airing time reduced by one hour and so returning a two-hour format with a supplementary show every Saturday Afternoon of HEAT. NXT would remain to holding a two-hour Tuesday slot, with NXT LVL UP airing the following afternoon for an hour. Smackdown however, would return to Thursday Night and be accompanied by 205 Live on a Friday Afternoon which would a show exclusive to the blue brand. It would also be revealed that on an annual calendar, each individual brand would have exclusive PPVs - but that this change wouldn't come into effect until 2023.

Eric Bischoff would be unveiled as the new General Manager of Monday Night Raw and would take on the role for the first time since 2006. "Easy E" would make it clear that he was taking on the role on an interim basis with the intention of finding a suitable replacement before the end of his contractual agreement with the WWE that would end on the weekend of Wrestlemania 40. Eric would also make a point of sharing his feelings that he didn't think that AEW or the NWA should be seen as competition, and after he was finished such a thought wouldn't even be considered. During the draft itself Bischoff's first ten picks would be as follows:

#1 AJ Styles
#2 Carmelo Hayes & Trick Williams
#3 Judgement Day (Finn Balor & Damian Priest)
#4 Rhea Ripley
#5 The Miz & Tommaso Ciampa
#6 Seth Freakin' Rollins
#7 Hit Row (Ashante 'Thee' Adonis & Top Dolla)
#8 B-Fab
#9 Sasha Banks & Naomi
#10 Karrion Kross & Scarlett

Eric would make it clear that all his draft picks were done with real intention and that he didn't have to follow any rule book because the only person he answered to was himself. Eric would then proceed that AJ Styles had been his number one pick for a reason and so couldn't think of a better person than to represent the brand moving forward and proceed to announce that AJ Styles was the new WWE Champion, but that he wasn't the sort of individual to give easy rides to the top and that on next week's episode of Raw Styles would defend the belt against Finn Balor.

With Gunter and Bobby Lashley finding themselves on Smackdown and Raw respectively, it would be agreed between the GMS of Raw and Smackdown that both men would simply trade titles with this resulting in Bobby Lashley becoming the new United States Champion. Bischoff would proceed to crown his remaining vacant championships with Carmelo Hayes & Trick Williams awarded the Raw Tag Team Champions, Rhea Ripley would be presented with the Divas Championship and Sasha Banks and Naomi would become two-time tag champions as they were made the inaugural Divas Tag Team Champions.

Eric would promise the fans that this new era of Monday Night Raw would help reestablish Monday Nights as 'The Best Night of the Week' in professional wrestling (with it being clear that Eric wasn't going to use the term sport's entertainment anytime soon).​

 

[Stojy]

Duuuude, booking so many different companies/brands/shows is a hefty challenge for sure, but looking forward to seeing how this unique universe plays out. Right off the bat, all the WWE programming changes work for me (especially Raw back to 2 hours), and brand exclusive pay per views will allow you to shine further light on your mid/lower card performers for each brand which I've always been big on.

Easy E may just be my favourite GM of all time so happy to see him get a run here. And I love Carmelo Hayes getting some serious shine by being the second draft pick overall. That's huge for a guy like him, and should probably be a catalyst for big things moving forward.

I must admit I'm not the biggest fans of titles just being awarded as opposed to earned, however the mid card title swap across brands makes complete sense.

Good luck with this mate, looking forward to following along.

 

[CakeWalker]

Duuuude, booking so many different companies/brands/shows is a hefty challenge for sure, but looking forward to seeing how this unique universe plays out. Right off the bat, all the WWE programming changes work for me (especially Raw back to 2 hours), and brand exclusive pay per views will allow you to shine further light on your mid/lower card performers for each brand which I've always been big on.

Easy E may just be my favourite GM of all time so happy to see him get a run here. And I love Carmelo Hayes getting some serious shine by being the second draft pick overall. That's huge for a guy like him, and should probably be a catalyst for big things moving forward.

I must admit I'm not the biggest fans of titles just being awarded as opposed to earned, however the mid card title swap across brands makes complete sense.

