#tlc ppv

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Alright I promised it so here’s my top 20 matches

Now a quick heads up, this isn’t just going to be a retread of my 5-star list. That’s more of a list of what I think is the best matches in the world, while this is more matches that I in particular like and/or hold sentiment for me. Though there will inevitably be overlap

Honorable mentions:

Hangman Adam Page vs Bryan Danielson 12/15- This match is basically number 21. this is the best AEW world title match and I love it sooo much but it just barely gets eeked out by the other 20

Asuka vs Ember Moon Takeover Brooklyn 3- one of the best NXT women’s matches and just barely didn’t make the cut. If they were to do this with modern Athena this would soar in my personal rankings Bull Nakano vs Aja Kong 11/4- an excellent finale to Aja's long title chase and her crowning as the new top boss of AJW

Kaientai DX vs Gran Hamada, Gran Naniwa, Masato Yakushiji, Super Delfin, and Tiger Mask 4- great and extremely fun multiman tag and a perfect primer for Michinoku Pro's style

Daniel Bryan vs Randy Orton 6/24- One of Randy's best matches and probably the best PG era no DQ match. THE LIST: 20. Bryan Danielson vs Kenny Omega, 4/12/09- a cartoonish and lighthearted match before each man went on to dominate the world. This is probably the most farcical match on this list but for good reason. it's an excellent display of both men's comedy chops, crowd work and eventually a sprint of both men's in ring capabilities. I delightful foot note

19. Cody vs Dustin Rhodes, 5/25/19- The Match that made me go "oh yeah, AEW's gonna work." Bar none Dustin's best match as he and his brother honor their late father's legacy by drenching themselves in blood. I know Dustin getting busted open was an accident but it added so much to the sprit of the match.

18. WALTER vs Ilja Dragunov, 8/22/21- This is the best NXT match of all time. A passionate and brutal rematch of their 2020 encounter. Dragunov shows he truly does have that dog in him as with a chest made of hamburger meat and a gash on his forehead, physically clobbers WALTER into submission

17. Steve Corino vs Yoshihiro Tajiri, 5/14- This is probably my most self indulgent pick on this list as I feel a lot of people could be turned off by Corino's racist pre match promo. I justify my liking of this match by going "DID YOU SEE HOW HARD TAJIRI KICKED THAT RACIST FUCK'S HEAD?!" Tajiri gives Corino one of the most satisfying beat downs I've ever seen and it rocks so hard.

16. Tsuruta Gun vs SGA 4/20- best 6-man tag in wrestling history, every participant plays their part perfectly. Tsuruta Gun's monumental hater energy is prevalent in all 3 members, Jumbo's ongoing grouchy ace energy, Taue fighting to prove he belongs with the vets, and Fuchi's the evil old man viciously harassing his younger opponents. Meanwhile Misawa, Kawada and Kobashi are in a constant state of white hot babyface sprit that does not let up the entire match.

15. Rey Misterio vs Eddie Guerrero 10/27- The perfect encapsulation of WCW's cruiserweight division. Eddie clawing and slamming Rey with the viciousness only a rudo like himself can show off. Meanwhile Rey shows of just why he's one of the best underdog babyfaces as he uses everything in his book to counteract Eddie's harsh offence. Special shoutout to Rey's The Sprit gear here as it works with the theming of the PPV and as a visual metaphor for a Luchador's mask being a part of themselves.

14. E&C vs The Hardy Boys vs The Dudley Boys 4/1- WWE's best stipulation match with 3 of their best tag teams ever. TLC 2 is the wrestling equivalent to watching the police car pile up from the end of Blues Brothers. An insane series of mesmerizing car crashes in rapid precession.

13. Akira Taue vs Toshiaki Kawada 4/1- These 2 start their own independent blood feud while inside the bigger blood feud that is Tsuruta Gun vs Super Generation Army. Taue and Kawada go at each other like 2 beta fish in the same tank, fast and violently. Taue in particular does the rare but awesome All Japan blade job. a dark horse in the 4 Pillars cannon

12. Eddie Kingston vs Jun Akiyama 11/19- The proper match itself is a good time and one of Eddie's sleeper hits, but the post match is special to me. Eddie showing respect to one of his all time heroes and that hero showing an equal amount of respect back is the only time a wrestling match made me cry. The exact moment I realized who my favorite wrestler is, hail to the Mad King.

11. KENTA vs Ricky Marvin 10/15- This match is one of the best sprints I've ever seen. The moment Marvin launches himself at KENTA begins 2 minuets of the 2 men throwing the sickest strikes and nastiest bombs I've ever seen. Gets everyone I've shown it to jumping out of their seats

10. CM Punk vs John Cena 7/17- Punk snatches victory from the jaw of a corporation. Punk truly attains his 2nd City Saint nickname and the title of generational talent. Cena's no slouch here either as he does his patented one night stoic heel routine like it's 2006 all over again.

9. Jon Moxley vs Wheeler YUTA 4/6- This is my most biased pick as I was there live in the arena for this, but also it's the best match I've ever seen live, so it evens out. This is the match that convinced me Yuta is a guy to look out for. Jon Moxley initiates Wheeler Yuta into the BCC through blood and carnage. I was physically leaping out of my seat as Yoots bit and clawed his way to meet Mox on his level. While he failed to beat Mox, Wheeler's sheer tenacity proved he deserves to stand shoulder to shoulder with some of the best wrestlers in the world.

8. Kenta Kobashi vs Kensuke Sasaki 7/18- I lovingly described this match to a friend as "if 2 fridges worked out and hated your chest." Kobashi vs Sasaki is one of the most Dudes Rock matches ever in a medium designed for shit that makes you go Dudes Rock. watch that chop off in the middle of this match and not get hype I dare you.

7. Daniel Bryan vs John Cena 8/18- This is John Cena's best match in his best genre, all timer wrestler sets their legend in stone by surpassing Big Match John. Bryan that this point was, you know, an exceptional technician with a storied career outside of The Fed. But this particular bout cemented him as a star so bright Even the WWE couldn't look the other way as oceans of people rallied behind that little harry hippie.

6. Mitsuharu Misawa vs Toshiaki Kawada, 6/3- This match is mythical. A short hand for greatest of all time for those in the know. In the early years of their decade spanning war, Toshiaki Kawada throws everything in his arsenal at Misawa. In the face of this offence, the Ace manages to have an all timer comeback. I first watched this while on a plane ride and by the time the match was over I didn't ever realize the plane had landed, I was so enthralled I lost track of time.

5. Mitsuharu Misawa vs Toshiaki Kawada, 6/6- Buuuut this is my favorite match between the 2. Years later into the feud, Misawa and Kawada have fought so many time and have elevated into a barrage of heavy bombs, stiff strikes and tight grapples. Kawada is an absolute freak at this point, desperate for his first win and eating everything the Ace has in store. Despite all his efforts, the heartbreak sets in as Misawa once again vanquishes Dangerous K. The ending is the same as always but hits hard, Kawada was so close, but victory slips away yet again.

4. The Briscoes vs FTR 12/10- I find it fitting the late great Jay Briscoe's last great match, the last Great Briscoes match, sits atop the heap as the best tag team match. Blood and metal fly. Jay's bleed, Mark's bleeding, Dax and Cash are bleeding. hell even the ref gets in on the blood. A grand farewell to the best team, dead or alive.

