WWE Super Showdown 2020 RESULT & Return of Goldberg
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Post WWE Raw 1/25/2021 Show Discussion Thread
MATCH RESULTS
Winner
Match Finish
Loser
Stipulation
Charlotte
DQ when Nia attacks Charlotte
Shayna Bazler
Charlotte, Mandy Rose, and Dana Brooke
Count-Out
Shayna Bazler, Nia Jax, and Lacey Evans
Nia Jax, Shayna Bazler, and Lacey Evans
Leg Drop
Dana Brooke, Mandy Rose, and Charlotte
Xavier Woods
Shining Wizard
Slapjack w/ Retribution
Sheamus
White Noise
John Morrison w/ The Miz
Miz and Morrison
Skull Crushing Finale
Sheamus
AJ Styles w/ Omos
Calf Crusher
R-Truth
Riddle
Roll-up
Shelton Benjamin, MVP, and Cedric Alexander
Gauntlet Match
Alexa Bliss
No-Contest due to Orton
Asuka (c)
For the Raw Women's Championship
IMPORTANT NOTES
Kickoff with Drew McIntyre returning and making his way down to the ring. Drew says it feels good to back, and thanks all the fan for their get well wishes. He says he got so lucky with his symptoms, he was able to train by day four, and wants to dedicate his match this Sunday to everyone who is fighting this disease. Speaking of other things people are sick of, Bill Goldberg. Drew says he isn't going to look at Goldberg lightly, he destroyed Hogan, the Rock, and then came back years later to start a new streak which Drew vows to end this Sunday. Drew says he's pumped up when Miz and Morrison come out. Miz says Drew vs Goldberg will be the WWE equivalent of Kong vs Godzilla, but when there is a conflict of that magnitude, there are consequences. One or both of them could end up injured, and whoever wins will be a sitting duck for Miz and Morrison to beat the holy hell out of. Then Miz will cash in his Money in the Bank and be the new WWE Champion. Goldberg makes his way down to the ring, and simply tells Drew he's next. Miz and Morrison try to egg McIntyre and Goldberg on but the two of them grab Miz and Morrison throw them into the ring. Goldberg spears Miz, and Drew Claymores Morrison, before they go face to face again and Drew holds up the title.
Backstage Charlotte is interviewed about her upcoming match with Shayna Bazler, she says it's one thing to call yourself a queen it's another to be one. She says she'll be defending the tag titles, and entering the Rumble and is going to bet on herself to win the Rumble once again. She says her father hanging around with Lacey Evans is the darkest place Ric has ever been in.
After Charlotte is attacked by Nia Jax, Mandy Rose and Dana Brooke run down to give her some back up against Nia and Shayna. Mandy and Dana are able to distract them but Lacey comes out and attacks Charlotte.
Mustafa Ali says the greatest moment in Kofi's life happened because of the worst moment in Ali's, Kofi took his spot at Elimination Chamber and stole his Wrestlemania opportunity.
Xavier Woods tries to escape after beating Slapjack but is cut off by T-Bar and thrown back into the ring where he and Mace double chokeslam Woods. Mace and T-Bar hold a dazed Woods while Slapjack gets a chair for Ali, Ali is about to hit Woods but stops and sits down. He says he is the king and like any good king he will show mercy, but he wants Woods to send a message to Kofi that his Royal Rumble spot has been forfeited, and he has been replaced by Mustafa Ali.
Riddle runs into R-Truth who says the Hurt Business have a birthday surprise for him in the VIP Lounge. Truth says they're gonna give him 24 karats, but mixes them up with carrots.
It's time for the VIP lounge with The Hurt Business. MVP says Bobby has something important he needs to bring to their attention, but first he tells Cedric and Shelton to focus on Riddle tonight. Bobby says sometimes you have to believe in someone else's belief in you. The Hurt Business is loaded with gold and this is just the beginning. Shelton starts to speak but he's cut off by Cedric who says the Hurt Business is on a roll thanks to MVP. Bobby says they wanted to give MVP a token of their appreciation, since they all have gold, they'll give MVP some gold of his own. MVP opens a box with a necklace that looks like one of MVP's classic medallions, but with THB instead. Cedric takes credit for working with the designer but Shelton cuts him off. R-Truth comes out and MVP is irate, asking why R-Truth is out there. Truth says he is there for the surprise party but MVP says he isn't on the list. Cedric tells Truth this has nothing to do with him, but Truth says the "THB" stands for Truth Happy Birthday. Shelton says this isn't the time and Truth wants to start a dance party. Lashley says he actually has a gift but it's in the ring. Truth is about to enter when a horde of wrestlers rush down to try and win the 24/7 Championship. Lashley takes care of them but Riddle is able to sneak into the ring and hit the Final Flash on MVP.
Backstage R-Truth says he wants to show he deserves an opportunity of getting in the Money in the Bank ladder match. AJ Styles and Omos come by and say he'd gladly give R-Truth a chance to prove himself because he's so benevolent. Truth that's cool that AJ is benevolent, he's a Capricorn and asks if Omos is a Taurus. He then talks about the time he and Road Dogg broke down their taurus on the way to a show.
After Morrison is defeated, Miz challenges Sheamus to face both him and Morrison in a handicap match right now and Sheamus agrees.
Shayna says she is going to through out everyone in the Royal Rumble just like she did to Mandy Rose last week, even her own tag partner. Nia takes offense to this and says she carries their team.
Jeff Jarrett is at his home and gives us his prediction as to who will win between Goldberg and Drew McIntyre. He says we'll see a spear, a jackhammer, and 1, 2, 3 a new WWE Champion.
Shanya and Nia are arguing backstage when Charly stops by to interview them. They admit they've never gotten along even when they were champions. Shayna figures with Charlotte being distracted by her father, now would be the perfect time to get a rematch for the titles.
Charlotte is interviewed, she says she has been accused of living off her last name, and now a woman is literally wearing her dad's robes and taking advantage of her dad's name. Charlotte says Lacey can wear the robe but she'll never take her crown.
Adam Pearce tells Ricochet if he wins against AJ Styles tonight he could earn a spot in the Royal Rumble. AJ and Omos come by and wonders who in their right mind would take advise from a coward like Adam Pearce who ran away from his match with Roman. At least Ricochet will lose with some dignity tonight. Ricochet AJ is forgetting what happened at TLC and that AJ will need more than a 7 foot giant to stop him tonight. AJ says he doesn't think he likes Adam Pearce anymore, and if he doesn't like him them Omos doesn't like him.
Backstage Ric Flair is teaching Lacey how to reverse out of some holds when Charlotte walks in on them. She tells Lacey to leave. Ric says just because Charlotte is a big star doesn't mean there's no place for for him in the lockeroom. Charlotte says this is the Ric that would spend money on everyone but his family and that this isn't cute anymore, he isn't a legend, he's becoming an old man. She says she isn't the bad guy and wants him to know that. As she leave Lacey hits her with the Woman's Right and woos as she walks off with Ric.
Alexa Bliss is in the middle of the ring singing the "how does your garden grow?" nursery rhyme and says she had so much fun last week. She talks to the empty swing and watches her burning Randy's face on an old TV. She then says she just wanted to have some fun with Asuka in her playground, but she mentioned him. She rewatches her victory over Asuka from last week and her mid-match transformation. She asks if we liked her trick and says he taught her that, and that she can't wait to see him again so she can thank him. Tonight she has the opportunity to win a shiny new toy, and just like last week she doesn't feel like playing nice. Alexa starts creepily singing ring around the rosey, then stares into the camera as images of The Fiend flash over her face, and finishes with Bray's voice saying let me in.
After the gauntlet match Bobby Lashley attacks Riddle from behind and locks in the Hurt Lock.
Edge says 2020 has taught him that you can't sleep on tomorrow, if you have a dream you gotta fight for it everyday because tomorrow is not guaranteed. Sometimes you just have to stand up and dust yourself off so you can keep walking forward. Ten years ago he went to sleep as the World Heavyweight Championship, a week later he had to forfeit that title and his career. Edge says he never can forget when he told his mom he wanted to be a wrestler and she told him to go do it. Those words are what allowed him to fight for nine years to get his dream back. At Backlash Randy Orton killed his triceps, and reminded him that everything you hold dear can be ripped away in a moment. You can't live in that space though, you gotta fight. He remembered what his mom said, and with that in mind he is entering the Royal Rumble. He says it won't be last year because the stakes are higher, he knows his window is closing and he has to use this as an opportunity to win back the title he never lost. Edge says he will fight with every fiber of his being to make this dream a reality. He says a world without dreamers and fighters is a much less magical place, and brings up a Henry Ford quote, "if you think you can, or think you can't, you're right." Edge says he can.
During Alexa vs Asuka, Alexa's music starts to play and Alexa appear back in her original form, visibly afraid and confused. Asuka rushes her but Alexa sends her into the turnbuckle. The lights in the Thunderdome go out, and a creepy music box plays, causing Alexa to turn into her dark form from last week. She locks in the Mandible Claw on Asuka but Randy Orton appears behind her to hit her with an RKO before Asuka can pass-out.
Kickoff with Randy Orton in a pitch black room, he says those who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes. We see Orton is wearing a white mask and says the voices in his head have been getting louder. This mask now encapsulates his fate, three weeks ago he showed Alexa Bliss a side of himself he didn't know, compassion. Orton says the hatred he felt for himself had to be redirected to the next lamb to the slaughter, until she interrupted. They show the ending to last week's Raw where Alexa interrupted Randy's fight with Triple H. Randy says this is the damnation he received for his compassion, he can't even go to sleep because when he closes his eyes all he sees is the ball of fire going towards his face. The feeling of the fire melting his flesh will never go away and any shred of compassion has left his body. Randy says he is wearing the mask to protect himself and to protect everyone else from seeing the horror he endured. Despite the agony he felt lucky, he received 1st degree burns when he could have been permanently disfigured. He doesn't blame Alexa, he blames The Fiend. Alexa was merely the vehicle, and he knows exactly what The Fiend wants, he wants to stop Randy from achieving the inevitable. Footage is show of Orton's two Royal Rumble wins. He knows everyone in the locker room enjoyed seeing his face burned since they assumed it would take him out of the Rumble, but even if all his limbs were chopped off he'd still compete. Orton says the pain fuels his every move. He tells everyone to thank The Fiend when he burns their Royal Rumble dreams to ashes. Orton lights a match and stares into it before blowing it out.
We see Lacey Evan and Ric Flair arriving to the arena together. Lacey is appalled that Charly Caruso is even trying to interview her, and says there is a reason Ric is called the dirtiest player in the game, and last he was living up to his name. She is simply learning from one of the greatest of all time and her and Ric are going to watch Peyton Royce beat Charlotte.
During Peyton vs Charlotte, Ric Flair comes out with Lacey Evans wearing one of his robes.
Backstage the Hurt Business insult Riddle, but he says he wants to take the the high road. Riddle says they're looking sharp with Creddy Cheddy, Shelton making Benjamins, and says Bobby isn't looking slobby. The Hurt Business walks off but Bobby tells Riddle he likes the flip flops but worries they may hurt his feet. Bobby stomps on Riddle's foot and Riddle says he's gonna put his foot up Lashley's ass later.
Lucha House Party are asking Riddle if he'll still be good for their match later. Riddle assures them back in high school his cousin ran over his foot and he still was able to go to prom.
Mustafa Ali says Kofi suffering from a broken jaw isn't enough, he wants to break his spirit too. He says he hopes Kofi missed Elimination Chamber and Wrestlemania so he can feel the same pain Ali felt two years ago when Kofi took his dreams from him.
Backstage Asuka says she doesn't know what to expect from Alexa's playhouse, but a recap video is played during the middle of the interview so we only hear her say something about Alexa's dark side at the end.
It's time for Alexa's playground with special guest Asuka. Alexa welcomes us and says she is so excited but first she has to address the viper in the room. She says she just wanted to talk to Randy last week, but things got a little heated. Alexa says if Randy needs an suggestions for sunblock just let her know. Alexa welcomes out Asuka to the playground, Asuka makes her way down and is about to sit on the other swing but Alexa says that isn't her seat. Alexa asks if they're okay and Asuka says she's okay but Alexa says she isn't talking to her. Asuka decided to stand off to the side and the two of them laugh awkwardly. Alexa says she has some big news and announces she is entering the Royal Rumble. Asuka wishes her luck, while Alexa realizes if she wins she may face Asuka at Wrestlemania. Asuka says she's a big fan of hers and Alexa accepts the compliment. Asuka says yowie wowie but Alexa turns to the empty swing and says she shouldn't have said that. Asuka tries to have some fun and dances to her music but Alexa yells at her to stop. Alexa apologizes and says if he was still there everything would be fine. Asuka says it's okay and says The Fiend is still here. Alexa gets angry and tells Asuka not to say His name. Asuka ducks out of the ring as a rocking horse starts moving on its own.
Backstage Miz and Morrison are interviewed, Miz says he won't give any spoilers and everyone will have to tune in to see what they have in store for Goldberg tonight.
Shayna says she is going to through out everyone in the Royal Rumble just like she did to Mandy Rose last week, even her own tag partner. Nia takes offense to this and says she carries their team.
Jeff Jarrett is at his home and gives us his prediction as to who will win between Goldberg and Drew McIntyre. He says we'll see a spear, a jackhammer, and 1, 2, 3 a new WWE Champion.
Shanya and Nia are arguing backstage when Charly stops by to interview them. They admit they've never gotten along even when they were champions. Shayna figures with Charlotte being distracted by her father, now would be the perfect time to get a rematch for the titles.
Charlotte is interviewed, she says she has been accused of living off her last name, and now a woman is literally wearing her dad's robes and taking advantage of her dad's name. Charlotte says Lacey can wear the robe but she'll never take her crown.
Adam Pearce tells Ricochet if he wins against AJ Styles tonight he could earn a spot in the Royal Rumble. AJ and Omos come by and wonders who in their right mind would take advise from a coward like Adam Pearce who ran away from his match with Roman. At least Ricochet will lose with some dignity tonight. Ricochet AJ is forgetting what happened at TLC and that AJ will need more than a 7 foot giant to stop him tonight. AJ says he doesn't think he likes Adam Pearce anymore, and if he doesn't like him them Omos doesn't like him.
It's time for the Dirt Sheet with Miz and Morrison. Miz says this is the biggest edition in Dirt Sheet history, Morrison says it is extra dirty. Miz says their guest is the biggest in the history of their show and calls him a hero to many superstars of today. Miz introduces Goldberg, his music hits, and security rushes the stages only for GILLBERG TO APPEAR! Morrison says he looks bigger than ever and Miz asks how he'll train for the Royal Rumble. Gillberg says he is going to run his head into a wall, blow smoke out his nose, and fire out his ass. Drew McIntyre's music hits but a small fat man holding a tiny sword comes out. Not-Drew plants the sword and small fire bursts out. Not-Drew says he is here to meet his opponent face to face. Miz says he doesn't want this to devolve into into fisticuffs, they got to settle things with words. Not-Drew says he is going to kick Goldberg's ass back to 1998 and then eat some haggus. John says Not-Drew isn't doing a good enough Scottish accent and so he asks to do another take. Miz tells him it's live and asks where Morrison got this guy. John says New Jersey and Miz says you should only hire actors from New York, Hollywood, or Cleveland. Morrison says nothing ever good comes from Cleveland and the two of them argue until Gillberg comes up and growls at them. They tell him to shut up and Miz says it doesn't matter who win at the Royal Rumble, he's going to cash in his MitB and that he will be next.
Elias tells Ryker they better not have any mix ups this week. Jaxson apologies for last week but Elias says this isn't the place for mistakes and asks him what his goal is tonight. Ryker says he is going to finish what he started and make Jeff Hardy accept the universal truth. Ryker asks if Elias is sure he won't help him tonight but Elias just shoos him off.
Jaxson Ryker and Elias after his match, with Ryker saying he didn't need his help. Jeff uses this opening to attack Ryker and hit the Twist of Fate.