Good luck with this mate, looking forward to following along.

I work much better with bigger projects - although I will admit going at this solo rather than the co-operative of the Juicyverse is certainly going to be a challenge. I also am not a fan of titles being given rather than won - but its the sort of power move I would expect Eric to pull off especially after his recent view of not actually liking wrestling matches. There are also a lot of WWE guys - that I really dont know much about, so it certainly gives me a challenge (but I am sadist for challenges ha) Thanks for the words though.

 

[CakeWalker]

• 23rd September 2022 [Part Two] •

Eva Marie would return to the WWE after nearly a year away from the company and would reveal herself as the Personal Assistant of Triple H and that from this point onwards would act as the mouthpiece and physical representative for the boss on NXT. Eva would make it clear that she was going to be someone that members of the NXT roster were going to be able to walk all over and manipulate and that she had the full backing of the 'King of Kings'. The first ten picks for NXT - which we assumed were actually dictated by Triple were as follows:
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#1 Bron Breakker
#2 Madcap Moss​

#3 Toxic Attraction (Gigi and Jacy)
#4 Dominik Mysterio
#5 Omos
#6 Damon Kemp
#7 Axiom
#8 Bianca Belair
#9 Bayley
#10 Roxanne Perez

Bron Breakker would remain in control of the NXT Championship and Pretty Deadly would also keep possession of NXT Tag Team Championships - although the other four titles would be left vacant following the draft. Eva would also reveal that the Takeover event would return to the WWE Universe moving forward and would appear as part of the new calendar starting next year. No information would be shared in regard to NXT's plan for Europe following the closure of NXT UK.

Stephanie McMahon would be unveiled as the not only the General Manager of Smackdown, but also the owner of the blue brand and reveal that she was cashing in on an early inheritance and that from this day forward 'Smackdown is Stephanie McMahon's House' and that she was very much looking forward to turning Thursday into the best day of the week. She would fire shots that the WWE had already won the Thursday Night War in regard to the competition pushing back their time slot in clear fear of losing in a rating war to the best company in the world. Stephanie's first ten picks for Smackdown would be as follows:

#1 Roman Reigns
#2 WALTER
#3 Damage Control (IYO Sky & Dakota Kai)
#4 The Usos (Jey & Jimmy)
#5 The Imperium (Giovanni & Ludwig)
#6 Matt Riddle
#7 Kevin Owens
#8 Sami Zayn
#9 Raquel Rodriguez
#10 Alexa Bliss & Asuka

Roman Reigns, The Usos and Damage Control (Iyo Sky & Dakota Kai) would all remain champions following the draft - whilst WALTER would be feature in a direct title swap with Bobby Lashley to become the new United States Champion. This would leave the Women's Championship without a champion, as well as the recently restored Cruiserweight Championship without a champion. Stephanie would make it clear that she was determined to keep Smackdown as the top attraction in sport's entertainment and would go outside of the box in signing talent in order to solidify this position.​

 

[CakeWalker]

• 23rd September 2022 •

The House of Black would cut an intense promo towards the start of the evening in which Malakai Black would introduce Evil Uno and '10' Preston Vance as the two new members of the group, but that the pair would be seen as prospects until they proved themselves by spilling blood. Black would reveal that the House of Black would take part in a friendly exhibition match against a team handpicked by his close family friend Andrade later on in the night, as well as revealing that Evil Uno would face Killer Kelly for the vacant Impact Digital Media Championship.

The match for said championship would be really fun and massively entertaining, but Evil Uno would claim the victory to win the contest. In the planned exhibition match Andrade would recruit Rush, The Lucha Bros and Diamante who would take on Black, King, Matthews, Vance and Julia Hart. The match would prove to be an interesting exhibition match that would end in a draw as Malakai and Andrade would refuse to fight each other as they stepped into the ring and would send their respective teams to the back as the two men would shake hands before embracing in the middle of the ring.