3. Terry Funk vs Atsushi Onita, 5/5- This match is a beautiful as it is violent and boy, is it violent. Onita and Funk slug each other as their bodies are pelted with explosions as the hit real barbwire. The battle makes these great transitions as it goes from all out hatred to desperation as the clock winds down, then finally one of the grandest acts of kindness I've ever seen in a match. Onita, realizing Funk will get caught in the explosion, show his foe some humanity and shields his near lifeless body from the final bomb. The best ending to any match I've ever seen

2. Shinobu Kandori vs Akira Hokuto, 4/2- This. Is. War. Hokuto and Kandori go at each other from minute one with unparalleled animosity. They're snappy, they're agile, they are vicious. Kandori's murderous submission holds, Hokuto's brilliant dives and bombs, THAT TOMBSTONE ON THE TABLE. Undoubtedly the greatest women's match ever, no chance of it being topped.

Kenta Kobashi vs Samoa Joe 10/1- The perfect dream match. 2 of the best to ever do it, at the hottest time for the promotion, at the zenith of both men's careers. Kobashi is fresh off his legendary reign of fire with the GHC heavyweight title. Joe's in that mythical period of his career where he's the best wrestler who ever lived. It is 2 unparalleled greats colliding likes stars, and the explosion is spectacular

[newjaxxcity]

I get that mitb briefcase same night is exciting, but if yall can't plan a storyline for it every once in a while, just don't have the ppv - do TLC instead.

[mvdbutler]

THE WORST WWE PPV OF 2020-2021

NXT TakeOver: Portland 2020

Super ShowDown (2020)

Elimination Chamber (2020)

Money in the Bank (2020)

The Horror Show at Extreme Rules 2020

TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs (2020)

Elimination Chamber (2021)

NXT TakeOver: In Your House (2021)

SummerSlam (2021)

Extreme Rules (2021)

Survivor Series (2021)

[heavenforblog1111]

Kasabian is an English rock band formed in Leicester in 1997. They launched a song called 'Days Are Forgotten' in 2011 as the lead single of the album 'Velociraptor'. In this article we'll talk about Days Are Forgotten Song Review. They have another version featuring LL Cool J which was used as the theme song in WWE’s 2011 PPV TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs. Days Are Forgotten Song Review and Meaning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBsQVP-Olmw Personally, this is my favorite song by Kasabian. Tom Meighan did an incredible job as the lead vocalist in this song. The instrumentals and the rhythm is on point as well and the chorus sounds amazing. According to the Sergio Pizzorno the lead guitarist and song writer the song was about how the band represented themselves and took pride in it. The lyrics were inspired by Hip-Hop MCs like Doom. I love that whole this-is-us-and-if-you-don't-like-it-f--k-off attitude. 'Days…' is us stating our case. There's a line in it which goes: 'Call me a cliché/How right you are.' I might be a rock 'n' roll cliché but I take pride in it. Sergio Pizzorno Apart from that what the song means, I am not that sure myself. But in my opinion, it is about how time passes by so quickly and the past is more or less forgotten. So, in the entire scheme of things one's relevance is going to fade sooner or later. Ironically, the singer mentions that he will never be forgotten probably implying that the listener will never forget what the former told him. The singer is looking forward to the future and talks about waiting for someone or something to take him over. It is perhaps about falling in love with a person or finding a new purpose in life which consumes him. So, this was my opinion on the song. Let me know yours in the comments below.

[droptoeholdyourhorses]

A Look Back at Charlotte Flair's 14 World Title Reigns.

While watching Fastlane with a couple of friends, there was some concern in the group that Charlotte Flair would win the WWE Women's Championship. That's not a knock on Charlotte's talent, she's a tremendous wrestler. It was more a case of wanting to see IYO SKY retain as opposed to yet another Charlotte Flair title win. The group conversation then turned to the question have any of Charlotte's reigns been good? Well, let's take a look.

Reign #1 - WWE Divas Champion - September 20, 2015 to April 3, 2016

Defeats Nikki Bella at Night of Champions 2015 to win the title (WON rating ***1/4)

Retains vs. Nikki Bella at Hell in a Cell 2015 (WON rating ***1/4)

Retains vs. Paige at Survivor Series 2015

Double count out vs. Paige on Raw

Retains vs. Paige at TLC 2015

Retains vs. Becky Lynch on SmackDown

Retains vs. Becky Lynch at Royal Rumble 2016 (WON rating ***1/4)

Retains vs. Brie Bella at Fastlane 2016

Retains vs. Natalya at Roadblock 2016 (WON rating ***1/2)

Divas Championship retired at WrestleMania 32

Thoughts - It seems odd in hindsight that Charlotte has a reign with the Divas Championship but she was the final woman to hold the butterfly belt before its retirement. Charlotte was a good choice to end Nikki Bella's record 301-day reign. Main thing I remember from the Paige feud was Paige's comments about Charlotte's brother Reid. The Becky feud was good but the matches suffered from Ric Flair's interference. The Rumble match featured a moment where Ric forced a kiss onto Becky, which has since been edited off the network. Can't say I remember anything about the match with Brie. Charlotte usually has pretty good matches with Natalya.

Overall - Not the smoothest of initial title reigns but I would say there's more good than bad.

Reign #2 - WWE Women's Champion - April 3, 2016 to July 25, 2016

Defeats Becky Lynch and Sasha Banks at WrestleMania 32 (WON rating ****)

Loses to Natalya via DQ on Raw

Retains vs. Natalya at Payback 2016

Retains vs. Natalya in a Submission match at Extreme Rules 2016

Retains vs. Paige on Raw

Loses to Sasha Banks on Raw (WON rating ***3/4)

Thoughts - While the WrestleMania triple threat was solid, I personally would have preferred to see Becky or Sasha leave as the new champion. Can see why they gave it to Charlotte though. The line in the previous entry about Charlotte and Natalya usually having good matches? This feud was a case of forgettable to bad matches, with the Payback one in particular being damaged by a stupid Montreal Screwjob rehash. The title loss to Sasha on Raw feels like it should have happened at SummerSlam 2016.

Overall - A meh title reign, leaning more towards bad in my opinion.

Reign #3 - Raw Women's Champion - August 21, 2016 to October 3, 2016

Defeats Sasha Banks at SummerSlam 2016 (WON rating **3/4)

Retains vs. Sasha Banks and Bayley at Clash of Champions 2016 (WON rating ***1/4)

Loses to Sasha Banks on Raw (WON rating ****)

Thoughts - This marked the first of three instances in 2016 where Charlotte lost the title to Sasha on Raw, only to immediately win it back at the next PPV. In this case, there was initially some concern that Banks had suffered a back injury and that was the cause of switching the title back to Charlotte so soon. I have no memory of Bayley managing to get a title shot during this period and while the Raw match vs. Sasha appears to have been good, the lack of stipulation means that one doesn't stand out in my mind at all.

Overall - Bad but could (and would) be worse.

Reign #4 - Raw Women's Champion - October 30, 2016 to November 28, 2016

Defeats Sasha Banks in Hell in a Cell at Hell in a Cell 2016 (WON rating **3/4)

Double count out vs. Sasha Banks on Raw

Loses to Sasha Banks in a Falls Count Anywhere match on Raw (WON rating ****)

Thoughts - No reason Sasha shouldn't have retained the title at Hell in a Cell, especially with the PPV being in Boston. The match is historic as it marked the first time two women main evented a WWE PPV and I'd say it was better than the rating it got. The Falls Count Anywhere match is really good and might be my favourite match between Charlotte and Sasha.

Overall - Fun matches but an unnecessary reign.