During Alexa vs Asuka, a creepy song plays and all the lights go out after they start to glow purple. We return from the ad break with Alexa just standing in the middle of the ring as Asuka circles them, the arena bathed in a purple light. Alexa is also now wearing a black shirt instead of the pink one from before, and her hair is different. After the match the screen flickers and Alexa returns to her appearance from before the match and we hear The Fiend's voice say "let me in".
Post WWE Raw Legends Night 1/4/2021 Show Discussion Thread
MATCH RESULTS
Winner
Match Finish
Loser
Stipulation
The New Day
Shining Wizard
Miz and Morrison
AJ Styles w/ Omos
Styles Clash
Elias w/ Jackson Ryker
Peyton Royce and Lacey Evan
Roll-Up after Ric trips Charlotte
Charlotte and Asuka w/ Ric Flair
Riddle
Roll-Up
Bobby Lashley w/ MVP
Dana Brooke
Kirafuda Clutch pin counter
Shayna Bazler
Randy Orton
RKO
Jeff Hardy
Lucha House Party
Crucifix Pin
The Hurt Business w/ MVP
R-Truth
Roll-Up
Angel Garza
For the 24/7 Championship
Drew McIntyre
Claymore
Keith Lee
For the WWE Championship
IMPORTANT NOTES
Kickoff Huk Hogan talking about the H-Phone, which let's you access all your social media, and make a call to ask one question, Whatcha gonna do brother?
We open on Miz TV, Miz says this isn't a regular episode of Miz TV because it's legends night! He says tonight Keith Lee will battle Drew McIntyre for the WWE Championship, Jeff Hardy will face Randy Orton, and a ton of legends, Morrison names off some of the legends such as Ric Flair, Torrie Wilson, Booker T, and Hulk Hogan, then adds one more, The Miz. Miz says he is feeling optimistic about the new year as management has rightfully given him his MitB contract back and this will be the year of Miz and Morrison. Miz welcomes his guests for tonight, Xavier Woods, and Kofi Kingston, The New Day. They make their way down to the ring, Miz thanks them for coming on but Kofi thanks them instead for actually coming on their new show, New Day Talks. Kofi welcomes us to their show and says he is the host, and Xavier is his band leader. Kofi takes control of the show and says their show will have it all, Xavier says they got tea, beef, and even smell-o-vision as they plug their noses at Miz and Morrison. Miz says Xavier is just trying to get some practice in before he bombs on G4. Kofi gets some cue cards out and starts asking Miz and Morrison if they have any resolutions. Miz blows off the question as Morrison actually lists off some of his resolutions. For the next question Kofi asks which of the legends they'd want to go to dinner with, Morrison says Tatanka and Miz explodes because they have taken over his show. Teddy Long comes out and says he has the perfect solution! Miz and Morrison will face The Undertaker. Adam Pearce comes out to whisper something in Teddy's ear and he has another solution, Miz and Morrison will face The New Day in a tag team match playa! Teddy Long shuffles.
Backstage Randy Orton is interviewed, he says last week the voices were telling him to drop the match and set Alexa on fire, but he couldn't do it. He says he couldn't because he changed after he faced The Fiend, he showed Alexa mercy and he hates himself for it. Randy says he can sculpt that hatred, and he now realizes he is capable of everything and anything. He wonder what he could do if he directed that hatred towards someone else. Randy says he doesn't want to talk about The Fiend, he's going to find some old friends, some legends, and have a talk.
Backstage Angel Garza runs into Alica Fox and asks her if she thinks his 24/7 title is the most beautiful thing he's ever seen, she says she's seen more beautiful things on tiktok. He then runs into Sgt. Slaughter, Mickier James, and Tatanka. Slaughter calls him a puke, Angel gives his rose to Mickie, then Sargent calls him a maggot after smelling the rose. Tatanka just stands there.
After Elias vs Styles, Jackson Ryker tries to strike AJ with the guitar but Omos gets in the ring and kicks the guitar, destroying it.
Backstage Riddle pitches the Big Show on being the Big Bro and Big Show sings it out, before Riddle goes off to get ready for his match. Randy Orton meets with Show and says it must be a funny feeling to know he can never step in the ring again. Show says he could still go but Orton says after the punt he could never go again. Orton puts a hand over Show's throat and he sits back down. Randy tells Show he's embarrassed to be considered a legend and not a competitor, and if he wants to prove him wrong he can step up to the legend killer.
After her match, Charlotte tells Ric to stay out of her business and makes him walk to the back by himself.
Backstage Shamus asks Drew if he's ready for tonight. Drew says he's looking forward to showing the legends that his title is in good hands. Sheamus asks him to give Keith Lee an extra kick for him. Hulk Hogan and Jimmy Hart come by, and Hulk says Drew reminds him of himself and says it looks like Drew has been saying his vitamins and saying his prayers. Drew says if he's Hulk then Sheamus with his big mouth is Jimmy Hart. Sheamus gets mad at the comparison and says Jimmy isn't invited to drinks later and storms off after Jimmy shouts at him with his microphone. Hogan thanks Drew for holding the WWE flag high during these crazy times and the two of them ask what we're gonna do brother.
Backstage Mark Henry tells Ricochet to keep fighting for what he believes in and Ricochet thanks him for the advise. Randy Orton comes by and says he is entering himself in the Royal Rumble match and asks Mark if he'll do the same. He looks at Mark's leg scooter and says it's unlikely he'll ever be in a match again. Randy says it's sad seeing the World's Strongest Man on a scooter and asks how fast that thing moves. Mark says hopefully it's faster than Orton. Randy says he remembers all the times Henry hit him with the World's Strongest slam and he's going to give him a chance to pedal himself out of here before he gets hurt. Mark does so with a dejected look on his face.
Mandy Rose comes down for a match but her scheduled opponent, Shayna Bazler, attacks her from behind. Dana Brooke runs down to stop the attack and challenges Shayna to face her instead. After the match Shayna locks the Kirafuda on Dana but Mandy is able to fight her off.
Ric Flair is chatting with IRS and Molly Holly backstage when Randy approaches him from behind. Randy says maybe Ric should walk him down the aisle like old times, but hopefully he wouldn't screw him like he screwed Charlotte. Ric says he'll never walk Randy down that aisle again, he says he could have been there when Randy won his 14th world title. Randy says after the punt kick last spring he sees a man who looks like Ric Flair, and talks like Ric Flair, but he isn't the same man who taught him everything he knows.
Backstage Riddle wishes Keith Lee good luck for his match tonight, and says new year, new champ. Keith thanks him but shoos him off.
The Lucha House Party are backstage and run into Melina who does a Lucha Lucha chant with them.
Backstage Torrie Wilson is chatting with Nikki Cross when Angel Garza interrupts her and offers a rose to her. Torrie tells her she's busy, but says Cardi B and some of her other friends are down the hall. Angel goes down the hall into a dark room where he finds the Boogieman! Angel runs out in fear and gets rolled up by R-Truth to win the 24/7 Title. Ron Simmons stands over Angel and says damn.
After the match, Keith Lee and Drew fist bump as a show of respect and Drew grabs a mic. However before he can talk Goldberg comes out to the ring! Drew hands him the mic and Goldberg says he was in the back, and was thinking there wasn't a better representative to be the WWE Champion, he's got speed, strength, size, but he doesn't have respect. Goldberg says he heard what Drew said, but in his mind he looked at the legends as a bunch of washed up has beens, and that none of them could pose a threat to him. Goldberg says he can prove that wrong. Goldberg says he is challenging Drew for the title at the Royal Rumble. Drew says he was always about respect, he says Goldberg isn't the same man he was 20 years ago, and fighting him would be like fighting his dad. Goldberg laughs at this and pushes down Drew.
Kickoff with Triple H making his way to the ring, he welcomes us to Raw and is about to say something is difficult but he is cut off by Randy Orton coming making his way out. Randy says the office decided to show up because Drew McIntyre couldn't. Randy says Hunter is aware he was supposed to have a big match tonight, but seeing as Triple H is there he has to make a decision. He asks to either be put in the Royal Rumble at number 30 or just hand him the WWE Championship right now. Hunter tells him if he wants a shot at the title so bad then he should win the Rumble by doing whatever it takes. Orton says it's clear Hunter is only there to make a decision and it regards him. Triple H says he's been watching the old Randy Orton step back into the spotlight the last year. He saw Randy look into the match and set The Fiend on fire, and in that moment Hunter says he was never more proud. Triple H says there are a few things he doesn't understand though, like attacking and humiliating legends such as Ric Flair. He says it doesn't make sense because it doesn't benefits Randy, all it does is takes Orton's pride away. It solidified to HHH that Randy isn't a legend, he's just a no good prick. Randy says Hunter can call him what he wants but he is a legend in his own time, the same way Triple H was. Randy wonders if Triple H still has it in him, and wonders if he can take the legend of Triple H out once and for all. Randy says he doesn't want to challenge Triple H to a match, but a good old fight. Triple H says Randy is smart enough to know if someone wants you to do something, you don't give in to them. Randy asks if Triple H really doesn't want to fight tonight, or if he just hasn't been able to get his balls out of Stephanie's purse. Triple H is about to respond when he clocks Orton in the jaw. Randy ducks out of the ring and takes it as a yes.
Backstage Charlotte is interviewed, she says Lacey isn't the first woman to hit on her dad in front of her and calls her actions classless. She gets angry at the interviewer for even asking her about her dad before she is about to have a match.
Lacey says she wasn't flirting with anyone who didn't want to be flirted with, Ric may be Charlotte's daddy but he is a real man's man and what woman wouldn't want a piece of that? She dedicates her match tonight to Ric.
Drew shoots a video from his house and says he wish he could be there tonight but he tested positive for Covid. He says he luckily has no symptoms but urges everyone to take the disease seriously, wear a mask, and socially distance, not just for their own sake but for people around them.
During Charlotte vs Lacey, Ric Flair styles and profiles his way down to the ring.
Backstage an interviewer asks Lacey and Ric what happened out there, they both ignore her and Lacey says she's going to change at the hotel.
Backstage Keith Lee is being interviewed when Sheamus interrupts. He says that after last week he has Drew's respect which means he has his respect too and wants to put everything behind them. Miz and Morrison come by and says this must be losers' row. Miz says they are keeping to their resolutions and they have Sheamus and Lee next on their list. Just like his Cleveland Browns, the Miz is here to surprise and overcome. Keith asks if they are challenging him and Sheamus to a fight tonight and say that isn't a wise idea. Miz stands by his challenge, saying the last time the two teamed up Sheamus kicked Lee's teeth out.
Elias tells Jeff Hardy he is going to face Jaxson Ryker instead because he is suffering from a thumb injury. Ryker says he has been inspired by Elias' music and he is going to use that to beat Jeff. After the match Jeff challenges Elias to a match, saying he only ducked out of the match because he didn't want to show that Ryker is actually better than him.
During Miz and Morrison vs Keith Lee and Sheamus, Lee does a running splash in the corner and causes the top ring rope to snap off.
Backstage Triple H says he came here in a business capacity, but things change at the drop of a hat, when someone like Randy can't understand what legends should mean. Hunter says he wants to show he is still the game, and agrees to fight Randy on behalf of every legend who came before them.
After their tag match, Sheamus and Keith Lee resume hostilities and start a match against each other.
Keith Lee extends his fist to Sheamus after their match but Sheamus swats it away to hug Lee instead as a show of respect.
Drew McIntyre says after being pushed to his limit by Keith Lee, being watched by legends, and before he could thank them he was rudely interrupted by Goldberg. Drew admits he and his brother were big fans of Goldberg back in the day, but as the saying goes, never meet your heroes. He says he wants to respect Goldberg but he let him down by putting words in Drew's mouth. Drew says Goldberg has him all wrong, he believes in giving respect to get respect as the core of being WWE Champion. Drew says Goldberg is just challenging Drew to claim the one title he has never won. McIntyre says Goldberg needs a lesson in respect, and accepts his challenge.
Riddle is talking about being excited for his match with Bobby Lashley tonight, comparing it to getting a thick pizza with every type of cheese possible on it. The Lucha House Party wish him luck but warn him to watch his back, which Riddle think's is responsible.
Randy Orton is interviewed backstage, he says he and Triple H go way back and says Hunter knows him better than anyone else. Orton says he has a newfound hatred for himself, which can be a horrible thing but he can embrace and direct that hate to someone like Triple H.
After his match, Riddle calls out MVP for kicking people while they're down and says even though he couldn't beat Lashley tonight he could beat him for sure. Following Riddle's match with MVP, Lashley mauls Riddle and then taunts him with the US Title.
Backstage AJ Styles is talking to Adam Pearce, AJ goes over the hypothetical of Adam Pearce actually beating Roman Reigns for the Universal Championship, and then AJ challenging him at Wrestlemania. Drew Gulak approaches Pearce and says he wants to declare himself for the Royal Rumble. Pearce says he has limited spots so Gulak will have to earn his way into the Rumble. Drew asks why AJ was able to just declare himself for the match when he just blew his WWE Title shot last month and hands Adam a flash drive to show why he's worthy of entering. Pearce tells Drew he is too busy to look at the flash drive so instead Gulak will face AJ Styles, and if he wins he can enter the Rumble.
Backstage Triple H is gearing up for his fight with Randy Orton when Keith Lee approaches him. Keith says he understands Orton pushed his buttons but Hunter has always been there for him and he wants to return the favor and face Orton instead. Triple H appreciates the offer but says he has to do this himself. Keith hands Hunter his jacket and says it's time to play the game.
During the fight between Orton and Triple H, the lights start to go out in The Thunderdome, at one point Triple H's sledgehammer miraculously sets on fire before all the lights go out. A pink light turns on and Triple H disappears. A distorted version of the Funhouse theme plays and Alexa Bliss appears in the corner of the ring. Alexa holds up her hand that says "pain" and then shoots a fireball into Orton's eyes! Randy cries in pain as he holds his eyes.