A Championship Scramble featuring Britt Baker, Jade Cargill, Mia Yim, Ruby Soho and Taya Valkyrie would take place to crown a new Knockout's Champion. During the contest both Jade Cargill and Britt Baker would become interim champions, but Ruby Soho would end the match with the belt in her possession after hitting Mia Yim with the Soho Kick to claim a final pinfall and winning the title gold.

In the other Knockout's match of the evening The Decay (Rosemary & Havok) would defeat Fire 'N' Flava to become the new Knockout's Tag Team Champions - with this resulting in Rosemary winning the belts for the third time in her career with three different tag team partners.

EC3 would return to Impact Wrestling and proceed to introduce himself as the new leader of Honor No More and would proceed to claim an impressive return victory over W. Morrisey. Later on, in the evening EC3 would accompany OGK to the ring with Taven and Bennett successfully retaining the Impact World Tag Team Championships against a challenge, but not quite good enough team in the Gates of Agony.

With a Steel Cage and the likes of Ace Austin, Brian Pillman, Jr., Chris Bey, Josh Woods, Kenny King, Kyle O'Reilly, Tony Nese and Wardlow in a traditional Xscape match. Ace Austin and KOR would reach the final two and it would prove to be an exciting end to a new generation of X-Division stars with Kyle O'Reilly claiming the victory to become new X-Division Champion.

A Six Man Ladder Match would end up being the main event for Victory Road with Adam Cole, Brian Cage, Bully Ray, Eddie Edwards, Moose and Sami Callihan battling to climb the ladder and cement themselves as the Face of the Company in what was the first PPV/Special Event within this new era of the National Wrestling Alliance. All six men would impress, but it would be Adam Cole who would scale the ladder to become the new Impact World Champion. Following the victory Cole would demand a microphone and make it clear that he intended to turn Impact Wrestling into one of the top brands in professional wrestling and that he intended to take on the very best and prove himself to be the 'Best in the World' at Bound for Glory at the start of next month. ​

 

[CakeWalker]

• 24th September 2022 [Part Three] •

On WWE.com an exclusive free stream would broadcast detailing the fact that all three brands felt there was a need to sign additional women to their respective brands with a particular interesting in bolstering their tag division, with a clear point being made that the company fully intended on all three belts to thrive within this new era.

- Dana Brooke pairs up with Ivy Niles with the pair to wrestle under the moniker 'Muscle Bash''. Dana Brooke returning to Raw would also result in Brooke remaining in possession of the 24/7 Championship.

- Aofie Valkyrie & Xia Li would also be paired up, with no confirmation of what they would be known as.

- Shotzi Blackheart would return to the NXT roster with the intention that she would team up with Blair Davenport.

- Doupdrop would return to her previous name of Piper Niven and would be partner with Nikki Cross with the duo to be referred to as 'The Brave Hearts'.

- Whilst Tamina would be reunited with Natalya.

- Zelina Vega (dropping the Queen gimmick) would be paired up with Tiffany Stratton.

Whilst Lacey Evans & Valentina Feroz would also find themselves put together by management.​

 

[CakeWalker]

• 24th September 2022 [Part Four] •

- RAW would make final draft pick from unassigned talent with Malik Blade and Edris Enofe joining the RAW Tag Division.

- Veer Mahaan would be re-signed by NXT with a rumour that he would be involved in a program with Jinder Mahal & Shanky.

- Noam Dar would also find his contract being renewed and it being confirmed that the Scot would remain as the UK Heritage Cup holder with it being state that Triple H wanted as many champions as possible to retain their past glories especially when they hadn't been assigned a brand.

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- Rick Boogs and Roderick Strong would both be drafted to Smackdown with Boogs said to be partnered with Shelton Benjamin.

- Smackdown would also see the Grizzled Young Veterans assigned to the Smackdown Tag Division

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[CakeWalker]

• 26th September •

The WWE Championship match between Finn Balor and AJ Styles would be a real highlight of the show with the contest breaking the thirty-minute mark and both men impressing the fans in an intense barn burner with a handful of near finishes. AJ would eventually wrap up the contest and retain the title by laying out Finn with the Styles Clash. Post-match both men seemed to share a moment of respect and would throw up the ‘too sweets’ to bring an end to the evening.