Reign #5 - Raw Women's Champion - December 18, 2016 to February 13, 2017

Defeats Sasha Banks in a 30 Minute Iron Woman match at Roadblock: End of the Line (WON rating ***)

Retains vs. Bayley at Royal Rumble 2017 (WON rating ***1/4)

Loses to Bayley on Raw (WON rating ****1/4)

Thoughts - The Charlotte/Sasha rivalry had already dragged out enough at this point without the need for a 30 Minute Iron Woman match. It failed to reach the same heights as Sasha's Iron Woman match with Bayley. It also didn't help Banks that after being 2-1 up after 28 minutes, and spending 118 seconds in the Figure Four, that she couldn't hold on for the last two seconds and caused the match to go into overtime. Charlotte did have good matches against Bayley here, with the Raw one given more time to shine. However, the timing seemed off as it felt like Bayley's crowning moment should have come at WrestleMania. Charlotte had been undefeated on PPV since her call up from NXT. Rather than wait for the biggest stage possible, Bayley wins the title on Raw, ends Charlotte's streak at Fastlane and both end up in a fatal four way at Mania instead.

Overall - A frustrating reign with questionable booking.

Reign #6 - SmackDown Women's Champion - November 14, 2017 to April 10, 2018

Defeats Natalya on SmackDown

Non-title win vs. Raw Women's Champion Alexa Bliss at Survivor Series 2017

Loses to Natalya via DQ on SmackDown

Retains vs. Natalya in a Lumberjack match at Clash of Champions 2017

Retains vs. Ruby Riott at Fastlane 2018

Retains vs. Asuka at WrestleMania 34 (WON rating ****)

Loses to Carmella cashing in Money in the Bank on SmackDown

Thoughts - Charlotte's move to SmackDown and face turn helped freshen her act in 2017. Natalya's reign as SmackDown Women's Champion was unexpected to begin with and felt it would be only a matter of time before she dropped the title to Charlotte. The title win also has the feel good moment of Ric Flair being able to congratulate Charlotte in person, with Ric having been in hospital a couple of months before hand with kidney failure. The rest of the feud with Natalya served its purpose but it never felt like the title would switch back. Similarly, the match with Ruby Riott had slowly been building since November but after Asuka won the Royal Rumble, Ruby's chances of a reign dramatically went down. Charlotte vs. Asuka from Mania was a fantastic match. While many would argue Asuka should have won, it felt like WWE booked themselves into a corner with Carmella having Money in the Bank still. Given Carmella was the first woman to hold the briefcase, it might have fallen a little flat had she failed her cash in. Then again, it wasn't like Carmella's subsequent reign was received much better. In an ideal world, Carmella would have cashed in after the Lumberjack match and Charlotte would have regained the title at the Rumble. Yes, a scenario where I actually would have approved of an extra Charlotte title reign. Oh dear.

Overall - Not the most memorable run but controversially, I'm gonna say this one was fine.

Reign #7 - SmackDown Women's Champion - August 19, 2018 to September 16, 2018

Defeats Carmella (champion) and Becky Lynch in a triple threat at SummerSlam 2018 (WON rating ***1/2)

Retains vs. Carmella on SmackDown

Loses to Becky Lynch at Hell in a Cell 2018 (WON rating ***3/4)

Thoughts - Becky Lynch was originally scheduled to face Carmella one on one at SummerSlam 2018 until Charlotte got added into the match. WWE thought that with Charlotte being a face as well, fans wouldn't have a problem with her winning the title and they certainly wouldn't boo Charlotte instead of Becky when Lynch attacked Flair post match out of frustration. WWE were wrong on both counts and while the Charlotte SummerSlam win did help get the wheels rolling for Becky's run as The Man, it still feels unnecessary.

Overall - Feels like it would have been better for Becky to win the title at SummerSlam and for Charlotte to chase, jealous of her friend's increasing popularity and the threat of Becky replacing Charlotte as WWE's top female.

Reign #8 - SmackDown Women's Champion - March 26, 2019 to April 7, 2019

Defeats Asuka on SmackDown

Loses to Becky Lynch in Winner Takes All match at WrestleMania 35 (also featured Raw Women's Champion Ronda Rousey) (WON rating ***)

Thoughts - It feels like WWE had a couple of viable options with the SmackDown Women's Championship heading into WrestleMania 35. Asuka could have defended against Charlotte at the PPV itself, wanting to avenge her loss at last year's Mania, while the main event could have just been Ronda vs. Becky one-on-one. Alternatively, the Rousey vs. Lynch vs. Flair triple threat could have just been for the Raw Women's Championship and Asuka could have had her own triple threat against Sonya Deville and Mandy Rose. Instead, WWE opted for Charlotte to hold the SmackDown title for 12 days to make the historic first ever women's WrestleMania main event even more historic.

Overall - Yeah, no. Didn't need this.

Reign #9 - SmackDown Women's Champion - May 19, 2019

Defeats Becky Lynch at Money in the Bank 2019 (WON rating **3/4)

Loses to Bayley cashing in Money in the Bank at Money in the Bank 2019

Thoughts - For full context, Becky had already successfully defended the Raw Women's Championship against Lacey Evans at MITB 2019 before immediately going into the SmackDown title match against Charlotte. In turn, Bayley immediately cashed in on Charlotte after Bayley herself had only won the briefcase earlier that night.

Overall - Literally just stat padding.

Reign #10 - SmackDown Women's Champion - October 6, 2019 to October 11, 2019

Defeats Bayley at Hell in a Cell 2019 (WON rating **1/4)

Loses to Bayley on SmackDown

Thoughts - Bayley has the record for longest reigning SmackDown Women's Champion with her second run lasting 380 days. If not for this five day interruption by Charlotte, that record would actually be 525 days.

Overall - Some may argue this at least helped set up Bayley's heel turn but she had already turned on Becky Lynch a month prior to the title loss. Feels like more stat padding just so WWE could have a title change on their 2019 draft episode.

Reign #11 - Raw Women's Champion - July 18. 2021 to July 19, 2021

Defeats Rhea Ripley at Money in the Bank 2021 (WON rating ****1/4)

Loses to Rhea Ripley via DQ on Raw

Loses to Nikki A.S.H. cashing in Money in the Bank on the same Raw

Thoughts - Rhea Ripley, having finished her time in NXT, was a breathe of fresh air in the Raw Women's Championship picture come 2021. Charlotte Flair was not. It didn't help that Charlotte had already gotten title shots vs. Rhea at Backlash and Hell in a Cell prior to their Money in the Bank match. In storyline, Ripley won a triple threat at Backlash pinning Asuka, and Charlotte won the HIAC match via DQ. Charlotte and Rhea have great chemistry together but this was a disappointing result, not helped by Flair literally dropping the title to Nikki A.S.H. the very next night.

Overall - Charlotte's sixth Women's Championship reign lasted a respectable 147 days. Reigns #7 to #11 lasted a combined 46 days or an average of 9.2 days per reign.

Reign #12 - Raw Women's Champion - August 21, 2021 to October 22, 2021

Defeats Nikki A.S.H. (champion) and Rhea Ripley in a triple threat at SummerSlam 2021 (WON rating ***3/4)

Defeats Nia Jax on Raw

Defeats Alexa Bliss at Extreme Rules 2021 (WON rating **1/2)

Defeats Doudrop on Raw

Loses to Bianca Belair via DQ on Raw

Swaps titles with SmackDown Women's Champion Becky Lynch after Becky is drafted to Raw and Charlotte is drafted to SmackDown

Thoughts - I really do not remember this reign at all. I remember wondering what was the point of Nikki cashing in at Money in the Bank if Charlotte was just going to regain the title a month later. I remember the feud with Alexa Bliss featuring unnecessary Lilly-related nonsense.

Overall - Eh, it seems a harmless enough reign, all be it forgettable.

