Wrestling Goes Elite! (fantasy booking)

[Celexa Bliss]

WWE – December 2019
On Raw, there have been three major storylines dominating the brand. First of all, Seth Rollins has dubbed himself “The Monday Night Messiah”. After Raw’s poor performance at Survivor Series, Rollins cracked down on the roster, calling everyone soft. One person who stepped up to Rollins was Ricochet, who challenged Rollins to a match later in the night. While Ricochet was defeated, Rollins wasn’t done sending a message, as AoP returned and aligned with him, helping him to beat down Riccohet. Aleister Black made the save for his friend, as Rollins called off his dogs. A week later, Buddy Murphy, looking to get in Rollins’ good graces, attacked Black, setting up a match for TLC.

Kenny Omega has had no shortage of challengers for the WWE Championship, from exiled Omega Club member Mustafa Ali, to former Cruiserweight Champions Cedric Alexander and Akira Tozawa, to the legendary Rey Mysterio. Mysterio will finally receive the title shot he earned back in September at TLC. Riding the momentum of a huge win over Brock Lesnar, even Kenny’s most ardent supporters think he could be in trouble…

At Survivor Series, in-fighting between Charlotte and Asuka contributed to Team Raw’s loss in the women’s Survivor Series Elimination Match. On Raw the following night, the two had a match that ended in a DQ win for Charlotte thanks to interference by Kairi Sane. Becky Lynch would go on to get involved in the rivalry, setting up a four-way TLC Match for the PPV.

In addition, The Viking Raiders have begun issuing open challenges for the Raw Tag Team Championship, having picked up wins over The Street Profits and The Good Brothers as a result. At TLC, they face yet another mystery team for the belts.

On Smackdown, the primary feud has been between Roman Reigns and Baron Corbin, stemming from the men’s Survivor Series Match, where Roman Speared his own partner, leading to his elimination. Since then, the two have been feuding, with a Tables match between the two now set for TLC.

Additionally, the Universal Champion Bray Wyatt has continued playing mind games with Daniel Bryan, while also dragging The Miz into this war. After drudging up old wounds between the two, The Miz reiterated that he is better than Daniel Bryan and challenged him for TLC, much to Wyatt’s delight.

Finally, The New Day defeated Heavy Machinery on Smackdown to earn a shot at the Revival’s Smackdown Tag Team Championship. When allowed to choose the match type, Big E and Kofi Kingston chose a match that certainly doesn’t favor the Champions, that being a Ladder Match.

[Celexa Bliss]

So, because I'm very eager to wrap up the year, here's plan. TLC is done and will be posted tomorrow, then on Thursday, the post-show news beats. For ROH, I'm going to do a year-end wrap up, with the important developments from the last three shows of 2019, along with the confirmed card for the first 2-hour broadcast. That will be up on Friday. Then on Saturday, the final show of 2019, the December 18th Impact! Then on Sunday, a final news post to wrap things up for 2019!

[john84]

Looking forward to seeing the wrap-up for 2019 tomorrow.

Some brief thoughts

- 4-way between Sane, Flair, Lynch and Asuka? Shut up and take my money!
- Omega as WWE Champion would be amazing. And matches with Tozawa, Rey, Cedric and Mustafa would be amazing tv.
- Viking Raiders challenging brings back happy memories lol.

[Celexa Bliss]

Jan 24, 2023 15:53:00 GMT -5 john84 said:

Looking forward to seeing the wrap-up for 2019 tomorrow.

Some brief thoughts

- 4-way between Sane, Flair, Lynch and Asuka? Shut up and take my money!
- Omega as WWE Champion would be amaazing. And matches with Tozawa, Rey, Cedric and Mustafa would be amazing tv.
- Viking Raiders challenging brings back happy memories lol.

When I looked at the real-life TLC card, my initial thought was "holy shit, I forgot how bad this show was!" lol But I figured, since I didn't bring in the Women's Tag Titles, why not turn that match into a 4-way for the Raw title?

Part of me wishes I was better at match-writing and had more free time, because I would love to write those Omega title defenses.

I basically just took what the Raiders were doing in real life and expanded on it, since it works. Gonna be very interesting crafting the card for WrestleMania, since I want to keep some things the same, but certain stuff has to be changed, due to key names not being in WWE in this universe.

[Celexa Bliss]

Update: I have finished writing everything for 2019! Stuff will be posted throughout the week, while I take a few days break from writing this.

[john84]

Jan 24, 2023 21:32:45 GMT -5 Celexa Bliss said:

Update: I have finished writing everything for 2019! Stuff will be posted throughout the week, while I take a few days break from writing this.