Rhea Ripley would cut an intense promo in which she would make it clear that she hated the fact that she had been simply handed the Divas Championship rather than having to earn it, only to make the point that at the same time she was a hypocrite because with the financial benefits that came with holding the belt there was no way she was going to vacate the belt and that sometimes you have to hide away your moral fibers in a box. Rhea would make it clear that she intended to lay judgment upon someone at Extreme Rules and looked forward to finding out who Eric would select as her opponent at the Pay Per View.

Two matches would take place within the Divas Division with Xia Li claiming a win over Ivy Niles, whilst Sasha Banks would claim a convincing victory over Kayden Carter.

Shinsuke Nakamura would cut a promo in which he would make it clear that it was about time that he was considered worthy of challenging for the WWE Championship and that if something didn’t change soon, he would be left with no choice but to return to Japan as soon as his contract expired and make it clear that he was putting ‘Easy E’ on notice. Nakamura would then go on to pick up a win later on in the night over Dolph Ziggler.

Logan Paul would feature in a backstage interview and make it clear that going forward he intended to become a IMPAULSIVE and hoped that he would be able to find like-minded individuals to stand shoulder to shoulder with going forward.

In other matches the Brawling Brutes would pick up a win over Malik Blade and Edris Enofe, whilst Solo Sikoa would be victorious against Wes Lee.

Results
WWE Championship: AJ Styles (c) def. Finn Balor | Shinsuke Nakamura def. Dolph Ziggler | Xia Li def. Ivy Niles | Sasha Banks def. Kayden Carter
Brawling Brutes (Sheamus & Ridge Holland) def. Malik Blade and Edris Enofe | Solo Sikoa def. Wes Lee

Dark Elevation would see a number of AEW roster members and free agents take part in a number of matches:

Bear Country (Boulder & Bronson) def. Bhupinder Gujjar & Shera
Joe Hendry def. Sam Beale
Davey Boy Jr. def. Brandon Culter
Top Flight (Dante & Darius) def. Will Ferrara & JD Drake
JTG def. Dirty Dango

Free Agents: Bhupinder Gujjar, Shera, Sam Beale, Will Ferrara & Dirty Dango​

 

[CakeWalker]

• 27th September •

Dark would see a number of AEW roster members and free agents take part in a number of matches:

Su Yung def. Abadon
Heath & Rhyno def. Jordan Clearwater & Pretty Peter Avalon
Blake Christian def. Dak Draper
Doug Williams def. Billy Gunn
Dustin Rhodes def. Johnny Swinger
Brian Myers def. Wes Brisco
Wheeler Yuta def. Mike Bailey

Free Agents: Abadon, Brian Myers, Dak Draper, Johnny Swinger, Jordan Clearwater, Pretty Peter Avalon, Su Yung & Wes Brico

Eva Marie would welcome the viewers to the show and announce that under Triple H’s directive for the next few weeks two tournaments would take place to crown a new NXT North American Champion and new NXT Women’s Championship. The entrants for both tournaments would be revealed:

North American: Axiom, Bodhi Hayward, Dominik Mysterio, Humberto Garza, Madcap Moss, Shanky, Tyler Bate & Von Wagner

Women’s Championship: Bayley, Becky Lynch, Bianca Belair Charlotte Flair, Cora Jade, Meiko Satomura, Roxanne Perez & Tegan Nox

Two matches from each tournament would feature during the night. Axiom would claim a win over Shanky, whilst Dominiki would impress in a competitive contest against Bodhi Hayward in the North American bracket. In the Women’s Championship tournament Meiko Satomura would eliminate Roxanne Perez from the bracket. In the main-event, the fans would be treated to a thrilling contest between Bayley and Charlotte Flair with the two former NXT Women’s Championship blowing the roof off the building in an epic encounter with Bayley claiming the win and advancing to the next semi finals.

