tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66658986324180517692024-02-20T21:08:16.562+00:00Passion For WrestlingAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13945426347756957700noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6665898632418051769.post-49867355699458378602018-01-01T15:28:00.000+00:002018-01-01T22:18:41.086+00:00Top 50 Matches - The 2017 Edition<div dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-626f3c78-b254-dad3-bfac-832b3b2a3637" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Hello everyone and a Happy New Year to you all. New Year as always means it is time for my top fifty matches of the past year of professional wrestling. It's been an interesting year for pro wrestling, the landscape has changed drastically and it feels like we're going to see more change in the next 3-5 years than we've seen in over a decade, a very interesting time to be a fan. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Anyway as for the past twelve months it is hard to categorise overall whether it has been a good or bad year for wrestling. Certain promotions have been great, others less so - and I'd actually say on a whole it's not been a great year for wrestling. But when you look solely at the in-ring stuff this year is possibly up there as one of the greatest years of all-time. The in-ring product of most companies that I dedicate any sort of time to, even those producing all around average or poor shows, has been stellar. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Looking back on 2017 vs. 2016 in terms of my viewership I think levels have remained roughly the same. I watched every broadcasted even from NXT, ROH, PWG and Lucha Underground. That was supplemented with every major NJPW show as well as any All Japan or NOAH shows/matches that caught my attention. I also kept an eye on the independent scene and watched anything that stood out from there. My only real regret from my viewership this year is I wish I'd watched more All Japan and I wish I'd watched more of PROGRESS hopefully two issues I can rectify in 2018 but there is only so much time in the year and only so much pro wrestling I can physically pack into any given year. Within WWE I watched very little of the weekly shows but still made myself - despite significant lack of interest - watch the PPV's if nothing else but to legitimise this list. I also watched every episode of the Mae Young Classic. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Speaking of women's wrestling they made a slight improvement by making an appearance in the Top 50 this year - it is only one match that made it but two matches came particularly close to making it into the Top 50 (#54 & #57 respectively). So a step in the right direction but still a significant step down from the amount of matches I was seeing on my lists two or three years back. I decided to keep the statistics addition from last year for this year's list as I think it is a fun little wrinkle. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Now to my favourite part of every single one of these - the explanation of the date parameters thanks to PWG. The reason I need to mention this is because there is a match on this list from Mystery Vortex IV which was taped in December 2016 but was not released on DVD (the only way to watch PWG unless you're actually at the show) until 2017. Therefore it was considered for this 2017's list rather than 2016. The same goes for a match from Lucha Underground that appears which was actually taped as far back as June 2016 but didn't air until Ultima Lucha Tres in September 2017. The unique twist this year is I don't have any matches that have already taken place that I need to warn you about for 2018's list thanks to PWG not holding a December show this year and Lucha Underground not taping Season 4 until February or March. Now with all that inane rambling out of the way, here it is, let's see who just made the list (Sorry Y2J, couldn't resist).</span></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Best Matches of 2017:</span></b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">1) Tetsuya Naito vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi, IWGP Intercontinental Championship - Dominion 6.11<br />2) Kenny Omega vs. Tetsuya Naito, G1 Climax Final - G1 Climax: Day Nineteen<br />3) Kazuchika Okada vs. Kenny Omega, IWGP Heavyweight Championship - Dominion 6.11<br />4) Tetsuya Naito vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi, IWGP Intercontinental Championship - Wrestle Kingdom 11<br />5) KUSHIDA vs. Will Ospreay, Best of the Super Jr. Final - Best of the Super Jr. 24<br />6) Dante Fox vs. Killshot, Hell of War - Lucha Underground: Ultima Lucha Tres, Part I (27th September)<br />7) Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kota Ibushi, IWGP Intercontinental Championship - Power Struggle<br />8) Kazuchika Okada vs. Kenny Omega, B Block - G1 Climax: Day Eighteen<br />9) The Hardy's (Jeff & Matt) vs. The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson), Ladd<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">er Match, ROH World Tag Team Championship - Supercard of Honor XI</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />10) Seth Rollins vs. Triple H, Unsanctioned Match - WrestleMania 33</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">11) Kazuchika Okada vs. Kenny Omega, IWGP Heavyweight Championship - Wrestle Kingdom 11</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">12) Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tetsuya Naito, A Block - G1 Climax: Day Seventeen</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">13) WALTER vs. Zack Sabre, Jr. - All Star Weekend XIII: Night Two</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">14) Tyler Bate vs. Pete Dunne, United Kingdom Championship - NXT Takeover: Chicago</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">15) Aleister Black vs. Velveteen Dream - NXT Takeover: War Games</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">16) Kota Ibushi vs. Tetsuya Naito, A Block - G1 Climax: Day One</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">17) Zack Sabre, Jr. vs. Marty Scurll, PWG World Championship - Mystery Vortex IV</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">18) The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) vs. The Lucha Brothers (Penta El Zero M & Rey Fenix) vs. Matt Sydal & Ricochet, PWG World Tag Team Championship - Nice Boys (Don't Play Rock 'N Roll)</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">19) Authors of Pain (Akam & Rezar) vs. DIY (Johnny Gargano & Tomasso Ciampa) vs. The Revival (Dash Wilder & Scott Dawson), Three-Way Elimination Match, NXT Tag Team Championship - NXT Takeover: Orlando</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">20) Bobby Fish vs. Jay Lethal - 15th Anniversary Show</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">21) Authors of Pain (Akam & Rezar) & Roderick Strong vs. Sanity (Alexander Wolfe, Eric Young & Killian Dain) vs. Undisputed Era (Adam Cole, Bobby Fish & Kyle O'Reilly), War Games - NXT Takeover: War Games</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">22) John Cena vs. AJ Styles vs. Baron Corbin vs. Bray Wyatt vs. Dean Ambrose vs. The Miz, Elimination Chamber, WWE Championship - Elimination Chamber</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">23) Adam Cole vs. Christopher Daniels, ROH World Championship - 15th Anniversary Show</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">24) Kazuchika Okada vs. Minoru Suzuki, B Block - G1 Climax: Day Sixteen</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">25) Asuka vs. Ember Moon, NXT Women's Championship - NXT Takeover: Brooklyn III</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">26) The Chosen Bros (Jeff Cobb & Matthew Riddle) vs. The Monstars (Donovan Dijak & Keith Lee) - Battle of Los Angeles: Night One</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">27) Marty Scurll vs. Adam Cole, ROH World Television Championship - Supercard of Honor XI</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">28) Tetsuya Naito vs. Michael Elgin, IWGP Intercontinental Championship - The New Beginning: Osaka</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">29) Katsuyori Shibata vs. Hirooki Goto, NEVER Openweight Championship - Wrestle Kingdom 11</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">30) Marty Scurll vs. Lio Rush, ROH World Television Championship - 15th Anniversary Show</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">31) Kenny Omega vs. Michael Elgin, B Block - G1 Climax: Day Eight</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">32) Andrade "Cien" Almas vs. Johnny Gargano - NXT Takeover: Brooklyn III</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">33) Jay Lethal vs. Marty Scurll - Final Battle</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">34) Flip Gordon vs. Will Ospreay - Global Wars: Chicago</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">35) The Hardy's (Jeff & Matt) vs. RPG Vice (Beretta & Rocky Romero) vs. The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson, Street Fight, ROH World Tag Team Championship - 15th Anniversary Show</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">36) Best Friends (Chuck Taylor & Trent?) vs. Leaders of the New School (Marty Scurll & Zack Sabre, Jr.) - Nice Boys (Don't Play Rock 'N Roll)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">37) Kenny Omega vs. Tomohiro Ishii, IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship Final, IWGP Heavyweight Championship - G1 Climax Special: Night Two</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">38) Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Zack Sabre, Jr., A Block - G1 Climax: Day One</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">39) AJ Styles vs. Shane McMahon - WrestleMania 33 </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">40) Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kota Ibushi, A Block - G1 Climax: Day Eleven</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">41) The Bar (Cesaro & Sheamus) vs. Dean Ambrose & Seth Rollins, RAW Tag Team Championship - SummerSlam</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">42) AJ Styles vs. Brock Lesnar - Survivor Series</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">43) Kota Ibushi vs. Zack Sabre, Jr., A Block - G1 Climax: Day Three</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">44) Drew McIntyre vs. Andrade "Cien" Almas, NXT Championship - NXT Takeover: War Games</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">45) Donovan Dijak vs. Keith Lee, Quarter-Final Match - Battle of Los Angeles: Night Three</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">46) Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Bobby Roode, NXT Championship - NXT Takeover: San Antonion</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">47) The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) vs. Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin), ROH World Tag Team Championship - Death Before Dishonor XV</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">48) The Addiction (Christopher Daniels & Frankie Kazarian) & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. The Elite (Kenny Omega & The Young Bucks [Matt & Nick Jackson]) - War of the Worlds: Toronto</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">49) Kenny Omega vs. Michael Elgin, IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship First Round - G1 Climax Special: Night One </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">50) KUSHIDA vs. Will Ospreay, IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship - King of Pro Wrestling</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Zack Sabre, Jr. – 5</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Kazuchika Okada – 4</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Kota Ibushi – 4</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Adam Cole – 3</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">AJ Styles – 3</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Michael Elgin – 3</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Will Ospreay – 3</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Akam – 2</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Andrade “Cien” Almas – 2</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Beretta/Trent? – 2</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Bobby Fish – 2</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Christopher Daniels – 2</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Dean Ambrose – 2</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Donovan Dijak - 2</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Jay Lethal – 2</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Jeff Hardy – 2</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Johnny Gargano – 2</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Keith Lee - 2</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">KUSHIDA – 2</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Matt Hardy – 2</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Rezar – 2</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Seth Rollins – 2</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Aleister Black - 1</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Alex Shelley – 1</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Alexander Wolfe - 1</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Asuka – 1</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Baron Corbin – 1</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Bobby Roode – 1</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Bray Wyatt – 1</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Brock Lesnar - 1</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Cesaro – 1</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Chris Sabin – 1</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Chuck Taylor – 1</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Dante Fox – 1</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Dash Wilder – 1</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Drew McIntyre - 1</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Ember Moon – 1</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Eric Young - 1</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Fenix/Rey Fenix – 1</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Flip Gordon – 1</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Frankie Kazarian – 1</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Hirooki Goto – 1</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Jeff Cobb/Matanza Cueto - 1</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">John Cena – 1</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Katsuyori Shibata – 1</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Killian Dain - 1</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Killshot – 1</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Lio Rush – 1</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Matt Sydal – 1</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Matthew Riddle - 1</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Pete Dunne – 1</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Rocky Romero – 1</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Roderick Strong – 1</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Scott Dawson – 1</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Shane McMahon – 1</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Sheamus – 1</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Shinsuke Nakamura – 1</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">The Miz – 1</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Tommaso Ciampa – 1</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Tomohiro Ishii – 1</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Triple H – 1</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Tyler Bate – 1</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Velveteen Dream - 1</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">WALTER - 1</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><u>Best Match/Best Possible Match:</u></b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><b>Overall:</b> Kenny Omega vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Lucha Underground:</b> Dante Fox vs. Fenix vs. Killshot vs. Matanza Cueto vs. Pentagon Dark vs. Prince Puma</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>New Japan Pro-Wrestling: </b>Kenny Omega vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>NXT: </b>Adam Cole vs. Akam vs. Andrade "Cien" Almas vs. Bobby Fish vs. Johnny Gargano vs. Rezar</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>PWG:</b> Marty Scurll vs. Matt Jackson vs. Nick Jackson vs. Zack Sabre, Jr.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>ROH: </b>Marty Scurll vs. Matt Jackson vs. Nick Jackson</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>WWE: </b>AJ Styles vs. Dean Ambrose vs. Jeff Hardy vs. Matt Hardy vs. Seth Rollins</span></span></span></div>
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<![endif]-->Hello and welcome to my, not so, presitigious End of Year Awards. This is the sixth year these awards have been in operation and I can say without any doubt this is by far the longest this article has ever been so, for that, I apologise. With that said let's get on with the awards, enjoy!<br />
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<b><u><br />Major End-Year Awards</u></b><br />
<br />
<b><u>Promotion of the Year:</u></b></div>
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<br />This was a really difficult category to award this year.
Ever since I started doing these awards there has always been one promotion
that stood head and shoulders above the others in any given year. This year was
not the case. As per usual there were good and bad in all promotions however
this year the field was a lot tighter. So who won this tight race? Let’s find
out. Right off the bat I’d like to note that for the first time since the
inception of these awards I couldn’t even consider TNA because aside from a
couple of Hardy related things I have not watched TNA this year. So of the
promotions I did see enough of we first go to New Japan Pro Wrestling. It’s
well known that I am not a fan of the way NJPW has booked over the past few
years and this year was no different. Their failure to capitalise on arguably
the most over man in all of wrestling in 2016. There have been some great
matches and the odd great moment, as well as a great G1 but overall it was another
average year for NJPW and it is out of the running. From Japan to Reseda,
California and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla. PWG did what PWG always does, put on
great shows with great matches but very little in the way of meaningful
storyline progression. PWG is happy with its place of a Super Indie that puts
together bi-monthly super cards that delivers dream matches but little else.
This year though the match quality was slightly lower than usual and there was
even less storylines than usual so although they once again delivered what I
expect from PWG it wasn’t enough to earn them this year’s Promotion of the Year
award. Onto the biggest and, to most, only game in town the WWE. Despite being
the only wrestling promotion most people know they have only won this award
once – almost by default in 2011 – and they aren’t going to add this year to
their list of accomplishments (not that it matters to them of course). It was a
tough year to watch WWE, there was very little to get excited about in the
first half of the year and although SmackDown became the most consistently
entertaining wrestling show on television post-brand split RAW has remained
awful and the promotion as a whole is average at best. There have been some
good points this year though, as mentioned previously SmackDown has been great
since the brand split and some guys have had career years – AJ Styles I’m
looking at you. NXT has had possibly its weakest year since they exploded from
developmental to legitimate brand with NXT: Arrival but the weekly shows are
still logical and the Takeover’s continue to be brilliant shows. I look forward
to where SmackDown and NXT go in 2017, I look forward to continuing not
watching RAW and reading reviews after the fact confirming that I was right not
to watch because it doesn’t look like either of those things are going to
change soon. On to the promotion that has won this award for the past two years
– ROH. I’m going to go on the record and say that the criticism the company has
come in for this year have been way overblown, the shows have not been nearly
as bad as some have made out. The weekly product is consistently compelling
with excellent matches and good storyline progression. The house shows or
B-events or whatever label you want to attach to them have been generally
excellent. The PPV’s, however, have been largely disappointing despite ending
with a fantastic Final Battle. Make no mistake though, despite my brushing off
how bad ROH has been, they’ve certainly seen a steep decrease in quality from
the past two years and they’ve done nowhere near enough to three-peat. This
year I’ve picked up watching Pro Wrestling NOAH again. After being intrigued by
the goings on in late-2015 I decided to check out the show that saw Naomichi
Marufuji dethrone Minoru Suzuki for the GHC Heavyweight Championship and I was
hooked again. 2016 was a great year for NOAH, a revitalising year that they
badly needed. It wasn’t perfect, the Suzuki-gun invasion angle was dragging
towards its end and they managed to somehow kill a fantastic junior division in
the second half of the year but for the most part it was great. There were some
great angles, the rebuilding of important talent, the elevation of younger
talent and the solidification of the likes of Katsuhiko Nakajima – absolutely
the right man to finally rid NOAH of Suzuki-gun – as permanent main eventers.
They had a great year and although I am questioning some of the booking
decisions at the end of the year (why would you have Atsushi Kotoge hold both
the Junior belt AND the Junior Tag belts when you knew he was going to move up
to the heavyweight division and, more to the point why would you promote Kotoge
to a heavyweight at all?) they were an admirable second place in this category
in 2016 and I look forward to seeing what they do in 2017. They lost however to
the insanity that is Lucha Underground. Like I mentioned right at the start of
this write-up this has not been a perfect year for anyone – and Lucha
Underground were no different. Season Two started in January with a bang and
for the first 15-20 episodes LU were on fire with their storylines and matches.
Sadly, the wheels completely fell off towards the end of Season Two culminating
in an incredibly underwhelming Ultima Lucha Dos. However, towards the end of
the year they have regained all the goodwill they lost with a stellar Season
Three so far and, as we inch closer to the mid-season finale, I have full faith
in the writers to continue their success into 2017. And hopefully they’ll fix
their biggest failing in their history so far – the poor utilisation of
Pentagon. But that is all in the future and for 2016 Lucha Underground are my
‘Promotion of the Year’. </div>
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<br />The winner is: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Lucha
Underground</b> <u><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></u></div>
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<b><u><br />Superstar of the Year:</u></b></div>
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<br />Contrary to our opening award, this award was one of the
easiest to pick as one person did stand head and shoulders above the rest but
we’ll get to that. Before we start I must reinforce the difference between this
award and the next award ‘Wrestler of the Year’. This award is given to the
best all-around performer in professional wrestling over a year-long period,
the ‘Wrestler of the Year’ award is given to the best in-ring performer in
professional wrestling in a calendar year. With that said let me mention that
two people had a real chance of winning this award but bad booking let them
down. Those men were Pentagon Jr./Pentagon Dark who looked on course to be the
MVP of Lucha Underground and possibly all of wrestling only to be derailed by
some spectacularly backwards booking that ruled him out of the running. That,
however, paled in comparison to the booking of Tetsuya Naito. This man is more
over than I’ve seen anyone in Japanese wrestling be for a long, long time.
However, a token IWGP Heavyweight Championship reign aside, he has been
woefully underutilised in favour of the hugely over exposed Kazuchika Okada.
The booking of NJPW has long given me cause to scratch my head but their
booking of Naito has been on an entirely different level of disappointing. So
down to the three men who actually had a chance. Let’s start with last year’s
winner, the Greatest First Generation Wrestler – Jay Lethal. He had another
great year picking up where he left off in 2015. His run as World Champion,
which will go down as legendary, continued all the way until Death Before
Dishonor in August when he dropped the strap to Adam Cole after a great feud.
His interactions with Cole, and by extension Bullet Club, Colt Cabana and Kyle
O’Reilly were some of the highlights of the year. Even after dropping the top
prize in ROH he continued his great feud with Cole and established a nice
mini-feud with Tetsuya Naito that saw him beat Naito on an ROH event before
giving Naito his win back in NJPW. This year though, despite him continuing his
great work of last year albeit to a lesser extent, he was a distant third. Now
on to the man who was a distant second, Samoa Joe. Joe has had a spectacularly
good year. He has been one of the best heels in the business and looks more
motivated than he has in years. He has churned out great match after great
match and decent, if not fantastic, feuds with Finn Balor and Shinsuke
Nakamura. But it is more than that with Joe this year. He has an aura about him
right now. A must-see aura that very few people have and every segment he has
always has my full attention. Joe’s had arguably his best year ever but
certainly his best year since 2006 but he was nowhere near this year’s winner.
The man who won this award can be described only one way – Phenomenal. Yes,
this year’s winner is indisputably AJ Styles. AJ started off the year
challenging Shinsuke Nakamura in a classic match for the IWGP Intercontinental
Championship in New Japan’s signature Dome show and ended it as WWE Champion.
His year was not perfect of course but even the ‘not perfect’ bits had AJ
making them better than they had any right to be. His feud with Chris Jericho
did not produce the level of matches I had expected or hoped – and the feud
itself was underwhelming until Y2J’s heel turn changed everything. His feud
with Roman Reigns was possibly his worst in a couple of year, but that’s
nothing against that feud, which was better than any of us could have dreamed
with some of the best matches of Reigns’ career. If the lowlights weren’t very
low, the highlights were incredibly high. His debut in WWE was a moment to
behold. A spectacular moment that saw the Amway Centre explode as AJ made his
entrance into the Royal Rumble match. I was in a bar that erupted upon AJ’s
entrance (finally) being shown. He gave a great performance in that match but
he was only just getting started. He had a brilliant feud with John Cena that
culminated in a great match at SummerSlam. He was drafted to SmackDown and held
down the fort in the infancy of the brand split producing a great feud with
Dean Ambrose that saw him win the WWE Championship in yet another thrilling
match at Backlash and extend all the way to December’s TLC PPV without once
feeling like it had overstayed its welcome. As expected AJ’s wrestling this
year was fantastic but he really was the total package this year. His character
is on point and really plays to his strengths. His heel work has been fantastic
even if it is becoming increasingly difficult to get him booed. And his mic
work is just on a different level to what it used to be. He really is the
‘Superstar of the Year’ and I’ve got a feeling it is going to take a hell of a
year if anyone else is going to beat him next year, too. </div>
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<br />The winner is: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">AJ
Styles</b><br />
<br />
<b><u>Wrestler of the Year:</u></b></div>
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<br />I always find this award difficult to gauge because
wrestling has become increasingly reliant on great matches in recent years,
even in more story driven companies like WWE. That reliance means we arguably
see more great matches than ever before because people are having great matches
on weekly shows and PPV undercards rather than just in big PPV matches. So,
picking one guy as the in-ring king for a year is always difficult. This year I
added a ‘statistics’ portion to my Top 50 Matches of the Year list (which you
can read here) which made it somewhat easier but having the most matches in my Top
50 list doesn’t necessarily make you the best wrestler of the year. That said,
the guy that was tied for first place in terms of having the most matches in my
Top 50 is the guy that has won this award this year so it obviously is a
factor. Let’s start with some of the close contenders though. Shinsuke Nakamura
had a great in-ring year with a constant stream of great matches including two
that made the top ten of my aforementioned Top 50 list. His debut match in NXT
against Sami Zayn came close to winning the whole thing in terms of best match
of the year (you can see which match actually won later in these awards) and
his last big match in NJPW saw him have an absolutely sublime match with AJ
Styles inside the Tokyo Dome. Speaking of AJ he had a tilt at this award too
but came up just short of emulating Daniel Bryan as the only man to win
Superstar of the Year AND Wrestler of the Year in the same year. Although with
his Superstar of the Year win this year and his Wrestler of the Year win in
2014 he does become only the second man to ever win both awards following,
obviously, Bryan. I’ve mentioned most of AJ’s great matches this year with
Cena, Ambrose, Nakamura and others. One match I haven’t mentioned that deserves
some recognition was his Tag Team Championship match with Chris Jericho against
the New Day. An absolute jewel in the rough that was Monday Night RAW this
year. AJ had so many good matches this year it would take me eons to list them
but he still came up short. Adam Cole was in consideration for this award too
with six matches in my Top 50 – the same as the eventual winner. Cole has been
on point in ring this year even if his character and promos have been less
compelling than in recent years. From his clashes with Jay Lethal to his
clashes with Kyle O’Reilly. His work in PWG, his work in ROH, everywhere Cole
showed up he brought his working boots. I’d like to highlight some of his less
fashionable matches this year. His match in Lakeland, FL for the World Title on
a Road to Final Battle Tour Show with Silas Young was one position away from
making the Top 50 and was a truly great match that helped solidify Silas Young
as a main eventer – at least for the few people like me who will have actually
watched the show. He was in multiple great six-man tags with The Young Bucks
and actually, at the start of the year, a great three team tag street fight as
part of the original Kingdom which also involved reDRagon. Finally, another
Cole match that didn’t get enough love was in the build-up to the 14<sup>th</sup>
Anniversary Show there was a tag match on the weekly show that saw Cole team
with then World Champion Jay Lethal against reDRagon. He had a great in-ring
year but once again it wasn’t enough. We’ve just mentioned him and Jay Lethal
was in consideration for this award too. His World Championship defences were
consistently excellent and his matches after losing the belt remained
fantastic. In fact, thinking back over the past twelve months I can only think
of one Lethal match that was a real let down. That would be his disappointing
outing at Final Battle against the debuting Cody Rhodes. Overall though it was
a fantastic in-ring year for Lethal. His battle with O’Reilly on TV was one of
the best TV matches all year in any company. The storytelling in that match was
on a level you rarely see in wrestling nowadays, a forgotten art almost that
was brilliantly shown in that particular match. His matches with Colt Cabana
are among the best in Cabana’s career and helped revitalise Cabana as a
performer in my eyes. He also, did not do enough. Our final contender that just
came up short is the enigmatic Marty Scurll. I’ve always thought Scurll was a
decent performer but nothing more. That changed in late-2015 and was consigned
to the annals of history by the end of 2016. He had great matches all around
the planet. His matches in PROGRESS with Will Ospreay, in ROH in every match he
has had so far – all of which (three) featured on my Top 50 Matches list, in
PWG – most notably versus Kyle O’Reilly. Every time I see Scurll I know I’m in
for a great match. He won the prestigious Battle of Los Angeles tournament this
year and I can’t think of anyone in that tournament who would have been a more
deserving winner. Scurll has turned into a really special performer and he was
very, very close. But not close enough. The winner of this category is the new
ROH World Champion, Kyle O’Reilly. O’Reilly has had fantastic matches all of
the globe this year. He’s had great matches of every kind, junior matches in
New Japan, heavyweight matches in New Japan, multi-man matches, tag team
matches, technical classics, hardcore brawls. Every type of match he has had
he’s nailed this year. I can’t think of a bad match he has had and he has
featured in some of the best. He had two classic matches with Adam Cole, one
where he won the World Title at Final Battle and the first and arguably best
match ever between the two (which is saying something) at Supercard of Honor.
He had that match on TV against Lethal that I mentioned earlier. His match with
Scurll in PWG and so many more. I could wax lyrical about how good O’Reilly has
been in the ring this year for the rest of this article but there are more
awards to give out so all I’ll say is Kyle O’Reilly is the deserved winner of
this year’s ‘Wrestler of the Year’ award.</div>
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<br />The winner is: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Kyle
O’Reilly</b><br />
<br />
<b><u>Female Superstar of the Year: </u></b><br />
<br />
This one was pretty easy. It has been a mixed year for women’s wrestling from
my point of view. My general life restricts how much wrestling I can consume so
certain promotions that I used to be very current on have fell to the wayside.
SHIMMER, Stardom & SHINE are three of these. They’re not the only
promotions I have stopped watching but they are the three most pertinent to
this particular award given that all three are all-female promotions. I also
feel like, despite the ‘women’s [r]evolution’ being a catchphrase WWE likes to
throw around, WWE and NXT have failed to deliver what they have over previous
years with regards to women’s wrestling. With NXT it is more to do with the
loss of talent. Three of the ‘Four Horsewomen’ that the NXT Women’s Division
was built around were promoted to the main roster last year with the final one
being promoted midway through the year. This loss of talent has hit NXT hard,
forcing them to build up other female performers which – with the exception of
Asuka – they haven’t done well enough. Thankfully this is beginning to change
with Ember Moon obviously set for a huge push and the likes of Billie Kay and
Peyton Royce getting some serious air time and actual feuds. However, for most
of the year the Women’s Division has been Asuka and that’s it. With regards to
the main roster in WWE they failed to push the women properly in the first half
of the year and then had a 50/50 record post-draft. With my feelings on RAW and
SmackDown well known it might be easy for you to guess where each 50 comes
from. SmackDown has used the so-called ‘lesser talents’ of the women’s division
very well since the brand split, more on that later. On the other hand, RAW has
been so obsessed with pushing itself as history-making and progressive that
they forgot to actually be progressive. Somebody, and for the life of me I
can’t remember who, once said – and I’m paraphrasing here – that if you want
the women’s division to be taken seriously just book a feud between men and
then at the end switch those men for women. RAW has been so focused on
promoting the fact that they are giving women main events and giving them match
stipulations they’ve never had before that they forgot to actually build a
feud. And that has really crushed the hopes of one of the early forerunners for
this award – Sasha Banks. Sasha started the year hot, with crowds baying for
her to get involved in the title picture. When she came out at the Royal Rumble
the arena exploded. The build to her match against Becky and Charlotte at
‘Mania was very good and the match delivered but the winner being Charlotte
really sucked the energy out of the story and really stunted Sasha’s year and
more importantly overness. Once she finally got back in the title picture she
and Charlotte traded the belt back and forth like it was going out of business
with no real escalation to the feud and stipulations feeling like they were
just being tacked on so WWE could say “look how progressive we’re being”. With
that tumultuous and end to the year there was never any chance of her really
winning this award. Another person who suffered a somewhat similar fate was her
fellow horsewoman, Bayley. Bayley started off the year as NXT Champion and was
delivering great matches and really elevating her opponents. She gave Carmella
her best match to date and even made a feud with Nia Jax and Eva Marie not
awful. It wasn’t good, but against those two not awful is a massive
achievement. She got a rousing reception when she made her first, at the time
one-off, appearance on the main roster as Sasha’s mystery tag partner to take
on Charlotte and Dana Brooke. She also had two great matches with Asuka but –
and we might be noticing a trend here – following her promotion to the main
roster she really stagnated. Used as a bit part player until pretty much the
end of the year she had her skirmishes with Charlotte but always felt like a
distraction until they got back to the only women’s feud RAW had any time for,
Sasha vs. Charlotte. She had some heatless feuds that I can make little comment
on since I only saw a segment here and there on YouTube and read about in other
people’s reviews given my total lack of time for RAW recently. So despite a
great half a year she’s also not a real contender this year round. I made a
prediction at the start of the year with my fellow ‘Rebooking Series’ co-author
Jonathon that this year this award would go to Ivelisse. I really thought it
would be her year and it really could have been as she is obviously well like
in the Lucha Underground realm, in fact it would have been far preferable to
have her be the first female Lucha Underground Champion as opposed to that
accolade going to the far less talented Sexy Star. However, injuries majorly
impacted her year and she’s not even close to being considered here. I just
thought I’d bring it up to show how talented she is and how next year may well
be different if she can recover from her injuries and continue delivering how
she does when she is fit. I also feel it’s obligatory to mention the only
person to win ‘Female Superstar of the Year’ twice, Cheerleader Melissa. As I
mentioned earlier, my viewership of SHIMMER, and knowledge of the product, has
vastly decreased in recent years – hitting an all-time low this year of roughly
zero, to the point where I don’t even know if Melissa even still wrestles for
the company. Being probably the greatest wrestler SHIMMER has ever had I’d
imagine she still is but, on the other hand, having done pretty much everything
there is to do in SHIMMER it wouldn’t shock me if she was gone either. This has
led to my only exposure to Melissa this year being through Lucha Underground
where she is known as Mariposa. She’s far from one of the most prominent
characters on the show but she still has managed to have a really good year.
Her two biggest highlights being the No Mas match with Sexy Star (which,
despite missing the Top 50, was my highest ranked women’s match of the year)
and the very recent four-way match she was a part of with Jeramiah Crane,
Killshot and Dante Fox where she was undoubtedly the star of the match. I hope
LU have bigger plans in place for Mariposa because despite her character not
being the most compelling right now and her promo skills, as always, being a
bit lacking she is without a doubt one of the best in-ring performers they have
on their roster – male or female. Melissa’s year was, as usual, good but
possibly her weakest ever and not enough to become a three-time winner. So,
that leaves us with two, and despite my earlier dissection of WWE’s booking of
their women this year both of these contenders come from WWE’s roster. Less
surprisingly they both come from SmackDown. Let’s start with a woman I’ve
watched wrestle for a long time, Becky Lynch. Becky has had a great year
starting with challenging for the then Diva’s Championship at the Royal Rumble
in a really underrated match, until the finish, with Charlotte. She was part of
the three-way dance at WrestleMania that I mentioned earlier which was arguably
the best match on the show, sans the finish (noticing a common thread here?).
She did get slightly lost in the wilderness for a while after that but a decent
feud with Natalya took her up to the draft and that’s when things kicked into a
higher gear for Becky. She was the first female drafted to SmackDown and went
on to become the first ever SmackDown Women’s Champion. She had, and is
possibly still having, an amazing feud with Alexa Bliss. The matches have been
a bit of a let-down sadly but the promos and feud itself have been nothing
short of stellar. The booking has been fantastic too and actually has you
invested far more in a singles match between Becky and Alexa with their
simmering heat than RAW does by just going “Charlotte…Sasha…Hell in a Cell…Main
Event of a PPV………HISTORY!” So, who is the other contender? Well it is none
other than the other side to that coin, Alexa Bliss. Alexa has had the hottest
run of any female competitor this year with her run since the draft being, to
steal a phrase from her arch-nemesis, straight fire. It hasn’t been all plain
sailing this year though, despite seeming the obvious opponent for Bayley – at
least until it was time for Asuka to claim the NXT Women’s crown – her feud
with Bayley was seemingly put to one side in favour of feuds with Nia Jax, Eva
Marie and a friendly rivalry with Carmella. She was also part of the elongated
saga that saw Blake & Murphy finally part ways as a tag team (I think, that
did end, right?). However, once the draft happened and she turned up on
SmackDown, everything changed. She was immediately positioned as one of the top
heels in the division and made the most of every opportunity she had. I
initially thought her feud with Becky was a placeholder, a good heel for Becky
to beat at the start of her Championship run. However, as the weeks went by
Alexa delivered great promo after great promo, both on SmackDown and the always
entertaining Talking Smack. Some of her segments with Becky were among the best
WWE have produced all year. Sadly, as I mentioned earlier the matches have been
somewhat lacking so far but it’s hard to argue Bliss has put herself on the map
this year and absolutely deserves to end the year as SmackDown Women’s
Champion. That being said, I have to give Becky the edge this year. No-one had
a perfect year but Becky Lynch proved why she is one of the best in the world
and although I know there is more and better to come from her, she is the
unquestionable winner of this award in my eyes.</div>
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<br />The winner is: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Becky
Lynch<br />
</b><br />
<b><u>Tag Team of the Year:</u></b><u> </u></div>
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<br />Tag Team wrestling has undergone a real renaissance in
recent years and I absolutely love it. I’ve always though tag team wrestling
was an underrated part of most promotions and I’m so pleased to see more
companies pushing their tag teams to the fore. Look at ROH, whilst none of
their teams are under consideration for this award this year, the depth of
talent in their tag team ranks is unreal. The Addiction, Motor City Machine
Guns, The Pretty Boy Killers, Silas and The Bruiser, The Young Bucks,
occasionally reDRagon – who are possibly my favourite tag team of the 21<sup>st</sup>
century. I could go on but you get the picture and this incredible depth of tag
team wrestling is not exclusive to ROH. So, let’s get on to the contenders. We
start with the current NXT Tag Team Champions, DIY. DIY – made up of indie
veterans Tommaso Ciampa and Johnny Gargano – came into our consciousness as a
tag team last year during the first ever Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. From
what I remember it was supposed to be a one-time deal but Gargano and Ciampa
impressed so much that they’ve turned it into a full-time gig. They’ve been a
stellar team all year building themselves up from the bottom of the NXT Tag
Team ranks. There was a brief moment, both on NXT programming and during the
Cruiserweight Classic, where I feared they were going down the route of
splitting them up as a team which would have been an awful shame. Thankfully
that didn’t happen. They did have a tremendous match against each other in the
Cruiserweight Classic but it ended amicably and their team went from strength
to strength. They engaged in an amazing feud with The Revival, who I’ll come to
later, which culminated in an absolutely super Two out of Three Falls match at
NXT Takeover: Toronto which saw DIY finally claim the gold that had eluded them
for so long. But it’s not just against The Revival, they’ve had great matches
with practically every team in NXT this year. On the last NXT show of the year
– where they showed the entirety of the Osaka show – DIY defended their tag
team titles against the team of Akira Tozawa and Tajiri and boy what a match
that was. It caused some last second editing of my top 50 matches list as I
watched it in the latter stages of New Year’s Eve when the article was all
finished and just waiting to be posted, that’s how good the match was. The only
mark against DIY this year is their name but that is me being extremely
nit-picky and of course will play no part in determining whether or not they
win this award. It only seems natural to come to the team they beat for those
NXT Tag Team Championships next – The Revival. The team of Scott Dawson and
Dash Wilder really came out of nowhere last year to become one of my favourite
teams and 2016 has seen them go from strength to strength. The name is
incredibly fitting as the duo evoke the best memories of the likes of The
Brainbusters and their ilk. That comparison may seem a bit over the top but The
Revival have earned the right to be compared to those legends. Their mantra of
“No flips, just fists” fits them perfectly and they have a case to say they’ve
had the best match on every single Takeover this year. They truly are ‘Top
Guys’ and have just been exceptional in every department this year from their
ring work to their mic work to their character work. Their feuds have been
phenomenal and they have everything it takes to become a Hall of Fame quality
tag team – in fact, barring WWE brainlessly splitting them up any time soon,
I’ll be shocked if they don’t earn that Hall of Fame moniker one day. We know
The Revival had a great feud with DIY but our next contender in this list is
the team they started off the year setting the world on fire with – American
Alpha. Alpha comprises of loveable dork Chad Gable and the suplex machine that
is Jason Jordan. These two complement each other so well both in the ring and
out. Their goofy personas endear them to almost everyone who watches them and
their skills in the ring are beyond question. They started the year off with a
quest to win the NXT Tag Team Championship, something they did on WrestleMania
weekend when they defeated The Revival in a tremendous encounter. All of their
matches with The Revival were brilliant and even though they eventually lost
the straps back to The Revival, that didn’t stop Alpha. They were drafted to
SmackDown this year and were the clear favourites to become the first ever
SmackDown Tag Team Champions. That was not to be as they were side-lined in a
feud that saw the stagnant Usos turn heel and become the reinvigorated and
incredibly entertaining Usos. That feud is far from over and will probably go
on to become quite the historic rivalry if things continue the way they are.
Alpha ended what was a defining year for them as a team by surprisingly
defeating the Wyatt Family to win the Tag Team Championships on the final
SmackDown of 2016. It was a win I didn’t see coming but one that Alpha
definitely deserve. Our final contender is a bit of a dodgy one. Should they
qualify as a tag team? Given the fact that I always consider trios as a tag
team unit (albeit a six-man one) I decided the Worldwide Underground would. PJ
Black, Jack Evans and the heinous Johnny Mundo and their devious cohort Taya
have dominated the Lucha Underground landscape in Season Three. Since coming
together, seemingly through a shared sense of self-importance and showcasing an
inherent ability to be the most loathsome unit on the planet, they have caused
havoc in the LU universe. It is no wonder I find them so entertaining to watch.
Capping off their year in style with Johnny Mundo slithering his way to
becoming Lucha Underground Champion they still found time to be such incredibly
hateful people that they even disgust each other at times with the tensions
simmering between Jack and PJ as well as Johnny and everyone. They have had an
amazing year but was it enough? Well the short answer is no because no team
could touch The Revival this year, they have had a better year than any tag
team has had in a long time and, given the two years reDRagon have had in 2014
and 2015, that is a hugely impressive feat. </div>
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<br />The winner is: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The
Revival</b><br />
<br />
<b><u>Match of the Year:</u></b><br />
<br />
As per usual I won’t go into too much detail of all the different contenders in
this particular category because it would spoil things for those of you who
haven’t read my Top 50 Matches of 2016 list yet (you can read it here, by the
way). So we’ll just stick with the match that won. For the second year in a row
New Japan delivered the best match of the year for me and this year it was the
G1 Climax Final that pitted long suffering Hirooki Goto, sadly world renowned
as a choke artist, against current Bullet Club leader Kenny Omega to determine
who would win the briefcase for an IWGP Heavyweight Championship match at the
January 4<sup>th</sup> Dome Show (it’s just around the corner folks). I know a
lot of people thought the best match from this year’s G1 Climax was the B Block
finale between Omega and Tetsuya Naito and although that was a fantastic match
I felt this one had the edge. The story these two told was nothing short of
phenomenal and really made me buy into Omega as a legitimate leader of Bullet
Club and, more importantly, a legitimate main event player in New Japan. It’s
not that I’ve ever had anything against Omega – I’ve always really liked the
guy but something just didn’t click with him in New Japan for me. Both his Jr.
Heavyweight Title run and his Intercontinental Title run had left a lot to be
desired and he was stuck with the albatross that Bullet Club has become. But
this G1 was Kenny’s break out party and boy did he save his best performance
for last. This match had everything, great wrestling, great storytelling, great
drama, some really big spots and a ton of really good near falls. The only
criticism I would have is after everything Goto has gone through in the past
few years, he really needed this win. Going to the finals would have been a
break out moment for Omega regardless but this felt like Goto’s last chance to
be a real main eventer in New Japan – something he absolutely deserves. And it
would have actually made Gedo’s weird booking of him (acknowledging his
“choking”, becoming so submissive to Okada, joining CHAOS etc.) make sense
because it would have all built to this and then him defeating Okada in a Tokyo
Dome main event to really cement himself in the upper echelon of NJPW. Sadly
Gedo has no interest in that and instead Omega went over. I was disappointed in
the winner but the match itself was nothing short of outstanding and a well
deserving winner of the Match of the Year accolade.</div>
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<br />The winner is: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Hirooki
Goto vs. Kenny Omega, G1 Climax Final – G1 Climax: Day Nineteen (NJPW)</b><br />
<br />
<b><u>Angle/Feud of the Year:</u></b></div>
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<br />This is another category where nothing really stood out to
me. It’s not that there were no good rivalries this year, there were plenty,
but never was I watching something unfold and thinking “this is going to be
tough to beat”. We’ll start off our contenders in ROH with a feud that spanned
practically the entire year, Kyle O’Reilly vs. Adam Cole. The two had been
feuding since the back half of 2015 and finished off that particular year with
Cole sneaking a win out against O’Reilly at Final Battle before falling victim
to O’Reilly beating him down after the match. Obviously, however, that didn’t
settle it. They came into the New Year immediately establishing themselves as
the two best contenders for Jay Lethal’s ROH World Championship which led to an
excellent three-way dance at the 14<sup>th</sup> Anniversary Show. After both
came up short, Cole and O’Reilly’s focus returned to being solely fixated on
one another. This led to what everyone assumed was a feud-ending No Holds
Barred Main Event at Supercard of Honor X. O’Reilly won an enthralling
encounter and everyone moved on. Cole took some time off, O’Reilly focused his
attentions on becoming ROH World Champion. When Cole returned he revealed
himself as the newest member of Bullet Club and this is where the feud
reignited. Cole made the claim that O’Reilly would never be ROH World Champion
as long as he was around. Then came a heavily promoted match on ROH Television
when O’Reilly took on World Champion Jay Lethal in a match that was expected to
be given the full television hour. Before the match could start though Cole and
his goons attacked O’Reilly leaving him in no state to compete. He returned
later in the show to compete but he was at an obvious disadvantage, eventually
losing to Lethal after an incredible match that everyone who hasn’t watched it
should check out. Post-match Bullet Club beat him down again and this wrote
Kyle off the shows for a little while. Cole, meanwhile, turned his focus onto
becoming only the third ever two-time ROH World Champion, something he
accomplished by defeating Lethal at Death Before Dishonor XIV. O’Reilly
returned and, along with long-time friend and tag team partner Bobby Fish, took
the fight to Bullet Club. Eventually getting his chance at Cole in a No Disqualification
match for the World Championship at Final Battle. The match never reached the
heights of their Supercard of Honor match from earlier in the year but it was
still phenomenal and O’Reilly finally got the win that mattered over Cole – at
Final Battle, for the belt. This story lasted practically eighteen months with
very little space in between and yet not once was it boring. It was a blast of
a feud which really kept ROH going through an otherwise underwhelming 2016.
Over to Japan and Pro Wrestling NOAH to look at our next feud which saw NOAH,
specifically Katsuhiko Nakajima, versus Suzuki-gun. NOAH did a brilliant job of
building Nakajima up this year through his matches with Minoru Suzuki and his
unsuccessful tilt at Takashi Sugiura’s GHC Heavyweight Championship so, despite
years of underutilisation, by the time we got to October, and Nakajima’s second
title shot of the year, he was more than ready. He defeated Sugiura to become
Champion and went on to successfully defend it against Suzuki-gun leader Minoru
Suzuki in a match that all but sealed the end for Suzuki-gun in NOAH. I’ve been
baying for NOAH to push Nakajima for years and this time around they’ve got it
right, he was the right man to finally end Suzuki-gun’s stranglehold on NOAH
and he’s the right man to take the company forward into 2017 and beyond. This
angle, although overstaying its welcome by the end, did exactly what it needed
to. We’ll stick with NOAH for the next angle which is one of those difficult
angles that actually started in 2015, meaning all the good bits from the
previous year can’t really be taken into account but to give you some
background into this angle I’m going to discuss it briefly. In 2009 Go Shiozaki
was being primed to be the next top star in Pro Wrestling NOAH. He had been
successfully teaming with Puro legend Mitsuharu Misawa and was clearly being
put into a position where he could become the ace of the company and allow
Misawa to slowly retire. Sadly, Misawa died in a tag team match in the middle
of 2009, this threw the whole company into chaos. Losing Misawa was one of my
saddest moments in all my years of watching wrestling and led me to seriously
question my fandom. It was also the catalyst that caused NOAH to almost die as
a company. The day after Misawa’s untimely passing, then GHC Heavyweight
Champion Jun Akiyama announced he would have to vacate the belt due to injury
and nominated Shiozaki to challenge for the now vacant belt. Shiozaki did and
beat Takeshi Rikio to claim his first crown. Unfortunately, this all came far
too soon for Shiozaki and his popularity was seriously hindered. He eventually
dropped the belt to Takashi Sugiura and he was never quite the same thereafter.
He won the title again but it was never the same and he seemed like damaged
goods. He eventually left the company when they were arguably at their lowest
ebb to jump to rival promotion All Japan Pro Wrestling. After things didn’t
work out for him there he came back to NOAH. His return received little fanfare
and he was initially rejected by both the crowd and the locker room. Only one
person accepted him, Yoshinobu Kanemaru who had also recently returned to the
promotion from All Japan. After Sugiura’s shocking betrayal of NOAH to join
Suzuki-gun, Shiozaki offered his services in the fight against Suzuki-gun but
NOAH Ace Naomichi Marufuji turned him down. Switching into the stuff that
counts, i.e. occurred in 2016 Shiozaki’s search for acceptance went on but his
year didn’t start well when his only friend, Kanemaru, also turned on NOAH and
joined Suzuki-gun. However, his old friend Maybach Taniguchi came to his aid.
In the main event of that same show Marufuji dropped the belt to Sugiura and
after the match finally accepted Shiozaki back into the fold with a handshake
and handed he and Taniguchi the NOAH flag, symbolically saying that he had
failed and it was time for them to defend NOAH. Shiozaki’s, and by extension
Taniguchi’s, feud with Suzuki-gun intensified leading to the two unsuccessfully
challenging for the GHC Tag Team Championship. Shiozaki also focused on
attacking Suzuki-gun via the singles route and eventually became the #1
contender. In May Shiozaki defeated Sugiura to reclaim the GHC Title for NOAH.
His reign lasted only for two months and he and Taniguchi eventually won the
Tag Team Championships as NOAH finally saw off the threat of Suzuki-gun but
that moment when he defeated Sugiura to win the Championship was very special.
Sure, it didn’t last very long but Nakajima was the end game, not Shiozaki and
this redemption angle he had played out perfectly. We now travel back to the
States for our final two contenders. First from the land of opportunity in
SmackDown comes the Dolph Ziggler vs. The Miz feud. Dolph has really become
maligned by the hardcore wrestling crowd but I still like him. It may help that
I never watched his feud with Rusev which seemed to be the point where a lot of
fans turned on him. However, this feud did raise his stock, albeit only
slightly. The story started off with Ziggler challenging for Miz’s
Intercontinental Championship after Miz had made some less than complimentary
comments about Ziggler and his penchant for losing big matches. Ziggler’s
challenges were unsuccessful usually down to Miz cheating or his wife Maryse
interfering, or both. Eventually Miz got so far under Dolph’s skin that he
agreed to put his career on the line for one more shot at Miz’s
Intercontinental Championship. Dolph was successful in one of the best WWE
matches of the year and the feud up to that point was probably the leading
contender for this award. Sadly, mainly due to how thin SmackDown’s roster is,
the feud didn’t end there and eventually Miz reclaimed the title which has
blotted the copybook of this feud – especially since it somewhat negated
Ziggler supposedly silencing his critics who said he choked in big matches. It
was still an incredibly well-built, heated feud though and one which saw both
men do their best work in years. Our final contender for this award comes from
the land of NXT and directly correlates to our previous award. It is of course
than fantastic feud between The Revival and DIY. The month of May saw Gargano
and Ciampa score what seemed like a strange win against The Revival since The
Revival were just about to receive their rematch for the NXT Tag Team
Championship against American Alpha. It made perfect sense though as The
Revival won that match as well as Alpha’s rematch which set up DIY as the
obvious next opponents for Dash and Dawson. This match happened at Takeover:
Brooklyn II in a mesmerising match of supreme quality that absolutely stole the
show and saw The Revival just hand onto their Tag Team Titles. That was
probably meant to be the end of it as it seemed obvious WWE were building
towards splitting Ciampa and Gargano up but the reception that match received I
believe changed WWE’s mind and they built to the rematch which took place in
Toronto at the next Takeover event. This match somehow topped their previous
outing, a brilliant Two out of Three Falls match with took the number five
place on my Match of the Year list. The match ended with both Dash and Dawson
tapping simultaneously and DIY getting a moment that was just perfect in the
eyes of many fans. This rivalry was very special and to be honest all five
angles mentioned would all have been worthy winners but in the end I had to
give the edge to the Go Shiozaki redemption angle as I believe it was the most
perfectly written and complete of the lot.</div>
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<br />The winner is: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Go</b>
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Shiozaki’s Redemption <br />
</b><br />
<b><u>Best One-off Show of the Year:</u></b></div>
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<br />I feel like I’m repeating myself here but this was another
category that was virtually impossible to decide. There were four shows in
serious consideration for this award and we’ll go in chronological order
meaning we start with Takeover: Dallas. What a tremendous show this was and the
fact that it took place just two days before a shocking WrestleMania only
hammered that point home. The show started off with a fantastic Tag Team
Championship match between The Revival and American Alpha which saw Alpha
finally claim the NXT Tag Team Titles. After that we saw Austin Aries’ in-ring
debut and saw him manage to get the first decent match I’d ever seen out of
Baron Corbin. That being said, this was definitely the low point of the
evening. Next saw the utterly sublime debut of Shinsuke Nakamura in an instant
classic effort with the departing Sami Zayn. A virtually perfect match, how
could you not love this show? Following that effort was Bayley’s unsuccessful
defence of her NXT Women’s Championship against Asuka. This match played out
far differently from how I expected it to with Bayley getting in a lot more
offence than expected and it was all the better for it. Allowing Bayley that
offence did not detract from Asuka’s title win and proved that underdog
babyfaces don’t have to be portrayed as loveable but seriously deficient
wrestlers to get over against a monster heel which – despite her size – Asuka
is booked as. Now we come to the main event, this did not quite live up to the
rest of the card and frankly had the wrong result all because NXT wanted to
shoehorn defending NXT Champion Finn Balor into the record books as the longest
reigning NXT Champion. He really should have dropped the belt to Samoa Joe here
but alas they decided the record was too important and they’d do the title
change on a house show later. The Dallas show also had the first on-screen
appearance of one Mr. Bobby Roode. Next we go to another NXT Takeover event,
Takeover: Brooklyn II. This was another great event and we opened with a
pitch-perfect opening contest between No Way Jose and Austin Aries. Post-match
Aries was confronted by a returning Hideo Itami in a great moment that I was
hoping would lead to the rejuvenation of both of their fledgling NXT careers.
Sadly, we’ve ended the year with both injured but that does not detract from
this show itself as the moment was brilliant. After this we saw the debut of
Ember Moon as she defeated Billie Kay in a short but sweet match which saw her shock
fans with her ‘O-Face’ finishing manoeuvre – I knew they’d have to come up with
a different name for that move, I just wish that they would get on with
choosing one but I digress, again. Next was the much anticipated in-ring debut
of Bobby Roode. This was a truly special moment as Roode literally descended
into the arena whilst the Brooklyn faithful serenaded him with his theme song.
It was one of those moments in wrestling where the hair stands up on your arms
and you realise you are witnessing something magical. The match he had with
Andrade ‘Cien’ Almas wasn’t bad either although it only succeeded in getting
Cien booed more than ever before – something which has worked out to everyone’s
benefit as Almas has turned heel, thankfully. The Tag Team Championship which
came next between The Revival and DIY has been mentioned plenty in this article
already so I won’t spend too long on it, needless to say, it was awesome. Asuka
defeated Bayley in Bayley’s rematch for the Women’s Championship she had lost at
Takeover: Dallas. This was on the level, if not slightly better, than their
bout in Dallas. The main event here was a very good match too as Shinsuke
Nakamura defeated Samoa Joe to win the NXT Championship for the first time.
Also, Shinsuke’s entrance featured a live violin solo lead-in – and it was
utterly amazing. This show was an amazing way to spend two and a bit hours. The
fact that SummerSlam was the next day put into perspective how much better NXT
is than the main roster (there’s a pattern here). We come to early September
and small Legion Hall in Reseda, California for our next contender. The 2016
Battle of Los Angeles was three nights of the best wrestling you would see all
year, the best of which was Night Two and that’s what we will discuss here.
This show was tremendous and saw Cody Rhodes debut for the promotion in a great
match with NXT alumni Sami Callihan. Every match on this card was at worst good
from the opener between Tommaso Ciampa and Dalton Castle to the – in my mind –
overrated but still very good six-man tag outing in the main event that pitted
Mount Rushmore 2.0’s The Young Bucks and Adam Cole against Matt Sydal, Ricochet
and Will Ospreay. The match that stole the show though was the beautiful tag
team match that saw Fenix and Pentagon, Jr. team up to defeat Heroes Eventually
Die (Chris Hero and Tommy End). A superb encounter that showed once again this
year just how good tag team wrestling can be when it is done right. Our final
contender was one of the last big shows of the year with ROH’s Final Battle.
I’ve defended ROH a fair bit in this article but I have no issue saying that
their PPV’s have generally been a let-down. Final Battle, however, was
unequivocally their best outing of the year. We started off with a six-man tag
match that I really had no interest in seeing but ended up thoroughly enjoying
through the efforts of all six competitors. We then came to our first
disappointment of the night in a so-so match between Silas Young and Jushin
Thunder Liger. Things picked up again straight after though as Dalton Castle
and Colt Cabana had a great match showcasing both men’s strengths. The debuting
Cody Rhodes took on Jay Lethal next and while the match itself was
underwhelming the post-match drama was anything but as Cody turned heel in a
brilliantly despicable way. Matt Taven’s New Kingdom won the brand-new Trios
Championship next in a match that was far better than I expected. This was
followed by three tremendous matches that elevated this from a good show to a
great show starting off with a brilliant three-way dance for the ROH World
Television Championship between Champion Marty Scurll, Dragon Lee and Will
Ospreay. It warmed my heart to see Marty get the reaction he did when his music
hit. Second was the Tag Team Championship match that saw The Young Bucks defend
against The Briscoes in a match that I didn’t have high hopes for since these
two teams have never really shown any good chemistry in any of their previous
encounters. However, they delivered in spades here with a fantastic tag title
match. Post-match we saw the emergence of Broken Matt Hardy to challenge the
“Bucks of Youth” in a segment that blew my mind and the mind of everyone in the
Hammerstein Ballroom that night. Finally, we came to the main event and the
piece de resistance as Kyle O’Reilly won the ROH World Championship in an
absolute war against Adam Cole. This was a great show, and a great way to end
the year for ROH but it wasn’t quite enough. For me it came down to the two NXT
shows which were so tightly matches. In the end, I just about gave the edge to
the Brooklyn show but it was a hugely difficult choice. The match quality was
arguably slightly better on the Dallas show – although even that is very tight
– but the overall feel of the show and specifically how the show ended just
gave Brooklyn the edge. </div>
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<br />The winner is: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Takeover:
Brooklyn II</b></div>
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<b><u><br />Worst One-off Show of the Year:</u></b></div>
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<br />This is the first year this award – for lack of a better
term – has existed. It came last year when I decided to beef up the awards with
some extra categories (as well as making some of the ‘Minor Awards’ into ‘Major
Awards) but the decision came so late in the year I decided not to apply them
to the 2015 awards and instead just ready myself to use them in this year’s
version. As for the winner itself, well it was decided pretty early in the year
and it was always going to be difficult for anyone to beat it. I’m never one to
deliberately seek out bad wrestling to watch for kicks so this award is always
going to go to a show that I actually thought had a chance of being good but
woefully underdelivered and in a massive role reversal having won best show of
the year in both 2014 and 2015, it is WrestleMania 32. There were no other
contenders for the award really. I literally wrote WrestleMania down as a
possibility the day after it aired and then nothing else across the rest of the
year even came close to the absolute disaster that was this WrestleMania. Let’s
get the not terrible bits out of the way first. The Women’s Championship
Three-Way Dance was a good match, and AJ vs. Jericho was not terrible –
although it wasn’t nearly as good as I hoped it would be. There we go, that’s
it. That’s the only good things I could come up with for this year’s effort.
Now to the bad and we’ll start with the length of the show. Now let me preface
this by saying I know WrestleMania is an extravaganza, it is the WWE’s answer
to the Super Bowl and I get that it is going to be longer than your average
PPV. However, this year’s runtime of five hours on the main show and a further
two-hour pre-show made this an absolute slog to get through. It was
particularly hard for me given I live in the UK so the show ended at some time
around 5am if I remember correctly. That would be a hard show to get through
even if it was excellent from top to bottom, sadly, this was not. We opened
with an Intercontinental Championship match starring some of the best talent
WWE has to offer – and Zack Ryder. So, of course, Ryder came out on top. The
bar I was in to watch the show went from a rowdy bunch of wrestling fans
excited to see WrestleMania making a level of noise comparable to that in a
football stadium to a bunch of a wrestling fans making a level of sound that
would not have been out of place in a library. The dreaded League of Nations took
on New Day in a really confusing match where many thought the titles were on
the line and after a dull match most were convinced New Day had lost the belts.
And after the match Stone Cold Steve Austin, Shawn Michaels and Mick Foley came
out to lay waste to everyone for… some reason. This also occurred later in the
show when The Rock came out with a flamethrower, bizarrely, and then used the
flamethrower (figuratively) to torch the credibility of The Wyatt Family
beating Erick Rowan in seconds with some sort of assist from John Cena (this
show was so bad I’d already forgotten). Before that Baron Corbin had won the
Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal in a not terrible match, The Undertaker
had defeated Shane McMahon in an absolutely terrible match and Brock Lesnar had
made Dean Ambrose look like an absolute chump in a match that should have made
Ambrose but instead came close to breaking him irreparably. That leaves us with
the main event and boy did this main event fit this show. An absolute slog to get
through, an undesirable result, a bored and frustrated crowd and a general poor
representation of the company. Roman Reigns defeated Triple H in one of the
worst main events in recent WrestleMania memory. It was turgid, as was the
show. There was no other ‘winner’ this year, it simply had to be WrestleMania
32.</div>
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<br />The winner is: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">WrestleMania
32</b><br />
<br />
<b><u>Best Moment of the Year:</u></b></div>
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<br />We’ve had some great moments this year. Let’s start in PWG.
On Night One of All Star Weekend XI we saw the return of Adam Cole to the
promotion in a thoroughly brilliant moment. He was topped, however, the
following night by the return of beloved babyface Kyle O’Reilly. Speaking of
O’Reilly and Cole, we’ve discussed their Final Battle outing earlier in the
article and O’Reilly willing lie in a bed of thumbtacks in order to get Cole to
tap out and win the World Championship was a beautiful and cathartic moment. In
Japan, we had two huge moments for guys finally winning the big one. One of
these moments was capitalised on to full effect, one was completely wasted. So,
we’ll start with the wasted one and look at how great a moment was when Tetsuya
Naito defeated Kazuchika Okada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. As I said
it was wasted but that doesn’t ruin the moment itself, only what came after and
boy was this a great moment for Naito and the fans. On the flip side Katsuhiko
Nakajima’s defeat of Takashi Sugiura and Suzuki-gun for the GHC Heavyweight
Championship was a massively overdue but really enjoyable moment and NOAH are
looking to use that moment to build for the future with Nakajima at the
spearhead of that movement, and rightfully so. Back to WWE for the final three
contenders and we have to start by talking about how special that moment was
when DIY defeated The Revival for the NXT Tag Team Championship. I love both
teams but I much prefer The Revival of the two and despite that, I was so
engrossed in this match that by the end when Dash and Dawson tapped I cheered
louder than I have for any Championship win since probably Seth Rollins at
WrestleMania 31. Our next moment has also been discussed earlier – the debut of
Shinsuke Nakamura. The atmosphere in Dallas when Nakamura made his entrance can
only be described as electric – and everything that followed was amazing too.
Most year’s this would have been enough to win but this year it was not. There
was only one answer to this category and that answer came very early in the
year when AJ Styles made his debut in the 2016 Royal Rumble. For years, I’ve
wondered what it would be like if AJ ever appeared in the WWE but I never
thought it would actually happen. Rumours had been swirling of this possibility
over the preceding weeks but for some reason I just couldn’t buy into it. When
his music hit I was intrigued and somewhere in the back of my mind a little
voice was going “Could this be AJ?” When he appeared on the screen I lost my
mind. It was a really special moment and realistically the only thing that
could win this award.</div>
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<br />The winner is: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">AJ
Styles debuts in the Royal Rumble </b></div>
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<b><u><br />Worst Moment of the Year:</u></b><u> </u></div>
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<br />I usually like to award this category to an astoundingly bad
piece of booking or a moment that completely fell on its face because that was
what I created this award for. Unfortunately, this year, I can’t. There is an
elephant in the room that I simply cannot ignore. But first let’s talk about
what would usually would have won this award. To understand that we have to go
all the way back to the night after WrestleMania 28. John Cena is stood in the
ring following a defeat to The Rock and calling him out to shake his hand when
all of a sudden Brock Lesnar’s music hits. Making his return after eight years
away from the company he returns to a thunderous ovation. Over the next four
years Lesnar’s booking, sans weird defeats to John Cena and Triple H, can only
be described as indomitable. WWE sacrificed a lot at the altar of the Beast
Incarnate. Whether you like him or not John Cena has been the standard bearer
in the WWE for a decade but when Summerslam 2014 rolled around Brock Lesnar
defeated him in crushing fashion for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Earlier that year The Undertaker’s almost
mythical undefeated streak at WrestleMania was snapped clean in two by Lesnar.
He was the decimator of legends, the uncontrollable, undefeatable, unstoppable
force of nature that Heyman always claimed he was. This year had been no
different and although a lot of people – myself included – were starting to get
sick of Brock and his ‘matches’ we all knew it would be huge for the man who
would eventually slay the beast. So, when I was watching Survivor Series this
year I had very little interest in Goldberg vs. Lesnar but I’d watched the
whole show, and that was the main event – I wasn’t going to turn off so I
settled down to watch it with my phone at my side so I could keep myself
entertained in the obvious lulls that were going to occur in this match. Then
Goldberg destroyed Lesnar with three moves and beat him in less than two
minutes. It was shocking, it was unexpected, but most of all it was stupid. All
that building up of Lesnar into almost a demi-god was thrown to one side for a 50-odd
year old man who hadn’t wrestled in the better part of a decade and is probably
only going to have two more matches in his entire career. That is spectacularly
short-sighted and downright awful booking. I still, some months later, cannot
comprehend how catastrophically stupid that was. They’ve tried to explain it
away as Lesnar being underprepared and not taking Goldberg seriously enough.
He’ll probably even get his win back at WrestleMania 33. But it’s too late. The
spell is broken. That mythical demi-god beast is now just a man. So, yes, when
he’s beaten in the future it will probably be seen as a big deal for whoever it
is. But they could have created a star. Instead they threw it all away for a
shocking end to a pay-per-view. It was a gargantuan waste of an opportunity.
I’m struggling to find exactly the right words to show just how stupid I think
this was but I’ve exhausted my vocabulary and still can’t find words cutting
enough. That would have been a slam dunk of a winner in 2015, it probably would
have been a slam dunk of a winner in 2017 but not in 2016. This award goes
elsewhere and to one of the most soul-crushing segments I’ve ever seen on a
wrestling show. The moment Daniel Bryan came out to announce his retirement
from active competition. It was a necessary segment, a heart-warming one at
times, and a genuinely lovely speech from Bryan. I know he should not ever
wrestle again and if I had a chance to speak to him I’d tell him that despite
being one of my favourite wrestlers of all-time I never want to see him wrestle
again. But that didn’t take away from the trauma of watching a guy I’d been
watching for nearly fifteen years, more than half my life was having to retire.
It was awful and without a doubt that saddest segment in wrestling this year
for me personally. With that, the worst moment of this pro wrestling year has
to go to Daniel Bryan’s retirement.</div>
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<br />The winner is: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Daniel
Bryan retires</b> <br />
<br />
<b><u>Breakout Star of the Year:</u></b></div>
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<br />This award is always a difficult one to quantify in terms of
what actually makes someone a breakout star? I always define it as someone who
has significantly improved their own standing in a promotion or in wrestling as
a whole over the preceding twelve months. So, it is very much a subjective
thing but based on that criteria, there were only two people who stood out as
contenders this year. We start with the current GHC Heavyweight Champion
Katsuhiko Nakajima. Nakajima has been around for a long time now, despite his
still relatively young age. I mean as far back as 2005 he was teaming with his
mentor Kensuke Sasaki in a revered match against Go Shiozaki and the legendary
Kenta Kobashi. Despite this, he has never reached the levels he truly should have.
His relationship with Sasaki has been both a blessing and a curse over his
tenure in pro wrestling but I have to believe that, in recent years, it has
been far more hindrance than help. However, 2016 was possibly his most
important year to date. He started off the year looking like a serious
contender for the GHC Heavyweight Championship and was at the forefront of
NOAH’s fight against Suzuki-gun. He was victorious against their leader Minoru
Suzuki but came up short against Takashi Sugiura as he looked to reclaim the
title for NOAH. After that he took part in New Japan’s prestigious G1 Climax
tournament where he made a huge impression. Naomichi Marufuji may have got the
IWGP Heavyweight Championship match and Go Shiozaki may have got the feud with
Katsuyori Shibata but Nakajima was arguably the NOAH wrestler who left the
biggest impact during that timeframe. Back in NOAH he unseated Sugiura to
finally win the GHC Heavyweight Championship and is looking to become the ace
of the promotion. He has a truly fantastic year and his stock has raised
significantly but he was already a star in NOAH before this year so now we look
at his opponent in this award, somebody who has broken out into new frontiers –
Marty Scurll. I really got on board with Scurll last year when I saw his debut
for Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, this year he went from strength to strength.
Having great matches all over the world and becoming one of the best heels on
the planet. His No Disqualification Match with Will Ospreay in PROGRESS this
year really made a lot of people sit up and take notice. He then went onto win
the definitive North American wrestling tournament in PWG’s Battle of Los
Angeles just one year after he debuted for the company in the very same
tournament. He made such a big splash that when ROH came back to the UK for the
first time in a decade he was one of the people brought into the company – on a
permanent deal – to help galvanise attention for their UK events. On that UK
tour he beat fellow Briton Will Ospreay to claim the ROH World Television
Championship which he went on to successfully defend against Ospreay and Dragon
Lee at Final Battle, ROH’s premier event, in his North American debut for the
company. It really was an unbelievable year for The Villain and despite Nakajima
arguably having a better year in terms of what he has achieved, Marty has
improved his standing in the world of pro wrestling more in my opinion and for
that he wins the 2016 Breakout Star of the Year Award.</div>
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<br />The winner is: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Marty
Scurll</b></div>
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<b><u><br />Most Improved Superstar:</u></b></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><br />Three options stand
out immediately in this category: Jack Evans, Chris Jericho and The Miz. Let’s
take a look at them in alphabetical order, starting with Evans. Jack Evans was
a big part of ROH during the company’s best years and despite being a significant
part of one of my favourite stables of all-time, Generation Next, he was never
somebody I particularly cared for. I’ve never subscribed to the theory that has
been bandied around over the years that indie guys are just spot monkey’s doing
‘MOVEZ’ with no selling or psychology to their game but, to me, Jack Evans has
always fit that bill. Add to that the fact that he’s never really had any
semblance of a character outside of ‘I do flips’ and his promo skills have
always been somewhat terrible, I’ve never rated the guy. This year things
changed though. Evans really took to life in Lucha Underground through his feud
with Drago. Defeating Drago via unscrupulous means he started calling himself
the ‘Dragon Slayer’ and was portraying the most egotistical of characters.
Later joining up with PJ Black to fight off Drago and Aerostar. In one of Dario
Cueto’s great ideas, during a Trios Tournament he teamed the devious PJ and
Evans up with perennial babyface Fenix. The team worked surprisingly well
together and were in line for a Trios Championship match against the Tecnico
Dream Team (Dragon Azteca, Jr., Rey Mysterio and Prince Puma) when Fenix was
taken out backstage by Johnny Mundo. Mundo took Fenix’s place in the match and
what would go on to become known as the Worldwide Underground won the Trios
Championship. They would eventually lose them to the team of Aerostar, Drago
and Fenix but they had a good run on top. After that Evans continued to help
further the major Worldwide Underground goal, Johnny Mundo as Lucha Underground
Champion. Mundo succeeded and continued to put pressure on Evans and the other
members to do his bidding. Evans is currently embroiled in a slight feud with
PJ Black as tensions within the Worldwide Underground continue to simmer but, overall,
he’s just improved his character and mic skills so much that I can almost
forego the flips for no reason and the complete lack of psychology to his
matches just because he’s become so damn entertaining, and that is something I
thought I would never say. Next let’s look at Chris Jericho. Now I can hear
some of you scratching your heads on this one. After all, Chris Jericho is a
legend in this industry and has had one of the most storied careers we’ve ever
seen so how can he, of all people, be the most improved? The answer, to me, is
simple. As much as I love Jericho his last few runs have fallen flat with me. I
didn’t hate them as much as a lot of people – a lot of fans I spoke to never
wanted to see him come back again as his last few runs had been so bad in their
eyes – and I will always want to see Jericho but this year he’s had probably
his best run since serious man Jericho in 2008. Ever since turning heel against
AJ Styles he has been nothing short of masterful to watch. Creating this almost
mid-life crisis character with the scarves and the mannerisms, throwing his
toys out of the pram like a petulant child, Jericho managed to get real heat
for a while – something I never thought I’d see him get again. The reinvention
of ‘The List’ has been a stroke of genius and Jericho is the most over he has
been in a long, long time. Our final contender is The Miz. I’ve always thought
Miz was solid, nothing spectacular, and I certainly had no desire to see him
main event a WrestleMania but he’s always been decent. I was very excited when
he beat Zack Ryder for the Intercontinental Championship on the RAW after
WrestleMania but I was just excited to get the belt off Ryder, I had no idea
what greatness that title switch was going to bring. Refining his movie star
character and adding his wife Maryse as his valet has really made him an
incredible heel. He’s been great all year but, as expected, his year really
took off when he was drafted to SmackDown in the brand split draft. Since then
the game has changed and Miz has clicked into a higher gear than ever before.
His feud with Dolph Ziggler was an amazing one which I’ve detailed in the
angles of the year category but his overall presentation has been fantastic,
regardless of opponent. His ring work has improved marginally, his promos have
been slightly better but really it is his character that has improved
exponentially this year. When I watch SmackDown Live every week he’s one of the
first people I’m excited to see. His feud with General Manager Daniel Bryan led
to an absolutely killer promo on one of the early editions of Talking Smack.
Bryan accused Miz of being a coward because of his style of wrestling which led
to a ferocious blast back from Miz accusing Bryan of being the coward for his
reckless style which led to his retirement and saying if Bryan loved wrestling
so much then why wasn’t he resigning as GM and wrestling on the indies. The
promo had fire I’d never seen from The Miz before and perfectly encapsulated the
improvements he has made over the calendar year, and that is why he is my most
improved performer of 2016.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><br />The winner is: <b>The
Miz</b></span></div>
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<b><u><br />Most Underutilised Superstar of the Year:</u></b></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><br />This is the first
year this award has been awarded and it came about when I was writing last year’s
awards and realised how frustrating it was to watch so many different companies
fritter away so many potential stars so imagine my surprise when it came to the
end of the year and all three contenders for this award actually came from the
same company, WWE. We start with the Swiss Superman himself, Cesaro. Now much
has been made of the infamous comment Vince McMahon made that Cesaro was “Too
Swiss”. The comment was mindboggling at the time and remains so today. Vince
claimed that Cesaro couldn’t connect with the audience yet he is one of the
most consistently over performers on the roster. I genuinely don’t get why WWE
don’t see him as a top star, it blows my mind. Cesaro spent the first quarter
of the year injured but returned to great fanfare after WrestleMania in a #1
contenders match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. He came up short
in that match but the fact that he was in that four-way gave me hope that WWE
had seen the light and he was now in the main event picture. My hope was
misplaced. Despite a slight slip down in the card he was part of a great
four-way feud for The Miz’s Intercontinental Championship which also involved
Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn. He was then involved in a never-ending series with
Sheamus which, in a remarkably stupid booking decision, literally never ended
after match seven in their best of seven series ended in a draw. The duo was
then put together as a tag team. At first things really didn’t seem to click
but slowly the chemistry came and Cesaro and Sheamus became a cohesive unit,
teaming to end the New Day’s mammoth record-breaker of a Tag Team Championship
run. For his success towards the end of the year and generally decent feuds he
was a part of I couldn’t justify Cesaro winning this award, but he is still
massively underutilised by the company and it is crazy that he has never been
World Champion. Up next is everyone’s favourite underdog, Sami Zayn. Zayn has
had a tough first year on the main roster. He debuted in the Royal Rumble
attacking long-time rival Kevin Owens. The two would feud for most of the first
half of the year and although the matches were good and the rivalry was good,
Zayn was booked to look like a chump for most of the feud which really hurt him
in the eyes of the fans. WWE attempted to fix that by having Zayn defeat Owens
in a great match to end their feud and it worked to an extent. Unfortunately,
hating Kevin Owens had slowly become Zayn’s only character trait which is far
too one dimensional. He went on to have heatless feuds with the Dudley Boyz and
Chris Jericho. He unsuccessfully challenged for the Intercontinental
Championship at the cross-branded PPV Survivor Series failing, in Stephanie
McMahon’s words, to bring the Championship to RAW. His punishment was a match
with Braun Strowman which, shockingly, was the best thing to happen to Zayn all
year. Involved in a real feud for the first time in six months Zayn took full
advantage bringing the best matches we’ve ever seen out of Strowman and helping
to cultivate a really entertaining storyline that built Strowman as a monster
heel with no remorse against a never-say-die babyface that echoed David vs.