The Firefly Fun House: a theory, part one— the Fun House Since my last post was met with a surprisingly positive response, I figured I’d start digging a little more into the world of Bray Wyatt and begin to peel back it’s many layers in order to better understand the story that Bray is trying to tell. And what better place to start than one of the biggest pieces of the mystery: the Firefly Fun House. What is the Firefly Fun House exactly? Well, the first thing we should attempt to figure out is whether it (the Fun House) exists in the physical world or if the Fun House itself is merely a supernatural projection of Wyatt/The Fiend’s creation. One would assume that, because we’ve seen on multiple occasions, “visitors” to the Fun House, that it must be a physical location, right? Not so fast. It’s important to remember exactly who—or what—we’re dealing with in the Fiend. Is it out of the realm of possibility that the Fiend, in kayfabe, is powerful enough to conjure up a supernatural “fun house”, a place that only exists as an abstract concept, to act as the engine that drives the story being told by Wyatt? Remember, we’re talking about a character that is nearly immune to pain, can appear and disappear at any given moment, and can literally be immolated and still survive. He’s a horror movie villain come to life. “But what of all the visitors to the fun house,”you ask? Well, before we answer that, let’s take a look at who thus far has appeared in the Fun House: Seth Rollins John Cena Braun Strowman Adam Pierce Alexa Bliss Of those 5 “guests”, 3 of them were involved in feuds with The Fiend: Rollins, Strowman, and Cena. Let’s focus on those 3 first. Rollins first appeared in the Fun House by attacking Wyatt and lighting the Fun House on fire. This was all during the build up to the much maligned Hell in a Cell match at the PPV of the same name. Seth would go on to defeat the Fiend after a controversial (and confusing) referee stoppage after Rollins went berserk and crushed the Fiend’s skull in with a sledgehammer. But the ending of the match saw the Fiend rise from the stretcher to lay Seth out with a mandible claw to end the show. Seth Rollins sets the Fun House ablaze Rollins vs The Fiend, Hell in a Cell highlights But what’s important to note is that there is a common thread throughout these encounters with the Fiend: all three superstars would go on to turn heel after feuding with him, except for Cena, who would just “disappear”, albeit after going heel mode and trying to lay Wyatt out with a chair in a replay of their WM30 moment. See what I’m getting at here? Looking back at Seth, his face run had grown stale. Fans were losing interest, and you could see the signs of a possible heel turn in the near future. He had just come off a win at Clash of Champions against Braun Strowman, who we’ll look at shortly. For Rollins, you could tell his confidence was wavering, and there was definitely fear building in him with every ambush. Rollins and Wyatt segment, RAW, 09.16.2019 I believe the psychological tactics played by The Fiend are with the intent of breaking his opponents, in which they then let him in, which often results in them committing some unspeakable act of violence, turning them heel in the process. In the case of Rollins, it was literally crushing the Fiend’s skull in with various weapons, including a sledgehammer and toolbox. Now, IMO, the red light used during the match I believe is telling us that it is to be viewed as more “cinematic” and, in the case of Hell in a Cell, also used for practical purposes, especially for the finish. But I don’t believe what we were watching was necessarily supposed to be viewed from the perspective of “a wrestling match”, as much as it is to portray the idea of it being “cinematic”. When you view the match through that lens, it’s actually pretty good and I would suggest watching the whole thing again if you have the network. Seth was fearful of failure and losing the title after barely beating Braun Strowman with 4 curb stomps and a pedigree. This is what would play out in the Cell, with nothing in Rollins arsenal working against the Fiend. He no sold every move Rollins threw at him. It was he who was testing the lengths in which Rollins would go in order to keep his championship. He obviously went to pretty extreme lengths, but again, in the ended with Rollins laid out, coughing up blood. It’s said that an encounter with the Fiend changes you. In this case, Rollins would go on a losing streak after losing the UC to Wyatt at Super Showdown, eventually turning heel and calling himself the “Monday Night Messiah” and, if we’re being honest, doing some pretty f**ked up stuff... like gouging Rey Mysterio’s eye out with the steel ring steps. So, while Rollins won, so did the Fiend. Rollins had to “let him in” to beat the Fiend and he did. He did when he entered the fun house and lit it on fire. It was Rollins burning it all down, making a deal with the devil to get to Wyatt, but ended up losing himself to the Fiend’s evil. Wyatt would go on to hold the Universal Championship for 118 days until eventually dropping it to Goldberg at Super Showdown in what proved to be a controversial decision, although one I completely agree with, but that’s a discussion for another post, perhaps. This would lead him to a Wrestlemania feud with John Cena, who was making his return just to tell the WWE Universe he was stepping aside and not taking a match on the upcoming Wrestlemania card. This drew out the Fiend, who would go on to challenge John Cena to a “Firefly Fun House Match” at WM 36. Cena encounters the Fiend on SD Because this was a special appearance and not a full-fledged return for Cena, this is an interesting case. Cena is notorious amongst the IWC for being the ultimate company guy; the guy who was shoved down our throats for over a decade as the next big mainstream star. With that level of success, there comes a certain perception that these individuals use their influence to “bury” other talent, and Cena has (sometimes unfairly) been accused of this. This is what a lot of the feud was centered around, going back to WM30, where Cena beat Wyatt in a match many believed Wyatt needed to win in order to cement his status as a star. Many also point this moment as the beginning of the end for the Wyatt character, as he struggled to gain footing after losing such a high profile feud, which would also end with Wyatt literally being buried under equipment at Payback. The buildup leading to this match at Wrestlemania, however, we caught a real glimpse at what the Firefly Fun House really is. During an in-ring, sit down interview with Michael Cole, Cena would go on to blame Wyatt for being a failure, calling him the most “overhyped, overvalued, over privileged WWE superstar in existence”, leading to Wyatt coming out and confronting Cena with what I believe to be one of the finest promos he’s delivered in his career. Wyatt crashes Cena’s interview on SD: 03.13.2020 Here’s what Wyatt said in the promo: “....but you do have me all wrong John. You see, I’m not sick; you are. I know why you came here, John, and I know why you can’t say no. You don’t really think that we think that you care about the future, do we? I mean, John Cena cares about John Cena, right? And it doesn’t matter who he has to smash or bury along the way, as long as he gets his spotlight! 6 years ago, at Wrestlemania, you... you took something from me. And I thought about it—a LOT— matter a fact, I thought about it so much, that I wanted to take my hands and push them into my skull and smash my brain into a million pieces just so that I could have 5 seconds of piece without the voices talking to me but the voices they never stopped. And then something magical happened. One day I stopped fighting the voices and I started listening to them. And they took my crooked little world, and they turned it into a majestic fun house! You broke me John, but the Fiend... he put me back together. And at Wrestlemania, it’s going to be a slaughter... you just don’t know it yet. Let me in, John.” And finally, that brings us to Cena finally entering the Fun House, which I believe happened on the go-home edition of SD before Wrestlemania. In the clip, Cena is cutting a promo about how he didn’t want the match, how Wyatt did, how he’s so brave and selfless and was actually gonna step aside, until the puppets appear at ringside. Cena enters the Firefly Fun House: 03.27.2020 This is the moment I believe Cena enters the Fiend’s metaphysical world. The puppets begin to tell Cena that he’s going to play with them “forever”, and then announce the arrival of him. The Fiend appears on the balcony, looking down on Cena. This results in a surprisingly long stare down with a jump scare ending where Funhouse Bray appears behind Cena and says “LET ME IN” as the lights go out. When they come back, everyone is gone except for Cena in the ring, alone and shaken. The match itself was heavily cinematic, taking a journey through the psyche of John Cena, as we watch the Fiend psychologically torture John Cena, eventually leading to the Fiend pinning John Cena in a ring while Wyatt makes the count and ends with Cena disappearing. Which, if you were paying attention, was exactly what Wyatt claimed Cena feared: fading from the spotlight. Bray Wyatt vs John Cena, Firefly Fun House match Hightlights, 04.05.2020 After winning the title from the Fiend, Goldberg would go on to eventually lose the title to Braun Strowman, who replaced Roman Reigns due to Roman not competing due to his battle with leukemia and the risk of performing during the COVID pandemic. Strowman would then enter a feud with The Fiend, who would pray on the vulnerability of the more recently “humanized” monster among men. Braun is ready to “let him in” Braun was fearful of his past. Wyatt was trying to remind Strowman of the monster he truly was, and bring him back into the family. This, I theorize, is the reason Braun was confronted by Funhouse Bray initially, because he cared about Braun. When Braun denied him, The Fiend used psychological attacks to lead Braun back to “the swamp”, by bringing back the “Eater of Worlds” Wyatt, and again, this match was highly cinematic. We were watching someone’s inner psyche, letting him in, and in this case, Braun being lead back to his past, back to the barbaric nature of the “monster”, which is exactly what happened. The Fiend used manipulation tactics and mind games to lead Braun back to his past, using his affection for Alexa, and then, as Strowman believed to have rid himself of Wyatt, he emerged from the water and drug him into “the swamp”, and in turn, buried Strowman’s human side, which is why, when he came back, he had developed a considerable mean streak and stopped at nothing to try and get his hands on the Fiend again. Braun Strowman vs Bray Wyatt, Swamp Match highlights, Extreme Rules, 07.19.2020 Braun’s appearance in the Fun House saw him viciously beat Fun House Bray. Again, when we view the fun house as an idea, a concept, the fact that Braun came unhinged in the fun house was merely the physical represention of Braun allowing him in and embracing the monster he was meant to be. This is confirmed by Wyatt’s comment before being attacked; “what took you so long?” meaning, what took him so long to embrace the entity of evil that consumes Wyatt. Braun attacks Bray in the Fun House This is also where Alexa Bliss comes into the picture. Alexa Bliss caught in the crossfire Alexa Bliss consumed by the Fiend Alexa Bliss was consumed by the Fiend because of what she was going through. For both Bray and Bliss, it was a feeling of abandonment and loneliness, which I believe is why Bliss was “chosen” to be “healed” by Wyatt. She accepted this evil entity to consume her much in the way it did Wyatt, as her anger and feelings of abandonment from Nikki Cross and Braun Strowman lead her to becoming another vessel for the Fiend, a mouthpiece, since I believe The Fiend will take a more permanent presence after the end of TLC and given that he doesn’t seem to talk much, Bliss will play as a perfect mouthpiece for the “new” Fiend. Now he wants to play. Play, as in “playground”. Alexa’s playground. Which I could easily see taking the place of “A Moment of Bliss” segments to serve as a way to reintroduce the new version of the Fiend. She did say, after all, that he might come to her Playground, which, due to the cinematic element of it all, suggests that this is meant to be viewed through the same lens as you would any other piece of cinema. Bray Wyatt is creating exactly that: live cinema. Wyatt is a big fan of horror, and the Fiend, IMO, is meant to be viewed as more of its own entity, and the world that is the “Firefly Fun House” is a supernatural projection into the mind of Bray Wyatt; now that the Fiend has been laid to rest in what I would assume is probably hell, I’m curious to see whether or not Alexa’s Playground will take the place of the Firefly Fun House for a while, or if Funhouse Bray was unaffected; although, I have a feeling that Funhouse Bray will be gone for a while. It’s likely that we’re going to be seeing and hearing a lot more Alexa Bliss and her “Alexa’s Playground” segments. Alexa’s Playground segment, RAW, 12.21.2020 As for Pearce? Simple. The Fiend has shown the ability to merge realities, to project the psyche’s of those he inhabits into our physical world, as we’ve seen recently with superstars like Matt Riddle and R-Truth interacting with puppets like Huskus and Ramblin’ Rabbit. But these puppets weren’t always visible to those in our world. There were multiple times puppets could be found in random backstage cutscenes, as superstars and commentators were seemingly oblivious to the fact. When Wyatt or Bliss enters the Fun House, I don’t believe they do so physically; the reason for this is based around Nikki Cross’ interaction with Alexa Bliss, who was revealed to be assumedly possessed by the Fiend. Alexa Bliss is possessed by the Fiend, RAW, 11.02.2020 Because Nikki was approaching Alexa while possessed by the Fiend, she was not able to break through to her. I believe the reason Pearce was able to communicate with Wyatt is because he appealed to him by speaking to Wyatt in “character”, which is why McMahon gave Pearce the postman’s outfit before he left to seek out Wyatt to sign the contract. When we saw Pearce “arrive” in the Fun House, I believe it was more projection, and what we were seeing was nothing more than delusions within the mind of Wyatt being projected by The Fiend. McMahon orders Pearce to seek out Bray Wyatt, SD, 08.28.2020 “Postman” Pearce “arrives” at the Fun House, SD, 08.28.2020 So, coming full circle, is the Firefly Fun House “real”? In short, I believe the answer is “no”. I believe that the Fun House is nothing more than an abstract idea, a place that only exists in spirit (unless he decides otherwise), a place where Wyatt (and now Bliss) can mentally escape to, a “safe space” where their pain and emotions are transformed and manifest as friendly puppets, meant to be viewed through a cinematic lens. I also theorize that certain superstars were able to “visit” the FFH because he saw the potential for evil, the vulnerability, doubt —fear— and took special interest to bring them to his world. Their appearance in the fun house is merely a supernatural projection into the broken psyche of Bray Wyatt, symbolic of opponents letting him in, which in turn brings them into his fm, the evil that inhabits the vessel Bray Wyatt, exposing their innermost fears in the form of a “match”, usually cinematic (in Seth’s case, a Cell cloaked in red light; cinematic in its own right), that ends with the Fiend standing tall, the fears of his opponents manifesting themselves, signifying a change in character for those who have “let him in”.
Results of the 21st annual NoDQ Year End Awards are in. Thousands of fans have been participating in the voting process every year since the awards first launched on http://WWFWCW.com back in 2000.
Male Superstar of the Year
Nominee
Vote Count(Percentage)
Drew McIntyre
811 (52%)
Jon Moxley
284 (18%)
Roman Reigns
229 (15%)
Randy Orton
93 (6%)
Chris Jericho
88 (6%)
Adam Cole
40 (3%)
Female Superstar of the Year
Nominee
Vote Count(Percentage)
Alexa Bliss
1021 (41%)
Bayley
878 (35%)
Sasha Banks
207 (8%)
Asuka
177 (7%)
Io Shirai
149 (6%)
Rhea Ripley
80 (3%)
Tag-Team of the Year
Nominee
Vote Count(Percentage)
Street Profits
637 (29%)
Bayley and Sasha Banks
586 (27%)
FTR
305 (14%)
Kenny Omega and Adam Page
265 (12%)
Young Bucks
194 (9%)