NXT Champion Bron Breakker would make it clear during a promo that from this day forward the NXT Championship would no longer be seen as a ‘development belt’ and he should be treated with the same level of respect that was given to both AJ Styles and Roman Reigns and would suggest that if neither man agreed on that statement, then he was more than willing to give both of them a lesson in respect at Extreme Rules. Bron would turn his attention to a few members of the roster closer to home and would name drop Austin Theory, Jinder Mahal and Ricochet and lay down the law that if either of them or anyone else felt that could stand toe-to-toe with him then they knew where to find him.

The only other match of the evening would be a tag team contest that would see The Creeds claiming a solid win over Maximum Male Models (Mace & Mansoor). At the end of the contest cameras would focus in on the NXT Tag Team Champions Pretty Deadly who would be picked up having watched the match for a sky box with it clear that Kit and Elton seemed to be scouting the competition.

Results
Axiom def. Shanky | Dominik Mysterio def. Bodhi Hayward | Meiko Satomura def. Roxanne Perez | Bayley def. Charlotte Flair
The Creeds (Brutus & Julius) def. Maximum Male Models (Mace & Mansoor)

Chris Jericho who had been appointed the Commissioner of Ring of Honor would make it clear that just because he was in a position of power that wouldn’t stop him from being the best ROH World Champion possible and would confirm that in three weeks' time on the 18th October he would be defending his championship belt against a man who he felt couldn’t be a more suitable first opponent for him to face with this new era of Ring of Honor than ‘The Icon’ himself Sting. Later on in the night, Sting would cut an emotional promo in which the veteran wrestler would make it clear that he had never expected to challenge for a World Championship ever again at this stage in his career, but he would go into the contest in three weeks' time with the intention of winning his fifteenth world championship.

Focusing back in on Chris Jericho - during the same promo in the middle of the ring and would draw focus to the Pure Championship and make the point that the Pure Division was a unique selling point of ROH and therefore it was his responsibility to make sure the crowning of a new champion was done properly. Jericho would wipe the slate clean and put a stipulation in place that the two members of the Division that claimed five wins to their name would be placed into a contest to crown the 12th ROH Pure Champion. A total of three matches would take place during the course of the evening. Jake Something would beat Kushida, Miro would make an impressive and dominant Pure Division debut by seeing away Rey Horus, whilst Pac and Kazarian would feature in a great clash with ‘The Bastard’ playing within the rules to big up the victory.

Mercedes Martinez would lay down the law as the Women of Honor Champion and offer an open challenge to any of the women in the back to come out and face her for the championship which had returned to its original branding. Martinez’s challenge would be answered by Marina Shafir with the two women putting on a great contest, but the fans would be left stunned as Shafir would lock Mercedes in Greedy and force her to tap out and by doing so becoming the new champion.

The evening would see two tag team contests take place - the Hardy Boyz would feature in a captivating contest with Decay, with Black Taurus really impressing and cut Matt in half with a Spear to claim the victory. In the other match Violent By Design (Eric Young & Joe Doering) would claim a solid victory over Starks & Hobbs.

Samoa Joe would feature in a recorded promo with Joe calling out Steve Maclin and explain that he had been impressed with what Maclin had brought to the table on Impact and wanted to face him next week in a Non-Title match.

Danhausen and PCO would also reunite backstage, with the enigmatic Danhausen informing PCO that he was very pleased to be joined by his favorite minion before proceeding to introduce the fans at home to PCO’s new tag team partner Knux (Mike Knox) and that he had every intention that the two men that he referred to as ‘Danhausen’s Boys’ would become the ROH World Tag Team Champions in the near future. The segment would be interrupted by both The Young Bucks and the Men of the Year with both teams making their feeling known at Danhausen was delusional if he thought that either of his two freaks would amount to anything considering how stacked ROH’s tag division already was.

A vignette would feature Kenny Omega - with ‘The Cleaner’ promising to put his past misconduct behind and promising wrestling fans around the world that he was deserving of their love and respect.