Goliath. Zayn did end up coming up a little short in his final match against
Strowman (which took place in 2017 so is of no consequence to this award anyway)
but that didn’t matter. The feud had done its job and massively inflated the
stock of both performers. So Sami has been utilised poorly, but they’ve done enough
right with him to not “win” this award. That leaves me with the most underutilised
performer of 2016 and it is… Tyler Breeze. An NXT stalwart Breeze was promoted
to the main roster in late-2015. By 2016 he’d already been relegated to
afterthought but that was at the top of his descent. Doing nothing of note in
the first quarter his highlights included being eliminated in mere minutes in
his first Royal Rumble, being eliminated with ease from the Andre the Giant Memorial
Battle Royal at WrestleMania and losing to Zack Ryder on Superstars. He was
then unfortunately dragged into the awful Golden Truth formation angle until a
good thing happened to Breeze for the first time in 2016 when he, and the other
person dragged into that angle – Fandango, grew tired of the Golden Truth and
turned on them forming a tag team that would go on to be known as the Fashion
Police. Breeze and Fandango ended up losing to the feud to Golden Truth after
Goldust burned them by turning up the dial on their tanning machine – I am not
making this up. Thankfully, in the brand split The Fashion Police were drafted
to SmackDown. A sure-fire sign that things were looking up for the team, right?
Wrong. It started well, when they defeated The Usos in a tremendous pre-show
match before Battleground but things were all downhill from there. SmackDown’s
biggest failing since the draft is the massive underutilisation of this tag
team. They have such great potential but remain jobbers. It took place in 2017
so has no effect on the award but this fact is best illustrated by the fact
that Breeze and Fandango faced American Alpha this week and were squashed in
less than sixty seconds. They’re just not seen as anything other than jobbers
which is a shame because they are a great tag team and Breeze is a great
singles star – just look at his NXT run. </span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><br />The winner is: <b>Tyler
Breeze</b></span></div>
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<b><u><br />Televised Show of the Year (consistency-wise):</u></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><br />Another category,
another time when I felt there were only three options available to me –
although SmackDown made a real run for this award in the post-brand split era
but they just didn’t have enough time to make up the ground from being an
enjoyable show of little to no importance or consequence in the first half of
the year. This award is given as, hopefully, indicated in its longwinded title
for a show that airs throughout the year and produces the most consistently
entertaining product therefore it obviously can’t be a PPV but has to be a
series of shows with the same brand name. I’ll start with Ring of Honor’s
weekly show, ROH Wrestling. I love the way ROH utilise their hour of
programming each week. You get the occasional great match but the show is far
more about building people’s characters and personalities as well as furthering
angles rather than the actual matches themselves and most importantly, since it
is only one hour per week, nobody gets overexposed. You still get great matches
such as the Lethal vs. O’Reilly World Title clash but even then, so much of
that match further storylines from ROH vs. Bullet Club to Lethal’s face turn to
establishing O’Reilly as a never-say-die, main event babyface to Cole vs.
O’Reilly to even Nigel’s loosening grasp on control in the company something
which was written into his departure from ROH. NXT follows a similar style to
this and I’ve heard people describe the weekly shows as boring. I couldn’t
disagree more. I love seeing how NXT are building people up through their
weekly shows rather than just throwing Championship matches out there for no
reason. And when those Championship matches do happen on the weekly show
they’re always well-built and heavily promoted. For how NXT operates the TV
show is utilised perfectly. So, I’ve waxed lyrical about both of those weekly
shows and how they operate but they’re both runners-up in this category. That’s
because there is a company with a different style out there. One without PPVs
or special events to build to. Lucha Underground. LU is different because their
TV show is their only product. I’ve talked about why Lucha Underground has been
so good this year in the Promotion of the Year category so I don’t feel I need
to spend too long explaining why they won this award for the second year in a
row. To put it simply you get amazing stories and matches on a weekly basis.
Even one segment can steal the week of pro wrestling like Vampiro bringing Puma
back-to-life or Pentagon’s encounter with Catrina backstage. LU knows what it
is, and it plays to that and that’s why 99% of the time every show is
enjoyable.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><br />The winner is: <b>Lucha
Underground</b></span></div>
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<b><u><br />Minor End-Year Awards:</u></b><br />
<br />
<b>Face of the Year:</b> Kyle O’Reilly<br />
<br />
<b>Heel of the Year:</b> Johnny Mundo<br />
<br />
<b>Best Commentator of the Year:</b> Corey Graves<br />
<br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Worst Commentator of the Year: </b>David
Otunga<br />
<br />
<b>Non-Wrestler of the Year: </b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Vampiro</span><br />
<br />
<b>Gimmick/Character of the Year:</b> Mil Muertes<br />
<br />
<b>Promo of the Year:</b> The Miz’s “I’m not a coward” promo to Daniel Bryan on
Talking Smack<br />
<br />
<b>Finisher of the Year:</b> Marty Scurll’s Chickenwing<br />
<br />
<b>Spot/Bump of the Year:</b> Roderick Strong hits End of Heartache on Candice
LeRae through a collection of chairs <br />
<br />
<b>Worst Television Show of the Year (consistency-wise): </b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Monday Night RAW </span><br />
<br />
<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>List of Winners:</u></i></b></div>
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<b><u><br />Promotion of the Year:</u></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br />2011: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">WWE</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2012: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">TNA</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2013: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">PWG</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2014: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ROH</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2015: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ROH<u><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></u></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2016: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Lucha
Underground</b></div>
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<b><u><br />Superstar of the Year:</u></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br />2011: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">CM Punk (WWE)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2012: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Christopher
Daniels (TNA)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2013: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Daniel Bryan
(WWE)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2014: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Adam Cole
(ROH/PWG)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2015: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Jay Lethal
(ROH)</b></div>
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2016: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">AJ Styles
(NJPW/WWE)<br />
</b><br />
<b><u>Wrestler of the Year:</u></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br />2011: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">El Generico
(ROH/PWG)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2012: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Austin Aries
(TNA)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2013: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Daniel Bryan
(WWE)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2014: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">AJ Styles
(NJPW/ROH)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2015: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Roderick Strong
(ROH/PWG)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2016: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Kyle O’Reilly
(NJPW/ROH/PWG)<br />
</b><br />
<b><u>Female Superstar of the Year: </u></b><br />
<br />
2011: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Cheerleader Melissa (SHIMMER)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2012: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Gail Kim (TNA)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2013: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Cheerleader
Melissa (SHIMMER)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2014: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Candice LeRae
(PWG)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2015: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Bayley (NXT)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2016: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Becky Lynch
(WWE)<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></b></div>
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<b><u><br />Tag Team of the Year:</u></b><u> </u></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br />2011: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The All Night
Express (ROH)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2012: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Bad Influence
(TNA)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2013: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Young Bucks
(PWG/ROH)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2014: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">reDRagon (ROH)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2015: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">reDRagon (ROH/NJPW)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2016: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Revival
(NXT)<br />
</b><br />
<b><u>Match of the Year:</u></b><br />
<br />
2011: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">John Cena vs. CM Punk, WWE
Championship – Money in the Bank (WWE)</b></div>
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2012: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Undertaker
vs. Triple H, Hell in a Cell (Special Guest Referee: Shawn Michaels) –
Wrestlemania XXVIII (WWE)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2013: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">CM Punk vs.
John Cena – RAW (25<sup>th</sup> February) (WWE)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2014: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Shield vs.
The Wyatt Family – Elimination Chamber (WWE)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2015: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Shinsuke
Nakamura vs. Kota Ibushi, IWGP Intercontinental Championship – Wrestle Kingdom
9 (NJPW)</b></div>
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2016: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Hirooki Goto
vs. Kenny Omega, G1 Climax Final – G1 Climax: Day Nineteen (NJPW)</b><br />
<br />
<b><u>Angle/Feud of the Year:</u></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br />2011: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">CM Punk vs.
John Cena/Vince McMahon/WWE (build-up to Money in the Bank) (WWE)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2012: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Austin Aries
vs. Bobby Roode (Aries’ rise to the TNA World Heavyweight Championship) (TNA)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2013: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Daniel Bryan
“The Weak Link” (WWE)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2014: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Daniel Bryan
vs. The Authority (build-up to WrestleMania XXX) (WWE)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2015: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Bayley vs.
Sasha Banks (Bayley’s rise to the NXT Women’s Championship) (NXT)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2016: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Go Shiozaki’s
Redemption (Pro Wrestling NOAH)<br />
</b><br />
<b><u>Best One-off Show of the Year:</u></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br />2011: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Money in the
Bank (WWE)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2012: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Slammiversary X
(TNA)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2013: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Battle of Los
Angeles: Night Two (PWG)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2014: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">WrestleMania
XXX (WWE)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2015: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">WrestleMania 31
(WWE)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2016: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Takeover:
Brooklyn II (NXT)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><u><br />Worst One-off Show of the Year (initiated in 2016):</u></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><br />2016: <b>WrestleMania
32 (WWE)</b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><u><br />Best Moment of the Year:</u></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br />2011: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Christian wins
the World Heavyweight Championship at Extreme Rules (WWE)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2012: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Kevin Steen
wins the ROH World Championship at Border Wars (ROH)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2013: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Daniel Bryan
wins the WWE Championship at Summerslam (WWE)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2014: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Daniel Bryan
wins the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania XXX (WWE)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2015: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Seth Rollins
cashes in Money in the Bank to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at
WrestleMania 31 (WWE)</b></div>
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2016: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">AJ Styles
debuts in the Royal Rumble (WWE)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><u><br />Worst Moment of the Year:</u></b><u> </u></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br />2011: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Jim Ross and
Michael Cole’s “rap-off” (WWE)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2012: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Hornswoggle is
revealed to be the Anonymous RAW GM by Santino “Sherlock” Marella (WWE)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2013: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">John Cena’s
performance on the 14<sup>th</sup> January edition of Monday Night RAW in the
Steel Cage match with Dolph Ziggler which made Pierce Brosnan laugh at its lack
of realism (WWE)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2014: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Daniel Bryan
not being in the Royal Rumble (WWE)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2015: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Roman Reigns
wins the Royal Rumble (WWE)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2016: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Daniel Bryan
retires (WWE)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><u><br />Breakout Star of the Year:</u></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br />2011: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Beer Money
(Bobby Roode & James Storm) (TNA)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2012: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Daniel Bryan
(WWE)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2013: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Shield
(Dean Ambrose, Roman Reigns & Seth Rollins) (WWE)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2014: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Sami Zayn (NXT)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2015: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Dalton Castle
(ROH)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2016: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Marty Scurll
(ROH/PROGRESS/PWG)</b><br />
<br />
<b><u>Most Improved Superstar of the Year </u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>(initiated in 2016)<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">:</span></u></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><br />2016: <b>The Miz
(WWE)</b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><u><br />Most Underutilised Superstar of the Year (initiated in
2016):</u></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><br />2016: <b>Tyler
Breeze (WWE)</b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><u><br />Televised Show of the Year (consistency-wise): </u></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br />2011: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">SmackDown (WWE)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2012: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Impact
Wrestling (TNA)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2013: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">RAW (WWE)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2014: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">NXT (NXT)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2015: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Lucha
Underground (Lucha Underground)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2016: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Lucha
Underground (Lucha Underground)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><u>Minor End-Year Awards:</u></b><br />
<br />
<b>Face of the Year:</b> </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br />2011: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">El Generico
(ROH/PWG)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2012: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">CM Punk (WWE)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2013: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Daniel Bryan
(WWE)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2014: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Candice LeRae (PWG)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2015: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Mike Bailey
(PWG)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2016: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Kyle O’Reilly
(NJPW/ROH/PWG)<br />
</b><br />
<b>Heel of the Year:</b> </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br />2011: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Bully Ray (TNA)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2012: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Bobby Roode
(TNA)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2013: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Adam Cole
(ROH/PWG)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2014: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Adam Cole
(ROH/PWG)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2015: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Roderick Strong
(PWG)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2016: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Johnny Mundo
(Lucha Underground)<br />
</b><br />
<b>Best Commentator of the Year:</b> <br />
<br />
2011: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Jim Ross (WWE)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2012: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Nigel
McGuinness (ROH)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2013: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Todd Kenneley
(TNA)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2014: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Excalibur (PWG)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2015: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Corey Graves
(NXT)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2016: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Corey Graves
(NXT/WWE)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><br />Worst Commentator of
the Year (initiated in 2016):</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br />2016: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">David Otunga
(WWE)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><br />Non-Wrestler of the Year (initiated in 2016):</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br />2016: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Vampiro (Lucha
Underground)</b><br />
<br />
<b>Gimmick/Character of the Year:</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span>2011: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Christopher Daniels’ “Face of the Company”
Character (TNA)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2012: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Christopher
Daniels’ Apple-tini sipping, evil mastermind character (TNA)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2013: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Daniel Bryan’s
inferiority complex (weak link storyline) character (WWE)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2014: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Young
Bucks’ overly self-aware characters (PWG/ROH)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2015: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Dalton Castle
(ROH)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2016: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Mil Muertes
(Lucha Underground)</b><br />
<br />
<b>Promo of the Year:</b> </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br />2011: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">CM Punk &
John Cena “Cena is a dynasty” (WWE)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2012: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">CM Punk &
John Cena’s promo on the go-home show before Night of Champions with Bret Hart
(WWE)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2013: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Mark Henry’s
“Retirement” (WWE)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2014: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Dean Ambrose:
Post Shield Break-up (WWE)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2015: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Sami Zayn &
Kevin Owens’ contract signing (NXT)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2016: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Miz’s “I’m
not a coward” promo to Daniel Bryan on Talking Smack (WWE)</b><br />
<br />
<b>Finisher of the Year:</b> <br />
<br />
2011: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">El Generico’s BRAINBUSTAHH!
(ROH/PWG)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2012: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Kevin Steen’s
Package Piledriver (ROH/PWG)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2013: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Daniel Bryan’s
Baisuku Knee (WWE)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2014: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Young
Bucks’ Meltzer Driver (PWG/ROH)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2015: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Shinsuke
Nakamura’s Boma Ye (NJPW/ROH)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2016: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Marty Scurll’s
Chickenwing (ROH/PROGRESS/PWG)</b><br />
<br />
<b>Spot/Bump of the Year (initiated in 2012):</b> <br />
<br />
2012: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Nick Jackson’s Ladder fall turned
into a springboard Swanton Bomb to the outside at Threemendous III (PWG)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2013: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">CM Punk hits a
piledriver on John Cena in their #1 Contenders Match on RAW (WWE)</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2014: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Young Bucks
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<br />2016: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Monday Night
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">It's New Year’s Day so welcome to 2017 everyone, here’s hoping this year
is a damn side better than 2016 was. Talking of 2016 it’s time for my annual
edition of the Best 50 Matches of the Year. 2016 was a mixed year for pro wrestling
but the overall match quality was pretty high. There were many matches I absolutely
loved that didn’t make the Top 50 and that just shows how good this year was
in-ring wise. </span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">As I seem to remember saying last year I think I’ve watched less
wrestling than I have in recent years in 2016. It’s a product of getting older
I suppose and life getting in the way of the important things, like wrestling.
That being said I still caught every episode of NXT, ROH and Lucha Underground
but I saw very little of Monday Night RAW this year as my will was broken
before WrestleMania season even finished that’s how bad the show was. I did
catch every WWE PPV before the brand split though and everything SmackDown
related post-brand split. I also saw every ROH PPV and special event as well as
every PWG event, any New Japan matches that stood out (including the entirety
of the G1 Climax), every big Pro Wrestling NOAH show and any independent shows
that caught my eye. I've also placed an asterisk next to the match from ROH’s
Reach For The Sky Tour event in Leicester that made it onto the list as I was
there to witness that great show live which I always think can cause a great
deal of overrating.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">After such a great year for women’s wrestling last year, this year
failed to deliver to anywhere near the same level. They had 5 matches,
including an 11<sup>th</sup> place, last year but this year not a single match
made the Top 50 (although two were really close). This year I decided to add
some statistics as well as the list including how many times promotions and
wrestlers appeared as well as what would be the theoretical best match between
the most appearing permanent wrestlers in any given company or brand.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">As always, I feel the need to remind you guys that the date range for
this list was anything that aired between the 1<sup>st</sup> January 2015 and
the 31<sup>st</sup> December 2016. So, for example, (it’s always a PWG show) PWG’s
Mystery Vortex IV which was taped in December 2016 haven't been released on DVD
yet and therefore will be considered for the 2017 list instead of this one. Finally,
I’d like to drop a little plug for my End of Year Awards blog which will be
landing (hopefully) later today. I’ll post the link here when it is uploaded. With
all that nonsensical rambling out of the way let’s get onto the real reason
anyone might be here – to read the list so here it is:</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Best Matches of 2016:</u></b></div>
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</span></span></span>Hirooki Goto vs. Kenny Omega, G1 Climax Final –
G1 Climax: Day Nineteen</div>
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</span></span></span>Sami Zayn vs. Shinsuke Nakamura – NXT Takeover:
Dallas</div>
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Climax: Day Eighteen </div>
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</span></span></span>The Revival (Dash Wilder & Scott Dawson) vs.
DIY (Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa), Two out of Three Falls, NXT Tag Team
Championship – NXT Takeover: Toronto</div>
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</span></span></span>Shinsuke Nakamura vs. AJ Styles, IWGP
Intercontinental Championship – Wrestle Kingdom X</div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Triple H vs. Dean Ambrose, WWE World Heavyweight
Championship – Roadblock </div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Roderick Strong vs. Zack Sabre, Jr., PWG World
Championship – All Star Weekend 12: Night Two </div>
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Kazarian) vs. Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin) vs. The
Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson), Ladder War VI, ROH World Tag Team
Championship – All Star Extravaganza VIII</div>
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Styles & Chris Jericho), WWE Tag Team Championship – RAW (7<sup>th</sup>
March)</div>
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</span></span></span>Candice LeRae, Chris Hero, Joey Ryan & Mike
Bailey vs. Mount Rushmore 2.0 (Adam Cole, Roderick Strong & The Young Bucks
[Matt & Nick Jackson]), Guerrilla Warfare – All Star Weekend 11: Night Two</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">14)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>The Revivial (Dash Wilder & Scott Dawson)
vs. Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa, NXT Tag Team Championship – NXT
Takeover: Brooklyn II</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">15)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Adam Cole vs. Kyle O’Reilly, No Holds Barred –
Supercard of Honor X: Night Two </div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">16)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Aztec Warfare II, Lucha Underground Championship
– Lucha Underground (23<sup>rd</sup> March)</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">17)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Kyle O’Reilly vs. Marty Scurll – All Star
Weekend 12: Night One</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">18)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>The Miz vs. Cesaro vs. Kevin Owens vs. Sami
Zayn, Intercontinental Championship – Extreme Rules</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">19)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Marty Scurll vs. Dragon Lee vs. Will Ospreay,
ROH World Television Championship – Final Battle</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">20)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Dean Ambrose vs. AJ Styles, WWE World
Championship – Backlash</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">21)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Adam Cole vs. Kyle O’Reilly, No
Disqualification, ROH World Championship – Final Battle</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">22)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Takashi Sugiura vs. Go Shiozaki, GHC Heavyweight
Championship – Great Voyage in Osaka</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">23)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Matanza Cueto vs. Mil Muertes, Graver
Consequences, Lucha Underground Championship – Lucha Underground (11<sup>th</sup>
May)</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">24)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Cedric Alexander vs. Kota Ibushi, Second Round –
WWE: Cruiserweight Classic, Episode 5 (10<sup>th</sup> August)</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">25)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>The Miz vs. Dolph Ziggler, Career vs. Title,
Intercontinental Championship – No Mercy</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">26)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) vs.
Marty Scurll & Will Ospreay, ROH World Tag Team Championship – Reach For
The Sky Tour: Leicester*</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">27)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Fenix & Pentagon, Jr. vs. Heroes Eventually
Die (Chris Hero & Tommy End) – Battle of Los Angeles: Night Two</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">28)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Aztec Wafare III, Lucha Underground Championship
– Lucha Underground (16<sup>th</sup> November)</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">29)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>AJ Styles vs. Dean Ambrose, TLC Match, WWE World
Championship – TLC</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">30)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Jay Lethal vs. Adam Cole, ROH World Championship
– Death Before Dishonor XIV</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">31)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Zack Sabre, Jr. vs. Kyle O’Reilly, PWG World
Championship – THIRTEEN</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">32)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>AJ Styles vs. John Cena – Summerslam </div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">33)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Takashi Sugiura vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima, GHC
Heavyweight Championship – Great Voyage in Korakuen </div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">34)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) vs.
Fenix & Pentagon, Jr., PWG Tag Team Championship – Battle of Los Angeles:
Night Three</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">35)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Will Ospreay vs. Marty Scurll, ROH World
Television Championship – Reach For The Sky Tour: London</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">36)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Bullet Club (Adam Cole & Matt Jackson) vs.
Team NJPW (Kazuchika Okada & Tomohiro Ishii) vs. Team ROH (Jay Lethal &
Roderick Strong) – War of the Worlds: New York City</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">37)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Samoa Joe vs. Shinsuke Nakamura, NXT
Championship – NXT Takeover: Brooklyn II </div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">38)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) vs.
The Briscoes (Jay & Mark), ROH World Tag Team Championship – Final Battle</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">39)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>The Brian Kendrick vs. Kota Ibushi, Quarter
Final – WWE: Cruiserweight Classic, Episode 8 (30<sup>th</sup> August)</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">40)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Austin Aries vs. Shinsuke Nakamura – NXT
Takeover: The End</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">41)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Kazuchika Okada vs. Naomichi Marufuji, A Block –
G1 Climax: Day One </div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">42)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Takeshi Sugiura vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima, GHC
Heavyweight Championship – Great Voyage in Yokohama Vol. 2</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">43)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>King Cuerno vs. Mil Muertes, Death Match – Lucha
Underground: Ultima Lucha Dos: Part Two</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">44)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Jay Lethal vs. Lio Rush, ROH World Championship
– Supercard of Honor X: Night One</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">45)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Momo no Seishun Tag (Atsushi Kotoge &
Daisuke Harada) vs. Hajime Ohara & Kenoh, GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team
Championship – Great Voyage in Korakuen </div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">46)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn – Payback</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">47)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Naomichi Marufuji vs. Takashi Sugiura – Winter Navigation</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">48)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Jay Lethal vs. Adam Cole vs. Kyle O’Reilly, ROH
World Championship – 14<sup>th</sup> Anniversary Show</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">49)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Dean Ambrose vs. Kevin Owens, Last Man Standing
Match, Intercontinental Championship – Royal Rumble </div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">50)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>DIY (Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa) vs.
Akira Tozawa & Tajiri, NXT Tag Team Championship – NXT: Osaka (28<sup>th</sup>
December)</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Statistics<br />
<br />
Number of Top 50 Matches by Promotion</u></b></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><br /></span></u></b></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle">
ROH – 12</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle">
WWE – 12</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle">
NXT – 6</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle">
PWG – 6</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle">
Lucha Underground – 5</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle">
Pro Wrestling NOAH – 5</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle">
New Japan Pro Wrestling – 4</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><br /></span></u></b></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Number
of Top 50 Matches by Wrestler</u></b></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><br /></u></b></div>
<table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGridLight" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 267px;">
<tbody>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;">
<td nowrap="" style="border: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-themeshade: 191; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 200.0pt;" width="267"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Adam Cole – 6</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1;">
<td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 200.0pt;" width="267"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Kyle O’Reilly – 6</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2;">
<td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 200.0pt;" width="267"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Matt Jackson – 6</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;">
<td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 200.0pt;" width="267"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">AJ Styles – 5</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4;">
<td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 200.0pt;" width="267"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Jay Lethal – 5</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 5;">
<td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 200.0pt;" width="267"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Nick Jackson – 5</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 6;">
<td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 200.0pt;" width="267"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Dean Ambrose – 4</span></div>
</td>
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<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Kevin Owens – 4</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Marty Scurll – 4</span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 200.0pt;" width="267"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Sami Zayn – 4</span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 200.0pt;" width="267"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Shinsuke Nakamura – 4</span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 200.0pt;" width="267"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Takashi Sugiura – 4</span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 200.0pt;" width="267"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Fenix – 3</span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 200.0pt;" width="267"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Johnny Gargano – 3 </span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 200.0pt;" width="267"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Mil Muertes – 3</span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 200.0pt;" width="267"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Roderick Strong – 3</span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 200.0pt;" width="267"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Tommaso Ciampa – 3</span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 200.0pt;" width="267"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Will Ospreay – 3</span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 200.0pt;" width="267"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Chris Hero – 2</span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 200.0pt;" width="267"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Dash Wilder – 2</span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 200.0pt;" width="267"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Katsuhiko Nakajima – 2</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Kazuchika Okada – 2</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Kenny Omega – 2</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Kota Ibushi – 2</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Naomichi Marufuji – 2</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Pentagon, Jr. – 2</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Scott Dawson – 2</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Miz – 2</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Zack Sabre, Jr. – 2</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Akira Tozawa – 1 </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Alex Shelley – 1</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Atsushi Kotoge – 1</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Austin Aries – 1</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Big E – 1</span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 200.0pt;" width="267"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Candice LeRae – 1</span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 200.0pt;" width="267"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Cedric Alexander – 1</span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 200.0pt;" width="267"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Cesaro – 1</span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 200.0pt;" width="267"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Chris Jericho – 1</span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 200.0pt;" width="267"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Chris Sabin – 1</span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 200.0pt;" width="267"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Christopher Daniels – 1</span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 200.0pt;" width="267"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Daisuke Harada – 1</span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 200.0pt;" width="267"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Dolph Ziggler – 1</span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 200.0pt;" width="267"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Dragon Lee – 1</span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 200.0pt;" width="267"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Frankie Kazarian – 1</span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 200.0pt;" width="267"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Go Shiozaki – 1</span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 200.0pt;" width="267"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Hajime Ohara – 1</span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 200.0pt;" width="267"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Hirooki Goto – 1</span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 200.0pt;" width="267"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Jay Briscoe – 1</span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 200.0pt;" width="267"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Joey Ryan – 1</span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 200.0pt;" width="267"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">John Cena – 1</span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 200.0pt;" width="267"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Kenoh – 1</span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 200.0pt;" width="267"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">King Cuerno – 1</span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 200.0pt;" width="267"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Kofi Kingston – 1</span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 200.0pt;" width="267"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Lio Rush – 1</span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 200.0pt;" width="267"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Mark Briscoe – 1</span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 200.0pt;" width="267"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Matanza Cueto – 1</span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 200.0pt;" width="267"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Mike Bailey – 1</span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 200.0pt;" width="267"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Samoa Joe – 1</span></div>
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<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 58;">
<td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 200.0pt;" width="267"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Tajiri – 1 </span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 200.0pt;" width="267"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Tetsuya Naito – 1</span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 200.0pt;" width="267"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Brian Kendrick – 1</span></div>
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</u>Overall:</b> Adam Cole vs. Kyle O’Reilly vs. Matt Jackson<br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Lucha Underground: </b>Fenix vs. Mil
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Adam Cole vs. Kyle O’Reilly vs. Matt Jackson <br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">WWE:</b>
AJ Styles vs. Dean Ambrose vs. Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>WWE Draft 2016</u></i></b></div>
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Hello everyone and welcome to mine and Jonathon’s version of
the 2016 WWE Draft. As I am writing this up it is Monday 18<sup>th</sup> July
2016 and tomorrow is the very exciting episode of SmackDown which is moving,
permanently, to Tuesday night’s LIVE! The very first episode in this new,
permanent timeslot will be the return of the WWE draft as RAW and SmackDown separate
into two distinct rosters for the first time in five years. </div>
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Well you just know we couldn’t pass up an opportunity to
have a little bit of fun with something like this so we went out last week and
drew this arrangement up (yes, I’m just getting around to writing and posting
it now – I’ve been busy!). We decided first of all to set up some ground rules.
We decided since we have similar tastes in many things that we would let a coin
flip decide who would get first refusal on everything. So everything below this
which is emboldened was the option chosen by the person who won the coin toss.
For example, I won the coin toss to choose which show I wanted and Jonathon won
the coin toss to choose which World Championship he wanted.</div>
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We also decided that as a result of splitting the Championship’s
we realised that one show would get the women and one the tag team division.
This was actually the only time we disagreed on what we wanted, he won the coin
toss and chose the Women’s Division, I was delighted to get the Tag Team
Division. We agreed a gentlemanly rule whereby I could choose tag teams as only
one pick and in return he was allowed to pick two women for one draft pick to
make it fair. This rule was not necessarily enforced so it was possible to
select a single member of a tag team or for him to draft only one woman at a
time (something that occurs later in the draft where both of us were trying
desperately to avoid the dregs of the roster. We also made the executive decision that the three members of The New Day would be drafted together whereas Harper & Rowan where considered a tag team with Bray Wyatt and Braun Strowman singles wrestlers. The Club were similar to that with AJ Styles having to be drafted as a singles competitor while Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows came as a tag team.</div>
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In addition to those rules there was sort of an unwritten
rule that he would, for the most part, not pick any tag teams and I, for the
most part, would not pick any women. This leads to them being picked a lot
later than they probably would have been had we not had that agreement in
place. This was not absolute though as he sought my permission to take two
people we had noted as a tag team in order to build a stable (The Wyatt Family)
whilst I sought his to take two women I intended to use as valets. </div>
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But enough about the rules, let’s get the pre-draft choosing
out of the way…</div>
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<u>Show:</u></div>
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Adam –<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> SmackDown</b></div>
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Jonathon – RAW</div>
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<u><br />Championships:</u></div>
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Adam – WWE Championship, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Intercontinental Championship</b>, WWE Tag Team Championships</div>
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Jonathon – <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">World Heavyweight
Championship</b>, United States Championship, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Women’s Championship</b></div>
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<u><br />Commentary:</u></div>
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Adam – Tom Phillips and William Regal</div>
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Jonathon – <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Mauro
Ranallo and Corey Graves</b></div>
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<u><br />Ring Announcer:</u></div>
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Adam – <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Jojo</b></div>
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Jonathon – Lilian Garcia</div>
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<u><br />Authority Figure:</u></div>
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Adam – Triple H and Stephanie McMahon</div>
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Jonathon – <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Shane McMahon</b></div>
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<u><br />Backstage Interviewer:</u></div>
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Adam – Cathy Kelley</div>
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Jonathon – <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Renee Young</b></div>
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Now that we have sorted that it is down to the nitty gritty.
Jonathon won the toss to decide who would pick first in the main draft. The
main draft was drawn up of the entire recognised WWE roster with notable
exceptions for multiple reasons such as part-time players (The Rock, The
Undertaker – although Brock Lesnar was made available for pick, as was Chris
Jericho) and the long-term injured (Tyson Kidd etc.). This roster was then to
be chosen until none remained so everyone was assigned to a show. Jonathon
would have first choice, whilst I would have second and third, he would then
have fourth and fifth and so on. As a result of losing this coin toss I was
automatically allocated first choice in the special three drafts each
supplemental draft made up of current members of the NXT roster. To explain the
little notes within the table below. The number on the left denotes what number
pick this person was on the respective person’s roster, the name comes next
followed by alignment (Face, Heel, Tweener or Kane) and finally their overall
position in the draft. The supplemental draft follows on directly below. Enjoy!</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>The 2016 WWE Main Draft</u></i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Adam
(2<sup>nd</sup>, 3<sup>rd</sup>, 6<sup>th</sup>, 7<sup>th</sup> etc.)</b></div>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 225.4pt;" valign="top" width="301"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 225.4pt;" valign="top" width="301"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 225.4pt;" valign="top" width="301"><div align="center" class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: center; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>Seth
Rollins (H) (1)</div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 225.4pt;" valign="top" width="301"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
1. AJ Styles (H) (2)</div>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 225.4pt;" valign="top" width="301"><div align="center" class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: center; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>Brock
Lesnar (T) (4)</div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 225.4pt;" valign="top" width="301"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
2. Dean Ambrose (F) (3)</div>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 225.4pt;" valign="top" width="301"><div align="center" class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: center; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>John
Cena (F) (5)</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 225.4pt;" valign="top" width="301"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
3. Kevin Owens (H) (6)</div>
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<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 225.4pt;" valign="top" width="301"><div align="center" class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: center; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>Cesaro
(F) (8)</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 225.4pt;" valign="top" width="301"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
4. Chris Jericho (H) (7)</div>
</td>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 225.4pt;" valign="top" width="301"><div align="center" class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: center; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>Bray
Wyatt (H) (9)</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 225.4pt;" valign="top" width="301"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
5. Sami Zayn (F) (10)</div>
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<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 8;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 225.4pt;" valign="top" width="301"><div align="center" class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: center; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>Dolph
Ziggler (F) (12)</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 225.4pt;" valign="top" width="301"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
6. The Miz (H) (11)</div>
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<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 9;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 225.4pt;" valign="top" width="301"><div align="center" class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: center; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>Rusev
(H) (13)</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 225.4pt;" valign="top" width="301"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
7. Randy Orton (F) (14)</div>
</td>
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<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 10;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 225.4pt;" valign="top" width="301"><div align="center" class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: center; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>Luke
Harper & Erick Rowan (H) (16)</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 225.4pt;" valign="top" width="301"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
8. Roman Reigns (F) (15)</div>
</td>
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<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 11;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 225.4pt;" valign="top" width="301"><div align="center" class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: center; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">9.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>Neville
(F) (17)</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 225.4pt;" valign="top" width="301"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
9. Tyler Breeze (H) (18)</div>
</td>
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<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 12;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 225.4pt;" valign="top" width="301"><div align="center" class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: center; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">10.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>Sasha
Banks (T) & Becky Lynch (F) (20)</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 225.4pt;" valign="top" width="301"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
10. Bubba Ray Dudley (H) (19)</div>
</td>
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<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 13;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 225.4pt;" valign="top" width="301"><div align="center" class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: center; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">11.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>Emma
(H) & Natalya (H) (21)</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 225.4pt;" valign="top" width="301"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
11. The New Day* (F) (22)</div>
</td>
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<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 14;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 225.4pt;" valign="top" width="301"><div align="center" class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: center; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">12.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>Apollo
Crews (F) (24)</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 225.4pt;" valign="top" width="301"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
12. The Club (H) (23)</div>
</td>
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<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 15;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 225.4pt;" valign="top" width="301"><div align="center" class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: center; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">13.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>Charlotte
(H) & Dana Brooke (H) (25)</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 225.4pt;" valign="top" width="301"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
13. Enzo Amore & Big Cass (F) (26)</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 16;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 225.4pt;" valign="top" width="301"><div align="center" class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: center; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">14.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>Alberto
Del Rio (H) (28)</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 225.4pt;" valign="top" width="301"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
14. The Vaudevillians (H) (27)</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 17;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 225.4pt;" valign="top" width="301"><div align="center" class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: center; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">15.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>Paige
(F) & Naomi (H) (29)</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 225.4pt;" valign="top" width="301"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
15. Lucha Dragons (F) (30)</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 18;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 225.4pt;" valign="top" width="301"><div align="center" class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: center; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">16.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>Curtis
Axel (H) (32)</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 225.4pt;" valign="top" width="301"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
16. Alicia Fox (H) & Summer Rae (H)
(31)</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 19;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 225.4pt;" valign="top" width="301"><div align="center" class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: center; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">17.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>Heath
Slater (H) (33)</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 225.4pt;" valign="top" width="301"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
17. The Usos (F) (34)</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 20;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 225.4pt;" valign="top" width="301"><div align="center" class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: center; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">18.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>Tamina
(H) (36)</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 225.4pt;" valign="top" width="301"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
18. Fandango (H) (35)</div>
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<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 21;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 225.4pt;" valign="top" width="301"><div align="center" class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: center; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">19.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>Ryback
(H) (37)</div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 225.4pt;" valign="top" width="301"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
19. Baron Corbin (H) (38)</div>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 225.4pt;" valign="top" width="301"><div align="center" class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: center; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">20.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>Goldust
(F) (40)</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 225.4pt;" valign="top" width="301"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
20. Mark Henry (F) (39)</div>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 225.4pt;" valign="top" width="301"><div align="center" class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: center; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">21.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>Sheamus
(H) (41)</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 225.4pt;" valign="top" width="301"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
21. Zack Ryder (F) (42)</div>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 225.4pt;" valign="top" width="301"><div align="center" class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: center; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">22.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>Bo
Dallas (H) (44)</div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 225.4pt;" valign="top" width="301"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
22. Darren Young (F) (43)</div>
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<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 25;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 225.4pt;" valign="top" width="301"><div align="center" class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: center; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">23.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>Braun
Strowman (H) (45)</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 225.4pt;" valign="top" width="301"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
23. The Shining Stars (H) (46)</div>
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<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 26;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 225.4pt;" valign="top" width="301"><div align="center" class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: center; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">24.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>Nikki
Bella (F) (48)</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 225.4pt;" valign="top" width="301"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
24. D-Von Dudley (H) (47)</div>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 225.4pt;" valign="top" width="301"><div align="center" class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: center; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">25.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>Titus
O’Neil (F) (49)</div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 225.4pt;" valign="top" width="301"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
25. R-Truth (F) (50)</div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">26.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>Big
Show (52)</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 225.4pt;" valign="top" width="301"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
26. Kane (K**) (51)</div>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 225.4pt;" valign="top" width="301"><div align="center" class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: center; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">27.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>Eva
Marie (53)</div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 225.4pt;" valign="top" width="301"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
27. The Ascension (H) (54)</div>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 225.4pt;" valign="top" width="301"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 225.4pt;" valign="top" width="301"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 31;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 225.4pt;" valign="top" width="301"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 225.4pt;" valign="top" width="301"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
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<td colspan="2" style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 450.8pt;" valign="top" width="601"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>The 2016 WWE Supplemental Draft (Three
Picks Each)</u></i></b></div>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 2.7pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 225.4pt;" valign="top" width="301"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Jonathon
(2<sup>nd</sup>, 3<sup>rd</sup>, 6<sup>th</sup>)</b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 2.7pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 225.4pt;" valign="top" width="301"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Adam
(1<sup>st</sup>, 4<sup>th</sup>, 5<sup>th</sup>)</b></div>
</td>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 2.7pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 225.4pt;" valign="top" width="301"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 2.7pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 225.4pt;" valign="top" width="301"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
1. Finn Balor (F) (2)</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 2.7pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 225.4pt;" valign="top" width="301"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
1. Shinsuke Nakamura (F) (1)</div>
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2. Samoa Joe (H) (3)</div>
</td>
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2. Austin Aries (H) (4)</div>
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3. Asuka (T) & Bayley (F) (6)</div>
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3. American Alpha (F) (5)</div>
</td>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
So what did you guys think? Agree with our picks? Disagree?
Who ended up with the better roster? Will this be better or worse than the
draft WWE produces tomorrow night? Have I written too many questions in a row?</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br />
We’d love to hear your answers to those questions and any
comments in general. Jonathon and I are currently considering turning this into
a relatively short-term booking project where we book separate shows leading up
to maybe WrestleMania and then seeing whose booking was better but that is, as
of yet, undecided. Meanwhile our WCW reboot booking is continuing over on Jonathon’s WCW
blog and we do – I promise – have more rebooking series articles in the work. Several
are already partially finished, one is completely and just needs writing up.
Unfortunately, as always, real life and work etc. are getting in the way of us
completing stuff and uploading it for you guys as quickly as we would like but
we are doing our best and we appreciate each and every person who comes to read
this or any of our blogs.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br />
As per usual we hope you enjoyed this article and we hope to
see you next time. Until then you can follow me (@watadam20) and Jonathon
(@JLAspey) on twitter for further information on more projects as well as inane
drivel probably revolving around wrestling, sport, Football Manager &
politics. Until next time, thanks for reading!</div>
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Hello, and welcome to Part VIII of the Rebooking Series. Yes,
this is not a misprint. We’ve finally completed Part VIII and uploaded it for
your reading pleasure. I will warn you, this is easily the longest Rebooking
Series article to date – no excuses for the year between articles though – so it
may be worth reading in stages.</div>
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Part VIII as I’m sure you’ll have guessed from the oh so
imaginative title is based on 2010 TNA and it actually follows on directly from
Part VII in the Rebooking Series which was based on the January 4<sup>th</sup>
2010 episode of TNA Impact (which can be read <a href="http://passionforwrestling.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/the-rebooking-series-part-vii-january.html" target="_blank">here</a>). From there though we pick
up where we left off and booking all the way from that rebooked January 4<sup>th</sup>
edition of Impact all the way through until Bound For Glory 2010 – TNA’s
biggest show of the year.</div>
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Anyway, this article has been long enough in the making so
let’s get straight on with it, and we hope you guys enjoy it!</div>
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<u><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><br />11/01/2010 TNA Impact
(Summary):</b></u></div>
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Four Corner Survival Match for #1 Contendership to the
X-Division Title: Kazarian d. Homicide, Jay Lethal and (the debuting) Shannon
Moore when Kaz hits the Flux Capacitor on Homicide for the win.</div>
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Samoa Joe enters the ring and says he is throwing out an
open challenge for Genesis. Christopher Daniels comes out and accepts his
challenge.</div>
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Sarita and Taylor Wilde are interviewed by SoCal Val
backstage and they reveal that they get their rematch for the Tag Team
Championship’s at Genesis.</div>
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Jeff Jarrett comes out and cuts a cryptic promo about
testing the loyalty of the so-called “TNA” guys. He is interrupted by The Pope
who comes out and challenges Jarrett to a match at Genesis since he is offended
by the insinuation that just because he hasn’t been here for as long as Jeff
that that somehow means he doesn’t love TNA. Jarrett accepts.</div>
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Desmond Wolfe d. Douglas Williams. Wolfe beats Williams
after countering the Chaos Theory into a roll-up to pick up the victory. </div>
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Post-match Williams offers Wolfe a place in World Elite.
Wolfe politely declines leading to Magnus and Williams beating Wolfe down until
Kurt Angle make the save. Angle and Wolfe clear the ring and then show respect.
Later in the show Tenay announces that Angle and Wolfe will team up at Genesis
to take on British Invasion.</div>
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Beer Money cut a promo backstage talking about their victory
last week. They refer to their match at Genesis and insist they’re going to
make it 2-0 on Sunday. 1 away from making sure the gold stays around their
waists, “Sorry, about your damn luck!”</div>
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Tara comes out and cuts a promo about not being the one
pinned in the three way Knockouts match last week. She says she will get her
rematch at Genesis and when it’s one-on-one, she will not lose.</div>
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The final segment is a contract signing for the TNA World
Heavyweight Championship Match at Genesis. AJ and Jeff sit either side of your
stereotypical contract signing table with Bischoff and Hogan mediating. AJ cuts
a fired up babyface promo about “I’ve been here since day one. I’ve defended
this company against people who just wanted to come in, coast by on their
reputation and make a quick buck (looks at Hogan) and I know that’s you Jeff
(turns to Hardy) because you’ve been here before”.</div>
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Jeff retorts saying he’s not here to do that, he’s here to
entertain the people and make TNA the biggest wrestling company on the planet.
“I’m the guy to take TNA to the next level. And AJ, you’re just upset that you
weren’t.”</div>
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This infuriates AJ who flips the table and gets in Hardy’s
face. Hogan pushes himself between them and AJ responds by pushing Hogan to the
ground. He then backs off, raises the belt and leaves the ring as Mike Tenay
yells “That’s all we’ve got time for. We’ll see you all on Sunday at Genesis.
AJ, Hardy. First time ever!”</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><br />Genesis PPV:</u></b></div>
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1. Frankie Kazarian d. Amazing Red © to become the new
X-Division Champion</div>
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Red tries to hit the Sunset Flip (Code Red) on Kazarian but
Kaz manages to block it and hits the Fade to Black to pick up the win.</div>
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2. Alissa Flash and Daffney © d. Sarita and Taylor Wilde to
retain the Knockouts Tag Team Championships</div>
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Daffney hits Sarita with a Shining Wizard that knocks her
out of the ring and allows herself and Flash to focus on Taylor. Eventually
Daffney heads up top and hits a diving hurricanrana on Wilde before Flash hits
the Air Raid Crash to get the pin and the win.</div>
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3. British Invasion (Brutus Magnus and Douglas Williams) w/
Eric Young d. Desmond Wolfe and Kurt Angle</div>
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EY is eventually ejected from ringside for interfering in
the match. The contest is a hard fought one but eventually Magnus and Williams
win because of their greater cohesion. Wolfe and Angle had a few episodes of
miscommunication at important times in the match and eventually Williams hit
the Chaos Theory on Angle to pick up the victory for his team. Post-match Angle
tries to cheer Wolfe up who is clearly bitterly disappointed at the loss.</div>
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4. Samoa Joe d. Christopher Daniels</div>
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Joe picks up the win in a fairly long match clean following
a Muscle Buster.</div>
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5. Awesome Kong © d. Tara to retain the TNA Knockouts
Championship</div>
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Kong pins Tara clean following the Awesome Bomb.</div>
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6. “The Pope” D’Angelo Dinero d. Jeff Jarrett</div>
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At several times during the match Jarrett seems to be
punishing Pope just to test his resolve and see how much fight he has in him.
Eventually Jarrett brings a guitar into the ring, he swings for Pope but Pope
ducks and then hits the DDE for the win.</div>
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7. Beer Money (James Storm and Robert Roode) © d. The Motor
City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) to go 2-0 up in the Best of
Five Series for TNA World Tag Team Championships</div>
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Beer Money pick up the win when Storm pins Shelley with a
roll-up after a long, hard fought encounter. Both teams shake hands once again
after the match as a show of respect.</div>
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8. AJ Styles © vs. Jeff Hardy for the TNA World Heavyweight
Championship</div>
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The match goes fairly long and is comfortably older than
twenty minutes when Jeff finally looks like he has the upper hand. He goes to
the top rope and is in position for the Swanton (he is on the side closest to
both the hard cam and the ramp) when Kazarian enters from the opposite corner
distracting him. The referee goes over to stop Kazarian getting involved as
Tenay and Taz sell the confusion of what Kazarian is doing out here. Then out
of nowhere Beer Money come down the ramp and hit Jeff with a double beer bottle
shot to the back of the head knocking Hardy off the top rope and into the ring.
AJ has recovered by this point and he picks Jeff up before delivering the
Styles Clash and the referee counts to three as AJ retains the World
Heavyweight Championship. The newly aligned foursome (who will henceforth be
referred to as Fortune) throw up their hand sign for Fortune and all four raise
their respective title belts.</div>
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Hogan comes out to confront them but they attack him.
Jarrett’s music hits and he comes out to make the save! Fortune back off but
Jarrett immediately turns on Hogan and starts to beat him down before rolling
him out of the ring with his foot. Jarrett then turns around so he is standing
across the ring from Fortune. They then come closer together and have a big
group hug as the PPV goes off the air with Tenay and Taz totally shocked. </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><br />Impact’s between
Genesis and Against All Odds</u></b></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Mike Tenay welcomes us to Impact Wrestling and
brings out Jeff Jarrett and Fortune. He asks the five men to explain their
actions from the night before. Jarrett takes the microphone and says he created
this company and he loves it more than anything in the world. He says for years
now people have been coming in thinking they could get a free ride and I let it
pass thinking it would bring us publicity and more fans and once that happened
we could get rid of those people and let the most deserving talents rule the
roost. But Hulk Hogan and his cronies coming in is the straw that has broken
the camel’s back. He says the five men in the ring with him right now
“including you Mike” are the real TNA. “We’ve all been here for a long time and
we’ve bled for this company, we’d do anything to see it succeed and last night
we proved just how much it meant to us. We will not stop until we’ve got back
OUR company and got rid of these invading a**holes.”</div>
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but Kaz refuses saying he is already wrestling Christopher Daniels tonight.
Kazarian and Daniels go back and forth with a series of roll through pin
attempts until <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Daniels finally gets the
three count</b> picking up the win in a non-title match. Kazarian gets on the
mic after the match and says Daniels got the better of him tonight but he wants
to face him at Against All Odds with the Championship on the line to see who
the better man truly is. Red interrupts and mentions his rematch clause.
Kazarian says great, let’s make it a three-way dance. All three men agree and
Tenay later tells us that Hulk Hogan has made the match official.</div>
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</span></span></span>Alissa and Daffney come out to the ring to
celebrate retaining their Knockout Tag Team Titles against Taylor and Sarita
when they are interrupted by The Beautiful People. TBP say Alissa and Daffney
obviously hit every branch of the ugly tree on the way down. They continue to
run the Champs down until Alissa and Daffney offer to fight them right here,
right now. TBP refuse but say they’ll fight them at Against All Odds for the Tag
Team Titles.</div>
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</span></span></span>Jeff Jarrett comes out and says The Pope showed
him something at Genesis. He’d always thought of him as just another reject
that didn’t have a clue about what this company was but now he’s not so sure.
Jarrett invites Pope out but it is instead Matt Morgan who comes out. Morgan
walks down to the ring and grabs a mic. He says they’ve found Pope backstage
taken out and he knows that this is all Jarrett’s doing. Jarrett protests his
innocence but Morgan won’t hear any of it and attacks Jarrett before laying him
out with the Carbon Footprint.</div>
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him if he would like to avenge what happened to his friend The Pope by facing
Jarrett at Against All Odds. Morgan gleefully accepts.</div>
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</span></span></span>A #1 Contenders Tournament takes place to create
a challenger for Awesome Kong. There are four singles matches (Sarita d. Tara;
Taylor Wilde d. ODB; Alissa Flash d. Madison Rayne and Angelina Love d.
Daffney), followed by a fatal-4-way between the four winners which sees <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Sarita win by pinning tag team partner
Taylor Wilde</b>.</div>
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</span></span></span>AJ Styles comes out in the final segment of the
first Impact following Genesis to talk to the crowd before he can though Samoa
Joe comes out and demands a title shot. AJ says he isn’t in the business of
just handing out title shots but he has so much respect for Joe and everything
he has done for TNA that he will gladly put his belt on the line. The two men
agree to fight it out at Against All Odds, but Joe warns AJ not to pull
anything like what happened at Genesis. AJ almost looks offended at the
insinuation. </div>
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</span></span></span>With Samoa Joe already set as the #1 contender
to AJ Styles when Jeff Hardy returns after missing two Impact’s due to the
beating he received at Genesis Jeff simply demands a match at Against All Odds.
Hogan comes to the ring and agrees, he knows Jeff was screwed at Genesis so
he’s going to give him a #1 Contenders match at Against All Odds against Rob
Van Dam.</div>
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</span></span></span>Kurt Angle comes out and asks Desmond Wolfe to
come out to the ring, Wolfe comes down and Angle says he knows they lost at
Genesis but that doesn’t mean this is over, he wants to team up one more time
to take on the British Invasion. Wolfe accepts after a bit of cajoling from
Angle. He and Angle team up in several warm up matches to work on their cohesion
and they clearly become more and more confident with every week. After they win
a match on the final Impact before the PPV British Invasion hit the ring and
take both men down. They zip tie Wolfe to the ropes and focus their attack on
Angle working on his ankle. Eventually Magnus goes to the top rope as Doug
holds a chair around Angle’s ankle. Magnus jumps off the top rope and stamps on
the chair.</div>
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</span></span></span>Later in the show Hogan offers Wolfe the chance
to postpone the match with it looking likely Angle won’t be able to make the
show following the attack. Wolfe refuses and says he wants to fight the British
Invasion, even if he has to do it alone.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Against All Odds</u></b></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>X-Division Championship: Frankie Kazarian © d.
Amazing Red and Christopher Daniels</div>
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A good X-Division match comes to an end when Daniels hits
Angels Wings on Red, he looks to finish it off with a Best Moonsault Ever but
when he gets to the top rope he is pushed off by Kazarian who steals the
pinfall and retains the Championship.</div>
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</span></span></span>Knockout Tag Team Championship: Alissa Flash and
Daffney © vs. The Beautiful People (Angelina Love and Madison Rayne)</div>
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Velvet repeatedly tries to interfere which leads to Daffney
forcibly ejecting her from the ringside area. This leaves Alissa alone with
Angelina and Madison though who double team her, Angelina hits the Botox
Injection but Daffney gets back in to break the pin attempt up at 2.9. Madison
knocks Daffney to the outside and then distracts the referee which allows
Angelina to retrieve one of the title belts. She lines up Alissa who ducks and
Daffney, who is back on the ring apron, sprays green mist in Angelina’s eyes.
Alissa rolls Angelina up as Daffney tackles Madison to the outside and the
referee counts to three.</div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Jeff Jarrett d. Matt Morgan</div>
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Jarrett cuts a promo pre-match about how he will teach
Morgan a lesson in respect, this is his company and he’s not going to let
rejects like Morgan bring it down. Morgan comes straight out and attacks
Jarrett. After about ten minutes Jarrett manages to hit The Stroke on Morgan
for the win.</div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>#1 Contenders Match: Jeff Hardy vs. Rob Van Dam
(30 Minute Time Limit Draw)</div>
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Hardy and RVD go thirty minutes before the time limit
expires. Both men want five more minutes, as do the crowd but Hulk Hogan comes
out and says he can’t give them any more time tonight but as a result of the
draw they will both face the winner of tonight’s World Heavyweight Championship
match between AJ Styles and Samoa Joe in a triple threat match at the next
pay-per-view: Destination X.</div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Knockouts Championship: Awesome Kong © vs.
Sarita</div>
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A hard fought match between Kong and Sarita comes to an end
when Kong reverses an attempted hurricanrana into the Implant Buster. After the
match Angelina, Madison and Velvet beat Kong down until Daffney and Alissa
Flash come out to make the save. The faces send The Beautiful People scurrying.</div>
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</span></span></span>Handicap Match: British Invasion (w/ Eric Young)
vs. Desmond Wolfe</div>
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With Angle injured, Wolfe puts up a hell of a fight but in
the end he succumbs to the numbers and British Invasion pick up the victory.
Wolfe is once again offered a spot in World Elite with EY noting this is his
“final opportunity to make something of himself”. Wolfe refuses and is
mercilessly beaten down by all three men. The beatdown finally ends with Young
hitting a top rope elbow drop on Wolfe through a table.</div>
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</span></span></span>Match 3 in the Best of 5 Series for the TNA Tag
Team Titles: Beer Money © [2] vs. Motor City Machine Guns [0]</div>
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With Beer Money winning the first two matches they are full
of confidence and dominate the early stages, beating down Chris Sabin and
isolating him from tag team partner Alex Shelley. Eventually Sabin makes the
hot tag to Shelley who cleans house, the match from then on is very back and
forth until Beer Money go for the DWI on Shelley, this time though Sabin breaks
it up. The two teams trade forearms until the Guns’ superior pace shows as they
duck the forearms from Beer Money and hit a series of moves before Sabin picks
Roode up and hits him with the Cradleshock. Shelley meanwhile sends Storm to
the outside and the Machine Guns pick up the victory. Both teams show respect
once more after the match.</div>
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</span></span></span>TNA World Heavyweight Championship: AJ Styles ©
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Joe and AJ have a great back and forth match that ends when
Joe locks in the Coquina Clutch but AJ manages to flip it into a bridging pin
attempt for the three count. After the match AJ offers Joe his hand. Joe looks
confused and doesn’t trust AJ so he slides out of the ring. AJ looks
disappointed but nonetheless celebrates retaining his World Heavyweight
Championship.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Impact’s between
Against All Odds and Destination X</u></b></div>
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</span></span></span>Samoa Joe comes out and asks for a rematch with
AJ Styles. He says he was seconds away from beating AJ and wants to prove it.
Styles doesn’t come out but Jarrett does. Jarrett says he can’t speak for AJ
but Joe is exactly the type of person Jarrett sees as the future of this
company. Joe asks Jarrett to get to the point. Jarrett says we don’t want to
fight against you, we want to fight alongside you to rid this company of the
cancer within. Joe refuses and attacks Jarrett. This sets up a match between
the two for Destination X.</div>
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</span></span></span>Daniels comes out and talks about being so close
to becoming the X-Division Champion. He wants Kazarian one-on-one at
Destination X, Kazarian accepts.</div>
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</span></span></span>Generation Me debut and are telling the crowd
they want the winners of the Best of 5 Series in a Tag Title match when they
are interrupted by World Elite. World Elite challenge them to a match and Gen
Me accept, saying they will be happy to face any two of them. EY says he and
Kiyoshi will see them at Destination X.</div>
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</span></span></span>Awesome Kong, Alissa Flash and Daffney come out
and demand a match with The Beautiful People. The Beautiful People say no but
Hogan comes out and makes a Six Person Tag match for Destination X in which all
the Championships will be on the line. </div>
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</span></span></span>The Motor City Machine Guns come out and call
out Beer Money. Beer Money come to the ring and the Guns say while they are
loving their best of five series they want to spice it up and suggest picking a
stipulation for Match Four. Beer Money like this and suggest a Street Fight for
the match, the Guns agree providing they get to pick the stipulation for Match
Five should it be required. Beer Money agree and say they’ll see the Guns at
Destination X “SORRY, about your DAMN luck!”</div>
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</span></span></span>Mr. Anderson debuts on Impact and says how happy
he is to be there. Fortune come out and run Anderson down, saying he’s another
reject that’s just come to collect a cheque. Anderson challenges any one of
them to get in the ring but all of the members of Fortune get in instead and
attack Anderson. Pope comes out with a steel chair in hand and Fortune scarper.
Pope picks Anderson up and they embrace. Pope says it would be an honour to
face Anderson in his first pay-per-view match. Anderson agrees and the match is
set.</div>
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</span></span></span>AJ trades insults with Hardy and RVD throughout
the month. At the contract signing it all breaks down and AJ tries to attack
both men. They team up and take AJ out but while both men celebrate Jeff turns
round into a spinning heel kick from RVD who then goes to the top and hits a Five
Star Frog Splash. RVD raises AJ’s Championship over a fallen Jeff Hardy while a
furious AJ clutches his head in pain as he sits midway up the ramp as the show
goes off the air.</div>
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</span></span></span>British Invasion come out on the second Impact
after Against All Odds to brag about how they took Desmond Wolfe out when they
are interrupted by a returning Kurt Angle. Angle comes down to the ring and
says he wants a match with them at Destination X. Williams and Magnus laugh and
ask Kurt if he’s sure. He is, so they agree to the match. Kurt then says “But
boys, I won’t be coming alone.” With that Desmond Wolfe’s theme hits and he
heads down to the ring (albeit bandaged up). Williams and Magnus are fuming and
attempt to attack Angle and Wolfe but the faces get the upper hand and clear
the ring. Magnus grabs a microphone and says “This time we’re gonna beat you
boys so badly that neither of you will ever be able to return again. We’ll face
you, but only if it’s No Disqualification”. Angle and Wolfe look at each other
and smile. Wolfe picks up a mic and says “You’re on, and come Destination X you
two pricks are gonna get what’s coming to you!”</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Destination X:</u></b></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>X-Division Championship: Frankie Kazarian © vs.
Christopher Daniels (20 Minute Time Limit Draw)</div>
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Kazarian and Daniels wrestle until the 20 minute X-Division
time limit expires. After the match Kazarian shakes Daniels hand and offers him
a place in Fortune. Daniels refuses and leaves the ring.</div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Generation Me d. Eric Young and Kiyoshi</div>
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Generation Me pick up the victory when they hit More Bang
For Your Buck on Kiyoshi. Post-match Young attacks Kiyoshi, kicking him out of
World Elite.</div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Street Fight Match 4 of 5 for the TNA World Tag
Team Championships: Beer Money © [2] vs. Motor City Machine Guns [1]</div>
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A great back and forth encounter ends when Sabin spears
Roode through a table on the outside this allows Shelley to hit Sliced Bread #2
on Storm through 4 set up chairs in the ring for the pin and the win to level
up the series. Post-match Hogan comes out and announces that with the series
now being level Beer Money have a choice to make. At Lockdown it will be Team
Hogan vs. a team of Jeff Jarrett’s choosing in a 5-on-5 Lethal Lockdown match,
it will also be the location of the final match in the Beer Money vs. Machine
Guns best of five series. Beer Money will have to either appear in both matches
or forfeit the titles to the Machine Guns, the choice is theirs. </div>
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</span></span></span>All Knockouts Championships on the line: Awesome
Kong © and Alissa Flash and Daffney © vs. The Beautiful People (Angelina Love,
Madison Rayne and Velvet Sky)</div>
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The Beautiful People constantly use underhanded tactics to
get the upper hand on first Alissa and then Daffney leaving Kong on the outside
the entire match, frustrated by her inability to get in the match. Eventually
Daffney manages to escape and tags her in leading to Kong cleaning house – with
a little help from Alissa – before she hits the Implant Buster on Velvet for
the victory.</div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
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Joe unleashes all his frustrations from not winning the
World Title on Jarrett. Joe hits a Muscle Buster and arguably could beat
Jarrett but he wants to continue the punishment, this mistake allows Jarrett to
small package Joe to pick up the victory. After the match Jarrett offers his
hand again but Joe, even more exasperated, pushes him to the floor and leaves.</div>
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</span></span></span>“The Pope” D’Angelo Dinero d. Mr. Anderson</div>
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Anderson’s first match in TNA is a competitive one but it
ultimately ends in defeat when Pope hits the DDE for the victory.</div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>No Disqualification Match: British Invasion vs.
Desmond Wolfe and Kurt Angle</div>
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In what is a brutal affair both sides beat the living hell
out of one another. The finish comes when Angle hits an Angle Slam from the top
rope through a table on Magnus but Williams breaks it up at the count of 2.9.
Wolfe comes in the ring though and locks the London Dungeon in on Williams.
Angle recovers and locks in an anklelock on Magnus. A simultaneous tap out
follows and Wolfe and Angle pick up the win.</div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>TNA World Heavyweight Championship: AJ Styles ©
vs. Jeff Hardy vs. Rob Van Dam</div>
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AJ wins clean after hitting a Stylesclash on RVD.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Impact’s between
Destination X and Lockdown</u></b></div>
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</span></span></span>The Machine Guns come out and call out Beer
Money. They say they feel what Hulk Hogan said last night at Destination X was
unfair. They offer to fight Beer Money next week instead of waiting until
Lockdown. Beer Money say they appreciate this and they look forward to locking
horns with the Guns in seven days. Beer Money go to leave but Shelley says
“we’re not done quite yet. Since we took it to match five we get to pick this
match’s stipulation. And we choose… a ladder match!” The Guns smile and Beer
Money look a little worried but regain their composure and bump fists with the Guns
“See you next week boys”.<br />
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</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Impact
Main Event: Match 5 of 5 in the Best of 5 Series for the TNA World Tag Team
Championships: Beer Money © [2] vs. Motor City Machine Guns [2] in a Ladder
Match:</b></div>
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</span></span></span>After a hellacious bout Beer Money hit the DWI
on Sabin and Storm sets up a ladder. Both he and Roode climb towards the top
but at the last second Alex Shelley hits a springboard dropkick knocking both
men off the ladder. Storm falls to the ring and rolls to the outside as Roode
rolls to the corner of the ring. Shelley hits an Air Raid Crash on Roode and
re-sets up the ladder. He’s almost at the top when Storm crawls back into the
ring. Storm tries to pull Shelley down but Shelley kicks him away. Undeterred
Storm climbs right up to where Shelley is and starts punching him in the back
of the head. Shelley fights back with elbows and grabs a hold of Storm’s head
before hitting Sliced Bread #2 from the top of the ladder through a table
below. With Roode taken out in the corner and Shelley and Storm lying
motionless in the wreckage of the table a recovering Sabin ascends the ladder
and grabs the Championships to give <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Motor
City their first ever TNA World Tag Team Championship win.</b></div>
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</span></span></span>Post-match all four men hug and Beer Money wrap
the Tag Team titles around the waist of the new Champions before raising their
hands as the show goes off the air.</div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>British Invasion, frustrated with their tag team
loss at Destination X, come out and call out World Elite leader Eric Young.
They question where he was and why he didn’t help them. Eric tries to explain
his actions but Magnus and Williams brutally destroy him in the fashion that
has become expected of the duo. Eventually Generation Me come out to make the
save but the damage is done. Magnus, furious at being interrupted, challenges
Gen Me to a Tag Team match at Lockdown. Gen Me accept.</div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Hulk Hogan comes out and announces the
relationship between TNA and New Japan Pro Wrestling is only going from
strength to strength and as a result he has signed three inter-promotional
matches for Lockdown. The first will see former IWGP Heavyweight Champion
Hiroshi Tanahashi take on Christopher Daniels. The next will see reigning IWGP
Heavyweight Tag Team Champions No Limit challenge the Motor City Machine Guns
for the TNA World Tag Team Championships. And the last pits a former G1 Climax
winner in Hirooki Goto against rising star Desmond Wolfe. Hogan says the
relationship with NJPW grows stronger by the day and this is just the start for
the two companies, expect to see more in the future.</div>
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</span></span></span>A fatal-4-way match takes place to determine the
#1 contender to the Knockouts Championship and Alissa Flash defeats Angelina
Love, Daffney and Sarita when she pins Daffney. Post-match Daffney slaps her
tag team partner and leaves.</div>
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</span></span></span>After his impressive performances in recent
months Hulk Hogan names The Pope as #1 contender and states he’ll get his World
Heavyweight Title match at Lockdown. This infuriates Fortune who will now be a
member short in Lethal Lockdown.</div>
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</span></span></span>On the final Impact before Lockdown Hulk Hogan
comes out with Team Hogan which has been announced periodically over the Impact
episodes and will be represented by Jeff Hardy, Kurt Angle, Mr. Anderson, Samoa
Joe and Rob Van Dam. Hogan demands to know who the fifth member of Team Jarrett
is (in addition to Jarrett, Beer Money and Frankie Kazarian). Jarrett and
Fortune come out and Jarrett rips into Hogan, he also states that “This isn’t
Team Jarrett, this is Team TNA!” He asks for a match between one of his guys
and one of Hogan’s to determine who will get the advantage of having the first
entrant into Lethal Lockdown. Hogan agrees, as long as Jarrett agrees to
announce the fifth member of his team after the match. Jarrett nods.</div>
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</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Impact
Main Event: Robert Roode d. Rob Van Dam</b> clean to earn Team TNA the opening
position in Lethal Lockdown.</div>
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</span></span></span>After the match a frustrated Hogan demands to
know who the fifth member is and pushes Jarrett. This leads to a brawl between
all the men in the match as Hogan escapes to the outside. Team Hogan has the
upper hand when all of a sudden the lights go out. Sting’s theme music hits and
The Icon makes his way to the ring! He lays waste to everybody with a baseball
bat and stands tall in the centre of the ring before pointing his baseball bat
at Hogan who is still on the outside as if to say ‘You’re next!’</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Lockdown</u></b></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>British Invasion d. Generation Me</div>
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A great tag team match comes to an end when Max Buck goes
for a superkick on Magnus who ducks and the superkick takes out the referee.
With the official down Doug Williams immediately grabs a chair and takes out
Jeremy Buck with it. He and Magnus then beat Max Buck down in the ring and set
up a chair in the ring. Williams then hits the Chaos Theory through a chair and
the referee recovers to count the three.</div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Hiroshi Tanahashi d. Christopher Daniels</div>
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Tanahashi and Daniels have a good back and forth match that
ends when Tanahashi gets a boot up when Daniels goes for the Best Moonsault
Ever. Tanahashi hits the Slingblade and then follows it up with a High Fly Flow
for the win.</div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>TNA World Tag Team Championships, Tornado Tag
Rules: Motor City Machine Guns © d. No Limit</div>
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The tornado tag rules lead to a crazy match which ends when
Sabin hits the Cradleshock on Takahashi for the win. Post-match Hogan announces
that, by virtue of tonight’s win the Machine Guns will challenge No Limit for
the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championships at Wrestling Dontaku in May.</div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Steel Cage Match for the Knockouts Championship:
Awesome Kong © vs. Alissa Flash (w/ Daffney)</div>
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Daffney is ejected for trying to interfere despite Alissa
asking her repeatedly not to. Alissa puts up a great showing including hitting
an Air Raid Crash on Kong but Kong somehow manages to kick out and eventually
manages to hit a top rope Implant Buster for the win.</div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Desmond Wolfe d. Hirooki Goto</div>
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The match comes to an end when Goto goes for Shouten Kai but
Wolfe rolls through and locks in a Kimura Lock before transferring to the
London Dungeon for the tapout victory.</div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Steel Cage Match for the TNA World Heavyweight
Championship: AJ Styles © vs. “The Pope” D’Angelo Dinero</div>
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Pope gives AJ arguably his hardest test to date but comes up
short and AJ wins after two Stylesclash’s. After the match AJ shows respect to
a lifeless Pope. The commentators wonder if AJ is realising all the mistakes he
and Fortune have made.</div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Lethal Lockdown Match: Team Hogan (Jeff Hardy,
Kurt Angle, Mr. Anderson, Samoa Joe and Rob Van Dam) vs. Team TNA (Jeff
Jarrett, Frankie Kazarian, Beer Money and Sting)</div>
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The Lethal Lockdown match begins with Jeff Jarrett and Mr.
Anderson. Due to winning the right to have the first entry, Team TNA hold the
advantage for most of the match. Sting is the last entrant for Team TNA. Jeff
Hardy follows him as the last entrant of Team Hogan. Once the weapons are
lowered the match goes to its usual crazy levels. Beer Money, Anderson and Joe
are fighting on the outside. Angle spears Jarrett through the cage door which
takes both men out and Kazarian and Jeff Hardy are fighting on top of the cage
until Hardy climbs a Ladder on top of the cage and splashes on top of Kazarian
through a table. This leaves Sting and RVD in the ring. RVD goes for the Five
Star Frog Splash but Sting grabs his baseball bat and uses it to hit RVD on the
way down. Sting then locks in the Scorpion Death Lock and earns the submission
win. Team TNA celebrate as Hogan looks bereft atop the ramp as the show ends.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Impact’s between
Lockdown and Sacrifice</u></b></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Sarita
and Taylor Wilde win a gauntlet match to earn the right to face Alissa Flash
and Daffney at Sacrifice.</b></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>On the second Impact after Sacrifice Taylor is
discovered backstage having being attacked by a mystery assailant.</div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>A week later Sarita comes out and calls out
Alissa and Daffney accusing them of taking Taylor out. Alissa is quick to deny
the allegation but Daffney is not so quick. This leads to Alissa looking
confused and Sarita attacking Daffney. The two brawl until Alissa separates
them and drags Daffney to the back saying they need to talk.</div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Next week Alissa comes out and calls Daffney out
saying they need to clear the air and talk about “What you’ve done, Daffney”.
Daffney comes out and gets into the ring, clearly upset with Alissa she says “I
can’t believe you don’t trust me” but before she can elaborate Sarita comes
out. She says Taylor definitely won’t be able to make Sacrifice but she’s
brought in a replacement to help her take the Championships back from Alissa
and Daffney. She introduces Hamada as her tag team partner. </div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Hulk Hogan comes out and announces Mr. Anderson
as the new #1 contender to the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. AJ Styles
comes out and is fuming, claiming that Anderson has done nothing to earn a
title shot. In fact, he is yet to win a match in the company. He says it is a
joke and another example of blatant Hogan favouritism as he tries to ruin the
company that AJ built “with my blood, with my sweat, with my tears!” AJ is so
angry he goes to attack Hogan which brings Anderson out, leading to a brawl
between the two.</div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>British Invasion come out and demand a Tag Team
Championship match but are interrupted by Desmond Wolfe and Kurt Angle who
point out they defeated British Invasion last time the two teams faced off.