Don't blame you for having a rest.

[Celexa Bliss]

TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs, December 15th, 2019
We open with the Ladder Match between Smackdown Tag Team Champions The Revival and The New Day. With Xavier Woods out long-term due to injury, Kofi Kingston is back in the rotation as Big E’s tag team partner going forward. Kofi has a lot of Ladder Match experience, which comes in handy here, especially against The Revival, who are hesitant to go high risk, or even climb the ladder. Big E and Kofi, on the other hand, are fearless, using the ladder to assist with moves and otherwise completely overwhelm the Champs, en route to Kofi retrieving the belts, giving New Day their sixth Tag Team Championship.

Aleister Black vs. Buddy Murphy goes on next. The two spend the opening moments of the match feeling one another out, but soon begin going at it hard. As the match picks up speed, Seth Rollins and AoP make their way to ringside. Both participants are distracted slightly, but continue to fight it out, Black even connecting with Black Mass. But Rollins climbs on the apron, drawing Black’s attention for a second. That second is the difference, as Murphy is able to kick out. Black tries to go after Rollins, but AoP stand in the way. Murphy takes advantage, hitting Murphy’s Law to get the win.

The Viking Raiders make their way to the ring for their open challenge for the Raw Tag Team Championship. After a few moments, Zelina Vega leads Andrade “Cien” Almas and Humberto Carrillo to the ring. The US Champion takes control early against Erik, making quick tags to Humberto. Eventually, Ivar makes the hot tag and cleans house, with the Viking Raiders retaining after a Viking Experience to Humberto.

It’s time for the Tables Match as Roman Reigns takes on Baron Corbin. Roman dominates much of the match, until Corbin calls for backup. Sami Zayn charges the ring, but eats a Spear for his troubles, but it gives Corbin the chance to take control, albeit temporarily. Reigns battles back, but Dolph Ziggler runs in and hits the ZigZag on Reigns, allowing Corbin to then deliver the End of Days through a table to get the win.

Before the next match, we get a “Firefly Funhouse” segment, with Bray Wyatt once again taunting both Daniel Bryan and The Miz ahead of their match.

It’s time for that match, as The Miz enters first, followed by Bryan. The story of the match is The Miz not buying his own hype. At one point, Bryan is literally begging Miz to fight back. After Miz delivers a few half-hearted chops, Bryan, in disgust, delivers the Knee Plus and gets the win. After the match, the lights go out and The Fiend comes out. Bryan is ready to fight, but instead, The Fiend simply drops a dog collar at Bryan’s feet. Bryan nods, seemingly accepting a challenge.

The penultimate match of the night is Kenny Omega defending the WWE Championship against Rey Mysterio. Mysterio does his best to hang in with the Champion, but is giving up years and size against Omega. Yet, he does get a few hope spots in, particularly a 619 and a seated senton, which nets a very close 2-count. Of course, like most Omega matches, Kenny turns it up following the Snap Dragon and eventually puts Rey away with the One Winged Angel to retain.

In the main event, it’s Becky Lynch defending the Raw Women’s Championship in a Tables, Ladders and Chairs match against Charlotte, Auska and Kairi Sane. Last year, Becky lost the Smackdown Women’s Championship to Asuka at this same show, in this same match, with Charlotte also involved. Becky is fighting to make sure history doesn’t repeat itself tonight. All four women make good use of the weapons available to them, including Kairi and Asuka tying Becky to a ladder on the outside. With Becky out of commission, Asuka and Kairi wear Charlotte out with chair shots, but argue over who gets to climb the ladder and retrieve the gold. Becky, with the help of one of the refs, manages to get free and comes back in to clean house on Asuka and Kairi. On the outside, Charlotte recovers and puts Kairi through a table with Splash Mountain. Charlotte and Becky then fight atop the ladder, until Asuka pushes them both over. Asuka goes to climb, but Kairi pulls her down. Charlotte comes in and Spear’s Kairi, but she’s right back up, throwing wild punches at Charlotte. Asuka delivers a hip attack to Charlotte, then rolls Kairi to the outside. As the two exchange words, Becky props up the ladder and climbs up to retrieve the gold! TLC goes off the air with Becky Lynch celebrating atop the ladder as Charlotte and Asuka both glare up at her.