Results
Jake Something def. Kushida | Miro def. Rey Horus | Pac def. Kazarian | Decay (Steve & Taurus) def. Hardy Boyz
Women of Honor Championship: Marina Shafir def. Mercedes Martinez (c) | VBD def. Starks & Hobbs ​

 

[CakeWalker]

• 28th September •

The Brave Hearts (Cross & Niven) def. Natalya & Tamina

Omos def. Jinder Mahal

Ricochet def. LA Knight

Alicia Atout would make it clear that as the Director of Talent Relations she had been given two directives from Tony Khan. The first was to make sure that the AEW Rankings remain as one of the key values of the brand moving forward and that she would follow the rankings to the letter and there would be no chance of anyone skipping the queue. The second directive would be crown as many champions and possible, with Alicia making the point that every belt apart from the Trios Belts would see new champions and that the entire show would be dedicated to purely the action in the ring and that apart from the men and women booked to compete tonight, everyone had been sent home.

Atout would also add that the IWGP Tag Team Champions FTR would defend their New Japan belts this evening against Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin. In that particular match the Motor CIty Machine Guns would put on a good show and would be the first time challenging for NJPW belts since winning the Junior belts in 2009. Dax and Cash would prove to be far too strong as a team though to retain the straps. After the contest, Dax would grab a microphone and make it clear that not only were they coming for The Acclaimed, but the pair of them (him and Cash) were on the hunt for a third man to join them in the hope of claiming trios gold.

Kris Statlander and Masha Slamovich would be pitted against each other with the hopes of becoming the 2nd TBS Champion - with the belt inaugural winner Jade having never lost the belt before being assigned to Impact Wrestling. The match would prove to be a great Female Boss Battle, with Masha hitting Statlander with the Tiger Driver to win the contest and become the TBS Champion.

The contest for the All-Atlantic Championship would be fought in a Fatal Four Way match between Colt Cabana, Blake Christian, Trey Miguel and JTG. The match would be a messy and dangerous battleground with everyone involved desperate to claim the belt. The break would come with Blake Christian nailing Colt Cabana with 2K1 Driver only for JTG to push Christian out of the way to steal the victory out from under him. JTG would look very pleased with himself as he was presented with the All-Atlantic Championship, with Blake Christian visibly annoyed.

Daniel Garcia would absolutely dominate Orange Cassidy in a match for the TNT Championship and continue to cement himself as one of the hottest rising stars in pro wrestling.

The match for the AEW World Championship would be a truly epic encounter between Bryan Danielson and Claudio Castagnoli with both men coming so close to beating the other. However, as time started to run out both men became desperate and both men looked gutted as the bell would be rung to signal a draw as AEW would go off air as the credits would hit and the show would come to a finish with no world champion crowned.

Results
IWGP Tag Team Championships: FTR (c) def. Motor City Machine Guns | AEW TBS Championship: Kris Statlander vs. Masha Slamovich | AEW All-Atlantic Championship: JTG def. Colt Cabana vs. Trey Miguel vs. Blake Christian | TNT Championship: Daniel Garcia def. Orange Cassidy | AEW World Championship: DRAW - Bryan Danielson vs. Claudio Castagnoli​

 

[CakeWalker]

Building this backstory is a real interesting challenge - can't wait to get past this brick laying stage

 

[CakeWalker]

• 29th September •

Stephanie McMahon announced that during this evening's show a tournament would take place to find a champion for the currently vacant WWE Women’s Championship with Stephanie placing a lot of importance on continuing to cement Smackdown as the very best brand in pro wrestling. Stephanie would book four triple threat matches - with the winners advancing to the evening’s final. The results in the four matches would be as follows:

Asuka def. Shayna Bazler vs. Valentina Feroz

Tiffany Stratton def. Lacey Evans vs. Alba Fyre

Raquel Rodriguez def. Candice LeRae vs. IYO SKY

Alexa Bliss def. Zelina Vega vs. Dakota Kai

During the night Mandy Rose would make an objection to not being included in the tournament, whilst backstage in Stephanie McMahon’s office. Stephanie would make it clear that she had left Mandy out of the tournament intentionally and would inform Mandy that the winner of the tournament would be booked to face her in their first defense of the Women’s Championship at Extreme Rules.