Hogan sets the main event for tonight’s show as a #1 Contenders Match for the
Tag Team Titles.</div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Impact
Main Event: Wolfe/Angle d. British Invasion</b>: A close fought match ends when
Wolfe attempts to lariat Magnus who ducks, and the referee is taken out. With
both Angle and Williams down on the outside Wolfe and Magnus continue fighting
until they both go for a lariat when rebounding off the ropes and take each
other down. This allows a returning Eric Young to attack Magnus. When Wolfe
recovers he picks Magnus up, unaware of what occurred while he was down, and
sets him up for the Tower of London. A recovering referee counts to three as
Angle prevents Williams from getting in the ring to break it up.</div>
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</span></span></span>The following week Williams and Magnus come out
and demand a match with Eric Young. He comes out and accepts but before
anything else can occur Hulk Hogan comes out and says at Sacrifice it will be
Generation Me (who he had planned as the opponents for the losers of last
week’s #1 contenders match) vs. British Invasion vs. Eric Young and a partner
of his choice.</div>
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</span></span></span>Over the coming weeks Young alludes to his
partner for Sacrifice in cryptic ways but refuses to reveal who it is saying
British Invasion and, indeed, the audience will have to wait for the PPV to
find out who it is. </div>
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</span></span></span>Christopher Daniels comes out and calls out
Frankie Kazarian. He says he knows they both had other things on their mind
last month with Daniels having a dream match against Hiroshi Tanahashi and
Kazarian being focused on the Lethal Lockdown match but they still haven’t
settled their time limit draw from Destination X. Daniels wants one more match
at Sacrifice, a no time limit match for the X-Division Championship. Kazarian
smiles, agrees and hugs Daniels. Daniels is somewhat confused but accepts it
and says he’ll see Kazarian at Sacrifice.</div>
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</span></span></span>Jeff Jarrett comes out and brags about the “real
TNA” coming out on top at Lethal Lockdown, proving once and for all that they
are better than Hogan’s cronies. This upsets Jeff Hardy who comes out and
challenges Jarrett to a match at Sacrifice. Jarrett accepts and says “I can’t
wait to beat your ass”.</div>
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</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">A
gauntlet match takes place to determine the #1 contender to the Knockouts
Championship.</b> It comes down to fellow Beautiful People members <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Angelina Love and Madison Rayne.</b> Both
women deliberately get <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">counted out</b>
leading to confusion over where this leaves the #1 contendership. Hogan comes
out and says The Beautiful People are making a mockery of the sport and he’s
not going to reward them with a title match but Kong comes out and says she’ll
happily take on both at Sacrifice. Hogan acquiesces to her demands and makes
the match official.</div>
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</span></span></span>Beer Money approach Samoa Joe over the month
making overtures to him and telling him that they should be fighting for the
same side, TNA. Eventually Pope gets sick of this and comes out to confront
Beer Money during one of these attempts to draw Joe over to Fortune’s side. He
comes out to the ring and demands a match at Sacrifice: him and Joe vs. Beer
Money. Beer Money accept and Joe remains emotionless and silent throughout. He
eventually does leave with Pope though. </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Sacrifice:</u></b></div>
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</span></span></span>#1 Contenders Match for the TNA World Tag Team
Championships: British Invasion d. Team Canada (Petey Williams and Eric Young)
and Generation Me</div>
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A fast paced match ends when Doug Williams hits the Chaos
Theory on Petey Williams followed by an elbow drop from Magnus to get the
pinfall victory.</div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>No Time Limit Match for the X-Division
Championship: Frankie Kazarian © vs. Christopher Daniels</div>
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Kazarian and Daniels go back and forth for in excess of 20
minutes before Kazarian reverses an attempted Angel’s Wings into Fade to Black
and retains his title. After the match Daniels hugs Kazarian and raises his
hand. </div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Jeff Hardy d. Jeff Jarrett</div>
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Hardy picks up the win clean after a Twist of Fate.</div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>TNA Knockouts Championship: Awesome Kong © d.
Angelina Love and Madison Rayne</div>
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Kong retains following an Implant Buster to Madison Rayne.</div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Beer Money d. The Pope and Samoa Joe</div>
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Beer Money pick up the win when Joe turns on Pope. Beer
Money hit DWI and pick up the win. After the match Joe shakes hands with Beer
Money then leaves.</div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship: Alissa
Flash and Daffney © vs. Hamada and Sarita</div>
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Miscommunication and a general level of distrust costs
Alissa and Daffney and leads to Hamada pinning Daffney following a moonsault.
The new Champs celebrate and Alissa leaves the ring, refusing to even look at
Daffney as she does so. Daffney eventually retreats backstage as Hamada and
Sarita continue celebrating before they are attacked by two hooded individuals
who reveal themselves to be Tara and MsChif. The two beat Hamada and Sarita
down before revealing they were the people who took Taylor Wilde out. They say
they’re coming after the Knockouts Tag Team Championships.</div>
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</span></span></span>TNA World Tag Team Championships: Motor City
Machine Guns © vs. Desmond Wolfe and Kurt Angle</div>
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Angle and Wolfe look to have the match in hand when Jarrett
comes out and distracts them. Angle follows Jarrett around the ring and attacks
him but while his head is turned the Guns hit Made in Detroit on Wolfe and
retain their titles.</div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>TNA World Heavyweight Championship: AJ Styles ©
d. Mr. Anderson</div>
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AJ retains his Championship by hitting Anderson with a
Stylesclash for the clean victory.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Impact’s between
Sacrifice and Slammiversary</u></b></div>
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</span></span></span>Jeff Jarrett comes out and explains why he
interfered in the Tag Team Championship match at Sacrifice. He says it should
be quite obvious, the Motor City Machine Guns may not stand alongside himself
and Fortune but they epitomise what Jarrett believes in. They epitomise what
TNA stands for. They epitomise everything that was once great about this
company. Kurt Angle comes out and tells Jarrett to shut up. He gets in
Jarrett’s face and the two brawl around ringside.</div>
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</span></span></span>Hulk Hogan makes the first match for
Slammiversary between Jeff Jarrett and Kurt Angle.</div>
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</span></span></span>Pope is in the ring and calls out Samoa Joe. He
says he trusted Joe and then Joe turned on him. Joe comes out and says he likes
Pope and he’s been talking to Jarrett and AJ and he wants to bring Pope over to
the right side. Joe says “Jarrett and AJ aren’t sure about you, but I am. Join
me Pope, join the real TNA”. Pope refuses and spits in Joe’s face. This
infuriates Joe who beats the holy hell out of Pope before setting up a table
and hitting a Muscle Buster through it.</div>
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</span></span></span>Pope comes out the next week and announces that
while he’s not medically cleared to fight tonight he has spoken to Hulk Hogan
and he has authorised a match between Pope and Joe for Slammiversary. On top of
that it will be a No Holds Barred match.</div>
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</span></span></span>Frankie Kazarian comes out and says the match he
had against Christopher Daniels took everything out of him and he was so proud
of that match but that’s history and he wants to know who his next opponent is.
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">A #1 contenders match takes place
between Jay Lethal and Rob Van Dam. RVD wins</b> and tells Kazarian after the
match that he’s going to “put him in his place”.</div>
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</span></span></span>Alissa Flash comes to the ring and calls Daffney
out. She apologises for not believing Daffney and says she hopes she can put
this behind them and get their Tag Team Titles back. Daffney doesn’t say a
word, lets Alissa finish and then simply walks away.</div>
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</span></span></span>Alissa informs Hulk Hogan that herself and
Daffney are having problems and she’s not sure if they will be able to take up
the option of their rematch clause. Hogan says not to worry, he’ll find another
team to take on Hamada and Sarita and once Daffney and Alissa work out their
problems they’ll be first in line for a title shot. Hogan has a proposition for
Alissa. He really loved her match with Kong at Lockdown. And since Kong has
pretty much faced every other challenger he would love to see a rematch. Alissa
is thrilled.</div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Hogan comes out to the ring but is interrupted
by Tara and MsChif. They demand a tag team title match but before Hogan can
respond he is interrupted again. The Beautiful People come out and mock Tara
and MsChif. They say they are the most beautiful knockouts ever and they
deserve the Championship match. Hogan says he likes where this is going but
before he can make a decision he is interrupted by a returning ODB. She gets in
the ring and says she wants in on the fun and has a tag team partner to boot.
She brings out the debuting Sara Del Rey, who looks not all that pleased and
seems to get more and more annoyed by ODB as the segment goes on. Hogan says he
is sick of being interrupted and therefore he is making a four-way tag team
match for Slammiversary where Hamada and Sarita will defend their Championships
against Tara & MsChif, ODB & Sara Del Rey and The Beautiful People.</div>
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</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Impact
Main Event: Beer Money d. Christopher Daniels and Mr. Anderson – </b>Beer Money
pick up the win when Daniels turns on Anderson and joins Beer Money in beating
him down. A superkick into a spinebuster followed by a Best Moonsault Ever
allows Storm to pin Anderson. The post-match celebration does not last long as
Generation Me come out to make the save.</div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>The next week Mr. Anderson and Gen Me challenge
Beer Money and Daniels to a six-man tag match which is accepted willingly by
the three men. Anderson wants to know why Daniels turned on him. Daniels says
it’s nothing personal then stops himself and says actually it is. He says he
and Kazarian tore the house down at Sacrifice and he was so proud. He decided
to watch his old friend AJ in the main event, even though they hadn’t been
seeing eye to eye in wrestling recently they were still best friends outside
the business. He was watching the video package that was hyping the match up
and something AJ said struck a chord. Anderson hasn’t won a single match since
debuting in TNA and yet here he was getting a Championship match, whilst
Daniels pushed AJ to the limit at Final Resolution and yet has never even had a
chance at the World Championship since. It was a realisation, a realisation
that everything AJ had been saying was true. He knew what he had to do. He had
to stand up, and fight for the company he loves – TNA.</div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>British Invasion spend the entire month running
the Motor City Machine Guns down and talking about how they’re going to take
the belts away from them at Slammiversary.</div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">A Battle
Royal takes place to crown a new #1 contender for the TNA World Heavyweight
Championship. It is won by Desmond Wolfe.</b> After the match AJ gets in the
ring, tells Desmond he wouldn’t be here if his deal had gone through with WWE,
tells him he is disgusting and slaps him. This infuriates Wolfe who goes after
AJ but AJ rolls out of the ring and walks up the ramp, holding the title aloft.</div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Sting returns for the first time since Lockdown
and cuts a promo talking about how you just can’t trust Hulk Hogan. He’s seen
this before, Hulk comes into a company and everybody treats him like a messiah.
They give him and his friends everything they want because they believe Hogan
will bring them more and more success. Sting witnessed this first hand in a
company known back then as WCW. He saw Hogan destroy what he, Ric Flair and
countless others had spent years building. He will not allow him to do the same
thing to TNA. Jeff Hardy interrupts and says one of the main things he was
looking forward to when he signed with TNA was meeting and wrestling Sting. He
said he used to look up to Sting. “You were an Icon man, everything I dreamed I
could be. I thought you were awesome. What happened?” Sting cuts him off and
calls him scum, saying he sees himself in Jeff but not Sting as he is now. The
Sting he’s ashamed of from back in the day. The selfish Sting, that’s what he
sees in Jeff Hardy. Hardy retorts by saying whilst meeting Sting and finding
out the person he really was, was a let-down he still dreams of wrestling such
a legend so he’s out here to find out if they can make Jeff Hardy vs. Sting a
reality at Slammiversary. Sting accepts, and promises to teach Jeff a lesson.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Slammiversary</u></b></div>
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</span></span></span>Knockouts Tag Team Championships: Hamada and
Sarita © vs. MsChif and Tara vs. The Beautiful People vs. ODB and Sara Del Rey</div>
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A chaotic Knockouts match comes to an end when Sarita
destroys MsChif on the outside and spears Tara into the barricade. Acting like a
woman possessed she then climbs back in the ring and hits her version of the
Tiger Driver on ODB before Hamada finishes her off with a Moonsault to get the
pinfall victory. Sarita and Hamada celebrate but are attacked by Tara and
MsChif. The four ladies brawl around ringside and then backstage. The Beautiful
People choose just to get out of the danger zone as quickly as possible leaving
just ODB and Sara Del Rey in the ring. Del Rey helps ODB back to her feet but
then kicks her in the gut and hits her with the Royal Butterfly.</div>
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</span></span></span>X-Division Championship: Frankie Kazarian © vs.
Rob Van Dam</div>
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Kazarian seems to have the match in hand and is going for
Fade to Black when Mr. Anderson comes through the crowd and distracts him. This
allows RVD to roll him up and win the Championship! Kazarian is furious and
attacks Anderson but RVD comes to his aid and both men throw Kazarian out of
the ring. Kazarian calls for backup which brings out Beer Money and Christopher
Daniels. The four men get the upper hand until Generation Me come down and even
the odds which leads to…</div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Beer Money and Christopher Daniels (w/ Frankie
Kazarian) d. Generation Me and Mr. Anderson (w/ Rob Van Dam)</div>
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Kazarian and RVD remain at ringside, occasionally becoming
involved in proceedings. Generation Me seem to have the match in hand with
Robert Roode almost out on his feet. At this point though Kazarian hops up on
the apron to distract the referee. He is taken out by a combination of Anderson
and RVD but the distraction allows James Storm to smash a beer bottle over the
head of Max Buck. He then clotheslines Jeremy Buck out of the ring while
Daniels takes out Anderson allowing Roode to pin Max when the referee’s
attention returns to the ring earning Beer Money and Daniels the victory.
Post-match the four members of Fortune celebrate that victory but commiserate
Kazarian on his loss.</div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Jeff Hardy vs. Sting</div>
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Midway through the match Fortune come down to ringside with
the intention of helping Sting but Sting calls them off telling them, “I have
to beat him on my own”. Later on Jeff goes for a Swanton Bomb but Sting gets
his knees up. Hardy, hurt, staggers backwards into Sting who hits a snap
Scorpion Death Drop but at 2.9 Jeff gets his foot on the ropes. Sting picks
Jeff up and goes for it again but this time Jeff fights out and hits a
snapmare. He goes for a dropkick on the seated Sting but Sting catches his feet
and locks in the Scorpion Deathlock causing Jeff to tap out.</div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>TNA Tag Team Championships: Motor City Machine
Guns © vs. British Invasion</div>
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Sabin and Magnus are the legal men but all four men are in
the ring fighting. Shelley goes for Sliced Bread #2 on Williams but as he gets
to the top rope Williams throws him to the outside. Sabin is punching Magnus in
the corner but Williams comes to his partner’s aid and hits the Chaos Theory on
Sabin. Magnus hops to the top rope and hits an elbow drop to pick up the win,
and the Championships, for British Invasion.</div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Knockouts Championship: Awesome Kong © vs.
Alissa Flash</div>
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Midway through the match Daffney comes down to ringside
which distracts Alissa and allows Kong to take advantage. Daffney stays at
ringside to cheer Alissa on. Once Flash regains her composure she continues to
fight against Kong despite Kong’s power. Flash refuses to stay down but
eventually Kong hits the Implant Buster but Flash kicks out! Kong picks her up
again but Flash fights out of it this time, she lands on her feet and reverses
an attempted Lariat into a Crucifix Bomb. She then shows off power of her own
as she hits a German Suplex on Kong. She picks her up and goes for the Air Raid
Crash but she can’t get Kong up for it. Kong hits her with a spinning backfist
and goes for the Awesome Bomb but Alissa turns it into a facebuster. She stands
up and hits a sick looking Curb Stomp which gives her the three count and the
Championship. Daffney immediately jumps into the ring and hugs Alissa. Her
smile fades slightly as Alissa raises the Championship and celebrates her
victory. She recovers though and applauds Alissa and walks to the back with
her, raising her arm as they reach the top of the ramp.</div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>No Holds Barred: Samoa Joe vs. The Pope</div>
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Both men throw everything at each other in a brutally
violent match. The finish comes when Pope sets up six chairs in their seated
position in the centre of the ring – three on either side, facing each other.
He then lifts Joe to the top rope and goes for a Superplex but Joe slips
through his legs and crotches Pope on the top rope. He pulls Pope down so Pope is
hanging down in a Tree of Woe. Joe retrieves a chair and wedges it under the
bottom rope in front of Pope’s face and then goes for his patented Facewash,
hitting Pope with the chair in the process. Joe props a lifeless Pope up onto
the top rope and hits a Muscle Buster through the chairs in the ring. He then
pins Pope for the victory.</div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Jeff Jarrett vs. Kurt Angle</div>
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After a typically back and forth Jarrett/Angle match, Angle
has Jarrett in the Anklelock but Jarrett rolls through and causes Angle to his
head off an earlier exposed turnbuckle allowing Jarrett to hit The Stroke and
pick up the win.</div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">9)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>TNA World Heavyweight Championship Match: AJ
Styles © vs. Desmond Wolfe</div>
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Wolfe puts in his best performance to date in this match and
towards the end he has AJ in a headlock, AJ pushes him off and drops to the
canvas, Wolfe bounces of the ropes but holds on as AJ dropkicks mid-air. Wolfe
picks AJ up with a deadlift German for a near fall. He switches into the London
Dungeon but AJ makes it to the ropes. He pops AJ on the top rope and goes for
the Tower of London but AJ fights out and kicks him away before jumping from
the turnbuckle with a springboard forearm. Both men recover to their feet and
exchange blows until AJ hits a discus forearm sending Desmond towards the
ropes, he uses his momentum to rebound off the ropes and goes for his
Jawbreaker Lariat but AJ ducks and hits a Pele Kick. AJ picks Wolfe up and goes
for the Stylesclash. He hits it and the referee counts but Desmond kicks out at
2.9! AJ is shocked. He picks Wolfe up and goes for it again but Desmond kicks
his way free and hits a huge lariat. He covers AJ but AJ kicks out. Both men
slowly get to their feet, just beating the count of ten. AJ goes for another
Pele but this time Desmond gets out of the way, he attempts a lariat but AJ
ducks and Wolfe takes out the referee. Wolfe checks on the referee and this
momentary hesitation allows AJ to hit him with an Enzuigiri but Wolfe once
again uses his momentum and this time connects with the Jawbreaker Lariat.
There is no referee though so Wolfe tries to revive him, when he turns around
he finds a guitar smashed over his head by Jeff Jarrett. Jeff disposes of the
evidence and pulls AJ on top of Wolfe. The referee recovers and counts the
victory for AJ.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Impact’s between
Slammiversary and Victory Road</u></b></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>AJ comes out to celebrate his victory with
Fortune. He talks about how he is the greatest wrestler on the planet when all
of a sudden he is interrupted by unfamiliar (to any non-New Japan fans) music.
Out waltzes Shinsuke Nakamura. He comes down to the ring, strokes AJ’s World
Heavyweight Championship and simply says “Victory Road”. Nakamura walks off and
AJ just stands there speechless. The following Impact’s have video packages
showcasing Nakamura and his history in Japan. Particularly focusing on his IWGP
Heavyweight Championship wins and his matches against stars recognisable by
North American fans such as The Great Muta, Brock Lesnar and Kurt Angle. <br />
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</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Impact
Main Event, TNA World Tag Team Championships: British Invasion © d. Motor City
Machine Guns.</b> A referee distraction allows Williams to low blow Sabin and
small package him to retain the Championships. Post-match British Invasion beat
down the Guns until Desmond Wolfe and Kurt Angle make the save. Angle gets on
the microphone and challenges British Invasion to a Championship match citing
his and Wolfe’s previous victories over the Englishmen. The Guns aren’t done
yet though and once they have recovered they themselves demand another match
with the British Invasion. Hogan comes out and makes next week’s main event a
#1 Contenders Match between Wolfe/Angle & The Guns.<br />
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</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Impact
Main Event, #1 Contenders Match: Desmond Wolfe and Kurt Angle d. Motor City
Machine Guns. </b>Wolfe and Angle pick up the win with a Lariat assisted German
Suplex combination.</div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>The Guns are clearly devastated after their
match but Hogan comes out and says they shouldn’t be too upset because he has
decided that after their great tag team title run they are the team he wants to
represent TNA in an International Challenge match at Victory Road. He says as
evidenced by last week’s announcement it is clear that TNA’s and New Japan’s relationship is
going from strength to strength. In that vein at Victory Road the Motor City
Machine Guns will face off against… Apollo 55.<br />
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Impact
Main Event: Masato Tanaka and Shinsuke Nakamura d. AJ Styles and Frankie
Kazarian</b>. Nakamura and Tanaka are in firm control when Fortune try to
interfere, the referee clears them from ringside but as he is doing so Daniels
slips in the other side of the ring, he goes to attack Nakamura but is met by
Nakamura’s infamous straight right punch which knocks him out and sends him to
the floor. The momentary distraction allows Kazarian to take advantage but
Nakamura catches him with a straight right too and then hits the Landslide for
the victory.<br />
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</span></span></span>Sting comes out and talks about not just beating
Jeff Hardy but humiliating him, making him tap out and showing how full of it
he is. Sting says he hopes Jeff takes his ball and goes home because he doesn’t
belong here. Jeff comes out and runs Sting down, he asks for a rematch but
Sting just laughs. He says he proved at Slammiversary that he is better than
Jeff. He doesn’t have to do it again. Jeff Jarrett slides into the ring behind
Jeff and when Hardy turns in frustration at Sting’s answer, Jarrett smashes him
in the head with a guitar. Sting bends down to Hardy’s lifeless body and
screams at him to leave TNA for good.<br />
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>A week later Hardy comes out and calls out Sting
and Jarrett. Hardy says he is sick of these old-timers, incapable of accepting
change and accepting that their time is gone. He challenges Jarrett and Sting
to a tag team match at Victory Road. Before they can answer RVD attacks Jarrett
from behind while Hardy attacks Sting. They take both men down and position
them in the ring. Both Hardy and RVD ascend to the top ready to go for their
respective top rope finishers but Jarrett and Sting recover to roll out of the
ring and retreat.<br />
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>ODB comes out and says she offered Sara Del Rey
a chance at the big time and how was she repaid? By being attacked by her own
tag team partner. She challenges Sara to a match at Victory Road. Sara accepts.<br />
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Daffney approaches Alissa backstage and says she
knows things haven’t been great between them recently but she wants a chance at
the Knockouts Championship and she knows Alissa can make it happen. Alissa
looks a little uneasy but says she’ll have a word with Hulk Hogan, Daffney hugs
her.<br />
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Hulk Hogan comes down to the ring for an
announcement regarding the Knockouts Championship. He invites out Alissa Flash.
Flash comes down to the ring but before Hogan can continue, Daffney comes down
to the ring as well. Hogan is momentarily distracted but nevertheless continues
and announces that “at Victory Road it will be Alissa Flash, defending her
Knockouts Championship against Daffney [Daffney smiles] AND Awesome Kong in a
three-way dance [Daffney’s face drops]”. She walks out of the ring without
another word as Alissa shouts after her to come back.</div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Tara and MsChif attack Hamada and Sarita
backstage leaving both women unconscious.</div>
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</span></span></span>Two weeks later Hamada and Sarita come out to
the ring and demand a match against Tara and MsChif, right here, right now.
Tara and MsChif come out and say they are prepared to fight but not here, and
not now. They name the time, Victory Road, and say they’ll only do it if Hamada
and Sarita put their Championships on the line. Hamada and Sarita agree and we
are later informed that Hogan has ratified the match.</div>
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</span></span></span>Hogan announces a five-on-five tag for Victory
Road as he attempts to teach Fortune a lesson. It will be Beer Money, Daniels,
Kaz and Joe vs. Hogan’s handpicked team of Gen Me, Anderson, Pope and a mystery
partner who will not be revealed until the match itself happens.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Victory Road</u></b></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Beer Money, Christopher Daniels, Frankie
Kazarian and Samoa Joe d. Generation Me, Mr Anderson, Rhino and The Pope</div>
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Rhino is the last member of Pope’s team to come out and
starts by hitting a Gore on Daniels and Kazarian. He tries to give Joe the same
treatment but Joe knees him in the face. After that the action breaks down into
a regular tag team match. The end comes when Rhino goes for a Gore on Roode but
Roode moves and Storm superkicks him. They hit Rhino with the DWI and pick up
the pinfall victory while the other team members provide defence against
anybody trying to break the pin up.</div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Sara Del Rey d. ODB</div>
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Del Rey wins a hard hitting match clean after hitting ODB
with the Royal Butterfly. After the match Del Rey brutally destroys ODB ending
with trapping ODB’s ankle in a chair, climbing to the top rope and jumping down
to stamp on the chair, breaking ODB’s ankle.</div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Jeff Hardy and Rob Van Dam vs. Jeff Jarrett and
Sting</div>
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The match comes to an end when RVD is going for a Frog
Splash on Sting. Jarrett crotches him on the top rope so Hardy clotheslines
Jarrett over the top rope. He and RVD then double team Sting allowing RVD to
hit Rolling Thunder and tag Hardy in who hits a Swanton Bomb for the win.</div>
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</span></span></span>Knockouts Tag Team Championship: Hamada and
Sarita © vs. MsChif and Tara</div>
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A back and forth match comes to an end when Sarita hits a
Tiger Driver on Tara. MsChif tries to get in the ring and the referee comes
across to stop her. Sarita tags in Hamada who hits the Moonsault and goes for
the pin. The referee turns around but orders Hamada out of the ring having not
seen the tag. The confusion allows MsChif to drag Tara across the ring and tag
herself in, in plain sight of the referee. She then attacks starts brawling
with Sarita. Hamada tries to get back in but the referee forces her to go to
the outside. The distraction though has allowed MsChif to spray green mist in
Sarita’s face. She knocks Hamada off the apron and then hits a blinded Sarita
with the Desecrator and pins her for the Tag Team Championships.</div>
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</span></span></span>International Challenge Match: Apollo 55 vs.
Motor City Machine Guns</div>
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The two teams, having wrestled over the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight
Championship several times previously, show intimate knowledge of one another
all match. Eventually the match breaks down and the Guns get several near
falls, including one following Sabin hitting Cradleshock on Devitt at the same
time as Shelley hit an Air Raid Crash on Taguchi. Taguchi kicked out though.
The Guns go for an Electric Chair Drop combined with a Super Sliced Bread on
Taguchi but Devitt breaks it up. He takes Shelley out to the outside and hits a
Brainbuster on the floor. He gets back in the ring and combines with Taguchi to
hit the Black Hole Vacation on Sabin for the victory.</div>
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</span></span></span>Knockouts Championship: Alissa Flash © vs.
Awesome Kong vs. Daffney</div>
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Alissa and Daffney team up several times in the match to
combat the size and threat of Kong. Eventually though it turns into every woman
for herself. Later on Flash hits Kong with an Air Raid Crash but before she can
go for the pin Daffney disposes of her to the outside and goes to pin Kong
herself. Kong kicks out at 2. Daffney is clearly devastated and starts
screaming. Kong recovers to her feet and charges at Daffney who manages to roll
through and counter into a single leg Boston Crab. Kong manages to roll over
and push Daffney off with her feet. She recovers to a seated position but
Daffney bounces straight off the ropes and hits a Shining Wizard. She then
locks in a Fujiwara Armbar – one of her tag partner Flash’s signature
manoeuvres – on Kong. Just as it looks like Kong might tap Alissa rolls back
into the ring and locks in a Kondo Clutch on Daffney. The move forces Daffney
to relinquish the hold she had on Kong and eventually causes her to tap out as
Alissa retains her Championship.</div>
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</span></span></span>TNA World Tag Team Championship: British
Invasion © vs. Desmond Wolfe and Kurt Angle</div>
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Wolfe and Angle showcase their enhanced skills as a tag team
as they perform as a well-oiled machine. Nevertheless, Magnus and Williams are
firmly in control of Wolfe until he gets the hot tag. Angle comes in and cleans
house with lariats and punches before hitting multiple German Suplex’s. He
pulls down the straps and stalks Williams. He goes for the Angle Slam but
Williams slips out and runs Angle chest first into the turnbuckle before
hitting him with the Chaos Theory complete with a bridging pin. Wolfe manages
to break it up at the count of two though. Magnus gets back in and he and Wolfe
trade forearms until Wolfe rebounds off the ropes and hits a Jawbreaker Lariat.
In this time Angle and Williams continued fighting until Angle got the upper
hand. With Williams out on his feet Wolfe and Angle hit their double team
finisher, a Lariat assisted German Suplex. Somehow, though, Williams manages to
kick out. Angle and Wolfe are shocked. Angle tags Wolfe officially back into
the match and the referee finally gets Angle to go to the outside. He’s pulled
off the apron by Magnus who beats him down on the outside. Magnus grabs a steel
chair and tries to get in the ring to attack Wolfe with it. The referee stops
him but while his attention is on Magnus it allows Jeff Jarrett to come through
the crowd and slide into the ring to hit Wolfe with a guitar. This allows
Williams to cover Wolfe and when the referee turns around, he counts to three
allowing British Invasion to retain the Tag Team Championships. </div>
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</span></span></span>TNA World Heavyweight Championship: AJ Styles ©
vs. Shinsuke Nakamura</div>
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In a contest that is more than twenty minutes old both men
have thrown everything at each other. AJ picks Nakamura up for the Stylesclash
but Shinsuke kicks his way free, Styles tries to grab Nakamura but gets a
straight right punch for his troubles. With AJ on shaky legs Nakamura senses
his opportunity and goes for a Boma Ye but Styles ducks and then hits a Pele
Kick. Both men are down but eventually AJ recovers to his feet, picks Nakamura
up for the Stylesclash and hits it. Nakamura kicks out though! AJ is shocked
but now has Nakamura exactly where he wants him. Nakamura is still down and in
the very middle of the ring. AJ goes to the outside looking for the Springboard
450 Splash only for Nakamura to get his knees up. This allows Nakamura to
recover and get to his feet. As AJ gets back to his knees Nakamura runs at him
and hits a Boma Ye but AJ kicks out at 2.9. Nakamura looks exasperated but then
has a moment of clarity. He picks AJ up and sets him up for Landslide but AJ
manages to roll through and pick Shinsuke up for the Stylesclash. Knowing that
didn’t get the job done earlier, AJ goes to the top and hits the Spiral Tap to
retain the Championship.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Impact’s been
Victory Road and Hardcore Justice:</u></b></div>
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</span></span></span>Kurt Angle and Desmond Wolfe come out and demand
that Jeff Jarrett comes down to the ring and explains his actions from last
night. Jarrett is not forthcoming so instead Hogan comes out and makes
tonight’s main event Desmond Wolfe and Kurt Angle versus Jeff Jarrett and the
World Champion, AJ Styles.</div>
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</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Impact
Main Event: AJ Styles and Jeff Jarrett d. Desmond Wolfe and Kurt Angle</b></div>
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</span></span></span>AJ and Jarrett win after a boatload of
interference. After the match Angle gets on the microphone calling Fortune
cowards and scumbags. AJ says you can call him a lot of things but a coward is
not one of them. Angle challenges him to a World Title match at Hardcore
Justice. AJ accepts. Hogan joins everybody at ringside and says since this is
Hardcore Justice every match will have a stipulation. He says AJ vs. Angle will
be a Submissions Count Anywhere match. AJ is fuming.<br />
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</span></span></span>Wolfe comes out the next week and says he is
sick of Jeff Jarrett. He cost him the World Title at Slammiversary and then,
when Wolfe was distracted from his original plan of making Jarrett pay by a Tag
Team Championship match, Jarrett cost him that too. He’s sick of it and he
wants to fight him right now. Jarrett comes out and explains why he did what he
did at Victory Road and Slammiversary. He says Wolfe is supremely talented but
the problem is as soon as something better comes along Wolfe will be gone. If
somebody else offers him more money, he will leave TNA high and dry. Jarrett
says it’s painful enough when anyone does that but when a Champion does that it
makes it worse than ever. Wolfe says that’s not who he is and he could have
proven his loyalty to Jeff if only Jarrett had come to him first. But now it’s
too late and Jarrett will pay for what he has done. Wolfe climbs out of the
ring and heads up the ramp towards Jarrett who runs for his life.<br />
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</span></span></span>Over the next couple of weeks Wolfe keeps trying
to get his hands on Jarrett who just keeps running away. Eventually Hogan makes
the match for Hardcore Justice: Wolfe vs. Jarrett in a Steel Cage match where
you can only win by pinfall or submission.<br />
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Kazarian comes out and demands his rematch for
“his X-Division Championship”. RVD comes out and accepts. He talks about how
ECW paved the way for shows like Hardcore Justice and how he was a big part of
ECW’s success. He wants the match at the PPV to be a Ladder Match. Kazarian
agrees and says that is the single biggest mistake of RVD’s career.<br />
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</span></span></span>Alissa comes out and calls out Daffney, she says
she hasn’t been answering her calls and hopes Daffney isn’t holding what
happened at Victory Road against her. Alissa says it was all about the Championship
and she isn’t upset about Daffney trying to take advantage of her taking out
Kong. Daffney still doesn’t appear though and as Alissa goes to leave, Kong’s
music hits. Kong says she never got a one-on-one rematch and she wasn’t the one
who tapped in last night’s triple threat so she wants to face Flash one more time
for the Knockouts Title. Flash says she’s down for that but in the spirit of
making their last match a definitive answer to who the better woman is, let’s
make it two out of three falls. <br />
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Alissa finds Daffney backstage and says she
knows things have been weird between them recently but she wants to fix that.
She asks Daffney to be her tag partner again so they can get the rematch they
never had, despite the Championships having changed hands since. Daffney agrees
as long as Alissa promises that she won’t be too focused on her Knockouts
Championship match with Kong to care about their Tag Title match. Alissa says
she has plenty of focus for both because they are both important to her.
Daffney agrees and they go off to find Hulk Hogan.<br />
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</span></span></span>Later on it is announced that Hogan has granted
Alissa and Daffney the rematch he had promised them when they got things back
on track, it is also announced as a Street Fight. This leads to Sarita and
Hamada bursting into Hogan’s office and saying they were screwed at Victory Road
and they haven’t received their rematch yet. They want to know why Alissa and
Daffney have jumped to the front of the queue. Hogan says they’ll get their
turn but this month is Alissa and Daffney’s shot. They’ve waited a long time
for their tag title rematch and are, as such, first in line. Sarita isn’t happy
but she and Hamada accept Hulk’s decision before promising they’ll get to Tara
and MsChif at some point, whether they have the tag belts or not.<br />
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</span></span></span>Daniels and Joe come out to talk about how
they’ve been bitter opponents for most of their careers but they’ve enjoyed
teaming together recently and now want to go after the Tag Titles. They are
interrupted though by Mr. Anderson and The Pope. Pope demands a match at
Hardcore Justice. Daniels says “Are you guys not sick of losing yet”. More
jibes like this occur until Anderson blows his top and takes out Joe and
Daniels with a chair. He tells Pope to set up a table. Pope is reticent but
finally does so. He helps Anderson place Daniels on a table and Anderson hits
the Kenton Bomb through the table. Anderson picks up the mic and asks a
lifeless Daniels “Who’s the joke now?”<br />
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Beer Money come out and call out Generation Me.
They say they know they’ve made their lives a bit miserable recently but
they’ve actually really enjoyed their battles against Gen Me and think of them
as a great tag team. They challenge them to a first-time two-on-two encounter
at Hardcore Justice. Gen Me accept. It is later announced that this match will
take place under Tornado Tag Rules.<br />
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Hulk Hogan announces that the British Invasion
will defend their Tag Team Titles at Hardcore Justice against the Motor City
Machine Guns. Magnus and Williams come out and complain that the Guns don’t
deserve a title shot. They lost the titles to them, lost the rematch, lost to
Angle and Wolfe and then lost to Apollo 55. Hogan reminds Williams and Magnus
of how the Guns rematch for the Tag Titles went down and how British Invasion
cheated their ways to victory. He says he’s sick of their complaining, the match
is set and as punishment for their whining he’s going to allow the Guns to pick
the stipulation. A promo from the Guns later on reveals that they’ve chosen to
have an Ultimate X match.<br />
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</span></span></span>Jeff Hardy comes out and talks about beating
Sting in the tag match at Victory Road. He says he is better than Sting and
he’s going to prove it. He talks about Sting “letting down TNA the same way he
let down WCW”. This brings Sting down to the ring and the two men brawl before
being separated by security. This occurs on several Impact’s until Hogan makes
the match official. Hardy/Sting II: No Holds Barred.<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Hardcore Justice:</u></b></div>
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</span></span></span>X-Division Championship Ladder Match: Rob Van
Dam © d. Frankie Kazarian</div>
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Towards the end of the match both men are fighting atop the
ladder and RVD gets the upper hand, managing to kick Kazarian off and to the
canvas. Instead of going for the title though he stands on the top and hits a
Five Star Frog Splash onto Kazarian below. He then gets back to his feet,
readjusts the ladder and climbs to the top to pull down the Championship.</div>
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</span></span></span>Knockouts Championship, Two out of Three Falls
Match: Alissa Flash © d. Awesome Kong</div>
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Both women throw everything at each other but we’re over
twelve minutes in when Kong goes for an Awesome Bomb only for Flash to reverse
into a hurricanrana pin and pick up the first fall. Later on Flash finds
herself in trouble on the top rope as Kong goes for a Superplex. Alissa fights
out though and kicks Kong off the top rope. She stands up and goes for a diving
hurricanrana in homage to her tag team partner Daffney but Kong holds on and
hits an Awesome Bomb to pick up a pinfall and level the match at one fall
apiece. The final fall is dramatic with both women clearly exhausted after such
a hard fought match. Kong picks Flash up looking for the Implant Buster but
Alissa kicks her way free. Kong runs at her but she uses her legs to scissor
Kong to the floor. She locks on the Kondo Clutch and gets Kong to tap! Alissa
wins the match by 2 falls to 1 and retains her Championship but what shape will
she be in for her tag match later?</div>
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</span></span></span>Tables Match: Christopher Daniels and Samoa Joe d.
The Pope and Mr. Anderson</div>
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After several near misses, Daniels and Joe set up a table in
the ring. They beat Pope down and place him on the table. Anderson tries to
break this up but is mercilessly beaten down by Joe. Joe then holds Pope in
place and Daniels hits a Best Moonsault Ever on Pope through a table to pick up
the win for Fortune.</div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Tornado Tag Rules: Beer Money vs. Generation Me</div>
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An absolutely crazy match comes to an end when Storm goes
for a Superkick that Max Buck catches allowing Jeremy Buck to hit a Superkick
of his own. Roode runs towards them, beer bottle in hand, but is caught by a
double Superkick. Gen Me then hit More Bang For Your Buck on Storm and pick up
the upset win.</div>
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</span></span></span>Street Fight for the Knockouts Tag Team
Championship: MsChif and Tara © vs. Alissa Flash and Daffney</div>
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Alissa and Daffney work well through the entire match but
Alissa is clearly drained from her match with Kong earlier in the night.
Eventually MsChif takes Alissa out of the equation by tackling her from the
ring apron through a table on the floor. This allows MsChif and Tara to isolate
Daffney in the ring. Eventually MsChif puts her out of her misery by hitting
the Desecrator for the victory. After the match Tara pulls Alissa into the ring
and starts beating her down but Hamada and Sarita run out to make the save.
They brawl with Tara and MsChif through the crowd and out of sight. Daffney
slowly gets back to her feet and helps Alissa to her feet. She picks up
Alissa’s Knockouts Championship and hands it to her before raising her partners
hand. Both women are crying as they embrace in the centre of the ring. When
Alissa pulls away Daffney hits her with her single leg version of the
Codebreaker known as Daff Knee. She rolls out of the ring, gets a steel chair
and proceeds to beat the living daylights out of Alissa with it. When she’s
done she throws the chair down, picks up the Knockouts Championship, looks at
it and then throws it down on top of Alissa before spitting on her and leaving.</div>
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</span></span></span>TNA World Tag Team Championship, Ultimate X:
British Invasion © d. Motor City Machine Guns</div>
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Despite Ultimate X massively favouring the Guns, the British
Invasion more than hold their own and in the closing stages have actually
managed to take Sabin completely out of the match leaving them with a 2-on-1
advantage. Williams and Shelley find themselves both at the centre of the
structure, exchanging punches and occasionally trying to grab the Championships.
Eventually Williams notices that Magnus is just behind them so hits a Cutter on
Shelley taking them both down from the structure and allowing Magnus to
retrieve the Tag Titles.</div>
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</span></span></span>Steel Cage Match: Desmond Wolfe vs. Jeff Jarrett</div>
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A brutal, physical match comes to an end when Jarrett sets
Wolfe up for The Stroke but Wolfe pulls him into a short-arm Lariat (nowadays
known as The Rainmaker). He then picks Jarrett up and sets him up for a Tower
of London before locking in the London Dungeon and making Jarrett tap out.
After the match as Wolfe is celebrating Jarrett gets back to his feet, stands
behind Wolfe and pulls him around aggressively so that Wolfe is facing him.
Desmond is ready to continue the fight but Jarrett offers him his hand saying
(without a mic but audibly) “That was fantastic, congratulations”. Wolfe looks
somewhat perplexed but tentatively shakes Jarrett’s hand. Jarrett then applauds
Wolfe and leaves the ring leaving Wolfe even more confused.</div>
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</span></span></span>No Holds Barred Match: Jeff Hardy vs. Sting</div>
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Jeff wins after a Twist of Fate on top of a pile of steel
chairs in a match that saw both men brutalise each other with weapons from
start to finish.</div>
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</span></span></span>Submissions Count Anywhere Match for the TNA
World Heavyweight Championship: AJ Styles © vs. Kurt Angle</div>
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The match goes all over the arena but ends up back in the
ring with Angle locking the Anklelock in on AJ but AJ reverses it into a Figure
Four Leglock. Angle refuses to tap so AJ transitions into his version of the
Muta Lock. Angle still won’t tap and fights his way out, he goes for an Angle
Slam but AJ slips out and drags Angle down into a Fujiwara Armbar finally
getting Angle to tap out.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Impact’s between
Hardcore Justice and No Surrender</u></b></div>
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</span></span></span>Sarita and Hamada come down to the ring after a
frustrating month of being unable to get their hands on MsChif and Tara. They
talk about how Tara and MsChif continue to break the rules and say that their
rematch will have no rules to break because it will be No Holds Barred and not
only will they take back their Knockouts Tag Team Titles but they will end Tara
and MsChif’s terrorising of the Knockouts Division for good, and they’ll do it
for Taylor.</div>
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</span></span></span>Alissa Flash comes down to the ring and calls
out Daffney. Alissa is practically in tears and begs Daffney to explain what
she did last night. Daffney laughs and says she knew Alissa would be like this.
Alissa thinks Daffney turned her back on her. That’s not true, Alissa turned
her back on Daffney. She says Alissa promised she’d be focused on the Tag Title
match but no, she went to Hogan and got the Knockouts Championship match put on
the card first so that she’d be fresh for that and then if she wasn’t fresh for
their Tag Title rematch who cared, right? Alissa says she has nothing to do
with how the cards get put together. Daffney doesn’t believe her and says
Alissa was completely useless in their tag match, she says she let Daffney down
and not for the first time either. Remember when Alissa didn’t believe Daffney
and blamed her for the attack on Taylor Wilde because Daffney does. She says
Alissa disgusts her and with that she slaps Alissa. She slaps Alissa again
begging Alissa to fight back but Flash refuses and just leaves the ring.</div>
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</span></span></span>Backstage Hulk Hogan approaches Alissa to see if
she is alright, she claims she is until Hogan says he has made Alissa vs. Daffney
for No Surrender for the Knockouts Championship. Alissa is hugely distressed
saying she doesn’t want to fight her friend. Hogan says he thinks that
friendship was gone a long time ago and leaves Alissa who starts to sob.</div>
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</span></span></span>Over the next few weeks Daffney keeps attacking
Alissa and cutting promos saying how she will take what is most precious from
Flash – her Knockouts Championship. Alissa never fights back. On the final
Impact before No Surrender Daffney comes out after Alissa Flash has defeated
Madison Rayne, she gets on the mic and runs down Alissa once again, this time
though she goes a step too far and talks about Flash’s family leading to Alissa
finally snapping and beating the holy hell out of Daffney. She then challenges
Daffney to a first ever Last Woman Standing match. Later it is announced that
Hogan has approved the stipulation.</div>
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</span></span></span>Hulk Hogan announces a six-team gauntlet match
to determine the new #1 contenders to the Tag Team Titles. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Impact Main Event: Pope and Mr. Anderson d. Team Canada (Eric Young
& Petey Williams), Generation Me d. The Pope and Mr. Anderson, Generation
Me d. Christopher Daniels and Samoa Joe, Motor City Machine Guns d. Generation
Me, Beer Money d. Motor City Machine Guns.</b></div>
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</span></span></span>Beer Money call out British Invasion and say
they respect their talents but think they’re scumbags. Williams retorts saying
they could say the same for Beer Money. Roode interjects saying everything they
do, while it might not seem like it is the greatest thing in the world to do,
is for a bigger purpose. It’s to save TNA whilst Williams and Magnus are only
interested in themselves. British Invasion pretty much accept this and attack
Beer Money, saying they’ll see them at No Surrender.</div>
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</span></span></span>Generation Me call out the Motor City Machine
Guns. They say they enjoyed their mini match last week in the gauntlet but
point out they had already faced two teams by the time they faced the Guns.
They want to challenge themselves against one of the best tag teams in TNA
history when they’re both at 100%. They beat one of the best last month in Beer
Money, now it’s the Guns turn. Sabin and Shelley accept their challenge. Mike
Tenay later announces that Hogan has made the match official, with a #1
contenders stipulation added.</div>
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</span></span></span>After failing in last week’s gauntlet match with
his partner Samoa Joe, Daniels decides he wants another shot at the X-Division
Championship. He throws out a challenge to RVD. RVD accepts and says teaching
Fortune members a lesson is his favourite pastime. This leads to a brawl
between the two men before security separate them.</div>
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</span></span></span>AJ Styles comes out to the ring but before he
can speak, Desmond Wolfe walks down to the ring. He says he beat Jeff Jarrett
at Hardcore Justice and now he wants a match with AJ at No Surrender. He says
AJ screwed him at Slammiversary and he wants another shot. AJ says all he’s
heard since last night from Jeff is about how “we were wrong about Desmond, he
might be one of us”. He says he doesn’t quite buy it but he’s prepared to give
Wolfe a shot. Wolfe says AJ better not be trying to play mind games because he
doesn’t care so it’s a waste of time. Whatever AJ says, at No Surrender Wolfe
is going to give him the fight of his life.</div>
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</span></span></span>Hulk Hogan announces that Kurt Angle, despite
coming up short against AJ will get a chance to redeem himself at No Surrender
when he goes one-on-one with the man who beat Sting at Hardcore Justice, Jeff
Hardy. The winner will face either AJ Styles at Bound For Glory or Desmond
Wolfe and AJ Styles (as he would get his rematch) in a three-way at Bound For
Glory.</div>
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</span></span></span>Sara Del Rey accosts Hulk Hogan is his office.
She says she doesn’t appreciate being left off the Hardcore Justice card after
she obliterated ODB at Victory Road in one of the most dominant displays in
Knockouts history. Hogan says part of the reason Del Rey wasn’t on the Hardcore
Justice card was the fact that she brutalised ODB so badly post-match. He says
Del Rey must contain her rage to sanctioned contests and not allow it to spill
over into post-match attacks. He makes her agree to that and then says since
she thinks she is so dominant her next task will be to face the most dominant
female in Knockouts history – Awesome Kong. And it will be a #1 contenders
match – plenty of incentive to prove herself.</div>
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</span></span></span>Mr. Anderson is sitting backstage when The Pope
comes into the locker room. Anderson says he doesn’t think he can fight Fortune
any more. He says all he has done since he came here has been lose to Fortune
and he can’t take it any longer. Pope says he’s talking silly, this is a war
and until they are destroyed they will continue to fight. Pope stands up, holds
out his fist and says “For TNA”. Anderson bumps his fist on Pope’s and says
“For TNA”. They find Hogan and ask him for another shot against Daniels and
Joe. Hogan says Daniels is already facing RVD but he can give them Joe and any
member of Fortune – aside from Sting, who will not be medically cleared until
Bound For Glory after his brutal match with Jeff Hardy at Hardcore Justice –
that Pope and Anderson want to face. Pope suggests Joe and Jarrett since he blames
Jarrett for everything that has happened over the past nine months. Hogan says
he’ll make it happen.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>No Surrender</u></b></div>
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</span></span></span>#1 Contenders Match: Sara Del Rey d. Awesome
Kong</div>
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In what turns into a powerhouse battle Del Rey showcases her
strength several times by hitting huge moves on Kong. Eventually though Kong
has the upper hand and goes for the Awesome Bomb but Del Rey fights out and
hits a modified version of the Royal Butterfly (just a standard Butterfly
Suplex without the bit where she holds them in position on her thighs) for the
pin and the win.</div>
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</span></span></span>Jeff Jarrett and Samoa Joe d. The Pope and Mr.
Anderson</div>
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Fortune pick up the win when Joe hits the Muscle Buster on
Anderson. Post-match Anderson is almost in tears and has to be basically
dragged up the ramp by Pope.</div>
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</span></span></span>Knockouts Tag Team Championship, No
Disqualification: MsChif and Tara © vs. Hamada and Sarita</div>
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Both teams take full advantage of the lack of rules beating
the holy hell out of each other. Eventually it comes down to MsChif and Sarita.
Hamada has hit a Moonsault from the top rope to the outside on Tara through a
table and both of them are out of commission. Sarita and MsChif fight back and
forth but Sarita gets the upper hand and sets up a steel chair the way you
would if you were going to sit on it. She grabs MsChif and looks to hit the
Tiger Driver on the chair but MsChif fights out and sprays green mist in Sarita’s
eyes before hitting the Desecrator on the chair leading to the pinfall victory.</div>
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</span></span></span>#1 Contenders for the Tag Titles Match: Generation
Me vs. Motor City Machine Guns</div>
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Both teams get in plenty of offence in a back and forth
match with lots of tag team work and slightly lax tag team rules. Eventually
though Gen Me take Sabin out of the equation with three successive superkicks
followed by a double superkick. With Shelley isolated they beat him down before
hitting More Bang For Your Buck to become the #1 Contenders for the Tag Team Championships.</div>
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</span></span></span>X-Division Championship: Rob Van Dam © vs.
Christopher Daniels</div>
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The end of a thrilling X-Division match comes when RVD hits
a high thrust kick on Daniels before leaping to the top rope. He goes for the
Five Star Frog Splash but Daniels, playing possum, gets the knees up. When a
doubled over RVD recovers to a fully vertical position and turns around Daniels
kicks him in the gut and hits Angels Wings. He follows it up with the Best
Moonsault Ever to win the X-Division Championship for the first time in almost
four years.</div>
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</span></span></span>TNA World Tag Team Championships: British
Invasion © vs. Beer Money</div>
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There is cheating galore from both teams in this match and
the finish comes in a similar vein. After the referee is knocked down Storm
tries to spit beer in the eyes of Williams but he ducks and it hits Roode.
Roode then swings the beer bottle he had in his hand but accidentally takes out
Storm with it. Williams then hits the Chaos Theory on Roode into the smashed
glass. The referee recovers and counts the three allowing British Invasion to
retain the Tag Team Championship. Post-match Gen Me run out and lay British Invasion
out with Superkicks.</div>
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</span></span></span>Knockouts Championship, Last Woman Standing:
Alissa Flash © vs. Daffney</div>
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In a match that is somehow even more brutal than the
Knockouts Tag Championship match Flash and Daffney put each other through hell
in this encounter. Chairs, Kendo Sticks, Tables, Ladders are just a few of the
weapons utilised by the women but the finish finally comes when Alissa catches
Daffney when she goes for Daff Knee. Alissa turns it into a sit out Powerbomb
and the referee starts his count but Alissa isn’t done. She goes to the outside
and retrieves a Barbed Wire board from under the ring. Bringing it into the
ring she picks up Daffney, who spits in Alissa’s face. Alissa kicks Daffney in
the gut and hits the Kudo Driver onto the Barbed Wire Board. The referee counts
to ten and after a bloody war Alissa retains her Championship.</div>
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</span></span></span>#1 Contenders Match: Jeff Hardy vs. Kurt Angle</div>
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This contest comes to an end when Jeff goes for a Twist of
Fate but it is reversed by Angle into an Angle Slam. Unfortunately for Angle,
Jeff’s momentum and sub-conscious ring awareness allows him to roll out of the
ring to the floor. Angle gets and rolls Jeff back into the ring. He goes
straight for the Anklelock but Jeff is fighting hard, he makes it towards the
turnbuckle and rolls through causing Angle to go head first into the
turnbuckle. Jeff takes advantage and hits the Twist of Fate. He is clearly
still knocked a little loopy from the earlier Angle Slam as he struggles to the
top. He hits the Swanton Bomb though and the referee counts to three but Jeff
is out cold. And both men’s shoulders were down. The impact when Hardy hit the
Swanton Bomb and the fact that he was already still damaged from the earlier
Angle Slam meant he lay motionless as the referee counted both their shoulders
down for the three. The match is ruled a draw. When both men eventually recover
they want five more minutes but Hogan comes out and says the result is final
and he will spend tonight deciding what to do with regards to the #1
contendership and announce that decision tomorrow night on Impact.</div>
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</span></span></span>TNA World Heavyweight Championship: AJ Styles ©
vs. Desmond Wolfe</div>
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Fortune accompany AJ down to the ring but as he gets into
the ring Jarrett leads Fortune away from ringside and nods at Wolfe as he
leaves. The match starts with chain wrestling and continues with lots of
storytelling based on their match from Slammiversary. As we head into the
finishing stretch AJ is in command. He throws Wolfe into the corner and hits
his forearm smash, a dazed Wolfe almost falls out of the corner and AJ kicks
him in the stomach before going for a Stylesclash but Wolfe counters with a
back body drop but he needs to use the ropes to hold himself up. AJ charges but
Desmond ducks and AJ spills to the outside. Wolfe is still so exhausted from
the beating he has taken that he collapses again and the referee starts
counting AJ out. AJ makes it back into the ring at the count of 9, Tenay
remarks how strange it is that Styles wouldn’t take the count out defeat since
he would retain his Championship. Back in the ring AJ is first back to his feet
but he and Wolfe trade strikes. Eventually Styles goes for a lariat but Desmond
catches his arm and locks in the London Dungeon. Styles crawls towards the ropes
but as he’s just a fingertip away Wolfe drags him back to the centre of the ring,
the momentary release of pressure allows AJ to tie Desmond up into a small
package but Wolfe kicks out at 2. Wolfe goes for a lariat but AJ ducks and hits
the Pele Kick. He picks Desmond up and hits the Stylesclash but Wolfe kicks out
at 2. AJ recuperates quickly and goes to the top rope. Exhaustion plays a part
though and when he gets to the top Wolfe manages to fall towards the ropes and
shake them, knocking AJ off the top and crotching him atop the turnbuckle.
Wolfe recovers and goes for the Tower of London but AJ pushes him off, drops
from the turnbuckle and when Wolfe turns around he eats a discus forearm. With Wolfe
down AJ climbs to the apron and hits his Springboard 450 Splash, 1, 2…2.9 and
Wolfe kicks out! AJ can’t believe it. He queries it with the referee and then
just sits flabbergasted. Eventually he goes over and picks Wolfe up, looking
for another Stylesclash but Desmond fights out. AJ hits another discus forearm
but Wolfe rebounds off the ropes and hits a desperation Jawbreaker Lariat. He
falls on top of AJ, 1, 2…2.9! Now it’s AJ’s turn to kick out. Both men are down
but when they eventually make it back to their feet Desmond slaps AJ in the
face. Both men exchange slaps until AJ lands a brutal right hand that shakes
Desmond’s foundations. AJ picks him up and hits the Stylesclash BUT WOLFE KICKS
OUT AT 1! He gets back to his feet and slaps a dumbfounded AJ once again but AJ
kicks him in the gut and hits another Stylesclash before climbing the ropes and
hitting the Spiral Tap for the three count to win the match. Post-match all of
Fortune come out and surround the fallen warriors. Eventually AJ recovers and
hugs them all. As Desmond starts to recover in the middle of the circle all the
Fortune members and Jarrett applaud him. He gets back to his feet, clearly
dazed and AJ steps in from the circle – offering Desmond a handshake. Wolfe
slaps AJ’s hand away but then hugs him and raises AJ’s hand. Tenay and Taz
wonder if Wolfe has betrayed TNA and joined Fortune or if this is just two
warriors showing respect after a hard fought battle as the pay-per-view goes
off the air.<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Impact’s between No
Surrender and Bound For Glory</u></b></div>
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</span></span></span>Hulk Hogan comes out to address the controversy
surrounding the #1 contendership for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. He
says a result of the finish to the Jeff Hardy/Kurt Angle match last night he
has decided that on October 10<sup>th</sup> at Bound For Glory it will be AJ
Styles defending his TNA Heavyweight Championship of the World against the
Olympic Gold Medallist Kurt Angle AND the Charismatic Enigma Jeff Hardy!</div>
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</span></span></span>A four on four match is announced for Bound For
Glory with Sting, Samoa Joe, Jeff Jarrett and any partner of their choosing
taking on Mr. Anderson, RVD, Matt Morgan and The Pope.</div>
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</span></span></span>Later in the night Jeff Jarrett reveals the man
he’s chosen to join himself, Sting and Samoa Joe at Bound For Glory is Desmond
Wolfe. Wolfe comes out and shakes hands with Jarrett. This brings out Kurt
Angle who questions his friend and asks what on earth possessed him to join
“this prick”. He reminds Wolfe of everything Jarrett has cost him, how much he
has cost them. Wolfe says Angle needs to see the bigger picture. He says
everything Jarrett has been saying is true and he wants to fight for the best
TNA. He says he knows Angle isn’t one of Hogan’s people, just here to make
money out of other people’s hard work, with no care about the actual heart of
TNA or TNA itself. He wants Angle to become a part of their movement. Angle
refuses, says he’s disappointed in Wolfe and walks away.</div>
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</span></span></span>Backstage Pope gathers together the members of
his team for Bound For Glory and they are all very downtrodden, seemingly
expecting another defeat and being completely devoid of fight but Pope cuts a
very preacher-esque promo about how they have to be the force of change and
whilst they’ve lost seemingly every battle so far, they WILL win the war. This
fires the other three up and all four men seem in a positive frame of mind
heading into Bound For Glory. Even Anderson, who musters up a smile as Pope
leaves the room.</div>
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</span></span></span>Hogan cuts a promo backstage talking about the
worldwide expansion of TNA, he talks about their strong relationship with New
Japan Pro Wrestling and mentions that this is going to extend to other
companies too including CMLL who already have a strong working relationsip with New Japan.
In this vein Hogan announces a dream three-way match to determine the best
X-Division wrestler in the world when Christopher Daniels defends his
Championship against Japanese legend Jushin Thunder Liger and Mexican superstar
Mistico. Hogan says TNA is looking to continue its strong relationship with
these and other international entities and we can expect the announcements to
keep coming over the coming weeks and months.</div>
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</span></span></span>AJ Styles is in the ring and talking about Hulk
Hogan. He says Hogan is showing exactly what a scumbag he is. For the second
time in less than a year a #1 contenders match has ended inconclusively and
rather than doing the fair thing and having a rematch to decide the #1
contender he decides to stack the deck against AJ and make it a triple threat
match.</div>
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</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Impact
Main Event, All Star X-Division Match: </b>Team TNA (Alex Shelley, Chris Sabin
and Jay Lethal) vs. Team Rest of the World (Jushin Thunder Liger, Mistico and
Zack Sabre, Jr.)<br />
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</span></span></span>The Rest of the World team pick up the victory
when Mistico hits La Mistica on Chris Sabin to earn the submission victory.
This is pretty much just an exhibition match to familiarise the TNA audience
with the likes of Mistico and Zack Sabre, Jr.</div>
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</span></span></span>Hogan announces an 8-Man Ultimate X match for
Bound For Glory to determine the #1 contender to the X-Division Championship.
There will be four native TNA wrestlers (announced as Alex Shelley, Amazing
Red, Chris Sabin and Frankie Kazarian). Following his exploits in last week’s
Impact main event Pro Wrestling NOAH star Zack Sabre, Jr. is announced as the
fifth entrant into the match. The other three are all confirmed as “outside
talents” that will only be revealed when they make their entrances at Bound For
Glory.</div>
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</span></span></span>MsChif and Tara come down to the ring and talk
about putting to rest the ghosts of Hamada and Sarita and finally being able to
move on. Before they can continue Hamada and Sarita come down to the ring.
MsChif and Tara immediately bail and all of a sudden Hamada and Sarita are
attacked from behind by three people wearing hoodies. The hoods are pulled down
to reveal Saraya and Britani Knight along with their manager Rebecca Knox.
Saraya gets on the mic and talks about taking everything she has always
deserved and not waiting a day longer. She said her daughter becoming as good
as her convinced her that they needed to make an impact sooner rather than
later or Britani would be stuck wrestling in indies as long as she had. No
more. They continue to beat down Sarita and Hamada before leaving the ring.
Mike Tenay later announces that “Hamada and Sarita will take on the so-called
Knight Dynasty at Bound For Glory”.</div>
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</span></span></span>After Hamada and Sarita drove them out of the
ring earlier Tara and MsChif cut a promo backstage talking about their
dominance of the Knockouts Tag Team division and announce they will be throwing
out an open challenge at Bound For Glory, inviting any team to take them on and
lose to the two most dangerous women in the world.</div>
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</span></span></span>Sara Del Rey cuts a promo talking about how she
is a monster and at her first Bound For Glory she is going to take the
Knockouts Championship from around Alissa Flash’s waist. She says she is an
unstoppable force and at Bound For Glory Alissa will find that out. This brings
Alissa out who talks about everything she’s had to overcome in her time as
Knockouts Champion. From her tag partner turning on her and the absolute war she
endured at No Surrender to her battles with Awesome Kong. She says Del Rey is a
monster, she completely agrees but she’s starting to make a name as a monster
slayer and at Bound For Glory that legend will continue to grow.</div>
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</span></span></span>Generation Me talk about their fast growth since
their debut in TNA and how much being in the World Tag Team Title match at
Bound For Glory means to them. They talk about how big their victories against
Motor City and Beer Money were for them. They talk about how much they respect
those teams when they are interrupted by British Invasion. Doug Williams laughs
and calls the Buck’s “punks” saying they haven’t proven anything yet because
British Invasion have beaten all of those teams too and better yet, they did it
when there was gold on the line too. Magnus says Gen Me are good and maybe one
day they’ll even be Tag Team Champions but it will not be at Bound For Glory.</div>
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</span></span></span>Beer Money are in the ring and talk about the
fact that they don’t have a match at Bound For Glory. They wax lyrical about
how they are the greatest tag team in TNA history and are owed a spot on the
biggest show of the year. They challenge any team man enough to fight them to
come down to the ring now. All of a sudden out walk “Machine Gun” Karl Anderson
and Giant Bernard, the team known as Bad Intentions who are the IWGP Tag Team
Champions. They get in the ring and challenge Beer Money to a match at Bound
For Glory. Beer Money willingly accept, as long as Bad Intentions put their
Titles on the line. Bad Intentions agree but neither side wants to wait for
Bound For Glory and all four men brawl until Anderson hits the Gun Stun on
Storm. He and Bernard then hit the Giant Gun Stun on Roode before posing with
their Championships.</div>
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</span></span></span>A week later Bad Intentions have a warm up match
against two local jobbers. They beat them in less than thirty seconds. Not to
be outdone Beer Money face the same two jobbers themselves a week later and
beat them in rapid time too – though not quite as fast as Bad Intentions did.</div>
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</span></span></span>A contract signing ends the final Impact before
Bound For Glory with all three members of the World Heavyweight Championship
match in the ring. They all cut separate promos talking about their desire to
win the World Title. Angle talks about how it has been too long since he held
the title, Jeff says that it’s time for a change and AJ declares the title will
not leave Fortune because he can’t allow any one of Hogan’s cronies to get
their hands on the most important possession in TNA. All three men sign the
contract and then AJ cheap shot’s Jeff leading to a 3-man brawl that is still
going as Impact signs off. Tenay invites us to join them at Bound For Glory for
the biggest show in TNA’s history! <br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Bound For Glory</u></b></div>
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</span></span></span>Ultimate X, #1 Contenders Match: Alex Shelley
vs. Amazing Red vs. Chris Sabin vs. Dick Togo vs. Frankie Kazarian vs. Koji
Kanemoto vs. TAKA Michinoku vs. Zack Sabre, Jr. </div>
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After a fast-paced, high intensity match Koji Kanemoto
becomes the #1 contender by pulling down the contract hanging from the
structure.</div>
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</span></span></span>Hamada and Sarita vs. The Knight Dynasty (w/
Rebecca Knox)</div>
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The Knight Dynasty win a showcase match that basically is
put together to show the talent of Britani, Saraya and even the force Knox can
be at ringside. Hamada and Sarita still come out looking strong though but
Britani wins the match by hitting the Knight Light on Hamada.</div>
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</span></span></span>Open Challenge, Knockouts Tag Team Championship:
MsChif and Tara © vs. Awesome and Wilde (Awesome Kong and Taylor Wilde)</div>
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MsChif and Tara come out and cut a promo before inviting out
their “victims” for the evening. No-one appears and MsChif says “a wise choice”
before suggesting she and Tara can take the night off now. But all of a sudden
a familiar theme plays and Taylor Wilde comes down to the ringside area. She
hasn’t been seen since MsChif and Tara viciously took her out when they first
came onto the scene as a duo. Tara and MsChif laugh and question whether Taylor
had learned anything. When she goes 1-on-2 against the baddest women on the planet
she loses – badly. Taylor then says “Who says I’m going 1-on-2?” and with that
Awesome Kong’s music hits and both Tara and MsChif’s faces drop. The match
comes to an end when Tara and MsChif have control of Kong and are beating her
down but out of nowhere Taylor, who has been down on the outside for a while
after an extensive beating from Tara and MsChif, comes in the ring like a house
of fire. She takes out both Tara and MsChif by herself. In the meantime Kong
has recovered and she hits an Awesome Bomb on Tara whilst Taylor kicks MsChif’s
lifeless body out of the ring. Taylor tags herself in, climbs to the top rope and then onto Kong’s
shoulders before hitting a Frog Splash from Kong’s shoulders onto Tara and
pinning her to win the Knockouts Tag Team Titles for her and Kong.</div>
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</span></span></span>X-Divison Championship, Three Way Dance:
Christopher Daniels © vs. Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Mistico</div>
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A dream X-Division Match comes to an end when Mistico hits
La Mistica on Liger but it is broken up by Daniels hitting the Best Moonsault
Ever onto both men. He then picks Liger up and hits Angel’s Wings for the 1, 2,
3.</div>
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</span></span></span>Desmond Wolfe, Jeff Jarrett, Samoa Joe and Sting
vs. Matt Morgan, Mr. Anderson, Rob Van Dam and The Pope</div>
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As the match is reaching its conclusion Pope has been beaten
down for a long time in the ring but he manages to hit an enziguri on Jarrett.
Both men crawl towards their respective corners and Jarrett tags in Joe but as
Pope goes to tag in Anderson he drops off the apron. Pope is confused but then
RVD and Morgan drop down too. They leave the ringside area and walk up the ramp. As
RVD passes the camera he says, “We’re here”. Pope is completely alone and
eventually Joe beats him down, sets him up and hits the Muscle Buster for the win.</div>
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</span></span></span>IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship: Bad
Intentions © vs. Beer Money</div>
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end when Bad Intentions go for Magic Killer on Storm but Roode makes the save.
He hits a spinebuster on Bernard but gets caught with a Gun Stun from Anderson.
Anderson turns round into a Last Call Superkick from Storm who in turn is taken
out by a Big Boot from Bernard. All four men are down. They all recover at the same time
and start exchanging right hands. Anderson clotheslines Roode over the top rope
to the floor whilst Storm has the upper hand on Bernard leaning on the ropes at
the other side of the ring. Storm whips Bernard towards the centre but Bernard
reverses it and then whips Storm back into the ropes from which they came,
Storm rebounds straight into the Bad Intentions’ Giant Gun Stun. That gives
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and Del Rey throw everything at one another. We hit the finishing stretch with
Del Rey in charge. She keeps going for the Royal Butterfly but Flash keeps
fighting out. Meanwhile Flash has hit Del Rey with a lot of big moves including
the Curb Stomp but hasn’t attempted any of her finishing moves yet. Del Rey
puts the boots to Alissa and brags to the crowd about how she’s the most
dominant woman in the world. When she turns around she is met by a flurry of
forearms from Alissa who then hits the Air Raid Crash for a near fall. She
picks Sara up and goes for the Kudo Driver but Del Rey fights out. Both women
exchange a forearm that knocks both to the mat. Flash is back up first but her
attempted forearm is blocked and she takes a knee to the midsection before Del
Rey finally manages to hit the Royal Butterfly but NO! Alissa kicks out! Del
Rey can’t believe it, nobody kicks out of the Royal Butterfly! She starts to
lose her cool and threatens the referee. This allows Flash time to recover and
when Sara turns round she is caught by Alissa who transitions straight into the
Kondo Clutch. Del Rey looks like she may tap but finally manages to drag
herself to the ropes. Frustrated, Alissa picks Del Rey up and brings her
towards the turnbuckle. She is going for a top rope Air Raid Crash but Del Rey
fights out and hits a top rope Royal Butterfly. With that move the referee
counts three and Sara Del Rey is the new Knockouts Champion.</div>
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The Tag Team Championship match swings back and forth in a
tightly fought contest until British Invasion really take control with a
concentrated beat down of Max Buck. Eventually though Magnus gets sloppy and
shows off too much allowing Max sometime to recover and when Magnus picks him
up Max pushes him off and hits a superkick. He makes the diving tag to Jeremy
who comes in and takes both members of British Invasion down with repeated
kicks, forearms and leg lariats. Eventually though the numbers game catches up
with him and British Invasion take charge again. Williams sends Magnus to the
top rope to prepare for the Elbow Drop and goes for the Chaos Theory on Jeremy
but Jeremy manages to break the grip in the German Suplex portion of the move
and lands on his feet! With Williams prone Max – who has climbed to the top
rope - hits a frog splash on Williams. Magnus jumps down from the top rope but is
greeted with a double superkick and he falls out of the ring. With Gen Me alone
with Williams they wait for him to recover then catch him with a double
superkick before picking him up and hitting More Bang For Your Buck to pick up
the win and the Tag Team Championships.</div>
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The match goes in typical triple threat fashion but with the
three men working in plenty of three person spots as well keeping the match
fresh. Eventually it comes down to just AJ and Angle with Jeff on the outside.
AJ goes for the Pele Kick but Angle catches it and tries to lock in the
Anklelock, before he can though AJ rolls through towards the turnbuckle. Angle
sees this coming after it happened just a month earlier against Hardy and blocks the turnbuckle impact
with his hands. He turns round and ducks an attempted forearm from AJ before
pulling AJ back by the tights and going for an Angle Slam. AJ rolls through
with an arm drag though and both men have the same idea, hitting each other with a clothesline. With all three men down the action stops but then all of a sudden
Hulk Hogan’s music hits. He comes down to the ring and looks at a downed AJ.
Tenay implores Hogan not to compromise his values just to get the title off AJ,
despite all the stuff he has pulled. Hogan picks up one of his crutches and
looks like he’s going to hit AJ but all of a sudden Fortune and Jarrett rush
the ring, positioning themselves between Hogan and AJ. Hogan begs off into the
corner but from behind Fortune come Morgan, RVD, Anderson and – to the surprise
of everyone – Rhino and The British Invasion. They attack Fortune with chairs as Hogan
stands and watches. They batter Fortune back up the stage and to the back using
the weapons as a means of evening up the fight against the superior numbers
that Fortune have. AJ and Angle are both starting to recover and Hogan goes to
hit AJ with the crutch but Jeff Hardy grabs it out of his hand from behind.