Cesaro and Shinsuke Nakamura
188 (9%)
Finisher of the Year
Nominee
Vote Count(Percentage)
Drew McIntyre's Claymore
371 (47%)
Keith Lee's Spirit Bomb
122 (15%)
Kenny Omega's One Winged Angel
104 (13%)
Randy Orton's RKO
83 (10%)
Jon Moxley's Paradigm Shift
74 (9%)
Chris Jericho's Judas Effect
39 (5%)
Announcer of the Year
Nominee
Vote Count(Percentage)
Samoa Joe
295 (42%)
Tony Schiavone
145 (21%)
Mauro Ranallo
127 (18%)
Jim Ross
64 (9%)
Excalibur
52 (7%)
Taz
21 (3%)
Match of the Year
Nominee
Vote Count(Percentage)
Undertaker vs. AJ Styles Boneyard match (Wrestlemania 36)
1011 (44%)
Kenny Omega and Adam Page vs. The Young Bucks (AEW Revolution)
775 (33%)
Walter vs. Ilja Dragunov (October 29th NXT UK)
310 (13%)
Best Friends vs. Santana and Ortiz Parking Lot Brawl (AEW Dynamite)
105 (5%)
Roman Reigns vs. Jey Uso (Clash of Champions)
61 (3%)
Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly vs. Matt Riddle and Pete Dunne (NXT Takeover: Portland)
56 (2%)
PPV of the Year
Nominee
Vote Count(Percentage)
WWE Royal Rumble 2020
230 (36%)
WWE Wrestlemania 36
106 (17%)
AEW Revolution 2020
105 (16%)
AEW Full Gear 2020
92 (14%)
AEW Double or Nothing 2020
64 (10%)
WWE Hell in a Cell 2020
40 (6%)
Breakout Star of the Year
Nominee
Vote Count(Percentage)
Keith Lee
403 (29%)
Orange Cassidy
352 (26%)
MJF
197(14%)
Darby Allin
158 (11%)
Jey Uso
148(11%)
Karrion Kross
72 (5%)
Bianca Belair
46 (3%)
Catchphrase of the Year
Nominee
Vote Count(Percentage)
"Let me in!" - Bray Wyatt
236 (34%)
"I'm better than you!" - MJF
120 (17%)
"I am the head of the table!" - Roman Reigns
116 (17%)
"We want the smoke!" - Street Profits
104 (15%)
"Ding dong, hello!" - Bayley
65 (9%)
"Bro!" - Matt Riddle
59 (8%)
Faction of the Year
Nominee
Vote Count(Percentage)
The Hurt Business
429 (46%)
The Inner Circle
354 (38%)
Retribution
64 (7%)
The Dark Order
53 (6%)
Team Taz
17 (2%)
Jurassic Express
7 (1%)
Comeback of the Year
Nominee
Vote Count(Percentage)
Edge
401 (48%)
FTR
126 (15%)
Roman Reigns
122 (14%)
Brodie Lee
100 (12%)
MVP
87 (10%)
Bill Goldberg
7 (1%)
Headline of the Year
Nominee
Vote Count(Percentage)
Wrestlemania 36 moves to the Performance Center due to Covid-19
298 (37%)
Edge returns to the ring at the Royal Rumble
251 (31%)
Numerous wrestlers called out in #SpeakingOut movement
95 (12%)
Roman Reigns turns heel and aligns with Paul Heyman
82 (10%)
WWE releases numerous wrestlers on April 15th
52 (6%)
WWE stars banned from using 3rd party platforms
36 (4%)
Theme Song Of The Year
Nominee
Vote Count(Percentage)
Judas (Chris Jericho)
341 (53%)
Dead Silent (Karrion Kross)
116 (18%)
Gallantry (Drew McIntyre)
62 (10%)
The Rising (Seth Rollins)
52 (8%)
Sky's the Limit - Snoop Dogg remix (Sasha Banks)
40 (6%)
Unscripted Violence (Jon Moxley)
36 (6%)
Babyface of the Year
Nominee
Vote Count(Percentage)
Drew McIntyre
335 (55%)
Jon Moxley
134 (22%)
Otis
62 (10%)
Cody Rhodes
38 (6%)
Sasha Banks
23 (4%)
Jeff Hardy
18 (3%)
Heel of the Year
Nominee
Vote Count(Percentage)
Randy Orton
391 (35%)
Roman Reigns
289 (26%)
MJF
209 (19%)
Bayley
95 (9%)
Chris Jericho
72 (7%)
Seth Rollins
46 (4%)
Feud of the Year
Nominee
Vote Count(Percentage)
Seth Rollins vs. Rey Mysterio
296 (30%)
Bayley vs. Sasha Banks
254 (25%)
Roman Reigns vs. Jey Uso
165 (17%)
Edge vs. Randy Orton
137 (14%)
Chris Jericho vs. Orange Cassidy
98 (10%)
Drew McIntyre vs. Randy Orton
48 (5%)
Worst Superstar of the Year
Nominee
Vote Count(Percentage)
Brandi Rhodes
919 (35%)
Nia Jax
828 (32%)
Bill Goldberg
587 (23%)
Lana
135 (5%)
Otis
88 (3%)
Braun Strowman
44 (2%)
Worst Match of the Year
Nominee
Vote Count(Percentage)
Matt Hardy vs. Sammy Guevara (AEW All Out 2020)
393 (40%)
The Fiend vs. Bill Goldberg (WWE Super Showdown 2020)
368 (37%)
Brock Lesnar vs. Ricochet (WWE Super Showdown 2020)
80 (8%)
Bray Wyatt vs. Braun Strowman Swamp Fight (Extreme Rules: The Horror Show)
77 (8%)
2020 Money in the Bank ladder match
44 (4%)
Impact Wrestling Knockouts Gauntlet match (Slammiversary)
Authors Notes When Randy Orton defeated Drew at Hell in a Cell many believed that he'd have quite a long reign as the champion, well of course this didn't happen because he dropped it 22 days later to Drew AGAIN which made the Title Run feel worthless in every single way. Instead of having Randy have another lack luster reign as WWE Champion I have decided to book Randy from when he won the Title at Hell in a Cell to WrestleMania. This is not a rebooking of WHEN or HOW he should have won it, anyone with a mind knows the time for him to win it was in his first or second match not his third but that is besides the point. Let's begin by doing the Build Up to Survivor Series. This is long but bare with me because it's pure gold. Yes I'm also booking other mini feuds on the side Build Up to Survivor Series As much as I love The Fiend I don't believe he should ever go for the World Title, a character and gimmick like him has no place feuding for a World Title, he's better than that. Did the Undertaker need a World Title Reign? No. Instead of involving The Fiend we will keep the same build up, Miz TV segments that teases a feud between The Miz and Orton, Drew wanting his title back, and Keith Lee making a name for himself on the Raw Roster. Drew is scheduled to have a match with Orton for the WWE Championship ahead of Survivor Series and during that match Orton wins via heel means, let's say he low blows Drew which costs him the match but allows him to retain the Championship. Survivor Series - Randy Orton v. Roman Reigns Randy Orton of course takes on Roman Reigns in the main event in a first ever match up, booking this match would be strange however I feel it could be booked correctly if both men play to there best heel sides. I can imagine an RKO counter to the Superman Punch which would be an awesome counter but as much as I'd put Randy over I can't simply because it'd derail Roman on Smackdown. Orton would lose the match after a hard fought battle and after Heyman saves Reigns with a "Foot on the Ropes" spot. Reigns would pick up the win off of a Spear after Randy goes for the running knee to the head of Reigns. Build Up to TLC As much as I hate to do it the feud must conclude with one final match between Orton and Drew at TLC, instead of just rehashing the feud build it around the fact that "If I were Champion I could have defeated Roman Reigns" in which Randy would basically say "You've had more than one chance to defeat Roman and you've lost every time". The Miz continues to tease a cash in ahead of there TLC Match as well which furthers the possible feud between The Miz and Orton TLC - Randy Orton v. Drew McIntyre in a TLC Match The match I'd imagine would go on for at least 25 to 30 minutes, it would be brutal for Randy for most of it since he's dealing with an enraged McIntyre however in the end Randy would pick up the victory off of a RKO off the ladder which allows him to climb the ladder and retain the championship. The Miz would not cash in during this match for somewhat obvious reasons. Build Up to Legends Night So some context, after Drew loses at TLC he continues his relationship storyline with Sheamus and forms a Tag Team in the Tag Team Division however it goes slow, there is still a major part of Drew that wants to regain his title and this somewhat drives an edge through both men. Sheamus believes Drew should focus on the tag team and not focus on the title anymore while Drew sees the team as somewhat of a way to meet ends, they begin a feud with the Raw Tag Team Champions The Hurt Business which would be quite a damn good rivalry. In the main event of the show there would be a Fatal Fourway between Keith Lee, Matt Riddle, A.J. Styles, and Braun Strowman for a chance at the WWE Championship on next weeks show, this is done in part to keep building Randy as Champion and actually make his somewhat of a fighting champion. Keith Lee would win this match and would go on to face Randy at... Raw Legends Night. Raw Legends Night - Keith Lee vs Randy Orton Similar to actual Legends Night, Randy Orton would patrol backstage and would basically bully legends such as Ric Flair, Big Show, Hulk Hogan (assaults him cause Screw Hulk Hogan), Mark Henry, and Shawn Michaels. Also on the show The Hurt Business takes on Drew and Sheamus (Celtic Cross or Union maybe? Not gonna give them a name) in which The Hurt Business would win with a roll up by Cedric on Drew which would continue this Sheamus v. Drew feud in the future. Keith Lee would have a star making performance however would lose to a RKO from a Big Bang Catastrophe (imagine that freaking move dude). In a storyline that ACTUALLY makes sense, Randy Orton is confronted by Goldberg near the end of the Show which sets up Goldberg v. Orton at the RR. The confrontation would most likely result in Goldberg and Randy brawling for a small time but ending with Goldberg winning because... Goldberg. Build Up to the Royal Rumble The Raw after Raw: Legends Night (hate that show) would start off with Randy on Miz TV which would of course cause some tension because The Miz is Mr. Money in the Bank. Goldberg would also be on the show and both men would confront each other and Randy being Randy would cut a sick as hell promo on Goldberg and would basically say how he's an old out of date legend and that he's the legend killer. The Miz would also insight the rage of Goldberg along with Morrison and the end of the segment would have Goldberg with the help of Drew and Sheamus against Randy, Miz, and Morrison but since we all know Goldberg would never compete on Raw it'd be Keith, Drew, and Sheamus vs Randy, Miz, and Morrison. Randy would be a hardcore heel against the likes of Drew and would use Drew's hatred and desire to win back the title to his advantage. Sheamus would be pinned due to Randy moving Sheamus in front of a failed Claymore in which when Drew stood he would be nailed with an RKO as JOHN MORRISON GETS THE PIN. Screw WWE for not allowing him to win anything. The next two weeks would pretty much just be promo packages for Randy v. Goldberg Royal Rumble - Randy Orton vs Goldberg Kicking off the show, Randy Orton would defeat Goldberg with a RKO counter off of the spear in a record breaking time of 45 seconds. Two RKO's was all it took to beat Goldberg because screw Goldberg. Sheamus and Drew take on The Hurt Business for the Tag Team Championships and The Hurt Business retains after Sheamus takes the pin which angers Sheamus quite a bit however the team does not split... yet. In the Men's Royal Rumble Daniel Bryan wins and heads on to face Roman Reigns at WrestleMania for the Universal Title (avoiding all spoilers). Randy watches the Rumble the entire time and it's obvious he's looking for someone... Current Raw Champions WWE Champion - Randy Orton United States Champion - Keith Lee (has a feud with The Hurt Business) Raw Tag Team Champions - The Hurt Business Build Up to Elimination Chamber In the build up to the elimination chamber it's revealed that Randy will... NOT compete in the Elimination Chamber (builds heat) due to supposed "Injury" to his ribs. The competitors in the Elimination Chamber are revealed to be Bobby Lashley, Matt Riddle, A.J. Styles, Elias, Mustafa Ali, and finally... Sheamus which defeated Drew to make it in. It was a friendly bout but more cracks form between Sheamus and Drew. Randy would taunt Drew and would purposely bully him to an extent saying that "Sheamus was always better" or something along the lines to make Drew think about his relationship with Sheamus which Sheamus in a lot of ways has been neutral. Elimination Chamber Match As all men are entering the chamber one does not make it... this is call back to when Kofi Kingston was beaten down and not allowed in the Cell in which Edge inserted himself into the Chamber. Edge attacks Elias (yes this happens) and enters the Chamber in his place but little did he know Elias was starting the thing off against Bobby Lashley. Edge would battle his way against everyone in the chamber to eventually win the match, he sets up future feuds with Elias, A.J. Styles (BIG FUTURE FEUD), and Mustafa Ali. It's important to note that all throughout the chamber it keeps flashing backstage to Randy who is watching from the comfort of his couch and when Edge wins he spits out water out of anger. Build Up to Fastlane Randy and Edge will not be facing each other at Fastlane because this match is a WrestleMania level match however to build the feud Randy actually denies Edge's opportunity siting that "You can't force you're way into a title match" and when Randy is cutting this promo Elias nails him with a guitar in the back (attacks Edge, worded that wrong but you get the point). This sets up an interim feud between Elias and Edge and in the tag picture Sheamus and Drew begins a feud with Retribution and the winner of this feud faces The Hurt Business at WrestleMania, in the main event it's Jeff Hardy v. Matt Riddle v.A.J. Styles for a chance at the WWE Championship at Fastlane and Jeff Hardy wins. So the match card would look a little like this The Hurt Business v. Miz and Morrison for the Raw Tag Team Championships (Yes I Booked this) Sheamus and Drew McIntyre v. Retribution (Winner goes to WrestleMania) Keith Lee v. Matt Riddle for the US Title Elias v. Edge and if Edge loses Elias faces Randy at WrestleMania Randy Orton v. Jeff Hardy for the WWE Championship For the Smackdown Side (I'm not booking Smackdown but...) Roman Reigns v. Shinsuke Nakamura, Alpha Academy v. Dirty Dogs or whatever the hell, Big E v. Apollo Crews, and probably a feud between Aleister Black and Owens which Black wins (personal bias). Fastlane - Randy Orton vs Jeff Hardy Jeff Hardy would of course lose to Randy Orton which would once again have a highlight RKO, this feud alone would take a lot from what happened in the past between Hardy and Orton and would bring it back. After the match however Orton would go for the "I'm gonna rip you're ear off" crap but before he could he'd be attacked by Edge which won his match against Elias which would drive Orton off. Edge and Hardy would embrace in the ring as long time foes, allies, and friends. On the rest of the card you'd have Sheamus and Drew finally turning on each other with Drew claymore kicking Sheamus which in a way is warranted due to the constant hot tags, Keith defeats Riddle in a good showing, The Hurt Business of course retain and on the Smackdown side... well it's pretty predictable besides the fact Apollo wins the IC Title (as a heel). Build Up to WrestleMania In the build up to WrestleMania there is of course confrontations between Randy and Edge but everyone knows the story so not much TRUE building is needed in that aspect. Drew and Sheamus continue there new feud which neither is heel or face in this, leaving the fans to kinda decide who they wanna cheer and boo. Retribution starts there feud with The Hurt Business and Mustafa Ali begins a feud with Keith Lee for the United States Championship. Everyone has something going on basically. WrestleMania Night 1 - Randy Orton v. Edge The match would be a straight up Extreme Rules match where both men would battle each other viciously, the match would of course end in Edge winning the WWE Championship and ending this feud once and for all. Randy would have a 169 Day title reign which is well deserved and I'd say this reign was a very good one for Orton. The other matches would see Retribution winning the Tag Titles, Mustafa Ali winning the US Title (YES I DID THIS DEAL WITH IT), Sheamus defeating Drew (Part 1 of this feud), and finally the Raw Womens stuff which I haven't touched on at all. WrestleMania Night 2 - Roman v. Bryan Basically I'd say Bryan wins the Universal Championship for one last run in the company however to set up his first feud, and I know this might be unpopular but imagine the shock and surprise heat from this, The Miz cashes in on Bryan and wins which gives the Miz his well deserved title (probably lasts a month or two) but Bryan would probably win it back at Money in the Bank or somewhere close to that to set up Miz v. Morrison. Final Thoughts To be honest I believe this to be a FAR better run for Orton instead of a 22 day reign and I feel everything else happening on the card it kinda neat. Edge was the logical choice to defeat Orton for the title and probably post WrestleMania he'd feud with Elias, A.J. Styles, Mustafa Ali (maybe), Keith, and others, he'd have a damn good reign. But this basically concludes my booking, give me you're thoughts and if you wish I could do a follow up of booking Edge's title reign which could be quite fun. Thank you and have a fantastic day!