Reign #13 - SmackDown Women's Champion - October 22, 2021 to May 8, 2022

Swapped titles with SmackDown Women's Champion Becky Lynch after Becky was drafted to Raw and Charlotte was drafted to SmackDown

Non-title loss vs. Raw Women's Champion Becky Lynch at Survivor Series 2021 (WON rating ****1/4)

Defeats Toni Storm on SmackDown

Defeats Naomi on SmackDown (WON rating ****)

Defeats Ronda Rousey at WrestleMania 38 (WON rating **)

Loses to Ronda Rousey in an I Quit match at WrestleMania Backlash 2022 (WON rating ****1/4)

Thoughts - Becky vs. Charlotte at Survivor Series 2021 was great, even if the title swap segment between the two was a little awkward. Charlotte vs. Toni was good but could have done with a better build than the two pieing each other in the face. Charlotte vs. Naomi was awesome and wouldn't have been out of place at that year's WrestleMania. The actual Mania match vs. Rousey could have gone better but Charlotte and Ronda certainly made up for that at Backlash.

Overall - Dare I say, Charlotte's best reign overall. Some great matches and actual time with the title. No complaints here.

Reign #14 - SmackDown Women's Champion - December 30, 2022 to April 1, 2023

Defeats Ronda Rousey on SmackDown

Defeats Sonya Deville on SmackDown

Defeats Sonya Deville on SmackDown

Loses to Rhea Ripley at WrestleMania 39 (WON rating ****3/4)

Thoughts - It doesn't help Charlotte Flair's case when the first thing she does following a seven-month absence is immediately win the SmackDown Women's Championship in her first match back. I have no memory of the two matches with Sonya Deville, slightly concerning given they only took place earlier this year. At least this reign went out on a high note.

Overall - Fine, I guess? I have even less memory of this reign than her last Raw Women's Championship one.

Conclusion - Three good title reigns, seven bad/unnecessary title reigns, and four that sort of just fall in the middle. Obviously this is all just a matter of opinion. I think Charlotte is still in the conversation for one of the best female wrestlers alive today. I would just say that if only 21% of all her title reigns left me thinking "yeah, Charlotte should be champ", maybe she's had enough gold in her career. It is not a challenge to WWE to give her nine more excellent runs so the good outweighs the meh and the ugh. Although I wouldn't put it past them to try.

[wweallresultspage]

2k ppv summer slam results 8/17/23 night 1

Divas Rumble Match 20 women for Divas Championship you pick who you want In it

Aska won and new diva champ

LEGENDS vs Mortal Kombat team kick off match

Mortal kombat won

Goldberg vs Batista hell in a Cell

Batista won

Auston theory vs austin powers in a power tables march

Auston theory won

Hillbilly Elroy vs Billy Bob Joe 3 stages of hell Match loser leaves Smackdown

1 still cage

Hillbilly bob joe won

2 hell in a cell

Hillbilly elroy won

3 3 out of 5 hell in a cell

1 elroy 2 elroy 3 bob joe 4 elroy 5

Hillbilly elroy won and hillbilly bob is must leave smackdown

Bobby Lashley vs Bray Wyatt hell in a Cell

Bray wyatt won

Taker vs Joseph fof Joseph Championship kick off in Graveyard Match just play Graveyard music with lights turn down low

Joseph won

Asuka vs Charlotte vs Becky Lynch vs Belair vs Rodriguez Raw Women's Championship TLC Match

Belair won and new raw women's champ

Judgment Day vs Imprum vs Street Profits Bobby Lashley in Elimination Tables Match WWE Tag team belts

Street profits are the new tag team champs

Vince mcmahon vs Mick foley Hell In A Cell Match and Bret Hart special ref

Mick foley won

Main event

CM Punk vs The Rock main event for the Ice Cream Official Bar Championship for Rocks Championship

The rock won

[prowrestlingmarc]

Josh Alexander (c) vs. Bully Ray - Impact Wrestling Hard To Kill 2023

D'un point de vu purement in-ring Bully Ray n'a jamais été un très grand lutteur en solo... Néanmoins il a toujours su compenser son manque de Workrate par un excellent Storytelling et une attitude que peu de lutteurs modernes ont. Cela pouvait donc sembler idiot de le confronter à Josh Alexander qui lui est un peu tout le contraire : un catcheur ultra-technique qui semble parfois un peu manquer de personnalité et de charisme... finalement grâce à cette stipulation Bubba Ray a pu faire oublier son manque de technique et même de cardio pour faire parler son talent de storyteller et nous a de ce fait permis d'assister à un 1v1 d'une bonne facture.

Ce Full Metal Mayhem nous a rappelé que la moitié de la Team 3D et ancien leader des Aces and Eights n'est pas un innovateur du TLC pour rien et que le champion IMPACT! lui n'est pas bon que dans de longs combats face à des bons adversaires techniques.

Bully Ray avait fait le choix de rendre la rivalité personnelle, le canadien a bien fait ressentir qu'il en avait contre le vétéran et cela nous a permis d'avoir droit à quelque chose d'une sincérité et d'une violence assez réelle.

Je m'attendais au pire et finalement le PPV Hard to Kill a eu le droit à un Opener de toute beauté.

Note de Cagematch : 7.52

Note Personnelle : *** 3/4

[colesterstrudel]

They don't do table matches nearly enough. Like in general I feel like don't use their stipulation matches well enough either they use them too much (looking at you hell in a cell and tlc ppvs) or never. But like everyone loves tables and table matches are so satisfying.... actually now that I think about tlc matches that aren't title matches should be like table matches with more stuff

YES MORE TABLES MATCHES 2KFOREVER!!!!!! I luv a good tables match and they absolutely don’t give enough of em to us

[fanboykyle]

Fanboy Fantasy: Quixo-WWE 2021 WrestleMania 37

(originally posted November 21, 2020)

Introduction: Since I've moved away from my old Quixotronic website, I will be posting some of my old wrestling articles here on Tumblr to see how they turn out. This way they can be saved here? Or something. Either way, here is how I would have booked 2021's WWE WrestleMania 37 back in November 2020.

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We’re at the halfway(ish) point of the WWE season now that we’re past SummerSlam and especially with the brand draft now finally done. What does that mean? It’s time to fantasy book next year’s WrestleMania far too early! Hooray!

So fun fact - I had an entire card in mind before the brand draft happened and easily dismantled 80% of the card. Most of the card’s story revolved around the unification of the major titles - Drew McIntyre vs Roman Reigns for the World/Universal titles, Asuka vs Charlotte Flair for the Raw/Smackdown Women’s titles, and pretty much all the tag teams in a gauntlet match for the Raw/Smackdown Tag Team titles. This would have all set off by two things: Charlotte Flair winning the Smackdown Women’s title and deciding to do what Brock Lesnar couldn’t and win the Royal Rumble as champion (which she does) and choosing to face Asuka to unify the titles. Of course Brock Lesnar shows up in the men’s rumble and wins it only to declare that he wants both titles due to his history with both men’s champions (Brock would be pulled from the main event for reasons). At that point why not also unify the men’s Tag Team belts (the IC and US belts would have remained solo to each brand).

Another match I had planned was Big E vs Kofi Kingston vs Xavier Woods in an Intercontinental title match not because they broke up and were feuding, but because Big E had won the title and they were defending it under Freebird rules and having all of the fun. All of it. They then decide to have friendly match to see who would win (spoiler - it would have been Woods). But is that possible now?

Big E did not need to be separated from Kofi & Xavier to get his singles push. Nobody wants this. Not the Quixotronic offices, not the New Day themselves, nobody. But what if we made it work? The Big E singles push in my original thought would mirror Kofimania to show that god dammit these guys are friends and they support each other no matter what. But what if the story is about the opposite? What if it's about when that support goes away?

Big E feuds first with Baron Corbin who mocks him for no longer having any friends (seriously, you can just picture this one, right?). They end up both being on Team Smackdown at Survivor Series (along with Rey Mysterio, Seth Rollins, and Kevin Owens just to make it a team that just does not want to cooperate) against a somehow smoother Team Raw (Randy Orton, Kofi Kingston, AJ Styles, Andrade, & Keith Lee). Big E and Kofi refuse to fight each other if they happen to be tagged in at the same time, and Team Smackdown wins with surviving members Big E and Baron Corbin. Big E and Corbin settle their differences at the December PPV (TLC?) with a solid Big E win before clearing them both for entry into the Royal Rumble.