Hardy says “Not this way Hulk…” and with that Hardy smashes the crutch over AJ’s
back. He then does the same to Angle. Hardy then picks up Angle and hits the Twist
of Fate and the stunned referee who has totally lost control of the contest,
slowly counts the pinfall. Jeff demands that he award him the World Title. He
holds it above his head and screams “IMMORTAL – FOREVER” as Hogan hugs him and
the other members (Morgan, Anderson, Rhino, RVD and British Invasion) make their way
to the ring to celebrate with the new Champion.</div>
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So there we have it. Easily the longest article in the
history of the Rebooking Series standing at over 20,000 words in length (longer
than my University dissertation) but still, there is no reason why it has taken
me and Jonathon a whole year to write this. But circumstances and life as well
as a lack of motivation at times meant it has indeed taken us that long.</div>
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I hope you agree it was worth the wait though. This was the
hardest thing we’ve ever booked because booking a whole company requires a lot
more effort, time and planning than one angle does. And booking it for an
entire ten months as well was deeply draining.</div>
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Me and Jonathon are in the process of writing a couple of
more Rebooking Series articles at the minute and although I can promise there
won’t be as long between Part VIII and Part IX as there was between Part VII
and Part VIII I won’t be silly enough to give a timescale as I’ve been
promising this was close to release for about six months now – I feel like
George R. R. Martin in terms of promise breaking. There is also the small
matter of a slightly different, WCW related product we are currently working on
that hopefully will be in public view before long.</div>
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Until then though we hope you enjoyed the long overdue Part
VIII of the Rebooking Series. We welcome any comments whether they be positive
or negative and you can follow me (@watadam20) and Jonathon (@JLAspey) on
twitter for updates on future articles and projects as well as plenty of other
inane wrestling related drivel.</div>
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We start on January 4th with what was billed as a dream match as "The King of Strong Style" Shinsuke Nakamura faced off against "The Phenomenal One" AJ Styles for Nakamura's IWGP Intercontinental Championship. My expectations for this match were actually so high that I thought they may be insurmountable for AJ and Nakamura - I had no reason to be concerned. For the second year in a row Nakamura stole the show at the Tokyo Dome and showed why he was the top man in New Japan. Maybe not in terms of booking or titles but Nakamura was the star of the show. <br />
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The match itself was fantastic. With no prior history to work with it was like watching two artists painting on a blank canvas. It started out slow as both men jockeyed for position and grappled with one another for control. The match eventually sped up and both men went for their trademark finishing moves but were easily dismissed. AJ did his Bullet Club pose and "shot" at Shinsuke who caught the imaginary bullet in his hand and ate it. The crowd ate it up, as did I. AJ hit a picture perfect dropkick and I swear one of these days he's going to get such good rotation that he will actually land on his feet. Shinsuke took control of the next portion of the match but AJ, who it was well known was suffering from back injuries at this time, feigned a back injury - the referee forced Nakamura to retreat to a neutral corner and AJ took advantage, dominating the match after this. AJ focused his attack on the neck of Nakamura, weakening him for the Hollow Point, Bloody Sunday and/or Styles Clash. Shinsuke fought back and his focus was clearly AJ's back. Some amazing sequences followed including one where AJ went for the Styles Clash but Nakamura attempted to counter with a Back Body Drop only for AJ to re-counter into the Calf Killer. The match just kept getting better and better. Shinsuke hit a Boma Ye but AJ kicked out and then hit a Boma Ye of his own. AJ hit a 450 Splash but Nakamura kicked out in a great near fall. Shinsuke caught AJ coming in with his patented Flying Cross Armbreaker, eventually AJ managed to pick Nakamura up whilst still in the hold and hit a Styles Clash but Shinsuke kicked out again! He hit Bloody Sunday and then looked like he was going for a top rope Styles Clash but Nakamura reversed and hit a top rope Landslide. He followed it up with two consecutive Boma Ye's for the pin and the victory. Post-match both men bumped fists and showed respect to one another. <br />
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There's not much more I can say about this. It's two of the best wrestlers on the planet right now going up against each other and creating an absolute masterpiece. A truly special match and I can't think of two people more deserving of getting the big break they have got in the WWE than these guys. Magic.<br />
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2) Dean Ambrose vs. Kevin Owens, Last Man Standing Match, Intercontinental Championship – Royal Rumble<br />
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One of the most heated WWE rivalries of the past six months came to a violent end in Orlando, Florida at the 2016 Royal Rumble event as "The Lunatic Fringe" Dean Ambrose defended his Intercontinental Championship in a Last Man Standing match against the man he defeated for the belt last year "The Prizefighter" Kevin Owens. I love both of these guys and their work but if I'm being honest I hadn't been overly enamoured with any of their previous meetings so my expectations were not particularly high for this one. But with Royal Rumble fever in my belly and a pub full of rabid wrestling fans at The Southfield in Middlesbrough my anticipation heightened. These two did not disappoint.<br />
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The match was a brutal affair that saw these two open the Royal Rumble pay-per-view with an almighty bang. We started out with a lot of brawling with both men launching attacks at the other. Eventually Owens took control and started dominating Ambrose with chops to the chest. Ambrose turned the tables on Owens though with a chop of his own and took control. Owens rolled to the outside in an attempt to slow Ambrose's momentum but without delay Ambrose hit a tope suicida to the outside knocking Owens over the announce table. He threw Owens into the steep steps and then brought a Singapore Cane into the equation beating Kevin mercilessly with it. Owens rolled to the outside and Ambrose followed but when he swung the cane Owens ducked and hit a Superkick knocking Ambrose towards the ringside barricades. He then hit a Cannonball on Ambrose, breaking the aforementioned barricade in the process. <br />
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Owens set about gaining a measure of revenge by beating Ambrose down with the same cane Ambrose had beaten him with, eventually breaking it in half deliberately and using the splintered edges to stab Ambrose in the chest with. Clearly bored with the cane Owens decided to introduce some steel chairs into the match, beating Ambrose down with one and setting two more up in the ring. Owens tried to put Ambrose through the chairs but Ambrose fought out and hit Owens with the Nigel. Some back and forth followed until Owens tried to put Ambrose through the chairs again but once again Dean fought out and went for the Nigel a second time. This time though Owens put a stop to it with a swift kick to the mid-section. Owens went for a powerbomb through the chairs, thinking third time might be the charm but Dean hit a Back Body Drop sending Owens crashing through the chairs. <br />
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This allowed Ambrose time to recover but he made a mistake by going for another tope suicida and Owens took full advantage, catching him before ramming him into the ring apron and then repeatedly throwing him into the steel steps. He then sets up two tables one on top of another outside the ring before going to the top rope and attempting to Superplex Ambrose through. Ambrose fought out though eventually launching a chair which caught itself around Kevin's neck. Ambrose punched the stuck chair into Owens' face a few times before launching into a Violence Party on Kevin. Owens eventually fought back with a Superkick before throwing Dean off the ropes going for his patented Pop-Up Powerbomb but Dean turned it into a hurricanrana before swiftly hitting Dirty Deeds. Owens made it back to his feet though so Ambrose hit Dirty Deeds this time onto a steel chair but Owens rolled out of the ring and used his momentum to get up before the count of ten in a clever moment. Dean set up yet another table outside of the ring and hit a Diving Elbow Drop from the top rope sending a prone Owens through the table. <br />
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Somehow Owens beat the count of ten again so Ambrose continued the all out assault with some more chairs. He set up a table inside the ring this time before heading up top for an attempted Superplex but Owens reversed it and hit a Spinning Fisherman Suplex on Ambrose through the table. Ambrose makes it up but Owens hits a Pop-Up Powerbomb. Ambrose again makes it up before the count which Owens can't believe. He builds a contraption of roughly six steel chair in the centre of the ring before lying Ambrose on them and heading up for what appears to be a Moonsault attempt but Ambrose recovers and pushes him off the top to the outside through the earlier set up two-high tables. This time there is no recovering and Ambrose picks up the win, retaining his Championship in the process. <br />
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A great match with some great psychology and selling despite the amount of punishment that the two men continued to get up from. It didn't feel like they overdid it but they also didn't sell short the violence and brutality of the feud and match. It was really well done and everything I hoped it would be.<br />
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3) reDRagon (Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly) vs. The Kingdom (Adam Cole & Michael Bennett) vs. The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson), Philadelphia Street Fight – ROH Wrestling (16th January)<br />
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This match is not a particularly story driven one or something with a great deal of hatred to it. This is just a fun match. The Young Bucks, The Kingdom and reDRagon - three of the premier teams in ROH took each other on in a Street Fight. This match was crazy from top to bottom and I'm not going to try to recap it in the usual way. More just hit the high points.<br />
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The Bucks attacked reDRagon as they were walking through the curtain and then hit a Superkick on the third member of The Kingdom - Matt Taven, who was on crutches in the ring. Adam Cole set up a chair in the ring, sat Matt Jackson down it, ran the ropes a few times and then put on a chinlock. I love it when Cole does that but this may be my all-time favourite version of the over elaborate chinlock. Nick Jackson accidentally superkicks play-by-play announcer Kevin Kelly as his commentary colleague "Mr. Wrestling 3" screams "SUPERKICK!" at the top of his lungs (I feel like I've heard someone else say that before. The Young Bucks attempt to start a Superkick Party with Michael Bennett the unassuming host. They sit him down on a chair and complete him with a party hat but before they can give out the presents of Superkicks Maria got in the ring and low blowed both Jackson brothers. Bennett looked to take advantage with the chair but AJ Styles grabbed it from him and hit him with it. Nick Jackson seems conflicted but eventually aids Matt in hitting Maria with a Meltzer Driver. The Bucks and Styles then hit their Fatality Combination on Bennet for the pin and the win.<br />
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Like I said earlier, there isn't a great psychology to this match, it's not built on a story (whether self-contained for the match or part of a longer terms feud) but it a fun way to spend 15-20 minutes of your life. And that's something pro wrestling isn't often enough - fun. It was a fantastic match and well deserving of its position in this top five.<br />
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4) Adam Cole & Jay Lethal vs. reDRagon (Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly) – ROH Wrestling (30th January)<br />
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The next match in our countdown of the Top 5 matches from January also comes from Ring of Honor, three of the four members of this match also starred in the previous match but this is a completely different beast of a match. ROH are building towards the 14th Anniversary Show which will star as its main event ROH World Champion Jay Lethal defending his Championship against his tag team partner in this match - Adam Cole & one half of his opponents in this match reDRagon's Kyle O'Reilly.<br />
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As the match starts O'Reilly wants his hands on Cole, Lethal tags him in but Cole tags straight back out showing no desire to face off with O'Reilly. The initial portion of the match saw reDRagon showcasing their superior tag team skills by cutting the ring in half and wearing Lethal down as Cole looked very reticent to get involved. Cole eventually did tag in and Lethal took advantage of a distraction to throw Fish into the barricade. After this Cole and Lethal dominated but they weren't without their problems as Cole found the time to taunt his own tag partner in Lethal. Eventually Fish got the hot tag and O'Reilly came in like a house of fire. He beat both Cole and Lethal down before applying the Cross Armbreaker to Lethal but Cole broke it up. Lethal and Cole double teamed O'Reilly until O'Reilly low bridged the top rope which sent Cole to the floor and allowed Fish to spear him into the barricade. <br />
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reDRagon then took control of Lethal in the ring with a series of their infamous tag team combinations. Lethal fights out though and pushes O'Reilly into Fish before Cole hits a bicycle kick on O'Reilly. Lethal and Cole then hit a Superkick assisted Lethal Combination followed by a Shining Wizard for a near fall. Lethal follows up with Hail to the King for another near fall. Lethal and Fish fight back and forth until both men are down. O'Reilly and Cole both get tagged in and we finally get those two heated rivals one-on-one. Lethal and Fish get back in which results in a flurry of moves which included O'Reilly destroying Lethal with the Nigel only to be nailed with a Superkick from Cole. Cole tried to hit Fish with a Superkick too but was unsuccesful and was handed an Exploder into the corner by Fish. With all four men still in the ring Lethal eventually hits a Superkick on O'Reilly and goes for the Lethal Injection but Fish throws Cole into this own tag partner knocking Kyle out of the way and Lethal accidentally takes out Cole unknowingly before being taken out by Fish and O'Reilly. reDRagon then hit Chasing the Dragon on a lifeless Cole to pick up the big win.<br />
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This match was not only great fun to watch but it set up the story for the big Three-Way Dance main event for the 14th Anniversary Show. It also stuck to my rule that tag teams should always beat singles wrestlers (no matter how good the singles guys are) in tag team matches. There was everything you could want in a wrestling match here, it built - slowly but surely - from a slow-paced match to a frenzied one, it had long-term storytelling as well as ring psychology and to boot it was just fun to watch. Great stuff, although I would expect no less from these four.<br />
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5) Naomichi Marufuji vs. Takashi Sugiura, GHC Heavyweight Championship – Great Voyage in Yokohama<br />
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Now to the final match on our list but don't think that it's an average one because it's not. Pro Wrestling NOAH - in my eyes at least - is the best it has been in years. In fact the booking of the company at the moment (and, yes, I do know who is running things right now) is light years ahead of how NJPW is booked. I know it's not perfect but they are making a solid effort of things. The main storyline over the past year has been how New Japan native Minoru Suzuki has invaded NOAH with his group Suzuki-gun. They have dominated and destroyed NOAH at almost every turn and Suzuki had a good, long reign with the belt. At the final big show of 2015 Suzuki-gun's reign of terror seemed to be near an end. First Taiji Ishimori won the GHC Jr. Heavyweight Championship from Suzuki-gun's Taichi then Marufuji unseated the group's leader Minoru Suzuki as the GHC Heavyweight Champion. It seemed to be a perfect night for the NOAH fans and wrestlers - even though Yoshinobu Kanemaru had betrayed NOAH and joined Suzuki-gun - until long-time fan favourite Takashi Sugiura who had been fighting with NOAH every step of the way in their attempts to end Suzuki-gun turned on his home promotion and joined forces with Suzuki-gun. His jealousy towards Marufuji and the fact that Marufuji always seemed to end up being the hero of NOAH made Sugiura snap and turn his back on his own. That led to this match where, in his first defence, Marufuji put his title on the line against his former friend.<br />
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In the tour shows building towards this match Marufuji had almost punished Takashi for turning his back on NOAH by chopping him viciously at every opportunity. That meant Sugiura's chest was a tapestry of destruction heading into this match and sure enough it took about 90 seconds for a Marufuji chop to open those scabs up again and Sugiura's chest was bloody once more. The match from then on was your stereotypical Pro Wrestling NOAH main event. Very story heavy, less move heavy - which I've always liked and it's a style that Marufuji really established within the company when he first had his run on top. Unfortunately the New Japan influence has been quite clear in one aspect of NOAH, the over-done-to-death very un-traditional not-Japanese like interference and ref bumps. This, once again, plagued a title match at the top of a Japanese promotion. After all the interference Sugiura eventually got the referee back into play and hit Marufuji with the Olympic Yosen Slam to pick up the win and end Marufuji's short run as Champion.<br />
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Suzuki-gun do their typical post-match heel stuff, beating on ringside attendants and Marafuji. Suzuki also holds up a Pro Wrestling NOAH flag before laying it on the floor and stepping all over it. There is a quite nice moment where Shuhei Taniguchi and Go Shiozaki come out to Marufuji's aid. Shiozaki returned to NOAH in November after deserting the company for All Japan. He has been met with distrust and hatred from most of the locker room. His only supposed friend - Kanemaru - turned on him earlier this evening although his old partner Taniguchi came to his side. Since November he has tried to regain acceptance back into NOAH and finally Marufuji shakes Shiozaki's hand, accepting him back into the fold. Marufuji is clearly still devastated though and hands Taniguchi the NOAH flag almost saying "I have failed, it's someone else's turn" and if NOAH decide that Taniguchi is that man and not Katsuhiko Nakajima I will be furious - but why Nakajima should be the one to dethrone Sugiura is a whole different article.<br />
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The match was good - could have been great had it not been for the outside interference dragging things down, but it feels like I've said that about almost every Japanese match in the past three years. The post-match stuff was really special too and NOAH could really go places if they build on this. Overall though it was just a really good match that deserved its place on this list.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13945426347756957700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6665898632418051769.post-91998189340630872982016-01-24T19:52:00.003+00:002016-04-16T11:56:37.921+01:00Top 50 Matches - The 2015 Edition<div style="text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">It's almost February of 2016 now so that means we're nearly a month late for my annual edition of the Best Matches of the year. 2015 was on the whole a good year for pro
wrestling and the overall match quality was damned good too. There were many matches I
absolutely loved that didn’t make the cut for the Top 50 which puts into
perspective how good the Top 50 matches were, which is something I seem to remember saying last year. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Life meant I may have watched less pro wrestling this year <span style="font-family: inherit;">than in previous years</span>. I still caught every episode of NXT, ROH and Lucha Underground<span style="font-family: inherit;"> but</span> I saw very little of Monday Night RAW past May this year, very little Smackdown period and no Impact Wrestling was watched after <span style="font-family: inherit;">April (my will was finally broken)</span>. I did catch every WWE PPV though, saw every ROH PPV and special event as well as every PWG event and most of the big NJPW shows. I saw less SHIMMER than ever before though, not catching a single show this year. <span style="font-family: inherit;">I<span style="font-family: inherit;">'ve also placed an asterisk next to <span style="font-family: inherit;">the two matches from NXT Takeover: London that made it into the list as I was (than<span style="font-family: inherit;">kfully) there to wit<span style="font-family: inherit;">ness that show live which I always think lends itself to overrating.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">This year was the best year women have had since I started the list with their highest position to date (11th) and 5 matches in the top 50 - all of which are in the top 30. I'm also really, really happy that Jimmy Jacobs' retirement match made it on to the list. It was a really emotional match for me and although it was far from a five star classic in the ring, it was a fabulous match in my eyes because of what it meant to me. For a while I thought it was going to fall out of the Top 50 but as the year came to a close it managed to hang on, just.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">As per usual I feel the need to remind you guys that the date range for this list was anything that aired
between the 1<sup>st</sup> January 2014 and the 31<sup>st</sup> December 2015.
So, for example, PWG’s All Star Weekend shows which were taped in December 201<span style="font-family: inherit;">5</span> haven't been released on DVD yet and therefore will be considered for the 2016 list instead of
this one. With the formalities out of the way, here is the list:</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><u>Best Matches of 2015: </u></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">1) Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kota Ibushi, IWGP
Intercontinental Championship – Wrestle Kingdom 9<br />
2) Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena vs. Seth Rollins, WWE
World Heavyweight Championship – Royal Rumble<br />
3) Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shinsuke Nakamura, G1 Climax
Final – G1 Climax: Day 19<br />4) Andrew Everett, Biff Busick and Trevor Lee vs.
Mount Rushmore 2.0 (Super Dragon and The Young Bucks [Matt and Nick Jackson]),
Guerrilla Warfare Match – Battle of Los Angeles: Stage Two<br />5)<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-synthesis: weight style; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span>reDRagon (Bobby Fish and Kyle O’Reilly) vs. The
Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson), ROH World Tag Team Championship – 13<sup>th</sup>
Anniversary Show<br />6)<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-synthesis: weight style; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span>AJ Styles vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi, A Block Match –
G1 Climax: Day 17<br />7)<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-synthesis: weight style; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span>Kevin Owens vs. Finn Balor, NXT Championship –
Beast In The East<br />8)<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-synthesis: weight style; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span>Jay Lethal vs. AJ Styles, ROH World Championship
– Final Battle<br />9)<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-synthesis: weight style; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span>Kazuchika Okada vs. Shinsuke Nakamura, B Block
Match – G1 Climax: Day 18<br />10)<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-synthesis: weight style; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span>Jay Briscoe vs. Jay Lethal, ROH World
Championship, ROH World Television Championship – Best in the World<br />11)<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-synthesis: weight style; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span>Sasha Banks vs. Bayley, NXT Women’s Championship
– NXT Takeover: Brooklyn<br />12)<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-synthesis: weight style; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span>Adam Cole vs. AJ Styles – War of the Worlds:
Night One<br />13)<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-synthesis: weight style; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span>Bayley vs. Sasha Banks, Ironman Match, NXT
Women’s Championship – NXT Takeover: Respect<br />14)<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-synthesis: weight style; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span>Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Roderick Strong – War of
the Worlds: Night Two <br />15)<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-synthesis: weight style; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span>Adam Cole vs. Kyle O’Reilly – Final Battle<br />16)<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-synthesis: weight style; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span>Roderick Strong vs. Mike Bailey, PWG World
Championship – Mystery Vortex III: Rock & Shock The Nation<br />17)<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-synthesis: weight style; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span>John Cena vs. Kevin Owens – Elimination Chamber<br />18)<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-synthesis: weight style; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span>Roderick Strong vs. Zack Sabre, Jr., PWG World
Championship – Don’t Sweat The Technique<br />19)<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-synthesis: weight style; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span>AJ Styles vs. Kota Ibushi, A Block – G1 Climax:
Day 5<br />20)<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-synthesis: weight style; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span>Finn Balor vs. Samoa Joe, NXT Championship – NXT
Takeover: London*<br />21)<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-synthesis: weight style; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span>Jay Lethal vs. Roderick Strong, ROH World
Television Championship – ROH Wrestling (21<sup>st</sup> November)<br />22)<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-synthesis: weight style; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span>Sasha Banks vs. Becky Lynch, NXT Women’s
Championship – NXT Takeover: Unstoppable<br />23)<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-synthesis: weight style; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span>Ethan Carter III vs. Rockstar Spud – Impact
Wrestling (13<sup>th</sup> March)<br />24)<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-synthesis: weight style; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span>Bullet Club (AJ Styles, Doc Gallows, Karl
Anderson and The Young Bucks [Matt and Nick Jackson]) vs. Team ROH (The Briscoe
Brothers [Jay and Mark], Roderick Strong and War Machine [Hanson and Raymond
Rowe]) – Global Wars<br />25)<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-synthesis: weight style; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span>Bullet Club (AJ Styles and The Young Bucks [Matt
and Nick Jackson]) vs. CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada and Roppongi Vice [Baretta and
Rocky Romero]) – ROH Wrestling (20<sup>th</sup> June)<br />26)<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-synthesis: weight style; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span>Jay Lethal vs. Roderick Strong, ROH World
Championship – ROH Wrestling (5<sup>th</sup> September)<br />27)<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-synthesis: weight style; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span>Charlotte vs. Bayley vs. Becky Lynch vs. Sasha
Banks, NXT Women’s Championship – NXT Takeover: RIVAL <br />28)<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-synthesis: weight style; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span>Kyle O’Reilly vs. Roderick Strong – Winter Warriors
Tour: Atlanta<br />29)<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-synthesis: weight style; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span>Ricochet vs. Zack Sabre, Jr., 2015 Battle of Los
Angeles 1<sup>st</sup> Round Match – Battle of Los Angeles: Stage Two<br />30)<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-synthesis: weight style; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span>Bayley vs. Nia Jax, NXT Women’s Championship –
NXT Takeover: London<span style="font-family: inherit;">*</span><br />31)<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-synthesis: weight style; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span>Bullet Club (AJ Styles and The Young Bucks [Matt
and Nick Jackson]) vs. Team ROH (ACH, Cedric Alexander and Matt Sydal) – ROH
Wrestling (14<sup>th</sup> February)<br />32)<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-synthesis: weight style; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span>Kazuchika Okada vs. Roderick Strong – Field of
Honor<br />33)<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-synthesis: weight style; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span>Katsuyori Shibata vs. Kazushi Sakuraba –
Dominion 7.5<br />34)<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-synthesis: weight style; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span>KUSHIDA vs. Kyle O’Reilly, Best of the Super Jr.
Final – Best of the Super Jr. XXII, Day 13<br />35)<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-synthesis: weight style; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span>Andrew Everett and Trevor Lee vs. The Young
Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson), PWG World Tag Team Championship - Mystery Vortex
III: Rock & Shock The Nation<br />36)<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-synthesis: weight style; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span>Prince Puma vs. Mil Muertes, Lucha Underground
Championship – Lucha Underground: Ultima Lucha: Part Two (5<sup>th</sup>
August)<br />37)<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-synthesis: weight style; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span>Jay Lethal vs. Kyle O’Reilly, ROH World
Television Championship – Conquest Tour: Hopkins<br />38)<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-synthesis: weight style; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span>Roderick Strong vs. Shinsuke Nakamura – ROH
Wrestling (20<sup>th</sup> June)<br />39)<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-synthesis: weight style; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span>KUSHIDA vs. Roderick Strong – War of the Worlds:
Night One<br />40)<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-synthesis: weight style; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span>Drew Galloway vs. Mike Bailey, 2015 Battle of
Los Angeles 1st Round Match – Battle of Los Angeles: Stage Two<br />41)<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-synthesis: weight style; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span>Jay Lethal and Shinsuke Nakamura vs. reDRagon
(Bobby Fish and Kyle O’Reilly) – Field of Honor<br />42)<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-synthesis: weight style; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span>AJ Styles vs. Kazuchika Okada, IWGP Heavyweight
Championship – Dominion 7.5<br />43)<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-synthesis: weight style; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span>Seth Rollins vs. Dean Ambrose vs. Randy Orton
vs. Roman Reigns, WWE World Heavyweight Championship – Payback<br />44)<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-synthesis: weight style; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span>Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kota Ibushi, A Block – G1
Climax: Day One<br />45)<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-synthesis: weight style; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span>Kota Ibushi vs. Tetsuya Naito, New Japan Cup:
Semi-Final – New Japan Cup: Day Seven<br />46)<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-synthesis: weight style; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span>Buddy Murphy and Wesley Blake vs. The
Vaudevillians (Aiden English and Simon Gotch), NXT Tag Team Championship – NXT
Takeover: Brooklyn<br />47)<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-synthesis: weight style; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span>Pentagon, Jr. vs. Vampiro, Cero Miedo - Lucha
Underground: Ultima Lucha: Part Two (5<sup>th</sup> August)<br />48)<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-synthesis: weight style; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span>Monster Mafia (Ethan Page and Josh Alexander)
vs. The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) – From Out Of Nowhere <br />49)<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-synthesis: weight style; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span>Michael Elgin vs. Moose vs. Roderick Strong –
Best in the World<br />
<span style="line-height: 115%;">50) BJ Whitmer vs. Jimmy Jacobs, No Disqualification
Match – Supercard of Honor IX</span></span></span></div>
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It was a tough one this year. TNA had a horrendous year and
I actually stopped watching them full-time for the first time since I started
watching sometime in 2005. WWE had a pretty appalling year too and RAW’s have
become impossible to sit through, now I just read the review of the show and
anything that appeals to me I track down and watch, still catch the PPV’s
though. And New Japan’s over reliance on Okada and Tanahashi combined with the
undercard not impressing as much as usual meant they weren’t in the running
either. So that left it down to three promotions who did have a good 2015: Ring
of Honor, Lucha Underground and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla. Starting with PWG they
really picked up as the year went on and produced some stellar shows
culminating in the fantastic three-night event, the 2015 Battle of Los Angeles.
The tournament was booked fantastically and Stage Two was one of the best shows
of the year. They look like they’re carrying it on into 2016 too with both All
Star Weekend 11 shows (they’re released in 2016 so I’m counting them as 2016
shows) look amazing, and I’m sure that will continue with Lëmmy and Bowie. But
they didn’t quite do enough to win the award this year. Lucha Underground had a
magnificent first season, and honestly I can’t wait for season two to kick off
on Wednesday. I was a bit of a latecomer to Lucha Underground, watching Ultima
Lucha at the insistence of a good friend of mine and I never looked back. I
blasted through the rest of the first season in chronological order and it was
truly great stuff. A bit of a slow start that really picked up once we got to
Aztec Warfare and after that it was just great show after great show. With
stars like Pentagon, Jr., Mil Muertes and Johnny Mundo I know they can carry it
on into season two but season one just wasn’t quite enough to beat ROH to
promotion of the year. ROH had an incredible 2015 from top to bottom. The
company introduced new stars such as Donovan Dijak and the infamous Dalton
Castle, they built further on the likes of Moose and Silas Young, they made
changes where necessary like for Cedric Alexander and they made stars of the
likes of Bobby Fish and Kyle O’Reilly. It truly felt like they did something
fantastic in 2015. It helped that they had somebody like Jay Lethal who had a career
year on top of the company for the best part of the year. Not everything was
perfect but it was pretty damn close and they unequivocally win promotion of
the year, let’s just hope they can carry it on 2016.</div>
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This one is usually the hardest category to decide but this
year it was rather easy. There were two other contenders for this award but
they were fairly distant runners-up, they have had fantastic years though and
they both deserve a mention. We’ll start with someone I never, ever thought I’d
consider for this award – Roderick Strong. I’ve always loved Roddy, in between
the ropes there are few more fluid competitors but his character, or lack
thereof, and less than passable mic skills have always been his kryptonite.
Something changed this year though, particularly in PWG, Roddy has developed
this “douche-bro” character of his and taken it to another level. Aside from
having great match after great match he’s one of the most over heels in 2015.
The formation of Mount Rushmore 2.0 only served to elevate his character
further and he’s actually cutting good promos too. I wouldn’t rely on him to go
out there and deliver a twenty-minute Punk-esque soliloquy but he can cut a
good promo. The story PWG put him on was perfect as well, they delivered the
classic “Always the bridesmaid” story perfectly and him winning the belt and
his subsequent title run has been all the better for it. Speaking of stories
that brings me to our second runner up, and marks a first for me – the first
time I’ve ever considered a female performer for the ‘Superstar of the Year’
award. However, NXT has helped to raise the profile of so many female athletes
over the past eighteen months or so it has been fantastic. Finally, a somewhat
mainstream wrestling programme that takes its female athletes seriously!
Honestly, in June I’d have been hard pressed to take this award away from Sasha
Banks but toiling in obscurity for the past five to six months has really hurt
her cause. And in the end she was surpassed by the one member of the Horsewomen
not to make it to the main roster – isn’t that ironic – Bayley. Bayley has had
a fantastic year, she has developed more in the ring and the story that was
told, chronicling her rise from still a little naïve in the Fatal-4-Way for the
title at NXT Takeover: RIVAL and in her encounters with Emma to the girl who,
whilst still lovable and little sister-like, was a more grizzled competitor
that led her to victories over Emma, over Charlotte, over Becky Lynch and
culminated in that triumphant, tremendous encounter between her and then NXT
Women’s Champion Sasha Banks in Brooklyn that saw Bayley finally win the big
one. It even extended further and showed the ruthless side of Bayley when she
beat Sasha in the first ever female Ironman match at the next Takeover as she
stomped on the back of Sasha’s head in the dying seconds to get the final and
decisive fall. They still showed the lovable, pure babyface side of Bayley too
though as evidenced by her defence against Nia Jax in London. I was there live
and the pure, raw emotion every time Bayley re-cinched in that guillotine choke
was palpable. It’s been one hell of a journey and in any other year Bayley
might have done enough to win this award. This year however, there was only one
winner, the man who single handedly dominated ROH throughout 2015, Jay Lethal.
To put into context how surprised I am to be writing Jay Lethal as Superstar of
the Year I’ll tell you a little bit about what I’ve thought of him throughout
his career. He was a forgettable member of a forgettable stable in my early
days of watching ROH, he grew into Samoa Joe’s protégé but was still not all
that interesting. In TNA he was just another X-Division guy, good in the ring
but pretty bland otherwise. When he returned to ROH I was pretty upset when he
beat El Generico for the Television Title. He was still bland but inoffensive.
When he started getting his push towards Kevin Steen and the World Title I was
so against it. Here’s this bland, nothing babyface, and at the Anniversary
Show, I was convinced he was going to beat Steen for the belt. Thankfully he didn’t,
although it was an amazing match. Then in April 2014 something changed, Lethal turned
heel and joined the greatest manager in the business today not named Paul
Heyman – Truth Martini. At first I was intrigued – at least it was something fresh
– after a while though Lethal became the most entertaining thing on most shows
and by the time April 2015 rolled around and he celebrated a year as ROH
Television Champion I was baying for him to be the next World Champion. In June
of 2015 he did just that becoming the Undisputed Champion of ROH for a while,
until he dropped the Television Championship to Roderick Strong. Jay Lethal was
pretty much the perfect performer in 2015, his promos were fantastic, his
character work was amazing, his relationship with Truth Martini, Donovan Dijak
and later Taeler Hendrix are all top notch and he was in some of the best
matches of the year to boot. ROH had a good year and the promotion didn’t need
to be carried by anyone man but Jay Lethal did that anyway. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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The winner is: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Jay
Lethal</b></div>
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<b><u>Wrestler of the Year:</u></b></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">This category
differs from the Superstar of the Year award in that it is not based on the “total
package” but purely on in-ring performance. This was a tough award with the
likes of Bayley and Jay Lethal once again good contenders. This time though
there were three main contenders. AJ Styles had tremendous matches across the
globe in 2015 whether it be in New Japan, Ring of Honor or any other of the
independent promotions he appeared for in 2015. His best match was probably
with Hiroshi Tanahashi in the deciding match for the A Block in the G1 Climax
which ranked very highly in my Match of the Year list (which you can see <a href="http://passionforwrestling.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/best-matches-of-2015.html" target="_blank">here</a>).
But he had tremendous matches throughout with the likes of Adam Cole, Kota
Ibushi and several great 6-Man Tag matches in ROH. His year ended well when,
despite a niggling back injury, he put in a magnificent performance when
challenging Jay Lethal for the ROH World Championship at Final Battle. AJ has
always been one of my favourites but the way he’s adapted his style since 2013
has been magnificent and I hope he’ll make a big splash in WWE over the coming
years, he deserves it. Talking about people going to the WWE brings me neatly
onto my next candidate – Shinsuke Nakamura. Nakamura struggled with injuries
for a considerable portion of 2015 yet he still managed to appear three times
in my top ten of 2015. His charisma is well discussed but his in ring prowess
is not discussed nearly as much as it should be. Whether it be in New Japan or
his handful of appearances in ROH he delivered in spades including two
fantastic matches in a G1 Climax where his appearance was in doubt much less
delivering performances of that quality. This year however the award had to go
to a certain Roderick Strong. I talked earlier about how much he has improved
on the mic and as a character but his in-ring quality has never been in doubt
and he showed that once again this delivering a string of absolute classics in
both PWG and ROH. His feud with Jay Lethal in ROH produced some outstanding
matches, his clashes with the likes of Zack Sabre, Jr. and Mike Bailey in PWG
were utterly mesmerising. He has earned the accolade of wrestler of the year
and I have no doubt he will produce similar levels in 2016, the question is
will anybody be able to topple him.</span></div>
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The winner is: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Roderick
Strong</b><br />
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<b><u>Female Superstar of the Year: </u></b><br />
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This was a pretty simple one this year. It came down to
three contenders: Candice LeRae, Sasha Banks and Bayley. Candice had a pretty
good year but not quite to the standard that she set the year previously. Her
team with Joey wasn’t as prominent in PWG as it had been but she still managed
to make more of her year than most. She also looks well set up for 2016 as a perennial
opponent for Mount Rushmore once again. Sasha Banks carried on where she left
off at the end of 2014 by being the star in a star studded NXT Women’s
division. She took the title from Charlotte in a Fatal-4-Way in February and
held it until August in a great Championship run that saw her have great
matches from start to finish including a particularly special one against Becky
Lynch that arguably made Becky in the eyes of the NXT fans. She was terrific
throughout but, as I mentioned earlier, her main roster promotion hurt her and
therefore for all the reasons I specified about her being a contender for
overall superstar of the year Bayley wins this one. She had an amazing 2015 and
honestly if my awards had a category for most improved she’d win that too. She
came on leaps and bounds both in character development and particularly in the
ring. In the end she was comfortably the best all-round female performer in
2015.</div>
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The winner is: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Bayley</b><br />
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<b><u>Match of the Year:</u></b><br />
<br />
As per usual I will not embellish too much on the contenders for this award as
it would rather spoil my match of the year list which, once again, you can read
<a href="http://passionforwrestling.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/best-matches-of-2015.html" target="_blank">here</a>. This year saw the award sewn up by end of play on the 4<sup>th</sup> day
of the year. In the Tokyo Dome on January 4<sup>th</sup> New Japan presented
their annual extravaganza known as Wrestle Kingdom. The event was headlined by
what many consider to be the defining rivalry of the current generation (I
would disagree but I digress) with Hiroshi Tanahashi defending his IWGP
Heavyweight Championship against Kazuchika Okada yet the show was well and
truly stolen by the match that preceded it. Shinsuke Nakamura, the most over
man in the promotion, defending his coveted – if somewhat dirty – IWGP Intercontinental
Championship against up and coming sensation Kota Ibushi. Ibushi pushed
Nakamura to the limit in a twenty-minute match that felt like it lasted seconds
because of how good it was. The match was so good that you could feel Jim Ross,
who was the play-by-play commentator for the English Language broadcast of the
event, being utterly blown away by these two athletes. People were calling it
the match of the year back then. I’m always reticent to crown something best of
anything only four days into a 365-day year but nevertheless the quality withstood
and though there were some amazing matches over the past year, nothing quite came
close to Nakamura vs. Ibushi.</div>
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The winner is: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Shinsuke
Nakamura vs. Kota Ibushi, IWGP Intercontinental Championship – Wrestle Kingdom
9</b></div>
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<b><u>Angle/Feud of the Year: </u></b></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">This was another
difficult award and I feel like I could have separated this award into three
parts of the year. First up we had the amazing feud that everyone had wanted
from the day that Kevin Owens signed his WWE contract. At NXT Takeover: [R]Evolution
in December of 2014 Owens made his debut, later that night Sami Zayn defeated
Adrian Neville to win the NXT Championship and after the match Owens turned on
his long-time friend setting up a bitter feud that left fans like me watering
at the mouth. Two months after his debut Owens crushed Zayn in similar fashion
to Brock Lesnar defeating John Cena at Summerslam 2014. It was a type of match
the WWE audience are not generally exposed to and it was brilliantly executed.
In the build up to this match we’d seen one of the best contract signings in
recent memory as General Manager William Regal brought both men out and they
delivered two tremendous promos, Zayn’s probably being the best of his career.
The feud was somewhat cut short when Zayn injured himself on his Monday Night
RAW debut and although he managed to make it to the rematch against Owens less
than a month later it was clearly a match designed around Sami’s injury, I feel
the feud still had legs when Zayn got injured but to me it was still the
defining feud of the first part of the year. Onto the middle part of the year
and we find a feud that had been cleverly building up since the start of the
year but didn’t really pick up pace till we were on the road to Best in the
World, ROH’s annual summer spectacular. This feud was of course the battle of
then ROH World Champion Jay Briscoe and then ROH World Television Champion Jay
Lethal. Lethal had been crowing for months about how his title was now the most
prestigious in all of Ring of Honor, going so far at one point as to even
remove the Television name plate from the title belt so that it just read ROH
World Champion. This somewhat irked Jay Briscoe and these men battled back and
forth in the ring, as unfortunate, unlikely and unhappy tag team partners and
on the microphone, it led to one of the most anticipated ROH matches in recent
memory when at Best in the World both men put their respective Championships on
the line in one match – winner takes all style. And at the end of the match it
was Jay Lethal who was the victor. The match was perfect, the build-up was
perfect, and the long-term potentially even accidental build up was perfect.
The idea of just going in with a man who hadn’t been pinned or submitted in
over two years defending the most important belt in the promotion against the
man who had held the supposed secondary Championship for over a year and was
now claiming that he’d made that Championship more important than the first man’s
sells the match on its own. The rest was just icing. And finally as we got into
the final part of the year it was the battle of Mount Rushmore 2.0 against the
rest of PWG. Since forming at Mystery Vortex III the new and improved
(questionable but we’ll roll with it) Mount Rushmore has done everything humanly
possible to make everyone else in PWG’s life a living hell. And for the most
part they’ve succeeded. The combination of original members The Young Bucks,
PWG World Champion Roderick Strong and bonafide legend of the independent scene
Super Dragon caused mayhem across the rest of 2015 culminating in some amazing
and brutal matches, particularly the six-man tag Guerrilla Warfare match from
Stage Two of this year’s Battle of Los Angeles. The only problem with this
story is PWG didn’t have that many shows following Mystery Vortex III with only
the anniversary show and the Battle of Los Angeles weekend following. The two
nights of All Star Weekend were technically in 2015 but will form consideration
for 2016 awards as the DVD will be released in 2016 rather than 2015. There are
three major contenders for this award but none of the came quite reached the
level of the eventual victor. In a story that ended up spanning well in excess
of a year it was the rivalry between Bayley and Sasha Banks that is 2015’s feud
of the year. I’m not going to talk in particularly great length about this
particular feud as I have already talked at great length about it in previous
categories but specifically the build-up to NXT Takeover: Brooklyn were Bayley
eventually toppled Sasha and became NXT Women’s Champion was a thing of beauty.
These two should go on to dominate the main roster women’s division for years
to come. They should be the defining generational rivalry. They did have one
final match in NXT that marked the first time a women’s match had main evented
an NXT Takeover event and the first to properly main event a WWE show since
Trish Stratus and Lita main evented Monday Night RAW almost eleven years
previously. These two, along with Becky Lynch and Charlotte, helped massively
to redefine what it meant to be a woman in the WWE. And although that may not
have translated across to the main roster there is no questioning that these
two had the best rivalry of 2015</span></div>
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The winner is: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Bayley
vs. Sasha Banks</b></div>
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<b><u>One-off Show of the Year:</u></b></div>
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This was a difficult category this year. There wasn’t one
event that jumped out at me and screamed ‘show of the year’. However, there
were a lot of very, very good shows. I managed to narrow them down to five: ROH’s
Final Battle, New Japan’s Wrestle Kingdom 9, PWG’s Battle of Los Angeles: Stage
Two, NXT’s Takeover: Brooklyn and WWE’s WrestleMania 31. After much
deliberation I eliminated Final Battle and Wrestle Kingdom 9 from the running
leaving me with three to choose from. The second night of the Battle of Los
Angeles was fantastic featuring first round matches in the tournament such as
the hard hitting Chris Hero/Timothy Thatcher encounter, the fantastic big
man/little man match between Drew Galloway and Mike Bailey, the technical work
of art that was Ricochet vs. Zack Sabre, Jr. and the borderline insane main
event which was a six-man Guerrilla Warfare encounter featuring Super Dragon
who was making his first appearance since 2011. Now as good as those parts of
the show were there were still a few disappointments the tag team match between
the Lucha Underground guys was very sloppy and I just didn’t get into it the
way others did, Drew Gulak vs. Tommy End did not deliver and Angelico vs. Jack
Evans flat out sucked. For those reasons I can’t give this show of the year. On
to the NXT offering, Takeover: Brooklyn. This was a great show, the opener featured
Jushin Thunder Liger taking on Tyler Breeze which was mind blowing, it was
followed by The Vaudevillians and the BAM Factor tangling over the NXT Tag Team
Championships which was phenomenal and Bayley vs. Sasha Banks was a piece of
wrestling magic. They were some downers on this show though too, the main event
between Finn Balor and Kevin Owens suffered from having to follow Bayley/Sasha which
should have main evented and Samoa Joe and Baron Corbin did not deliver to the
level I expected, or to any level at all really. This leaves us with our final
contender and winner: WrestleMania 31. I will say, when you break it down match
by match this year’s ‘Mania does not look like a classic. The Intercontinental
Championship Ladder match was good but not great, John Cena vs. Rusev was a bit
of a let-down, Bray Wyatt vs. The Undertaker was awful and you had Triple H
beat Sting when not a single person on the planet wanted to see that. I was
watching that show with about eighty other wrestling fans and the sentiment of
it post-match was basically “They’re still so pathetically self-involved that
they have to hammer in the fact that they were better than WCW every chance
they get”. And that’s what it felt like, WWE didn’t book that match thinking of
what made the best story or what do the fans want, they booked it just to say
they were better than WCW one last time, you know, until the next chance they
get. Despite all of this though, WrestleMania was a well-rounded show that flew
over, an achievement for something that runs four hours in length. There were
some really good moments, Rollins and Orton delivered a cracking match with an
amazing spot that saw Orton reverse a Curb Stomp into an RKO, the
Intercontinental Match was very good, as was the main event and the cash-in was
a moment to savour. It was a really good show that left me feeling very
positive about the company following the event, that feeling has not returned
since.</div>
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The winner is: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">WrestleMania
31</b><br />
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<b><u>Best Moment of the Year:</u></b></div>
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This one wasn’t even close. The best and biggest moment of
the year is the one I ever so briefly touched upon in my previous category:
Seth Rollins cashing in his Money in the Bank briefcase in the middle of the
main event of WrestleMania 31 to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.
This was a truly astounding moment. It ticked all the boxes, it was somewhat
unexpected, it was a situation we’d never seen before and weren’t sure if it
was even possible. And best of all it gave you that feeling of amazement that
only wrestling can give you. Packed into a bar in Middlesbrough amongst eighty
or so other rabid wrestling fans, to hear the roar when Rollins music hit and
everybody losing their minds when they thought he was going to be beaten. It
was amazing. I remember not actually being able to stand up because I was
shaking so much, that’s how excited I was. It was an unbelievable moment and
the clear, undisputed winner of moment of the year.</div>
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The winner is: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Seth
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<b><u>Breakout Star of the Year:</u></b></div>
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So, to the final major category. Usually a hotly contested
award this one came down to just two people this year: Dalton Castle and Chad Gable.
Gable has got over in NXT so quickly with his loveably dork-ish persona and his
unbelievable wrestling skills, in that way he’s got over in a similar way to
Dalton Castle. Castle came into ROH at the start of the year via the Top
Prospect tournament and his quirky personality and, again, his in-ring
abilities. The first time you see Dalton Castle you’re immediately attracted to
his persona and charisma. It’s his mannerisms that get people, that’s why so
many people like this guy. Then you see him in the ring and see that he’s a
brilliant mat technician and see why he appeals to such a plethora of fans
because he has more than one facet to his game. Gable’s team with Jason Jordan
is so over with the fans that they have to be the team to take the Championship’s
away from Dash and Dawson and I would be surprised to see either man in NXT
come the end of 2016. Castle on the other hand has won over management in my
opinion. I think they initially brought him in as a body to fill out the Top
Prospect tournament. They saw how fans gravitated towards him and brought him
back to be used as a lower card entertainment attraction but he surpassed that
level too and now they treat him seriously as a valuable member of the roster
who needs to be nurtured and protected. It was a tough call choosing between
these two who have made such an impact in their first year in their respective
companies but simply because Castle has been doing it all year, I have to give
it to him.</div>
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The winner is: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Dalton
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<b><u>Minor End-Year Awards:</u></b><br />
<br />
<b>Face of the Year:</b> Mike Bailey<br />
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<b>Heel of the Year:</b> Roderick Strong<br />
<br />
<b>Commentator of the Year:</b> Corey Graves<br />
<br />
<b>Gimmick/Character of the Year:</b> Dalton Castle<br />
<br />
<b>Tag Team of the Year:</b> reDRagon<br />
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<b>Promo of the Year:</b> Sami Zayn/Kevin Owens contract signing on NXT <br />
<br />
<b>Finisher of the Year:</b> Boma Ye (Shinsuke Nakamura)<br />
<br />
<b>Spot/Bump of the Year:</b> Seth Rollins hits the Phoenix Splash for the
first time in WWE<br />
<br />
<b>Worst Moment of the Year:</b> Roman Reigns wins the 2015 Royal Rumble <br />
<br />
<b>Televised Show of the Year (consistency-wise): </b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Lucha Underground</span><br />
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<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>List of Winners:</u></i></b></div>
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<b><u>Promotion of the Year:</u></b></div>
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2011: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">WWE</b></div>
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2012: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">TNA</b></div>
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2013: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">PWG</b></div>
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2014: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ROH</b></div>
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2015: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ROH</b></div>
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<b><u>Superstar of the Year:</u></b></div>
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2011: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">CM Punk (WWE)</b></div>
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2012: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Christopher
Daniels (TNA)</b></div>
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2013: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Daniel Bryan
(WWE)</b></div>
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2014: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Adam Cole
(ROH/PWG)</b></div>
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2015: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Jay Lethal
(ROH)</b></div>
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<b><u>Wrestler of the Year:</u></b></div>
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2011: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">El Generico
(ROH/PWG)</b></div>
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2012: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Austin Aries
(TNA)</b></div>
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2013: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Daniel Bryan
(WWE)</b></div>
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2014: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">AJ Styles
(NJPW/ROH)</b></div>
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2015: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Roderick Strong
(ROH/PWG)</b></div>
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<b><u>Female Superstar of the Year: </u></b><br />
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2011: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Cheerleader Melissa (SHIMMER)</b></div>
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2012: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Gail Kim (TNA)</b></div>
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2013: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Cheerleader
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2014: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Candice LeRae
(PWG)</b></div>
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2015: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Bayley (NXT)</b><br />
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<b><u>Match of the Year:</u></b><br />
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2011: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">John Cena vs. CM Punk, WWE
Championship – Money in the Bank (WWE)</b></div>
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2012: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Undertaker
vs. Triple H, Hell in a Cell (Special Guest Referee: Shawn Michaels) –
Wrestlemania XXVIII (WWE)</b></div>
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2013: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">CM Punk vs.
John Cena – RAW (25<sup>th</sup> February) (WWE)</b></div>
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2014: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Shield vs.
The Wyatt Family – Elimination Chamber (WWE)</b></div>
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2015: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Shinsuke
Nakamura vs. Kota Ibushi, IWGP Intercontinental Championship – Wrestle Kingdom
9 (NJPW)</b></div>
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<b><u>Angle/Feud of the Year:</u></b></div>
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2011: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">CM Punk vs.
John Cena/Vince McMahon/WWE (build-up to Money in the Bank) (WWE)</b></div>
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2012: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Austin Aries
vs. Bobby Roode (Aries’ rise to the TNA World Heavyweight Championship) (TNA)</b></div>
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2013: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Daniel Bryan
“The Weak Link” (WWE)</b></div>
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2014: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Daniel Bryan
vs. The Authority (build-up to WrestleMania XXX) (WWE)</b></div>
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2015: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Bayley vs.
Sasha Banks (Bayley’s rise to the NXT Women’s Championship) (NXT)</b></div>
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<b><u>One-off Show of the Year:</u></b></div>
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2011: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Money in the
Bank (WWE)</b></div>
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2012: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Slammiversary X
(TNA)</b></div>
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2013: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Battle of Los
Angeles: Night Two (PWG)</b></div>
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2014: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">WrestleMania
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2015: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">WrestleMania 31
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<b><u>Best Moment of the Year:</u></b></div>
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2011: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Christian wins
the World Heavyweight Championship at Extreme Rules (WWE)</b></div>
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2012: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Kevin Steen
wins the ROH World Championship at Border Wars (ROH)</b></div>
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2013: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Daniel Bryan
wins the WWE Championship at Summerslam (WWE)</b></div>
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2014: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Daniel Bryan
wins the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania XXX (WWE)</b></div>
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2015: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Seth Rollins
cashes in to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania 31
(WWE)</b></div>
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<b><u>Breakout Star of the Year:</u></b></div>
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2011: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Beer Money
(Bobby Roode & James Storm) (TNA)</b></div>
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2012: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Daniel Bryan
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2013: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Shield
(Dean Ambrose, Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins) (WWE)</b></div>
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2014: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Sami Zayn (NXT)</b></div>
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2015: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Dalton Castle
(ROH)</b></div>
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<b><u>Minor End-Year Awards:</u></b><br />
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<b>Face of the Year:</b> </div>
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2011: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">El Generico (ROH/PWG)</b></div>
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2012: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">CM Punk (WWE)</b></div>
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2013: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Daniel Bryan
(WWE)</b></div>
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2014: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Candice LeRae
(PWG)</b></div>
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2015: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Mike Bailey
(PWG)</b></div>
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2011: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Bully Ray (TNA)</b></div>
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2012: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Bobby Roode
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I’m going to start off here by saying this article will
barely touch on the astoundingly bad booking of last night because I feel that
should (and will) have been covered by everyone and their dog by now.</div>
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This article is focused on another area where Summerslam
fell badly short – in the ring.</div>
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I found watching the show last night extremely depressing as
I realised how damaging the complete lack of psychology was in the two biggest
matches of WWE’s biggest show of the summer. </div>
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Take Brock vs. Undertaker, I sat there and watched Brock hit
three F-5’s on ‘Taker and not once did I think there was even a remote chance
of that being the finish.</div>
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When that’s the case how can I even slightly get excited and
into the match?</div>
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The answer is I couldn’t.</div>
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I sat there and watched as Brock brawled with ‘Taker for a
bit before the whole thing just descended into yet another finisher orgy.</div>
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I openly pondered how many finishers it was going to take
before I bought into the finish of the match.</div>
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10, 15, 20?</div>
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<br /></div>
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I’ll never know because I didn’t even get a chance to find
out with the asinine ending that they decided to go with.</div>
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It’s weird to think how we’ve got to this point since for
years if I was watching an indie show people would tell me that it wasn’t
nearly as good as WWE because the psychology wasn’t there.</div>
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At this point that psychology no longer exists, at least not
in the big matches.</div>
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I think I can trace the problem back as well.</div>
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To trace it back to what feels like the origins of this lack
of psychology we have to go back to one of the greatest matches of all-time.</div>
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The stage was Wrestlemania 25 and the match was The
Undertaker pitting his undefeated streak against Mr. Wrestlemania himself,
Shawn Michaels.</div>
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There were multiple near falls and several finisher kick-out’s
and it was an absolute masterpiece.</div>
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However, it was only a masterpiece because of the psychology
that had been previously built up.</div>
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Prior to that match you knew the Tombstone Piledriver was a
deathly finishing manoeuvre and, to a lesser extent, so was Sweet Chin Music.</div>
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So Shawn and ‘Taker kicking out of those moves meant
something.</div>
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The problem is WWE saw that formula worked for them and ran
with it for other big matches too.</div>
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It worked for a while as well, because they didn’t do it too
often so the psychology somewhat remained intact.</div>
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Money in the Bank 2011 saw CM Punk and John Cena kick out of
each other’s finishers repeatedly but it still meant something.</div>
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The problem is, over the five years since that amazing
Shawn/Undertaker match these matches have become more and more frequent.</div>
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It wasn’t just Brock vs. ‘Taker that was culpable last night
either, Cena vs. Rollins was equally guilty.</div>
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And that seems to be a recurring theme for Cena recently,
they’ve went into overdrive with this type of match for him this year
throughout his US Title Open Challenge’s and his PPV encounters.</div>
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It used to be that if you kicked out of Cena’s AA that was a
huge moment and really made whoever kicked out seem legitimate.</div>
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Now, it means nothing because we as an audience have become
conditioned to expect it.</div>
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Did Rollins kicking out of the AA last night make him look
like a star?</div>
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Or help recuperate the months of horrendous booking he has
gone through?</div>
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No, because everyone kicks out of Cena’s finisher now, so it
means nothing.</div>
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<br /></div>
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I think the change for me in terms of just being conditioned
to expect this was the second Cena/Owens match earlier this year.</div>
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I thought the first match was excellent and unpredictable.</div>
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Then they had the exact same match at Money in the Bank just
with a different winner and followed it up with an exact replica of that match
at Battleground.</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
You could say that I’m clearly just another jaded wrestling
fan who needs to walk away from the fandom as a whole but I consume an insane
amount of wrestling every year from companies all over the world and WWE is the
only one making me feel this way right now.</div>
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<br /></div>
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I watch ROH matches and can get into them, same with Lucha
Underground or PWG or NJPW or even WWE’s own developmental organisation in NXT –
and that’s a pretty damning indictment.</div>
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Going back to last night I was watching Summerslam with a
group of friends and we’d decided that since we were going to be watching
Summerslam together we’d meet a few hours early, avoid spoilers and watch the
previous night’s NXT Takeover event too.</div>
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There was a tag team match on that card between then NXT Tag
Team Champions Blake and Murphy and now NXT Tag Team Champions The Vaudevillians.</div>
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It was quite an old school match with the way they built up
to the hot tag and by the end of the match I was out of my seat cheering The Vaudevillians
on – and I wasn’t the only one in the group doing that.</div>
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It was because of the excellent ring psychology of that
match that I got so into it.</div>
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And that tag team match, second on the card at WWE’s
developmental show, had more psychology to it than Brock/Undertaker and
Cena/Rollins put together.</div>
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Something about that isn’t right.</div>
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So I personally feel that it’s not just me being a jaded
wrestling fan, it’s WWE as a whole losing sight of the psychology and
storytelling that pro wrestling is built on and conditioning fans to do the
same.</div>
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And if it keeps going it could be really damaging for the
brand because why should you care the next time someone hits an F-5 or an AA or
a Tombstone Piledriver when I know that the opponent’s just going to kick out?</div>
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That’s not a road they should want to go down.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13945426347756957700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6665898632418051769.post-50142215568083562772015-07-25T12:14:00.000+01:002015-07-25T12:14:04.331+01:00Quick Thoughts #4: You Can’t Manufacture Special Moments<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Last night Ring of Honor presented the thirteenth edition of
its annual Death Before Dishonor event and overall the show was very good.</div>
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Obviously it wasn’t a top level show but it was more than
worth the $19.95 asking price.</div>
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A decent card from top to bottom with nothing mind-blowingly
good saw Adam Cole and Dalton Castle have probably the best match of the night.</div>
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The point of this article though is to discuss pro wrestling’s
obsession with trying to manufacture special moments.</div>
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It is a problem that seemingly plagues all companies from
the very top to the smallest indie.</div>
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We see it in WWE all the time what with Jerry Lawler
screaming “Wrestlemania moment” about thirty times every April.</div>
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And last night we saw the epidemic strike in ROH.</div>
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A decent show was heading to what looked to be an exciting
conclusion with a tantalising main event pitting Jay Lethal against Roderick
Strong.</div>
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Lethal and his cohorts in the House of Truth, in particular
Truth Martini, have provided us with some of the most entertaining moments of
2015 so far and Strong seems to have had more great matches this year than I’ve
had hot meals.</div>
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So you could forgive me for expecting great things from this
match.</div>
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The bell rang and for the next sixty minutes those two men
beat the living daylights out of one another.</div>
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I could not begrudge the wrestlers what they did in this
match because they gave it everything and looked understandably dead on their
feet by the time the match ended.</div>
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<br /></div>
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The problem was the result; they went to a sixty minute time
limit draw.</div>
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Now I have no problem with time limit draws and as a matter
of fact I think they are a woefully underutilised trope in pro wrestling.</div>
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The problem was last night ROH tried to manufacture
something special whilst failing to realise that you can’t manufacture a
special moment – it has to occur organically.</div>
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<br /></div>
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I realise that in a business like pro wrestling which is
pre-determined people will be thinking that nothing can happen organically and
you have to manufacture everything but last night proved that simply isn’t the
case.</div>
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ROH has a history with time limit draws and following the
match I measured the quality on my own personal ROH time limit draw scale which
starts at Aries vs. Black from Final Battle 2009 and goes all the way up to Joe
vs. Punk from Joe/Punk II.</div>
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I came to the conclusion that this sat at about the level of
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And I stand by that, it was a solid, if unspectacular, time
limit draw.</div>
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The problem was ROH had clearly tried to manufacture this
match into a truly special moment planned to be a moment that fans would talk
about for years to come and organically it just wasn’t.</div>
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In that sense it reminds me more of the Austin Aries vs.
Bryan Danielson match from Testing The Limit.</div>
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At that show, if my memory serves me correctly, Aries and
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special.</div>
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Pro wrestling as a whole has got to realise that it
can’t create these moments and they have to just let them happen organically.</div>
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Obviously you have to book the best show you possibly can
but a booker can only create what he, she or they believe to be the best
narrative possible – the rest is out of their hands.</div>
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There is a multitude of different factors at play and you
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You can have an inclination that something could be special
but you can’t force that fact down the audience’s throat otherwise it will
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Daniel Bryan’s moment at WrestleMania XXX felt special
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Last night felt like Kevin Kelly trying to force me into
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Undoubtedly ROH can now take this forward in a myriad of
interesting ways though.</div>
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a match lined up that possibly could be remembered as epic.</div>
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Pitting Lethal vs. Strong in this type of environment would
be fantastic and quite possibly allow ROH to have the moment they were so
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Add the ROH World Championship (and possibly the Television Championship too) into the mix and you've got yourself a potentially epic main event for further down the line. </div>
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I may be beating a dead horse here because I’m sure many of
you out there have made similar gripes to what I’m going to outline in this
article but here goes.</div>
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Last night WWE produced their latest PPV/Special Event – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">'Battleground'</i>. </div>
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The card on paper looked a bit of a Jekyll and Hyde affair. </div>
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The undercard looked bland and uneventful but the top two
matches seemed a lock to deliver.</div>
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The undercard actually performed a little better than I
expected. I got nothing personally out of the Sheamus vs. Orton contest but the
Tag Team Championship match was better than I’d hoped and even Wyatt vs. Reigns
was not as bad as I’d feared.</div>
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It also taught me that Bray Wyatt has one of the most brutal
looking lariats in North America at the minute – a true thing of beauty.</div>
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We also got a nice little bonus in the fact that we got a
follow up to Monday’s debut of Becky Lynch, Charlotte and Sasha Banks as we got
to see Charlotte vs. Sasha vs. Brie Bella in a three-way dance.</div>
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The match was probably the best diva’s match on a main
roster PPV since AJ Lee and Kaitlyn at <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">‘Payback’</i>
in 2013.</div>
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It wasn’t quite up to the level of the NXT matches we’ve
seen but it was very, very good and told a good storyline.</div>
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<br /></div>
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I’m really looking forward to seeing where they take this in
the future. </div>
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<br /></div>
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Next we get into the meat of last night’s problems with the
double main event.</div>
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First off we had John Cena and Kevin Owens lining up the
third match in their budding rivalry and I was expecting very good things. </div>
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Their first match was excellent and the United States Open
Challenge has led to some great moments. </div>
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This looked like it could be a culmination of all that
coming together.</div>
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<br /></div>
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I, admittedly, didn’t care for their second match too much
because I felt it was just a re-hash of their first match merely in a different
sequence and with a different winner. </div>
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But that didn’t put too much of a dampener on my hopes for
this outing. </div>
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After all, they weren’t likely to have the same match three
times and the storyline had built to a perfect conclusion.</div>
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There are some times in wrestling where I get an
indescribable feeling about how something needs to play out. </div>
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Sometimes it is just the absolutely right time to pull the
trigger on a performer.</div>
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<br /></div>
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The examples I have been using that recently gave me this
feeling was I felt TNA needed to pull the trigger on EC3, which to the surprise
of many – me included, they actually managed to pull off – and at Ring of Honor’s
June PPV <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">‘Best in the World’</i> they
needed to pull the trigger on Jay Lethal which they did.</div>
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<br /></div>
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I actually wrote an article in this series a couple of
months back where I referred to the need to pull the trigger on Lethal and ROH
did just that.</div>
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<br /></div>
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Last night was WWE’s moment. </div>
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The storyline, the performers, the stage, the moment –
everything was perfect to pull the trigger on Kevin Owens by having him beat
John Cena and win the United States Championship.</div>
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I had justified the result so much in my head not just from
the point of view of what it would do for Owens and how big of a star it could
and would make him but also how it would help the rest of the card.</div>
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I had already heard about the impending arrival of The
Undertaker (a scenario we’ll get to in a little bit) and his apparent feud with
Brock Lesnar into <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">‘Summerslam’</i>.</div>
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This fact would leave Seth Rollins with very little to do at
the third biggest show of the year – something your WWE World Heavyweight
Champion should not be doing.</div>
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But by having Kevin Owens beat John Cena you had the perfect
opportunity to give Rollins a big match.</div>
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Love him or hate him a match against Cena for the top prize
in the industry is a big deal and it would have been great for Rollins.</div>
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<br /></div>
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The match-up is relatively fresh, the matches would be good
and it would feel like Rollins was a big deal because he was getting in the
ring and beating John Cena for the title.</div>
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So I had already made my mind up that this all made too much
sense for them to do anything else other than have Owens beat Cena for the US
Title.</div>
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Then they didn’t.</div>
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Owens tapped out to the STF.</div>
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I was stunned.</div>
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I thought at the time and still think now, no longer sleep
deprived at 3:15 in the morning, that it was a bad call.</div>
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It was the perfect time to pull the trigger on Owens and the
creative team fluffed their lines.</div>
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It wasn’t just that – the match itself wasn’t any great shakes
either.</div>
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<br /></div>
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They didn’t exactly have the same match for a third time but
it was very similar and it was the type of match that, had it taken place on
the independent’s, people would have crucified for the blatant abuse of
finishing move’s and late kick-out’s.</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
They tried so hard to manufacture drama that there was none
and it left the match with a somewhat empty feeling.</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
The ending and result was merely the cherry on top.</div>
<br /><br />
<br />
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It was okay though, there was still time to save this show –
the main event was coming and it was sure to be great.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
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Yeah I knew, having been exposed to The Undertaker spoiler
earlier, that it wasn’t going to end cleanly but I knew the match would be good
and I hoped Rollins would come out looking relatively strong.</div>
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<br /></div>
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I must say, the reason I was so excited for Brock vs. Seth
is it has kind of been a dream match of mine since Seth threatened to cash in
his Money in the Bank briefcase on Lesnar at last year’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">‘Night of Champions’</i> event.</div>
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<br /></div>
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Right then I realised how great a match between those two
had the potential to be.</div>
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<br /></div>
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Then I saw the triple threat at the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">‘Royal Rumble’</i> earlier this year between them and John Cena.</div>
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<br /></div>
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That only cemented the idea in my head that this would be
something special.</div>
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<br /></div>
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So, despite knowing very little of the build towards this
PPV due to my nigh on non-existent following of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">‘Monday Night RAW’</i> over recent months, I was excited.</div>
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<br /></div>
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It came and I started the way I knew it would with Brock
dominating and Seth getting the odd shot in.</div>
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<br /></div>
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This wasn’t a problem because Brock has been booked on an
almost God-like tier in the past couple of years and I was sure that Seth would
use his wits to get in a bit more offense later on.</div>
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<br /></div>
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But he didn’t.</div>
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<br /></div>
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Brock basically squashed the, kayfabe, top guy in the entire
wrestling world for nine minutes and then had him beat after thirteen German
Suplexes and an F-5 until a gong hit.</div>
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<br /></div>
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The Undertaker appeared and everything went from bad to
worse.</div>
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<br /></div>
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Not only had WWE just made their WWE World Heavyweight
Champion look like a complete chump but they had done it so that they could
protect and build two guys who between them might work four different PPV’s in any
given year.</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
That in itself is mind blowing and indicative of a larger
problem the company is currently suffering from.</div>
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<br /></div>
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Not to mention Undertaker’s attack on Lesnar was nonsensical
on two other fronts.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
From a non-kayfabe point of view The Undertaker is an
undisputed legend in the WWE and trying to turn him heel left me with a similar
feeling that the ending to ‘<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">WrestleMania
X-7’</i> did.</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
You could see it in Undertaker’s face too; he knew that the
heel turn had already failed.</div>
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<br /></div>
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Secondly, from a kayfabe point of view – why is Undertaker
attacking Brock now of all-times?</div>
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<br /></div>
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Yes, Brock beat him at <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">‘WrestleMania
XXX’</i> but that was almost sixteen months ago.</div>
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<br /></div>
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‘Taker has actually come back and feuded with a different
guy since then. Why all of a sudden has he decided to exact his revenge on
Brock’s breaking of his streak, now?</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
So we left <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">‘Battleground’</i>
in 2015 the same way we did in both 2014 AND 2013.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
With tangible disappointment, negativity and a complete bait
and switch in the match that the people were most excited for.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Maybe <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">‘Battleground’</i>
is cursed.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13945426347756957700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6665898632418051769.post-51402985818247015322015-05-21T21:26:00.001+01:002015-07-26T00:49:35.633+01:00Quick Thoughts #2: ROH/NJPW Supershows, Best in the World, Jay Lethal & The Television Championship<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Welcome to another addition of me rambling on about pro
wrestling in a completely inane fashion. This time I’m going to look back at the
exciting ROH-NJPW Supershows (of which I’ve only seen one so far) and where ROH
should look to in the future.<br />
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ROH has had a pretty stellar 2015 so far. The World
Championship division has been somewhat stagnant but has been saved by the
other parts of the card as well as the surprise returns and debuts we’ve seen.
All in all ROH seems in a very good position right now, producing very
compelling television on a weekly basis. Their production values seem to have
gone through the roof too (horrendously bad looking Supercard of Honor show
aside) and the whole company seems to be on the up.</div>
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<br /></div>
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On June the nineteenth they return to pay-per-view with
their annual Best in the World show. A show which, despite having only debuted
in 2011, has quickly become ROH’s second biggest event in any given year. This
year looks set to be no different with a mammoth main event scheduled (spoilers
ahead if you haven’t seen the results from the latest set of TV tapings). But
we’ll get to that in due course.</div>
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<br /></div>
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ROH’s partnership with New Japan seems to be going strong
and on<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the back of two excellent shows
last year they followed up with four collaborative efforts this time round
(albeit the fourth of which was merely a TV taping). War of the Worlds last
year was one of ROH’s best shows of the year and this year they more than met
expectations.</div>
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<br /></div>
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The talent ROH and New Japan had agreed to use looked pretty
good on paper but something about the Global Wars iPPV card just didn’t sit
right with me. It looked like a very average show but being a ROH/New Japan
show I decided to go ahead and watch it anyway. The show delivered in spades.</div>
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Every match, aside from a pretty weak Tanahashi/Elgin match,
was at worst mildly entertaining and at best mind-blowingly brilliant. A
match-up between Cedric Alexander and Kazuchika Okada pitted two guys raved
about (to different extents) by their personal company’s fanbase that I’ve
never really understood the hype for but they absolutely tore the house down
with a great showing.</div>
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ACH and Shinsuke Nakamura had a very good match too although
not as good as I had personally hoped given the talents of both men and the
fact that the latter is, in my opinion, the best wrestler on the planet right
now. Jay Lethal continued his streak of great matches with another against a
man who seems, to me at least, unfairly marginalised by the New Japan crowd in
Tetsuya Naito.</div>
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The match of the night without doubt though had to go to the
main event. It was a match that Jim Cornette would have absolutely loathed but
I loved it. I like a little bit of everything in my wrestling and I love a good
technical classic (i.e. Steamboat/Savage) or a match of brute force where two
guys just destroy each other (i.e. Danielson/Strong). Hardcore, big man matches
etc. almost everything has its place – and so does a good spotfest.</div>
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Make no mistake that is exactly what this main event was. A
10-Man Tag that saw the Bullet Club taking on the ROH All-Stars and it was
glorious. Superkick’s, plancha’s and finisher’s galore. It was phenomenal to
watch and a really good way to top off an all-around excellent show. The best
thing that happened on the whole show though was what happened after the main
event. After Mark Briscoe had pinned Nick Jackson a certain ROH World
Television Champion came out and laid out both ROH World Champion Jay Briscoe
and IWGP Heavyweight Champion AJ Styles.</div>
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This man, Jay Lethal, has completely transformed my opinion
of him in little over a year. I’ve never rated Lethal and honestly when he won
the Television Championship off Tomasso Ciampa at last year’s WrestleMania
weekend show a part of me groaned. Another part of me was intrigued by what a
partnership with arguably the greatest manager not named Paul Heyman in
professional wrestling today (Truth Martini) could do to rejuvenate his
character.</div>
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Lethal, since returning to ROH in 2011, had been nothing but
a very bland babyface and the act had more than worn thin. Lethal turning heel
at least gave him a chance to start over in my eyes and boy has he done that.
He has been one of the most consistently entertaining performers in ROH in the
past twelve months and it has got to the point where I will be absolutely
ecstatic if he wins his Title versus Title match with Jay Briscoe at Best in
the World.</div>
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ROH absolutely should pull the trigger on Lethal right now,
he is on the cusp of breaking through in the same way Adam Cole did when they
put the Championship on him. However, as much as ROH pulled the trigger on Cole
at the right time they have previous for failing to capitalise. Names such as
Nigel McGuinness and Tyler Black spring to mind, with Tyler the more prominent
of the two. Black was over enough to win the title eons before he did to the
point of, when he did, the crowds just didn’t care anymore.</div>
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ROH can’t afford to do this with Lethal, he is ready and
putting the Championship on him could spark a bit of life into the division
that has been kind of messy for lack of a better word since Michael Elgin’s
issues of last summer.</div>
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The problem I have with it is the Television Championship
has become an excellent secondary title in recent years and I really don’t want
to lose it. I get why they’re doing what is essentially a unification match
because it makes the match even more attractive but they have to execute it in
such a way that allows the Television Championship to remain active without
tarnishing it forever by having Lethal merely discard it once he’s won the
actually important Championship.</div>
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It’s a fine balance but presents ROH with an opportunity. If
they can somehow word it whereby (much like with Austin Aries and Hulk Hogan in
TNA a few years ago) ROH Matchmaker Nigel McGuinness decides that he can’t have
one man holding both the singles Championships and forces Lethal to vacate the
belt then that would be great.</div>
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What they should follow up on that with is a tournament for
the vacant Championship. It adds prestige to the title to see multiple guys
fighting over it and tournaments always give you the chance to put an up and
comer over. For example how huge would it be if Adam Page were to eliminate a
stalwart like Roderick Strong or even Adam Cole (although logistically that may
difficult since Cole seems to be remaining heel for the time being) in a match.</div>
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The tournament finals seem to be a no-brainer to me. Fresh
off finishing off their feud with the KRD over the Tag Team Championships
(perhaps with a bit of miscommunication during their loss to them in the two
teams’ final encounter) it should be Bobby Fish facing Kyle O’Reilly.</div>
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Personally I’d have Fish weasel his way to a win over O’Reilly
and start a brutal feud between the two friends and partners based on Fish’s
jealousy of how O’Reilly was always seen as the star of the team. The feud just
seems to write itself.</div>
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So, overall thoughts – ROH is in a good position right now
and I hope that continues for many moons to come and they should really put the
World Championship on Jay Lethal and have Bobby Fish beat Kyle O’Reilly in the
finals of the tournament for the vacant Television Championship. I can only
hope I’m right.</div>
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Thanks for reading, I’m sure I’ll be back with another “Quick
Thoughts”/thesis sooner rather than later but until then you can follow me on
twitter @watadam20 and I’ll see you again soon hopefully.</div>
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P.S. Adam Cole is back, and the world should rejoice…….