Just a brief look at what Wrestlemania 37 could look like, pre Royal Rumble. Night One Pre-Show Match #1: Winner Gets a Tag Title Shot of Their Choosing- The Street Profits vs. Lucha House Party vs. Retribution [Ali & T-Bar] vs. Cutler & Blake Pre-Show Match #2: King Corbin Open Challenge (Answered by Samoa Joe, who beats Corbin in about 45 seconds). ----------------- Match #1: Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal- From all accounts the theme of Wrestlemania 37 will be legends heavy, so this card will have a lot of legends featured on it, hopefully in ways of putting over new talent. The Battle Royal, however, will not be one of those moments, as it serves to simply pop the crowd. Thus the winner of the Battle Royal is...Hulk Hogan. Just give the crowd (this would be the first match that a live crowd of this size would see in over a year, if things hold) a feel good moment to ease them into the show. Hogan can't take any bumps really, so winning a battle royal is the only place for him to pick up a win, having one last Wrestlemania moment where he eliminates an evil wrestler like...say...Jinder Mahal. Match #2: Intercontinental Championship Match- Big E (c) vs. Seth Rollins- With Big E's singles push in full swing, he starts a proper feud with a returning Seth Rollins shortly after the Royal Rumble, with Rollins acting like a full on heel in the process and basically declaring himself as the IC Champion in waiting and disregarding Big E entirely. Big E upsets Rollins though and wins a competitive match. Match #3: Ladder Match for the MITB Contract- The Miz vs. John Morrison- After the two mix it up at the Royal Rumble, Morrison and Miz eventually split apart at Elimination Chamber (with both men being in the start of the match) with the MITB contract hanging in the balance. Morrison does some crazy spots off the ladder, but the winner is The Miz who retains his contract...for now. Match #4: Charlotte Flair vs. Trish Stratus- The first "legends" match, as the Diva of Yesterday faces the Woman of Today. It's essentially face vs face, as Charlotte challenges Trish after Trish makes an appearance on Raw. Like many of these matches, the legend is here to make the current day star look good, and Charlotte picks up the victory. Match #5: Smackdown Tag Team Championship Match: Dolph Ziggler & Robert Roode (c) vs. Dominik & Rey Mysterio- Father and Son team up to challenge Ziggler and Roode for the Smackdown tag titles, and the major swerve (not really major, I think) is that Dominik turns heel on Rey and abandons him halfway through the match, leaving Ziggler and Roode to pick up the victory and retain the titles. Match #6: Raw Women's Championship Match: Asuka (c) vs. Rhea Ripley- The winner of the Women's Royal Rumble, Ripley moves to the Raw roster and challenges Asuka for the title. A hard fought match, with Ripley narrowly defeating Asuka to win the title, though the two will have several matches in the coming months with a lengthy feud. Match #7: Firefly Fun House Match- "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt vs. The Undertaker- Bringing the Undertaker back is not likely to happen. But given that this can be a cinematic match and both men have "special powers", there's not likely to be a lot of wrestling involved. It essentially ends in a stalemate, with the Undertaker acknowledging Wyatt as the new special attraction character and disappearing into the mists. Match #8: John Cena vs. Goldberg- Your "dream match" of the night, and arguably the selling point of the first night is the first ever meeting between the two unstoppable forces. Short match, as Goldberg is incapable of anything else, and Cena wins in a legend vs legend encounter. Match #9: MAIN EVENT- Universal Championship Match: Roman Reigns (c) vs. Daniel Bryan- Bryan is the winner of the men's Royal Rumble, the feel good story against the Bloodline. With Jey Uso at his side (more on him later), Reigns narrowly defeats Bryan to close out Night 1 by retaining the title. Night 2 Pre-Show Match #1: WWE Women's Tag Title Match- Shayna Bazler & Nia Jax (c) vs. Mandy Rose & Dana Brooke- Simple match, with the heels retaining the titles. Pre-Show Match #2: Raw Tag Team Title Match- Cedric Alexander & Shelton Benjamin vs. The Street Profits vs. The Broserweights- The original story had Pete Dunne returning from NXT to team with Riddle to take on Alexander and Benjamin for the tag titles, but The Street Profits added themselves into the match courtesy of winning their fatal fourway tag match the night before. It throws a monkey wrench into everything, as The Street Profits win the belts, moving to Raw temporarily. ------- Match #1: Women's Battle Royal- Unlike the men's Battle Royal, this one can serve to put a younger star over, as Io Shirai continues her dominant run and picks up the victory, last eliminating Alexa Bliss. Match #2: Smackdown Women's Championship: Sasha Banks vs. Bayley vs. Bianca Belair- A triple threat between these three would be a great "unofficial" opener (since the battle royal is starting things off officially). Bianca picks up the victory in an upset over the two Horsewomen. Match #3: Kevin Owens, Shinsuke Nakamura & Murphy vs. Sami Zayn, Adam Cole & Roderick Strong- Zayn attempted to recruit Owens, Nakamura and Murphy to his new version of an Artist Collective, only to be shunned. In response, Zayn cost all three men matches at various points (Owens a return match with Reigns, Nakamura a match with Reigns at Elimination Chamber, and Murphy in a match to get a spot against Reigns), leading to a beatdown of Zayn...who managed to get the Undisputed Era on his side. Cole and Strong represent them here, but Fish and O'Reilly are at ringside. Undisputed Era win, but after the match attack Zayn and make it clear that they are out only for themselves going forward. Match #4: Randy Orton vs. Aleister Black- Following his feud with The Fiend, Orton's off kilter antics lead him to enter a psychological feud with Smackdown's Aleister Black, with the two men playing mind games with each other over the course of several weeks. A highly technical match, with Black picking up the big victory. Match #5: US Title Match- Bobby Lashley (c) vs. Sheamus- Merely to give Sheamus something to do, he accepts an open challenge from Lashley for the US Title, but Lashley wins in the end. Match #6: Jey Uso vs. Jimmy Uso- Jimmy returns at the Rumble and drama plays out between the two brothers in the match, leading to both men eliminated. The high drama continues with Jey aligned with Roman, and Jimmy bringing in the big guns in the form of Rikishi to add to the whole affair. In the end it almost appears as if Jimmy is daring Jey to put him away, but Jey doesn't want to. Rikishi tries to talk to his sons, and a family bonding moment appears to happen...only for Roman to show back up and both Usos attacking their father, Jimmy turning heel and joining the Tribal Chief. However, The Rock can show up to save Rikishi from further humiliation, setting the stage for one year later when he returns to face Roman. Match #7: AJ Styles vs. Edge- A match happening for the first time ever after their interactions in the Royal Rumble match. Styles vs. Edge would have been a classic for the ages...ten years ago. Now it would still be good, just probably not as good. Styles wins a close matchup with the Hall of Famer. Match #8: NXT Championship Match- Finn Balor (c) vs. Karrion Kross- I actually take the NXT championship match away from the Takeover and put it near the end of Night 2 to give it a higher priority. Kross fights for the title he never lost, but loses to Finn Balor in the end, only for Balor to be confronted by Cesaro, who is no entering NXT because WWE does f-all with him on the main roster, so let him have some fun. Match #9: WWE Championship Match- Drew McIntyre (c) vs. Brock Lesnar vs. Keith Lee- Probably not likely to happen, but my show so...Lee and Lesnar have a confrontation at the Rumble, with the Limitless One responsible for Lesnar's elimination. They later cross paths at Elimination Chamber as the final two in the Chamber match, when Brock F-5's Lee so hard that the ring actually breaks inside the Chamber, resulting in both men being named #1 contender. However it is McIntyre who defies the odds and beats Brock for the second year in a row. However his victory is short lived, as the next night on Raw Lesnar shows up (for the last time in a while) and wrecks Drew, resulting in The Miz cashing in and winning the WWE Title. ----- Probably sucks (retro booking is more my thing), but it's the best I could come up with in a short amount of time.
Due to the pandemic, we've seen quite a lot of big matches get cancelled or postponed on pretty much every wrestling promotion. Here's a look back at the biggest matches that got scrapped this year, its ripple effects plus speculation on how different things would be if the matches went ahead. Roman Reigns vs Goldberg (WWE Wrestlemania): This is a big one. After Goldberg beat The Fiend for the Universal Championship on Super Showdown, Roman Reigns immediately challenged him to a match for Wrestlemania. Roman decided to sit out the pandemic due to safety concerns and was replaced by Braun Strowman without any build up or explanation. Braun beat Goldberg for the title in a quick match and had quite a lacklustre reign. One wonders if we would have a heel Tribal Chief Reigns today if this match would have happened. He would surely have won and the crowd would most probably shit on the match because of Fiend dropping the title and another Reigns vs part timer main event. Reigns would probably have had Braun's trajectory and feud with Wyatt and other SD heels in the months after Wrestlemania. Another technically "cancelled" match on Wrestlemania was the triple threat ladder match between Usos, New Day and Miz/Morrison. After Miz got sick, it got changed to a triple threat match between Jimmy Uso, Kofi and John Morrison. Miz/Morrison retained. 100% would have been the same result if the match went as planned. Also worth noting that Fiend vs Cena and Undertaker vs Aj Styles would have been normal 1 on 1 matches. Inner Circle vs The Elite Blood and Guts match (AEW Dynamite Blood & Guts): Inner Circle and The Elite were set to collide in an old school War Games match on a special episode of AEW Dynamite. The match got postponed and AEW moved their tapings to closed sets in Daily's Place Jacksonville. Inner Circle and The Elite eventually had their big blowoff match in Double Or Nothing in a Stadium Stampede match with the major difference (aside from the match type) being Cody not being involved in the feud and the addition of Matt Hardy instead. If this match went ahead I think the result would be the same with The Elite winning. Matt Hardy would also probably still be in the match replacing the injured Nick Jackson. Since the cancellation of the match, Cody has had zero interaction with The Elite and has been exclusively involved in TNT title scene and been backed up by Nightmare Family. Could it be that this match would have shown us a more natural progression of his disassociation with The Elite? Double Or Nothing card would also be drastically different. Kenny andHangman would have a title defence and Jericho would have a big match. I'm guessing it would either have been against Orange Cassidy, starting this feud earlier or Jungle Boy. Jericho did say that his feud with Jungle Boy got postponed due to COVID and Meltzer also said they were holding off till crowds come back to give Jungle Boy a big push. Other matches that got cancelled were Lucha Bros vs Best Friends in a parking lot brawl and Luchasaurus vs Wardlow Lumberjack match. Best Friends eventually had a parking lot brawl with Proud & Powerful months later which they won and Luchasarus vs Wardlow happened at a later date. I think Lucha Bros would have won this match because Death Triangle was just established and they needed to look strong. Elite Deletion - Matt Hardy vs Chris Jericho (AEW): This is a weird one. Broken Matt invited Chris "hole of the arse" Jericho to the Hardy Compound and that invitation was never talked about ever again. Since the Stadium Stampede Matt Hardy's been feuding with a different Inner Circle member which is somehow still going on to this day. Jericho recently said he never wants to do a match with Matt Hardy on AEW, oh and also Matt has dropped his broken gimmick. Safe to say this one is completely dead. Shame, I for one think it would have been absolutely hilarious, Jon Moxley vs Josh Barnett (Bloodsport)/Jon Moxley vs David Starr (PROGRESS)/Jon Moxley vs Zack Sabre Jr (NJPW): Sigh, poor Mox. Just this week he worked Bloodsport against Chris Dickinson and will eventually have his match against Barnett. The David Starr match is never happening for obvious reasons(fuck that prick), and the ZSJ match looks dead for now with KENTA being the #1 contender for the US title. Moxley would have won all these matches, he was not gonna lose to anyone while being the AEW World Champion. Tetsuya Naito vs Hiromu Takahashi (NJPW Anniversary): The traditional IWGP Heavyweight vs IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champions match would have seen the collision of two LIJ teammates. The match that I'm most bummed out about. Naito would obviously win and it would have been a fantastic match. New Japan Cup 2020 (NJPW): Look a how different the brackets were https://cdn.sescoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/njcup-2020.png I really doubt EVIL would have won like he did after NJPW got restarted. My guess is EVIL would have beaten Naito at Dominion and Naito would have gotten his win back on Wrestle Dynasty at Madison Square Garden. I think Jay White vs SANADA would have been the final and I could see either of them winning. ROH Supercard Of HonoROH Anniversary: Really sad that when it looked like the company was gonna bounce back after a dismal 2019, everything went to shit. Big matches included Jay White vs Marty Scurll, Ryu Lee vs Bandido for the TV title, RUSH vs Mark Haskins for the ROH title etc. I don't think we will ever see Jay vs Marty because of Marty's allegations. Feel free to discuss, talk about other matches and add your own speculations. I don't really follow stuff like Stardom, Impact, NWA, GCW, Joey Janela's Spring Break etc but I know they all cancelled stuff.
Wow, isn't it crazy that when the belt isn't on Brock all year, the Universal title can actually be somewhat decent? 2020 was certainly the best year for the big colorful, but by no means was it a perfect year, plagued with bad booking decisions going into the year, the Bray Wyatt was eventually going to lose the title and to an extent his steam, but to Goldberg? I hate wrestling sometimes I'll tell you. Anyways, I took the liberty of tweaking the titles run to make it somewhat better, but not changing everything, as somethings I actually liked, mainly the bit at the end with Roman Reigns. So without further ado, here is my mf booking. Build to Royal Rumble- I would keep the build to this match the same. Bryan gets his hair ripped out and gets angry at the Fiend for retreating leading to a strap match between the two. Royal Rumble- The strap match was a classic, so naturally, I will keep that the same as well. Bryan has his moments where he looks like he could win, but ultimately the Fiend’s power is too overwhelming. Build to Super ShowDown- Ok, so I guess the build to this will be that Oldberg wants to defeat the unstoppable, proving himself once again to be a dominant monster. Super ShowDown- The Fiend wins in a squash match and Goldberg pissing retires. Build to Elimination Chamber- The Miz and Daniel Bryan wrestle a number one contender’s match which eventually ends when SmackDown goes off air. The next week, we learned that due to filming conflicts with 205 Live, the match had to be called off early. As a result, both men are granted a Universal title match at Elimination Chamber. Elimination Chamber- This match sees Miz and Bryan face off against Funhouse Bray. Miz and Bryan work together to take Wyatt out of the picture, and eventually, Miz wins via roll up on Bryan. But wait, why take the title off the Fiend? It’s simple, Bray doesn’t need the title, and the Firefly Funhouse doesn’t need the title. The championship wouldn’t feel like a big deal. Build to WrestleMania- As Miz celebrates his win, John Morrison reminds him that Miz promised him the first shot at his title. Miz is very reluctant, refusing to give Morrison the title shot unless he beats a series of opponents, which he does. WrestleMania- John Morrison as a world champion is all I’ve ever wanted, but now is not the time or the place. Therefore, after a hard fought battle and a ref bump that sees Miz low blow Morrison and hit the Skull Crushing Finale, Miz retains the title. Build to Money in the Bank- Morrison lobbies for another title match, as he feels he was cheated out of winning the Universal title (yeah I started a feud at Mania, cry about it!) Miz does not want to give Morrison another match, and pits him against Braun Strowman. Strowman beats Morrison and he is announced as the number one contender to the surprise of Miz. “BuT wHaT aBouT tHe FeuD wiTh MorRisOn?!?” Shut up and let me tell the story, it’s long term friccing booking. Money in the Bank- Strowman dominates his match against Miz, and it looks like we’ll have a new champion. Right as Strowman is about to hit a running powerslam, the lights go out and the Fiend appears. The Fiend attacks Braun Strowman, starting a feud between those two. Build to Backlash- With SmackDown wanting to outdo Raw in terms of match quality at Backlash, Daniel Bryan and AJ Styles are put in a number one contender’s match, which is won by Bryan. Bryan goes on to say that he owes Miz some receipts for what he said about Bryan while he was still retired. Backlash- Bryan and Miz have a classic match, with Miz playing the cowardly heel and Bryan playing the plucky baby face. At the end, Bryan sets up for a running knee, but he runs into a superkick, but not by the Miz. John Morrison was the man behind the kick, causing the ref to throw out the match. Build to the Horror Show at Extreme Rules- John Morrison explains that Miz said the only way he would be getting close to the Universal Championship was if he helped him win the match. Miz comes out and tells Morrison he lost by DQ, so Morrison will not be receiving a title match. A compromise is set by Adam Pearce, who says there will be a match at SummerSlam, Miz vs Bryan in a ladder match for the Universal Championship. If John Morrison can defeat Miz in a non title falls count anywhere match (a call back to Morrison’s final match in his 2011 run in the company,) Morrison will be added to the ladder match. The Horror Show at Extreme Rules- Morrison and the Miz year the house down, with callbacks to the last falls count anywhere match the two had like Morrison jumping off of a fixture of the stage. Morrison wins after hitting a starship pain with a chair onto Miz. Morrison picks up the win and will be added to the ladder match. Build to SummerSlam- Miz, Morrison and Bryan all make their intentions known. Miz wants to retain his title by any means necessary because being champ means a better life for his kids (what a heel,) Morrison wants to give Miz what he deserves and take his title from him, and Bryan now believes he owes Miz and Morrison receipts after Backlash. Morrison and Bryan have a match with Miz as special guest referee which ends in a double count out after Miz makes the ten count in less than 2 seconds. SummerSlam- I was originally going to give Morrison the championship here, but then I realized this was the night a certain big dog returned. So Morrison’s title run will need to wait until later, but I promise it’s coming. Instead, after a match filled with carnage which sees Morrison hit starship pain off a ladder onto the Miz, Daniel Bryan is the one who wins the ladder match. Reigns comes out after the match and spears everyone out of their boots. Build to Payback- The Miz and Roman Reigns are announced to face Bryan at Payback for the title. That is all, this show only has a week of build. Payback- Miz and Bryan start the match and wrestle for about 15 minutes. When both men are exhausted, Reigns comes out, hits a spear in both men, and pins Bryan clean in the ring. Bryan losing the title has one crucial point to it that the Fiend didn’t have. The fans won’t rage because a supernatural deity lost in such a crippling manner, but instead, their favorite underdog made it to the top once again but was knocked down a week later. Build to Clash of Champions- I would keep the build for the title here the same. Uso wants to have a cousinly battle with Reigns, but Reigns starts to get more aggressive. Meanwhile, Miz wants Otis’ Money in the Bank, but so does John Morrison. The match is made for a triple threat at Clash of Champions for the briefcase. Clash of Champions- Morrison wins the Money in the Bank briefcase by pinning Miz after Heavy Machinery hits a trash compactor on Miz and then Tucker turning on Otis. The Reigns Uso match goes exactly the same as it did in real life, as that match was an absolute unexpected classic. Build to Hell in a Cell- Once again, stellar build here, keep it the same. Reigns wants Uso to admit he is the tribal chief but Uso refuses leading to an I Quit Hell in a Cell match. Hell in a Cell- Once again, keep the match the same. Reigns tears Uso apart but Uso won’t quit causing other Uso to try and quit on his behalf but then Reigns gets other Uso in a guillotine causing Uso to quit. Build to Survivor Series- The WWE title is flopping back and forth between McIntyre and Orton like in real life, causing Reigns to feel like he can’t properly prepare for his match. As compensation for his frustrations, WWE management makes his contract iron clad, meaning Reigns can do anything he wants with no repercussions. McIntyre prevails as champion, setting up the two’s match for Survivor Series. Survivor Series- Reigns vs McIntyre is a brutal match, with both men exchanging offense. Reigns eventually gets the upper hand after interference from Uso (is Jimmy the one not injured? I don’t know but Vince probably doesn’t either.) Reigns hits a thunderous spear and wins the match. After the match, Reigns destroys McIntyre with a chair, causing the referee to step in and try and stop Reigns. Knowing he can’t get in trouble, Reigns picks the ref up by the armpits and sends him flying over the top rope before continuing his assault on McIntyre, eventually crushing his ankle (SPOILER: This will lead to a match between Reigns and McIntyre at WrestleMania.) Out storms the security guards, who convince Roman to go to the back. And then put comes John Morrison, who cashes in Money in the Bank and wins the WWE Championship from Drew McIntyre (I told you he’d win eventually.) Build to TLC- Right, so at first, I didn’t want Owens to challenge for the title here, but his promo work with Heyman was so good that I have reconsidered. But here, Owens is more hesitant to face Reigns, because Reigns is dangerous, he has an iron clad contract. Owens agrees to the match, but is sure to proceed with caution. TLC- Owens exhibits a great deal of caution. When Reigns sets up a table, Owens knocks it down. If Reigns sets up a ladder that isn’t under the title, Owens pushes it over. Owens realizes he is in the ring with a monster, and that he needs to stay healthy for his family. Reigns still manages to pummel Owens though, with no help from Uso. There’s this platform set up in the ring, it’s made of two ladders and a table. Owens is standing on top and he’s about to get the title down when Reigns drills him with a spear, sending him off of the platform crashing to the mat below. Reigns drags himself to the top of the ladder and retrieves the belt. He looks to inflict more damage on Owens, but Owens escapes through the crowd.