In the Rumble, the final four are Big E, Kofi, Andrade, and Keith Lee. Andrade is able to eliminate Lee and then faces down E and Kofi. New Day huddles to decide on a game plan until Kofi just jumps out of the ring. Both E and Andrade are shocked but Kofi yells that it’s E’s time. Kofi’s been there, he doesn’t need it again. Big E (obviously) wins and the New Day celebrates in the ring as we close out.

At this point, Roman Reigns has defeated Jey Uso (again) forcing both Usos to admit that he is their Tribal Chief (™) and are members in his new stable The Tribe or Bloodline or The Family or whatever. Roman brings Tamina into the fold as well as the Usos' dad Rikishi, but this is “I did it for the Rock” Rikishi - he’s a badman. Roman has also sent feelers over to Raw to bring Nia Jax (who is still Women’s Tag Team champs with Shayna Baszler) into the fold as his agent on Raw. Naomi, also on Raw, is not brought in and is used a leverage against the Usos to keep them in line.

What was Roman doing while Big E was winning the Rumble? He was absolutely demolishing Daniel Bryan in a title match because he decided he could. Every time he won the Rumble, people chanted for Bryan instead. Every damn time. So yeah, Don Roman wants to ruin everyone's Royal Rumble again - Bryan is eaten within three minutes.

(Did somebody say three minutes?)

Mob Boss Roman Reigns first sends the Usos to Raw the night after the Royal Rumble to cost New Day their Raw Tag Team titles in a match against Shelton Benjamin and Cedric Alexander of the Hurt Business. This causes Triple H to close the borders between Raw and Smackdown - any wrestler who interferes on the opposite brand will be first fined and then terminated. This fully separates Big E from Kofi and Xavier just as Roman wanted. (Why is this the act that finally stops inter-brand shenanigans? For crying Big E reasons).

Roman next manipulates Seth Rollins to go after Big E based on their Shield history, though Murphy can clearly see that the Savior of Smackdown is just being used. Rollins thinks he helping save Roman from himself somehow. Big E defeats former-World Champion Seth Rollins at Elimination Chamber to establish that yes, he can defeat World Champions (yes he’s defeated Sheamus also but it doesn’t have the same feel, right?). Roman sends the Usos, at this point the Smackdown Tag Team Champions, formally after Big E in a handicap match at Fastlane with the stipulation that if Kofi and/or Xavier show up that Big E loses his title match at WrestleMania since they can’t really be fined for being at a show that has both brands anyway. Big E is able to power through and wins the match - one of the Usos also may or may not have allowed Big E to pin them in solidarity just like during KofiMania, but it’s less obvious this time.

That leaves us with one final destination: Big E vs Roman Reigns at WrestleMania. One man who's mostly lost his family and refuses to let the darkness consume him against the main who has remade his family in his own darker and darker image. It's very dramatic - here's Big E's review of the story and match:

Who will survive!?

Quick ground rules - we're still in a Quixotine so WrestleMania is two nights again. Also despite Edge vs Randy Orton being an obvious match, I'm not sure if Edge will be healthy by then so we're skipping it and Orton is taking the night off.

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Quixo-WWE 2021 WrestleMania 37 - Night One

WWE World Title Match: Andrade Almas vs Drew McIntyre ©

Fanboy Fantasy: Despite us living in a world where Andrade was somehow not drafted in the brand draft this last week, we’re fixing that. Andrade makes his return to Raw with his fiancé Charlotte Flair as the new power couple. Andrade goes on to join Team Raw at Survivor Series (see above) and is the last surviving member before falling to Big E. He rebounds with strong wins over Jeff Hardy and Matt Riddle before being the iron man of the Royal Rumble by entering #3 like his future father-in-law and being the last surviving Raw member. Andrade goes on to win a mini-tournament to crown Raw’s #1 contender defeating Keith Lee in the finals due to Retribution interfering and costing Lee the match (a little more on that later). This leaves Andrade primed to once again defeat McIntyre like he did in NXT for the NXT title. However, we’re going to start WrestleMania on a happy note: McIntyre retains his title. Sorry, Andrade!

Your winner: Drew McIntyre

Buddy Murphy vs Seth Rollins

Fanboy Fantasy: After Rollins and Rey Mysterio are both eliminated from Team Smackdown at Survivor Series their feud is somehow ended. I don’t care how anymore. Rollins and Murphy focus on the Rumble where Rollins eliminates Murphy. Later on Rollins tries to explain that it was for the greater good and Murphy bides his time. Rollins then falls under the sway of his former Shield brother Roman Reigns and is used as a hitman unsuccessfully against Big E. Rollins gives every excuse possible to explain to both Roman and the WWE Universe why he couldn’t finish off Big E. If Seth Rollins has been playing Jesus this whole time, then Roman is his father/God and maybe he needs to die so he can once again save. Roman gladly grants him this wish at Fastlane in a rare heel vs heel match. Roman retains and Rollins again lashes out at Murphy when he finally stands up for himself and fights back to set up a WrestleMania showdown. However it’s not quite Buddy’s time yet - Rollins wins.

Your winner: Seth Rollins

WWE Smackdown Tag Team Titles Match: Artist Collective (Sami Zayn & Shinsuke Nakamura) vs Dolph Ziggler & Robert Roode vs Los Mysterios (Dominik & Rey Mysterio) vs Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford) vs Usos (Jey & Jimmy Uso) ©

Fanboy Fantasy: The Street Profits hold onto their titles for the rest of the year until on a random Smackdown they lose the belts to Los Mysterios, giving Dominik his first taste of WWE gold and proving that Rey can still go. By this time Jimmy Uso is healthy enough to rejoin Jey as a fellow unwilling member of the Tribe and Roman tells them the Family wants the Tag Team titles. The Usos go and do what they do and win the titles from Los Mysterios. They are able to retain against the former champs (both Mysterios and Profits) though, as already mentioned, do lose a handicap match against Big E at Fastlane. This makes them possible underdogs going into WrestleMania when we have a generic throw-multiple-teams-in match. However the fear of Roman prevails and the Usos retain. Don Roman is pleased.

Your winners: The Usos

Keith Lee & Mercedes Martinez vs Retribution (Dominik Dijakovic & Mia Yim)

Fanboy Fantasy: Keith Lee loses the #1 contendership tournament due to Retribution costing him the final. Why? Because after being in the final four of the Rumble, Retribution tried to unsuccessfully recruit him to their cause - apparently being fighting friends with Dijakovic means nothing anymore. After costing him the match we get a full main-roster feud between Lee and Dijakovic because they should fight forever (clap clap clapclapclap). To make it a touch different, we’ll bring in Mia Yim (the other main Retribution member with history with Lee) and Mercedes Martinez as the Retribution member who got out. Lee and Martinez are able to defeat Retribution and cause them a momentum-blow going into our other Retribution-related match of the night.

Your winner: Keith Lee & Mercedes Martinez

Three Stages of Hell Match: Bayley vs Sasha Banks

Fanboy Fantasy: Bayley retains against Sasha Banks at Hell in a Cell and gives her a “career-threatening” injury. Guys, Sasha may never wrestle again. It’s okay, she can always star in more seasons of The Mandalorian, right? Bayley, absolutely full of herself holds onto the title a little longer until a fluke loss to Smackdown-newbie Bianca Belair. Belair retains in a rematch. After a second rematch that Bayley loses, Banks returns to attack Bayley - but after Bayley had already lost just so Banks can rub it in. Their hate leads to a Three Stages of Hell match - the first pin fall is a normal match, the second is first blood match, and the last is an I Quit match. Bayley wins the first match by cheating behind the ref’s back, but Sasha busts Bayley open to win the second fall. Sasha locks on the Banks Statement on for an unbearable 5 long minutes to force Bayley to admit she quits.