“Women’s Night” would end with an intense Fatal Four Way starring Asuka, Tiffany Stratton, Alexa Bliss & Raquel Rodriguez with all four stars battling to win the belt. It would be intense with pinfalls and submissions being broken and stopped with two extra bodies in the ring. ‘The Goddess’ would win the match and become a six-time Women’s Champion by nailing Stratton with the Code Red whilst Raquel and Asuka were fighting amongst themselves at ringside to claim the victory. The celebration would be non-existent though, as Mandy Rose would slide into the ring chair in hand and crack Alexa over the head with a stiff chair shot to end the night in a violent fashion.

Adam Cole would open the show with the Impact World Championship hanging off his shoulder as he would sit on a high stool chair in the middle of the ring underneath a spotlight. Cole would make it clear that winning the belt only to make the point that all six of opponents had been less than adequate. Cole would make it clear that had felt deeply insulted by being sent away from AEW and at the very least he had been hoping to at least get to return to Ring of Honor instead. Cole would make it clear that he was declaring war on the AEW roster - and that he and likeminded individuals were going to do everything in them to reclaim their rightful places working on the main stage rather than sent away to work in the minor leagues. Cole would point towards the back, and he would be joined in the ring by CM Punk, Kyle O’Reilly, MJF, Andrade, Malakai, Britt Baker and Jade Cargill. Cole would make the point that he was surrounded by people that before the roster changes would likely never been fighting on the same side - but in times of war you find yourself surrounded by unlikely allies.

CM Punk would request the microphone from Adam and send a direct message to Tony Khan calling him an uneducated vanilla midget.

Malakai Black and Andrade would both make it clear that with them came numbers and loyal soldiers willing to put their bodies on the line for the cause, but that Mick Foley time as Impact General Manager would be short lived as they intended to to absolutely destroy this second brand until they were all returned to the promised land.

MJF would make it clear that it was going to be his way or the Helmsley way - and he hoped that TK saw the wrongs of his decisions and overturned this terrible experiment.

The eight wrestlers would be soon joined by Brodie King, Buddy Matthew, Evil Uno, Preston Vance, Julia Hart, Rush and the Lucha Bros with the fifteen figures refusing to exit the ring and it was clear that they were making a real bold statement. Mick Foley would make it clear that he wasn’t going to have a bunch of hooligans spoil the show for everyone else - and would declare it open season and offer anyone a $1,000 bonus if they could help from the reprobates from the ring.

Honor No More (EC3, Eddie Edwards, Matt Taven, Mike Bennett, Vincent, Josh Woods & Kenny King) would be the first to come out and would soon by joined by Sami Calihan & Madman Fulton. Sami would borrow the microphone off Foley and make it clear that instead of just going down to the ring and getting themselves in a meaningless brawl, perhaps tonight could see the Impact Loyalists taking on the AEW Exiles. Sami would look towards the back and with a lot of passion demand that other loyalist emerge from the back. Brian Cage, Bully Ray and Moose would slowly emerge from back and would soon find themselves being joined by Ace Austin, Chris Bey and Taya Valkyrie. There would be a screech from Calihan as the Loyalists would charge down towards the ring as a brutal and uncontrollable brawl would take place and despite security teamas doing their best to try and control the situation the fans would be treated to a chaotic street fight that would last for well over ten minutes and it was clear that the fans loved every single moment of it.

The night would see no matches being completed, with either the Loyalists or the Exiles getting involved in match only for battles to continue between both groups or for fight to be breaking out back. With Mick Foley calling Tony Khan up during the end of the evening and making it clear that the situation on Impact was completely out of control.​

 

[Stojy]

This still feels so much like a bizarre universe in here but I actually don't mind it. Everything feels so fresh and different almost immediately. Enjoyed the booking of SD here just being solely focused on the Womens Title. An awesome way to make the title feel important to basically dedicate the entire episode to it. Cool to see Bliss back on top, and some heat already there with Mandy's attack for the next big title match.

lol Impact vs. Honour No More has become Impact and Honour No More vs. AEW Exiles. Cool. So much talent involved here. Always find these over the top faction wars can get a little hard to keep coherent and interesting, but with the amount of big names on the roster, I think you should manage just fine. The angle definitely has my interest, looking forward to seeing it progress.