In video format- Rebooking WWE in 2020 WWE in 20 20 has been both great as well as horrible for storylines. SmackDown has consistently given us great storylines, such as Roman vs Jey, or Bayley and Sasha; but however, RAW gave us 73 total matches of Randy Orton vs Drew McIntyre, and Lana vs announcers table. Let's see how I would book this year, as the last video of 2020. I will be talking about how I would book the top WWE World Championships, similar to my WWE in 2021 booking. This includes the RAW and SmackDown's Women's Championship, Universal Championship and the WWE Championship. The current champions at the beginning of 2020 are The Fiend as Universal Champion, Bayley as SmackDown Champion, Becky Lynch as RAW Champion, and Brock Lesnar as WWE Champion. We start at Royal Rumble in January, and ends at TLC in December . So, at Royal Rumble, we have exactly the same matches. Brock Lesnar enters the men's rumble, Lynch vs Asuka for the RAW Women's Championship, Bayley vs Evans for the SmackDown Women's Championship, and The Fiend vs Daniel Bryan for the Universal Championship. We also have the Women's Royal Rumble. All the results are same as real life, as Lynch , Bayley and Fiend all retain their titles. Drew McIntyre wins the men's rumble match, however, instead of Charlotte, Shayna Baszler wins the women's Royal Rumble. This leads to Super Showdown. Again, I am keeping every match same. Bayley vs Naomi for SmackDown Women's Championship, Brock Lesnar vs Ricochet for the WWE Championship, and The Fiend vs Goldberg for the Universal Championship. Bayley retains, similar to i r l. It is important to mention that here, Bayley turns on Sasha because she mistakenly almost cost Bayley the match. However, the other two matches change a bit. Ricochet gets a bit more offense against Lesnar after he attacks Lesnar's shoulder, but after a 10 minute match, 2 F 5s finish the match. Goldberg vs Fiend however, is a squash match in favor of The Fiend. Wyatt completely dominates Goldberg, and retains his championship under 2 minutes. Elimination Chamber is a little different. First of all, we are gonna have a men's elimination chamber match. There, we find Shinsuke Nakamura, Cesaro, AJ Styles, Daniel Bryan, Andrade, and Aleister Black. The Women's Chamber match will consist of Sarah Logan, Ruby Riott, Natalya, Liv Morgan, Asuka and Sasha Banks. The championships will not be defended that day. We see that Black and Sasha win their respective chamber matches. Finally we come to Wrestlemania 36. Also, Fiend vacates the championship as The Fiend wanted to face Cena at Wrestlemania, but the championship had to be defended against Black. So, we have the firefly funhouse match, and there is a tournament held throughout the weeks, that will determine who would have faced Reigns at Wrestlemania. This tournament is won by Roman Reigns. This would have led to Reigns vs Black, but like real life, Roman pulls out of his match due to the pandemic. So, Aleister Black faces substitution Braun Strowman. Other than that, Bayley faces Sasha Banks for the Smackdown Women's Championship in a 2 out of 3 falls match. Becky Lynch defends her title against Shayna Baszler, and finally Drew McIntyre vs Brock Lesnar for the WWE Championship. Here are the results, Baszler becomes the new RAW Women's Champion after making Becky tap out, Sasha wins the SmackDown Women's Championship, McIntyre becomes the new WWE Championship, and Aleister Black becomes the new Universal Champion. After Wrestlemania, the next PPV is MITB. Here, all the championship will be defended, as well as two MITB matches. Sasha Banks and Bayley have a rematch for the SmackDown Women's Championship. Drew McIntyre faces Seth Rollins for the WWE Championship, Aleister Black vs The Miz for the Universal Championship, and Shayna Baszler vs Asuka with the RAW Women's Championship on the line. Initially, the idea would have been Becky vs Baszler vs Asuka, but due to Lynch's pregnancy, she would be pulled out of the match. All champions successfully defend their championship, and Charlotte and Sami Zayn win the MITB briefcashes. Next up is Backlash. Here, Sasha defends her SmackDown Championship against Lacey Evans, Drew McIntyre puts his WWE Championship against Andrade, Aleister Black vs Sheamus for the Universal Championship, and Shayna Baszler vs Nia Jax for the RAW Women's Championship. Again, all champions successfully defend their championship. After this comes The Horror Show: Extreme Rules. Here, a bunch of interesting matches take place. First, Drew McIntyre vs Randy Orton for the WWE Championship, Shayna Baszler vs Asuka for the RAW Women's Championship, Sasha Banks vs Dana Brooke for the Smackdown Women's Championship, and finally, Aleister Black vs John Morrison for the Universal Championship. The results are as follows, McIntyre retains his championship, Baszler retains her championship, Black retains his championship, and Sasha wins her match against Dana , but Charlotte cashes in to win the SmackDown Women's Championship. This leads to the biggest party of the summer, Summer Slam. A lot of big matches take place here, as Shayna Baszler defends her RAW Women's Championship against recently called up Rhea Ripley, Sasha Banks vs Bayley vs Charlotte Flair for the SmackDown Women's Championship, Drew McIntyre against recently called up Keith Lee for the WWE Championship, and Aleister Black puts his WWE Championship against the Fiend. The results are, Rhea becomes the new RAW Women's Champion, Charlotte retains her SmackDown Women's Championship, The Fiend defeats Black for the Universal Championship, after which Roman returns similar to real life and beats them both up, and McIntyre retains his title, but Lee has a great showing. A week later, Payback takes place. Here, Bayley and Sasha have a number one contenders match for the SmackDown Women's title, which Sasha wins. Other than that, Baszler gets her rematch against Ripley, which ends in a double countout, McIntyre faces Lashley for the WWE Championship, which McIntyre retains, and Black, Wyatt and Reigns have a triple threat match for the Universal Championship, which of course Reigns wins. P.S. From here on forward, I will be booking the Universal Championship picture exactly the same, since it is an almost perfect booking. I would have had the draft right after this. The important changes to note here are Nakamura and Cesaro move over to RAW, while Owens moves over to SmackDown. At Clash Of Champions, we have Drew McIntyre vs Dolph Ziggler for the WWE Championship, Roman Reigns vs Jey Uso for the Universal Championship, Charlotte vs Sasha Banks for the SmackDown Championship, and Rhea Ripley vs Shayna Baszler for the RAW Women's Championship in a No Disqualification match. As of the results, McIntyre retains, Roman retains, Charlotte retains, and finally, Shayna wins her match against Ripley to become a 2 time RAW Women's Champion. This leads to Hell In A Cell, where Rhea Ripley gets her rematch against Shayna Baszler for the RAW Women's Championship in the HIAC, McIntyre vs Nakamura for the WWE Championship, Charlotte Flair vs Bianca Belair for the SmackDown Women's Championship, and finally, Roman Reigns vs Jey Uso in a HIAC match for the Universal Championship. The results are, Nakamura wins the WWE Championship, Reigns retains his championship, Belair wins the SmackDown Women's Championship, and Ripley wins back her RAW Women Championship. Survivor Series brings the brand warfare season around, where we see Nakamura vs Reigns, and Belair vs Rhea Ripley. Both the SmackDown superstars, that is Reigns and Belair win their respective matches, as Baszler distracts Ripley during the match. The last month we will be talking about is December, and hence the PPV is TLC. Here, Roman Reigns faces Kevin Owens in a TLC match for the Universal Championship, Rhea Ripley vs Shayna Baszler in a TLC match, Nakamura vs McIntyre in a WWE Championship match in a tables match, and finally Bianca Belair vs Charlotte Flair in a chairs match or the SmackDown women's Championship. To cap off the year, every champion retain their championship. But, Sami Zayn cashes in his MITB contract to win the WWE Championship. I think this booking would be incomplete without talking about how this would impact the corresponding Wrestlemania. So, at Wrestlemania, we will have these matches, 1, Bianca Belair vs Elimination Chamber winner Shayna Baszler for the SmackDown Women's Championship, 2, Roman Reigns vs Elimination Chamber winner Big E for the Universal Championship, 3, Rhea Ripley vs Royal Rumble winner Charlotte Flair for the RAW Women's Championship, and 4, Shinsuke Nakamura vs Sami Zayn vs Royal Rumble winner Cesaro for the WWE Championship. Wrestlemania ends with Cesaro and Big E as new champions, while Ripley and Belair retain their titles.
Pre WWE WrestleMania 36 (Night 2) Hub & Discussion Thread!
Can Drew McIntyre conquer The Beast? Will The Fiend avenge his former 'Mania loss against John Cena? Will Braun Strowman take down the newly crowned Universal Champion Goldberg? Can Shayna Baszler end Becky Lynch's historic title reign? Those queries will not remain for long, because it's almost time for...
WRESTLEMANIA 36!
Show Info
City: Orlando, FL
Venue: WWE Performance Center
Capacity: 0
Estimated Crowd Attitude: Socially distanced
Card - Night 2
We still don't know which matches are happening on which day, but this is the full WrestleMania 36 lineup:
Match
Stipulation
Rhea Ripley (c) vs. Charlotte Flair
Singles match for the NXT Women's Championship
Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Drew McIntyre
Singles match for the WWE Championship
John Cena vs. "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt
Firefly Fun House match
Bayley (c) vs. Lacey Evans vs. Naomi vs. Sasha Banks vs. Tamina
Fatal 5-Way Elimination match for the WWE SmackDown Women's Championship
The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) (c) vs. Austin Theory and Angel Garza (with Zelina Vega)
Tag team match for the WWE Raw Tag Team Championship
Aleister Black vs. Bobby Lashley (with Lana)
Singles match
Edge vs. Randy Orton
Last Man Standing match
Otis vs. Dolph Ziggler (with Mandy Rose)
Singles match
Liv Morgan vs. Natalya
Singles match
Results of Lastnight's Poll: Match of the Night
The Undertaker vs. AJ Styles - 72%
John Morrison (c) vs. Kofi Kingston vs. Jimmy Uso - 11%
Kevin Owens vs. Seth Rollins - No DQ - 10%
Kevin Owens vs. Seth Rollins - 2%
The Kabuki Warriors (Asuka and Kairi Sane) (c) vs. Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross - 2%
Sami Zayn (c) (with Cesaro and Shinsuke Nakamura) vs. Daniel Bryan (with Drew Gulak) - 1%
Goldberg (c) vs. Braun Strowman - 1%
Cesaro vs. Drew Gulak - 0%
Elias vs. King Corbin - 0%
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Source: f4w The announcers ran down tonight’s card. The announcement of Aleister Black vs. AJ Styles seemed to get the biggest reaction. Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman came out to start the show. Heyman said it was their job to hype the fans on WrestleMania but he couldn’t do it. Even though top-to-bottom, this was the most stacked card in decades, the main event of Mania was a shame. The crowd booed. Heyman said “they” want to sell us on Drew McIntyre but he was a hyped-up fraud. Heyman said Lesnar massacred 15 of the top stars in the company in the Royal Rumble before he was hit in the balls from behind by Ricochet and kicked out of the ring by McIntyre. He called the crowd Pavlovian dogs for cheering this. He offered no excuse for Lesnar getting eliminated but that was no reason to believe that McIntyre can pin or submit Lesnar at Mania. Heyman called McIntyre a “stupid big bitch” that’s going to get squashed. McIntyre interrupted. McIntyre stepped in the ring and right up to Lesnar’s face. McIntyre was slightly taller. Lesnar lifted up his shoulders a bit to appear taller before laughing and nodding at McIntyre. Lesnar was about to leave, then turned around to attack, but McIntyre wiped him out with a Claymore Kick. After McIntyre left, Lesnar continued to sell and began crawling toward his title belt as the crowd chanted “you deserve it.” Byron Saxton said Lesnar has been embarrassed. Lesnar finally got to his feet and the crowd chanted the goodbye song. Lesnar struggled to the stage when McIntyre appeared and nailed him with another Claymore. The crowd chanted “one more time,” then McIntyre gave him another one. The crowd cheered big for Drew. This was good. (At the beginning of the segment, the announcers said Lesnar dominated in his successful title defense on Thursday, but didn’t say who he beat. Heyman mentioned Ricochet in his promo in the context of the Rumble match, but didn’t specifically bring up Thursday, either.) The Street Profits defeated Seth Rollins & Murphy to win the Raw Tag Team Championships They’re calling this the “last chance” at the titles for the Street Profits. They hyped up the crowd before the match. They wore their purple and red gear which they first wore in Toronto as a nod to the Raptors. Rollins and Murphy wore black and silver tights. They attacked the Street Profits before the match. The Street Profits initially fought them off, but Montez Ford went for a dive and was caught and driven into the barricade. Angelo Dawkins checked on him as they went to break. Jerry Lawler was so happy to see someone get caught on a dive and thrown into the barricade. The match began during the break. Ford managed to pull off the dive on both opponents before also hitting a high cross. He gave Rollins a spike DDT and standing moonsault for two. Rollins came back with a slingblade, then he and Murphy did a combo powerbomb/kick spot. They tried the spot again but Ford slipped out with a leg scissors takedown and Murphy kicked Rollins by accident. Ford went to the top again but Rollins shoved him to the outside, then called for AOP who watched from the stage. The referee immediately tossed them from ringside. As they argued with the referee, Kevin Owens appeared and gave Rollins a stunner. AOP chased after Owens in the crowd and Dawkins knocked Murphy into the timekeeper area. Ford then gave Rollins a frog splash for the pinfall win. Street Profits are the tag champs. The crowd went nuts for the finish. The Street Profits celebrated in the crowd and there were red cups everywhere. This was pretty fun. (The match was short, probably about 6 minutes.) Charly Caruso approached Rollins and Murphy backstage. Rollins was annoyed to see her, as usual. Rollins demanded a rematch against the Street Profits at Elimination Chamber. Rollins also said Owens can name the time, place and stipulation, because when he gets his hands on Owens, he will be crucified. Riddick Moss defeated Ricochet to retain the 24/7 Championship (8:27) Ricochet wore trunks instead of long tights. The announcers said Ricochet was looking to get back on track after Thursday’s loss. Moss, the champion, didn’t get an entrance. Some fans chanted “who are you” at him. Ricochet tried a springboard crossbody but Moss caught him and sent him over the top to the outside with a fallaway slam. Ricochet took a bit of a nasty bump on his way out. He was also bleeding from the mouth from an earlier spot. After a break, Ricochet fought out of a rest hold and hit a running forearm, kick to the head, enziguri, hurricanrana, and standing shooting star press for two. Ricochet urged the crowd to get into it but they didn’t really react. Moss blocked a superkick, slammed him down, then gave him a neckbreaker variant for the pinfall win. Moss retains. [Second hour] There will be a new episode of the Firefly Fun House on Smackdown after The Fiend pointed at the sign last week. Kairi Sane was shown warming up backstage with Asuka. AJ Styles promo Styles said he was not in a good mood. I wished he had his beautiful trophy but didn’t because of a certain someone. The crowd chanted for Undertaker. Styles said he was the talk of the town, but not in a good way. He didn’t understand how anyone could say anything negative about him because he’s phenomenal. Styles was also annoyed with Mark Wahlberg. They aired a clip of Wahlberg who advised Styles to walk away and not go after Undertaker. (Wahlberg was doing one of those sit-down interviews plugging a movie when he taped this.) The crowd chanted “walk away.” Styles couldn’t believe he was getting advice from Marky Mark. Styles wasn’t going to take his advice because he knew he was on a collision course with Taker. Styles wanted Taker to watch his match against Black tonight. Taker was a legend, but he was trying to hold on to a spotlight that wasn’t his anymore. The spotlight belonged to Styles. Aleister Black entered for their match. Before it could begin, Styles said Black must not have read the contract because in order to get to him, Black has to fight the toughest man in the building, Karl Anderson. Anderson jumped in the ring and yelled, “that’s me!” Aleister Black defeated Karl Anderson (w/AJ Styles & Luke Gallows) (5:47) Anderson was in control after a