Your winner: Sasha Banks

WWE United States Title Match: Mustafa Ali (w/ Retribution) vs Ricochet ©

Fanboy Fantasy: Mustafa Ali has been busy since coming out as the leader of Retribution - he first feuds with the New Day because what some people forget about KofiMania is that Kofi wasn’t even supposed to be in the Elimination Chamber match that year - Ali was. When he went down with an injury, Kofi was subbed in and something magical happened - but that was Ali’s spot. After losing that feud at Elimination Chamber, and while members Yim and Dijakovic deal with Keith Lee and Mercedes Martinez, Ali gets himself a United States title match with champion Ricochet (he beats Bobby Lashley for the belt at some point) after Ricochet also declines to join Retribution. The two have what can be described as an AEW-style match with all the flips and all the kick outs but Ali secures the win with no Retribution interference.

Your winner, and NEW WWE United States Champion: Mustafa Ali

Firefly Funhouse Match: AJ Styles vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt

Fanboy Fantasy: Since switching to Raw, AJ Styles starts acting as neither face nor heel - he’s just putting on great matches. He becomes part of Team Raw at Survivor Series. Styles is eliminated from Team Raw when an Undertaker gong goes off mid-match and freaks him the fuck out. At this point Styles is having PTSD-like flashbacks to being buried alive and his work begins to suffer. Bray Wyatt, the helpful friend that he is and now backed by both a fully possessed-Alexa Bliss and golem-like Braun Strowman (for love of Eddie Guerrero give me this!), offers to help Styles with his problem - all he has to do is what John Cena did last year - come into the Firefly Funhouse and work out his issues with Bray. Ignore the fact that Cena did not come back after said match. The Fiend will show him the way. If AJ realizes all the accolaides he's had that the Undertaker never had, it would repower him! The Fiend will show him. The Fiend will let him in. AJ makes the worst decision he can and accepts the match(?). AJ’s statistician Joseph Park warns him not to but AJ enters anyway.

AJ awakens in a WCW Thunder ring teaming with Bray Wyatt in the WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Titles tournament - we don’t see their opponents but their silhouette’s appear to be Undertaker and John Cena - and we hear Cena yell “Get out!” Bray laughs the “noise” off before an Undertaker gong goes off. We have a quick cut of Undertaker dragging AJ across the graveyard from last year before opening back up on an unfamiliar and plain ring with a beaten Jeff Jarrett in the middle of the ring. AJ is now holding a blurred-out NWA World Heavyweight title belt. Bray, in a referee shirt, whispers to AJ "did he ever have that?" and laughs.

A gong cuts us to the next scene - and another quick cut of Styles being buried alive - followed by a similar plain ring with broken tables and blood splattered all over and Joseph Park kneeling and crying in the corner and a mask near him. Styles runs to him and asks him why he followed him. Park heard the whispers - the familiar whispers and he couldn’t help himself. John Cena's voice screaming can be heard in the background as the lights begin to blink out. The screams fade as Wyatt can now be overheard telling Park to “put the mask on” while Park cries “no please no.” Park slowly lifts the mask up and Styles yells as the lights go out only to come back with Park fully dressed as TNA’s Abyss once again - he powerslams Styles through one of the tables and disappears.

Another gong sends us to the next scene - another quick cut of Styles being buried - and then Styles walks out in a Japanese-looking arena and walks past Finn Balor in full Demon paint. The two eye each other as they walk past and Demon Finn fades away as Styles passes him by. Cena, dressed as NJPW’s Kazuchika Okada, is laying in the middle of the ring as Alexa Bliss hands him another blurred out championship. Bray whispers again and tells Styles this is another win he has that Undertaker doesn’t. Soon he’ll be able to face Undertaker again and do what he couldn’t before.

Undertaker gong, quick buried cut, and we’re on the Smackdown set and AJ is face to face with John Cena who looks very worried and is wearing his nWo shirt from last WrestleMania. “AJ! He won’t let me leave!” but the two then go into the motions of a match while Bray laughs. Quick cut and now we’re finally back at the Graveyard match from last year and AJ is face to face with Bray Wyatt dressed as the Undertaker. AJ tenses up to fight but instead uses his words - he’s not mad at Undertaker, he’s mad at himself. He's not mad at Cena either, it was just his job to fight him.

Bray, as the Dead Man, continues to smile. "AJ, the Undertaker is done and you lost. There is only the Fiend now - and you're in my home, boy. You're now part of my collection!" Bray transforms into fully into the Fiend and throws AJ into a shallow grave where AJ lands next to Cena’s unmoving body. We cut to a POV shot from in the grave to see Fiend, Bliss, Strowman, and Abyss all staring down into the grave as dirt is shoveled in. The two are buried and Bray and his crew walk away laughing.

Your winner: The Fiend

Baron Corbin vs Chad Gable (w/ Daniel Bryan)

Fanboy Fantasy: In my official “does this really have to be on the card” match of the show, it’s also very specifically slotted to be the match between the Firefly Funhouse and night one’s main event - feel free to go grab a snack and take a piss. After Daniel Bryan’s murder via Roman Reigns (see above), Corbin decides to mock Bryan now that he’s done mocking Big E - it’s not a great start but for Corbin it works so damn perfectly. Corbin and Bryan face off at some point and Corbin beats Bryan cleanly. It’s at this point that Chad Gable comes to Bryan’s aid. You see, back when it was revealed that Jason Jordan was revealed as then-Raw General Manager Kurt Angle’s son (sorry for the reminder), Chad Gable started jokingly calling then-Smackdown General Manager Daniel Bryan “dad.” Gable is tired of Baron Corbin getting the last laugh on Daniel Bryan when he was down, he’s tired of Corbin pinning Kurt Angle in his last match, and most importantly, he’s tired of going by the fucking name “Shorty G” because of Corbin. He may have lost to Corbin in the finals of the King of the Ring tournament and allowed Corbin to call himself “King Corbin” but that’s all done with. Corbin isn’t facing Shorty G at WrestleMania - he’s facing Chad fucking Gable and he’s got Daniel Bryan in his corner. And it’s a quick match: Gable with the upset (?) win.

Your winner: Chad Gable

WWE Raw Women’s Title Match w/ special guest referee Becky Lynch: Charlotte Flair vs Asuka ©

Fanboy Fantasy: After returning alongside Andrade, Charlotte Flair wins the women’s Rumble for the second year in a row because we can’t have nice things - also she was also #3 like her dad and fiance. Though she has won every women’s singles belt, she has never walked out of WrestleMania with the Raw Women’s title (she won the WWE Women’s title at WM32 pre-brand split, retained the Smackdown Women’s title at WM34, and won the NXT Women’s title at WM36 - thanks random wrestling stat generator!). Plus, she’s beaten Asuka already at WrestleMania so why not do another repeat while she’s at it. However, this isn’t just-out-of-NXT Asuka, who to be fair is a monster anyway. This is dancing and murdering Thunderdome MVP Asuka. Sorry Raw power-couple, no double gold this time: Asuka retains. Asuka dances. Delight in all things Asuka.