BAYBAY!</div>
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It has been quite the month for wrestling fans with a
multitude of different high profile shows from different companies all over the
world during the month of May and that continued last night with Payback and
will extend further into the week when we are treated to our first NXT Live
Special since February. Just going to do a quick review and preview of those
two shows here. Not a traditional style review and preview, just my general
musings. These musings may contain <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">potential
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We start with Payback. I’ve not long finished watching it
having been at work all day (and up early preventing my watching of the show
last night). It was a pretty average show with few highlights if truth be
told. The Tag Team division continue to kill it with The New Day transforming
themselves from being dangerously close to Big Show levels of making me want to
change the channel all the way to one of the most entertaining acts on the
entire roster. Cesaro and Tyson, to the surprise of no-one except maybe Vince,
are getting really over as faces and they are the perfect foil for the Tag
Champions at the minute.</div>
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I thought their two out of three falls match was a lot of
fun even if it did feel far too short, if they were going to do two out of three
falls they should have given the guys more time. You’d think after watching the
guy for the better part of a decade now I wouldn’t be surprised by Cesaro’s
feats of strength but I still am. Him throwing Big E around like a small child
will never fail to amuse me. I thought the finish was very clever and worked
well for both teams. I cannot stress how much I am looking forward to the tag
team Elimination Chamber match, I’m not sure quite how it will work
logistically yet but I am sure it is going to be great to watch.</div>
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A small diva related quibble. I was fine with the tag match
in general and thought Naomi and Tamina going over made the most sense but why
did Nikki need to kick out of Naomi’s finisher? And much more why did then
Naomi merely dragging a distracted Nikki from the top rope into the ring cause
that much more damage than her finisher did? Bizzare.</div>
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Also, I hope Ziggler is okay – that headbutt was straight up
nasty and the blood pouring out of his head was a serious issue. The guy is so
talented I really don’t want to see him sidelined too.</div>
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And finally, regarding Payback, what an incredible main
event. It may not have been a five star classic but it was perfectly booked and
about as good as an overly convoluted fatal-4-way with a boatload of interference
can get. The mini-reformation of The Shield was a thing of beauty and goes to
show that a Shield reunion in the future will work fantastically well, just
don’t do it quite yet.</div>
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Reigns came across really well in the match. I actually
quite like the guy when he seems to be acting natural and not cutting Looney
Tunes inspired promos. Him and Ambrose sharing a little bit of brotherly love
before beating the hell out of each other in order to gain the biggest prize in
the industry was really well executed. And Reigns' quip outside the ring about
“Loser buys the beers?” came across as actually cool and really relatable
rather than the unrelatable, forced Roman we’ve been subjected to over the past
number of months. More of actually cool Roman Reigns will eventually see the
crowd back on his side.</div>
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Now onto NXT and this Wednesday when we will see Takeover:
Unstoppable. This looks set to be yet another great show – as we’ve come to
expect with NXT – despite being plagued and threatened by injuries to some of
the bigger stars. I would have thought they would have announced a change to
the main event by now if Zayn wasn’t going to be fit for the show so it looks
like Zayn/Owens II will thankfully go ahead. More on that later.</div>
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With Hideo being injured and out for a significant amount of
time it appears we will see Finn Balor vs. Tyler Breeze for the #1
contendership. It should be a great match but I would have liked to have seen
Hideo in the equation as I think he would probably have been the best choice to
face Owens next (especially given his adorable, absolutely unbooable promo on
last week’s episode where he proclaimed he’d like to fight Owens because “he is
a bad man”). Plus him adding a third dimension to the match would have been
cool. As it stands, Breeze may need to go over because I don’t want Owens to
lose the Championship soon and Balor/Owens again with the same outcome may not
be the right thing to do with Balor.</div>
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The tag division is probably the weakest area of NXT right
now but the feud between Team Thick (AKA Blake & Murphy) and Big Cass &
Enzo has been really well built. They’ve even managed to include Carmella and
Alexa in interesting ways which is cool. As much as I’d like to see Enzo and
Cass win the titles I smell shenanigans from a mile away for this one and I
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The women continue to impress. I’ve long been a fan of Becky
Lynch and I got fully on board the Sasha Banks bandwagon in the build-up to her
first match for the Championship against Charlotte well over six months ago.
Both women have been great and the scene is set for another incredible match
between two unbelievably talented women. The contract signing from a recent
episode of NXT was fantastically done. Sasha signing the contract with her
own ‘BOSS’ stamp showcased the little things that NXT just gets right.</div>
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The women’s division may be losing a little steam with
Charlotte having now done all she can in NXT and being more than ready for the
main roster leaving only three of the really talented women left. I do hope they push on with the division and build some women up to the same
level as the Sasha’s, Becky’s and Bayley’s of the world. Signings like Jessie
McKay and a rejuvenated, actually interesting to watch Emma are really healthy
signs for the division.</div>
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The work the big four have put into this division cannot be
overstated. They have been given the ball and have ran with it. In fact if
Owens/Zayn had been cancelled due to Zayn’s injury I would have been all in
favour of Becky and Sasha main eventing the special.</div>
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Speaking of main eventing, I have seen more Zayn/Owens
matches than I can count and they always deliver, the last special was one of
their weakest matches against each other but that was deliberate in order to
build to the bigger story they were telling, which was absolutely fine. I also
think that their feud has not been quite as impactful as it could have been.
That being said, the promo that ended last week’s episode was incredibly well
done. I think, if I were a casual fan, that one promo would have sold me on
this match and I think they will go all out (and knowing them probably succeed)
to have an absolute classic on Thursday – and I can’t wait to see it.</div>
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PREDICTIONS: Owens retains, Sasha retains, Blake/Murphy
retain, Corbin wins, Bayley/Charlotte win and Finn wins.</div>
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Hope you all enjoyed my little musings tonight. I might
start doing this more regularly as it allows me to vent my anger and release my
joy – as well as getting rid of the occasional craving to just write. Stay
tuned for more potential updates, more of this, more of the rebooking series - when me and Jonathon can find the time and much, much more.</div>
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Thanks for reading, enjoy NXT on Wednesday and I hope you’ll
come back to read some more. Until then, if you wish, you can follow me on
twitter @watadam20. See you all soon.</div>
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P.S. Baron Corbin and Dana Brooke are also wrestling………………….</div>
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Hello and welcome to the seventh edition of the rebooking
series. With this one we’re going back to where the rebooking series started
with us, TNA.</div>
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This time, however, instead of rebooking the Kurt Angle vs.
Samoa Joe feud we’re rebooking the most important episode of television in
TNA’s history – the January 4<sup>th</sup> 2010 episode.</div>
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This episode is famous for the debut of Hulk Hogan and the
ill-fated switch to Monday Night’s to go head-to-head with RAW.</div>
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Now personally I wouldn’t have gone to Monday Night’s, not
at this point anyway. TNA was growing as a brand but it wasn’t ready to take on
the worldwide phenomenon that is WWE.</div>
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Nevertheless this was something that Jonathon and I could
not change but we did feel that even though the Monday Night experiment would
probably have failed regardless we could have certainly produced a better
episode in order to entice those fans that tuned in to see Hulk Hogan to stick
around a while longer.</div>
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We have made a couple of tweaks to how things were at the
time. We had Beer Money beating British Invasion in the three-way Tag Team
Championship match at Turning Point 2009 to become TNA Tag Team Champions for a
fourth time. They defended them at Final Resolution in a rematch while the
Motor City Machine Guns took their place in the Feast or Fired Match. This was
in order to bring the Beer Money vs. Motor City Machine Guns brilliant
Best-of-Five Series forward by half a year.</div>
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Also in the build-up to this night TNA have been advertising
the episode like crazy. Hyping the debut of Hulk Hogan, the main event of AJ
Styles defending his World Heavyweight Championship against Kurt Angle, the
first match in the best-of-five series for the Tag Team Championships and an
Ultimate X match for the X-Division Championship.</div>
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So here we go, the January 4<sup>th</sup> 2010 episode of
Impact is about to be rebooked:</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>04/01/2010 TNA
Impact (3 hours):</u></b></div>
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Mike Tenay and Taz open the show and hype Hulk Hogan’s debut
followed by the Machine Guns vs. Beer Money and then the main event of AJ vs.
Angle.</div>
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Tenay then says but they are going to kick the show off with
a bang, showcasing a staple of TNA their X-Division in the X-Division’s
signature match – Ultimate X. Tenay is about to explain the rules when he is
interrupted by Jeff Jarrett’s music.</div>
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Jarrett makes his way to the ring, demanding a mic from
ringside. Jarrett cuts a promo and talks about Hulk Hogan and his “cronies”,
coming in to make a quick buck from the company that he built from the ground
up. Jarrett says this is his wrestling company, and that it will always be his,
no matter who manages to come in and turn Dixie Carter’s head. Jarrett says
that come hell or high water, TNA will never be Hulk Hogan’s. He warns the
crowd that he loves TNA and he will do anything to protect it.</div>
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Jarrett leaves the ring with Tenay and Taz slightly taken
aback. Tenay recovers though and now gets to explain the rules of Ultimate X.
After that the entrances are made and our first match of the night kicks off.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Match One: </b>Amazing
Red © vs. Christopher Daniels vs. Doug Williams vs. Frankie Kazarian vs.
Homicide vs. Jay Lethal in an Ultimate X Match for the TNA X-Division
Championship</div>
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The match is full of high flying and is extremely spotty, as
every Ultimate X match is. The finish comes when Kazarian and Homicide are battling
in the centre of the structure which allows Red to climb over the top of them
to grab the Championship.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Winner: </b>Amazing
Red retains his Championship (11:39)</div>
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We go backstage and see a limo pulling up, the door opens
and Ric Flair gets out. The cameraman asks Flair what he is doing here. Flair
responds by saying he had to be here to see tonight’s main event. Tonight is
the first night he’ll get to see “The Phenomenal One” AJ Styles perform in the
flesh. He says he has been following AJ’s career for years and cannot wait to
see him take on Kurt Angle tonight in a match that Flair says is “the two best
wrestlers on the planet right now facing off one-on-one for the richest prize
in the business. What person in their right mind would miss that? Woooooo!”</div>
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We then get a Desmond Wolfe video package highlighting his
arrival in TNA and his battles with Kurt Angle.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Match Two: </b>Desmond
Wolfe vs. Kiyoshi</div>
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Wolfe dominates the majority of the match until Eric Young
interferes which gives Kiyoshi the upper hand. Wolfe overcomes this though and
hits the Jawbreaker Lariat for the win.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Winner:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>Desmond Wolfe via Jawbreaker Lariat
(4:51)</div>
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Post-match Wolfe cuts a promo talking about how he came into
TNA to make an impact and to do that he had to take on the biggest dog in the
yard – Kurt Angle. And he did just that, he went toe-to-toe with one of the
all-time greats and he came out of that with a newfound respect for Angle and,
even more so, TNA. Wolfe says he feels blessed to be here and he will make sure
to enjoy every minute of it.</div>
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We cut to backstage and see Hulk Hogan making his way
through the backstage area. He shakes hands with all the guys in the back and
comes to AJ Styles and Kurt Angle at the end, wishing them luck and saying he
can’t wait to see their match tonight. Tenay and Taz hype that Hulk Hogan will
be in a six-sided ring for the first time ever, next.</div>
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Eric Bischoff comes out and introduces “The one, the only,
the Immortal Hulk Hogan!” Hogan performs his usual rhetoric and then talks
about how much he respects TNA and how he’s here to help the brand grow. He
wants to help change TNA for the better and, as a result, the wrestling
business as a whole. Most of all though he is extremely excited to see
tonight’s main event between AJ Styles and Kurt Angle. In addition, Hogan
announces that regardless of who wins tonight he will announce their challenger
for Genesis at the end of tonight’s main event.</div>
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Taz and Tenay put over Hogan and the segment before throwing
to a graphic showing that up next we’ve got Knockout’s action with the Tag Team
Championship’s on the line in a Tables Match.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Match Three: </b>Sarita
and Taylor Wilde © vs. Alissa Flash and Daffney in a Table’s Match for the
Knockout’s Tag Team Championships</div>
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An exhilarating back and forth contest comes to a conclusion
when Sarita jumps off the top rope in an attempt to hurricanrana Alissa Flash
but Flash uses her power to turn it into a Buckle Bomb. She then drags the
already set up table into the centre of the ring and hits a Kudo Driver through
it to win the Tag Team Championships for her and Daffney.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Winners: </b>Alissa
Flash and Daffney to win the Knockout’s Tag Team Championships following a Kudo
Driver (11:52)</div>
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After the post-match celebration we cut backstage where we
see the Motor City Machine Guns talking to SoCal Val about the first match in
their best of five series versus Beer Money for the World Tag Team
Championships. Alex Shelley says they have never held the belts before but
tonight heralds a new era in TNA and it will also herald a new era in the Guns Career,
tonight they take the first step to finally becoming TNA Tag Team Champions.</div>
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We get a video hyping “The Pope” D’Angelo Dinero.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Match Four: </b>“The
Pope” D’Angelo Dinero vs. Jesse Neal</div>
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Pope and Neal go back and forth in the early goings but Pope
eventually gets the upper hand and hits the D’Angelo Dinero Express to pick up
the pinfall victory in relatively short order.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Winner: </b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“The Pope” D’Angelo Dinero via DDE (2:49)</div>
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Post-match Pope cuts a promo stating he is destined for the
top in TNA and when that happens, everyone will reap the rewards, he then
stands with his hands in the air in the centre of the ring as money rains down
all around him.</div>
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Tenay and Taz hype that we’ve seen the Knockout’s once
tonight but get prepared to see them face off again as Tara defends the belt
she won at Final Resolution against ODB and Awesome Kong.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Match Five: </b>Tara
© vs. Awesome Kong vs. ODB in a Three-Way Dance for the Knockout’s Championship</div>
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All three women have control of the match at various points
and all showcase their talents. Eventually it comes down to ODB and Kong. ODB
goes for the BAM! but gets flattened by Kong who then picks her up and hits the
Implant Buster for the victory. Kong celebrates over ODB’s body whilst Tenay
exclaims that Tara lost her championship without being pinned and Taz says that
Kong is the first ever three time TNA Knockout’s Champion.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Winner: </b>Awesome
Kong via Implant Buster (9:22)</div>
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We cut backstage where Val is stood by with Beer Money. Beer
Money cut a promo putting over their opponents this evening and says the tag
team division in TNA is the best in the world and they are proud to represent
that as the TNA World Tag Team Champions. Something they will still be after
this best of five series comes to an end “Sorry about your damn luck.” Taz and
Tenay throw to a break but hype that the Tag Team match is next.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Match Six: </b>Beer
Money (James Storm and Robert Roode) © vs. The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex
Shelley and Chris Sabin) in Match One of a Best of Five Series for the TNA
World Tag Team Championships</div>
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Both teams have a great showing in this match with both
getting plenty of offence in and multiple near falls. Eventually Shelley dumps
Roode to the outside and the Guns hit a number of tag team moves on Storm. They
go for Made in Detroit (the sitout powerbomb/sliced bread combination) but
Roode is up on the apron and pushes Shelley off the top rope to the outside.
Storm then fights back against Sabin, manages to get out of the powerbomb,
lands on his feet and nails Sabin with the Last Call Superkick. Sabin is spun
round by that straight into a Double R Spinebuster from Roode. Roode and Storm
then set Sabin up and hit him with the DWI (Drinking While Investing) for the
pin and the win to go 1-0 up in the best of five series. Tenay and Taz recap the
action putting over the stellar in-ring contest and then we cut to Storm and
Roode celebrating with beer. Post-match they shake hands with the Guns.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Winners: </b>Beer
Money (James Storm and Robert Roode) via DWI (18:12)</div>
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Tenay and Taz throw to a Samoa Joe hype video which
showcases his destruction of TNA from the start to the present day, although it
is much more focused on his 2005-2008 work rather than later on. Tenay then
says we’ll see the Samoan Submission Machine in action, next.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Match Seven: </b>Brutus
Magnus vs. Samoa Joe</div>
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Magnus gets in a bit of offence in order to establish that
he is not completely inept but Joe dominates most of the match. The
commentators describe the reasoning for this being that Magnus is a tag team
specialist so wrestling in a singles match isn’t his strongest suit since he
doesn’t do it very often and that Joe is an absolute machine. Joe hits the
Muscle Buster and then locks in the Coquina Clutch for the submission victory</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Winner: </b>Samoa Joe
via Coquina Clutch (6:04)</div>
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Joe leaves after destroying Magnus whilst Doug Williams
tends to his beaten tag team partner. We cut back to the announce booth where
Taz and Tenay hype as much as possible the ramifications of tonight’s main
event which is coming up next. They roll through the tale of the tape and put
over both men. AJ and Angle will make their entrances as soon as the commercial
break comes to an end.</div>
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Camera’s follow Angle from backstage to the ring and then do
the same for AJ. Once in the ring Borash makes the in-ring Championship
announcements and we are ready to go.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Match Eight: </b>AJ
Styles © vs. Kurt Angle for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship</div>
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The match ends with a series of reversals when Angle goes
for an Angle Slam but AJ rolls through and picks Angle straight up into the
Stylesclash position. As AJ is trying to get his legs over though Angle uses
that to pick the leg and transition through into the Anklelock. AJ rolls
through though and the momentum takes Angle into the turnbuckle. When Angle
turns around AJ goes for a Pele Kick but Angle catches the leg and locks in the
Ankle Lock again. AJ gets to the ropes and Angle backs off at the insistence of
the referee. When he comes back in though AJ tries to pick him up for the
Stylesclash but his ankle is in too much pain, this allows Angle to transition
out and hit the Angle Slam which gets a 2.9 count. Angle looks in disbelief
that AJ kicked out and heads to the top rope, he goes for a moonsault but AJ
rolls out of the way. Both men are down and the referee almost ends up counting
them both down but they get back up at 9. AJ is out on his feet though and
Angle goes for a clothesline, AJ ducks though and this time connects with the
Pele Kick. He then picks Angle up and hits the Stylesclash before going to the
top rope and hitting the Spiral Tap for the victory.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Winner: </b>AJ Styles
retains his TNA World Heavyweight Championship via Spiral Tap (24:57)</div>
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AJ is very emotional as he celebrates post-match. After a
while Angle recovers and the pair shake hands and embrace before Angle raises
AJ’s hand just as Hulk Hogan’s music hits. </div>
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Hulk comes out and congratulates AJ Styles on retaining his
Championship in “one of the best matches I’ve ever seen.” He then says he has a
little surprise in store, and it is time to reveal the man who will challenge
AJ Styles for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship at Genesis in less than
two weeks time. The reveal is… JEFF HARDY! </div>
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Tenay and Taz put over how huge this is. Then Tenay says
“folks, we’re out of time, we hope you enjoyed our first edition of Impact on
Monday, we’ll see you again next week in our usual timeslot of 9/8c!”</div>
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1. Amazing Red © d. Christopher Daniels, Doug Williams,
Frankie Kazarian, Homicide and Jay Lethal in an Ultimate X Match to retain the
TNA X-Division Championship<b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> (11:39).</span></b> <br />
2. Desmond Wolfe d. Kiyoshi <b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">(4:51)</span></b> when Wolfe
used the Jawbreaker Lariat.<br />
3. Alissa Flash and Daffney d. Sarita and Taylor Wilde © in a Tornado Tables
Match to win the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship <b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">(11:52)</span></b> when Flash used the
Kudo Driver on Wilde.<br />
4. “The Pope” D’Angelo Dinero d. Jesse Neal <b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">(2:49)</span></b>
when he used the DDE.<br />
5. Awesome Kong d. ODB and Tara © in a Three-Way to Dance to win the Knockouts
Championship <b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">(9:22)</span></b> when
Kong used an Implant Buster on ODB.<br />
6. Beer Money (James Storm and Robert Roode) © d. Motor City Machine Guns (Alex
Shelley and Chris Sabin) in Match One of the Best of Five Series for TNA World
Tag Team Championships <b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">(18:12)</span></b> when Roode
pinned Sabin following the DWI.<br />
7. Samoa Joe d. Brutus Magnus <b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">(6:04)</span></b> when Joe
used the Coquina Clutch to tap out Magnus.</div>
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8. AJ Styles d. Kurt Angle to retain the TNA World
Heavyweight Championship <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">(24:57) </b>when
Styles used the Spiral Tap.</div>
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So there we are, the rebooking of the January 4<sup>th</sup>
2010 episode of Impact is complete. Hopefully this show would have been a
bigger success both on the night and in the follow-up than it was in real life.
Nevertheless I think the move to Monday Night’s was doomed regardless of the
show but me and Jonathon both think this would have given them a better chance.</div>
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That being said, this article isn’t quite finished, there
will be another rebooking series blog coming soon (probably in time for Money
in the Bank, time allowing) that will focus on this era of TNA. It will just
follow on from the above rebooked 4<sup>th</sup> January show and here is a
sneak peak of the start of that rebooking with the 11<sup>th</sup> January
Impact and the PPV that followed six days later, Genesis (yes, TNA really did
do a huge three hour Impact on the 4<sup>th</sup> January and followed it up
with a PPV thirteen days later). Anyway, here’s your little preview:</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">11/01/2010 TNA Impact
(Summary):</b></div>
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Four Corner Survival Match for #1 Contendership to the
X-Division Title: Kazarian d. Homicide, Jay Lethal and (the debuting) Shannon
Moore when Kaz hits the Flux Capacitor on Homicide for the win.</div>
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Samoa Joe enters the ring and says he is throwing out an
open challenge for Genesis. Christopher Daniels comes out and accepts his
challenge.</div>
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Sarita and Taylor Wilde are interviewed by SoCal Val
backstage and they reveal that they get their rematch for the Tag Team
Championship’s at Genesis.</div>
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Jeff Jarrett comes out and cuts a cryptic promo about
testing the loyalty of the so-called “TNA” guys. He is interrupted by The Pope
who comes out and challenges Jarrett to a match at Genesis since he is offended
by the insinuation that just because he hasn’t been here for as long as Jeff
that that somehow means he doesn’t love TNA. Jarrett accepts.</div>
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Desmond Wolfe d. Douglas Williams. Wolfe beats Williams
after countering the Chaos Theory into a roll-up to pick up the victory. </div>
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Post-match Williams offers Wolfe a place in World Elite.
Wolfe politely declines leading to Magnus and Williams beating Wolfe down until
Kurt Angle make the save. Angle and Wolfe clear the ring and then show respect.
Later in the show Tenay announces that Angle and Wolfe will team up at Genesis
to take on British Invasion.</div>
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Beer Money cut a promo backstage talking about their victory
last week. They refer to their match at Genesis and insist they’re going to
make it 2-0 on Sunday. 1 away from making sure the gold stays around their
waists, “Sorry, about your damn luck!”</div>
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Tara comes out and cuts a promo about not being the one
pinned in the three way Knockouts match last week. She says she will get her
rematch at Genesis and when it’s one-on-one, she will not lose.</div>
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The final segment is a contract signing for the TNA World
Heavyweight Championship Match at Genesis. AJ and Jeff sit either side of your
stereotypical contract signing table with Bischoff and Hogan mediating. AJ cuts
a fired up babyface promo about “I’ve been here since day one. I’ve defended
this company against people who just wanted to come in, coast by on their
reputation and make a quick buck (looks at Hogan) and I know that’s you Jeff
(turns to Hardy) because you’ve been here before”.</div>
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Jeff retorts saying he’s not here to do that, he’s here to
entertain the people and make TNA the biggest wrestling company on the planet. “I’m
the guy to take TNA to the next level. And AJ, you’re just upset that you weren’t.”</div>
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This infuriates AJ who flips the table and gets in Hardy’s
face. Hogan pushes himself between them and AJ responds by pushing Hogan to the
ground. He then backs off, raises the belt and leaves the ring as Mike Tenay
yells “That’s all we’ve got time for. We’ll see you all on Sunday at Genesis.
AJ, Hardy. First time ever!”</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Genesis PPV:</u></b></div>
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<b>1. Frankie Kazarian d. Amazing Red © to become the new
X-Division Champion</b></div>
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Red tries to hit the Sunset Flip (Code Red) on Kazarian but
Kaz manages to block it and hits the Fade to Black to pick up the win.</div>
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<b>2. Alissa Flash and Daffney © d. Sarita and Taylor Wilde to
retain the Knockout’s Tag Team Championships</b></div>
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Daffney hits Sarita with a Shining Wizard that knocks her
out of the ring and allows herself and Flash to focus on Taylor. Eventually
Daffney heads up top and hits a diving hurricanrana on Wilde before Flash hits
the Air Raid Crash to get the pin and the win.</div>
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<b>3. British Invasion (Brutus Magnus and Douglas Williams) w/
Eric Young d. Desmond Wolfe and Kurt Angle</b></div>
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EY is eventually ejected from ringside for interfering in
the match. The contest is a hard fought one but eventually Magnus and Williams
win because of their greater cohesion. Wolfe and Angle had a few episodes of miscommunication
at important times in the match and eventually Williams hit the Chaos Theory on
Angle to pick up the victory for his team. Post-match Angle tries to cheer
Wolfe up who is clearly bitterly disappointed at the loss.</div>
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<b>4. Samoa Joe d. Christopher Daniels</b></div>
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Joe picks up the win in a fairly long match clean following
a Muscle Buster.</div>
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<b>5. Awesome Kong © d. Tara to retain the TNA Knockouts
Championship</b></div>
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Kong pins Tara clean following the Awesome Bomb.</div>
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<b>6. “The Pope” D’Angelo Dinero d. Jeff Jarrett</b></div>
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At several times during the match Jarrett seems to be
punishing Pope just to test his resolve and see how much fight he has in him.
Eventually Jarrett brings a guitar into the ring, he swings for Pope but Pope
ducks and then hits the DDE for the win.</div>
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<b>7. Beer Money (James Storm and Robert Roode) © d. The Motor
City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) to go 2-0 up in the Best of
Five Series for TNA World Tag Team Championships</b></div>
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Beer Money pick up the win when Storm pins Shelley with a
roll-up after a long, hard fought encounter. Both teams shake hands once again after the
match as a show of respect.</div>
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<b>8. AJ Styles © vs. Jeff Hardy for the TNA World Heavyweight
Championship</b></div>
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The match goes fairly long and is comfortably older than
twenty minutes when Jeff finally looks like he has the upper hand. He goes to
the top rope and is in position for the Swanton (he is on the side closest to
both the hard cam and the ramp) when Kazarian enters from the opposite corner
distracting him. The referee goes over to stop Kazarian getting involved as
Tenay and Taz sell the confusion of what Kazarian is doing out here. Then out
of nowhere Beer Money come down the ramp and hit Jeff with a double beer bottle
shot to the back of the head knocking Hardy off the top rope and into the ring.
AJ has recovered by this point and he picks Jeff up before delivering the
Styles Clash and the referee counts to three as AJ retains the World Heavyweight
Championship. The newly aligned foursome (who will henceforth be referred to as
Fortune) throw up their hand sign for Fortune and all four raise their
respective title belts.</div>
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Hogan comes out to confront them but they attack him.
Jarrett’s music hits and he comes out to make the save! Fortune back off but Jarrett
immediately turns on Hogan and starts to beat him down before rolling him out
of the ring with his foot. Jarrett then turns around so he is standing across the
ring from Fortune. They then come closer together and have a big group hug as
the PPV goes off the air with Tenay and Taz totally shocked. </div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
And there we are, this blog has come to an end. We hope you
enjoyed our rebooking of the 4<sup>th</sup> January episode of Impact and
afterwards the little preview for our next rebooking series article.<br />
</div>
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Any comments you have would be greatly appreciated. You can
also follow me (@watadam20) and Jonathon (@JLAspey) on twitter. Thanks for
reading and we hope to see you again next time for another rebooking series
blog! </div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Hello and welcome to the special
WrestleMania edition of the rebooking series. Our Sixth Edition takes us to
mid-2010 and one of the biggest wastes of a hot angle in wrestling history: The
Nexus.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">When Nexus debuted it was
something a lot of people had never seen anything like before. A lot of the
guys in the group were far from ready to main event but their debut was
executed so well that they all felt like legitimate threats immediately
(despite NXT Season One being so terrible). Of course after that the angle sort
of went downhill and nobody in Nexus has ever really recovered to the heights
of their debut. We picked Summerslam as a starting point because we thought
that was the first big mistake WWE made.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The start of Nexus remains the
same (including Bryan’s firing) until Summerslam apart from the fact that Chris
Jericho wins the RAW Money in the Bank briefcase rather than The Miz. Also, for
a feature that comes into play later The Hart Dynasty are still tag team
champions as of the start of this rebooking.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Without any further ado here we
go: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Summerslam 2010</u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The Nexus vs. Team WWE (John
Cena, Edge, Chris Jericho, Bret Hart, R-Truth, John Morrison and Daniel Bryan)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Michael Tarver is eliminated by
Bret early on following a sharpshooter. Barrett immediately comes in, hits
Wasteland on Bret and pins him for the elimination. This brings in Cena who
guns straight for Barrett but Barrett backtracks and tags in Skip Sheffield.
Sheffield and Cena go at it as David Otunga attacks Bret while he’s been
carried to the back. This causes the WWE guys and Nexus to go into an all-out
brawl on the outside (minus Sheffield and Cena) which ends when Bryan comes off
the top rope on to everyone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In the ring Sheffield gets the
upper hand on Cena and tags in Barrett. Barrett and Nexus beat down Cena for a
prolonged period until he gets the hot tag to Bryan. Bryan cleans house. Edge
comes in and works over Otunga but Otunga manages to tag Sheffield in who
eliminates Edge. Morrison is next in and he hits a few high flying moves but
Sheffield gets the upper hand. Sheffield tags in Barrett who dominates Morrison
until he gets the hot tag to Truth. Truth gets a few hope spots after his
momentum is stopped but eventually Barrett eliminates him with Wasteland. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Jericho comes in and Barrett
backs away from his former mentor tagging in Darren Young. After a little while
Jericho eliminates Young after connecting with a Codebreaker out of nowhere.
Heath Slater comes in and works over Jericho. Barrett tags himself in and
eliminates Jericho with the Lion Tamer. Morrison comes in and goes back and
forth with Barrett. Barrett gets the upper hand and Nexus utilise quick tags to
keep Morrison beaten down. Morrison mounts a comeback and eventually eliminates
Otunga after hitting Starship Pain. Slater comes in immediately and eliminates
Morrison with a roll-up, and a handful of tights.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Bryan’s back in now and laying
into Slater with some stiff kicks. He eventually eliminates Slater with the
LeBell Lock. Bryan and Cena work over Nexus for a while until Sheffield hits a
clothesline on Cena completely changing the match. Sheffield and the rest of
Nexus work Cena over until he tags Bryan in. Bryan is like a house of fire at
first, taking on all remaining members of Nexus at once. Eventually the numbers
game catches up with Bryan though and he is subjected to a meathook clothesline
from Sheffield, Wasteland from Barrett and finally a 450 Splash from Gabriel
for the elimination.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It’s three-on-one now and all
three members of Nexus surround Cena. Cena tries to fight back but they beat
him down. Once order is restored it is Cena and Sheffield who are in the ring.
Sheffield has the upper hand but is acting cocky and it costs him as Cena
manages to surprise him with an Attitude Adjustment for the elimination. Gabriel
comes in and beats Cena down. He sets up for the 450 splash but Cena rolls out
of the way and when Gabriel gets back up he is immediately subjected to an
Attitude Adjustment which eliminates him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It is now down to Cena and
Barrett. The latter immediately hits the ring after Gabriel’s elimination and
attacks Cena. Cena almost wins with the STF but Barrett manages to reach the
ropes. Cena tries to pull Barrett back to the centre of the ring but Barrett
will not let go of the ropes. Eventually getting to the point where Barrett has
both hands on the top rope and Cena is close to the centre of the ring
desperately pulling on his legs which allows Barrett to mule kick him. When
Cena gets back up he turns straight into Wasteland. Barrett pins Cena and wins
the match.</span></div>
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</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>RAW’s leading to Night of Champions</u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">There is a six pack elimination
challenge announced (Sheamus, Cena, Orton, Barrett, Jericho and Edge). All six
challengers are, naturally, aggressive with one another with Barrett and Cena
particularly violent towards each other.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Night of Champions</u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Sheamus © vs. Chris Jericho vs.
Edge vs. John Cena vs. Randy Orton vs. Wade Barrett</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The rules to this one are
slightly different to how they were in the actual Night of Champions match. In
our version Chris Jericho and Edge started the match with the next competitor
entering at five minute intervals. Eliminations could occur at any time. After
five minutes had elapsed Cena entered the fray. Just before the next entrant
Edge eliminated Jericho with a spear. Sheamus was in next and he eliminated
Edge with a Brogue Kick. As he was celebrating though the next entrant, Randy
Orton, came in and dominated Sheamus. Wade Barrett entered next and focused on
John Cena. Orton and Sheamus go back and forth until Orton hits an RKO but Sheamus
kicks out at 2. This leads to Orton punting Sheamus and eliminating him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Orton and Cena team up on Barrett
but eventually turn on each other. This allows Barrett to hit Wasteland on Cena
and eliminate him. Orton and Barrett go back and forth but with no
disqualifications in a match like this Cena attacks Barrett allowing Orton to
hit an RKO and win the WWE Championship.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Recap of RAW’s leading to Hell in a Cell</u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Nexus continue to attack Cena
throughout the month. Eventually the anonymous RAW GM makes John Cena vs. Wade
Barrett inside Hell in a Cell. If Cena wins Nexus must disband, if he loses he
must join Nexus.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Hell in a Cell</u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Hell in a Cell Match: John Cena
vs. Wade Barrett</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Cena has the match won when the
lights in the arena go out. When they come back on Nexus have surrounded the
cell. Some try to get in by the door, others try to break through the roof.
Gabriel and Slater break through the roof, hang and then jump down into the
ring and attack Cena and then the referee before taking the key and allowing
the others in through the door. They destroy the ring and everything
surrounding in scenes not dissimilar to their debut. Daniel Bryan comes out to
defend Cena but is taken out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Every Nexus member hits their
signature moves and then they lift a lifeless Cena on to Barrett’s shoulders
for Wasteland. Nexus force the referee to count the pinfall and Barrett wins.
Barrett puts the Nexus armband on Cena and then drapes a Nexus t-shirt over his
body. Nexus pose over Cena as Hell in a Cell ends.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>1<sup>st</sup> RAW after Hell in a Cell</u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Cena opens the show and
apologises to the WWE Universe. He says he left everyone down last night and he
will never forgive himself. Barrett interrupts and says “There’ll be no more of
that as a Nexus member John. You’re behind me. You’ll do what I tell you to do,
when I tell you to do it. You’re either Nexus or you’re against us, and John…
you’re Nexus” Barrett then orders Cena backstage which he does looking
crestfallen and staring at the Nexus armband around his bicep.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Randy Orton wins in the main
event and is challenged to a WWE Title match at Bragging Rights by Barrett.
Orton accepts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>2<sup>nd</sup> RAW after Hell in a Cell</u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The main event is Nexus (Gabriel
and Cena) vs. Orton and Bryan (Orton picks Bryan to be his partner)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Nexus take over ringside (Barrett
and Otunga provide commentary, Slater is the ring announcer etc.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Nexus beat down Bryan until he
tags Orton in. Orton comes in like a house of fire but is eventually shut down
by the surprisingly good tag work of Cena and Gabriel. Eventually Cena hits the
Attitude Adjustment on Orton. He goes for the pin but Barrett gets up off
commentary and demands Cena tag in Gabriel. Cena gets in Barrett’s face but
Barrett reminds him of his responsibilities so Cena obliges. Gabriel goes to
the top rope and goes for a 450 Splash but Orton catches him in mid-air with an
RKO out of nowhere and gets the pin before Nexus can get involved.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">RAW’s Anonymous General Manager
announces a main event of Randy Orton versus any Nexus member. Barrett
nominates Cena to be that member.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Non-Title Match: John Cena vs.
Randy Orton</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Orton wins a hard fought, even
match with a small package. Nexus immediately attack him after the match but
Cena holds back, disgusted by Nexus’ actions. Barrett grabs a microphone and
shouts at Cena. He grabs at Cena’s armband and says “John, you’re Nexus!”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Barrett forces Cena to hit an
Attitude Adjustment on Orton and then makes him pose with the other members in
true Nexus fashion.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Bragging Rights</u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">WWE Championship Match: Randy
Orton © vs. Wade Barrett (w/ John Cena)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Orton and Barrett fight back and
forth. Eventually Orton goes for his trademark clotheslines but Barrett ducks
and Orton takes out the referee. Barrett demands Cena get in the ring and helpt
him beat up Orton. Barrett tells him to hit the AA on Orton. Cena looks
conflicted, but then turns and hits the AA on Barrett! Cena walks backstage as
Orton crawls to the cover and the recovering referee slowly counts to three.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>1<sup>st</sup> RAW after Bragging Rights</u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">There is hype throughout RAW that
Wade Barrett will address “the John Cena problem” at the end of the show.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Barrett says that Cena is a part
of Nexus and, whether he likes it or not, he is part of the group so he has to
prove his loyalty.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The Anonymous RAW GM pipes in and
says that Barrett has a good idea and at Survivor Series it will be Randy Orton
defending against Wade Barrett once again but with a twist. John Cena will be
the special guest referee! Cena looks devastated and Barrett pulls him into
Wasteland. Barrett says “You may be Nexus John but you’re not one of us. Yet.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>2<sup>nd</sup> RAW</u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Kofi Kingston vs. Wade Barrett</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Barrett wins with Wasteland. Post-match
Orton comes out to attack Barrett but is taken out by Nexus. Cena doesn’t join
in and looks conflicted. Barrett demands he joins in but Cena leaves the ring
and makes his way backstage.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>3<sup>rd</sup> RAW</u></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Barrett opens the show and laughs
off Cena’s actions last week insisting that he knows “John will do the right
thing” come Survivor Series. He also lays down a challenge for next week to
Orton for a tag team match “if you can even find someone to team with you”.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In the main event Nexus are
beating down Cena for his inaction last week when Orton’s music hits. He goes
to come down to the ring but pauses and the turns and looks at the titantron
where Edge’s music plays! Edge comes out and Rated RKO pose as the show goes
off the air.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>4<sup>th</sup> RAW (and final before Survivor Series)</u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Main Event: Nexus vs. Rated RKO</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Barrett ducks out of the match
saying he never stated which members of Nexus would face Orton’s team. He
nominates Otunga and Cena to be the Nexus representatives in the match.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Barrett tries to interfere but
Edge spears him on the outside and Orton hits the RKO on a distracted Cena for
the win.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Survivor Series</u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">WWE Championship: Randy Orton ©
vs. Wade Barrett – Special Guest Referee: John Cena</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Getting towards the end of the
match Orton ducks a Barrett clothesline which accidentally takes out Cena.
Nexus interfere and take out Orton before Barrett orders them backstage.
Barrett wakes Cena back up before picking up Orton and hitting him with
Wasteland. Cena counts (Shawn Michaels style after he accidentally took out
Undertaker and gifted Bret Hart the victory) slowly, specifically before hitting
the three. He tries to get out of the ring straight away but Barrett stops him,
makes Cena raise his hand and put the title around his waist. He then forces
Cena to do the Nexus pose with the entire group.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>1<sup>st</sup> RAW after Survivor Series</u></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Barrett comes out and says he has
achieved everything he’s wanted to achieve. He also says that even despite
having the worst year of his career John Cena showed his true loyalty and
solidarity with Nexus last night. Loyalty deserves reward and that’s what
Barrett will do, he will reward Cena. He’s managed to secure John a
Championship match tonight. In the main event John Cena will fight for the WWE…
Tag Team Championship. It will be John Cena teaming with Justin Gabriel to take
on The Hart Dynasty!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Main Event, WWE Tag Team
Championship Match: The Hart Dynasty (David Hart Smith and Tyson Kidd) © vs.
Nexus (John Cena and Justin Gabriel)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Cena and Gabriel win clean after
an Attitude Adjustment into a 450 Splash.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Barrett shakes Cena’s hand and
then raises it before leaving the ring to “allow Cena to have his moment”.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>2<sup>nd</sup> RAW</u></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">RAW Anonymous General Manager
(his lenient attitude towards Nexus has been queried and questioned by a lot of
people in WWE from wrestlers to commentators) announces the main event for TLC.
A triple threat TLC match for the WWE Championship as Wade Barrett defends
against Randy Orton and the winner of a #1 Contenders Match tonight between the
two guys who have impressed most in the past few months – John Morrison and
Sheamus (both guys have been protected in the past few months to prime them for
a potential main event run).</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Main Event: John Morrison (w/ The
Miz) vs. Sheamus</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Morrison wins via Starship Pain.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Post-match Nexus take out
Morrison and Miz (Miz has recently turned face and reformed The Dirt Sheet with
Morrison) until Orton’s music hits and he makes the save. Orton, Morrison and
Miz stand tall as the show ends and Nexus retreat. Cena did not get involved in
the beatdown.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>3<sup>rd</sup> RAW</u></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Main Event: John Morrison and
Randy Orton vs. Nexus (John Cena and Wade Barrett)</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Orton and Morrison win after an
RKO on Barrett.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Post-match Orton RKO’s Morrison
to remind him that they aren’t friends and he only cares about the WWE
Championship.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>4<sup>th</sup> RAW (and final before TLC)</u></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">The RAW Anonymous General Manager
announces that tonight the three men in the WWE Championship match on Sunday
will be in singles matches – and they will pick the opponents for one another.
Orton will choose Barrett’s opponent, Barrett will choose Morrison’s opponent
and Morrison will choose Orton’s opponent.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Orton chooses Bryan to take on
Barrett:</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Wade Barrett d. Daniel Bryan
clean after Wasteland</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Morrison picks Miz to take on
Orton:</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Randy Orton d. The Miz via RKO</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">And Barrett picks Cena to take on
Morrison.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Main Event: John Cena vs. John
Morrison</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Match goes quite long with both
men having periods of dominance until Cena gets the upper hand for the final
time. He hits Morrison with an AA but before he can make the cover Nexus attack
Morrison and take him out, causing the DQ and costing Cena the match. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Orton comes out but he too is
taken out by Nexus. Barrett and Nexus do the pose. Cena looks forlorn in the
corner as the show fades to black.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>TLC</u></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">WWE Tag Team Championship: John
Cena and Justin Gabriel © d. The Hart Dynasty to retain the Tag Titles</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">WWE Championship TLC Match: Wade
Barrett © vs. John Morrison vs. Randy Orton</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Morrison uses this chance to
impress the crowd with some breathtaking athleticism. Morrison sets up a table
on the outside and places Orton on top of it. He gets back in the ring and
looks ready to jump out but is grabbed by Barrett. Barrett picks him up and
Wastelands him from the ring onto Orton and through the table. Barrett then
climbs the ladder and retrieves the title.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>1<sup>st</sup> RAW after TLC</u></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">The Miz and John Morrison
challenge Cena and Gabriel to a Tag Team Championship match. Gabriel and Cena
look happy to accept but Wade Barrett says no.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">As the show comes to its
conclusion Barrett taunts the fans, bragging about his dominant win at TLC. The
lights go out and a countdown appears on the screen which has fourteen days on
it.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>2<sup>nd</sup> RAW</u></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Usual Christmas RAW shenanigans.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>3<sup>rd</sup> RAW</u></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">The Anonymous RAW General Manager
says Miz and Morrison must prove themselves if they want a Tag Team
Championship match. Tonight Miz will face Cena and next week Morrison will take
on Gabriel.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">John Cena d. The Miz clean after
an Attitude Adjustment</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Wade Barrett is out in the final
segment of the show, references the ‘14 Day’ promo we saw two weeks ago and
demands an explanation. The lights go out and the countdown clock is at fifteen
seconds, it counts down and then Chris Jericho’s music hits. Y2J comes out with
his Money in the Bank briefcase in hand and announces he is cashing in for a
title shot at the Royal Rumble. He says he will save WWE from Nexus. Barrett is
furious.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>4<sup>th</sup> RAW</u></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">John Morrison d. Justin Gabriel
when Gabriel misses a 450 Splash and Morrison hits Starship Pain.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">The Anonymous RAW General Manager
says that since the singles challenge between the two teams brought no clear
winner he has one final challenge for Miz and Morrison. They will take on Heath
Slater and David Otunga next week, if they win they will get a Championship
match.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Chris Jericho comes out and
highlights his and Barrett’s history. Talking about the mentor/protégé
relationship they had and how Jericho blames himself for the monster Barrett
has become. At the Royal Rumble Jericho will bring the monster down and save
the WWE.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>5<sup>th</sup> RAW</u></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">John Morrison and The Miz d.
Heath Slater and David Otunga after the entire Nexus is thrown out for trying
to interfere.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Post-match Cena comes back out
and applauds Morrison and Miz. This infuriates Gabriel who comes out as well
and pushes Cena. He then points to Cena’s armband to remind him who and what he
is.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Wade Barrett calls out Jericho.
They go back and forth on the mic and Barrett tries to goad Jericho into
cashing in now. Jericho teases it but resists and announces that Vince McMahon
himself will be hosting next week’s contract signing. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Morrison and Miz call out Cena
and Gabriel to have their match right here, right now. Cena and Gabriel accept
and come down to the ring but Nexus attack before the match even starts.
Gabriel forces Cena to hit the Attitude Adjustment on Morrison through a table.
The Anonymous GM makes it a Tornado Tables match for the Rumble.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Barrett and Jericho have their
contract signing and are joined by Vince McMahon. Vince announces that if Wade
gets disqualified, counted out or Nexus interfere in anyway then Barrett will
forfeit the belt. Barrett tries to attack Vince but Jericho grabs him, hits a
Codebreaker before locking in the Walls of Jericho and Barrett taps as the show
ends.</span></div>
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Tables Match: Nexus (John Cena and Justin Gabriel) © vs. John Morrison and The
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Miscommunication between Cena and
Gabriel leads to Cena being out through a table. Gabriel is furious. Post-match
Morrison and Miz are beaten down by Nexus before the entirety of Nexus (minus
Barrett who is focused on his match later) beat down Cena.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Chris Jericho becomes the first
person to fail to successfully cash in his Money in the Bank contract after
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">John Cena is the surprise #30
entrant. The final four come down to John Cena, Randy Orton, Justin Gabriel and
David Otunga. Orton is eliminated by Otunga and Gabriel. Cena surprises Otunga
and eliminates him. Gabriel demands Cena eliminate himself. He looks like he
may accept before picking up Gabriel and hitting an AA on him to the outside.
Cena celebrates and Barrett looks on backstage, furious.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It is announced at the beginning of the show that Wade Barrett
will confront John Cena at the end of the show, in order to address Cena’s win
last night at the Royal Rumble. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Barrett comes out in the last segment and demands that Cena give
up his right to go to Wrestlemania, but Cena flat out refuses, saying he’s
earned this shot, and he won’t give it up. The Anonymous RAW GM then pipes in,
and says that Cena will still have to fight to continue to Wrestlemania to face
the WWE Champion, and says that at Elimination Chamber, it will be John Cena
vs. Justin Gabriel, and the winner will go to Wrestlemania. </span></div>
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match. Daniel Bryan, R-Truth and CM Punk qualify for the Chamber. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">John Cena and Justin Gabriel receive their rematch for the WWE Tag
Team Titles in the main event against Morrison and Miz. Cena fights fairly
throughout and has several moments of miscommunication with Gabriel.
Eventually, Cena is isolated by Morrison and Miz and needs to make the hot tag,
but when he lunges for the tag, Gabriel drops off the apron, and leaves the
ring leaving Cena high and dry to be finished off by Morrison and Miz. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Further qualifying matches are held for the Elimination Chamber
match. Sheamus and Randy Orton qualify for the Chamber, meaning it will be Wade
Barrett defending against Daniel Bryan, R-Truth, CM Punk, Sheamus and Randy
Orton. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Barrett tags with CM Punk and Sheamus against Orton, Bryan and
Truth in a 6 man tag. Barrett’s team wins, with Punk getting the win over Truth
via GTS. There is clear tension between all 6 men, and Barrett doesn’t stick
around after the match. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Justin Gabriel comes out in the last segment to address John Cena.
Gabriel says that even though his tag team with Cena was successful, only a
blind man couldn’t see that he was the star of the team. Gabriel says that
whilst Cena has never truly bought in to Nexus, he knows that he is Nexus, and
will always be Nexus, and come Elimination Chamber, he will prove his
superiority. At this point, Cena comes out, and attacks Gabriel. Cena hits his
classic moves, and has Gabriel in position for the AA, until Barrett comes out.
Barrett demands that Cena stops, and says ‘John, Nexus members do not fight
each other’. Cena puts Gabriel down and looks conflicted and moves towards the
front of the ring, only to then be blindsided by Gabriel with a low blow.
Gabriel then continues his assault on Cena, as Barrett smirks and walks backstage.
Gabriel then finishes off the assault with his 450, almost emotionless as hits
the move. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">RAW Elimination Chamber for the WWE Title: Wade Barrett d. Daniel
Bryan, R-Truth, CM Punk, Sheamus and Randy Orton. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This match opens the show. Barrett is the last entrant. When he
makes his entrance, Nexus come out like Hell In A Cell and once again break
their way into the cell, despite the other men trying to fight them off. They
make their way into the ring and destroy everyone, hitting all of their big
moves. This then allows Barrett to pin everyone and retain the WWE Title.
Barrett then cuts a promo saying that nothing can stop Nexus, and that there is
a bigger picture here that ‘none of you understand’. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">After Barrett and Nexus leave, doctors make their way out to
attend to the 5 men in the chamber. Cole, King and Striker are very awkward on
commentary, with several long silences. Cole then goes to move onto the next
match on the card, but King stops him and says ‘Cole this is important, this is
wrong, and dammit someone needs to put a stop to this’. The cameras then stay
with the footage until all 5 men are taken backstage. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Midway through the match, Gabriel has Cena down in the middle of
the ring. Gabriel strips Cena of his Nexus armband and shouts ‘you are not one
of us!’, before slapping Cena with the armband. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Cena later gets the upper hand, but Nexus yet again interfere and
surround the ring in their classic style. Cena clearly looks concerned, but is
ready for the fight, shouting ‘come on!’. As Nexus go to enter the ring, the 5
men from the Elimination Chamber match make their return to the arena, fighting
off Nexus. This then allows Cena to get the win over Gabriel with an AA. After
the match, Cena picks up his Nexus armband, before looking at his own arm. Cena
shakes his head, and places the armband on Barrett at ringside. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Cena opens the show, and looks to be about to celebrate his win
when Stephanie McMahon’s music hits and she makes her way down to the ring.
Stephanie says that Cena has a very short memory, because he agreed to become a
member of Nexus if he lost at Hell In A Cell, and says ‘John, you lost’. She
then says ‘as Barrett always says John, you ARE Nexus’. Stephanie says that by
throwing down his armband at Elimination Chamber last night, Cena has gone back
on his agreement, and that as a result, she is going to have to….</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Cena then interrupts and says he never was Nexus, and he never
will be Nexus. Cena tells Stephanie to go on and fire him, because without him,
there will be no Wrestlemania Main Event. This leaves Stephanie speechless and
Cena is seen to leave the arena in a car. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In the closing segment, Nexus come out in full force, and Barrett
says he has a very important announcement to make. Barrett then invites King
into the ring, who initially refuses, but Tarver and Slater leave the ring and
confront King, forcing him to enter the ring with the rest of Nexus. Barrett
says that he heard what King said last night about Nexus being ‘wrong’, and
calls him a hypocrite.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Barrett says that
Nexus is the future of the WWE. Barrett says that King himself was hardly a
shining white knight throughout his career, and only did the ‘right thing’ when
he became older, and weak. Barrett says that if this was 20 years ago in
Memphis, King would have been a member of Nexus, probably his Number 2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This angers King who punches Barrett, but is
then attacked by the rest of Nexus, who proceed to destroy him. Barrett gets
several hard hits in on King, and finishes the attack with Wasteland. Cole
questions why John Cena hasn’t returned to the arena to defend King, and
questions whether or not he has decided to rejoin Nexus. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Cole opens the show by apologising for criticising John Cena at
the end of last week’s show. Cole then introduces handheld footage from outside
the arena at last week’s RAW which shows John Cena trying to get into the
arena, with security refusing to let him back in and then attacking Cena when
he tries to force his way in. Cole says that they are unsure why the security
attacked Cena, but that he is in no way to blame for what happened last week. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Cole and Striker then recap what happened last week and announce
that Cena won’t be here this week as a result of the attack he suffered from
the security. Cole then goes on a tirade about Nexus, saying that all 6 members
should be fired for what they did to King last week, a defenceless man. Cole
says they’ve just gone too far this time and words don’t even do any justice to
how disgusting and despicable they are. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">At this point, Paul Heyman comes out and joins the commentary
team. Cole is stunned and asks Heyman what he’s doing here, but before Heyman
can respond, Nexus interrupt the television feed with ‘A History of Nexus’
video package, which goes through everything Nexus have done since their debut
several months ago. After the video cuts out, Striker says ‘I didn’t have that
on the format Cole, did you?’ to which Cole just says no, and moves on. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Later in the show, Barrett and the rest of Nexus bump into Vince
and Stephanie backstage. Barrett and Vince look at each other, but say nothing
before both groups go their separate ways. In the closing segment, Barrett
comes out and cuts a promo, and reveals that the security that attacked John
Cena at the end of last week’s RAW were paid off by Nexus. Barrett again says
that there is a bigger picture at play here, and that Cena has no idea what
he’s getting himself into. Barrett then says that everyone has no idea how high
up Nexus’ power goes. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Cena makes his return to RAW in the closing segment. Cena comes
out alone and questions where the security came from two weeks ago. Cena says
that Nexus may have ordered the security, but that there’s someone higher up
that’s pulling the strings that Wade Barrett isn’t holding. Cena says that he
trusts absolutely no-one in WWE management, and questions whether Vince and Stephanie
are the real masterminds behind Nexus. After all, they are as high as power
goes in WWE. At this point, Nexus’ music hits, and they begin to make their way
down to the ring, clearly preparing to attack Cena. Cena then says ‘you know
Wade, you should realise by now, I’m not stupid. I’ve brought backup’. At this
point, Randy Orton, CM Punk, Daniel Bryan, R-Truth and Sheamus make their way
through the crowd and stand side by side with Cena in the middle of the ring.
This stops Nexus in their tracks, and Barrett smirks and orders Nexus to
retreat. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It is announced on WWE.com that next week on RAW, there will be a
Contract Negotiation for the WWE Title match at Wrestlemania between Wade
Barrett and John Cena, and that Vince and Stephanie McMahon will be leading the
negotiations!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Vince and Stephanie come out together to begin the negotiations.
Vince and Stephanie introduce Barrett first, who saunters his way to the ring
with the WWE Title over his shoulder. Vince and Stephanie then go to introduce
Cena, but Cena’s music hits in the middle of their intro and he makes his way
to the ring, looking all business. Cena and Barrett immediately get in each
other’s face, but Vince demands that they separate and sit down. Barrett and
Cena constantly make jabbing comments at each other, but they finally get down
to the matter at hand - the stipulation for Wrestlemania, but not before
Barrett says that he wanted Cena to become a fully fledged part of Nexus.
Barrett says he saw Cena as becoming his right hand man, the Major to his
General. Barrett then says that clearly that will never happen, and the two of
them could never coexist in the same group. Barrett then says he understands
that the WWE Title will be on the line, but he says that he has everything to
lose here, and Cena has nothing. Barrett then says that if he’s going to put up
the most prized possession in his life, then Cena must do the same - with his
career. This takes Cena aback, but he agrees to the stipulation, with a caveat.
If he wins, then not only will he win the WWE Championship, but Nexus will be
forced to disband. This stuns Barrett, but after some pressure by Cena, he
eventually agrees to the terms, and the pair sign the contracts for
Wrestlemania. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Cena then turns to Vince and Stephanie, and says that he still
doesn’t trust them, not particularly because they’ve done anything wrong, but
because he just doesn’t trust anyone in management right now. Vince says that
he has nothing to do with Nexus, to which Cena replies for Vince to prove it,
by sanctioning a 10 man elimination tag team match at Wrestlemania, Randy
Orton, CM Punk, Daniel Bryan, Sheamus and R-Truth against the rest of Nexus.
Vince seems to like the idea, and sanctions the match, much to Barrett’s
disgust. Cena then smiles at Barrett, points at the WWE Title, and leaves. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Cena opens the show and makes his way to the ring, but before he
can say anything, the Anonymous RAW GM pipes in, and says that since Cena
hasn’t wrestled since Elimination Chamber, so he needs a warm up before
Wrestlemania. The GM announces that tonight, Cena will face Nexus’ Michael
Tarver, and next week he will face Heath Slater. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Cena pins Tarver after an AA, and Barrett is seen backstage
watching on a monitor, but doesn’t come out to ringside. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><u>6th RAW (and last before Wrestlemania 27):</u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Barrett comes out midway through the show, and demands a mic from
ringside. Barrett says that at Wrestlemania, not only will be retain his WWE
Title, but he will take great delight in ending the pathetic career of the
leader of the CeNation, John Cena. Barrett says he has always been the better
man, and that on Sunday, he will prove it, and Nexus will continue their
dominance over WWE. You’re either Nexus, or you’re against us, and John Cena
has always been against us. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Cena has Slater in the STF, but Barrett attacks Cena, causing the
DQ. The rest of Nexus attack Cena, and the 5 men in the Elimination Tag match
make their way down to the ring, and a brawl ensues, continuing as RAW goes off
the air. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><u>Wrestlemania 27</u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">10 Man Elimination Tag Team Match: Randy Orton, CM Punk, Daniel
Bryan, Sheamus and R-Truth vs. Justin Gabriel, David Otunga, Michael Tarver,
Heath Slater and Darren Young</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Darren Young is eliminated (Sheamus; Brogue Kick)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">R-Truth is eliminated (Gabriel; 450 Splash)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Sheamus is eliminated (Tarver; The 1.9)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Michael Tarver is eliminated (Bryan; LeBell Lock)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Bryan is eliminated (Gabriel; 450 Splash)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">David Otunga is eliminated (CM Punk; Go To Sleep)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Heath Slater is eliminated (Orton; RKO)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Justin Gabriel is eliminated (Randy Orton; RKO and then CM Punk;
Anaconda Vice)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">WWE Championship: Wade Barrett (c) vs. John Cena</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Towards the end, Barrett has the upper hand and is readying Cena
for Wasteland. Cena counters out however and grabs Barrett’s leg for the STF,
but Barrett scrambles to the ropes, and reaches the top. He tries to mule kick
Cena like he did at Summerslam, but Cena moves out of the way and lifts him
into the AA. Barrett slips out of this though and pushes Cena, who goes flying
into the referee. Cena is down, and Barrett get a chair from ringside, and
measures Cena. Barrett goes for the chair shot, but Cena ducks and hits Barrett
with the AA. Cena goes for the pin, but there’s no referee. At this point, Paul
Heyman leaves his position at commentary, saying that he has to revive the
referee because someone needs to count the pin. A second referee then makes his
way down the aisle, and slides into the ring to make the count. 1………2…….. and
Heyman pulls the referee out of the ring! Heyman then attacks the referee,
knocking him down! Cena then realises what’s happening and goes to chase
Heyman, who runs around the ring. Heyman slides into the ring as Cena follows,
but is met by a chair shot to the ribs by Barrett, who then follows up with one
to the back! Barrett then hits Wasteland on Cena on the chair, as Heyman picks
up the referee, and throws him into the ring, shouting ‘COUNT!’. The referee
then slowly counts to 3, and Barrett retains the WWE Title, meaning John Cena’s
career is over. Cole and Striker are shocked and appalled at ringside, and
Nexus make their way out to the ring to celebrate with Barrett, as Heyman poses
with Nexus as Wrestlemania goes off the air. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So there we go the sixth edition
of the rebooking series. This was one me and Jonathon had earmarked from the
very beginning when we were first discussing starting the rebooking series. We
had always thought the booking of this angle was awfully botched and so much
less than it could have been and we s<span style="font-family: inherit;">ought</span> to rectify that with this rebooking.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">You may think that we have ended
this on somewhat of a cliffhanger and that wasn’t an accident. We plan to revisit
this rebooking and finish it off in a later rebooking edition all the way to
the conclusion of Nexus as a group.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We hope you enjoyed reading this
angle and we hope you’ll be back to read the next instalment. For the time being you can follow me (@watadam20) and Jonathon (@JLAspey) on twitter for any updates on the rebooking series. Thanks for reading and feel free to leave any comments below.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13945426347756957700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6665898632418051769.post-15538110031736349142015-03-08T23:21:00.000+00:002015-03-11T14:07:55.579+00:00The Rebooking Series - Part V (Roman Reigns, Part II)<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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</xml><![endif]-->Just over a month ago Jonathon and I posted the third
edition of the rebooking series where we rebooking the 2015 Royal Rumble match.
As we were doing that we debated whether or not to book Roman Reigns from there
all the way up until Wrestlemania. Ultimately we decided against it.<br />
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Our reasoning for that was twofold. Firstly we wanted to get
the article out as quickly as possible to get as many eyes on it as possible
given the volatile reactions to that particular match. But secondly, and most
importantly, it was because we wanted to see how WWE would book Reigns after
the Royal Rumble.</div>
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After all, what is the point of rebooking something that
doesn’t yet need rebooking? Of course after a couple weeks we had figured out
that we were probably going to have to do another article on Reigns and rebook
him on his way to Wrestlemania. And as Fast Lane came to its end we had fully
embraced this realisation. We decided we would just build on our booking of Reigns at the Rumble which you can read by clicking <a href="http://passionforwrestling.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/the-rebooking-series-part-iii-2015.html">here</a>.</div>
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So since then, whenever we’ve both been able to get spare
time (and when we weren’t busy procrastinating by talking about wrestling in
general, sport or other such non-rebooking related topics) we’ve been writing
Reigns. It was finished on Friday night and now it’s ready to be written up, so
here we go – the rebooking series takes a second look at Roman Reigns’ 2015
booking.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>1<sup>st</sup> RAW
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The snow affected RAW following the Rumble stays exactly the
same.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>2<sup>nd</sup> RAW
after the Royal Rumble</u></b></div>
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The Authority opens the show but Roman Reigns interrupts.
Triple H makes Roman Reigns vs. The Big Show, starting right now.</div>
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Reigns defeats the Big Show by disqualification when Big
Show uses a chair on him.</div>
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Post-match Kane and Big Show deliver a double chokeslam to
Reigns through the announce table.</div>
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Ambrose wins after hitting Dirty Deeds on Kane but before he
can even stand up he is immediately Curb Stomped by Seth Rollins.</div>
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Rollins stands with one foot on Ambrose and his Money in the
Bank briefcase raised in the air as RAW comes to a conclusion.</div>
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Rollins opens the show and gloats about what he did to Dean
Ambrose last week.</div>
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Ambrose interrupts Rollins’ self-congratulatory promo and
challenges him to a match at Fast Lane.</div>
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Rollins accepts the challenge, with a caveat, it will be a
tag team match and The Big Show will be Rollins’ partner.</div>
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Rollins taunts Ambrose and says “if you can find a moron
crazy enough to team with you.</div>
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A video package is show of Roman Reigns working out as Brock
Lesnar’s theme plays. Reigns is using this as motivation for his Championship
match at WrestleMania. We then see Reigns studying Brock’s matches looking for
any weakness he could exploit and formulating a gameplan for the biggest match
of his career. As the package comes to a conclusion Tom Phillips attempts to
interview Reigns but he is too focused and does not say a word.</div>
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This week’s main event is Dean Ambrose vs. The Big Show.</div>
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Once again Ambrose comes out on top after hitting Dirty
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After the match though Rollins enters the ring and he and
Big Show destroy Ambrose until Roman Reigns’ music hits and he makes the save.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>4<sup>th</sup> RAW
after the Royal Rumble (and final before Fast Lane)</u></b></div>
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Rollins opens the show with the Big Show and talks about he
created, moulded and destroyed The Shield.</div>
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“I made Dean Ambrose. I made Roman Reigns. And at Fast Lane,
I will end them.”</div>
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Reigns and Ambrose come out and brawl with their opponents
at Fast Lane until security separate them and Steph instructs security to
remove them from the arena.</div>
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The main event is billed as a ‘tune-up’ match for Rollins
and Big Show as they take on Ryback and Dolph Ziggler.</div>
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The match is a lot closer than The Authority had anticipated
including several near falls for Ziggler and Ryback. In the end though Rollins
pins Ryback following a Curb Stomp.</div>
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Post-match Rollins and Big Show take out their frustration
on Ryback and Ziggler, continuing the beatdown. Reigns and Ambrose come down
separate aisles (with no music playing) to attack Rollins and Show. RAW goes
off the air in chaos with the four men brawling as Michael Cole yells “We’ll
see you Sunday at Fast Lane!”</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Main Event:</b> Dean
Ambrose and Roman Reigns vs. Big Show and Seth Rollins (w/ J&J Security)</div>
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Rollins and Big Show make their entrances and look supremely
confident heading into this match. Roman Reigns’ music hits and he makes his
way to the top of the aisle as normal but instead of heading down the steps he
stops, as does his music. He then thrusts his fist forward into The Shield pose…
“SIERRA. HOTEL. INDIA. ECHO. LIMA. DELTA. SHIELD.” Ambrose comes out too, in
his Shield gear, does the fist pose with Reigns and they make their way down
the stairs. </div>
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Rollins and Show attack them at the bottom of the stairs but
Ambrose and Reigns take a step back and then dive onto them. The four men brawl
around the arena. The match never quite gets into a standard tag team match
with the action completely frantic throughout. As the match is reaching a
crescendo Reigns and Ambrose team up to double powerbomb Show through the
announce table.</div>
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Rollins is laid out in the ring and he is recovering as
Reigns and Ambrose complete the powerbomb. </div>
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He sees that happen and is now
terrified, he scrambles backwards and rolls out of the ring but Reigns and
Ambrose have ran around the ring and cut him off. They beat him down and
Ambrose throws Rollins in the ring. J&J Security get up on the apron which
distracts the referee and allows Kane to beat down and then chokeslam Roman
Reigns.</div>
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Ambrose, sick of their interference, punches Noble and
Mercury to the floor but then Rollins hits a Flair-esque chop block on Ambrose.
Rollins then runs off the ropes and Curb Stomp’s a prone Ambrose allowing him
to pick up the victory (because of the design and pacing of the match it would only
run for about fourteen minutes, no more).</div>
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Fast Lane ends with Kane and J&J Security holding a
slightly dazed and thoroughly exhausted Seth Rollins up. Show is still laid out
through the announce table, Reigns is down on the outside and Ambrose is unconscious
in the ring.</div>
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after Fast Lane</u></b></div>
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Seth Rollins, Big Show, Kane and J&J Security come down
to the ring in the final segment of the show. Neither they, nor Ambrose and
Reigns had been seen all show up until this point.</div>
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Rollins cuts a promo talking about how he was the architect
of The Shield, how he is the future of the WWE and is simply better than Roman
Reigns and Dean Ambrose COMBINED!”</div>
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The Shield’s music hits and Ambrose and Reigns make their
way down separate aisles towards the ring. They climb over the guardrail and do
the very Shield-esque thing where they hop up on different sides of the ring
essential circling their prey like a pack of dogs would. Obviously they are
outnumbered but this doesn’t matter to them as they (Ambrose in particular) are
desperate to get their hands on Rollins & co.</div>
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A brawl ensues and all seven men are fighting. Ambrose is
trying to get to Rollins but both members of J&J Security jump on him. He
manages to push them off and hits a clothesline on Rollins that sends both of
them over the top rope and to the floor on the outside where they continue to
brawl, away from the ring and into the stands before eventually brawling
backstage.</div>
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Meanwhile in the ring Kane, Big Show and J&J have turned
their attention to Roman Reigns (by the time J&J had recovered from being
attacked by Ambrose he and Rollins had disappeared hence why their focus is on
Reigns and not the safety of Rollins). There is a momentary stand off until
Jamie Noble makes the first move only to be met with a huge spear from Roman
Reigns.</div>
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Kane, Show and Noble then take a step forward towards Reigns
but Brock Lesnar’s music hits. The Authority backs off immediately and then
split, rolling out of either side of the ring and making their way towards the
timekeeper’s area.</div>
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Brock hops up on the apron, gets in the ring and gets in
Reigns face. Reigns wants to fight and is right in Lesnar’s face too but Brock
backs off and grins as Heyman raises the WWE World Heavyweight Championship and
RAW goes off the air.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>2<sup>nd</sup> RAW
after Fast Lane</u></b></div>
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Dean Ambrose opens the show and he’s livid. He says Rollins
managed to escape last week, but he can’t duck Ambrose forever. He throws out a
challenge to Rollins for Wrestlemania.</div>
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Rollins comes out to the top of the stage with Triple H and
Stephanie flanking him. He says “Dean, I’ve already beaten you. I’ve beaten you
several times. In fact I’ve never lost to you in a one-on-one match since I
killed The Shield. I don’t need to fight you Dean, you’re beneath me!”</div>
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Triple H pats Seth on the back and he smirks before walking
backstage.</div>
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Rusev, having beaten Cena at Fast Lane, is refusing to face
him again at Wrestlemania and is instead focusing on Roman Reigns. Lana
approaches Stephanie and says that Reigns disrespected Russia with his actions
at the Royal Rumble and Rusev wants to crush him. Stephanie makes the match for
tonight’s main event.</div>
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Reigns and Rusev battle each other very hard in the main
event with neither man having the upper hand for long. Eventually though Reigns
counters a Rusev attack into a Samoan Drop and then is setting up for the
Superman Punch when Brock Lesnar’s music hits. Reigns is ready and waiting for
Brock to come down to the ring but Brock never comes out, Reigns then turns
into Rusev’s superkick and Rusev picks up the win. Remaining undefeated and
protecting Russia’s honour.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>3<sup>rd</sup> RAW
after Fast Lane</u></b></div>
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Dolph Ziggler vs. Seth Rollins opens the show as Ziggler
continues his never ending pursuit to destroy The Authority.</div>
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Rollins is stomping on Ziggler in the corner but the referee
pulls him off. Rollins immediately begins stomping on Ziggler again though and
the referee has to pull him off again. Rollins returns to the stomping once
more and this time the referee backs him up clean across the ring before going
and checking on Ziggler. Dean Ambrose appears from under the ring and attacks
Rollins, laying him out with Dirty Deeds. Ambrose rolls out of the ring and
lays down next to it while ‘shushing’ the crowd. This allows Ziggler to cover
him for the win.</div>
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After the break Rollins bursts into The Authority’s office
and demands a match with Ambrose at Wrestlemania. Triple H attempts to calm him
down saying “Remember the plan Seth, there is a bigger plot at play here”.</div>
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Paul Heyman comes out and cuts a promo championing Brock and
running down Reigns. He eventually says “People talk about generations in
wrestling. Randy Orton is a third generation wrestler, The Rock is a third
generation wrestler. And you Roman Reigns come from a lineage like no other, a
family of great wrestlers but that means nothing. Brock Lesnar is THE
generation of wrestler. There was nothing like him before Brock Lesnar and
there will be nothing like him after Brock Lesnar. Ladies and gentleman Brock
Lesnar is the best incarnate and when Wrestlemania 31 comes to an end he will
still be the reigning, defending WWE…”</div>
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Roman Reigns’ music hits.</div>
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Reigns comes down the stairs and into the ring. Heyman picks
the mic up that he had dropped when Reigns’ music hit and says “I’m glad you’re
here Roman…” but Reigns spears him. Reigns stands over Heyman staring at his
lifeless body before his music plays again and he leaves the ring as RAW comes
to its conclusion and Cole wonders what repercussions Reigns will face at the
hands of Brock Lesnar. JBL says he doesn’t think Reigns cares.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>4<sup>th</sup> RAW
after Fast Lane</u></b></div>
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Ambrose cuts another promo challenging Rollins to a match at
Wrestlemania. Rollins comes down to the ring looking ready for a fight but once
again he declines the offer. Ambrose says Rollins can decide the match type AND
if Ambrose loses he will join Rollins’ personal security team (those last few
words seem hard for Ambrose to say). Rollins rolls out of the ring, but then he
smiles and accepts the match.</div>
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In the final segment Reigns cuts a promo (relatively short
and to the point) saying that at Wrestlemania, he doesn’t care what nickname
they attach to Brock Lesnar. “I will defeat the Beast Incarnate. I will conquer
the conqueror, believe that.”</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>5<sup>th</sup> RAW
after Fast Lane (and final RAW before Wrestlemania)</u></b></div>
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Dean Ambrose vs. Kane</div>
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Ambrose wins after hitting the Dirty Deeds but Rollins
attacks him immediately. He curb stomps Ambrose twice and then hits him with a
Curb Stomp on a set-up steel chair (set up as in ready to sit on). Then he and
J&J Security (or Shield 2.0 if you prefer) triple powerbomb Ambrose through
the announce table.</div>
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Rollins then picks up the mic and announces that per their
agreement he has decided what the match will be at Wrestlemania. A singles
match… followed by a Falls Count Anywhere Match and then… if necessary a Hell
in a Cell Match. Three Stages of Hell! He says he has specifically picked these
match types because he knows he has the advantage. He has the advantage in a
standard singles match because he is the better wrestler. He has already beat
Ambrose inside of Hell in a Cell and the last time he faced Dean Ambrose in a
Falls Count Anywhere match he put Ambrose out of commission for over a month.