 

[CakeWalker]

This still feels so much like a bizarre universe in here but I actually don't mind it. Everything feels so fresh and different almost immediately. Enjoyed the booking of SD here just being solely focused on the Womens Title. An awesome way to make the title feel important to basically dedicate the entire episode to it. Cool to see Bliss back on top, and some heat already there with Mandy's attack for the next big title match.

lol Impact vs. Honour No More has become Impact and Honour No More vs. AEW Exiles. Cool. So much talent involved here. Always find these over the top faction wars can get a little hard to keep coherent and interesting, but with the amount of big names on the roster, I think you should manage just fine. The angle definitely has my interest, looking forward to seeing it progress.

Thank you - at the moment I am really trying to write a condensed back story - so i can take the project in the direction I want to 'ACTUALLY' start from - but without any details I feel it would fall short

 

[CakeWalker]

• 30th September/1st October •

A video package would introduce the WWE Universe to the newest members of the Cruiserweight Division - with it being reiterated that until the foreseeable future all these men would wrestle exclusively in the division. A highlight reel would introduce:

Rich Swann, Bandido, Ashley Remington, (Dalton Castle), Evan Bourne, KJ Orso (Fuego del Sol), Hakim Zane (Rohit Raju), Austin Aries, Ninja Mack, Tye Dillinger (Shawn Spears), Ryu (Dragon Lee), Serpentico, Laredo Kid, Rhett Titus, Angelico, Lee Johnson & Juicy Moriarty (Lee Moriarty).

The new signings would join Cedric Alexander and Jordan Devlin who were the only members of the roster prior to the show beginning. A total of four matches would feature during the show:

Jordan Devlin def. Serpentico

Ninja Mack def. Lee Johnson

Rich Swann def. KJ Orso

Bandido def. Angélico

The first match of Rampage would be an intense tag team clash between Best Friends and the Killer Elite Squad (who would reunite for the first time since 2019). The pairing of Lance Larcher and Davey Boy, Jr. would look great and prove themselves as the better team and the seven-time world tag team champions claiming the victory.

Post-match the cameras would cut backstage to The Acclaimed. Anthony Bowens would make it clear that it didn’t matter what a bunch of nerds and cuckolds had achieved in Japan because The Acclaimed had arrived and had no intention of going anywhere anytime soon.

Josh Alexander would claim an impressive and very clear-cut victory to make his AEW Rampage debut and would grab a mike post-match and make it clear that he very much intended on making himself All Atlantic.

Backstage Matt Cardona and Chelsea Green would be interviewed with Cardona making it clear that he was very much looking forward to his second stint with All Elite Wrestling, and now that he was a married man and had the hottest wife in pro wrestling, he was the greatest wrestler of all time. Cardona would make it clear that the Summer of Cardona had made the minor leagues relevant, but the Winter of Cardona was going to be truly glorious. Chelsea would then step forward and make her intentions known that she was going to tear apart every woman on AEW before becoming Chelsea two belts.

The evening would close with a really thrilling contest between Jonathan Gresham and Nick Aldis - with Britain claiming the win to close the night.

Results
Killer Elite Squad (Davey Boy, Jr. & Lance Archer) def. Best Friends (Trent? & Chuck Taylor) | Josh Alexander def. JD Drake | Nick Aldis def. Jonathan Gresham

A number of supplementary matches would feature on Heat - with it being announced that they were Dark Matches that had featured after RAW had gone off air:

Bobby Lashley def. Dexter Lumis

Sonya Deville def. Wendy Choo

Legado Del Fantasma (Joaquin Wilde & Raul Mendoza) def. Alpha Academy (Chad Gable & Otis)​