Your winner: Asuka

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Quixo-WWE 2021 WrestleMania 37 - Night Two

WWE Intercontinental Title Special International Ladder Match: Aleister Black vs Apollo Crews vs Cesaro vs Kalisto vs Sheamus vs Kevin Owens ©

Fanboy Fantasy: Much like Keith Lee and Dominik Dijakovic on Raw, Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn fall into the “fight forever” side of things. After Survivor Series, Zayn tries to reteam with his good friend Kevin Owens, but Owens sees how annoying Zayn has become and powerbombs him immediately. Owens beats Zayn for the title on the Christmas episode of Smackdown, Zayn regains the title at the Royal Rumble due to interference from Cesaro & Nakamura, and Owens regains it again shortly after due to botched interference from Cesaro. Cesaro ends up splitting off from Zayn and Nakamura who decide to pursue the tag belts. Owens defends against Cesaro at Elimination Chamber and Kalisto at Fastlane. Owens decides to hold an “International Challenge” match where every competitor is from a different country, so we get Aleister Black (Netherlands), Apollo Crews (America), Cesaro (Switzerland), Kalisto (Mexico), Sheamus (Ireland, Owens invites him because he feels sorry that Sheamus has won everything except the IC belt and even covers the money needed for him to show up on another brand) and Owens (Canada). They’re not all winning storylines folks. Aleister Black wins the title because I want him to have nice things.

Your winner, and NEW WWE Intercontinental Champion: Aleister Black

NXT vs NXT UK Titles Match: Finn Balor © vs WALTER ©

Fanboy Fantasy: Finn Balor and WALTER were supposed to face each other at NXT UK Takeover: Dublin in May but then waves madly all of this happened. NXT UK went on hiatus and Balor came back to NXT Domestic and won the NXT title. However now that NXT UK is back and once Finn is healed from his broken goddamn jaw he starts calling out WALTER. He wants his match. Over on NXT UK, WALTER calls out Finn also, telling him to get his ass back to England and face him like a man. The announcers put over the fact that they can’t actually travel back and forth but by WrestleMania time the correct parties are bribed and WALTER arrives in the USA for a special NXT vs NXT UK titles match - winner takes all. The two put on a very British catch as catch can match before the rest of Imperium interferes causing the DQ finish and each man walks out with their respective titles. They’ll get another round whenever the next NXT UK Takeover is eventually held.

Your winner: Finn Balor (by DQ)

John Morrison vs The Miz

Fanboy Fantasy: The Miz gets more and more angry that not only is WrestleMania not in Hollywood like it was supposed to be because of the so-called “pandemic” but because he doesn’t have a match for the show. He and Morrison don’t qualify for a United States title match or a Tag Team titles match (they even try sneaking back into Smackdown and fail there as well - they have the cash to cover checking in on the other brand). Finally with a week before the show, Morrison has an idea - what if they turn on each other? They’d have to settle the score at WrestleMania! They both shrug, Morrison winks to the camera, and they very playfully hit each other while yelling "I'm turning on you!" and “how dare you!” and “I’ll see you at WrestleMania!” This of course works and they get a match on the card. The match starts with them having a nice gentle match but as it goes on they both start hitting stiffer and stiffer. Miz eventually wins by putting using his legs on the ropes for leverage - after WM he can use his win to argue into a future World title match with Drew McIntyre. Morrison doesn’t see the dirty win on the show - but eventually figures it out and really turns on Miz with Morrison sliding into the face role with Miz staying in the heel role as he forever should be. Morrison eventually wins the more feud to set him up as a hopeful world title contender.

Your winner: The Miz

WWE Smackdown Women’s Title Match: Zelina Vega vs Bianca Belair ©

Fanboy Fantasy: Bayley loses her belt to Bianca Belair in what she immediately calls a fluke but it really isn’t. Belair establishes herself by defeating Bayley in the rematch and goes off looking for challengers. Zelina Vega, now also on Smackdown and without either Andrade or Angel Garza, slowly defeats everyone else on the roster not named Bayley or Sasha who are off in their blood feud to become the #1 contender. Vega is able to score the win and take the title. This is when Aleister Black shows up to very darkly and calmly celebrate with his wife - it is Black and Vega who are your new power couple, not Charlotte and Andrade! Swerve, bro! Oh, and Johnny Gargano and Candice LeRae show up on the Smackdown after WrestleMania. Boom, power couple feud!

You winner, and NEW WWE Smackdown Women’s Champion: Zelina Vega

Cage Fight Match: Bobby Lashley (w/ MVP) vs Brock Lesnar (w/ Kurt Angle)

Fanboy Fantasy: Here’s your special exhibition match for this year’s show - an MMA style Cage match (or Fight Cage as they called it during the Matt Riddle/Timothy Thatcher match on NXT this summer). Easy set up: Brock Lesnar returns in the Royal Rumble with Kurt freaking Angle by his side. He eliminates a few people (except iron man Andrade) before Bobby Lashey enters next a heads right for Lesnar - the announcers put over that Lashley’s MMA record is better than Lesnar’s though it was not UFC. The two brawl and eliminate each other. On the next night’s Raw, Angle informs us that since Lesnar lost at last year’s WrestleMania for the second year in a row, he thought maybe he was finished. Then his advisor, Paul Heyman, left him for one of his enemies, Roman Reigns, he thought maybe he was finished again. That’s when he reached out to Angle and the two agreed - Lesnar wasn’t finished yet. This brings out MVP and his client Bobby Lashley who issue a very simple challenge: Lashley/Lesnar at WrestleMania - they’ll make it Lesnar’s third strike at the show of shows. Angle accepts on Lesnar’s behalf and the match eventually becomes the cage match we get. In the mean time we get what we haven’t seen since roughly 2004 - a weirdly good guy Lesnar mostly due to his handling by Angle and he shows up to work (sometimes). At Fastlane, we get a preview of sorts when Lesnar and a partner of his choosing are allowed to face the Raw Tag Team champions Alexander & Benjamin and Lesnar shows up with former Team Angle member Charlie Haas (I just want to see Lesnar, Benjamin, Haas, and Angle all in the ring together for a minute). MVP causes a DQ and Hurt Business keeps the belts. Finally at WrestleMania we get the MMA(-ish) match - Angle and MVP are kept on the outside and Lashley gets the job done - he beats Lesnar clean. This completes the rebuild of Lashley as a World title contender (who perhaps is the one to finally beat McIntyre?) and Lesnar goes on to have a few special challenge matches with Angle at his side - Matt Riddle and Chad Gable are obviously contenders - before finally deciding to retire to the farm.

Your winner: Bobby Lashley

WWE Women’s Tag Team Titles Gauntlet Match: Flex Appeal (Dana Brooke & Mandy Rose) vs Lacey Evans & Lana vs Liv 2 Riott (Liv Morgan & Ruby Riott) vs Rhea Ripley & Shotzi Blackheart vs Nia Jax & Naomi © vs Shayna Baszler & [mystery partner] ©

Fanboy Fantasy: Shayna Baszler and Nia Jax continue to be the unlikely team as they chalk up win after win after win. However, after working so well together they start to fight again, but continue to win. At some point, Nia Jax (as a favor to Tribal Chief (™) Roman Reigns) decides to defend the titles with Naomi - and does so successfully. Baszler lays down the challenge - Jax and Naomi can defend their half of the title while Baszler and a partner of her choosing with defend her half at WrestleMania - winners take all. And because it’s WrestleMania it’s a 6-team affair - including NXT’s Rhea Ripley and Shotzi Blackheart because I like good things. It’s a gauntlet match and due to various match-determined reasons, Jax and Naomi will be the first team and Baslzer and [mystery partner] are the last team. Jax and Naomi first defeat Lana & Lacey Evans easily, and eliminate Ripley and Blackheart second (sorry). Mandy Rose and Dana Brooke come in fourth and pin Naomi to eliminate one half of the champions. Ruby Riott and Liv Morgan enter next and eliminate Brooke & Rose, and finally we get the other half of champions: Shayna Baslzer and of course RONDA ROUSEY. Baszler starts the match but as soon as Rousey gets in she refuses to tag Baszler back in. Her hubris gets the better of her and Riott pins her for the win and the belts. This gets Riott and Morgan the prize of being champions and also Riott revenge for losing to Rousey years ago in like 5 seconds. That was bullshit. Baslzer, already having lost one frenemy is the one that rehabs the relationship for the next few months, long enough to get a fucking WWE/NXT Horsewomen vs MMA Horsewomen match at the 2021 Survivor Series (Lynch might be ready to come back by then?). Then, and only then, does Baszler murder Rousey. Oh how the Quixotronic offices will rejoice. Murder, Baszler, murder!