He will eviscerate Dean Ambrose at Wrestlemania to the point where Ambrose
might not even be able to join his security detail because he might not be able to
walk anymore.</div>
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The final segment is a contract signing for the WWE World Heavyweight
Championship match. Paul Heyman comes out, surrounded by security and announces
that Brock Lesnar is not here tonight and he is here to sign on behalf of
Lesnar.</div>
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Reigns comes out and Heyman cuts a vitriolic soliloquy
running down Reigns and describing exactly what he is facing in six days. He’s
not facing a man, what he’s facing isn’t even human. He’s facing a beast, a
machine, the unbreakable, unstoppable, undefeatable conqueror BROCK LESNAR. At
Wrestlemania Roman Reigns is going to embarrass himself in front of the world
and in front of his family when Brock Lesnar ends his pipedream of becoming the
WWE Heavyweight Champion of the World. </div>
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Heyman asks Reigns what he’s going to do
the morning after Wrestlemania? What’s he going to do when he wakes up in a
hospital bed and his beautiful little girl Joelle comes up to him and asks him
what happened? Why didn’t he bring the Championship home with him like he said
he would? Why did they have to drive over to the hospital to see Daddy? “What
are you going to tell her Roman? How are you going to explain to your daughter
that Daddy failed? How are you going to explain to her that you broke your
promise to her? How are you going to explain that you might never be able to
hold her again? How are you going to explain that you…”</div>
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Reigns has heard enough and flips the table. He takes out
every member of Heyman’s security team and grabs Heyman by the collar. He is
about to punch Heyman when Brock’s music hits. Brock is here. And Reigns isn’t
going to wait for him to come to the ring this time, he meets him on the ramp.
The show goes off the air in pandemonium as both men brawl around ringside.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Wrestlemania 31</u></b></div>
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Dean Ambrose vs. Seth Rollins – Three Stages of Hell</div>
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- Ambrose wins the singles match via Dirty Deeds</div>
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- Rollins wins the Falls Count Anywhere match when he dives
off the stage to the floor next to the ramp with a Curb Stomp on Ambrose</div>
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- Ambrose wins the Hell in a Cell Match after a Curb Stomp
on Rollins</div>
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Brock Lesnar © vs. Roman Reigns, WWE World Heavyweight
Championship</div>
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Lesnar hits a few German Suplex’s on Reigns in the early
goings. Later on Brock locks in the Kimura on Reigns but Reigns makes it to the
ropes. The arm is clearly affected (his right arm) and as he stands up Brock
picks him up for an F-5 but Roman slips out. He then does a left-hand variation
of the Superman Punch but Brock no-sells it, hulks up and just yells at him. He
hits another left-handed Superman Punch which staggers Lesnar but he is still
standing. Roman decides to risk his arm and go for the usual right handed
variation of the Superman Punch but Lesnar ducks and picks him up for an F-5
but Reigns slips out again and hits a spear on Brock. He used his right arm
though and that is clearly affecting him. He gets to the cover straight away
though, bearing through the pain and gets the 1, 2, 3 for the win and his first
ever WWE World Heavyweight Championship.</div>
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Heyman is in shock and is dealing with an unconscious Lesnar
on the outside. Reigns meanwhile is presented with the title. He tries to raise
it with his right arm but he can’t even manage that, so he raises it with his
left arm. He then collapses in the corner.</div>
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Seth Rollins’ music hits! He comes out with the entire
Authority. He gets in the ring as Reigns stands up to meet him and smashes
Reigns in the arm with the briefcase. He then Curb Stomps Reigns’ arm and then
puts the briefcase under Reigns’ arm and Curb Stomps it again. </div>
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He’s cashing in his Money in the Bank contract! The referee
makes it official and rings the bell but immediately Dean Ambrose’s music hits!
He tries to make it down to the ring but is attacked by the entire Authority.
Rollins hesitates for a second but then refocuses and goes for a Curb Stomp but
Reigns moves. Rollins runs at him and Reigns tries to pick him up for the
Samoan Drop but the pain in his arm means he can’t fully lift him. Rollins
lands on his feet and feints to superkick Reigns in the face, Reigns gets up
his hands to protect himself so Rollins superkicks him in the knee. With Reigns
on his knees Rollins hits the Curb Stomp for the 1, 2, 3 to win the WWE World
Heavyweight Championship.</div>
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The Authority celebrate as Wrestlemania comes to its
conclusion with Lesnar conquered, Ambrose down on the outside, Reigns down in
the centre of the ring and Rollins hoisted high on the shoulders of Big Show
and Kane raising the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.</div>
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So there you have it. Mine and Jonathon’s continuation of
our rebooking of Roman Reigns. Carrying on from the Rumble all the way to
Wrestlemania.</div>
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This wasn’t a particularly fun thing to book since neither
of us are big Roman Reigns fans, me in particular. But we both recognise that
if pushed correctly he could be a big guy in WWE. So we used this booking as a
continuation of the Royal Rumble match re-booking to try and find a way for
Reigns to come into Wrestlemania in the best place possible reaction wise.</div>
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As I said in the conclusion to the Royal Rumble rebooking (which, once again, you can read <a href="http://passionforwrestling.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/the-rebooking-series-part-iii-2015.html">here</a> since this rebooking carries straight on from our rebooking there)
there is no guarantee that this particular rebooking would be enough to get
Reigns cheered. In fact given some of the reactions he has gotten over the past
few months since his return I’m not sure any rebooking could get Reigns over in
the way the WWE would like him to be. However, we do believe that this gives us
the best possible chance of getting him to that position.</div>
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We hope you’ve enjoyed reading the fifth edition of the
rebooking series. Stay tuned for much more. Me and Jonathon hope to have
another one out in time for Wrestlemania itself. And if we can find the time
after work and such to get it finished it will be great because it’s a big one.
In the meantime, for updates and other things you can follow me (@watadam20)
and Jonathon (@JLAspey) on twitter. Thanks for reading!</div>
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Hello and welcome to part four of the rebooking series. With
this instalment of the series we delve into the indies to book something a
little bit different. This edition takes us to Reseda, California the home of
Pro Wrestling Guerrilla. PWG are one of the most entertaining (if not the)
companies on the planet right now and have been for the past four years.
Unfortunately there has been a bit of an exodus recently as fellow independent
company Ring of Honor signs their people to exclusive contracts meaning PWG
have lost some of their biggest stars (including arguably their biggest
babyface and their biggest heel).</div>
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Now this is not something that concerns me. Sure I’ll miss
Cole and O’Reilly from the PWG shows but I know PWG will be fine without them.
They’ve been dealing with people leaving for a long time now and time after
time they simply rebuild. You might, at this point, be wondering why I am
singing the praises of a company that me and Jonathon are about to rebook but
it’s not quite like that. We’re not taking an angle that was horribly executed
we’re just taking an angle that we wish had happened before Adam Cole both got
injured and left the company. So for the purposes of this rebooking edition
Adam Cole has neither left nor got injured.</div>
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I really don’t want to give away any more of the story than
that so let’s just jump into it. We start with the 2014 Battle of Los Angeles
which has been slightly re-done in terms of layout because of how we wanted to
present the tournament. So the three key differences are that there is only two
nights not three, there are only 16 participants not 24 and (similar to how PWG
sometimes work their tag tournament DDT4) the World Championship is on the line
in every match that then World Champion, Kyle O’Reilly, is in:</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Battle of Los
Angeles 2014 – Night One</u></b></div>
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Kyle O’Reilly d. Candice LeRae in a First Round Match and
retains the PWG World Championship</div>
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Adam Cole d. Trevor Lee in a First Round Match when Cole
rolls Lee up with a handful of tights.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Battle of Los
Angeles 2014 – Night Two</u></b></div>
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Kyle O’Reilly d. Brian Cage in a Quarter-Final Match and
retains the PWG World Championship</div>
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Adam Cole d. Joey Ryan in a Quarter-Final Match</div>
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The Young Bucks d. Candice LeRae and Johnny Gargano in a
Non-Tournament Match</div>
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Kyle O’Reilly d. Roderick Strong in a Semi-Final Match and
retains the PWG World Championship</div>
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Adam Cole d. ACH in a Semi-Final Match </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Adam Cole d. Kyle O’Reilly
to win the 2014 Battle of Los Angeles AND the PWG World Championship</b></div>
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Cole wins when The Bucks interfere and distract the referee.
Cole eventually manages to get the upper hand and hits a superkick to the back
of the head followed by a Straight Jacket German Suplex for the three count.</div>
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Post-match Cole raises both the BOLA trophy and the PWG
Championship in one hand each and yells “ADAM COLE BAYBAY!”</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Untitled II</u></b></div>
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It is announced in the build-up that Candice will be getting
another shot for the PWG World Championship against Adam Cole. As a result
Johnny Gargano and Joey Ryan decide to team up to take on the Young Bucks</div>
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World’s Cutest Friends (Joey Ryan and Johnny Gargano) d. The
Young Bucks when one of the Bucks taps out to Gargano Escape</div>
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Adam Cole © vs. Candice LeRae – PWG World Championship Match</div>
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Cole hits the Panama Sunrise (Middle Rope Canadian
Destroyer) on Candice and has her beat but instead of going for the cover he
picks Candice up by the hair and kisses her before hitting a superkick for the
win to retain the Championship.</div>
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Gargano comes out and challenges (Gargano and Candice’s real
life relationship has been referenced on commentary at both BOLA and this show)
Cole to a match right here, right now. Cole declines and leaves with the
Championship as Gargano attends to Candice.</div>
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Excalibur announces via twitter that Cole will defend the
Championship against Gargano at the next show. And it will be Guerrilla
Warfare.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Black Cole Sun</u></b></div>
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Adam Cole © vs. Johnny Gargano, Guerrilla Warfare – PWG World
Championship</div>
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As the match progresses eventually the Bucks come out and
attempt to interfere. Candice and Joey thwart this however until the Bucks get
the upper hand and superkick Candice. With Candice down Joey does his best to
fight them off but the Bucks eventually double superkick him and he has to be
helped to the back.</div>
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The Bucks get in the ring and throw Gargano (who was in
control) over the top rope. He holds on though and hits a double version of his
slingshot spear from the apron on to the Bucks. The Bucks then roll out of the ring
allowing Gargano to focus once again on Cole. He grabs a chair as Cole is on
the mat trying to get to his feet. </div>
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Candice gets in the ring and yells “I want him!” whilst
pointing at Cole. She takes the chair from Gargano and she allows Cole to
return to his feet and swings the chair… but hits Gargano instead! Candice
smiles and hands the chair to Cole. Cole lies the chair flat and then picks up
Gargano in a package piledriver position allowing Candice to superkick Gargano
in the face before Cole drops him with the piledriver. Rick Knox is disgusted
but Cole pins Gargano to retain his Championship.</div>
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<span class="null">Post-match, Cole grabs the chair again, and
sets it up in the middle of the ring. He loosens his trunks and takes his knee
pads down. Cole then sits in the chair and says ‘Oh, Candice, it’s time, Come
on BAYBAY!’. At this point Candice slowly walks towards Cole, giggling, before
straddling Cole on the chair as the pair begin to make out. The make out
session goes so over the top that Cole and Candice fall out of the chair, but
continue to kiss and roll around the ring, eventually rolling over the top of
Gargano, who is still unconscious in the ring.</span> </div>
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It is announced via twitter that the next show will be DDT4
primarily because the Tag Team Championships have had to be vacated as Joey
wants absolutely nothing to do with Candice and refuses to team with her.
Therefore the winners of DDT4 will be the new PWG World Tag Team Champions.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>DDT4 (January ’15)</u></b></div>
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Candice and Cole open the show and come out wearing very
similar t-shirts. They are both white t-shirts with a pink love heart in the
centre and red writing inside of that. Candice’s says Candice loves Cole and
Cole’s says Cole loves Candice. They are holding hands and look nauseatingly in
love, Candice has also changed her look up a little bit as she looks a bit
darker (in terms of hair colour, make up, attire etc.)</div>
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Cole takes the mic but before he can speak the Bucks come
down to the ring. They are furious with Cole claiming he hasn’t been returning
their phone calls, they haven’t been able to get in touch with him and find out
what the hell happened last month and they want to know what he is doing with
this whore (as they point at Candice). This all teases a Young Bucks face turn
but eventually the four embrace before holding each other’s hands in the air
and yelling “MOUNT RUSHMORE BAYBAY!”</div>
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Johnny Gargano teams up with Joey Ryan and they manage to
beat the Young Bucks in the first semi-final before finding out they will be
facing the team of Candice Loves Cole in the final after Candice and Cole
defeat Inner City Machine Guns (Ricochet and Rich Swann)</div>
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FINAL: Candice Loves Cole vs. Joey and Johnny – PWG World Tag
Team Championship Match</div>
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No interference in the match as both teams go back and
forth. Joey keeps trying to boobplex Candice but can never quite get it done.
He hits a boobplex on Cole instead eventually. Gargano hits a vaginaplex on
Candice for a close two count. Eventually Candice and Cole remove Ryan from the
match and double team Gargano. Cole gets Gargano in a Straight Jacket German
position before allowing Candice to superkick Gargano into the German Suplex (a
move they have dubbed the ‘G-Spot’) for the win and the Tag Team Championships.</div>
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Post-Match the Bucks bring down Cole’s BOLA Trophy and World
Championship and Mount Rushmore pose with every accolade you can hold in PWG.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Candice Rushmore
(March ’15)</u></b></div>
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6-Person Tag Team Match: Mount Rushmore (Candice LeRae and
The Young Bucks) vs. Johnny Gargano and the Inner City Machine Guns (Ricochet
and Rich Swann)</div>
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The match goes back and forth between both teams and Gargano
can never quite get his hands on Candice who always tags out and avoids Gargano.
Eventually though, as the match breaks down, Gargano gets a hold of Candice. He
has her in position for the lawn dart but The Bucks (who have disposed of Ricochet
and Swann) pull Candice down by her legs and all three hit stereo superkicks on
Gargano when he turns around. Candice then pins Gargano for the win.</div>
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Post-match The Bucks and Candice beat Gargano down further
finishing the beat down off with More Bang For Your F**k with Candice the one
being launched into the tandem tombstone.</div>
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Adam Cole © vs. Joey Ryan – PWG World Championship</div>
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Cole wins relatively cleanly following a Panama Sunrise.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>All Star Weekend
XI – Night One (May ’15)</u></b></div>
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Candice Loves Cole © vs. ACH and Matt Sydal – PWG World Tag
Team Championships</div>
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Candice and Cole cheat throughout but the finish is somewhat
clean when they hit the G-Spot on Sydal for the win.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>All Star Weekend
XI – Night Two (May ’15)</u></b></div>
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Trevor Lee d. Johnny Gargano</div>
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Candice and The Bucks interfere constantly attempting to cost
Gargano the match but Lee and Gargano team up to fight them off. Lee eventually
reverses Gargano Escape into a roll up to win the match. Post-match Candice and
the Bucks beat Gargano and Lee down in vicious fashion until Joey Ryan makes
the save and his match with Candice begins immediately.</div>
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Candice LeRae vs. Joey Ryan</div>
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Candice has Joey down and as he is recovering back to his
feet she blows a kiss to him before going for a superkick Joey ducks though and
Rick Knox takes the full brunt of the superkick. Joey then hits three
boobplexes in a row on Candice. He turns round to get the referee but eats a
double superkick from The Bucks. The Bucks pull a lifeless Candice on top of
Joey and Knox slowly counts the three. The Bucks have to carry Candice out
after the match.</div>
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Adam Cole © vs. Kyle O’Reilly – PWG World Championship</div>
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O’Reilly gets his rematch after a string of wins at the last
few shows. The Bucks interfere constantly with no-one left to help O’Reilly and
he can’t overcome The Bucks and Cole. Candice, Lee, Gargano and Joey aren’t
seen as they are all selling their injuries from the previous matches. Cole
eventually wins when he rolls a distracted O’Reilly up and holds the tights for
the three count.</div>
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Excalibur announces via twitter that Trevor Lee, who has not
lost since Cole pinned him in the first round of the Battle of Los Angeles last
year, will challenge Cole for the Championship at Threemendous IV. And the main
event will be Johnny Gargano vs. Candice LeRae in a Guerrilla Warfare Match. </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Threemendous IV
(July ‘15)</u></b></div>
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Best Friends (Chuck Taylor and Trent?) d. The Young Bucks</div>
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Adam Cole © vs. Trevor Lee – PWG World Championship</div>
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Lee wins clean as Gargano, Joey Ryan and Best Friends all
prevent Candice and The Bucks from interfering in the match. Lee celebrates his
title win (or attempts to) but all hell breaks out as the Guerrilla Warfare
match begins almost immediately.</div>
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Candice LeRae vs. Johnny Gargano – Guerrilla Warfare</div>
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Cole walks to the back looking like a lost puppy without his
Championship as everyone around him fights. Gargano and Candice continue to
slug it out in the ring until one of The Bucks superkicks Gargano and Candice
low blows him giving her the upper hand. She controls the match from there as
The Bucks fight with Joey, Trevor Lee and Best Friends out of the building.
Eventually the match develops quite a back and forth flow as both people hit
big moves on each other. Eventually Gargano breaks out the thumbtacks and is
looking to hit a vaginaplex on Candice into the tacks but Candice uses her leg
to low blow him. Cole returns to the ring to help his girlfriend and helps her
hit a different version of the G-Spot to normal as Candice has Johnny in the
Straight Jacket German Suplex position and Cole hits the superkick. They
perform the G-Spot into the tacks and Candice covers Johnny for the win. They
celebrate in their own special and disgusting way as Excalibur says “This
ladies and gentleman is sadly Pro Wrestling Guerrilla”</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Battle of Los
Angeles 2015 – Night One (August ‘15)</u></b></div>
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This year the title is not on the line throughout the
tournament but Lee will not be part of the tournament and instead defend the
title on both nights. It is, once again, a sixteen person tournament. Johnny
Gargano will not be at the show and his future in PWG is described as
questionable by Excalibur.</div>
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ACH d. Adam Cole in a First Round Match</div>
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Taylor beats Page in his PWG debut match but Page gets a
very good outing and shakes Taylor’s hand post-match.</div>
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Trevor Lee © d. Chris Hero to retain the PWG World
Championship</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Battle of Los
Angeles 2015 – Night Two (August ’15)</u></b></div>
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Candice LeRae d. Chuck Taylor in a Quarter-Final Match</div>
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ACH d. Ricochet in a Quarter-Final Match</div>
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Mount Rushmore (Adam Cole and The Young Bucks) vs. Adam
Page, Trent? and Rich Swann</div>
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Before the match can even start Cole, still fuming at his
loss to ACH last night leads Mount Rushmore in an attack on the other team.
They particularly focus on Page meaning he cannot partake in this match and it
will be a handicap match. Trent? and Swann try to fight them off once the match
starts but they are always fight against insurmountable odds. That is until
Chuck Taylor comes down to make the third man. The Best Friends and Swann rally
to beat Mount Rushmore when Chuck pins Cole following an Awful Waffle.</div>
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Candice LeRae d. Joey Ryan in a Semi-Final Match</div>
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ACH d. Kyle O’Reilly in a Semi-Final Match</div>
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Trevor Lee © d. Matt Sydal to retain the PWG World
Championship</div>
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Candice LeRae vs. ACH – Final of the 2015 Battle of Los
Angeles</div>
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All kinds of interference in this match but Candice
eventually hits a reverse frankensteiner into a superkick to pick up the win
and become the first female to ever win the Battle of Los Angeles. Mount
Rushmore celebrates in their way and both Excalibur and Rick Knox refuse to be
the ones to hand Candice the trophy so Cole just grabs it from the table and
presents it to Candice wedding proposal style.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>The True Love
Story: Adam & Candice (October ’15)</u></b></div>
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Trevor Lee © d. Roderick Strong to retain the PWG World
Championship</div>
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Candice Loves Cole © vs. Best Friends (Trent? and Chuck
Taylor) – PWG World Tag Team Championships</div>
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The match is in the finishing stretch with Best Friends
seemingly having Candice and Cole exactly where they want them but the Bucks
come out, attack Rick Knox and lay into Best Friends until Johnny Gargano makes
his return after not being seen since the anniversary show in July to save Best
Friends and attack Mount Rushmore. Gargano prevents anymore Bucks interference
singlehandedly and Best Friends double team Cole for the win and the Tag Team
Championships.</div>
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In between shows Excalibur announces that Gargano will be in
his first official match since Threemendous IV when he teams with Trent? and
Chuck Taylor to form Best Friends in Similar Tights (or B-FIST) to take on
Mount Rushmore in the form of Adam Cole and The Young Bucks. On top of that, as
winner of the Battle of Los Angeles, Candice LeRae is now due a Championship
match with Trevor Lee. She will receive that match at the next show in the main
event.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>One Hundred and
Sixty-Four (December ’15)</u></b></div>
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Mount Rushmore (Adam Cole and The Young Bucks) vs. B-FIST
(Chuck Taylor, Trent? and Johnny Gargano)</div>
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B-FIST win when Gargano makes Matt Jackson tap out to Gargano
Escape. No Candice interference in this match as she is focusing on her title
match in the main event.</div>
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Trevor Lee © vs. Candice LeRae – PWG World Championship</div>
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Deep into the match Lee positions Candice on the top rope
and it looks like he is going for a superplex but Candice kicks him off and he
falls onto Rick Knox. Lee recovers and goes back to Candice for the superplex
again, this time getting in a few punches to ensure she is sufficiently
weakened only for Cole to pull him off the ropes and then superkick him. Lee
then turns round stunned by the superkick straight into a Panama Sunrise from
Candice. Knox counts the three and Mount Rushmore celebrate Candice becoming
the new Pro Wrestling Guerrilla World Champion.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>DDT4 (January ’16)</u></b></div>
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Semi-Final Match: Best Friends © vs. Candice Loves Cole –
PWG World Tag Team Championship</div>
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Best Friends retain the Championships when Gargano uses
Mount Rushmore’s own tactics against them by interfering in the match and
allowing Chuck Taylor to hit the Awful Waffle for the win. Post-Match Mount
Rushmore attacks Gargano and Best Friends, absolutely annihilating them and
bringing Best Friends participation in the final into question. The Inner City
Machine Guns make the save and their match with The Young Bucks starts right
now.</div>
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Semi-Final Match: The Young Bucks d. The Inner City Machine
Guns</div>
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Young Bucks win clean via The Meltzer Driver</div>
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Finals: Best Friends © vs. The Young Bucks – PWG World Tag
Team Championship</div>
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Best Friends make it out for the match but are clearly still
suffering from the earlier attack. They fight hard but interference from
Candice and Cole costs them (specifically when Candice low blows Taylor as he
is going for Awful Waffle) and allows The Bucks to hit More Bang For Your Buck
for the victory, the tournament and the Championships.</div>
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Excalibur announces on twitter that Chuck Taylor will
finally get a shot at the PWG World Championship when he takes on Candice LeRae
at the next show. In addition to this Joey Ryan and Brian Cage will team up to
challenge The Young Bucks AND Johnny Gargano will get his hands on Adam Cole
with the #1 Contendership on the line. Cole and Candice tweet furiously about
this in the build up to the show stating their unhappiness at Gargano getting a
potential title shot. But mostly they’re annoyed at the Board of Directors for “obviously
trying to drive a wedge between the members of Mount Rushmore” because when
Cole “strolls to victory” against Johnny Gargano it means that he would then
have to face Candice.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>The Dark Candice
Rises (March ’16)</u></b></div>
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The Young Bucks © d. Brian Cage and Joey Ryan to retain the
PWG World Tag Team Championships</div>
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The Bucks win clean after More Bang For Your Buck on Ryan. </div>
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Post-match Candice comes out looking to vent some of the
frustration. She wraps a chair round a barely conscious Joey’s leg and, as The
Bucks and Cole stop Gargano and Best Friends from coming out she jumps from the
top rope onto the chair shattering Joey’s ankle. Joey has to be carried out and
Gargano lets his anger get the better of him launching an all-out attack on
Mount Rushmore meaning he has to be restrained and taken from the arena.</div>
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Cole smiles and demands that his match with Gargano should
take place right here, right now knowing that Gargano is being restrained by
security in the back until the authorities arrive and they can at the very
least take some statements, maybe even arrest him (Excalibur explains this over
commentary). After a while Excalibur stands up and cuts Cole off, saying he
knows what he is trying to do and it won’t work. As he is the liaison to the
board of directors he informs Cole that his match with Gargano has been pushed
all the way up the card so now it will be the last match on the show to give
Gargano as much time as possible to be released. Cole is furious.</div>
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Candice LeRae © d. Chuck Taylor – PWG World Championship</div>
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Candice defeats Chuck when she hits him with a Panama
Sunrise to retain the Championship.</div>
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Adam Cole vs. Johnny Gargano - #1 Contenders Match</div>
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Cole comes out to the ring still rather smug as Gargano
still hasn’t been seen yet. He tells the referee to count. The bell rings and
the referee counts to ten before Cole starts celebrating. He gets out of the
ring, grabs a mic and cuts a long promo stating how happy he is to win this
match, how hard this road has been for him but ultimately hard work pays off.
He says he doesn’t know what is going to happen between him and Candice but
their love is stronger than anything else so they will work something out.
Eventually Rick Knox cuts Cole off and reminds him that in PWG it is a 20
count, not a 10 count and Cole broke the count when he left the ring. He leaves
Knox with no choice but to start his count again, Cole is livid and pushes Knox
to the floor. He is just about to start attacking him properly when Gargano
comes out to make the save and their match is underway.</div>
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The Bucks and Candice come out later on in the match but
their interference is neutered by Best Friends and Brian Cage who come out to
stop them. Cole is distracted by all the commotion at ringside and this gives
Gargano the opening he needs to pick up the victory and the number one
contendership. Post-match the fight gets even crazier, Chuck Taylor is put
through a table, Cole is busted open, The Bucks take a huge bump to the
outside, Brian Cage takes the G-Spot through a set of chairs and Trent? is
cracked with a steel chair in mid-air when he goes to dive to the outside.
After a while it is just Candice and Gargano left standing. Candice tries to
run but Gargano grabs her by the hair and he locks in Gargano Escape on her and
Candice taps out as the show comes to an end.</div>
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Excalibur announces that due to the craziness that ended the
last show the Board of Directors have booked an 8-Man Tag Team Guerrilla
Warfare Match which will see all members of Mount Rushmore face off against The
Reseda City Machine Friends (Chuck Taylor, Johnny Gargano, Brian Cage and
Trent?).</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>cWo: The Candice
World Order (April ’16)</u></b></div>
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Mount Rushmore vs. The Reseda City Machine Friends –
Guerrilla Warfare</div>
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A crazy match comes to its conclusion when Candice goes for
a reverse frankensteiner on Cage but he uses his power and strength advantage
to pull her back up into an electric chair style position but unfortunately for
him Cole and The Bucks hit him with a triple superkick allowing Candice to hit
the reverse frankensteiner. The Bucks then take out Chuck and Cage on the floor
when they set them up on two tables and hit stereo 450 splashes on them. </div>
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Gargano is down on the outside and Candice goes for her
version of the Octopus Stretch on Trent? He tries to reverse it by swinging her
round but she transitions it into the Gargano Escape! Gargano recovers and
tries to get back in the ring but the other three members of Mount Rushmore
play defence and prevent him from getting in. Trent? eventually taps but
Candice refuses to break the hold. Gargano breaks past the Bucks but Cole has
stepped back and catches him with a superkick. The Bucks then hit stereo superkicks
on Trent? while he is still locked in the hold. Candice finally releases him
and then Cole picks up Gargano in a Straight Jacket German Suplex position,
Candice walks over and kisses an unconscious Gargano on the lips before
stepping back and she and Cole hit the G-Spot on him. </div>
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Excalibur announces the card for the next show with Cole and
The Bucks in a Six-Man Tag Team Match against ACH, Rich Swann and Ricochet
since Trent?, Brian Cage and Chuck Taylor are now out of action thanks to Mount
Rushmore. Johnny Gargano, who is also injured, will not wait one show longer
for his World Championship match against Candice so he will challenge her at
The Great (Gargano) Escape despite his injuries.</div>
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Candice tweets that she refuses to defend her title against
that “psycho stalker of an ex-boyfriend”. Excalibur reminds her she is
contractually obligated to defend it to which she replies “Suck it!”</div>
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Excalibur lets the fans know that there is a good chance
that Candice may no-show and therefore he and the Board of Directors have come
up with a contingency plan should this occur.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>The Great
(Gargano) Escape (May ’16)</u></b></div>
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Main Event: Mount Rushmore (Adam Cole and The Young Bucks)
vs. ACH, Rich Swann and Ricochet</div>
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Rich Swann is taken out before the match even starts as The
Bucks and Cole destroy everyone but particularly focus on Swann. In a call back
to Night Two of the 2015 Battle of Los Angeles Swann cannot partake in the
match and is taken out for medical treatment only for Adam Page to step up and
take his place. Page nearly beats Cole several times as Cole refuses to take
him seriously but ultimately a triple superkick on Ricochet gives Mount
Rushmore a fairly clean victory.</div>
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Post-match Mount Rushmore’s celebrations are cut short when
Excalibur stands up from his position at commentary and announces that as
punishment for Candice’s no-show tonight the Board of Directors have decreed
that she will face Johnny Gargano for the Championship at THIRTEEN in July, in
a Ladder match! If she chooses to no-show again then they will strip her of the
Championship.</div>
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Mount Rushmore are furious but Excalibur isn’t finished
there. He says as further punishment for their insubordination that the 6-Man
Tag Team match we just saw wasn’t the main event. The real main event will be
The Young Bucks defending their Tag Team Championships against these men…</div>
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The Young Bucks © vs. The Super Smash Bros. – PWG World Tag
Team Championship Match</div>
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Mount Rushmore are furious but Player Uno and Stupefied hit
the ring and attack everyone. The match is contested at a frenetic pace and
doesn’t go too long before Cole tries to get involved. Unfortunately for him,
Adam Page comes out and beats the living daylights out of Cole. The Super Smash
Bros. pick up the win and are the new PWG Tag Team Champions.</div>
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Via Twitter Excalibur announces the final match for the
anniversary show card as Adam Cole takes on Adam Page.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>THIRTEEN (July ’16)</u></b></div>
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Super Smash Bros. © d. The Young Bucks – PWG World Tag Team
Championship Match</div>
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Smash Bros. retain cleanly.</div>
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Adam Cole vs. Adam Page</div>
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Page beats Cole clean as a whistle in a hotly contested
match when Page hits The Adam’s Apple (The belly-to-back piledriver that he
uses) for the win. As the match started Cole didn’t take Page seriously but by
the end Cole knew he was in a match and could do nothing to stop Page picking
up the win.</div>
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Candice LeRae © vs. Johnny Gargano, Ladder Match – PWG World
Championship</div>
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Candice and Johnny destroy each other all match and it goes
pretty long without any interference. Until The Bucks and Cole interfere of
course but this time something different happens. The entire rest of the PWG
locker room (including a returning Best Friends, Brian Cage and Joey Ryan)
empties to stop Mount Rushmore from interfering. This is all a bit of a distraction
for Gargano though and Candice hits a ballsplex onto a steel chair on Gargano.
She sets up a ladder and slowly climbs to the top, she has her hands on the
belt but Gargano pulls the ladder out from under her though Candice hangs onto
the belt (providing the infamously terrible ceiling vent doesn’t fall down).
Gargano sets up the ladder in the corner as Candice desperately tries to unhook
the Championship. Gargano climbs the ladder and (similar to the Jeff Hardy/Edge
spot from Wrestlemania X-Seven) spears Candice in mid-air. The entire locker
room is still by ringside cheering Gargano on as he resets the ladder in the
centre, climbs it and pulls down the PWG World Championship!</div>
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And there we have it. Another edition of the rebooking
series is in the history books now. This was something me and Jonathon just had
a blast booking. We have nothing against PWG, we are both big fans of the
company but we just felt sad that we’d never had the opportunity to see
something as great as we believe the Candice-Cole tandem would have been. Plus
PWG has so many less confines and restrictions than say WWE, TNA or even ROH so
the amount of sleaziness they could have exuded during this storyline would
have been so entertaining.</div>
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We’re very sad we’ll
never get to see a Cole and Candice partnership come to fruition now that Cole
no longer works with the company but we've no doubt that wherever PWG decides to go next following this latest exodys will be great because it always is.</div>
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Nevertheless this was just a lot of fun for us and we hope
you enjoyed it too. Me and Jonathon plan to have our next article (and it is a
big one, trust me) ready in time for Wrestlemania so keep your eye out for
that, in the meantime you can follow me (@watadam20) and Jonathon (@JLAspey) on Twitter. </div>
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Last but not least thanks for reading!</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13945426347756957700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6665898632418051769.post-61109202543218256932015-02-02T23:04:00.001+00:002015-02-02T23:04:46.588+00:00The Rebooking Series - Part III (The 2015 Royal Rumble Match)<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span class="5yl5">Well, you know we just had to this one. </span></div>
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<span class="5yl5">Welcome to the third part of our rebooking
series. This was something Jonathon and I obviously didn’t have planned, but we
watched the Pay-Per View live last Sunday, and we were so furious at how WWE
booked the Rumble match that we decided almost immediately to rebook it. The
wrestling community in general is disgusted by the decisions WWE made last
Sunday, so much so that people actively started cancelling their subscription
to the WWE Network (although the million subscriber’s news kind of contradicts
that narrative). Either way we would not blame anyone who did because the
Rumble was that badly booked.</span><br />
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<span class="5yl5"><span data-reactid=".o.$mid=11422907652708=2517b969784bf12a223.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$end:0:$8:0">So,
could we have done any better? Well, let’s see shall we. I’d like to say that
this also isn’t Monday morning quarterbacking, this is something that Jonathon
and I discussed well before the PPV. </span></span><br data-reactid=".o.$mid=11422907652708=2517b969784bf12a223.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$end:0:$9:0" />
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<span class="5yl5"><span data-reactid=".o.$mid=11422907652708=2517b969784bf12a223.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$end:0:$12:0">First
off I think it’s important to place a couple of rules for this booking:</span></span><br data-reactid=".o.$mid=11422907652708=2517b969784bf12a223.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$end:0:$13:0" />
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<span class="5yl5"><span data-reactid=".o.$mid=11422907652708=2517b969784bf12a223.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$end:0:$16:0">1)
No bringing in people that weren’t there on the night. </span></span><br data-reactid=".o.$mid=11422907652708=2517b969784bf12a223.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$end:0:$17:0" />
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<span class="5yl5"><span data-reactid=".o.$mid=11422907652708=2517b969784bf12a223.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$end:0:$20:0">2)
Roman Reigns will be booked to win the Rumble. </span></span></div>
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<span class="5yl5">If we had it our way we’d probably have
gone with Daniel Bryan, but this is the direction that they’re going in. We’re
just going to attempt to do it in a way that won’t have the crowd turning on
the entire roster.</span> We realise this isn’t going to be easy
because I’m not sure that Philadelphia crowd would ever have accepted a Reigns
Rumble win but with that said if you’re going in that direction you have to
give the guy the best chance possible. Booking an awful Rumble and then shoving
The Rock out there as a token heat source is not the way to do that.</div>
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<span class="5yl5">This won’t be a particularly long post as
we are only rebooking one match (and giving an overview of what we would build
towards for WrestleMania) so without any further ado here we go:</span></div>
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<span class="5yl5">The Rumble by the numbers package plays and
we are ready to go with the 2015 Royal Rumble.</span></div>
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<span class="5yl5">The first entrant is Daniel Bryan. He is
followed out by the second entrant, Kane. This obviously leads to a fierce
fight between the two but Bryan gets the upper hand and eliminates Kane before
the buzzer for entrant three. Tyson Kidd comes down to the ring and he and
Bryan do some chain wrestling before the music for entrant four, Curtis Axel,
hits. Nobody comes out though and a camera is shown backstage where Erick Rowan
has laid out Curtis Axel and, as a result, stolen his spot in the Royal Rumble
(this is the one liberty we took entrant wise with Rowan actively stealing Axel’s
spot).</span></div>
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<span class="5yl5">Next in is Luke Harper who stares down
Rowan. After a brief exchange of stares they go at it until the sixth entrant –
The Miz – enters the ring. Next in is the surprise entrant of Bubba Ray Dudley.
He attacks everyone and lays them all out hitting signature moves and generally
pleasing the crowd. Zack Ryder is the next entrant but despite some early
offence he is quickly eliminated by Bubba Ray. Not long after Harper eliminates
Tyson Kidd by Big Booting him over the top rope. The ninth entrant is Rusev,
accompanied by Lana and her Russian flag. Following him is Damien Mizdow to,
given what we saw at the actual Rumble event, a huge reaction. He teams up with
Miz against Rusev but this only serves to annoy the Bulgarian (or Russian, not
sure where he is billed from now) who goes to eliminate Miz but Miz pulls
Mizdow in the way and it is Mizdow who is eliminated.</span></div>
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<span class="5yl5">Following that in comes Bray Wyatt who,
similar to what happened at the actual Rumble, gets into a stare down with
Bubba Ray. The two come to blows and eventually Wyatt eliminates Bubba. Entrant
number twelve is The Big Show. As in every battle royal or Royal Rumble (at
least that’s how it seems anyway) that Big Show is in, everyone rushes forward
in a combined effort to eliminate him – only this time they actually succeed
and Show is eliminated very quickly. Next up is Titus O’Neill who hits a few
power moves before being dominated by Rusev who picks up his second elimination
when he throws Titus out. After this Adam Rose makes his entrance. Once he is
in the ring he joins the brawl. </span></div>
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<span class="5yl5">All the wrestlers are standing and fighting
in the ring when “BANG!” hits and DDP makes his entrance. He comes in the ring
and seemingly wants to take on everybody – hitting Diamond Cutters galore. DDP
then eliminates Rose after a Diamond Cutter. While DDP is stood near the ropes
Miz charges at him but DDP sidesteps him and uses Miz’s own momentum to
eliminate him. Bryan attempts a suicide dive on Wyatt but he misses and is left
prone on the outside as Wyatt rejoins the action, neither man is eliminated.
Kofi Kingston is entrant number sixteen and he is soon joined by his New Day
partner Big E. Once in the ring the New Day gang up on Rusev, seemingly
learning nothing from Miz and Mizdow earlier. This time Rusev eliminates both
members of the New Day at the same time.</span></div>
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<span class="5yl5">In at number eighteen is Roman Reigns. As a
side note it would have been interesting to see how Reigns would have been
received in a match where the crowd hadn’t already turned. Would the boos have
been quieter? Probably. Would Philadelphia have maybe even cheered him? That I’m
not so sure of but I am quite sure the response to his music hitting wouldn’t
have been quite so vitriolic. Anyway, upon entering the ring Reigns spears
everyone in there bar Bryan who is still recovering on the outside. R-Truth is
next in and he is then followed by entrant number twenty in Jack Swagger. Bryan
has now recovered and he eliminates Truth via a kick to the head after throwing
Truth on to the apron. Bray Wyatt eliminates DDP.</span></div>
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<span class="5yl5">Ryback is entrant number twenty-one and he
comes down to immediately hit a succession of meathook clotheslines. Rusev
recovers and then eliminates Swagger. Bryan is immediately on the attack and
beating down Rusev in one corner whilst Bray destroys Reigns in another. All of
a sudden it is just the three former members of the Wyatt Family and Daniel
Bryan left standing in the ring. Rowan and Harper look each other and do their
gun pose (same as at the actual Rumble) towards Wyatt before turning and
pointing them at the back of Bryan. All three men then viciously beat Bryan
down. Reigns recovers and tries to help but eventually the numbers game catches
up with him. This brief interlude has allowed Bryan to recover and he quickly
manages to eliminate Rowan but once again Harper and Wyatt prove to much for
him. They try to lift Bryan over the ropes but he hangs on and manages to kick
Harper away only for a huge Wyatt clothesline to knock him over the ropes and
to the floor.</span></div>
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<span class="5yl5">Not long after Bryan is eliminated Dean
Ambrose’s music hits. He runs down the ring with eyes only for Wyatt. He
manages to take out Harper and then he and Wyatt collide as both men hit a huge
lariat on one another. Bad News Barrett is the next entrant and he hits the
ring with a few big moves. As this is happening Ambrose manages to eliminate
Ryback as Rusev hits a huge kick on Reigns. Rusev then sets about
systematically destroying everyone else still left in the Rumble. As Rusev
stands tall Lana hands him the Russian flag and he waves it in celebration in
the centre of the ring. However, when he turns to wave it at the other side of
the ring he is greeted with a Superman Punch which causes him to drop the flag
and fall towards the ropes. He rebounds off but is met with another Superman
Punch but this one still can’t get the job done and Reigns eventually hits a
huge clothesline to eliminate Rusev. The Rumble then once again descends into a
brawl.</span></div>
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<span class="5yl5">Entrant number twenty-four is The Boogeyman
which momentarily distracts everyone in the ring but they all soon return to
fighting. All except Bray Wyatt. The two men stare down before Wyatt manages to
eliminate Boogeyman fairly quickly. The twenty-fifth entrant is Stardust. He is
then followed by tag team partner Goldust then Sin Cara and Fandango. Goldust
and Stardust are working well together and starting to take control until
Stardust eliminates Goldust. He spends too long celebrating though and is then
eliminated by Bad News Barrett. The twenty-ninth entrant is Cesaro. Cesaro
comes in and cleans house. Sin Cara goes for a springboard move but is caught
with a European Uppercut in mid air and then eliminated. Cesaro then swings
Fandango and eliminates him too.</span></div>
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<span class="5yl5">The final entrant is Dolph Ziggler who
comes in like a house of fire. He quickly sets about attacking Barrett and
manages to eliminate him. Cesaro goes for a pop up European Uppercut but
Ziggler manages to flip out and hits a Zig Zag before eliminating Cesaro. Luke
Harper throws Dean Ambrose to the outside but he hangs on. Harper runs at him
but is caught with a huge right hand but before Ambrose can return to the ring
Wyatt attacks him and knocks him to the floor. The final four are Harper,
Ziggler, Wyatt and Reigns. They fight for a little while until both Harper and
Ziggler are fighting each other on the apron. All of a sudden Triple H comes
out and attempts to distract Ziggler. Ziggler is momentarily distracted but still
manages to block an incoming lariat from Harper and hit three successive
Superkick’s to eliminate him. He then turns to get back in the ring but Wyatt
leans through the second and third ropes, grabs Ziggler and hits Sister Abigail
so that Ziggler’s throat is smashed into the top ring rope which is enough to
eliminate Ziggler. Wyatt doesn’t have much time to celebrate though as he is
almost immediately clotheslined out of the ring by the 2015 Royal Rumble winner
Roman Reigns. Reigns celebrates without The Rock as the show goes off the air.</span></div>
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<span class="5yl5">Now whether or not the crowd would reject
this I cannot say. I personally, although I cannot speak for Jonathon, think
that the crowd would still have rejected a Reigns Rumble win regardless but I
do think that booking the Rumble in this way gives them a far better chance of
limiting the damage than the anti-climactic eliminations of Ambrose, Bryan and
Ziggler did. At least this way there is specific spots built in designed to get
Reigns both sympathy and some babyface reactions. As well as the eliminations
of the three main guys that the Philadelphia crowd was in to being much more
dramatic and much more likely to get heat on the heels that eliminated them
rather than the actual show and match itself.</span></div>
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<span class="5yl5">Before we wrap this up me and Jonathon did
devise a very rough idea of what we would do at WrestleMania if we had booked
the Rumble in such a way while we were doing this and it looks something like
this:</span></div>
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<span class="5yl5">Damien Sandow vs. The Miz</span></div>
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<span class="5yl5">John Cena vs. Rusev</span></div>
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<span class="5yl5">Bray Wyatt vs. Daniel Bryan in a Last Man
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<span class="5yl5">Dolph Ziggler vs. Triple H – If Triple H
wins Dolph never works for WWE again, if Dolph wins Triple H relinquishes
control of WWE</span></div>
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<span class="5yl5">Dean Ambrose vs. Seth Rollins in a 3 Stages
of Hell Match (Singles, Falls Count Anywhere and ending inside Hell in a Cell
if required)</span></div>
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<span class="5yl5">The Undertaker vs. Sting in a Dream Match</span></div>
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<span class="5yl5">Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns in a WWE
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<span class="5yl5">We’d love to know what you all think of this
booking idea. It was drawn up very quickly at the pub a couple of days after
the Rumble (the first chance we’d had to meet up) but we do think it does a
better job at limiting the damage that a Roman Reigns Rumble victory in
Philadelphia was always going to do. Did we do better or worse than WWE did
with the Rumble when you bear in mind the restrictions that we had placed on
ourselves? Either way let us know, we’re always eager to hear what people
think. As I am writing this conclusion we’re only a few hours away from Triple
H’s supposedly blockbuster announcement tonight on RAW so who knows? Maybe WWE’s
booking of the Rumble will make more sense after tonight and turn into a great
story rendering this whole article pointless. However, if not this is how we
would have pushed Reigns at the Rumble. Thanks for reading and you’re quite
welcome to follow both me (@watadam20) and Jonathon (@JLAspey) on twitter. We look
forward to writing up out next part of the rebooking series which we’re aiming
to have ready in time for the February WWE PPV. We hope you’ll all come back
and read that article too, thanks again!</span></div>
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<![endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Okay, time for another edition of mine and Mr.
Aspey</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">s rebooking series. A little bit different from our last outing (the
rebooking of the Kurt Angle/Samoa Joe feud) we look at something which never
actually happened that we would have liked to book. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">This blog was borne out of how we could not
believe that Vince & the WWE just allowed CM Punk</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">s departure to become a
permanent one and we were discussing how we would have talked him into
returning. We decided we would have laid out the following plan to him with his
return pencilled in for the RAW after Money in the Bank therefore allowing him
more time to rest from his niggling injuries whilst also allowing his wedding
and honeymoon plans to take place just as they did.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Now back when the initial Shield dissension was
teased in the build-up to Wrestlemania everyone expected that Dean Ambrose to
be the one to turn on The Shield and I agreed because he was the most natural
heel of the trio. Then in the RAW rematch of The Shield versus The Wyatt Family
the WWE booked Seth Rollins to leave Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose high and
dry. Initially I thought they had turned Rollins heel and I realised that I
loved that. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">If Ambrose turned heel then I feel he would have
been a huge star immediately and, obviously Roman Reigns would have come out as
the big babyface of the group. Seth Rollins would have probably been lost in
the shuffle as just a midcard babyface. But if Rollins was the one to turn heel
then no-one would be because Reigns would be heavily pushed and Ambrose as a
loose cannon babyface would get over huge.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Of course it turned out he hadn</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">t turned heel at
that point (although he would some months later) so after that any time a
Shield break-up was talked about I always said that Rollins should be the one
to turn. So by that virtue this would have been part of the plan we laid out to
Punk. Rollins turning heel and joining the Authority would have remained part
of my plan much as how it was executed in reality. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">So this is the plan we would have laid out to Punk
when his suspension came to an end after Wrestlemania. Due to that all injuries
would have been taken off the table so, for example, Bad News Barrett and
Daniel Bryan both feature in this booking because as we laid this plan out to
Punk both wrestlers were healthy.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">This blog starts from the RAW after Money in the
Bank which we would have had take place in Chicago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everything would have been booked almost
identically to how it was in real life with Rollins turning on The Shield and
then winning the Money in the Bank briefcase. Bryan would have remained WWE
World Heavyweight Champion. The only difference is we would have not joined
Cesaro with Paul Heyman, instead we would have kept him as a heel (unpopular
decision but the right one I feel) and had him join the Authority as a
replacement when Batista left.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u><span lang="EN-US">1<sup>st</sup> RAW after Money In The Bank
(Chicago, IL)</span></u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">Main Event </span><span lang="EN-US">– </span><span lang="DE" style="mso-ansi-language: DE;">6-Man Tag: </span><span lang="EN-US"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Seth Rollins, Cesaro and Randy Orton vs. Daniel
Bryan, Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">As the main event is coming to its conclusion Bryan
has Rollins locked in the YES! Lock when Triple H comes out and attacks Bryan
causing a disqualification. The heels continue to beat down the faces until
static hits and Cult of Personality plays. CM Punk makes his return and the
faces stand tall to end the show.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u><span lang="EN-US">Other RAW</span></u></b><b><u><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">s building up to
Battleground</span></u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">The feud between the six men from last week</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">s main event,
Triple H and CM Punk continues to escalate over the next few RAW</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">s until Triple H
books the main event for Battleground. A War Games match with Rollins, Orton,
Cesaro and Triple H facing Bryan, Reigns, Ambrose and Punk is booked.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u><span lang="EN-US">Battleground PPV</span></u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">The War Games match takes place in one ring
inside the Hell in a Cell structure.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Team Authority vs. Team Greatest of All Time</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">The Authority win the coin toss and will have
the man advantage in the War Games match. Bryan and Rollins start the match
before Cesaro joins and starts beating Bryan down, Reigns makes the save and
does some big power moves on Cesaro before Orton comes in and gives the heels
the advantage again. Ambrose is in next and is desperate to get his hands on
Rollins but can never quite do so as Rollins continually evades him. Triple H
comes in and the heels hold the advantage until CM Punk comes out. As the match
is reaching a crescendo Ambrose and Reigns are fighting Orton and Cesaro on the
outside, Punk is down outside the ring and Bryan is fighting off both Rollins
and Triple H. He eventually gets them in opposite corners before hitting a
corner dropkick on Rollins and then Triple H. Bryan locks the YES! Lock in on Triple
H as all four men fighting on the outside smash through several tables. Triple
H is in a great deal of pain and looks set to tap out but Rollins recovers.
However, Punk (now back in the ring) is in his way as he is protecting Bryan
and making sure the submission attempt doesn</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">t get broken up. Rollins
charges but Punk catches him and holds him in a DDT style position before
pushing Rollins up so he</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">s standing up like normal. Both men stand and look at each other
then all of a sudden smile and shake hands. Bryan is oblivious to this as he is
near the ropes closest to the hard cam pointed directly in that direction
whilst Punk and Rollins are behind him and Triple H. Punk then runs off the
ropes closest to the hard cam and kicks Bryan directly in the face. Punk grabs
an unconscious Bryan by the hair and pulls him up to his knees thus allowing
Rollins to curbstomp him. This has allowed Triple H to recover sufficiently and
both guys bring Bryan to his feet to allow Triple H to Pedigree him and get the
1, 2, 3.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u><span lang="EN-US">1<sup>st</sup> RAW after Battleground</span></u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Show opens with a recap of last night</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">s main event and
Cole welcomes everyone to RAW, the crowd is chanting for Daniel Bryan.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">King of Kings hits and Triple H and Steph come
out with champagne in an ice bucket and the rest of The Authority (Rollins,
Kane, Orton, Cesaro etc.)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">They introduce Punk who comes out to a slower
paced, remixed version of Cult of Personality. He has an ice bucket too but his
has a bottle of Pepsi in it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Triple H passes Punk the microphone and he
points to the big screen where a video plays showing several different angles
of Punk kicking Bryan in the face the night before, it ends on a slow motion
shot of Punk</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">s kick. Punk: “Do I have everybody</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">s attention <i><u>now</u></i>?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Punk says it was all part of a master plan “since
I left you all high and dry after the Rumble”. He says he spoke to ‘</span><span lang="DE" style="mso-ansi-language: DE;">Hunter</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’ </span><span lang="EN-US">after that show where
they had a proper ‘man-to-man</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’ </span><span lang="EN-US">discussion and Punk was told the reason he wasn’t
in the main event of WrestleMania was due to Daniel Bryan but he doesn’t blame
Bryan, he blames the fans.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">“For years I craved your approval, just like
Daniel Bryan but he saddles himself with catchphrases to make you all feel
better about your pathetic lives. But I</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">m CM Punk. I</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">m the Best. I</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">m the Best in the World!
I am better than The Rock, I am better than John Cena, I am better than Stone
Cold Steve Austin, I</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">m better than Ric Flair and most importantly I am better than Daniel
Bryan. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">And people want to talk about why I did what I
did last night. I prefer to look at what has happened because of what I did
last night. I kicked your beloved Daniel Bryan so hard in the face that he can</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">t be here
tonight. And you know why? ‘</span><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD;">Cos I</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">m the Best in the World!”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">*drops and mic and mouths ‘Pipebomb</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">*</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u><span lang="EN-US">2<sup>nd</sup> RAW after Battleground</span></u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Bryan comes out and cuts a fired up promo, he
wants Punk at Summerslam and he</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">s even prepared to put his title on the line.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Triple H comes out and makes the match. “But
anyway, moving on…” the rest of The Authority comes out and beats Bryan down.
Bryan gets a few hope spots but eventually succumbs to the numbers and is laid
out with a Curb Stomp.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">The slower, remixed version of Cult of
Personality hits and Punk strolls to the ring in a suit, he then starts
mockingly doing a “YES!” chant before Punk Kicking (the Punk Kick is the name
of the kick to the face) Bryan. Punk picks up the title and shouts “BEST IN THE
WORLD!” and the paramedics have to stretcher Bryan out of the arena.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">At the top of the first hour Dolph Ziggler comes
out and cuts a promo running Punk down and demands a match against Punk. Triple
H makes it for the main event, a Lumberjack match!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">CM Punk d. Dolph Ziggler</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">It turns out that all of the lumberjack</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">s just happen to
be members of The Authority. They constantly beat down Ziggler but always
protect Punk. Punk doesn</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">t seem to take Ziggler seriously but Dolph suffers too much abuse
from the lumberjack</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">s to do anything about it. Punk eventually wins with the GTS.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Michael Cole updates the WWE Universe on Daniel
Bryan saying due to the injuries he suffered as a result of the Punk Kick he is
currently recovering in hospital and due to the nature of the head injury he is
questionable for Summerslam.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">The Authority (just Triple H and Stephanie)
interrupt and send Cole packing, they announce that they have granted CM Punk a
well-earned night off. They also announce that if Daniel Bryan can</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">t make it to
Summerslam then, in accordance to the requirements that come with holding the
Championship, he will forfeit the Championship to the “crown jewel of The
Authority, CM Punk”.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u><span lang="EN-US">4<sup>th</sup> RAW (and final before
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">As the show is coming to its conclusion CM Punk
comes out (without The Authority) and cuts a promo about his upcoming match
against Daniel Bryan at Summerslam. He runs Bryan down, belittling him and
talking himself up before finishing with “and when the final bell rings on
Sunday I am leaving with the WWE World Heavyweight Championship… BEST IN THE
WORLD!”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Punk goes to leave the ring but is interrupted
by Bryan who appears via the titantron from a hospital bed. He cuts a promo on
Punk and talks about his injuries before finishing with “Come hell or high
water I will be at Summerslam and I will kick your ass”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Daniel Bryan © vs. CM Punk (WWE World
Heavyweight Championship)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Mike Chioda is the referee but as Bryan is going
for the YES! Knee Punk pulls Chioda in the way. Bryan is obviously concerned
for the referee</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">s health and is checking on him but when he turns around Punk picks
him up in position for the GTS, Bryan slips out though, pushes Punk away and
hits the YES! Knee. He pins Punk but there is no referee, the crowd count along
“1…2…3…4…5…6…7…8” etc. Scott Armstrong slides into the ring “1…2………” and stops
counting. Bryan is furious, he stands up and grabs Armstrong, screaming in his
face.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">This all allows Punk to recover and he picks
Bryan up and nails him with the GTS. Armstrong is there and fast counts the pin
but Bryan kicks out at 2.9 even though the count was fast. It is now Punk</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">s turn to be
angry with the referee and he pushes Armstrong into one of the corners before
berating him. Armstrong tries to calm Punk down but Punk is right in his face
and is livid. Bryan has recovered and goes for the corner dropkick but Punk
(literally) dives out of harm</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">s way and Armstrong takes the full brunt of the
dropkick.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Bryan is frustrated and Punk takes advantage
picking Bryan up to deliver a second GTS before following it up with the Punk
Kick. A recovering Armstrong recovers and very slowly (1………………..2………………….3)
counts to three.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">The Authority come out and announce that it is “CM
Punk Appreciation Night”.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Triple H</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">s music hits as the promo concludes but Triple H
stops it and says “Oh, and another thing, Daniel Bryan… will NOT be here
tonight.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">In the last segment of the show the CM Punk
Appreciation Night comes to its conclusion with an in-ring celebration and it
goes way over the top. When it reaches the top levels of nauseating Daniel
Bryan</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">s music hits, however, it turns out to just be a ruse and The
Authority laugh in the faces of the audience before continuing to celebrate as
the show goes off the air.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Michael Cole announces that Daniel Bryan will be
here tonight to address the fans.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">The Authority are surprisingly quiet and subdued
all night after last week</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’s
excessive extravagance.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">In the final segment of the show Bryan comes
out, in a wheelchair. He has to be helped into the ring as his wheelchair is
placed in the ring before he is helped back into the wheelchair. Meanwhile Cole
comes in to the ring and sits down to interview Bryan. Bryan is very emotional
in the interview and starts to say that he is going to have to take some time
away when all of a sudden King of Kings hits.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Triple H comes out and says “That</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">s all well and
good Daniel but me and Steph sat down with Punker earlier tonight and we were
discussing the fact that you had a rematch clause in your contract. We talked
it out and decided that it would be best… for business if that rematch happened……..
RIGHT NOW!”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Cult of Personality plays and Punk saunters down
to the ring.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Punk gets in the ring and is taunting Bryan when
Mike Chioda comes out to referee (he complains but Triple H tells him to do his
job) and the ring announcements are made. Commentary are putting over how vile
this is since Bryan is in a wheelchair and can</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">t even stand under his
own power because of the damage caused to his balance and equilibrium due to
the several Punk Kick</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">s he</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">s taken over the past few weeks.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Punk gets right in Bryan</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">s face as the bell rings
and starts mocking the “YES!” chants but Bryan kicks him in the head! Bryan
pushes himself off the wheelchair and he literally just falls on top of Punk.
He gets a very close two count but Punk kicks out. Bryan goes for the YES! Lock
but can</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">t get it locked in properly. Punk eventually gets out of the hold,
picks Bryan up (who tries his best to fight out but cannot) and hits him with
the GTS for the victory in a match that lasts less than a minute.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">The Authority then proceeds to beat a helpless
Bryan down as Punk sits on the top rope hugging his Championship and just
enjoys the show. Eventually he gets down and tells everyone else to “back off,
I</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">ve
got this”. He is attacking Bryan in the corner when Ziggler</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">s music hits.
Ziggler slides into the ring, ducks an Orton clothesline and starts to attack
Punk. All of a sudden though Cesaro attacks him from behind and then holds
Ziggler down so that Rollins can curbstomp him. Punk looks angry and is
checking his mouth where Ziggler punched him. He walks over to a prone Ziggler
and rolls him out of the ring using his foot. Triple H then hands Punk a chain
and tells him to “finish him!” Punk wraps the steel chain around his foot and
Punk Kick</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">s Bryan right in the head. Cole and Lawler put over how evil this is
and even JBL says “maybe The Authority has gone too far this time”. The
Authority all stand in a line and raise one another</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">s hands in the air as the
show ends.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u><span lang="EN-US">3<sup>rd</sup> RAW after Summerslam</span></u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Cole welcomes us to RAW and reminds us of the
tragic events of last week with regards to Bryan, he also points out that on
Tuesday morning WWE announced via their website that Dolph Ziggler has been
suspended for a month due to his actions last week on RAW. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">CM Punk opens the show with the entire Authority
and gloats over “ending Bryan</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">s pathetic excuse for a career” until he is
interrupted by Bad News Barrett. He laughs as he marches to the ring with a
microphone in his hand and congratulates the entire Authority, shaking their
hands one-by-one. He finally gets to Punk and is shaking his hand when he
raises the microphone and says “I</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">m afraid I</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">ve got some bad news!” and he pulls Punk in to a
Bullhammer elbow before immediately rolling out of the ring.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Triple H is furious and punishes Barrett by
saying he will go one-on-one with Kane in tonight</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">s main event.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">The main event comes around and the entire
Authority is at ringside, Punk himself is on commentary still icing his face as
a result of the elbow he took two and half hours earlier. Barrett beats Kane
despite interference from the Authority. After the match Barrett grabs a
microphone and a chair and quickly gets back into the ring. He challenges Punk
for the Championship but Punk backs away and leaves. Cesaro at one point tries
to get in the ring but nearly gets taken out by a Barrett chair shot.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u><span lang="EN-US">4<sup>th</sup> RAW after Summerslam:</span></u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">CM Punk and The Authority open the show. Punk
grabs the microphone and says “I</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">m afraid I</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">ve got some ‘bad news</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’ </span><span lang="EN-US">of my own…” but before he
can elaborate Barrett interrupts him and stands at the top of the stage.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Barrett says “If you</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">ve got some bad news for
me Punk why don</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">t you tell me to my face, just like I did to you last week – before
I knocked your head off with a Bullhammer!”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Punk retreats to the centre of the ring with his
full entourage surrounding him and tells Barrett, somewhat meekly, that he isn</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">t getting a shot
at Punk</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">s Championship because Barrett isn</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">t worthy of facing the
best in the world.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Barrett says “You know what Punk, you</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">re right, you</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">re absolutely
right. You are the best in the world. There</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">s no question in my mind
that you</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">re the best. You, CM Punk, are the best suck up in the world”.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Punk is angry now, he kicks the ropes and says “You
know what Barrett? You want it? You</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">ve got it! Whenever, wherever you want I will
fight you and I will beat you”.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Triple H looks surprised and somewhat alarmed by
Punk</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">s
sudden change of heart. Barrett says “Why not… right here, right now?” Punk
looks like he is about to accept but Triple H quickly grabs the microphone and
attempts some damage control “Woah, woah, woah. There will not be a WWE World
Heavyweight Championship match tonight. You</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">ll get your shot at Night
of Champions, Barrett.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Later on in the night Triple H is sat backstage
with Punk explaining to him that whilst Punk is a phenomenally gifted athlete
he needs to keep his cool. He shouldn</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">t let his anger get the better of him because he
should be above fighting B+ players like Wade Barrett.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u><span lang="EN-US">5<sup>th</sup> RAW (and final before Night
of Champions):</span></u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Triple H comes out with The Authority (minus
Punk) and calls out Bad News Barrett. He tells Barrett that “as a warm up for
Sunday” he will be facing Kane in a rematch from their bout two weeks ago.
Barrett asks if Punk is getting a “warm up too?” but Triple H says no as due to
injuries suffered over the past few weeks Punk is at home in Chicago
recovering. Barrett sneers in derision but his match with Kane will main event.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Barrett once again defeats Kane but Triple H
quickly announces that Barrett will also take on Randy Orton… right now.
Barrett, obviously fatigued, is beaten down for most of the match until Orton
goes for an RKO but Barrett pushes Orton off and smashes him with a Bullhammer.
Due to the punishment he has taken though he doesn</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">t get straight over for
the cover and when he does CM Punk has come through the crowd, entered the ring
and breaks the pinfall attempt up before the ref can count three. Punk and The
Authority beat Barrett down as the show goes off the air.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u><span lang="EN-US">Night of Champions:</span></u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">CM Punk © vs. Bad News Barrett (WWE World
Heavyweight Championship)<b><u> </u></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Barrett hits the Bullhammer and almost has the
match won but Punk kicks out at the very last second. Punk cheats throughout
the match but not for the finish. Barrett is going for another Bullhammer but
Punk ducks and uses Barrett</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">s momentum to transition it straight into a GTS for the victory.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u><span lang="EN-US">1<sup>st</sup> RAW after Night of
Champions:</span></u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">The main event is a rematch of last night</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">s main event.
Punk wins once again via GTS but he and The Authority aren</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">t finished there. They
continue to attack Barrett and Punk is going for the Punk Kick when all of a
sudden Dolph Ziggler comes out with a steel chair in hand, Punk bails
immediately and Ziggler fights the rest of The Authority off with the steel chair.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u><span lang="EN-US">2<sup>nd</sup> RAW after Night of
Champions:</span></u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">The Authority opens the show with the full group
(including Punk) making their way to the ring. They are cutting a promo when
they are interrupted by Dolph Ziggler.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Ziggler showing both bravery and a little bit of
cockiness does not stay at the top of the stage but instead gets in the ring
with the entire Authority.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Ziggler challenges Punk to a match for the WWE
World Heavyweight Championship. The Authority find this hilarious, Triple H in
particular and he goes over the top laughing right in Dolph</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">s face until
Dolph spits in it. All of a sudden the laughing stops and The Authority
destroys Ziggler.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">After a thorough beatdown, Triple H (who has
removed his tie and unbuttoned the top two buttons on his shirt) is still fuming
and he yells “You want a title shot?! You</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">ve got it! At the next PPV you will take on CM
Punk inside the devil</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">s favourite playground HELL IN A CELL!”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Punk then grabs the microphone and says “And
that, ladies and gentlemen, is a pipebomb!”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u><span lang="EN-US">3<sup>rd</sup> RAW after Night of
Champions</span></u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">The main event is Ziggler vs. Kane with Punk on
commentary. Ziggler wins with the Zig Zag and after the match climbs to the top
turnbuckle and makes the belt motion around his waist towards Punk.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Punk stands up from his position at commentary,
raises the belt and shouts “BEST IN THE WORLD!”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u><span lang="EN-US">4<sup>th</sup> RAW after Night of
Champions</span></u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Reigns vs. Cesaro in a singles match is
announced for Hell in a Cell.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Rollins vs. Ambrose in a Street Fight is also
announced.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Ziggler defeats Randy Orton in the main event. Orton
looks like he has the match in hand when all of a sudden Dolph hits a Zig Zag
out of nowhere for the win and leaves the ring immediately as The Authority
swarm in to attack. Ziggler celebrates at the top of the stage while Punk
screams at him from the ring and Triple H holds Punk back.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u><span lang="EN-US">5<sup>th</sup> RAW (and final before Hell
in a Cell)</span></u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">The main event is Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose
taking on CM Punk and Seth Rollins. The Authority has firmly stacked the deck
in their favour with the full ensemble having guest roles (e.g. Kane as guest
timekeeper etc.) at ringside. As the match is coming to a head Reigns is
preparing to Superman Punch Rollins but before he can Kane comes in, but Reigns
ducks his clothesline and when he rebounds off the ropes he hits a Superman
Punch on Kane. Cesaro is in now though and he hits the pop-up European Uppercut
on Reigns as the match is called for a disqualification. Ambrose attacks Cesaro
with his wild punches but then Punk and Rollins attack Ambrose.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">The Authority has the advantage now with Reigns
and Ambrose taking quite a beating. Triple H hands Punk the same chain that he
wrapped around his foot when he Punk Kicked Bryan and he prepares to do the
same to Ambrose. Ambrose is being held in position and he is trash talking Punk
who responds by slapping him in the face. Punk backs off, measuring Ambrose for
the kick but before he can start running forwards he is caught with a Zig Zag
from behind off Ziggler. Dolph had made his way through the crowd and into the
ring in time to Zig Zag Punk.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Ziggler immediately bails and makes his way up
the ramp as Cesaro and Orton give chase.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><b><u>Hell
in a Cell</u></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Seth Rollins d. Dean Ambrose in a Street Fight.
Rollins wins a hard fought match with help from Orton and Kane as he curbstomps
Ambrose onto the steel steps (inside the ring) before pinning him for the three
count.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Roman Reigns d. Cesaro after a Superman Punch
followed by a Spear</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Post-match Rollins and Cesaro beat Reigns down.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Before the main event Punk approaches Stephanie
and Triple H backstage and says “</span><span lang="DE" style="mso-ansi-language: DE;">Hunter, Steph </span><span lang="EN-US">– it has been a long, stressful night
for you two and I can see you need a break. Go home, get some rest – it</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">s only Dolph
Ziggler, don</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">t worry I got this.” Stephanie and Triple H nod, smile and leave.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">CM Punk © vs. Dolph Ziggler (WWE World
Heavyweight Championship)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">The match has passed the twenty minute mark
(with commentators playing up how much Punk and The Authority underestimated
Ziggler) when Ziggler hits a Fameasser for a 2.9 count. This finally brings
Triple H and Stephanie down to ringside (Triple H has chain cutters in hand) as
they realise that Ziggler could actually win this thing. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Triple H is desperately trying to gain access to
the Cell but his mere presence is enough of a distraction as Ziggler turns
around and Punk picks him up for the GTS. Ziggler</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">s slips off though and
goes for the Fameasser again but Punk pulls his head out of the way and goes
for a roundhouse kick. Ziggler ducks, ZIG ZAG! The referee counts 1…2…. And
Triple H pulls the referee out of the ring. Triple H goes to punch Ziggler but
Dolph ducks and hits a Zig Zag on Triple H! This leads Stephanie to call out
the rest of the Authority and they all descend on the ring mercilessly taking
out Ziggler. When Punk recovers he hits the Punk Kick on Ziggler and wins the
match.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">As The Authority celebrate post-match Triple H
has recovered and he wants Ziggler ended. He hands Punk the same chain they
always use and Punk wraps it around his foot. He is setting up to hit the kick
when all of a sudden Bryan</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">s music hits and he clears the ring.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u><span lang="EN-US">1<sup>st</sup> RAW after Hell in a Cell</span></u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">The Authority open the show but before they can
do anything out comes Bryan followed by Reigns (Ziggler is out of commission
following the Punk Kick and Ambrose hasn</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">t been seen since the curbstomp on the steel
steps). They come down to the ring with steel chairs in hand and The Authority
bail, retreating to the top of the stage while the babyfaces stand tall in the
ring. Bryan grabs a microphone and says he isn</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">t waiting any longer, he</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">s back and he
wants Punk right now.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Triple H laughs this off and asks Bryan what he
has done to deserve a match with Punk. “The last time you two faced off Punk
beat you in the middle of that ring in less than a minute. You</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">re a joke!”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Since Bryan says he is ready to compete though,
he can face Kane and Randy Orton in a handicap match tonight. Bryan says he isn</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">t facing anyone
until he gets his hands on Punk. Triple H notes that he would then be voiding
his own contract by refusing to wrestle when able to and Triple H will “have
the pleasure of firing your scrawny little ass”. Bryan tells him to do just
that, he doesn</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">t care. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">The only thing he cares about is this. And with that Bryan
chases after Punk as The Authority quickly make their way backstage.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Punk is seen getting into a limo with Rollins
and Stephanie as Triple H says he</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">ll man the ship from here.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">A backstage interviewer confronts Triple H
immediately and asks him how he plans to deal with the Daniel Bryan situation.
Before Triple H can answer Bryan attacks him, laying in to him with punches and
kicks. Security drags Bryan off while Triple H demands someone call the police.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">When we return from commercial break Bryan is
seen being taken to jail by police officers.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">As punishment for standing side by side with
Bryan earlier Reigns has to face Orton and Kane in the handicap match
originally planned for Bryan. Triple H also calls Brie into his office and
tells her she has the chance to become #1 contender for the Diva</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">s Championship.
She will take part in a special six diva challenge tonight. Brie is wary and
asks why she is being afforded this opportunity. Triple H tells her that he is a
businessman and he never takes anything personally and tells her that she has
earned it. However when it comes down to the actual match it turns out that the
only way for any of the other five girls to become #1 contender is by beating
Brie. Pinfalls on each other would not count which leads to an absolute
demolition of Brie.</span></span></div>
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<div class="Body">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Punk, Rollins and Stephanie return to the arena
in time for the main event with Bryan in jail and not a care in the world.</span></span></div>
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<div class="Body">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Kane and Orton d. Reigns after a Rollins
distraction allowed Orton to hit an RKO for the win. Post-match Rollins
curbstomps Reigns.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u><span lang="EN-US">2<sup>nd</sup> RAW after Hell in a Cell</span></u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">In the build up to this RAW (over the past seven
days) it is announced and promoted that Triple H will “address the Daniel Bryan
situation”.</span></span></div>
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<div class="Body">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Triple H opens the show and publicly fires
Bryan. He is wrapping up the promo when all of a sudden Vince</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">s music hits.
Vince tells Triple H that he can</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">t allow him to do that. Vince has been letting
Triple H run the show recently because he always believed that he had instilled
it in Triple H that he should always do what is best for business regardless of
personal feelings. Vince says Triple H preaches the best for business mantra
but he doesn</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">t practice it. And right now, despite Vince</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">s feelings towards him,
Bryan is what is best for business. And more than that Vince says that the
police have dropped their charges of assault and battery on Bryan and that
Bryan will face CM Punk for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at Survivor
Series.</span></span></div>
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<div class="Body">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Triple H is apoplectic and tells Vince that “</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">you can’</span><span lang="EN-US">t do this
old man”. This upsets Vince who says “oh but I can, and I have! And it will be
a No Disqualification match!” This serves to infuriate Triple H even more.</span></span></div>
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<div class="Body">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">He relents though and says fine, you got it but
Punk is putting up his most prized possession for this match in the WWE World
Heavyweight Championship. Why not raise the stakes higher still by having Bryan
put his most prized possession up for grabs too? His career.</span></span></div>
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<div class="Body">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">This idea surprises yet intrigues Vince who can
see the money making potential in it. He says if Bryan agrees to it then it is
a done deal. Punk vs. Bryan at Survivor Series, Title vs. Career!</span></span></div>
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<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Bryan makes his return in the main event and accepts
Triple H</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">s stipulations but also notes that Triple H will pay. He will pay at
Survivor Series when his chosen one loses the Championship and he will pay when
Bryan is finished with Punk and gets his hands on Triple H himself. He swears
that he will make Triple H pay for what he did to Brie last week.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u><span lang="EN-US">3<sup>rd</sup> RAW after Hell in a Cell</span></u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Double main event is announced with Vince
pitting Punk against Reigns and Triple H putting Bryan in a match with Rollins.</span></span></div>
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<div class="Body">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Punk d. Reigns after Authority interference.