Quick Results
The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Big E.) def. WWE Smackdown Tag Team Champions The Revival in a Ladder Match to win the titles
Buddy Murphy def. Aleister Black
Raw Tag Team Champions The Viking Raiders def. Andrade “Cien” Almas and Humberto Carrillo to retain
Baron Corbin def. Roman Reigns in a Tables Match
Daniel Bryan def. The Miz
WWE Champion Kenny Omega def. Rey Mysterio to retain
WWE Raw Women’s Champion Becky Lynch def. Charlotte, Asuka and Kairi Sane in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs Match to retain

[Celexa Bliss]

- December 16th, 2019: WWE made the decision to give the Raw Women’s Championship match the top spot at TLC, the second month in a row the women have main evented a PPV. Becky Lynch is said to be trusted by Vince McMahon to carry main events, along with Charlotte and Asuka. One sore spot during the match, however, was an unfortunate concussion, suffered by Kairi Sane. Sane was unable to signal that she was hurt at first, so Charlotte continued to hit moves on her, until Asuka finally intervened. Regardless, Charlotte is still considered to be one of the safer female workers in the company.

Kenny Omega seems set to face Finn Balor at the Royal Rumble for the WWE Championship. Originally, that match was slotted for WrestleMania, but with the Finn/Kenny feud cooling off, a decision was made to do the match at the Rumble and try something else for Mania.

As for Rey Mysterio, the plan seems to be for him to remain on Raw going forward. Vince is interested in revisiting Rey vs. Andrade once more, and Rey has pushed to possibly even have Andrade take his mask.

The Miz’s loss at TLC was done to set up the return of John Morrison, as the two will be reforming their tag team on Smackdown. As for Bryan, he seems set for one more match with The Fiend, probably at the Royal Rumble.

The Baron Corbin/Roman Reigns feud has not been well-received by fans, but Vince McMahon has insisted on keeping Roman strong with a big heel to battle. The feud is expected to conclude at the Royal Rumble, with Roman then likely to move on to face (and dethrone) The Fiend at WrestleMania.

The booking of The Revival in the Ladder Match at TLC is said to be Vince McMahon’s way of punishing them for requesting their release. Prior to that, the two were being pitched for a stable with Baron Corbin near the top of Smackdown. With Dolph Ziggler and Sami Zayn doing the run-in during the Tables match, it would appear those plans have changed. One can only wonder what’s in store for The Revival for the remainder of their contracts...

Seth Rollins has gotten over once again with his new heel persona. Vince is said to be behind him and is talking about putting the belt back on him. It remains to be seen if he’ll go through with it, but he’s certainly higher up the card right now than the current Champion, for whatever that’s worth.

Dolph Ziggler is once again the WWE Intercontinental Champion, following his victory over Chad Gable this past Friday on Smackdown. Seeing how many backstage were impressed with Gable’s work as Champion, this is a baffling decision, but was apparently done to give Ziggler a boost as he recently aligned with Baron Corbin, as seen at TLC.

Some releases to note are those of Sin Cara and The Ascension, which occurred on December 10th. All three had wanted out of their contracts and Vince surprisingly caved and let them go.

Finally, the Performance Center received a slew of new trainees, with several more expected in the next few weeks. We can report that Kevin Kross, Scarlett Bordeaux, Ahante Thee Adonis, Dominick Mysterio, Timothy Thatcher, Austin and Colten Gunn (sons of WWE Hall of Famer Billy Gunn), and Hikaru Shida have reported to the Performance Center, while Riho, Emi Sakura, Sarray, Meiko Satomura and Yuka Sakazaki are all expected to arrive in the next few weeks. Kenny Omega has pushed for more Joshi signings, with the six women listed as the top prospects he recommended.

[john84]

Enjoy your little rest before getting into 2020

[Celexa Bliss]

Jan 26, 2023 18:06:33 GMT -5 john84 said:

Enjoy your little rest before getting into 2020

There are three more updates to be posted for 2019:

Friday: ROH wrap-up
Saturday: Final Impact of the year
Sunday: NXT quick results and final news beats

[Celexa Bliss]

Ring of Honor Wrestling 2019 wrap-up
At Final Battle, it was announced that starting on January 7th, Ring of Honor Wrestling will expand to two hours every Tuesday night on AXS. With that date circled on the calendar, let’s take a look at what has been confirmed, what we can expect, and how we got there.

December 17th, 2019
RUSH was interviewed about his attack on his own brother, the new ROH World Champion, Dragon Lee. RUSH said that he was the one being groomed as the next big thing in their family. Bitter about being bumped down in the line, he took matters into his own hands. He calls this the rise of La Faccione Ingobernable and says that he is not alone.