Your winners, and NEW WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions: Liv 2 Riott

Hardy Compound Exorcism Match: Alexa Bliss (w/ Braun Strowman) vs Nikki Cross (w/ Jeff Hardy)

Fanboy Fantasy: Since moving to Raw, Alexa Bliss has become fully possessed by Sister Abigail and begins actively teaming with Bray. Braun Strowman, thinking wrongly that he was finished with Bray, tries to get through to Alexa but she finally turns him over to Bray’s side, becoming a golem-like unblinking uncaring monster who destroys only for Bray and Alexa. You know how in X-Men comics Shadowcat walks around with Lockheed the dragon wrapped around her neck? I want that with Braun and Alexa. The size-difference is not that far off. Nikki Cross, however, is now left alone and fully abandoned by her former friend and she doesn’t know what to do. After Braun bulldozes through Jeff Hardy in the Royal Rumble match, in the coming weeks Hardy comes to Nikki and tells her he saw something in Braun’s eyes - the same thing Nikki sees in Alexa’s eyes. It’s something he thinks he can get out of them, but they need to do it away from the Thunderdome and away from the Firefly Funhouse - they need to get them into the Lake of Reincarnation. The challenge is layed, Bray allows his minions to leave (especially after such great work the previous night) and we enter the Hardy Compound. Braun and Jeff are primarily on the sidelines and the main fight is Alexa and Nikki - Jeff mostly stops Braun from trying to smash his way into the fight. Nikki and Alexa fight all around the Compound and Nikki gets more and more wild throughout the match. They get closer and closer to the Lake of Reincarnation and fight onto Skarsgard the boat. The boat drifts out as the two fight harder and harder with Nikki trying to push Alexa over into the Lake. Alexa goes for a Sister Abigail but Nikki reverses it into a perfect Sister Abigail herself and drops Bliss into the Lake. Cross sighs in relief and sails back to shore. It appears that all is well until Braun’s fist appears from off-screen and knocks Cross out - the final shot is Braun quietly and calmly dragging the unconscious bodies of Nikki Cross and Jeff Hardy into the Lake as all three submerge. This eventually leads to Bliss/Strowman and Cross/Hardy switching roles - Bliss and Strowman are released from Bray’s control via the Lake of Reincarnation but at the cost of Nikki Cross, the new avatar of Sister Abigail and back to her crazy-NXT self, and Jeff Hardy, now working his Willow gimmick, both in employ of the Fiend. Now that Bliss and Strowman are back - what will they do to save their friends who damned themselves to save them?

Your winner(?): Nikki Cross

WWE Raw Tag Team Titles Elimination Match: Catch Point (Drew Gulak & Matt Riddle) vs New Day (Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods) vs Hurt Business (Cedric Alexander & Shelton Benjamin) ©

Fanboy Fantasy: Kofi and Woods hold onto the Raw tag team titles until the Raw after the Royal Rumble when they lose the straps to Cedric Alexander and Shelton Benjamin due to the Usos’ interference. Hurt Business retain the titles in an Elimination Chamber match with New Day, Miz and Morrison, Lucha House Party, Mustafa Ali and Dio Maddin of Retribution, and new (but actually old) team of Matt Riddle and Drew Gulak - they’re like the Bro-serweights except Gulak likes to punch Riddle more. Once we get to WrestleMania we drop it down to a three-way match with New Day, Catch Point, and champions Hurt Business in an elimination match because Gulak couldn’t keep his mouth shut about being able to defeat both teams. Catch Point, of course, is eliminated first - Riddle even allows the pin to occur on Gulak (very un-bro of him). New Day is able to put away HB and retake the titles - now we wait for Big E to bring the rest of the gold home. (Also we’re not done with Catch Point - they face each other a few times but decide they actually make a better team… until Pete Dunne returns to the US that is!)

Your winners, and NEW WWE Raw Tag Team Champions: New Day

WWE Universal Title Match: Big E (w/ New Day) vs Roman Reigns (w/ Usos) ©

Fanboy Fantasy: And now the big match arrives. Big E arrives while New Day are still celebrating in the ring and the three dance for a moment before Big E readies himself in the ring and New Day goes off to his corner. Roman arrives flanked by the entire Family - his cousins the Usos, his brother Seth Rollins, his advisor Rikishi, his enforcers Tamina, Nia Jax, and Naomi, and his advocate Paul Heyman. All but the Usos (even Heyman) are ushered away as Jey and Jimmy take Roman’s corner. The Usos eye down Kofi and Xavier but never actually go after them. As for the fight - it’s far more evenly matched than it has any right to be. Big E holds his own against Roman despite him going into full Big Dog mode. Superman punch, spear, Big E kicks out. Superman punch, spear, Big E kicks out. The closest the Usos get to attacking New Day on the outside is when they get close to Kofi and while Roman powers up in the same corner, Jey Uso trips Roman and blames it on Kofi. Kofi owns it and acts as if he did it but Roman knows his Family doesn’t have his best interests in mind. Roman and Jey lock eyes and Roman knows. Roman knows. At this point the Usos and New Day end up covering all four sides of the ring as Big E starts to make his big comeback. Now we go classic setup - Roman spears the referee by mistake giving Big E time to hit the Big Ending three times and goes for the pin - New Day and Usos all count not just to three but to FIVE and E has Roman beat - but the ref is still out. New Day jump in the ring to wake the referee while the Usos help Big E up. However just as everyone is up Roman spears Big E out of nowhere. Superman punch to Xavier. Superman punch to Kofi. Spear to both Usos. Spear again to Big E and the referee counts one, two, three. Roman wins. Roman takes his title, screams at the Usos as they stay laying on the mat, and literally kicks Big E while he’s down. Roman grabs a mic and a camera guy and looks directly into the camera.

“This is not your happy ending. This is my life. This is my family. And this (he holds up the Universal title) is my life. Believe that.”

Credits.

Fade out.

Fade back in.

Epilogue. After we fade out from the arena, we cut back to the graveyard - we hear a shovel pulling up dirt. We see Styles and Cena’s dirty bodies sticking out of the dirt as a hand reaches out and pulls them both out. The Undertaker, more Dead Man than Biker once again, smacks them both awake. AJ and Cena are both glad to see Taker but AJ asks the obvious question - why did he save him? Last time he saw him he buried him alive. Why?

“Kid - you got better, didn’t you? Plus, he used my face. He shouldn’t have done that.”

Fade out.

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Randy Orton vs The Fiend. Firefly Inferno Match @ TLC PPV 2020

[seriouslycromulent]

For a second there, I thought they were really going to let K.O. win the title.

[musicismylife120191]

That was a fucking banger of a match though. Props to all the guys involved.

[andyelson]

MELLA IS MONEY

Mella injuring sasha though.

[freyjaiam]

everybody is saying "don't blame Becky and Charlotte" but I'm not blaming Becky, no one is blaming Becky, it was Charlotte who was unsafe last night… And it is actually surprising she did not notice how injured Sane was considering Becky checked on her twice during the match. and re-watching the match you can see the signals Sane gives to Flair, of which Charlotte ignores. she needs to be reprimanded, I don't care who the hell her daddy is.

hopefully Kairi has a speedy recovery.