break but Black made a comeback and hit Black Mass for the pinfall win. The ring announcer said Black just earned a match against Styles, but you knew what was coming next. Styles said Black also had to beat Gallows. Gallows attacked Black and tossed him around ringside as the crowd called Styles an assh*le. Aleister Black defeated Luke Gallows (w/AJ Styles & Karl Anderson) via DQ (5:30) The referee called for the match to start as soon as Gallows rolled Black into the ring, which hardly seems fair. After a break, Gallows pounded away at Black as Tom Phillips said this is basically a gauntlet match. Lawler wondered how Black would have missed that in the contract. Suddenly, because Gallows wouldn’t stop attacking Black in the corner, the referee called for the bell, presumably a DQ. The crowd booed and chanted for Undertaker. The OC gave Black a Magic Killer. AJ Styles (w/Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson) defeated Aleister Black (2:26) Despite watching Black get attacked, the referee still called for the match to start with Black down and Styles on his feet (Black did nod at the ref to go ahead and start). Styles blocked a comeback attempt and hit a brainbuster. Styles then hit a Phenomenal forearm and pinned Black the way Undertaker pins his opponents for the pinfall win. Aleister Black loses. Caruso asked Ruby Riott if she anticipated the Riott Squad breaking up the way they did. Riott said the only person she was responsible for was herself and she was free to strike when she damn well pleased. She said there would be no friends inside the Chamber. Jeff Hardy will be on WWE Backstage tomorrow. Becky Lynch was shown talking to some guy backstage. Liv Morgan defeated Ruby Riott (Special Referee: Sarah Logan) (4:27) Riott was in control until Logan backed her out of the corner. Riott got in her face but Logan said she was just trying to be the referee. Riott gave Morgan a flatliner then bonked heads with Logan by accident after Morgan kicked out. Logan and Riott argued, then Morgan applied a schoolgirl. Logan had seen enough and did a fast count to award Morgan the winner. After the match, Morgan gave Riott an enziguri, then Logan hit Morgan with a running knee. Randy Orton was shown standing in the dark. The two steel cage matches were plugged for Wednesday’s NXT. A graphic informed us that a picture of Goldberg after winning the Universal title was the most-liked photo ever on WWE’s Instagram. There was a recap of the Orton-Edge angle. No Way Jose danced through the back with his conga line. They stopped upon seeing Erick Rowan. Jose asked him politely if they could see what was in the cage. Rowan said he’s been waiting weeks for someone to ask respectfully and agreed to show them. They cheered. Rowan pulled an animatronic tarantula out of the cage and they all ran away. He put it back in the cage. Yes, this was as dumb as it sounds. [Third hour] Shayna Baszler defeated Tag Team Champion Kairi Sane (w/Tag Champion Asuka) (12:42) Phillips explained that Asuka suffered a wrist injury, so Sane replaced her. Before the match, Asuka said Baszler was lucky that she got injured. Sane said, “I got this!” In Japanese, Asuka said she would win the Chamber and face Lynch at WrestleMania. There were light chants of “Shayna’s gonna kill you” so Sane covered her ears. Phillips said these two had a history but didn’t explain what that history was. He did put over Baszler’s MMA background. Baszler was in full control for a while until a distraction from Asuka allowed Sane to apply a schoolgirl for just a one count. Phillips said, “Sane nearly got her!” Baszler knocked down Sane, then Lynch entered to her music and joined commentary after a break. Lynch said she could fight them all and her heart rate wouldn’t go over 60, plus there would be lifts and wigs flying everywhere. I think the crowd began chanting “this is boring” as Sane attempted a comeback. She came off the top for an Insane Elbow, but Baszler got her feet up and applied the Kirifuda Clutch for the submission win. Lynch called Baszler the only catch wrestler who didn’t want to be caught because she’s been avoiding her for weeks. Rey Mysterio and Humberto Carrillo did a quick interview with Sarah Schreiber. Mysterio said this thing between them and Andrade and Angel Garza would end when they decide it will end. (Mysterio wore a cool Eddie Guerrero t-shirt.) Rey Mysterio & Humberto Carrillo defeated U.S. Champion Andrade & Angel Garza (w/Zelina Vega) (19:11) Garza and Andrade both wore blue tights. Garza received a kiss from an elderly lady in the front row before the match. There were chants for Eddie early in the match. After a second break, Mysterio tagged in and tried a 619 but Garza blocked. Mysterio followed soon later with a Canadian Destroyer but Andrade broke up the cover. Andrade tagged in and gave Mysterio a back elbow. Andrade did Eddie Guerrero’s pose and tried the three amigos but Mysterio slipped out of the last one. Carrillo tagged in and hit a standing moonsault for two. Mysterio gave both opponents a 619 and sent Garza to the outside. Carrillo then gave Andrade a moonsault for the pinfall win. Very good match. Rollins and Murphy will get their title rematch against the Street Profits on Sunday. Aleister Black faces AJ Styles in a no disqualification match. Beth Phoenix segment Phoenix said she was here to give an update on Edge when Orton quickly interrupted. Orton entered the ring and went to hug Phoenix but she didn’t budge. He offered a handshake. Phoenix said, “You think I would hug you or shake your hand after what you did to my husband, you son-of-a-bitch?” Phoenix figured Orton would show his face and was glad he did, because he needed to hear this. Phoenix said she was here as a mother, because their kids deserved their father. Orton said that Edge would never wrestle again after what he did to him. Orton said he owed her an explanation. Orton told a story about being taken to a live event by his dad, Bob Orton, to meet with some agents in St. Louis back in 1999. He was just a fan at the time and it was a thrill to see guys like Steve Austin, Triple H, Mick Foley, and Davey Boy Smith. However, Edge was the one guy who went up to his dad to tell him how much he respected him and how he was one of the best bad guys in the business. Edge told them that Bob Orton was one of the reasons he got into the business. Edge then told Randy that maybe they would get in the ring one day. Orton said he used to be insecure about being a wrestler but Edge’s words gave him confidence. Not long after that, they were tearing the house down together before becoming partners. Orton then made some bad life choices that should have buried him, but it was Edge who pulled him out of that hole. Orton was able to be a great father because Edge saved his life. Orton was returning the favour for Edge. He got goosebumps when Edge returned in the Rumble and he knew that Edge thought that he was returning for good. But Orton was worried that Edge would end up in a wheelchair and wouldn’t be able to be there for his daughters. Orton did what he did to save Edge because he loved him, Beth and their daughters. Orton said the truth was, this wasn’t his fault, it was Beth’s fault. He called Phoenix an enabler. He called Edge a junkie for the roar of the crowd and she did nothing to stop him. (Some people were actually cheering Orton at this point. A few others chanted “bullsh*t.”) Orton realized at this moment that he loved their daughters more than she did. Phoenix slapped him. They stared each other down as the crowd waited in anticipation. Orton called her a bitch (off the mic) so Phoenix kicked him in the gut. Orton gave her an RKO. They initially played this up differently than usual. The camera cut to the crowd instead of showing Phoenix down in the ring. They then cut to the announcers and you could see officials running down to attend to her. Of course, they did show two replays, then eventually showed the ring. Natalya, Zack Ryder, Curt Hawkins, R-Truth, and Rey Mysterio (plus D-Von Dudley and Shane Helms as agents) were among those checking on her. Phoenix managed to sit up as the show ended.
How WWE Should Book Clash Of Champions: Gold Rush 2020
Hey everyone! Ever since Night Of Champions 2015, through multiple accounts, every month before major WWE pay-per-views, I’ve come on here and booked the cards to make them as exciting, intriguing, and best possible scenarios for the future. I do both NXT and main-roster pay-per-views, as well as the occasional big milestone RAW or Smackdown weekly show. Without further ado, here is how Clash Of Champions: Gold Rush 2020 should be booked
MY NIGHT/CLASH OF CHAMPIONS PPV POSTS OF PREVIOUS YEARS:
We get the usual kickoff panel of some combination of Charly Caruso, JBL, Peter Rosenberg, Booker T and Jerry Lawler. Throughout the hour, the panel runs down the match card giving their predictions, hyping up the matches and showing us video packages. About 25 minutes into the hour, we get our first kickoff match. Yes, there’s two, because there was one match on the main card that SCREAMED kickoff so strongly to me that I just had to move it. You’ll see which one as you read on.
1ST KICKOFF MATCH: Asuka (c) vs. Zelina Vega (Singles match for the WWE RAW Women’s Championship)
Zelina Vega is out first followed by the RAW Women’s Champion, Asuka. We get formal ring introductions and the match gets 5 minutes, because let’s be honest, there is nobody in the world that buys Zelina as a credible threat. She’s a manager and literally got this match by telling Asuka she wanted to face her. 5 minutes will allow a nice little match where Zelina can showcase some of her abilities, but not too long to where it’s completely unbelievable that she can hang with Asuka. The two trade strikes and submissions and it’s very mat-wrestling heavy, but the finish comes when Zelina knocks Asuka down with a dropkick and goes up to the top rope, she tries for her diving hurricanrana but Asuka reverses the momentum and rolls out, locking Zelina in the Asuka Lock for the quick submission. Don’t get me wrong, I think Zelina in the right role is an absolutely tremendous person to have on TV, but if she is getting title matches on PPV, that has to be a telltale sign that we need either a draft or to merge the women’s divisions on RAW and SmackDown DESPERATELY. As far as what’s next for Asuka, maybe Mandy Rose, since at least that’s a match we haven’t seen 73 times. That could be a fun mini-feud on TV maybe culminating in a title match on the go-home RAW to HIAC.
WINNER by SUBMISSION and STILL WWE RAW Women’s Champion: Asuka
The panel discusses the match we’ve just seen, and as they’re commending Zelina on her efforts, Andrade and Garza just so happen to crash the party and they cut a promo explaining how that is a prime example of why they don’t need Vega anymore. They knew she was the weak link and they knew she was driving the wedge between them. They vow to win the RAW Tag Titles tonight and walk off. We get some more video packages and at about the 40 minute point in the hour, we get our second and final kickoff match of the night.
2ND KICKOFF MATCH: Cesaro and Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Lucha House Party (Kalisto and Lince Dorado) (w/ Gran Metalik) (Tag Team match for the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championships)
Lucha House Party are out first, and it’s evident that Kalisto and Lince will be the ones participating in this match as Metalik is not in gear. During their entrance, we throw to a video highlighting the rising tensions between Dorado and Kalisto in the past number of weeks. The champs are out second. We get formal ring introductions and the match gets 12 minutes. Yeah… so I just didn’t see this match anywhere but the kickoff. This feud is more ice cold than an esikmo’s ass. Plus, it will make the main card just that little bit shorter, which is always a nice thing. Cesaro and Dorado start things off, with lots of uppercuts and lucha things. The match ends as Cesaro and Kalisto are the legal men, and Kalisto goes for a Salida Del Sol, but Cesaro pushes him away and Kalisto lands on his feet, straight up into the pop-up European uppercut. Cesaro quickly tags Nakamura who sinks a Kinshasa into Kalisto’s skull for the win. The heels stand tall and retreat to the back and we linger in the ring as LHP congregates and Metalik helps the others to their feet. Dorado shoves Kalisto for being the one pinned, Kalisto shoves back, the two get into a huge fist fight now but Metalik breaks it up. Metalik is outraged and starts to leave the ring after it seems things have settled but METALIK, THE PEACEMAKER, is the one that attacks both men now. Metalik hits his finisher on both men and then walks to the back. Metalik has finally snapped and is tired of the arguing. In my mind, what does this lead to? There is one more match between these two teams on SmackDown in the next few weeks. LHP win the belts there, but don’t you worry, they are just transitional champions, because at Hell In A Cell, which you can see my card for at the end of this post, it will be Lucha House Party vs. Street Profits in a match to unify the RAW and SmackDown tag titles, because THAT IS DESPERATELY FUCKING NEEDED. Nakasaro retaining tonight would give them one more retain under their belt making their reign look at least a little more credible than it would’ve otherwise, and I would hate to have them in that spot being the ones that fail to unify the titles. LHP/Profits is also something we’ve never seen, since Profits/Shinsaro happened on RAW a few weeks ago for.. no reason. That’s my thinking. Cesaro will still have a role at HIAC though… keep reading on to see what that is.
WINNERS and STILL WWE SmackDown Tag Team Champions: Cesaro and Shinsuke Nakamura
The panel gives their final predictions for the world title matches of the night, and we pan to a shot of the ring crew bringing out ladders, so we already know what’s going on first. Now, let’s clash some champions.
MAIN SHOW:
Making his near 962nd return to attempt a regular schedule of these posts, it’s Reddit user u/HardestPartOfTheRing! I’ve been inconsistent, I know. I went on a 4 year stretch where I never missed doing one of these for a PPV, but in the past year, life got busy. This is my first booking post since Takeover: IYH and my first one for a main-roster PPV since Money In The Bank. A lot has happened since then. I didn’t even do one for either night of WrestleMania because the no-crowds has somewhat squandered my passion for the product and motivation to do these posts. But this is a restart. A new beginning. Clash Of Champions: GOLD RUSH! Live in the Thunderdome! As always, this isn’t what I think WILL happen, this is what I think SHOULD happen. Now, let’s distract ourselves from the real world with some pro wrestling.
1ST MATCH: Jeff Hardy (c) vs. Sami Zayn (c) vs. AJ Styles (Triple Threat Ladder match for the Undisputed WWE Intercontinental Championship)
Oh boy, this is gonna be a goodin'. We get a shot of both titles hanging above the ring, and AJ Styles is out first, followed by Sami Zayn, who as per usual is enraged when his graphic reads as a former IC Champ, and out last is Jeff Hardy. The match gets 23 minutes. The match begins as Sami Zayn tries the same stunt he pulled on SmackDown as Jeff and AJ are in the ring and Zayn, on the apron, pushes a ladder in the ring down towards them, but this time they both sidestep it, and run and knock Sami off the apron to the outside. The bell rings and Styles and Hardy go at it for a bit. Some key spots in the match are as follows:
-Hardy and Zayn are on either side of the ladder, fighting to unhook the title, but Styles springs off the top rope and knocks Zayn off with a Phenomenal Forearm. Jeff and AJ fight on the ladder now and Jeff nails a Twist of Fate to Styles off the top. -There is a ladder bridge set up between the announce table and the apron, and Styles hits a Styles Clash to Zayn through it. -A ladder is set upright in front of a ringpost, and Zayn does his torpedo DDT through the post THROUGH THE LADDER onto Styles on the outside. -And of course…. Jeff hits a Swanton Bomb off the top of a ladder. Somehow, some way. The match ends with all 3 men on a single ladder, and they begin dropping like flies one by one. Zayn swings the titles into Styles, who falls to the mat. It’s now a tug of war between Zayn and Jeff. Jeff powerbombs Zayn off the ladder into the arms of AJ Styles, and Jeff unhooks the belts. Styles shouldn’t win this with the rumors of him going back to RAW due to his real-life issues with Heyman and because he wants to spend Fridays with his son, and the parallel between Sami and Jeff should continue one-on-one, and I don’t feel like that can happen unless Jeff wins, and Zayn just won’t have it. This would lead to Jeff vs. Sami Zayn in a ⅔ falls match at Hell In A Cell. And as for what AJ does next… keep reading on. WINNER and STILL WWE Intercontinental Champion: Jeff Hardy
We get an ad for WWE on Peacock.