The Exalted One of the Dark Order is heard for the first time, albeit via voice distortion that completely masks their identity. They instruct Evil Uno to continue to carry out their orders, praising the recruitment of Josh Woods. When asked if he received “the list”, Uno says he did, but thinks they might be aiming too high. The Exalted One snaps at him to get it done and Uno quickly agrees.

The Briscoes were in action, defeating The Dawgs. It was announced during the match that on January 7th, The Horror will defend the ROH Tag Team Titles against Best Friends.

Will Ospreay and Bea Priestley cut a promo on Jonathan Gresham and Jordynne Grace, with Ospreay threatening to bring in a partner to even the odds against The Foundation.

Darby Allin defeated QT Marshall in a quick match.

In the main event of the evening, ROH Trios Champions TJP, PCO and Bandido defeated Dalton Castle and The Boys to retain. Afterwards, they were attacked by The SuperKlique, who made it clear that they want to take the titles from their former allies.

December 24th, 2019
Out of the gate, it’s announced that on January 7th, The SuperKlique will challenge for the ROH Trios Championship.

In the opening match, Brody King successfully defended the ROH Television Championship against Kenny King. Afterwards, Darby Allin came out and issued a challenge to King for January 7th.

Dragon Lee delivered a message to RUSH via satellite, promising to be at Daily’s Place on January 7th and challenged his brother to meet him in the ring.

Mandy Leon defeated an enhancement talent, then challenged Mercedes Martinez for the Women of Honor Championship.

Josh Woods competed in his first match as a member of the Dark Order, defeating Danhausen. Afterwards, Evil Uno made a challenge for January 7th, Josh Woods vs. Jeff Cobb.

In the main event, Joe Doering defeated Silas Young. Afterwards, PAC jumped him from behind, ending the show in a big brawl.

December 31st, 2019
It was announced at the top of the show that next week, Joe Doering and PAC will go one-on-one in a Fight Without Honor.

Mercedes Martinez defeated Kimber Lee, then accepted Mandy Leon’s challenge for next week.

The SuperKlique defeated The Lifeblood in a warmup match, with PCO, Bandido and TJP looking on.

A member of Dark Order was seen leaving a recruitment flier on the door of The Briscoes’ locker room.

In the main event, RUSH defeated Dalton Castle, then warned his brother to be careful what he wishes for. He added that he will see him next week…

FINAL CARD FOR RING OF HONOR WRESTLING, JANUARY 7th, 2020
ROH WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH – Sami Callihan and Madman Fulton (c) vs. Best Friends

ROH WORLD TELEVISION CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH – Brody King (c) vs. Darby Allin

ROH WOMEN OF HONOR CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH – Mercedes Martinez (c) vs. Mandy Leon

ROH WORLD TRIOS CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH – PCO, Bandido and TJP (c) vs. The SuperKlique

FIGHT WITHOUT HONOR – PAC vs. Joe Doering

Josh Woods vs. Jeff Cobb

DRAGON LEE AND RUSH WILL MEET FACE-TO-FACE FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE FINAL BATTLE

[Celexa Bliss]

NWA Powerr: Impact Takeover Edition, December 17th, 2019 – Quick Results
Garza Jr. def. Marty Scurll
Sienna def. Alexxiss Bliss
Samoa Joe and Low-Ki def. Louie Valle and Chris Peaks
The Natural Nightmares def. The Motor City Machine Guns

NWA Impact Wrestling, December 18th, 2019
Impact opens tonight with the Falls-Count-Anywhere match, pitting LAX against Samoa Joe and Low-Ki. The teams start the match in the aisle, taking advantage of the format. Joe and Ortiz brawl down towards the ring, while Santana and Low-Ki fight to the back. Joe slam’s Ortiz’s face off the guardrail, then delivers a big scoop slam on the floor. Joe begins to fight back up the aisle with Ortiz, as the camera shows Santana and Low-Ki fighting in a hallway backstage. The two fight their way back into the arena, fighting through the crowd. Ortiz takes over on Joe and soon pulls out a table from under the ring. In the crowd, Low-Ki uses a chair on Santana. Ortiz starts throwing chairs and a trashcan into the ring, as Joe gets to his feet. Joe with a double sledge across the back, as Ki charges Santana, who ducks and back body drop’s Low-Ki over the guardrail. Joe rolls Ortiz into the ring, then grabs the trashcan and sets it in the corner. Joe goes to shoot Ortiz into the corner, but Santana reverse’s and sends Joe headfirst into the trash can. Santana climbs up on the apron and delivers a rope assisted leg lariat to Joe, who staggers back into a backstabber from Ortiz. Low-Ki tries to position Santana for the Ki-Krusher, but Santana blocks it, then Powerbomb’s Low-Ki through the table at ringside! In the ring, Ortiz pulls Joe up and positions him, as Santana comes back in, Street Sweeper! Santana covers and LAX gets the win!