Post-match beatdown is brought to a halt when Bryan interrupts and attacks
Punk. Rollins attacks him from behind though and their match starts
immediately.</span></span></div>
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<div class="Body">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Bryan d. Rollins after hitting the YES! Knee for
the win. Reigns helped keep The Authority in check and limited their
interference. Post-match Punk tries to attack Bryan but Bryan ducks an
attempted shot to the head with the Championship and hits the YES! Knee on
Punk. Bryan stands over Punk with the Championship in hand and chants “YES!
YES! YES!”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></u></b></span></div>
<div class="Body">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u><span lang="EN-US">4<sup>th</sup> RAW (and final before
Survivor Series)</span></u></b></span></div>
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<div class="Body">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Vince and The Authority come to some mutual
agreement where neither party will be at ringside for the main event at
Survivor Series.</span></span></div>
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<div class="Body">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Bryan wants to talk to the fans and thank them
for everything they have done for him, he would never have got here without
them. He says if the worst comes to the worst and his career comes to an end on
Sunday he will never forget the memories that the fans have helped him forge.
But will his career come to an end on Sunday? “NO!” Will he lose to CM Punk? “NO!”
Will he end the Authority? “YES!” Will he once again become WWE World
Heavyweight Champion? “YES!” Will he rid the world of that smug bastard CM
Punk? “YES! YES! YES!”</span></span></div>
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<div class="Body">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Punk interrupts and sits at the top of the
stage. He runs down his and Bryan</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">s history together but notes that they were never
particularly close, because Bryan thought he was better than Punk, but he wasn</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">t. Who made it to
WWE first? “Me”, who won the World Championship first? “ME!” Who will be
remembered as the greatest of all time? “ME!!!”</span></span></div>
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<div class="Body">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">“I AM THE BEST IN THE WORLD and on Sunday I will
prove that while you thought you were better than me, I am definitively better
than you”</span></span></div>
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<div class="Body">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">“BEST! BEST! BEST! BEST! BEST!”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></u></b></span></div>
<div class="Body">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u><span lang="EN-US">Survivor Series</span></u></b></span></div>
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<div class="Body">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">CM Punk © vs. Daniel Bryan, No Disqualification
(WWE World Heavyweight Championship)</span></span></div>
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<div class="Body">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Mike Chioda is the referee. It is just him, Punk
and Bryan as The Authority and Vince are absent from ringside as agreed.
Eventually though The Authority break that agreement and come out to ringside.
Vince counteracts this by coming out himself, armed with a steel chair. All the
while Punk and Bryan continue to beat each other senseless. Bryan eventually
manages to lock in the YES! Lock and there is nowhere for Punk to go, he can</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">t get out of the
hold and he can</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">t reach the ropes. He starts to pass out and the referee checks the
arm. It falls once, it falls twice and as it is falling the third time Triple H
attacks the referee. Punk is completely out. Vince slides in the ring with the
chair. Bryan is fuming, he goes to attack Triple H but is blindsided by Vince
who feigned as if he was going to hit Triple H himself only to level Bryan from
behind. Triple H rolls Punk on top of a laid out Bryan as Vince revives the
referee and shouts “COUNT DAMMIT!” The referee slowly counts the three and Punk
remains Champion despite being unconscious as the match ended.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></u></b></span></div>
<div class="Body">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u><span lang="EN-US">1<sup>st</sup> RAW after Survivor Series</span></u></b></span></div>
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<div class="Body">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Punk comes out alone all smiles and says “One
Hundred. ONE. HUNDRED. For 100 days I have once again been your reigning,
defending, undisputed WWE Heavyweight Champion of the World. I celebrated 99
days as Champ in style last night with my most convincing victory to date.”</span></span></div>
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<div class="Body">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Punk continues to tout his greatness before
moving onto the topic of Bryan “Last night I ended the career of your hero
Daniel Bryan. When I won this Championship I had two goals in mind: Number One,
to break my own record long reign as WWE World Heavyweight Champion and Two, to
decimate your heroes. Number one is a work in progress but number two is now
complete and it is now on to bigger and better things for the Best In The
World, CM Punk.”</span></span></div>
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<div class="Body">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Punk is then about to leave the ring when John
Cena</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">s
music hits and Cena makes his way down to the ring.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Cena: “You say you</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">ve beaten all their
heroes but you haven</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">t beaten me. In fact, you</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">ve never beaten me fair and square in the middle
of this ring.”</span></span></div>
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<div class="Body">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Punk: “I</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">ve beaten you more than enough times <i>John</i></span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">, I don’</span><span lang="EN-US">t need to
do it again. I</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">m the best in the world, I</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">m above that. And more importantly I</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">m above you.”</span></span></div>
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<div class="Body">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Punk raises the Championship in the air and then
leaves.</span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="Body">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Triple H announces a main event of Cesaro vs.
John Cena.</span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="Body">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Cesaro d. Cena when Punk interferes and helps
Cesaro win.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></u></b></span></div>
<div class="Body">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u><span lang="EN-US">2nd RAW after Survivor Series</span></u></b></span></div>
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<div class="Body">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Cena comes out and calls out Vince. He calls
Vince scum for what he did to Daniel Bryan but he knows that Vince at the end
of the day is a businessman and he will do whatever it takes to make money. He
might not have been open minded enough to see money in Daniel Bryan but he has
always seen money in John Cena. Cena tells Vince that if he doesn</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">t get a match
with Punk then he will quit the WWE. Vince has until the end of the night to
decide.</span></span></div>
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<div class="Body">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Vince relents at the end of the night and makes
the match a TLC match to take place at the TLC PPV. Punk tries to sneak attack
Cena from behind but Cena senses it coming and hits the AA on Punk.</span></span></div>
<div class="Body">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></u></b></span></div>
<div class="Body">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u><span lang="EN-US">3<sup>rd</sup> (and final RAW before TLC)</span></u></b></span></div>
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<div class="Body">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">An in-ring contract signing takes place with
just Punk and Cena. Both men tear each other down on the microphone before
finally signing the contract. After Punk signs the contract (he goes second) he
picks up the microphone as if he is about to speak but instead smashes Cena in
the head with it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">The rest of the Authority then come out and they
help Punk put Cena through a table. Punk sets up a ladder over the body of Cena
and climbs to the top before sitting there and raising his title “BEST IN THE
WORLD!”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u><span lang="EN-US">TLC:</span></u></b></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="Body">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">CM Punk © vs. John Cena (WWE World Heavyweight
Championship)</span></span></div>
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<div class="Body">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">It looks like Cena has the Championship won as
the grueling match reaches its conclusion but as he reaches the top of the
ladder and is trying to grab the title Punk pushes the ladder over and Cena
spills through several tables on the outside. Punk slowly climbs to the top and
grabs his Championship to retain.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span></div>
<div class="Body">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u>1st RAW after TLC</u></b></span></div>
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<div class="Body">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Punk comes out alone to open the show. “121. 121
days and I am still your reigning, defending, undisputed WWE Heavyweight
Champion of the World. Once again I have vanquished your heroes. Last night I
defeated <i>‘John Boy’ </i>fair and square in a grueling TLC match, and now,
there’s no-one left. No-one to face the Best In The World. I stand alone, on
top of the WWE mountain, not just the Best In The World, but the Greatest Of
All Time!’ </span></span></div>
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<div class="Body">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Punk then raises the belt and shouts ‘GREATEST
OF ALL…’, but before he can finish, Dolph Ziggler’s music hits and he goes
straight for Punk in the ring. Punk however, bails out and retreats up the
ramp, before going backstage. Undeterred, a fired up Ziggler challenges Punk to
a match tonight! King of Kings then hits, and Triple H comes out to address Ziggler.
Triple H says “fair enough Dolph, you can have your main event tonight. It will
be Dolph Ziggler vs. The Authority’s…… Cesaro”. He then smirks, before making
his way backstage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<div class="Body">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Ziggler d. Cesaro in the main event in a
competitive match, whilst Punk and the rest of The Authority watch from their
Sky Box.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span></div>
<div class="Body">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u>2nd RAW after TLC</u></b></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="Body">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ziggler comes out to open the show, and once
again, demands a match with CM Punk. Ziggler says that at Hell In A Cell, he
had Punk beaten, and without his cronies, he’d have proven himself to be the better wrestler, and the better man,
proving himself as always. Ziggler says “Punk then tried to take everything that’s important to me, my career. Now, I’m going to take away all that’s important to you Punk - the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.”</span></div>
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<div class="Body">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The entire Authority then comes out, and Triple
H says that once again Ziggler’s mouth has gotten
him into trouble, and makes Ziggler vs. Rollins for the main event.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Punk, Triple H and Stephanie are on commentary
for the main event, with Cole the only remaining member of the usual broadcast
team. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="Body">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ziggler d. Rollins. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="Body">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As Ziggler vs. Rollins develops, Ziggler throws
Rollins over the announce table, knocking over Punk, Triple H and Stephanie.
Ziggler then manages to defeat Rollins via a rollup despite Authority
interference. Cole then begins to celebrate Ziggler’s win on commentary, but receives a hard punch from CM Punk when he
questions whether Punk’s time as Champion
is up. The entire Authority then destroy Ziggler as the show ends, with Punk
whipping him with the belt from his suit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span></div>
<div class="Body">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u>3rd RAW after TLC</u></b></span></div>
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<div class="Body">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ziggler comes out in the last segment of the
show, and initiates a ‘sit in’. He says he won’t leave the ring and the show will not continue until he receives a
match at the Royal Rumble with CM Punk for the WWE World Heavyweight
Championship! </span></div>
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<div class="Body">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Authority then make their way to the ring
(without CM Punk) with Triple H and Stephanie laughing at Ziggler. Ziggler
fights with The Authority but eventually succumbs to the numbers game. Cult of
Personality then hits and Punk struts his way down to the ring, with a steel
chair in hand. Punk then gets into the ring, sets the chair up, and sits down,
before saying “continue”. Ziggler gets a brief comeback moment, getting
a shot in at Punk, which leads to him kicking Ziggler low, and hitting a GTS.
Punk then places the chair in position, and Ziggler is Curb Stomped into it by
Rollins. The Authority celebrate as RAW goes off the air. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span></div>
<div class="Body">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u>4th RAW after TLC</u></b></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Authority hold a ‘Victory Party’<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-hansi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"> </span>to close the show. Pictures of Punk, Rollins,
Cesaro etc surround the ring (which is full of balloons). Punk brags about last
week’s ‘decimation’<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-hansi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"> </span>of Dolph Ziggler, saying “We have ENDED Dolph Ziggler”. Triple H then announces that at the Royal Rumble, Seth Rollins will
be the Number 30 entrant. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="Body">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Then the Crow music hits, and a paintless Sting
makes his way out on the entrance ramp! Sting announces that the WWE Board of
Directors have disagreed with the actions of The Authority lately, and that as
a result, the Board have unanimously voted in favour of removing them from
power! Triple H and Stephanie are losing their minds in the ring, as Sting says
that they are still able to appear on RAW, and still retain their desk jobs
with the company, but no longer will they abuse their power and status within
the company. Sting says that a new General Manager has been appointed, and that
it is Sting himself!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span></div>
<div class="Body">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u>5th RAW after TLC</u></b></span></div>
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<div class="Body">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Sting opens the show, welcoming fans to a ‘new
age’ in the WWE. Sting says that Triple H and Stephanie’s Reign of Terror had
gone on far too long, and that now, it’s time to make some changes. He says
tonight is going to be about some fair action with some fantastic wrestling. He
announces that Dolph Ziggler will get his shot at CM Punk at the Royal Rumble,
and that it will be for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">In the closing segment, Sting once again comes
out to address the audience. As Sting enters the ring, the titantron moves backstage,
showing a limo pulling up, and Punk, Triple H and Stephanie get out, and make
their way to the ring. Sting welcomes the trio to the show, and says that he’s
glad they’ve arrived, because his second major announcement of the night also
affects The Authority. Sting announces that Daniel Bryan will be reinstated as
a wrestler in WWE, and that his first night back will be at the Royal Rumble,
because he will be the Number 30 entrant, not Seth Rollins! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">A furious CM Punk paces around the ring, before
trying to attack Sting. Triple H manages to hold him back, as Sting leaves the
ring.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u>6th RAW (and final before the Royal Rumble)</u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">The show is closed by an in-ring contract
signing for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship match between CM Punk and
Dolph Ziggler. Punk comes out accompanied by The Authority, and Ziggler comes
out accompanied by former Shield members Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose to even
up the numbers. The contract signing ends up in a melee, with everyone
brawling. Ziggler manages to hit the Zig-Zag on Punk, before rolling out of the
ring as everyone continues to brawl as the show fades to black.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u><span lang="EN-US">The Royal Rumble</span></u></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">CM Punk © vs. Dolph Ziggler (WWE World
Heavyweight Championship)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Zigger looks like he has the upper hand and is
in position, going for Zig-Zag on Punk, with the referee down. Triple H then
enters the ring, and turns Ziggler into a Pedigree, before dragging a lifeless
Punk on top of Ziggler, with the referee barely able to make the 3 count. The
entire Authority then come out, and help a lifeless CM Punk to the back, still
WWE World Heavyweight Champion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Daniel Bryan wins the 2015 Royal Rumble </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Bryan wins the Rumble, with the final 4 being
Bryan, Ambrose, Rollins and Reigns. Rollins is eliminated by both Ambrose and
Reigns with a double clothesline over the top rope. Ambrose is then eliminated
when Rollins (who is still at ringside) pulls down the top rope as Reigns goes
to irish whip him, and he goes over the top. Rollins then looks smug at
ringside, but Ambrose gets up, and both men brawl out of the arena. It’s then
down to Bryan and Reigns, and Bryan manages to get the win after a few more
minutes, winning the 2015 Royal Rumble and the right to go on to Wrestlemania
31!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-text-raise: 2.0pt; position: relative; top: -2.0pt;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sting comes out to open the show, and announces
that CM Punk will be contractually obligated to defend the WWE World
Heavyweight Championship inside the Elimination Chamber at the upcoming pay-per
view. Seth Rollins’<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-hansi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"> </span>music hits and he makes his way to the ring
alone, with his Money In The Bank briefcase. Rollins demands to be put into the
Elimination Chamber match. Sting says that Rollins will be a part of the
Elimination Chamber match…<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-hansi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"> </span>if he wins his qualifying match tonight, against
the Celtic Warrior, Sheamus. Sting then asks Rollins if all this is ok with his
boss, CM Punk? Rollins sharply replies that he answers to no-one, and tonight,
the future will begin. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Punk comes out to celebrate his victory saying “162. For 162 days I have continued to be your
reigning, defending WWE World Heavyweight Champion. At Royal Rum…..”. Daniel Bryan’s music then hits
and he interrupts Punk, saying “62 days. That is the
most amount of days that you have left as WWE World Heavyweight Champion Punk.
If you can even make it through the Elimination Chamber, I will end you at
Wrestlemania and once again become WWE World Heavyweight Champion.”<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-hansi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Rollins d. Sheamus to qualify for the
Elimination Chamber. <b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%; position: relative; top: -2pt;"></span></u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Reigns d. Rusev by count out (John Cena
distraction) to qualify for the Elimination Chamber.<b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%; position: relative; top: -2pt;"></span></u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u>2nd RAW after Royal Rumble</u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">CM Punk comes out with The Authority in tow, and
complains that he has been victimised by Sting since he ‘stole’<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-hansi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"> </span>power from Triple H and Stephanie. Punk says that this is all unfair,
he’s the Best In The
World and the Greatest Of All Time and he deserves far more respect than he
gets from Sting and “you morons in the
cheap seats”. Rollins remains
distant from everyone else whilst this is happening, clutching his briefcase in
the corner. Sting comes out to stop Punk’s ranting, and announces that tonight’s main event will be CM Punk and Seth Rollins vs. Roman Reigns and
Dean Ambrose. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Reigns & Ambrose d. Punk & Rollins after
a miscommunication by Punk and Rollins. Punk has Ambrose in position as Rollins
goes for a Superkick. However, Ambrose ducks and the Superkick hits Punk.
Reigns then takes out Rollins with a huge Spear, and Ambrose hits Dirty Deeds
on Punk for the win. Post match, Rollins goes to get his MITB briefcase and
looks to be about to cash in, but Triple H stops him and says “Now is not the time Seth”. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Bad News Barrett d. Cena (after Rusev
interference) to qualify for the Elimination Chamber. <b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%; position: relative; top: -2pt;"></span></u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dolph Ziggler d. Luke Harper to qualify for the
Elimination Chamber.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%; position: relative; top: -2pt;"></span></u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u>3rd RAW after Royal Rumble</u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Triple H has a sitdown segment Michael Cole
midway through the show. Cole asks Triple H about the fallout of Sting’s debut,
and how he and Stephanie are adjusting to this. Midway through the interview,
CM Punk enters the room, pulls up a seat next to Triple H, and takes his glass
of water, saying “are you using that?” Punk repeatedly undermines Triple H
throughout the interview, making him increasingly uncomfortable, especially
when Cole asks Triple H about Rollins and last week. Punk then says “yeah, you
gonna get your boy in line?” At this point, Triple H says “this interview is
over” into his microphone, takes it off, and leaves the room, as Punk smirks in
his chair. Punk takes a sip of Triple H’s water, picks up Triple H’s microphone
and says “thank you Michael” before leaving the room. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Wyatt d. Ambrose (following Rollins distraction)
to qualify for the Elimination Chamber. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u>4th RAW (and final before Elimination Chamber)</u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Sting makes the main event of Punk, Rollins and
Wyatt vs. Ziggler, Barrett and Reigns.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Punk, Rollins and Wyatt d. Ziggler, Barrett and
Reigns (by DQ), after Barrett takes out Wyatt with Wasteland through the
announce table. Ambrose then comes out and attacks Rollins, leading to the DQ
and Ambrose and Rollins brawling out of the arena. This leaves Punk all by
himself, and he takes Wasteland from Barrett, the Spear from Reigns and Zig-Zag
from Ziggler as the show ends. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u>Elimination Chamber</u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*Daniel Bryan is on commentary for the
Elimination Chamber match. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">CM Punk © d. Rollins, Ziggler, Bad News Barrett, Reigns and Wyatt (WWE World
Heavyweight Championship)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Punk and Ziggler the start the match, with
Reigns coming in next, then Wyatt, then Barrett, and then Rollins, with all 6
men in the match, with no eliminations yet. Wyatt then hits Sister Abigail on
Ziggler, but Barrett hits him with the Bullhammer Elbow as he gets back up.
Barrett pins Wyatt, eliminating him. Barrett gets back up and is caught by a
Superkick out of nowhere by Rollins, and both men collapse to the ground.
Meanwhile, Punk has been recovering on the outside for some time, but scrambles
into the ring, and pins Ziggler, eliminating him. He then rolls back to the
outside, staying out of the way. Rollins then gets back up and eats a Superman
Punch from Reigns, before Reigns Spears Barrett, eliminating him. Now we’re down to 3, Punk, Rollins and Reigns. All 3
men stand off, with the commentary team questioning who Rollins is going to
side with. Reigns then goes to attack Punk, and Rollins joins in! After working
on Punk, Reigns and Rollins then go for a Double Powerbomb on Punk, but Rollins
lets go and low blows Reigns! Punk then recovers and he and Rollins begin to
beatdown Reigns for several minutes. Punk and Rollins then go for a Double
Powerbomb of their own and manage to hit it. However, Punk then double crosses
Rollins, lifting him up and hitting him with a GTS, pinning him and eliminating
him! Punk then crawls over to Reigns for the pin, but he kicks out at 2.9! Punk
looks shocked, and Triple H and Stephanie make their way down to the ring.
After talking to them, Punk turns straight into a Superman Punch, from a now
fired up Reigns. Triple H then starts to try and force his way into the
Chamber, but takes a Superman Punch through the fence. Reigns then turns back
towards the ring, but is caught in a GTS by Punk, who manages to get the pin
and the win. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Stephanie and Triple H then enter the Chamber
and raise Punk’s hands in victory.
Punk then ascends the turnbuckle, raising the title and shouting “BEST IN THE WORLD’<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-hansi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"> </span>looking directly at Bryan. Bryan then stands on the announce table and
begins chanting “YES!”. Punk begins shouting “BEST!”<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-hansi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"> </span>in alternation with Bryan as the show goes off
the air. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u>1st RAW after Elimination Chamber</u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As the show opens, Michael Cole announces that
Triple H will address the recent issues within The Authority tonight, and the
rest of the announce team question whether perhaps this will be the end of The
Authority?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">To close the show, The Authority come out
(except Punk). Triple H teases that this is the end of the group, but then says
that these past few weeks have made them stronger, and that they are more
united than ever going into the showcase of the immortals, Wrestlemania. Triple
H then brings out CM Punk, who shakes hands with every member of The Authority.
He then extends his hand to Rollins, who slaps it away, only to hug Punk, and
the pair embrace in the ring to the applause of The Authority. The Authority
then link their arms and celebrate looking right at the camera. Daniel Bryan’s music then hits, and he stands on the stage
and says “34 days Punk. It’s 34 days you have left as WWE World Heavyweight
Champion, because at Wrestlemania, I’m taking you down, and my belt back with me. YES! YES! YES!”.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u>2nd RAW after Elimination Chamber</u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sting opens the show, and attempts to make a
match for the main event, with CM Punk in it facing Dolph Ziggler, but Punk,
Triple H and Stephanie come out to argue, with Punk once again claiming unfair
treatment. He also says he has a ‘dislocated jaw’<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-hansi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"> </span>as a result of the barbaric Elimination Chamber
and says if he gains any more injuries, he won’t be able to even make it Wrestlemania. Triple H says that if Sting
wants a member of The Authority in the main event, he can have the Devil’s Favourite Demon, Kane. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Punk is watching the main event from backstage,
when Daniel Bryan attacks him! Security fail to separate them and they continue
fighting. Ziggler defeats Kane after a Zig Zag and the camera cuts back to the
Punk and Bryan melee. The show fades to black in utter pandemonium. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u>3rd RAW after Elimination Chamber</u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ziggler comes out to open the show, and cuts a
promo saying that The Authority are a cancer within WWE, and that Triple H is
the core of that cancer. He says he wants Triple H at Wrestlemania, to end the
The Authority once and for all. Sting then comes out, and makes the match for
Wrestlemania! However, Triple H appears in the Sky Box and says that he is no
longer an active WWE competitor, and therefore will not be in a match at
Wrestlemania. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Midway through the show, Rollins and The
Authority are annihilating Reigns and Ambrose. Ziggler makes the save though, and
hits Triple H with a Zig-Zag, before the faces eventually stand tall. Triple H
then makes his way backstage and furiously accepts Dolph Ziggler’s challenge. Sting makes the match official for
Wrestlemania. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Punk comes out in the last segment and talks about
how once again, he is going to prove that he is the Best In The World and the
Greatest Of All Time on the grandest stage of them all, Wrestlemania. He says
he will retain his championship, because he is the Best In The W…. Daniel Bryan’s music then hits and Bryan runs down the ring, with a wild brawl
ensuing and once again, the show goes off the air in chaos. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u>4th RAW after Elimination Chamber</u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The show opens with a wild brawl backstage between
Punk and Bryan that gets so out of control that it spills into the arena and
onto the stage, where both men end up going through several tables and both
have to be stretchered out and taken to hospital for check-ups. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Triple H and Stephanie come out later in the
show and call out Sting. They implore him to place a ‘no contact agreement’<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-hansi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"> </span>into the contract for Punk vs. Bryan at
Wrestlemania. Stephanie says if this isn’t put in place, “we may have no main
event for our biggest show of the year, because they’ll kill each other”. Sting agrees to
their terms and says it will be placed into the contract which will be signed
live next week on RAW. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Reigns/Cesaro, Ziggler/Triple H and
Rollins/Ambrose feuds continue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%; position: relative; top: -2pt;"></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u>5th RAW (and final before Wrestlemania 31)</u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The contract signing between CM Punk and Daniel
Bryan closes the show, with The Authority banned from ringside on Sting’s orders. Bryan signs the contract early on,
with Punk trying to antagonise Bryan throughout. Punk then goes to sign but
stops and attacks Bryan. Sting tries to get Punk off Bryan, but receives a
punch for his troubles. Punk then places Bryan on top of the table, grabs a
chair and uses it in place of an elbow drop from the top rope, sending Bryan
through the table. Punk then grabs a mic and very seriously, says: “Best In The World”, before dropping the mic on Bryan, then signing the contract, and
dropping that on Bryan too. Punk then leaves the ring, and raises the title as
he reaches the stage. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u>Wrestlemania 31</u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Punk opens the show talking to The Authority
backstage, and says: “This is between me and Bryan, I do not need you tonight.
I’m the Best In The World, and tonight, I will prove it.” He then looks
directly at Triple H and says “You got that? Stay out of it.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Wyatt d. Bad News Barrett</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Cesaro d. Reigns</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ziggler d. Triple H (after kicking out of a
Pedigree)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ambrose d. Rollins inside Hell In A Cell. <span lang="EN-US"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">CM Punk ©<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-hansi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>vs. Daniel Bryan</span>
(WWE World Heavyweight Championship - No Holds Barred Match)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The match starts with Punk doing his Best In The
World pose during the introductions, but meets a running dropkick from Bryan.
The match ends with a table set up in the middle of the ring, and Bryan is
going for a Superplex through it. However, Punk counters with punches to the
midsection, and front Suplexes Bryan through the table. Punk then runs off the
ropes and hits Bryan with the Punk Kick. Michael Cole says “Not the Punk Kick! It’s over! It’s over!”<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-hansi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">
</span>but Bryan kicks out at 2.999! as Cole says “Bryan kicked out! No-one has ever kicked out of
the Punk Kick! A miracle! Bryan can do it!” Punk loses his mind in the ring, and starts throwing chairs, kendo
sticks and a fire extinguisher into the ring. Punk then finds ‘the chain’<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-hansi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"> </span>and suddenly finds focus, staring at it. Punk rolls back into the ring
and clears it of all the debris he’s just brought into it, and ties the chain around his foot. Punk then
goes for the Punk Kick with the chain as Bryan recovers, but Bryan dodges it,
comes off the ropes and hits Punk with the YES! Knee. Bryan then takes the
chain, and locks Punk into a Yes! Lock, using the chain to pull Punk’s head back, forcing Punk to tap out! Bryan celebrates
as streamers and confetti fall, and raises the title in the air as Wrestlemania
31 comes to a conclusion.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So there it is. A rather in-depth post and one we hope would have been enough to convince Punk to come back. Something
that would have meant everything to us since we are both huge fans. Also we
believe it would be a great year for Bryan too. Of course WWE didn<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">’</span>t have this option since Bryan got injured but even if he hadn<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">’</span>t, they had him feuding with Kane <span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">–</span> his
title reign didn<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">’</span>t exactly have much promise.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We believe this booking isn<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">’</span>t just good for Punk with Bryan, Cesaro, Ziggler, Ambrose, Reigns,
Rollins and Barrett also all having strong years.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Any comments you would have would be much
appreciated. You can follow myself (@watadam20) and Jonathon (@JLAspey) on
twitter as well. Thanks for reading! </span></div>
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<b><u>Major End-Year Awards</u></b><br />
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<b><u>Company of the Year:</u></b></div>
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The winner is: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ROH</b></div>
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This year’s company of the year award was a difficult one
because the two companies it came down to run their business in such different
ways. Let’s get rid of the one’s that didn’t make the cut though. TNA produced
a relatively entertaining second half of the year with a shockingly good
Lashley reign and a nice build to a second Bobby Roode run with the belt but
the first half of their year was so lacklustre and the second half so dogged by
rumours of their demise that it has to be looked at as one of the worst in
TNA’s history. WWE’s year was even more bipolar, they started off well and had
the best Wrestlemania in over a decade, then it all fell apart. Some of it was
WWE’s fault, some of it was impossible to blame on them. However, since Bryan’s
injury it feels like they’ve been on autopilot and it has made for some awful
television. There have been bright spots such as the build to and eventual
execution of the Survivor Series main event, the entirety of NXT all year and
certain parts of the Dean Ambrose versus Seth Rollins feud. However, for all
those good to great bits there have been five or ten times as many bad bits.
And the RAW’s since Survivor Series have been among the worst they’ve ever
produced. That left me with two to choose between: ROH and PWG. Like I
mentioned right at the start though these companies operate so differently that
it is difficult to compare them. I sided with ROH in the end though, they’ve
had their best year since 2008 in my book and although everything hasn’t been
perfect it has been majorly entertaining throughout. PWG has been much the
same, the shows haven’t been as amazing as last year but you still know going
into every PWG show that you’re going to have two to three hours of guaranteed fun –
not something you can say about many other promotions. ROH has made some giant
leaps this year with a big increase in the quality of production, the working
agreement with the biggest wrestling promotion outside of North America in New
Japan Pro Wrestling and their debut on live, traditional pay-per-view. So they
earn the award for company of the year and hopefully they can kick on and have
an even better 2015.</div>
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<b><u>Superstar of the Year:</u></b></div>
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The winner is: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Adam
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This one was a no brainer this year. Sometimes it’s close,
this year it wasn’t. Adam Cole started off the year as both ROH and PWG World
Champion. Come the end of the year he’d lost both Championships and is heading
into 2015 looking like he’s going to have to take some time away due to
injuries. That last bit is such a shame because Adam Cole came of age this
year. He honed his skills not only to become one of the best in-ring workers on
the independent scene but probably the best interview on the independent scene
too. Cole has been endlessly entertaining as a character throughout 2015 and,
unlike most heels, he is actually difficult to cheer because of how hateable his
character actually is. As always with great heels though, they reach a point
where the crowd starts to respect how good they are and Cole was approaching
this area as 2014 came to a close. It is to the point actually where upon
returning from his injury I have no doubt that ROH will have to place Cole in a
babyface position. Other contenders for this award were Sami Zayn for his
breakout year in NXT, Seth Rollins for transitioning from one-third of a great
faction to the de facto top wrestling heel in the WWE and Daniel Bryan. The
last one may seem a strange choice but Bryan had such a good first third of the
year before a Kane feud and injury struck him down to the point where he was
out for the rest of the year. Bryan deserved consideration for how amazing
those first four months were but he couldn’t compete with the rest simply
because he wasn’t around enough this year.<br />
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<b><u>Wrestler of the Year:</u></b></div>
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The winner is: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">AJ
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The Wrestler of the Year award differs from the Superstar of
the Year in the simple fact that it is decided on who has been the best and
most consistent in-ring performer over the whole year. Superstar of the Year
encompasses everything: in-ring work, character development, promo skills, the
whole package. This award is based purely on the performers in-ring work and
this year there were several contenders. Kyle O’Reilly for his work with
reDRagon and as a singles competitor in PWG, Sami Zayn was considered for this
award too for his matches in NXT, Adam Cole was also considered as he has had
some fantastic encounters throughout the year but in the end I had to go with
AJ Styles. It still boggles my mind how TNA let him go. Not only was he loyal to the company and the guy most people think of first when they think
of TNA (and why would you let a guy like that go?) but they have ploughed so
much money into people who didn’t deserve it and yet when it comes to someone
who deserves it like AJ they decide he needs to take a pay cut? Ludicrous. That
being said, they’ve gotten what they deserved because they have had a pretty
torrid 2014 and AJ’s probably had the best year of his career. I’ve seen very
little of his work in NJPW as I don’t really have the time to commit to
watching anymore wrestling so Japanese wrestling is always a little off my
radar but I did see the match where he beat Okada, the most protected star in
NJPW, to win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. It was a very good match,
something that AJ has produced all year long. I do a top fifty list when I do
my match of the year article and honestly if I wanted to I could probably
produce a top fifty purely made up of AJ matches this year that’s how much of a
career year he’s had. The nickname “The Phenomenal One” has never been more
apt. His match with Adam Cole at All Star Extravaganza VI was probably my favourite
of his throughout the year but he has had several bonafide classics across
several different continents this year. He’s changed up his style in recent
years, it really took hold when he was doing his version of Sting in TNA in his
final twelve months or so, and it has really freshened him up. I loved his old
style as much as anyone but now that he’s moved to a more strike-orientated and
submission based move set he may be even better than he was when he was the top
high flyer. Being so successful with such a change in your in-ring style just
goes to show exactly how talented the man truly is.<br />
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<b><u>Female Wrestler of the Year: </u></b><br />
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The winner is: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Candice LeRae</b></div>
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Another difficult choice here, early on in the year I
thought it might be difficult to select a woman who would actually be worthy of
winning it, but by the end of the year I was struggling to separate four very
talented women. Gail Kim has to be considered for this award in most years but
her feud with Havok showed just how talented she still is, one of their matches
actually cracked my top fifty this year and Gail – even after all this time –
is still one of the best female wrestlers in the world. The next two contenders
both emanate from NXT, which might just show you how much better booked the
women are on that show than they are on the main roster. First of all how could
you look past the current NXT Women’s Champion in Charlotte? In my eyes she’s
gone from being “Oh that’s Flair’s kid” to “Charlotte’s facing ??? at the next
show, that’ll be a great match because Charlotte is so talented”. The woman has
matured over the past twelve months and her NXT Women’s Championship reign may
be the best reign anybody has had with any Championship in WWE all year, and
that speaks volumes. The other woman who just fell short in this battle was
Charlotte’s most recent fierce competitor (and her former BFF) Sasha Banks. Jonathon,
who I write the on-going rebooking series with, is a huge fan of Sasha and even
I have to admit that in the past two or three months she has been fantastic.
Nobody gets her character like Sasha but, much like I mentioned about Cole
earlier, she’s become so good and entertaining that she’s starting to get
babyface reactions. Either way though she could carry the main roster Diva’s
division by herself right now, if they allow her to go out there and do her
thing. In the end though this award had only one winner, step forward Candice
LeRae. Candice has had an amazing 2014. She is probably the most over member of
the PWG roster and, if you’ve ever seen a PWG show you’ll know, everyone in PWG
is over. None quite as much as Candice though. She and her tag team partner
Joey Ryan have done battle with Mount Rushmore (and more specifically the Young
Bucks) for the most part in 2014 and that culminated with a fantastic Guerrilla
Warfare match at this year’s anniversary show (ELEVEN) in which Candice took
some of the most brutal bumps I’ve ever seen a woman take. But it’s not just
that she’s willing to put her body on the line in a way most people aren’t it’s
that she wrestles with men and never looks like she needs to be carried. To me
when people are praising women’s wrestling they look at it on a different scale
to men’s wrestling. They look at matches and say “that was good” when, in my
eyes at least, it may have been good for a women’s match but it was not a good
wrestling match. You cannot say that about Candice matches. She more than holds
her own and doesn’t just have good women’s matches, she just has good matches
period.<br />
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<b><u>Match of the Year:</u></b><br />
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The winner is: <b>The Shield vs. The Wyatt’s, Elimination Chamber</b></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">I’m not going to
elaborate on this one too much, only give a cheap plug for anyone reading this
to also check out my top fifty matches of 2014 but I will say this that there
have been some absolutely phenomenal matches this year and yet this one was a
comfortable choice for match of the year. The WWE may want to paint a different
story but it was clear to me that this was the best match going. The fact that
the crowd, before the match has even begun, is chanting “This Is Awesome” is
testament to the aura that surrounded these two factions. And the match lived
up to its expectations. A wild, chaotic brawl that was so good that I got lost
in the action. I was disappointed that The Shield lost because I prefer them
out of the two but the match was of a high enough quality that I didn’t mind.
Specifically since, at the time, they seemed to be building to a Shield split
so it made sense for the Wyatt Family to win. Either way, it was one of those
times where I was able to stop thinking about anything other than how much I
was enjoying this match. It was fantastic.</span><br />
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<b><u>Angle/Feud of the Year:</u></b></div>
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The winner is: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The
Authority vs. Daniel Bryan</b></div>
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There haven’t been too many feuds that really caught my
attention this year so in the end it came down to four. One the spanned the
first five months of the year, one that spanned the final five months, one that
spanned the five months that were June through October and one that, on and
off, spanned the entire year. Those feuds were: Daniel Bryan vs. The Authority;
Adrian Neville vs. Sami Zayn; Dean Ambrose vs. Seth Rollins and Adam Cole vs.
Jay Briscoe respectively. Cole and Briscoe tore each other part on and off throughout 2014
and with the assistance of The Kingdom at times Cole always seemed to come out
on top, including in a destructive Ladder War V at Supercard of Honor on
Wrestlemania weekend. That was until the two foes faced off one last time, with
Briscoe now Champion, at ROH’s biggest event of the year – Final Battle. There,
in New York City, Briscoe finally overcame Cole and decisively beat him in an
absolutely brutal Fight Without Honor. Now that may not have been the
originally planned result, nor may it have been the result I wanted but it was
the result that told the best overall story and completed a terrific arc that
had started fifteen months earlier in Philadelphia when Cole had originally won
the Ring of Honor World Championship and turned heel on Briscoe himself. It is
a testament to both luck and great writing that such a well-woven story ended
up being told. I also hold this feud accountable for Adam Cole growing from a
promising talent into the full package and the most consistently entertaining all
round performer in 2014. As for Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins, I think this
feud surprised a lot of people. Everyone expected when The Shield broke up that
Roman Reigns would be the breakout star (and WWE are still pushing him like he
is) but initially the two guys who got the most traction were Rollins and
Ambrose. I assume WWE’s thought process was that Reigns was “above” Rollins and
Ambrose and therefore needed to feud with someone like Randy Orton. Yet his
push was largely met with apathy originally (although his reactions have grown
in recent months, probably helped by injury keeping him off television for a
while) whereas Ambrose and Rollins engaged in an all-out brawl that everyone
could relate too. Betrayal, anger and vengeance were the key themes and at that
point I was convinced Ambrose would win the World Championship in 2015. At Hell
in a Cell they main evented the pay-per-view over a John Cena versus Randy
Orton match. It was a momentous occasion but then Rollins won… via Bray Wyatt
interference and Ambrose has been damaged goods since. The reason this doesn’t
quite reach feud of the year is simply due to a flat and unsatisfying ending.
Next up we have the Sami Zayn versus Adrian Neville rivalry. A rivalry which
spawned out of friendship between the two top babyfaces in NXT and grew into so
much more. When Neville defended his Championship in a fatal-four way he made a
life altering decision when he pulled a referee out of the ring in order to
preserve his Championship reign. What happened next was probably the best
shades of grey style booking I’ve ever seen. Neither man was wholly good, Zayn
at times was almost over the top in his angry rhetoric towards Neville, yet whilst
Neville was clearly the more morally ambiguous of the two neither man was full
blown heel either. It led to a fantastic story where Zayn got a little more
serious and started his path to redemption which culminated in a classic at the
final NXT special of the year where Zayn defeated Neville to win the NXT
Championship. It was a fantastic moment and a fitting end to a brilliantly
booked feud. There’s a reason why one reddit user sent Triple H a fruit basket
as a show of gratitude for that particular NXT special. And finally we come on
to the winner: The Daniel Bryan versus The Authority feud. Now this feud still strikes
up a quandary for many wrestling fans especially when you consider the fact that
all the evidence points towards the WWE not actually wanting the feud to end
the way it did. But the fact that the crowd changed their mind and basically
forced WWE to put the title on Bryan at Wrestlemania does not diminish what a
fantastic feud it ended up being. It started off back in the build-up to Summerslam 2013 and continued all
the way up until Bryan’s unfortunate injury. The crowning moment of course came at
Wrestlemania where Bryan defeated Triple H followed by Randy Orton and Batista
in one evening to become the WWE Heavyweight Champion of the World. It was
special and for that reason it wins this particular award.<br />
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<b><u>One-off Show of the Year:</u></b></div>
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The winner is:<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> Wrestlemania
XXX</b></div>
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There weren’t actually too many top to bottom great shows this year but a few did catch my eye. First would be ROH’s All Star Extravaganza VI, a
card which was very good on paper actually delivered even more. It had a truly
shocking moment for even the most jaded fan when Jay Briscoe surprisingly
unseated Michael Elgin to become only the second two-time Ring of Honor World
Champion. Every match on the card at worst served a purpose and at best was one
of the matches of the year. Adam Cole and AJ Styles absolutely stole the show
and ROH even managed to salvage an unfortunate situation with ACH by replacing
him with Cedric Alexander and giving us a great last minute match for the
Television Championship. The main event, however, did fall a little flat as the
Young Bucks and reDRagon failed to meet my ludicrously high expectations as
their two out of three falls match paled in comparison to their mesmerising
War of the Worlds clash. ROH has a second entry with their big annual Final
Battle event. Another card where every match was noteworthy and even saw some sleeper
matches such as Adam Page versus Roderick Strong and the opening Four Corner
Survival which surprised many people with their quality. The 6-Man Tag and Tag Team
Championship matches were fantastic and although the Television Championship
match was disappointing the main event made up for it with a brutal Fight
Without Honor. Once again Adam Cole proved why he was the MVP of pro wrestling
in 2014 and it neatly wrapped up an angle that had lasted well over a year. PWG
had a shout with their own big annual show, the Battle of Los Angeles. More
specifically the second night of this year’s mammoth three night extravaganza.
Another card which had nary a bad match in sight. Candice tore it up in the
opener with Rich Swann. Zack Sabre, Jr. and Adam Cole had a fabulous match and
ACH and Kenny Omega had a match that encapsulated what makes PWG such a
fantastic promotion. Now into the WWE events starting with a show that earned
Triple H a fruit basket: Takeover: [R]Evolution. From one of the best WWE
women’s matches in years between Charlotte and Sasha Banks to a good Tag Team
Championship match to Finn Balor’s mind blowing entrance everything was top notch.
Even the Baron Corbin segment was both inoffensive and short but the start and
end of the show were what left the biggest impression. The debut at the start
of the show of Kevin Owens made him seem like a big deal straight away and Sami
Zayn’s conclusion to his redemption angle was executed perfectly. Of course
post-match was the cherry on top of the already remarkable cake. Sami Zayn’s
celebration was so satisfying to watch and seeing Owens turn on Zayn to end the
show was one of those moments where you can’t help but be completely immersed
in the action. The whole show in fact reminded me of what it felt like to watch
wrestling as a child, and there’s nothing more special than that feeling. That
point brings me nicely onto the eventual winner of this award: Wrestlemania
XXX. WWE may not have had a landmark year and, if we’re being honest, it has been
hard to sit through at times. However, at Wrestlemania XXX they knocked it out
of the park. I talked about how rare it is for me to be legitimately surprised
by the outcome of match these days when referring to Briscoe beating Elgin for
the World Championship earlier but that does not even begin to compare to the
utter shock of the streak finally ending. The show itself was not particularly
mind blowing match wise. The Undertaker versus Brock Lesnar match was far from
a classic, usual match of the night stealers The Shield took part in what was
essentially a glorified squash and Bray Wyatt versus John Cena felt ultimately
less important than almost everything else in the world. However, Wrestlemania XXX was
Daniel Bryan’s night and he seized his opportunity with both hands. He tore the
house down with Triple H in one of the best opening matches in Wrestlemania
history and the moment where he beat Batista and Randy Orton in the main event
to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship was as perfect a moment as you
can get. One that will live long in the memories of most pro wrestling fans and
will be shown in highlight reels for years to come. All five shows I talked
about here were fantastically entertaining in different ways but the special
feel of Wrestlemania and unadulterated joy that Bryan’s victory brought me puts
it over the top. By far the best Wrestlemania in many a year.<br />
<br />
<b><u>Best Moment of the Year:</u></b></div>
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The winner is: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Daniel Bryan wins the WWE World
Heavyweight Championship</b></div>
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For me this came down to three very special moments. The
first was the Royal Rumble crowd’s complete refusal to accept the narrative
that WWE was trying to push. It was special because I can’t remember a crowd
ever wanting something so badly that they actually forced WWE to change their
plans and, full credit to WWE - they did. But at the Rumble, in a place not particulary regarded as a
hotbed for pro wrestling in Pittsburgh, the so called WWE Universe was actually
the Daniel Bryan universe. They rejected yet another John Cena versus Randy
Orton bout and mercilessly booed the inevitably doomed to fail Batista babyface
Rumble win. It was all very surreal and so toxic that it forced WWE to actually
run with Bryan. Of course, in the end it mattered little as injuries and a
disastrously bad feud with Kane meant we never got the Bryan Championship reign
that we all wanted to see but that crowd helped change the course of WWE
history and that is something very special. The next amazing moment is one I’ve
touched upon earlier, Sami Zayn finally reaching the pinnacle of NXT by
dethroning the longest reigning NXT Champion in history in Adrian Neville. A
story that was perfectly written from Neville’s “do anything to retain the
Championship” attitude to Zayn becoming that little bit edgier that he needed to be
in order to “win the big one”. It is rare that a storyline is executed so
flawlessly but this one was. But the winner was obvious to me. Pro wrestling
often makes me feel very extreme emotions, both good and bad but I don’t think
I’ve ever felt as happy as I did when Daniel Bryan won the WWE World
Heavyweight Championship at Wrestlemania. Moments don’t come as special as
that, or at least I didn’t think it was possible for them to. And that’s all I
can say on that moment because I don’t feel I can adequately articulate quite
how it made me feel nor do can I possibly do justice to the moment itself.</div>
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<b><u>Breakout Star of the Year:</u></b></div>
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The winner is: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Sami
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Another obvious one: Sami Zayn. It had to be him this year,
it just had to be. When the year started Zayn was someone who was making tracks
in NXT but wasn’t a top guy. He would have great matches with everyone but he
didn’t seem to be considered as a potential future main eventer. That all
changed in 2014. He is by far the most over person in the promotion and
rightfully so because he has had brilliant matches, delivered brilliant promos
and been booked almost perfectly. He came out of 2014 looking like a star and
if he is booked half as well on the main roster as he has been on NXT then
there is no question in my mind that the unknown Canadian who was signed to WWE
in 2013 with apparently no prior wrestling experience has become a star. He’s
taken the spot in my heart that a certain El Generico held before he admirably
went back to Mexico to look after the orphans that he loves so much. Zayn was
the only choice for breakout star and I can only hope he has as good a 2015 as
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<b><u>Minor End-Year Awards:</u></b><br />
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<b>Face of the Year:</b> Candice LeRae<br />
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<b>Heel of the Year:</b> Adam Cole<br />
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<b>Commentator of the Year:</b> Excalibur<br />
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<b>Gimmick/Character of the Year:</b> The Young Bucks’ overly self-aware
gimmick<br />
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<b>Tag Team of the Year:</b> reDRagon<br />
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<b>Promo of the Year:</b> Dean Ambrose wants to stuff Seth Rollins’ hair where
his teeth used to be<br />
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<b>Finisher of the Year:</b> The Meltzer Driver<br />
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<b>Spot/Bump of the Year:</b> The Young Bucks superkick Candice with a
Thumbtacked boot<br />
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<b>Worst Moment of the Year:</b> Daniel Bryan not being in the Royal Rumble
match<br />
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<b>Televised Show of the Year (consistency-wise):</b> NXT</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Best
Matches of 2014</span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">We’re in to 2015 now so that means it’s time for my
annual edition of the Best Matches of the Year. 2014 was a mixed bag for pro
wrestling, something I’ll expand on more in my End of Year Awards article, but
for all the average storylines that surrounded certain companies at certain
times the match quality remained very high. There were many matches I
absolutely loved that didn’t make the cut for the Top 50 which puts into
perspective how good the Top 50 matches were. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">I may have watched more pro wrestling this year than
any year before. Every episode of ROH, Impact Wrestling, NXT and most episodes
of RAW were watched although my SmackDown viewership did heavily decline. I saw
every ROH live event and iPPV too as well as every PWG show and every TNA and
WWE PPV. The women also had a better year than they’ve had in a while with two
women’s matches cracking the top fifty this year and two more coming very
close. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">The date range for this list was anything that aired
between the 1<sup>st</sup> January 2014 and the 31<sup>st</sup> December 2014.
So, for example, PWG’s Black Cole Sun which was taped in December 2014 but
hasn’t been released on DVD yet will be considered for the 2015 list instead of
this one. This is a change from previous years where either those shows would
just not qualify for either list (which isn’t really fair) or like last year
where I waited to release the list until I’d seen All Star Weekend X (taped on
the 20<sup>th</sup> December of 2013 but not released until sometime in early
2014) leading to me not posting my article until March which was rather
redundant. With that said, on with the list:</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Shield
(Dean Ambrose, Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins) vs. The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt,
Erick Rowan and Luke Harper) – Elimination Chamber</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Daniel Bryan
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Evolution
(Batista, Randy Orton and Triple H) vs. The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Roman Reigns
and Seth Rollins) - Extreme Rules</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Adam Cole
vs. AJ Styles - All Star Extravaganza VI</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Adrian
Neville vs. Sami Zayn, NXT Championship – NXT Takeover: [R]Evolution</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Bray Wyatt
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Kevin Steen
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Friends of
Low Moral Fibre (Chuck Taylor, Kenny Omega and Zack Sabre, Jr.) vs. The Mount
Rushmore of Professional Wrestling (Adam Cole and The Young Bucks [Matt and
Nick Jackson]) – Battle of Los Angeles: Night One</span></div>
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Neville vs. Sami Zayn vs. Tyler Breeze vs. Tyson Kidd, NXT Championship – NXT Takeover:
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</span>John Cena and Ryback), 5-on-5 Elimination Match – Survivor Series</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">13.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Young
Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) vs. The World's Cutest Tag Team (Candice LeRae
and Joey Ryan), Guerrilla Warfare Match, PWG World Tag Team Championships –
ELEVEN</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">14.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Jay Briscoe
vs. Adam Cole, Fight Without Honor, ROH World Championship – Final Battle</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">15.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Dean Ambrose
vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. Jack Swagger vs. Kofi Kingston vs. Rob Van Dam vs. Seth
Rollins, Contract Ladder Match - Money in the Bank</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">16.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Briscoe
Brothers (Jay and Mark) and Michael Elgin vs. Kevin Steen and The Young Bucks
(Matt and Nick Jackson) – Raising the Bar, Night One</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">17.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ACH and The
Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) vs. The Addiction (Christopher Daniels and
Frankie Kazarian) and Cedric Alexander – Final Battle</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">18.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
All-Stars (ACH, Adam Cole, Roderick Strong and Tommaso Ciampa) vs. The
Champions (Jay Briscoe, Jay Lethal and reDRagon [Bobby Fish and Kyle
O’Reilly]), 4-on-4 Elimination Match – Champions vs. All Stars</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">19.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Bobby Roode
vs. Kurt Angle, Steel Cage Match – Genesis Impact (23rd January)</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">20.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Dean Ambrose
vs. Seth Rollins, Falls Count Anywhere - RAW (18th August)</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">21.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Kevin Steen
vs. Michael Elgin - Supercard of Honor VIII</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">22.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">reDRagon
(Bobby Fish and Kyle O’Reilly) vs. The Time Splitters (Alex Shelley and
KUSHIDA), ROH World Tag Team Championships – Final Battle</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">23.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">AJ Styles
vs. Roderick Strong – ROH Wrestling (1st February)</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">24.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Usos
(Jey and Jimmy) vs. The Wyatt Family (Erick Rowan and Luke Harper), Two out of
Three Falls, WWE Tag Team Championships - Battleground</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">25.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Cesaro vs.
Sami Zayn – NXT ArRIVAL</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">26.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">AJ Styles vs.
Chris Hero - Flyin' High</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">27.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Wolves
(Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards) vs. The Hardy’s (Jeff and Matt) vs. Team 3D
(Bully Ray and Devon, Tag Team Title Series Match #3, Ladder Match, TNA World
Tag Team Championships – No Surrender Impact (September 17<sup>th</sup>)</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">28.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ACH vs.
Kenny Omega, Battle of Los Angeles: First Round Match – Battle of Los Angeles:
Night Two</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">29.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Adam Cole
vs. Cedric Alexander – ROH Wrestling (18<sup>th</sup> October)</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">30.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Cedric
Alexander, Johnny Gargano and Trevor Lee vs. The Mount Rushmore of Professional
Wrestling (Kevin Steen and The Young Bucks [Matt and Nick Jackson]) - Sold Our
Soul For Rock 'n' Roll</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">31.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Adam Cole
vs. Jay Briscoe, ROH World Championship, Ladder War V - Supercard of Honor VIII</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">32.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Jay Lethal
vs. ACH, ROH Television Championship – ROH Wrestling (23<sup>rd</sup> October)</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">33.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Shield
(Dean Ambrose, Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins) vs. The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt,
Erick Rowan and Luke Harper) – RAW (3rd March)</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">34.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Briscoe
Brothers (Jay and Mark) vs. The Kingdom (Matt Hardy and Michael Bennett), No
Disqualification - Best in the World</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">35.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
African-American Wolves (ACH and AR Fox) vs. The Inner City Machine Guns (Rich
Swann and Ricochet), 1st Round Match – DDT4</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">36.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Adrenaline
Rush (ACH and Tadarius Thomas) vs. reDRagon (Bobby Fish and Kyle O’Reilly),
Proving Ground Match – State of the Art</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">37.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Johnny
Gargano vs. Kyle O'Reilly - Mystery Vortex II</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">38.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Usos
(Jey and Jimmy) vs. The Wyatt Family (Erick Rowan and Luke Harper), WWE Tag
Team Championships - Money in the Bank</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">39.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sami Zayn
vs. Tyler Breeze - NXT Takeover</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">40.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Kyle
O’Reilly vs. Zack Sabre, Jr., Battle of Los Angeles: Quarter-Final – Battle of
Los Angeles: Night Three</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">41.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Adam Cole
vs. Tommaso Ciampa, ROH World Championship – Road to Best in the World: Night
Two</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">42.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Kyle
O’Reilly vs. Roderick Strong, PWG World Championship – Untitled II</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">43.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Adam Cole
vs. Roderick Strong – ELEVEN</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">44.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Adam Cole
vs. Zack Sabre, Jr., Battle of Los Angeles: First Round Match – Battle of Los
Angeles: Night Two</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">45.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Charlotte
vs. Sasha Banks, NXT Women’s Championship – NXT Takeover: [R]Evolution </span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">AJ Styles
vs. Hanson – ROH Wrestling (22<sup>nd</sup> November)</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">47.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Gail Kim vs.
Havok, Knockouts Championship – Impact Wrestling (5<sup>th</sup> November)</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Mount
Rushmore of Professional Wrestling (Adam Cole and The Young Bucks [Matt and
Nick Jackson]) vs. ACH, Brian Myers and Chris Sabin – Battle of Los Angeles:
Night Three</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
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vs. Roderick Strong - Sold Our Soul For Rock 'n' Roll</span></div>
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James Storm, I Quit Match - Sacrifice</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13945426347756957700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6665898632418051769.post-90496766808700150322014-12-29T23:27:00.000+00:002015-08-16T19:25:59.771+01:00The Rebooking Series - Part I (Kurt Angle vs. Samoa Joe)<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Welcome to a series of blogs me and a friend of mine are
starting. As the name suggests we are going back over old angles and rebooking
them to make a more satisfactory end. We’re starting with TNA’s booking of the
Kurt Angle and Samoa Joe feud from 2006 through 2008. </div>
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I don’t believe this angle was necessarily badly booked, I
just thought it was a bit short sighted. Angle had only been with the company
little over a month and not only had TNA done the big money match of Angle
versus Joe already but they had actually ended Joe’s undefeated streak. By the
time the first pay-per-view of 2007 was in the books there had already been
three Angle versus Joe matches and Angle only made his in-ring TNA debut in
November. It seemed TNA realised they had struck on something brilliant and
just splurged it all away immediately.</div>
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Anyway here’s how me and Jonathon booked the angle (pardon
the pun):</div>
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- Kurt Angle’s announcement from No Surrender 2006 remains the
same with the addendum that he will make his TNA debut at Bound For Glory 2006.</div>
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- In the build up to
Bound For Glory Christian Cage fresh off his feud with Rhino (which was
fast-tracked in this booking) says that if Kurt thinks he can just waltz into
Christian’s company he’s got another thing coming. He wants Angle at Bound For
Glory. The match is made.</div>
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- Meanwhile Samoa Joe has begun feuding with Rhino over who is
the toughest man in the company.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Bound For Glory
2006 (Important Matches):</u></b></div>
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- Samoa Joe d. Rhino</div>
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Joe defeats Rhino clean in a match that goes about eight
minutes with the Muscle Buster</div>
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- Kurt Angle d. Christian Cage</div>
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Angle defeats Cage clean in a thrilling contest that pushes
Angle to the limit and goes about sixteen minutes before Angle locks in the
Anklelock and Cage is forced to tap.</div>
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- Sting d. Jeff Jarrett to win the NWA World Heavyweight
Championship</div>
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Sting defeats Jarrett in the exact same fashion as was
actually booked at Bound For Glory 2006</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Build to Turning
Point 2006:</u></b></div>
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- Sting celebrates his World Championship win when Christian
Cage comes out and says since Jeff Jarrett is taking some time away and won’t
be able to invoke his rematch clause then Christian should get the next shot
because he’s the best wrestler in the company. Angle comes out and reminds
Christian that he beat him at Bound For Glory. Jim Cornette makes Christian
versus Angle for the next PPV (which will be Turning Point rather than
Genesis). There still needs to be a NWA World Heavyweight Championship match at
the PPV though and Cornette announces that the winner of the ongoing Fight For
The Right Tournament will get their shot at Turning Point (Result of the Fight
For The Right Tournament remains the same with Abyss winning and earning a
shot).</div>
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- In the same time period Samoa Joe (still a tweener) calls
out AJ Styles and calls his character into question outwardly stating that he’s
not as squeaky clean as some make out (which would then be proved right when AJ
started a rivalry with Rhino and turned heel at the next pay-per-view). This
leads to Joe versus AJ being booked for Turning Point. </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Turning Point 2006
(instead of Genesis 2006) – Important Matches:</u></b></div>
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- Samoa Joe d. AJ Styles</div>
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Joe defeats Styles after a Muscle Buster. Styles does some
questionable, but not outright heelish, things during the match but Joe
eventually wins clean as a whistle after about sixteen minutes. </div>
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Post-match
Daniels, with the X-Division Championship, and Rhino come out to commiserate AJ
but he pushes them both away and leaves the ring in disgust.</div>
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- Sting d. Abyss to retain the NWA World Heavyweight
Championship</div>
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Sting constantly tries to reason with Abyss during the match
to no avail and eventually wins the match after botched James Mitchell
interference cost Abyss after about 11 minutes.</div>
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- Kurt Angle d. Christian Cage to become #1 Contender</div>
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Angle defeats Christian following an Olympic Slam. Clean win
that comes at about the eighteenth minute of another tight match between these
two.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Build to Final
Resolution 2006 (rather than Turning Point ‘06):</u></b></div>
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- Jim Cornette comes out and announces that due to differing
views on the professional wrestling landscape TNA is no longer a part of the
NWA. He announces the creation of new Championship belts under the TNA name.
And the lineage of all three (World, Tag Team and X-Division) will start at
December’s Pay-Per-View Final Resolution 2006. And it changes nothing about the
main event of that show Sting (who had been Champion) versus Kurt Angle (who
had won the recent #1 Contenders Match).</div>
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- Samoa Joe pushes (metaphorically, not physically) Cornette
and wants to be added to the title match at Final Resolution pointing out his
credentials of never being pinned or submitted since he debuted in the company
but Cornette will not relent and instead fobs Joe off with a match against
Abyss.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Final Resolution
2006 (The Important Matches):</u></b></div>
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- Samoa Joe d. Abyss</div>
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Joe wins in about thirteen minutes after James Mitchell once
again tries to interfere on Abyss’ behalf and once again ends up costing Abyss
the match. Post-match Joe facewashes Mitchell for good measure.</div>
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- Kurt Angle d. Sting to become the first ever TNA World
Heavyweight Champion</div>
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Angle defeats Sting clean, by submission after a roughly
seventeen minute long contest. Post-match Sting raises Angle’s hand and wraps
the brand new TNA World Heavyweight Championship around his waist.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Build to Genesis
2007:</u></b></div>
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- Sting comes out and announces he is cashing in his rematch
clause at Genesis. Samoa Joe comes out and claims that was for the NWA World
Heavyweight Championship, nothing to do with the current belt. Cornette comes
out and grants Sting his rematch which leaves Joe absolutely furious. Cornette
says that he has also made another rematch for Genesis, a Monsters Ball match
between Abyss and Joe.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Genesis 2007:</u></b></div>
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- Samoa Joe d. Abyss in a Monster’s Ball Match</div>
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Joe defeats Abyss following a Muscle Buster onto thumbtacks
in a match that runs for about fifteen minutes.</div>
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- Kurt Angle d. Sting to retain the TNA World Heavyweight
Championship</div>
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Angle defeats Sting after reversing the Scorpion Death Drop
attempt from Sting into an Olympic Slam for the win, clean in about fifteen
minutes. They once again shake hands after the match and Angle celebrates.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Build to Against
All Odds 2007:</u></b></div>
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- Now that his rivalry with Sting has finished Angle wants
some new blood. The reason he joined TNA was he had heard such good things
about the young guys in TNA but for one reason or another he hasn’t had the
chance to cross paths with many of them yet. He’d like that to change. Before
he can make any challenges though Christian Cage interrupts with Tomko and
Steiner in tow. Cage says that he wants another shot at Angle. He, like Angle,
took TNA by storm when he first arrived and now he wants to prove that he is
TNA’s best import. Angle has no interest stating he has already defeated
Christian twice. However, Christian stoops to insulting Kurt’s family and Kurt
grants him a match.</div>
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- Samoa Joe continues trying to get a match for the World
Heavyweight Championship and Cornette continues fobbing him off. This time Joe
is set up to face Robert Roode, an up and comer in the TNA ranks who Cornette
thinks will be the next big thing in the company. Joe is such a talented guy
that Cornette wants to see if Roode has what it takes to hang with Joe. Joe is
far from impressed.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Against All Odds
2007 (The Important Matches):</u></b></div>
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- Samoa Joe d. Robert Roode</div>
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Despite repeated interference from Ms. Brooks Roode is
unable to pick up the win and eventually submits to the Coquina Clutch. The
match goes about thirteen minutes.</div>
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- Kurt Angle d. Christian Cage by DQ to retain the TNA World
Heavyweight Championship </div>
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A good even match that is about sixteen minutes deep comes
to an abrupt end when Tomko and Steiner interfere. Post-match the heels are
stomping down Angle before Samoa Joe comes out to make the save. The faces
clear the ring and Joe picks up the World Heavyweight Championship, stares at
it for a while before shoving it back to Angle and leaving the ring.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Victory Road 2007
build-up (Instead of Destination X):</u></b></div>
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- Kurt Angle comes out and wants Christian right here, right
now. No titles, no referees, no match. Just a fight. Christian comes to the top
of the stage with Tomko and Steiner accompanying him. He won’t fight Angle
tonight but he will fight him at Victory Road providing Angle will put up the
World Heavyweight Championship. Angle agrees. </div>
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- Joe again goes to Cornette and says he wants a title shot. Cornette
says the title match is already fixed but he appreciates Joe trying to keep
Christian and his coalition in order so at Victory Road it will be Samoa Joe
vs. Scott Steiner. Joe is upset and tells Cornette “You can’t keep me away from
that Championship forever”.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Victory Road 2007
(Important Matches)</u></b></div>
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- Samoa Joe vs. Scott Steiner goes to a No Contest</div>
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The match is just over ten minutes old when the referee
throws the hard hitting contest out with both men repeatedly ignoring referee
instructions. They continue to fight even after the bell rings and the referee
calls other referees and security out but Joe and Steiner just destroy them
before continuing to brawl. Eventually Joe gets the upper hand and chokes
Steiner out before security recovers and finally pulls Joe off Steiner.</div>
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- Kurt Angle vs. Christian Cage goes to a thirty minute time
limit draw</div>
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With no allies in the early goings Christian acts the coward
in the early going and deliberately avoids Angle constantly. Eventually it
evolves into a real match with lots of near falls. Midway through the match
Tomko gets involved but Cornette sends security down to throw Tomko out. With
less than thirty seconds left Angle locks in the anklelock but Christian gets
to the ropes, Angle releases the hold after a five count but as he goes to
attack again, Christian rolls out of the ring. The bell then rings revealing
the time limit has expired. The crowd chants five more minutes and Angle
suggests it. Christian gets back in the ring and looks ready to go but simply
slaps Angle and then gets out of dodge.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Build to Lockdown
2007</u></b></div>
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- Christian comes out with his entourage and says he had Kurt
Angle beat when the time limit expired and he wants another shot at the belt.
Cornette comes out and says he saw things a little differently, it seemed to
him that Angle was going in for the kill. Christian says that’s a lie he had
Angle beat and he wants Angle again at Lockdown. Angle comes out and wants
Christian right here, right now. Cornette says that’s not going to happen but at
Lockdown there is a tradition, a tradition of two teams going into a Steel
Cage. He says Christian likes using his friends to help him win matches well
now he’ll get a chance to do it legally when at Lockdown it is Team Angle vs.
Team Cage. Christian is apoplectic while Angle just smiles.</div>
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- Cornette approaches Samoa Joe backstage and says that if Joe
really wants to prove himself to Cornette then he could do worse than making
sure he’s a part of one of the teams in the main event at Lockdown. Joe nods.</div>
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- Joe calls out Kurt Angle next week and says he wants to be
on Kurt’s team and he won’t take no for an answer. Kurt obliges and goes to
leave the ring but Joe pulls him back “But once I prove how dominant I am at
Lockdown, I’m coming straight for your title”.</div>
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- AJ Styles completes his slow burn heel turn by officially
joining not only Team Cage but also Christian’s Coalition.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Lockdown 2007
(Important Matches)</u></b></div>
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- Team Angle (Kurt Angle, Chris Harris, Rhino, Samoa Joe and
Sting) d. Team Cage (Christian Cage, AJ Styles, James Storm, Scott Steiner and
Tomko) in Lethal Lockdown</div>
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The match comes down to Angle vs. Christian with everyone
else brawling or laid out on the outside. AJ sneaks in the ring though and low
blows Angle allowing Christian to hit the Unprettier. On the outside though,
Joe is destroying everyone. He gets in the ring and hits a huge lariat on
Styles before breaking up the pinfall attempt by Cage. One Muscle Buster on
Christian later and Joe wins Lethal Lockdown for Team Angle. The rest of Team
Angle celebrate whilst Joe and Angle simply stare a hole through one another.</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Build to Sacrifice
2007:</u></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
- Kurt Angle comes out and calls out Samoa Joe wanting to
discuss what Joe proved to the world last night. A camera shows what is
happening backstage though as Scott Steiner has levelled Joe with a pipe
backstage and continues to lay in the punishment. Angle watches on in horror
from the ring when Tomko, AJ and Christian attack him from behind.</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
- Later in the show Angle goes to Cornette’s office and
demands a match with Christian tonight. Cornette says that will not happen but
he will allow Angle to defend his title one more time against Christian at
Sacrifice. This time there will be no time limit and the entirety of Christian’s
Coalition is banned from ringside, if they try and interfere they will be
fired.</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
- Next week Joe trashes the arena looking for Scott Steiner.
Cornette makes a match between the two for Sacrifice but suspends Joe until the
PPV for his actions.</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Sacrifice 2007
(Important Matches)</u></b></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
- Samoa Joe d. Scott Steiner in a No Disqualification Match</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Joe and Steiner have a brutal No DQ match which comes to an
end after about fourteen minutes when Joe hits the Muscle Buster on Steiner
through four chairs. Post-match Joe continues the beating and hits several
Muscle Buster’s on Steiner before leaving.</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Steiner has to be removed from the arena via medical staff
after suffering serious injuries during and post-match. He is out for an
indefinite period.</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
- Kurt Angle d. Christian Cage to retain the TNA World
Heavyweight Championship</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Angle makes Christian submit to the Ankle Lock after
twenty-three minutes or so of hard hitting action. The pair threw everything at
each other and with all members of the Coalition either out of commission or
not willing to risk their job Christian is forced to go it alone.</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Build to
Slammiversary 2007</u></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
- Jim Cornette announces that it is well established how much
he loves tradition and that means at the next pay-per-view ‘Slammiversary’ Kurt
Angle will defend his Championship in a Five-Man King of the Mountain Match.
Now the challengers will be decided in four King of the Mountain Qualifying
Matches. Before Cornette can say a word Samoa Joe storms to the ring. He
demands to be put in a qualifier match. Cornette hesitates and states that he
had something different in mind for Joe. He didn’t want to stick him in some
qualifier match that he may or may not win on Impact. He wanted to guarantee
him a big match at one of TNA’s biggest events. He wants the hottest rising
star in pro wrestling to take on a legend of pro wrestling, an icon, if you
will. He wants Samoa Joe vs. Sting at Slammiversary. Joe agrees to the match
but tells Cornette that he won’t be denied a Championship match again. He will
take Cornette out if that’s what it takes to get his Championship match.</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
- KotM Qualifiers: Christopher Daniels d. Robert Roode,
Christian Cage d. Chris Harris (via James Storm distraction), Abyss d. James
Storm (via Chris Harris distraction) and AJ Styles d. Frankie Kazarian (via
Tomko distraction)</div>
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<br /></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Slammiversary 2007
(Important Matches):</u></b></div>
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<br /></div>
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- Samoa Joe d. Sting</div>
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<br /></div>
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Joe defeats Sting clean in about sixteen minutes by making
him pass out in the Coquina Clutch. After the match Joe gets on the microphone
and tells whoever is coming out of tonight’s main event with the Championship
that he is coming for him.</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
- Kurt Angle d. Abyss, AJ Styles, Christian Cage and
Christopher Daniels to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Championship in a King
of the Mountain Match</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
AJ and Christian work together throughout the match as per
the agreement they had before the match. However, Christian has trouble getting
legal to win the match. AJ becomes legal after pinning Daniels while Christian
is in the penalty box following Abyss pinning him. AJ tries to win the
Championship but is stopped by Angle. When Christian comes out of the penalty
box he is furious with AJ and wants to know why AJ tried to win “his
Championship”. He tells AJ to lie down so he can become legal. AJ does but then
small packages Christian for the three (AJ turns face) sending Cage back to the
penalty box. Christian is furious but can do nothing about it. AJ is halfway up
the ladder when Angle pulls him down and Olympic Slams him. Angle grabs the
belt off the floor where AJ dropped it, climbs the ladder and hangs it to win
the match and retain his Championship.</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Build to
Destination X 2007:</u></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
- Jim Cornette comes out and wants to announce an exciting new
concept... Joe comes out before Cornette can say another word. Joe says he is
sick of not getting the Championship opportunities he deserves, he wants Kurt
Angle at Destination X or else. Cornette says unfortunately that’s not going to
happen. This infuriates Joe who grabs Cornette and threatens him. Cornette
tries to calm Joe down and reveals the rest of the exciting new concept he
discussed earlier “The Bound For Glory Series, it will consist of eight
participants taking part in a total of thirty-one first round matches before
the semi-finals and finals take place at No Surrender later this year. This
will crown the Ultimate Number One Contender for Bound for Glory”. Joe is
intrigued so Cornette carries on “Tonight there will be a Gauntlet Battle Royal
worth ten points if you win, at Hard Justice there will be two four-way matches
both worth ten points for a win. And the other matches will be each of the
eight participants facing each other once: five points for a submission win,
three for a pinfall victory, two for a count out or disqualification victory
and one for a time limit draw. Each match will have a twenty minute time limit
apart from the bonus matches and the subsequent finals of the tournament.”