2ND MATCH: Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler (c) vs. The Riott Squad (Ruby Riott and Liv Morgan) (Tag Team match for the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships)
The Riott Squad are out first, followed by the champions. We get formal ring introductions and the match gets 11 minutes. Liv starts off in the ring for her team, but there is some dissension at the beginning between Shayna and Nia about who will begin, as they forcefully tag themselves in. Nia and Shayna largely dominate the match with big power moves, but occasionally The R.S. will get some big offence in. The match ends when Shayna and Nia have just had enough of each other and Shayna locks Jax in the Kirafuda Clutch, and Nia passes out. Shayna has already said once that she doesn’t care about the titles, so she walks off and Ruby scrambles to pin Nia but SHE KICKS OUT. We get a double team now and they nail a Double Riott Kick on Jax to score the victory. Liv and Ruby are the new Women’s Tag Team Champions… and that’s the way it needs to be. Jax and Baszler are the most thrown together, throw something at the wall and see if it sticks team ever assembled. I know taking the titles off them now would make it such a short and pointless reign but hey, I wouldn’t have ever put it on them in the first place. There are just so many more intriguing possibilities of matches and feuds that the Riott Squad could have than Nia and Shayna together. Let’s just get the feud between them out of the way and move Shayna back into the Women’s Title picture. Riott Squad finally get their due after all these years, and they deserve it.
WINNERS by PINFALL and NEW WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions: The Riott Squad
We get an ad for all the independent promotions that have been added to the Network.
3RD MATCH: Bobby Lashley (c) (w/ The Hurt Business) vs. Apollo Crews (w/ Ricochet) (Singles match for the WWE United States Championship)
Apollo is out first with Ricochet, followed by Robert Lashley with The Pain Corporation. They’re announced on their way to the ring in this one and the match gets 10 minutes. This card is just FULL of rematches and it’s so painful to think about. I know i’ve said it a million times in this post but we need that shakeup so badly. Let’s make this the last Crews vs. Lashley match for at least 18 million years, yeah? It follows the same formula as their match from Payback, two big buff bald headed black bruisers beating the brakes off each other, brother! I’m not gonna lie to you, this match isn’t gonna have a finish, because it’s all too obvious what’s happening here. After the two men sit cross-legged in the middle of the ring and have an intelligent and respectful political debate, all of a sudden T-BAR, SLAPJACK AND MACE and the other unnamed members of Retribution swarm the ring and get their… well, retribution on The Hurt Business for their ambushes the past few weeks. The match is thrown out and Dijak/Dio/Thorne put MVP through the announce table at ringside. Mass destruction is caused and we just move on from this disaster of an angle for the night.
Bobby Lashley (c) (w/ The Hurt Business) vs. Apollo Crews ended in a No Contest after Retribution interfered and wreaked havoc
We get an ad for WWE Battlegrounds, and a video package for our next match.
4TH MATCH: Bayley (c) vs. Nikki Cross (Singles match for the WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship)
Cross is out first, followed by Bayley. We get formal ring introductions and the match gets 12 minutes, same as it did when they fought at Extreme Rules… THE HORROR SHOW, because why not. Remember in the very last match when I said this card is full of rematches? Well FUCK here we are again. I firmly believe that the only reason Nikki got this title shot again is because she is legitimately the only one left on SmackDown right now that’s not Sasha who has even the tiniest shred of credibility to be able to hang with Bayley. Again, let’s get that draft soon, please. You know the deal here. The match ends after Cross is setting up for her rope-assisted swinging neckbreaker, but Bayley gets out and lands on the apron and jumps down, choking Nikki on the rope. Bayley rolls back inside and hits a Bayley to Belly, but that’s not enough. She wants to send a real message to Sasha not to fuck with her. She winds Cross up, backstabber into the Bank Statement, and Nikki taps out to a move of Bayley’s that isn’t even hers. We’re setting up Bayley vs. Sasha on a big stage, it would be utter stupidity to have Nikki win the title here. Even just as a swerve to ruin everyone’s predictions for the night, what’s the point in interrupting the flow of this Sasha/Bayley storyline, one of the best things that WWE has to offer as a storyline right now? Honestly, I would do Bayley vs. Sasha in HIAC next month. What other time are they gonna do that type of match? The feud definitely calls for it. I’d have Bayley retain, and the only other way Sasha can get to Bayley again is by winning the Women’s Rumble, which she does, setting up Bayley/Sasha for WrestleMania FINALLY, and Sasha wins the big one on the grandest stage.
WINNER by SUBMISSION and STILL WWE SmackDown Women’s Champion: Bayley
We get an ad for the WWE Network.
5TH MATCH: The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) (c) vs. Andrade and Angel Garza (Tag Team match for the WWE RAW Tag Team Championships)
AHHHHHHHHHH. REMATCHES REMATCHES REMATCHES. END THE MISERY GOD DAMNIT. Now that I’ve taken a minute to compose myself, Andrade and Garza are out first followed by The Profits. the match gets 9 minutes, and the Profits win after Montez hits a Frogsplash on Andrade. Plain and simple. Let’s end this damn feud. Let’s unify those titles at HIAC. Let’s make WWE Tag Team wrestling great again. Moving on.
WINNERS by PINFALL and STILL WWE RAW Tag Team Champions: The Street Profits
We get an ad for Hell In A Cell next month, and a video package for our next match.
6TH MATCH: Roman Reigns (c) (w/ Paul Heyman) vs. Jey Uso (Singles match for the WWE Universal Championship)
Jey Uso is out first, followed by Paul Heyman, with his newest client.. The REIGNSing, DEFENDING, UNDISPUTED, BIG DOG OF THE WORLD WRESTLING FEDERATION… Roman Leakee. We get formal ring introductions, with Heyman taking the mic and doing his own for Roman, and the match gets 8 minutes. This is gonna be a Goldberg/Lesnar at Wrestlemania 33 level of epic sprint. There is gonna be so much packed into this 8 minutes that you’re gonna swear it was 888 minutes. Just you wait. The bell sounds and immediately Roman charges for a spear, but Jey sidesteps and sends Roman headfirst into the ringpost. Reigns turns around into a superkick, Reigns falls to one knee. Another superkick, Reigns is on his back. Jey goes up top for an Uso splash, Roman kicks out. Jey goes up top, second Uso splash, Heyman going wild on the outside, Roman kicks out again. Jey is running wild on Reigns out of the gate. Roman gets thing back in control with a Samoan Drop, and that one-arm lifting powerbomb off the mat. Jey kicks out. About halfway through, in a key moment in the match, Roman is setting up for a Superman Punch but Jey ducks. Jey rebounds with a Superman Punch of his own, followed by a Samoan Driver, in an ode to daddy Rikishi, maggle. Jey gets the cover on Reigns but and just as it looks like Jey is about to pull off the impossible, PAUL HEYMAN GRABS THE REFEREE’S LEG AND PULLS HIM OUT OF THE RING. The ref drops hard on the outside and it looks like Reigns is in here to play dirty. Heyman won’t be gloating for long though AS THE USOS MUSIC HITS AND OUT COMES JIMMY USO TO MAKE HIS RETURN. Jimmy sprints and jumps off the steps, taking Heyman down with a flying clothesline. No ref still, Jimmy slides into the ring and they hit a double superkick on Roman. They go to either corner, DOUBLE USO SPLASH. Surely this combo will get it done, a new ref runs out from the back. 1… 2… NOOOO. Jimmy looks petrified on the outside. What more can Jey possibly do? Jimmy has an idea and grabs the Universal Title belt from the timekeepers area, and slides it in the ring. Jimmy slides back into the ring and The Usos hit a double superkick on the new ref. Jey picks up the championship, Reigns stumbles to his feet, and Jey goes to swing it at Reigns head but Reigns ducks, shoots off the ropes and hits a Spear. By now the original ref has recovered, and counts the 3. Whew, that was alot. Just imagine all that going down in your head, commentators and the piped-in crowd noise going crazy. Slightly overbooked? Maybe, but it would make for an extremely high drama match that you couldn’t look away from for one second, and one that had several hope spots for Jey Uso where it looked like he could actually pull it off. For now, at least, Roman Reigns remains at the head of the table as the tribal chief of SmackDown.
WINNER by PINFALL and STILL WWE Universal Champion: Roman Reigns
We get an ad for WWEShop, followed by a video package for our main event.
7TH MATCH: Drew McIntyre (c) vs. Randy Orton (Ambulance match for the WWE Championship)
Randy Orton is out first, followed by McIntyre, who makes his entrance out of the back of the ambulance as it drives into place on the stage. We get formal ring introductions and the match gets 20 minutes. When trying to decide between this and Jey/Roman on what should main event this show, all it really came down to for me was the fact that McIntyre still has not main evented a PPV as WWE Champion yet, so let’s give that to him here. Also because there’s actually a title switch here, but hey, you’re not supposed to know that yet! The match is an all out brawl similar to their excellent match at Summerslam, now with 90% more fighting by a local medical facility vehicle! The match ends when the two men are fighting by the Ambulance, Drew opens the doors, and charges Orton for a Claymore Kick but Drew’s momentum sends him flying into the Ambulance and Orton capitalizes and closes the door. The second this was made an Ambulance match we pretty much knew this was a safe way to take the title off Drew without having him get pinned, which is entirely sensible. It’s odd to have a world title change in a stipulation like this, but so be it if it advances a story. Post-match, Orton poses in the ring as a 13-time World champion, but all of a sudden we see a man come up behind him. Orton turns around and is suddenly face to face with EDGE. And with just a simple stare, and a raise of the championship belt by Orton, we know what we’re in for. Orton vs. Edge III for the WWE Championship, next month, inside Hell In A Cell. What’s next for McIntyre? Since this Orton/Edge feud is going to dominate RAW for the next little while again, I'd promptly move Drew over to SmackDown in the draft and waste no time in getting him right back into a World Title program, this time for the Universal. Hopefully, this time we can hold out on him winning it until fans come back, so he can finally get that title win pop that he was robbed of at Wrestlemania. As sort of a first proving ground for Drew on SmackDown, I think him vs. Cesaro at HIAC could be a phenomenal match, where Drew would obviously get the win. But for now, The Viper is once again the man. Keep reading to see my HIAC card.
WINNER and NEW WWE Champion: Randy Orton
FINAL RESULTS:
No.
Results
Stipulations
Times
Pre-show
Asuka (c) defeated Zelina Vega by Submission
Singles match for the WWE RAW Women’s Championship
5 minutes
Pre-show
Cesaro and Shinsuke Nakamura (c) defeated Lucha House Party (Kalisto and Lince Dorado) (w/ Gran Metalik) by Pinfall
Tag Team match for the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championships
12 minutes
1
Jeff Hardy (c) defeated AJ Styles and Sami Zayn
Triple Threat Ladder match for the Undisputed WWE Intercontinental Championship
23 minutes
2
The Riott Squad (Ruby Riott and Liv Morgan) defeated Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler (c) by Pinfall
Tag Team match for the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships
11 minutes
3
Bobby Lashley (c) (w/ The Hurt Business) vs. Apollo Crews (w/ Ricochet) ended in a No Contest after Retribution interfered and wreaked havoc
Singles match for the WWE United States Championship
10 minutes
4
Bayley (c) defeated Nikki Cross by Submission
Singles match for the WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship
12 minutes
5
The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) (c) defeated Andrade and Angel Garza by Pinfall
Tag Team match for the WWE RAW Tag Team Championships
9 minutes
6
Roman Reigns (c) (w/ Paul Heyman) defeated Jey Uso (w/ Jimmy Uso) by Pinfall
Singles match for the WWE Universal Championship
8 minutes
7
Randy Orton defeated Drew McIntyre (c)
Ambulance match for the WWE Championship
20 minutes
MY CARD FOR HELL IN A CELL 2020 (October 25th, 2020, Orlando, FL, Amway Center)
No.
Matches
Stipulations
1
Randy Orton (c) vs. Edge
Hell In A Cell match for the WWE Championship
2
Bayley (c) vs. Sasha Banks
Hell In A Cell match for the WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship
3
Roman Reigns (c) (w/ Paul Heyman) vs. AJ Styles
Singles match for the WWE Universal Championship
4
Jeff Hardy (c) vs. Sami Zayn
2-out-of-3 Falls match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship
5
The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) (c; RAW) vs. Lucha House Party (Gran Metalik and Lince Dorado) (w/ Kalisto) (c; SmackDown)
Tag Team match to unify the WWE RAW and SmackDown Tag Team Championships
6
The Hurt Business (MVP, Bobby Lashley, Shelton Benjamin and Cedric Alexander) vs. Apollo Crews, Keith Lee, Mustafa Ali and Ricochet
8-man Tag Team match
7
Cesaro (w/ Shinsuke Nakamura) vs. Drew McIntyre
Singles match
8
Alexa Bliss and “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt vs. Braun Strowman and Nikki Cross
Mixed Tag Team match
Well, that was the post. Thanks for reading! As always, let me know what you liked and/or what you didn’t like from the post, and what from the post you’d like to see actually happen on the show tomorrow night! Be sure to look out for my next post for the upcoming PPV, **”How WWE Should Book Hell In A Cell 2020. Enjoy the show tomorrow night, everyone.
Goldberg (a 53-year-old part-time wrestler) beat The Fiend (aka Bray Wyatt) in a very short match to win the WWE Universal Championship Thursday. The unexpected result sent shockwaves throughout Goldberg vs Reigns - Spear vs Spear, Era vs Era. Another positive from Goldberg’s victory over Wyatt is that it has opened the door for a dream match of sorts between Goldberg and Reigns, one of Undoubtedly the biggest furor surrounds the result of the WWE Universal Championship match between Goldberg and The Fiend, in which Bray Wyatt's character was soundly beaten. There are many angles to the backlash that this result has caused; at 53 years-old, Goldberg is unarguably past his prime and competed in an abysmal match against The Undertaker at last year's Super Showdown. At WWE Super ShowDown 2020, Goldberg reclaimed the Universal Championship with a victory over “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt, The Undertaker returned to win the first-ever Tuwaiq Trophy Gauntlet Match, WWE Champion Brock Lesnar defeated Ricochet, SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley triumphed over Naomi, Miz & Morrison bested The New Day to claim the SmackDown Tag Team Titles, Roman Reigns defeats WWE Smackdown results, recap, grades: Goldberg challenges 'The Fiend,' Carmella earns title shot Goldberg will return to action at Super ShowDown in an attempt to take the universal title from THE FIEND VS GOLDBERG. Only one match remains…and it is the main event! Here. We. Go. Gary Stonehouse 27th Feb 2020, 20:05. AND STILL. Gary Stonehouse 27th Feb 2020, 20:04. BAYLEY VS NAOMI. Yowie wowie: Goldberg has defeated “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt at “Super ShowDown” Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, becoming the new WWE Universal Champion in the process. Guess how well that creative William Scott Goldberg is an American professional wrestler, actor, former football player and former mixed martial arts color commentator, who has currently signed his SmackDown brand to WWE, where he is the current Universal Champion in his second reign. Today we will discuss about WWE Super Showdown 2020 RESULT & Return of Goldberg The match began with Goldberg stood in the middle of the ring with The Fiend soon coming to meet him eye to eye. But as soon as the champ removed his jacket, Goldberg hit a Spear for a near fall. WWE Championship Match Brock Lesnar (w/Paul Heyman) (c) def. Ricochet. Steel Cage Match Roman Reigns def. King Corbin. WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship Match Bayley (c) def. Naomi. WWE Universal Championship Match Goldberg defeats The Fiend (c) – TITLE CHANGE Find more results from past tv show and live events in our RESULTS SECTION.
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