Cornette manages to convince Joe how good it would be to win the World
Championship at Bound For Glory “if you truly believe you are capable of
winning such a gruelling tournament that is. Joe accepts and is the first
announced name in the inaugural Bound For Glory Series.</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
- In the main event Joe defeats the seven other men (AJ
Styles, Abyss, Chris Harris, Christian Cage, Frankie Kazarian, James Storm and
Robert Roode) to win ten points in the opening match.</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
- In his subsequent matches he wins all of them, most by
submission. His match with AJ Styles in the Bound for Glory Series will take
place at the Destination X pay-per-view.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
- Meanwhile Cornette tells Angle of his plan to make
Destination X a special event for the men who helped build this company, the X-Division
stars. So he tells Angle he will defend his title against the longest reigning
X-Division Champion in company history – Christopher Daniels.</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Destination X
2007:</u></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
- Samoa Joe d. AJ Styles in 19:56 in a Bound For Glory Series
Match</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
With the twenty minute time limit close to expiring Joe
desperately locks in the Coquina Clutch seemingly out of nowhere when AJ was in
a good position to make AJ tap and maintain his one hundred percent record in
the tournament so far.</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
- Kurt Angle d. Christopher Daniels to retain the TNA World
Heavyweight Championship</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
The match goes twenty plus minutes but Angle eventually wins
when he plays a little possum, Daniels goes Best Moonsault Ever but Angle rolls
out of the way and when Daniels’ ankle gives way under his weight. Angle locks
in the ankle lock and forces Daniels to tap.</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Build to Hard
Justice 2007:</u></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
- Joe continues to dominate the BFG Series winning all of his
matches heading into the last of the bonus matches at Hard Justice. It is
announced it will be Abyss vs. Christian vs. Kazarian vs. Roode in a Ladder
match while Joe will face AJ, Harris and Storm in a Tables match at the PPV.</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
- Jim Cornette announces that after a brief spell out with
injury Scott Steiner will be returning at Hard Justice ’07 and he will
challenge Kurt Angle for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Hard Justice 2007:</u></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
- Samoa Joe d. AJ Styles, Chris Harris and James Storm in a
Tables Match to earn 10 points and increase his lead at the top of the BFG
Series Leaderboard</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Joe wins the match when he hits a Muscle Buster on AJ
through the table. The match goes just over fifteen minutes.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
- Kurt Angle d. Scott Steiner to retain the TNA World
Heavyweight Championship</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Angle wins the match clean by making Steiner submit to the
ankle lock in roughly thirteen minutes.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Build to No
Surrender 2007:</u></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
- Kurt Angle comes out and says he can’t wait to see who will
win the BFG Series tournament to see who he will defend the Championship
against at the biggest show of the year, exactly twelve months after he made
his debut in TNA. He says he’s been a dominant World Champion and he will prove
it once again on the biggest stage in TNA’s history. Sting makes his return
after a hiatus following his defeat to Samoa Joe. He says that Kurt is
overlooking the fact that there is one more pay-per-view before Bound For Glory
and Sting would love to take the Championship into Bound For Glory himself. He
suggests Angle vs. Sting one more time at No Surrender. Angle accepts and the
two men shake hands.</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
- On the first Impact before No Surrender it is a special
three hour edition of the show as the final four matches in the tournament take
place to see who will move onto the semi-finals at No Surrender. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
- Samoa Joe
defeats James Storm by submission to retain first place in the tournament and
has done so with just shy of the maximum number of points. He won all bonus
matches he was a part of and every single one-on-one match. He would have had
maximum points but he only beat Kazarian by pinfall, everyone else he
submitted.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
- The rest of the matches take place and Kazarian gets a big
submission win over Chris Harris which is enough for him to leapfrog Robert
Roode by one point and into fourth position meaning he will face Joe in the
first semi-final. That leaves AJ Styles, who finished a distant second to Joe, to
take on Christian, who finished third after beating AJ by pinfall in his final
match of the series.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
- Christian talks trash over the next three weeks about how he
beat AJ when they met in the league stage of the tournament and now it’s post
season the ‘Instant Classic’ only gets more clutch.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
- AJ cuts promos about how when he was in Christian’s
Coalition he was treated as a joke, just someone Christian could throw to the
wolves to protect his own skin, but at No Surrender AJ will prove he is the
better man.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>No Surrender 2007</u></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
- Samoa Joe d. Frankie Kazarian in the first Bound For Glory
Series Semi-Final</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Joe defeats Kazarian in a gruelling seventeen plus minute
encounter in the opening match of the pay-per-view.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
- Christian Cage d. AJ Styles in the second Bound For Glory
Series Semi-Final</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Christian defeats AJ in another gruelling encounter this
time that clocks in at just under sixteen minutes. AJ Styles has the match in
hand when his former partner Daniels comes and distracts him allowing Christian
to hit the Unprettier for the win.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
- Kurt Angle d. Sting to retain the TNA World Heavyweight
Championship</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Kurt beats Sting in about fourteen minutes after a second
Olympic Slam puts The Icon down for three. Post-match the two men embrace and
Sting says the BFG Series winner will have a tough challenge because Kurt Angle
is the best pro wrestler alive today, and a damn fine person too. He thanks
Kurt and leaves the ring.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
- Samoa Joe d. Christian Cage to win the Bound For Glory
Series</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Joe beats Christian clean after a match that went over
twenty minutes and saw both men throw everything at one another. Eventually Joe
locks in the Coquina Clutch, Christian grabs the referee and uses his leg to
low blow Joe out of sight of the referee. Joe “hulks up” though and merely
locks the Coquina Clutch back on, synching it in fully this time and causing
Christian to tap.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Post-match Angle comes out stares at Joe and then raises his
World Championship. Joe looks at him and just smiles.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Build to Bound For
Glory 2007</u></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
- Samoa Joe comes out and says despite everything that has
been thrown at him, despite Jim Cornette denying him his rightful opportunity
at the World Championship time after time there is no denying it now. Samoa Joe
won the Bound For Glory series and tonight signs the contract for the match
that everyone wants to see, Kurt Angle vs. Samoa Joe. The undefeated Samoan
Submission Machine takes on the man that has dominated TNA since his arrival,
and a man that also happens to be undefeated in TNA – Kurt Angle.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
- Jim Cornette comes out and says Joe should thank him. He
didn’t throw roadblocks in front of Joe, he just made sure he was ready to be
World Champion, and now Joe has went through Sting, he went through Steiner, he
helped Angle fight off Christian’s Coalition and he won the Bound For Glory Series.
Now, thanks to Jim Cornette’s careful guidance, now Samoa Joe is ready to face
Kurt Angle for the World Heavyweight Championship. Joe smirks and tells Jim not to try and take credit for
Joe’s path of destruction, that was all me. He tells Jim he’ll see him for the
contract signing later tonight.
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
- At the contract signing things get heated between the two
but both sign the contract and Cornette reminds them that there is a clause in
the contract that means if Joe touches Angle he will no longer be #1 contender
and if Angle touches Joe he will no longer be World Champion. Cornette will not
have his Bound For Glory main event ruined.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
- Over the final few weeks before Bound For Glory, Angle and
Joe continue to cut promos generally saying that they are better than the other
and at Bound For Glory they will prove that they are the greatest wrestler
walking the face of the earth today. Both men seem to believe it, but only one
can be true.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Bound For Glory
2007:</u></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
- Kurt Angle d. Samoa Joe to retain the TNA World Heavyweight
Championship</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Joe and Angle have a hard hitting, fast paced match with
neither man giving the other an inch. This continues in full flow until the
nineteenth minute of the match when Angle reverse Joe’s enziuguri in the corner
into the ankle lock. Jim Cornette comes out and all of a sudden the bell rings.
The referee raises Angle’s hand and passes the World Heavyweight Championship
to him. Joe is apoplectic and the pay-per-view goes off the air in utter
confusion and turmoil. Cornette disappears almost as quickly as he appeared.
Joe is tearing the ringside area up whilst a dazed and somewhat confused
looking Kurt Angle makes his way backstage. Mike Tenay and Don West seemingly
don’t know what to say but they manage to sign off with “Thanks for watching
Bound For Glory folks, make sure to tune in to Spike TV on Thursday to see what
will be an… interesting special live edition of Impact”.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Build to Turning
Point 2007:</u></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span class="null">- Impact opens with a recap of the events of
Bound For Glory. However, the recap is cut short as the camera quickly cuts to
entranceway, with Samoa Joe storming to the ringside area. Joe is audibly heard
saying ‘give me a damn mic’, staying outside of the ring. Joe says this isn’t
what he wanted but he needed to do this in front of everyone, rather than have
fans hear about it from TNA and Jim Cornette. Joe says he’s done. He’s been
held down for too long and Bound For Glory was the final straw. Joe then goes
on to say that if fans want to see him wrestle, they can go watch Ring of
Honor, where he’ll continue to dominate professional wrestling, but TNA can go
f**k themselves (which is bleeped out). Joe then hops over the barrier and
leaves the arena through the back. The camera cuts back to Tenay and West, who
look confused and stumble over their words before regaining their composure and
promising a great night of wrestling on Impact.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span class="null">- Sting comes out and says he like everyone
else is in shock about what happened on Sunday. He says the roster is under
strict instruction from the board not to speak about this and most people are
too afraid to. But he will say this, he thinks what Jim Cornette and Kurt Angle
did at Bound For Glory was disgusting. Before Sting can say another word Angle’s
music hits. He comes out and says he thinks Sting is disgusting. Sting has been
coasting along on his reputation ever since Dubya-See-Dubya folded back in
2001. Now he just sits back and takes TNA’s money while becoming a joke, a
shadow of his once great self. Kurt Angle will never tarnish his legacy like
that. He will do whatever it takes to stay on top and on Sunday whether
management or the board of directors or whoever liked it or not he did what he
had to do. This infuriates Sting who calls Angle scum and challenges him to a
match at Turning Point and he will prove that he doesn’t rest on his laurels.
Cornette comes out and says no, Sting has had enough shots at the World
Championship. Sting interrupts and tells Cornette he can make any stipulation he
wants. Just bring the contract next week and Sting will sign it.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span class="null">- TNA announces through their website that
Samoa Joe has been suspended indefinitely pending investigation into his
actions on Thursday night. They also announce that Jim Cornette’s position as Management
Director is under review following his actions at Bound For Glory.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span class="null">- Sting signs the contract, as does Angle.
Sting then demands to know what crazy stipulation Cornette has picked. Cornette
reveals that Kurt Angle vs. Sting at Turning Point will be a submission match.
This confuses Sting who was expecting much worse, but still he accepts, tells
Angle he will see him at Turning Point and goes to leave the ring. Cornette
says “Oh, and one more thing. The Scorpion Death Lock is banned for this match”.
Sting’s temper gets the better of him and he charges at Cornette but Angle gets
to Sting first and proceeds to beat the living daylights out of Sting.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span class="null">- Cornette comes out and in the first on-air
reference to Joe since his promo after Bound For Glory he officially
re-instates Samoa Joe (Joe has been working ROH dates since then) and tells him
that at Turning Point he has booked a two-on-one handicap match between Samoa
Joe and two hungry young upstarts who have tagged together a couple of times
recently: Robert Roode and James Storm. (ROH’s Glory By Honor VI: Night Two is
scheduled to take place on the same night with Samoa Joe facing off against
Naomichi Marufuji in an International Challenge match).</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Turning Point 2007:</u></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
- Joe no shows so Roode and Storm are left with no-one to
fight until the Motor City Machine Guns come out and challenge them to a match.
Roode wins the match for his team when he pins Shelley. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
- The same night Joe
defeats Marufuji at Glory By Honor VI: Night Two, after the match Joe leads the
crowd in a chant of “F**k TNA!”</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
- Kurt Angle d. Sting to retain the World Heavyweight
Championship by Referee Stoppage</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
The match is about sixteen minutes old when Sting reverses
Angle’s attempt at an Ankle Lock into an Ankle Lock of his own. Angle looks like
he could tap at any moment when Cornette comes out and distracts the referee,
Angle taps but the referee doesn’t see it. Sting moves the referee out of the
way and punches Cornette but turns around into an Olympic Slam. Angle then
locks on the Ankle Lock but Sting won’t submit. Eventually Angle grapevines the
leg and breaks Sting’s ankle. The referee stops the match for Sting’s own
safety. But Angle won’t break the hold. Eventually security comes out to break
up the hold and Angle celebrates with Cornette.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Build to Final
Resolution 2007:</u></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
- Angle and Cornette come out to celebrate Angle’s “dominant”
victory at Turning Point. Before they can really get to it though a
representative from the board of directors comes out and announces that
Cornette has failed his job review and has had his position as Management
Director terminated with immediate effect. He can continue to manage Kurt Angle
but as that completely conflicts with the non-bias need for a Management
Director the Board had no choice but to remove him from power. A new position
of Executive Director has been created and they will be responsible for running
all things regarding the wrestling part of TNA, that person will be unveiled at
Final Resolution. Angle and Cornette are furious.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
- Later on in the night Mike Tenay informs us that the Board
of Directors, impressed by his recent performances, have unanimously voted AJ
Styles as the rightful number one contender to the TNA World Heavyweight
Championship</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Final Resolution
2007:</u></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
- Frankie Kazarian d. Christian Cage in a Ladder Match in the
final of the Fight for the Right Tournament to earn a shot at the World
Heavyweight Championship at Genesis</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
- Kurt Angle d. AJ Styles to retain the TNA World Heavyweight
Championship</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Twenty-three or so minutes into a thrilling encounter Styles
rolls through an Olympic Slam attempt and picks Angle up for the Styles Clash.
He hits it but Cornette comes out. Cornette spits in AJ’s face who chases him
furiously around ringside. Eventually security gets between both men. The
referee orders security to take Cornette away. AJ heads back to the ring as the
referee is on the ramp instructing the security staff. All this has allowed
Angle to recover though and when AJ rolls in the ring he is immediately Olympic
Slammed onto a set up chair. Angle gets rid of the evidence and the referee
comes back in to count to three.</div>
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Post-match Cornette returns, he and Angle roll AJ’s body out
of the ring and celebrate. Cornette gets on the microphone and touts the
outstanding achievement of Kurt Angle. He is the only man to ever hold the TNA
World Heavyweight Championship, and he’s held it for an entire calendar year
now. He won it in December of 2006 at Final Resolution and he has just retained
it in December of 2007 at Final Resolution. Cornette says maybe they should
rename this the Kurt Angle World Heavyweight Championship. All of a sudden the
lights go out and Sting comes out minus face paint to reveal himself as the
Executive Director.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Build to Genesis
2008:</u></b></div>
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- Angle and Cornette come out and continually run down Sting
until Sting comes out. Sting is on crutches and says he doesn’t know when he’ll
be returning to in-ring competition because Angle broke his ankle in two
separate places. But for now he is ecstatic that the board had faith in him to
run the show. He reminds Cornette that the rules have changed around here now
and whilst – since Cornette has his official manager’s license – Sting cannot
ban Cornette from managing Angle he can say if he gets involved in Angle’s
match at Genesis with any kind of physical or mental distraction that Angle
will be stripped of the World Heavyweight Championship</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Genesis 2008:</u></b></div>
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- Kurt Angle d. Frankie Kazarian to retain the TNA World
Heavyweight Championship</div>
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Cornette is at ringside but does not get involved. After
nearly eighteen minutes Angle hits his third Olympic Slam of the match and it
is enough to put Kazarian away. Angle and Cornette celebrate as the
pay-per-view goes off the air</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Build to Against
All Odds 2008:</u></b></div>
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<br /></div>
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- Christian, who turned face when he shook Kazarian’s hand as
a sign of respect after losing to him in the ladder match at Final Resolution,
wins a Three-Way Dance between himself, Robert Roode and Christopher Daniels
when he pinned Daniels after nailing him with the Unprettier to become #1
contender.</div>
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- Angle and Christian go back and forth on the microphone
throughout the month with the main points being that Christian has never beaten
Angle inside a TNA ring whilst Christian states that he is the only person on
the roster that Angle cannot outfight, outwrestle and most importantly recently
outcheat.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Against All Odds
2008:</u></b></div>
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- Kurt Angle d. Christian Cage to retain the TNA World
Heavyweight Championship</div>
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A gruelling match is over twenty-five minutes long when
Angle locks on the Ankle Lock. Christian almost makes it to the ropes but Angle
pulls him back to the centre of the ring and grapevines the leg. Christian taps
but Angle refuses to relinquish the hold, eventually breaking Christian’s
ankle.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Build to Victory
Road 2008:</u></b></div>
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- Sting announces that Kurt Angle will once again fight AJ
Styles, this time at Victory Road. AJ has fully recovered from the concussion
he received at the hands of Angle and his steel chair in December and has
demanded a rematch. Sting was only too happy to oblige. Angle and Cornette are
fuming, shouting claims of bias, favouritism and a blatant disrespect of the
“greatest frickin’ pro wrestler walking the earth today”.</div>
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- Ring of Honor announce that Samoa Joe will face Roderick
Strong in a #1 Contenders Match for the ROH World Championship at Take No
Prisoners in Philadelphia on Sunday the 9<sup>th</sup> March. The same night
that Victory Road is held in Norfolk, Virginia.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Victory Road 2008:</u></b></div>
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- At Take No Prisoners Samoa Joe defeats Roderick Strong to
become the #1 Contender to Nigel McGuinness’ Ring of Honor World Championship.</div>
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- Kurt Angle d. AJ Styles to retain the TNA World Heavyweight
Championship</div>
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Angle reverses an attempted pele kick from AJ into an ankle
lock after about twenty-one minutes and AJ refuses to tap eventually passing
out in the hold. Angle and Cornette celebrate another successful Championship
defence. Angle then locks the hold back in on AJ who is still unconscious.
Ragdolling his lifeless leg in an attempt to break his ankle. All of a sudden
Angle is attacked by a man from the crowd, the man takes down his hood to
reveal – SAMOA JOE! Joe attacks Angle and Cornette viciously. Eventually both
men get out of dodge but Victory Road goes off the air with Joe hurling the TNA
World Heavyweight Championship at Angle and screaming “I’M GONNA KILL YOU!” at
the Olympic Gold Medalist.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Build to Lockdown
2008:</u></b></div>
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PPV and pondering what will happen on Thursday Night Impact with regards to Joe
and Angle.</div>
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- Cornette and Angle come out and demand Sting’s presence.
Sting obliges and Cornette berates him for allowing someone who is not a member
of the roster to attack Kurt Angle, the World Champion, on Sunday’s PPV. Sting
says that’s not quite true. Whilst Cornette did suspend Joe, and whilst the
Board of Directors did re-suspend Joe following his refusal to show up at
Turning Point, nobody actually fired Samoa Joe. Samoa Joe is still technically
under TNA contract and after talking with Joe he has actually lifted the
aforementioned suspension. Not only that but at Lockdown in the main event
Sting has booked Kurt Angle defending his TNA Heavyweight Championship of the
World inside a Steel Cage against… Samoa Joe!</div>
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complain Joe comes out and tries to assault both men once again.</div>
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- The rest of the month long build is dominated by Angle and
Cornette whining and complaining while Joe seemingly stops at nothing to get
his hands on both men but is never quite able to do so.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Lockdown 2008:</u></b></div>
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- Samoa Joe d. Kurt Angle to win the TNA World Heavyweight
Championship</div>
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The match is very similar to the actual match Angle and Joe
had at Lockdown 2008 but this match ends with Joe locking in the Coquina Clutch
and making Angle tap out.</div>
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So that concludes a rather long post. Eighteen months' worth of booking was there and me and Jonathon believe that this would have been a far more successful and lucrative way for TNA to book the Kurt Angle versus Samoa Joe feud. It still culminates in the same result with Joe winning his first World Championship in TNA over Angle at Lockdown 2008 but we believe the road we took to get there is one that would have benefitted TNA much more than the one they chose to take. The buyrates of Bound For Glory 2007 and Lockdown 2008 we believe would have been particularly high.</div>
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We plan on doing more, this is only part one of our rebooking series so if you enjoyed this please make sure to check out our forthcoming rebooking blogs. In the meantime please feel free to leave comments and you can follow me (@watadam20) and Jonathon (@JLAspey) on Twitter. Thanks for reading </div>
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<![endif]-->Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13945426347756957700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6665898632418051769.post-66475511356595299172014-03-06T18:12:00.000+00:002015-01-01T23:18:44.995+00:00Top 50 Matches - The 2013 EditionSo it's a little (okay a lot, thanks PWG!) late but we're into the new year now and it's time to take a look at my personal favourite matches of 2013. The match quality this year has been incredibly high, WWE in particular have upped their game whilst PWG and ROH have continued to excel themselves in terms of match quality. I've watched a lot of wrestling this year so this is probably my most comprehensive list to date. I'll be posting my 'End of the Year Awards' tomorrow so keep an eye out for that too. So with that said, lets have a look at the list: <br />
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1) CM Punk vs. John Cena – RAW (25th February)<br />
2) Brock Lesnar vs. CM Punk, No Disqualification – Summerslam<br />
3) CM Punk vs. The Undertaker – WrestleMania XIX<br />
4) The Inner City Machine Guns (AR Fox, Rich Swann and Ricochet) vs. The Mount Rushmore of Professional Wrestling (Kevin Steen and The Young Bucks [Matt and Nick Jackson]) – All Star Weekend X: Night One<br />
5) Kevin Steen vs. Jay Lethal, ROH World Championship – 11th Anniversary Show<br />
6) The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) vs. The Dojo Bros (Eddie Edwards and Roderick Strong), PWG World Tag Team Championships – All Star Weekend 9, Night Two<br />
7) John Cena vs. Daniel Bryan, WWE Championship - Summerslam<br />
8) AR Fox and Samuray Del Sol vs. The Inner City Machine Guns (Rich Swann and Ricochet) – All Star Weekend 9, Night One<br />
9) Adam Cole and The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) vs. AR Fox, Candice LeRae and Rich Swann – Battle of Los Angeles 2013, Night Two<br />
10) Jeff Hardy vs. Austin Aries vs. Bobby Roode, TNA World Heavyweight Championship, Three-Way Elimination Match – Genesis<br />
11) ACH vs. Kyle O’Reilly, Quarter-Final Match – Battle of Los Angeles 2013, Night Two<br />
12) The Rhodes Family (Cody Rhodes and Goldust) vs. The Shield (Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins) – Battleground<br />
13) Kevin Steen vs. Michael Bennett, Stretcher Match – Final Battle<br />
14) The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) vs. The Dojo Bros (Eddie Edwards and Roderick Strong) vs. The Inner-City Machine Guns (Rich Swann and Ricochet), PWG World Tag Team Championships, Three-Way Ladder Match – TEN<br />
15) The Briscoe Brothers (Jay and Mark) vs. redDRagon (Bobby Fish and Kyle O’Reilly), ROH World Tag Team Championships – 11th Anniversary Show<br />
16) AR Fox and Samuray Del Sol vs. The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) – Is Your Body Ready?<br />
17) Bobby Roode vs. Kurt Angle – Bound For Glory<br />
18) Alberto Del Rio vs. Dolph Ziggler, World Heavyweight Championship – Money in the Bank<br />
19) Antonio Cesaro vs. Cody Rhodes vs. Damien Sandow vs. Dean Ambrose vs. Fandango vs. Jack Swagger vs. Wade Barrett, World Heavyweight Championship Money in the Bank Contract, Ladder Match – Money in the Bank<br />
20) The Rhodes Family (Cody Rhodes and Goldust) vs. The Shield (Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins) vs. The Uso’s (Jey and Jimmy), WWE Tag Team Championships – Hell In A Cell<br />
21) Dolph Ziggler vs. John Cena – RAW (7th January)<br />
22) Daniel Bryan vs. Randy Orton, WWE Championship, Hell in a Cell (Special Guest Referee: Shawn Michaels) – Hell In A Cell<br />
23) Eddie Edwards vs. Taiji Ishimori – Border Wars<br />
24) Jay Lethal vs. Michael Elgin – Supercard of Honor VII<br />
25) Daniel Bryan vs. Randy Orton, WWE Championship - Battleground<br />
26) AR Fox & The Inner City Machine Guns (Rich Swann and Ricochet) vs. The Unbreakable Fucking Steen Machines (Brian Cage, Kevin Steen & Michael Elgin) – All Star Weekend 9, Night Two<br />
27) Daniel Bryan vs. Randy Orton, Street Fight – RAW (24th June)<br />
28) Eddie Edwards vs. Kevin Steen vs. Michael Elgin vs. Roderick Strong, Defy or Deny Match – Defy or Deny II<br />
29) Johnny Gargano vs. Kevin Steen, Quarter-Final Match – Battle of Los Angeles 2013, Night Two<br />
30) Candice & Joey (Candice LeRae and Joey Ryan) and Drake Younger vs. The Mount Rushmore of Professional Wrestling (Kevin Steen and The Young Bucks [Matt and Nick Jackson]) – All Star Weekend X: Night Two<br />
31) Michael Elgin vs. Tommaso Ciampa – Best In The World<br />
32) The Dojo Bros (Eddie Edwards and Roderick Strong) vs. The Inner City Machine Guns (AR Fox and Rich Swann) – All Star Weekend X: Night Two<br />
33) The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) vs. Candice LeRae and Joey Ryan, PWG World Tag Team Championships – Matt Rushmore<br />
34) Antonio Cesaro vs. Daniel Bryan, Match 2 of 3 in a Gauntlet Contest – RAW (22nd July)<br />
35) Johnny Gargano vs. Roderick Strong – Matt Rushmore<br />
36) Adrenaline Rush (ACH and Tadarius Thomas) vs. The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson), Final Battle 2013<br />
37) Adam Cole vs. Drake Younger vs. Kevin Steen, PWG World Championship, Three-Way Guerrilla Warfare Match – TEN<br />
38) Adam Cole vs. Chris Hero, PWG World Championship – All Star Weekend X: Night One<br />
39) The Real Americans (Antonio Cesaro and Jack Swagger) and The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins) vs. Rey Mysterio, The Rhodes Family (Cody Rhodes and Goldust) and The Usos (Jey and Jimmy), 5-on-5 Elimination Match – Survivor Series<br />
40) Dolph Ziggler vs. Alberto Del Rio, World Heavyweight Championship – Payback<br />
41) Daniel Bryan vs. Seth Rollins – RAW (10th June)<br />
42) Adam Cole vs. Jay Briscoe vs. Michael Elgin, Final Battle 2013<br />
43) Adam Cole and The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) vs. Forever Hooligans (Alex Koslov and Rocky Romero) and TJ Perkins – Battle of Los Angeles 2013, Night One<br />
44) Daniel Bryan vs. Randy Orton – RAW (16th December)<br />
45) Johnny Gargano vs. Michael Elgin, Semi-Final Match – Battle of Los Angeles 2013, Night Two<br />
46) Adam Cole vs. Michael Elgin, ROH World Championship, ROH World Championship Tournament Final Match – Death Before Dishonor XI<br />
47) ACH vs. Michael Elgin – Dragon’s Reign<br />
48) Forever Hooligans (Alex Koslov & Rocky Romero) vs. The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) – Manhattan Mayhem V<br />
49) Alberto Del Rio vs. Dolph Ziggler – RAW (15th July)<br />
50) Adam Cole vs. Drake Younger, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla World Championship – All Star Weekend 9, Night TwoAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13945426347756957700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6665898632418051769.post-56034622968501786352014-01-22T21:09:00.000+00:002016-02-01T22:13:21.873+00:00End of Year Awards - The 2013 Edition<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<b><u>Major End-Year Awards</u></b><br />
<br />
<b><u>Company of the Year:</u></b></div>
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<br />This was easily the most difficult year to decide this
category since I started doing these awards. We’ll start with last year’s
winners: TNA. TNA could not in any way follow up what they managed in 2012.
They had a very poor 2013, mainly due to Ace’s and Eight’s clogging up the
television and the under-utilisation of stars such as Austin Aries and Bobby
Roode. They had given themselves hope of rectifying their year somewhat when
they starting pushing AJ Styles back towards the main event. Taking inspiration
from 96/97 WCW the direction they took AJ’s character was an interesting one
(down the ‘Crow’ Sting path for those who haven’t been watching) but they didn’t
quite execute it right. Him facing Bully Ray at Bound For Glory felt a lot less
like Sting vs. Hollywood Hogan than it should have because they got the details
of the story wrong. At the end of the day it was all for nought anyway as they
weirdly attempted to turn AJ into a poor man’s CM Punk (something that is not
his forte) and then completely botched the whole thing by allowing the best
thing they’ve ever produced to leave the company. I know wherever he goes he
will be a massive success, whether he manages to get signed to WWE (I’m not
sure he’d want to go to NXT), goes back to the likes of ROH or even maybe goes
to Mexico or Japan. This was a dark year for TNA and I think it may be a while,
if ever, before the promotion recovers. WWE haven’t had a great year but they
have had a very good one. They started off poorly, I still believe ending CM Punk’s
title reign at the Royal Rumble and doing John Cena vs. The Rock at
WrestleMania for the second year running were mistakes. They did improve as the
year went on though helped by the fantastic work done by the upper midcard
desperate to insert themselves into the upper echelons of the division. The
likes of Dolph Ziggler, whose cash in and subsequent feud with Alberto Del Rio
was one of the highlights; The Shield, who have shown that all three will be
massive stars (providing WWE don’t attempt to shove Reigns down the fans’
throats) and in particular, Daniel Bryan. I’m not sure what the line of
thinking was by putting him in The Wyatt Family but thankfully that particular
storyline has already come to an abrupt end and the moment he fights back
against Bray could be a great contender for next year’s ‘Best Moment of the
Year’ award. Scrolling back to 2013 though Bryan was fantastic, the weak link
storyline is one of the best bits of subtle storytelling WWE have done in a
while and it truly made Bryan a star. His victory at Summerslam was amazing and
although it was cut short and he was soon after taken out of the title picture
I have to think he will be headed back there soon. Actually, alongside Batista
I think he’s one of the favourites for the Royal Rumble. I think WWE would be
smart to go with Bryan because we’re getting to the point where he is so over
that the fans may well reject anybody else winning, even if it is Batista. In
terms of pure wrestling this was probably the best year WWE has had since 2000.
Overall though it still wasn’t quite enough to claim promotion of the year. ROH
had a very good year as they continue their recovery from the unfortunate Jim
Cornette era. They delivered some great shows such as The Anniversary Show, Supercard
of Honor VII and All Star Extravaganza V which we’ll come on to later. There
were plenty of highs such as the culmination of Kevin Steen’s brilliant World
Title reign, the evolution and eventual destruction of SCUM, the crowning of a
new World Champion in Adam Cole and the beginning of his reign. We also saw the
emergence of reDRagon as a real force in the tag team division I think they
have a very bright future in Ring of Honor and O’Reilly is definitely a future
world champion in both ROH and PWG. That brings me nicely on to PWG who had a
landmark year. Apart from DDT4, which at least had the emotional send off for
PWG legend El Generico, every show this year was fantastic. The Battle of Los
Angeles was probably the best edition of the tournament yet and Night Two was
absolutely phenomenal, but we’ll get to that later too. As well as Generico
they also have had to deal with the departure of the uber popular Sami Callihan
and the lucha sensation Samuray Del Sol but as they always do PWG merely
adapted to the departures and carried on producing amazing shows. Adam Cole’s
title reign has been fantastic and the formation of Mount Rushmore is one of
the greatest things I’ve seen in a while. Overall, due to the quality of
matches, great moments and stories such as the Mount Rushmore one, which could
seriously go anywhere in 2014, PWG just gets the nod over some stiff
competition.</div>
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<br />The winner is: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">PWG</b>
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<b><u><br />Superstar of the Year:</u></b></div>
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<br />I would like to give a special mention to Adam Cole and The
Shield here as I feel they have both had career years but they will both be
discussed more in other categories later so I don’t want to take up all the
material, but The Shield as a trio and Cole were the closest anyone got to the
man who won this award. At the end of the day though there was no real competition
this year for this award, it was always going to Daniel Bryan. His evolution
from the start of the year in an, albeit successful, comedy team with Kane to
the man who ended The Shield’s undefeated streak to the man who beat John Cena
and won the biggest prize in the industry. He’s had a stellar year but he’s
more than delivered on the entertainment front too. Even from the start with
some of his comedy segments with Kane he’s always been one of the better parts
of every RAW, SmackDown and PPV he’s been on. He really hit top form when the
weak link storyline took hold. He became more aggressive and intense in the
ring which led to some of his best matches since his ROH days, his mic work
continues to improve and he’s just a well-rounded professional wrestler right
now. I hope WWE realise what a star they have on their hands right now because
this guy could and should main event WrestleMania, he’s that good and he’s that
popular. The reaction to him everywhere they go whether it be when Cena
announced Bryan was the man he was picking to face himself at Summerslam, or
during the ascension ceremony supposedly about Cena and Randy Orton. I could go
on and on, but he is so over right now that they would be fools not to
capitalise on it. The way The Authority have continually screwed him is a
perfect set up for him as well, the story is there, just use it!</div>
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<br />The winner is: <b>Daniel Bryan </b><br />
<br />
<b><u>Wrestler of the Year:</u></b></div>
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<br />It’s hard to believe I am saying this but somehow, despite
being in the three best matches of the year (spoiler alert for my Top 50
Matches which will be up once PWG releases All Star Weekend X and I can finish my
list off), CM Punk didn’t quite do enough to win this award. The three matches
in question against John Cena on RAW in February, The Undertaker at
WrestleMania and Brock Lesnar at Summerslam were all amazing encounters but the
rest of the year did not see many amazing matches from him. Post-Summerslam he
was stuck in some awful feuds that didn’t really allow him good matches and he
did miss part of the year through injury so despite those three incredible
encounters he didn’t quite do enough to win ‘Wrestler of the Year’ this time
round. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Kevin Steen also had a
magnificent year. He somehow dragged an absolutely unbelievable match out of
Michael Bennett at Final Battle, he had a – what stands as now with shows still
to be watched – top 5 match of the year against Jay Lethal at The Anniversary
Show and he’s had some incredible matches in PWG against the likes of Johnny
Gargano at the Battle of Los Angeles and Adam Cole and Drake Younger in a
three-way Guerrilla Warfare match at TEN. He didn’t do quite enough either
though. I try to make a point whenever I am writing this award to distinguish
between Superstar and Wrestler of the Year. The former is based on the whole
package whereas the latter is purely based on in-ring performance. So it’s not
a given that the same performer will win both, in fact, this year is the first
year that it has ever happened. Yes, this year wrestler of the year goes to
Daniel Bryan, his performances in numerous six man tags against The Shield,
pretty much every PPV match he’s taken part in, specifically against Cena at
Summerslam, his matches against Orton both on PPV and on RAW, his singles
matches with separate members of The Shield, specifically one from June against
Rollins, his incredible match with Cesaro – who was great in the ring in his
own right this year – in the gauntlet on RAW. Everything he’s done in the ring
this year has been nothing short of amazing. </div>
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<br />The winner is: <b>Daniel Bryan </b><br />
<br />
<b><u>Female Wrestler of the Year: </u></b><br />
<br />
It wasn’t a banner year for women’s wrestling by any stretch of the imagination
but it was far from the worst either. At the end of the year for me it came
down to three women. 2011 winner Cheerleader Melissa, WWE’s most prominent diva
AJ Lee and Candice LeRae. Candice only really entered the race towards the back
end of the year and that’s maybe why she came up short. My obsessive watching
of every WWE, TNA, ROH and PWG show and as many SHIMMER shows as I possibly can
leaves little room for anything else so I didn’t catch anything Candice did
outside of PWG. However, what she did do in the three shows (it will be five
when they release All Star Weekend) of 2013 was mightily impressive. She’d been
gone for quite a while before her return at TEN but she showed the entire
audience what they’d been missing with some great performances the best of
which was most definitely on Night Two of the Battle of Los Angeles when she
teamed up with Rich Swann and AR Fox to take on the Mount Rushmore team of Adam
Cole and The Young Bucks. This match was one of the best matches of the year
and I would be surprised if it slipped out of my top ten (there would have to
be a lot of good matches at All Star Weekend). I’d go so far to say as it’s one
of the best six-man tag team matches in PWG history, just a tremendous match. But
in reality Candice was never going to win, her performances on three shows are
nowhere near enough for me to even consider her for this award but I have
mentioned her because I feel her work deserved an honourable mention. Next up
is the representative from WWE. I’ve had a big turnaround on this particular
lady. I always quite liked AJ and thought she performed admirably at every role
she was given, up until RAW1000 in 2012. She was appointed RAW General Manager and
from then (July) until she was relieved of her duties for the purposes of the
John Cena/Dolph Ziggler storyline (December) she was the most insufferable
person on WWE television (quite the challenge in the latter half of 2012).
However, how she performed in her on-screen relationship with Dolph and
subsequent venture into the diva’s division full-time won back my favour. This
year she participated in the first WWE produced female storyline I’ve cared
about in years. The story, and match at Payback, she had with Kaitlyn was
absolutely phenomenal. It was so well crafted and played to the strengths of
both performers. In the ring her performances weren’t always great but the
aforementioned match with Kaitlyn at Payback was very, very good and she had an
equally good match – from a technical standpoint, it didn’t have the emotion or
story behind it – with Natalya on Main Event in November. She has led the diva’s
division to a position higher on the totem pole than it has been probably since
the days of Trish and Lita. Although it hasn’t reached those heights and still
isn’t taken seriously by the majority of people both within WWE and consuming
it they are still in a far better position at the start of 2014 than they were
at the start of 2013 and AJ deserves a lot of credit for that. The winner
though, for the second time in three years, is Cheerleader Melissa. It astounds
me that WWE don’t want to sign this girl. They’re threatening to create a half
decent division in their developmental territory, NXT, with the likes of Emma
and Paige at the forefront and the main roster has improved, as mentioned
previously, Melissa would be perfect to lead either division. Alas, for
whatever reason, they don’t seem to want to sign her but the only two-time SHIMMER
Champion in history had a great year nonetheless with some great matches
against the likes of Mercedes Martinez and Courtney Rush. The best match she
had this year though took place over WrestleMania weekend in SHIMMER’s first
ever iPPV where she defeated Saraya Knight inside of a steel cage to reclaim
the SHIMMER Championship. The match was outstanding and showcased both women’s
great skills. Melissa is a deserving two-time SHIMMER and now she’s a deserving
two-time winner of my Female Wrestler of the Year award.</div>
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<br />The winner is: <b>Cheerleader Melissa </b><br />
<br />
<b><u>Match of the Year:</u></b><br />
<br />
This year’s matches were among the highest quality I have ever seen, it was a
fantastic year but as per usual with this award I don’t like to divulge too
much about the other candidates as I will be releasing my Top 50 Matches of the
Year in the not too distant future – hopefully. The match that won took place
in Dallas in February on Monday Night RAW and it featured John Cena putting his
Championship match against The Rock at WrestleMania he’d earned by winning the
Royal Rumble on the line against the man who lost the WWE Championship to The
Rock at the same pay-per-view, CM Punk. It was an encounter that in reality
should have been quite dull, we’d see Cena and Punk face off multiple times in
the last eighteen months and the result was a foregone conclusion, it was
difficult so see how this match could be compelling. These two are so good
though that they delivered a compelling match and then some. A back and forth
encounter with great psychology showing how each man had learned from their
mistakes in previous matches that even had the most ardent and jaded wrestling
fan jumping out of their seats. At one point Punk hit Cena with a regular
piledriver, a move that hasn’t been seen in a long, long time and I – despite being
one hundred percent certain before the match that Cena was winning – was halfway
through cheering a Punk victory when Cena kicked out. It was an awesome match,
one that was perhaps even better than their encounter at Money in the Bank in
July 2011. Truly phenomenal and an absolute cinch to win this award.</div>
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<br />The winner is: <b>CM Punk vs. John Cena – RAW (25<sup>th</sup>
February)</b><br />
<br />
<b><u>Angle/Feud of the Year:</u></b></div>
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<br />There were several good candidates for angle of the year
this year. We start with the company of the year, PWG, and their fantastically
entertaining new faction Mount Rushmore who formed at the end of this year. The
stable consisting of Young Bucks, Adam Cole and Kevin Steen came together at
the end of this year’s Battle of Los Angeles and made an immediate impact. They’ve
wreaked havoc since but as this angle is very much in its infancy I feel it’s
likely one that will be considered for next year’s award rather than this one.
Moving on to TNA, they didn’t do much right this year – and even this one had
flaws were it could have been massively improved – but I’d be lying if I said I
wasn’t extremely hooked by the evolution of AJ Styles over 2013. He returned as
a dark, silent heel and morphed into more of a lone wolf tweener character
before he turned face by helping the Main Event Mafia defeat Ace’s and Eight’s
in a heavily promoted tag match on Impact. Unfortunately, TNA didn’t even
execute this right by having it occur on a taped show rather than the live(ish)
one and by doing it in an arena from a part of a country with very little knowledge
of the product. This meant the audience didn’t react the way that they would
have done in more of a TNA stronghold lessening the impact of the moment. Over
to WWE and the star of the year Daniel Bryan. In the latter part of the year,
before the weird transition away from the main event and into the feud with the
Wyatt’s, Bryan feuded with The Authority, Vince McMahon and their handpicked
corporate champion Randy Orton. Bryan raging against the machine was fun to
watch for a little while but seeing him beaten down at the end of what seemed
like every RAW soured it a little bit. There’s making someone look like an
underdog and then there’s making them look like a chump. Unfortunately they
veered awfully close to the latter quite often. Nevertheless this angle had its
moments and, hopefully, once he wraps up his feud with Bray Wyatt this angle
can come back to the forefront and be an angle for WrestleMania? If it is, and
they pull the trigger on Bryan on the grandest stage of them all, I could
definitely see this being in contention for next year’s award. Onto the next
candidate. The RAW after WrestleMania is becoming a staple as one of the best RAW’s
of any given year and this year’s was no different. The best moment of a top to
bottom great show, for me at least, was Dolph Ziggler cashing in his Money in
the Bank contract and winning the World Heavyweight Championship from Alberto
Del Rio. Ziggler, who was a heel, got a massive reaction upon winning the belt
and for once WWE seemed to listen. Fast forward through a concussion for Dolph
to the Payback PPV and he defended his Championship against Del Rio. WWE decided
to execute the lesser seen double turn with Alberto going heel and Ziggler
going babyface. Boy, did it work. It worked gangbusters. The fans were on board
and WWE had one of their hottest angles of the year. Sadly, they couldn’t
finish it off properly. They never gave Dolph the Championship back and all of
the excitement faded. All of the above was amazing to watch, the Payback match
in particular where the crowd actually turned during the match was phenomenal.
But their inability to follow it up with any kind of meaningful push for Dolph –
which was what the fans really wanted to see ruled it out of contention. And so
we come to the winner. The winner was an absolute goldmine of an angle. Not
only was it richly entertaining to watch unfold but it also produced some of
the greatest matches of this year and it turned an upper midcarder to occasional
main eventer into a bonafide star. The angle was, of course, Daniel Bryan’s “weak
link” angle. The story started with Bryan partially believing he was the weak
link, partially believing the fans saw him as the weak link and one hundred and
ten percent Bryan trying everything to prove he wasn’t. Bryan, and his tag team
partner Kane, were at odds with the trio known as The Shield (I’ll get to them
later) for the majority of the spring and summer. They regularly wrestled six
man tags against them with different partners and they almost always came up
short. With Bryan’s inferiority complex getting the better of him at times.
Particularly when Randy Orton was their tag team partner or, in one case, Bryan’s
only partner in a Tag Team Championship match against Rollins and Reigns. Bryan’s
character was a major point of conflict between himself and Orton in
particular. People have different ideas of when this particular angle came to
an end, some say it stretched as far as when Bryan finally “proved himself, to
himself” by beating John Cena at Summerslam. Either way, despite its weird positioning
on SmackDown I’d say the defining moment of the angle came when Bryan scored
the first ever victory (not counting disqualifications) against The Shield in
the almost seven months since they debuted. Bryan forced Rollins to tap out to
hand himself, Kane and Orton the victory and it was a massive moment (although,
again, why it was on SmackDown and not PPV or at least RAW was baffling). It
really cemented Bryan as a major player. The whole journey watching Bryan
evolve as a character and in the ring (he really upped his intensity during
this time) was amazing and led to some great moments and some great matches.
Overall it was a truly phenomenal angle with a wonderful outcome and was
nothing but pure entertainment from start to finish. Plus, it got Daniel Bryan
to the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.</div>
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<br />The winner is: <b>Daniel Bryan’s “Weak Link” Storyline</b><br />
<br />
<b><u>One-off Show of the Year:</u></b></div>
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<br />This year saw some extremely good shows. Two stood above the
rest of the pack but I do feel I have to give a special mention to two other
shows which in any other year would have been majorly in the running for the
show of the year but unfortunately could not compete with the two contenders
here. First, we head to ROH and their fifth offering of All Star Extravaganza.
This was just a really well paced show that flew over. It took part during the
World Championship tournament ROH had running last year. There were no
blow-away matches on the card but almost every match was a really fun offering.
From the World Title tournament matches such as Michael Elgin vs. Paul London,
Matt Taven vs. Roderick Strong and Silas Young vs. Tommaso Ciampa to the triple
threat tag team match between The Young Bucks, C&C Wrestle Factory and
Adrenaline Rush. The best match of the night was probably Adam Cole vs. Jay
Lethal though. Cole is a revelation and was a deserving choice to be Champion
at the end of the tournament and despite Lethal’s utter blandness he can’t half
put on a good match. If he was able to showcase an ounce of charisma when he
wasn’t impersonating someone he’d be amazing. Maybe he needs a heel turn? Who
knows whether it would do any good but hell, it can’t hurt. What let down this
show in the end though was the fact that although every match was good or even
very good, no one match was amazing and the main event between The American
Wolves and The Forever Hooligans was very average – one of the weakest matches
on the show. Onto the next show that just missed the cut – Payback. WWE’s June offering
looked extremely average on paper but it delivered more than I think anyone
ever expected. The surprise of the Del Rio/Ziggler double turn added a little something
to that, CM Punk and Chris Jericho had a very good match even the triple threat
opener between The Miz, Wade Barrett and Curtis Axel was better than it had any
right to be. AJ Lee and Kaitlyn had one of the best women’s matches in WWE in
recent memory and The Shield vs. Daniel Bryan and Randy Orton was great too.
Once again though, the main event let this show down with a very poor Three
Stages of Hell match between John Cena and Ryback. That and a poorer than
expected Kane vs. Dean Ambrose meant this show just didn’t quite do enough. So
now, we come onto the two real contenders: PWG’s Battle of Los Angeles: Night
Two and WWE’s Summerslam. Ironically both shows took place in Southern
California and were separated by less than 25 miles and 13 days. PWG’s annual
Battle of Los Angeles tournament got off to a great start on Night One but
Night Two was where they truly blew everyone’s socks off. We opened up with the
four quarter-final matches: Drake Younger and Brian Cage had a short but crazy
opener to get us off to a hot start, Kevin Steen and Johnny Gargano put on an
absolute classic, Michael Elgin and Roderick Strong had a nice match and then
Kyle O’Reilly and ACH blew everyone away with a phenomenal, hard hitting,
athletic, psychology heavy match. Truly a great four matches. A fun six man tag
followed and then the Semi-Final’s with Elgin and Gargano having another
terrific match before an good but somewhat underwhelming – compared to the rest
of the show – match between Drake and O’Reilly. What followed was one of the
best matches of the year as the new relationship between über heel’s Adam Cole
and The Young Bucks continued as they took on AR Fox, Rich Swann and Candice
LeRae. The match was absolutely insane and had the crowd on the edge of their seats
every step of the way. Both teams worked so well in tandem and Candice was an
absolute star in the match. There was a near fall near the end of the match
which was among the best near fall’s I’ve ever seen when Candice hit a suicide
dive DDT on Cole on the outside followed immediately by Rich Swann hitting a
standing 450 splash on one Jackson brother while AR Fox hit a regular 450 on
the other. It was truly amazing and the whole match was like that. It’s the
most fun I’ve had watching wrestling in a long time, magnificent match. Then
came the main event as Elgin took on O’Reilly in the main event. It struggled
to follow the craziness that was the six person tag but they did well and had a
good match all things considered. After the match though Adam Cole came back
out and started taunting the winner O’Reilly, he received a kick to the head
for his troubles but the Bucks came out and beat Kyle down. A clearly hurt
Candice came out to try and make the save but was beat down herself. Next out
was Joey Ryan, infamously Candice’s arch nemesis. He seemed happy with
proceedings but then said “Guys, nobody beats this girl up but me” and
superkicked Cole. He too was beat down though as was Drake when he tried to
make the save. Then referee and professional Young Bucks hater Rick Knox got in
the ring with a chair as did Kevin Steen. Steen shocked the world though by
attacking Knox and hitting him with a package piledriver. He then hugged three
men everyone thought he hated. He hit a package piledriver on Candice and
snapped the Battle of Los Angeles trophy in half for good measure too (watch
the video <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hREcvcvtQng" target="_blank">here</a>). It was an amazing show from every viewpoint you could have:
story wise, wrestling wise, this had everything. WWE’s Summerslam was their
best offering of the annual show in eons. The show actually started off badly
with a horrific match between Bray Wyatt and Kane but once that was done the
show started to take off. Cody Rhodes and Damien Sandow had a good outing and
then Christian and Alberto Del Rio took it to another level in their World Heavyweight
Championship match putting on a sublime performance that would have been match
of the night on any other show. When CM Punk and Brock Lesnar came out for
their No Disqualification match the intensity ramped up another notch and the
match was almost perfect. This was definitely Punk’s best match since his
return and one of the best of his career. Everything about this match was great
and both men came out of it looking like machines, truly brilliant. The main
event was a thing of beauty as well as Daniel Bryan finally won the biggest
title in the wrestling world by unseating John Cena to win the WWE
Championship. It was an amazing match with an amazing ending and a truly ‘feel
good’ moment. The fact that Randy Orton cashed in to beat him for the
Championship actually made the show even better because of the intrigue of
where they were going to go with this story next. Of course we haven’t had a
satisfactory ending… yet. After a lot of deliberation I decided to give the
victory to the Night 2 offering of this year’s Battle of Los Angeles though,
simply because it was a slightly more consistent show and the ending segment
being among the best I’ve ever seen.</div>
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<br />The winner is: <b>Battle of Los Angeles: Night Two</b><br />
<br />
<b><u>Best Moment of the Year:</u></b></div>
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<br />There were so many great moments this year it is unfair to
make pick. Going in chronological order we start the day after WrestleMania
with a moment we’ve already touched on when Dolph Ziggler cashed in his Money
in the Bank briefcase to win the World Heavyweight Championship. Dolph’s
cash-in was amazing to see and will go down in history as one of the all-time
great moments. Next up was the moment when John Cena announced he was picking
Daniel Bryan as his opponent for Summerslam. The moment was long and drawn out
but the pure joy I, and the entire arena who were lucky enough to be in
attendance, felt when we heard that name was immeasurable. The disbelief was
pretty big too because although I hoped they would pick him I didn’t actually
believe it could happen. Next up is a moment we’ve already discussed, the
moment where Daniel Bryan beat John Cena in that subsequent match for the WWE
Championship. I was out of town on holiday in the middle of nowhere when
Summerslam aired so for a week I went without a phone and didn’t touch a
computer to make sure I avoided spoilers. Coming back and watching it on the
Friday night almost a week after Summerslam took place and seeing that moment
made it worth everything. Amazing. Next up is AJ Styles returning to his ‘Phenomenal’
self. The moment where AJ turned back face by helping the Main Event Mafia
defeat Ace’s and Eight’s. Now in true TNA fashion they made a bungle of what
could have been a huge moment but nevertheless as an ardent AJ fan I thought it
was brilliant. It gave me goosebumps when he was stood halfway down the ramp
and Evil Ways stopped playing and Get Ready To Fly started. Then came the
infamous Mount Rushmore of Wrestling formation. This moment is the one
mentioned in detail when I was talking about Battle of Los Angeles: Night Two
earlier. Steen, Cole and The Bucks refer to themselves as Mount Rushmore and I
can’t say enough good things about that moment when the group came together. It
was amazing. Finally, we come to December and Monday Night RAW in Seattle. The
ascension ceremony for the unification of the WWE Championship and the World
Heavyweight Championship was meant to be all about John Cena and Randy Orton
but it turned into a Seattle loves Daniel Bryan segment – and it was brilliant.
In the end though, nothing quite topped Daniel Bryan lifting that WWE
Championship in August at Summerslam. I’ve been watching Bryan since 2004 and
after nearly a decade of watching him claw and scrap, knowing he was one of the
best in the world, it was amazing to see him finally win the Championship he so
richly deserved. It may have only lasted for a few minutes but it filled me
with so much pride to see him finally “make it” on the big stage. I can only
hope it is not the last time we see Daniel Bryan holding the WWE Championship,
hopefully we will see him win it back at WrestleMania this year – it would be
too perfect.</div>
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<br />The winner is: <b>Daniel Bryan wins WWE Title</b></div>
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<b><u><br />Breakout Star of the Year:</u></b></div>
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<br />There have been plenty of people who have had good years and
risen up the ranks in 2013 but there are three men, all of whom win tonight
because this year’s breakout star had to go to a faction – The Shield. The
Shield debuted late last year with a shocking and memorable attack on John Cena
and Ryback at Survivor Series. They followed that up with a hellacious and
fantastic first match on the roster, a six man tag TLC match. They only went
from strength to strength in 2013 with great matches such as vs. John Cena and
friends at Elimination Chamber, Team Hell No and Kofi Kingston on RAW (as well
as numerous other matches against Hell No plus a partner) and played a great
part in a very good 5-on-5 Elimination match at Survivor Series a year after
their debut. The Shield also held gold this year as Seth Rollins and Roman
Reigns held the Tag Team Championships from May to October whilst Dean Ambrose
won the United States Championship in May and still holds it as of this
writing. The Shield actually helped to form three distinct parts of the year.
The first part of the year they seemed to be facing the all-star’s and giving
them something to do in the lead up to WrestleMania. After that they started to
feud with Team Hell No and played a pretty integral role in Daniel Bryan’s weak
link storyline. And for the latter part of the year they feuded with The Rhodes
Family which led to some memorable matches including a phenomenal match at an
otherwise abysmal show called Battleground which saw the Rhodes Family win
their jobs back. It was a truly amazing year for these three and I’d be very
surprised if all three aren’t main eventers when The Shield goes their separate
ways. It seems like they’re grooming Roman to be the star, I just hope they don’t
force it. Ambrose is the one that will get over organically but they may be
reluctant to push. Whereas Rollins is the one most likely to be lost in the
shuffle but as a babyface – although his mic skills aren’t great – he has this
innate Jeff Hardy like in ring charisma that will get him over. I can’t put
over these guys any more than this: if we get to WrestleMania 33 and any one of
these three haven't main evented the grandest show of them all I will be
utterly shocked.</div>
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<br />The winner is: <b>The Shield</b></div>
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<b><u><br />Minor End-Year Awards:</u></b><br />
<br />
<b>Face of the Year:</b> <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Daniel Bryan</span><br />
<br />
<b>Heel of the Year:</b> <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Adam Cole</span><br />
<br />
<b>Commentator of the Year:</b> Todd Kenneley <br />
<br />
<b>Gimmick/Character of the Year:</b> Daniel Bryan’s inferiority complex
character (weak link storyline)<br />
<br />
<b>Tag Team of the Year:</b> <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Young
Bucks</span> <br />
<br />
<b>Promo of the Year:</b> <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Mark Henry’s
retirement speech</span><br />
<br />
<b>Finisher of the Year:</b> Bryan’s Baisuku Knee<br />
<br />
<b>Spot/Bump of the Year:</b> <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">CM Punk
piledrives John Cena</span><br />
<br />
<b>Worst Moment of the Year:</b> John Cena’s performance on the 14<sup>th</sup>
January edition of Monday Night RAW in the Steel Cage match with Dolph Ziggler
which made Pierce Brosnan laugh at its lack of realism <br />
<br />
<b>Televised Show of the Year (consistency-wise):</b> RAW</div>
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<![endif]-->A very cool video package airs highlighting all three of the
World Heavyweight Championship competitors for this evening. The announcers
then introduce us to the action and we get under way with a Championship match.
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Match One - World
Tag Team Championship Match: Chavo Guerrero and Hernandez (c) vs. Joey Ryan and
Matt Morgan</u></b></div>
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Crowd seems quite loud early on which is a good sign for me
because I love hot crowds. The momentum switches between both teams early on
where either Ryan or Chavo was isolated from their partner for a period of
time. Eventually Morgan and Ryan start to methodically pick apart Hernandez
keeping him away from Guerrero. Hernandez starts to fight out and tries to make
his way to Guerrero but is caught with a big discus clothesline from Morgan.
Hernandez battles out and tags Chavo in but the referee didn’t see the tag
because Morgan had him distracted. They may be overused and a little cliché but
I love to see classic heel tricks like that used. Finally Hernandez does get
the tag and this time the referee sees it. Chavo gets in the ring and
annihilates Ryan busting out the three amigos along the way. He heads top to go
for the Frog Splash but Morgan gets in the way. He goes for a double chokeslam
but instead receives a double dropkick. Hernandez hits a sick powerbomb on
Ryan, hope he’s okay after that. A frog splash later and the Tag Champions
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Winners: </b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Chavo Guerrero and Hernandez</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Time:</b> 11:31</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rating:</b> **1/2 </div>
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We go backstage where Jeremy Borash is standing by with Mr.
Anderson. Standard Anderson interview, he says he doesn’t understand why he has
to hate Aces and 8’s in order to be friends with Angle & co.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Match Two – Mr.
Anderson vs. Samoa Joe</u></b></div>
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Anderson gets the upper hand after throwing his t-shirt in
Joe’s face but that doesn’t last very long as Joe soon establishes a firm grip
on the match. The pace of the match is very slow early as Joe systematically
destroys Anderson. Anderson finally musters up some offence after throwing Joe knee
first into the steel steps. He focuses on Joe’s bad wheel and every time Joe
attempts to get back into the encounter he just goes right back to the knee.
Joe fights back by throwing Anderson out of the ring though and follows it up
with an elbow suicida. This allows Joe to get back into the match hitting a
number of big power moves before Anderson attacks the knee again. Joe goes for
the Coquina Clutch and Anderson counters with a jawbreaker but then gets caught
in the corner with the STJoe! Joe is setting up for the Muscle Buster when Mike
Knox makes an appearance at ringside, he distracts Joe long enough for Anderson
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Winner: </b>Mr.
Anderson</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Time: </b>10:44</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rating: </b>**1/2</div>
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Jeremy Borash is again backstage this time with Kenny King.
He says by the end of the night he’ll be the new emperor of the X-Division
because he is putting Rob Van Dam out to pasture. There was a production mess
up during the promo and you could hear somebody saying something, it was a
little distracting from an otherwise excellent promo.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Match Three - #1
Contender Match for the X-Division Championship: Christian York vs. Kenny King</u></b></div>
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Neither man can get the advantage early on as they trade
moves and holds. York starts to dominate but then King sends him to the outside
but misses the corkscrew dive and York catches him with a nice hurricanrana. Back
in the ring and York continues to be in control until King catches him with a
kick that sends him to the outside. York then hits a leg hook back suplex which
looks very sweet and follows it up with clotheslines and leg sweeps before a
vicious knee to the face which only gets a two count. Both guys end up on the
apron attempting to exchange kicks before York makes the connection. York goes
top rope and hits a double stomp on King’s back but Kenny kicks out at two and
seven eighths. King fights back hitting a lovely spinning leg lariat and hits
the Royal Flush but York kicks out! King tries to use the ropes for a pin but
the referee catches him. York hits a nice half nelson suplex but his attempt to
follow it up with a cannonball fails. King hits the double knees in the corner
which elicits another two count from the referee, he goes for a roll-up but
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Winner: </b>Christian
York</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Time:</b> 10:12</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rating: </b>***</div>
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Post-match King attacks York and nails him with The Coronation.
I really hope he starts to use that as his finisher since I much prefer it to
the Royal Flush he uses in TNA. King calls Rob Van Dam out and he walks down to
the ring. RVD tries to convince York that he is in no shape to compete and
tries to help him up but York repeatedly pushes him away and eventually punches
Van Dam in the face.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Match Four –
X-Division Championship Match: Rob Van Dam (c) vs. Christian York</u></b></div>
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Van Dam hits a kick and then the Rolling Thunder which
almost puts York away. He locks in a Mexican Surfboard but York won’t quit. RVD
keeps telling him to stay down but he won’t so he starts to focus on the neck
in order to finish York off. York starts to reverse a couple of moves and then
hits a knee from the top rope which catches RVD flush in the jaw. RVD gets back
in control and is setting up for a standing moonsault but York rolls him up and
gets the closest of two counts you will ever likely see. I completely bit on
the false finish, thought we had a new X-Division Champion. Another kick from
Van Dam and it is Five-Star Frog Splash time but York moves and gets another
roll-up for two. He goes for the Frog Splash again and this time nails it to
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Winner: </b>Rob Van
Dam</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Time: </b>5:31</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rating: </b>**1/4</div>
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That was a very good match considering the match was more to
further the storyline than to put on the clinic and thus they only got five and
a half minutes. Good storytelling from both wrestlers though and a lot of fun
to watch. After the match RVD helps York up and applauds his efforts.</div>
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Jeremy Borash is backstage with Joseph Park who looks a
little nervous and he ends up asking JB if he thinks Park is ready. He doesn’t
give the most convincing of answers but it seems to perk Park up.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Match Five – Devon
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The Impact Zone is massively behind Joseph, they love him.
Devon starts off by wrestling circles around Park, simply embarrassing him and
calling him an amateur. Devon goes down to the floor and allows Park to try and
put a move on him. Park does some chain wrestling and then slams Devon to the
mat, the crowd goes nuts and Devon looks shocked. Devon gets the upper hand
again but once more Park hits a succession of moves and the crowd eat it up
again. Devon throws Park to the outside though and thoroughly dominates him. He
tries to throw Park into the exposed top turnbuckle but Joseph fights out.
Devon regains control once more but misses a diving headbutt. Park gets more
offence in and, after a short fight with the turnbuckles, hits a frog splash
from the second rope but Devon kicks out – the crowd is devastated. Devon
fights back and throws Park into the exposed turnbuckle which busts his nose
open and sees him switch personalities. He hits a few power moves before crushing
Devon with the Black Hole Slam. He’s setting up for the chokeslam when another
change of demeanour strikes with Park left looking rather confused and Devon
takes advantage, rolling Park up for the win. </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Winner: </b>Devon</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Time: </b>11:15</div>
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Not a good wrestling match by any stretch but it told the
storyline that they wanted and the crowd adored it. They were behind Park
completely and very upset to see him lose. After the match Devon attacks Park
from behind before posing with the Television Championship.</div>
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Back to Borash we go and he has Austin Aries with him. Aries
says it’s funny that Park was unsuccessful in his first wrestling match tonight
because later Hardy is going to be unsuccessful in his <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">last </i>wrestling match. He says he and Roode will take out their
common problem then settle things between themselves. He states that he will
walk out once again the World Heavyweight Champion.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Match Six –
Gauntlet Match for #1 Contendership to the Knockout’s Championhip: Gail Kim vs.
Mickie James vs. Miss Tessmacher vs. ODB vs. Velvet Sky</u></b></div>
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We start off with Gail and Tessmacher, the latter of which
doesn’t waste any time and attacks Kim as soon as she enters the ring. Kim
turns things around and starts to dominate with a succession of kicks and
clotheslines. Tessmacher regains the advantage though and hits a second rope
facebuster for a two count. Kim catches Tessmacher with Eat Defeat though and
she is eliminated after 2:41. ODB rushes down to the ring as the next
participant and gets the upper hand straight away after Gail completely failed
in an attempted early attack on the ramp. ODB exerts her power and Gail is in
dominated for a while. She hits a fallaway slam and kips up before going for
the TKO which Kim reverses. ODB goes top rope but Gail pulls her down and she
lands hard on her back. Gail rolls her up and, with a fistful of tights, has
the pin after 5:52. Next up is Mickie James who is attacked by Kim as she
slides into the ring. Mickie fights back and lands a nice dropkick, she goes
for the Mickie-DT but Gail fights out again. They trade holds and shots until
Mickie catches Gail with a lovely enzuigiri. Kim rolls out of the ring but
Mickie continues asserting her dominance with a hurricanrana on the outside.
Gail grabs the referee to protect herself but gets rolled up by Mickie which
Gail turns into a roll-up of her own for another elimination at the 9:00 mark
despite Mickie’s arm being under the rope. Finally we have Velvet Sky come down
to face Kim who has been in this from the beginning, wow I wonder who is going
to win this contest? (Sarcasm intended). Gail hides and then attacks Velvet
from behind, throwing her into the steps and telling the referee to count Sky
out. Velvet recovers slowly and makes it into the ring at nine. A very awkward
inside cradle from Velvet gets a two. Gail gets a roll-up of her own for two
but this time the referee sees her using the ropes and doesn’t count the three.
Kim argues with the referee which allows Velvet to hit her finishing manoeuvre
(I refuse to type its name out) for the three count which should never have
been counted as Gail had her foot under the rope. I assume that will be
referenced later on Impact.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Winner: </b>Velvet
Sky</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Time: </b>12:45</div>
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It was a very hit and miss match depending on who was in the
ring with Gail Kim. The Mickie vs. Gail segment was very enjoyable but I have
less than zero time for Velvet Sky so I was not impressed with the final
section nor her eventual victory. Hopefully it will be an easy retention for
Tara when the match eventually occurs.</div>
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We once again go backstage to Borash and he is joined by two
of the most entertaining men in TNA today Kazarian and, more notably,
Christopher Daniels. Daniels comes armed with an appletini in this interview
and delivers yet another great promo basically stating that he is great and
Storm is a hillbilly. </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Match Seven - #1
Contender Match for the World Heavyweight Championship: Christopher Daniels vs.
James Storm</u></b></div>
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Storm dominates early on both inside and outside the ring.
He stays in control until Kazarian gets involved providing a distraction which
allowed Daniels to attack Storm’s arm. He follows that up by sending Storm into
the guard rail on the outside. Daniels distracts the referee and Kazarian beats
Storm down on the outside. Daniels continues to focus on the arm he initially
attacked. Daniels in-ring mannerisms are nothing short of hilarious whether it
be his disrespectful salutes or his strut – he is on top of his game right now.
Storm starts to fight back and hits a nice leg sweep to turn the tables a
little bit. They trade shots in the centre of the ring and Storm ends up
getting the best of it completely taking control which results in a top rope
elbow drop which gets him a long two count. Storm goes for the Closing Time but
Daniels reverses and goes straight back to the arm. Daniels gets caught on the
top rope though and Storm manages to then hit the Eye of the Storm but it only
gets two. Storm hits what Todd Kennelly refers to as the “Tennessee Slam” and
then nails Daniels with the Closing Time. He sets up for the Last Call but Daniels
reverses it and hits the Angels Wings for possibly the closest two count of the
evening which had me in almost celebration. Daniels then goes for the B.M.E but
Storm gets the boot up then hits the lung blower and the Closing Time once
more. He sets up the Last Call again but Kazarian gets up on the apron only to
get struck with the Superkick. Daniels hits Storm with the running STO though
and that’s it! He used the ropes for leverage but Daniels picks up the victory
and is the number one contender!</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Winner: </b>Christopher
Daniels</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Time: </b>13:24</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rating: </b>***1/2</div>
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I realise they want to get Daniels over as the sleaziest
heel in the business but surely the distraction of Kazarian was enough? He
should’ve just hit the Angels Wings into the Best Moonsault Ever for the three
count but otherwise it was a good match. I love Daniels and am delighted to see
him get the title shot though. I’d be ecstatic if he managed to beat Hardy for the
title on Impact next week.</div>
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They air a replay of the segment which closed Thursday’s
Impact with Bully Ray proposing to Brooke Hogan and then we are joined by the
couple live. Bully says he so happy but they have a lot of people to invite:
The Rolling Stones, Lady Gaga, oh yeah and everyone in the Impact Zone.
Everyone cheers and he records a video on his “fire breathing Twitter machine!”
He thanks everyone for always having their back and thanks Brooke for making
him happy.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Match Eight – The D.O.C
vs. Sting</u></b></div>
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Sting wastes no time going after the D.O.C repeatedly
throwing him into the steel steps and then the guardrail. They fight towards
the back before two members of Aces and 8’s attack Sting. The referee chases
them off but the damage has been done. The D.O.C brings Sting back towards the
ring and we officially get this match underway. The D.O.C <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>carefully and precisely starts to destroy
Sting on the outside. Sting tries to mount several comebacks but every time he
gets some offence in the D.O.C stops him in his tracks. Sting finally manages
to get on the offensive but sees his attempt at a Scorpion Death Drop blocked,
he kicks the D.O.C’s legs out from underneath him though and hits a Scorpion
Death Drop from there instead but only gets the two count. Sting really starts
throwing everything at him before hitting a regular Scorpion Death Drop which
gets the win! </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Winner: </b>Sting</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Time: </b>5:54</div>
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I have to admit, I didn’t see the match ending that quickly.
I really don’t enjoy this Aces and 8’s storyline but if TNA are going to
continue with it surely the gang should be made to seem like some kind of a
threat? They just look weak every single time they fight somebody.</div>
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The Aces and 8’s surround the ring after the match and are
about to attack Sting when Bully Ray’s music hits and he comes down to chase
off the Aces and 8’s despite them outnumbering him and Sting by at least six
people to two.</div>
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It’s time for the main event now. World Heavyweight
Championship on the line. This should be a great match, especially since it is
being contested under elimination rules. It is the match I’ve been most looking
forward to on this show.</div>
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We go backstage where Bobby Roode is Jeremy Borash’s last
interviewee of the evening. Roode says he and Aries absolutely will work
together to eliminate each other before two of the greatest wrestlers in the
world collide and Roode will go home with the World Heavyweight Championship.</div>
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A video package highlighting the three-way feud airs and all
three men make their entrances. Say what you like about TNA and their pay-per-views
but they manage to make their main event’s seem like epic, must-see matches
with the way they build up to the match. The World Heavyweight Championship
really feels like the most important thing in the world.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Match Nine – World
Heavyweight Championship Three-Way Elimination Match: Jeff Hardy (c) vs. Austin
Aries vs. Bobby Roode</u></b></div>
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Aries and Roode team up to take out Hardy early on in the
contest but Jeff fights back to take both guys down. Eventually Roode and Hardy
are the two men in the ring and Roode takes control before hitting a Double R
Spinebuster but that only gets him a two count. Hardy fights back and looks
like he’s going for the Whisper in the Wind but Aries pushes him off the ropes
which leads to Aries beating Hardy down in the ring. After a period of success
for Aries it happens again as Hardy starts to fight back eventually leaving
Aries in the corner. Roode attempts to help but Hardy sends him into Aries and
Roode drops to the floor. Hardy uses a prone Roode as a springboard to hit
Poetry in Motion on Aries. Hardy sets up both men for the Swanton Bomb but they
combine to knock him off the top rope. This leads to both Aries and Roode
dominating Hardy again. Aries and Roode continuen to try and one-up each other
until Roode hits a superplex for two. It looks like dissension is starting to
grow between the two as they both tell the other to stop telling them what do.
It is short lived however as Roode hoists Aries onto his shoulders and they
attempt to hit Hardy with what Todd describes as a “super duper” back suplex
from the top. It backfires though as Hardy fights them off then hits a massive
Whisper in the Wind on Aries who was still atop Roode’s shoulders. All three
men recover but Hardy gets the upper hand and sends Roode to the floor. He goes
to fly over the top rope but Aries is back up and thwarts his plan causing Jeff
himself to fall to the floor. Aries then gets Roode to hold Hardy so he can hit
his patented Heat Seeking Missile on Jeff but once again it backfires as Aries
ends up hitting the move on Roode instead. Hardy then sets about destroying Aries
on the outside before turning his attention back to Roode. He sets him up for
the Swanton Bomb but Aries interrupts, Hardy fights back and then drops him on
top of Roode with an inverted suplex slam. He then sends Aries into Roode again
and looks set to use Aries this time as his launching pad for Poetry in Motion
but instead Roode uses Aries as a launchpad to hit a huge spear on Hardy for a
two count. The crowd chants “This is awesome” and it is hard to disagree. Aries
and Roode continue to try to eliminate Hardy and become increasingly frustrated
with each Hardy kick out. Roode holds Hardy’s ankles and Aries hits the I.E.D.
What a huge dropkick that was. He then picks him up and hits the brainbuster
but again Hardy kicks out. Aries and Roode can’t believe it. Roode tells Aries
to go top for the 450 splash but for some reason moves Hardy out of the way
which sees Aries crash and burn. He then hits the Payoff on Aries but Austin
kicks out at two. It then descends into a proper three-way match as Aries and
Roode now fight it out. Roode goes for a spear but gets caught in the Last
Chancery. A finger to the eyes of Aries sees Roode get free and then he locks
on a crossface, Aries reverses it into a roll-up for two. Roode goes for a
superplex but gets shpoved off that top rope and caught with a missile
dropkick. Aries then hits the I.E.D once more but Roode then fights out of the
brainbuster attempt. Aries gets the backslide and then Hardy returns to the
ring and helps Aries’ pin attempt which sees Roode eliminated after 18:49.
Aries is furious that he wasn’t given credit for the pin which gives Jeff a
chance to recover. Hardy hits the Twist of Fate on Aries and goes for another
but Aries pushes him off. Jeff ends up on the apron and then hits the Twist of
Fate on Aries there! Hardy climbs to the top and hits the Swanton Bomb on Aries
for the three count.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Winner: </b>Jeff
Hardy</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Time: </b>22:21</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rating: </b>****</div>
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Post-match Aries rolled from the middle of the ring and put
his foot on the bottom rope seemingly claiming he had it there when Hardy
pinned him which was rather humorous. I was disappointed to see Hardy retain
again but I saw it coming so I was prepared for it. It was still an excellent
match though by all involved. If one of Aries or Roode were going to turn on
the other I would have preferred if they had done it successfully but that is
my only real gripe with how the main event went. Some very good wrestling spliced
with some extremely entertaining moments between the three men. Hopefully Hardy’s
reign is coming to the end though and we see Daniels crowned new World
Heavyweight Champion come the 24<sup>th</sup>.</div>
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Overall, this was a good pay-per-view. It had some flaws
like the Sting match but most shows do. Everything else was at worst
acceptable. Both the main event and Daniels vs. Storm were excellent matches
plus the X-Division brought some entertaining midcard matches. TNA are picking
up in 2013 where they left off in 2012 by producing some excellent wrestling
shows.</div>
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