Jeremy Borash is backstage with the “Knockouts Authority”, Maria Kanellis, and her husband, Mike Bennett. Borash asks Maria about Tessa Blanchard retaining the Women’s Championship last week. Maria says that Tessa has defeated just about everyone there is to defeat. So she finds herself in a quandary, since there’s no point in giving a bunch of losers another title shot. But she thinks she has a solution. Desperate times call for desperate measures, so in two weeks, Maria Kanellis will be stepping into the ring with Tessa Blanchard, one-on-one, for the Impact Women’s Championship. And she promises that when all is said and done, Tessa will be the former Champion…

It’s time for the first of two title matches, as Eli Drake makes his way to the ring. Last week, Drake issued an open challenge for the Impact X Division Championship. The challenge ends up being answered by NWA mainstay, and former X Division Champion, Douglas Williams. The two men are evenly matched at the bell, with Williams catching a headlock takedown on Drake, only for the Champion to headscissors his way out of it. As both men get to their feet, Drake hip toss’s Williams, who gets back up and responds with a hip toss of his own. Finally, Drake connects with a dropkick, sending Williams to the outside. Drake hits the ropes and dives through, right into Williams, knocking him back into the guardrail. The two brawl at ringside, before Drake rolls Williams back in. As Drake rolls back in, Williams dives on him and stomps him while he’s on the mat. Williams takes control, wearing Drake out with restholds for a bit. Drake starts to mount a comeback, elbowing his way out of a rear chinlock, as Williams transitions into a side headlock, Drake lifts him up and back suplex’s him! As Williams gets up, holding his back, Drake hits the running kneelift, then completes the sequence with Blunt Force Trauma to pick up the win and retain! Afterwards, Drake offers a hand to Williams, who accepts it.

Tony Schiavone is in the aisle and he starts to give a medical update on Penta El Zero M, when The Motor City Machine Guns interrupt. Alex Shelley says he felt he and Chris Sabin should be here for this. Tony goes on to say that Penta suffered a knee injury during the Lucha Bros’ match against the Motor City Machine Guns at No Surrender. Sabin and Shelley high five, then ask what that means for the Impact Tag Team Championship. Tony says that Billy Corgan will meet with Penta and his doctors and issue a decision in the new year. Sabin says they shouldn’t have to wait, just hand them the titles now. Schiavone says that’s Billy’s decision and returns to the announce desk.

Backstage, Melissa Santos is with AJ Styles. She asks him about his match with EC3 tonight, but Styles says nothing. Melissa repeats the question, then Styles smirks. “I just wanted to make sure I wasn’t gonna get interrupted again.” He says that he and EC3 had a hell of a match back at Turning Point, but he was on the wrong end of the result. Tonight, he plans to rewrite history when he defeats EC3 and moves on to Feast or Fired to earn another shot at the Impact World Championship.

That match is next, as EC3 battles AJ Styles in a Feast or Fired Qualifying Match. The two pick up where they left off at Turning Point, trading punches in the center of the ring. EC3 fires Styles into the ropes, but when he goes to catch him in a slam, Styles counters and DDT’s EC3! Cover but only a one count. The two keep up the early pacing, trading punches, before EC3 gets a knee in to the abdomen. With Styles doubled over, EC3 hook’s him and hits a suplex. Cover, but a kickout from Styles. EC3 tosses Styles in the corner and delivers a series of kicks to the midsection, then hoists Styles up on the top turnbuckle. EC3 climbs up with him and goes for a superplex, but Styles blocks it and shoves EC3 down. He lands on his feet, but Styles delivers a diving dropkick from the top, taking him down! Another cover, but only a two-count. Styles goes to pull EC3 up, but gets caught in a small package for another two-count. After some back and forth, Styles manages to connect with a Pele to EC3! As he stagger’s around, Styles rolls to the apron and goes for the Phenomenal Forearm, but EC3 ducks! AJ nearly collides with referee Andrew Thomas, but stops just in time. Unfortunately, this allows EC3 to hit the One Percenter and pick up the win. Team Dixie celebrates, while AJ mopes on the outside, clearly frustrated by this turn of events.

Jeremy Borash is backstage with Jon Moxley and Brian Cage, who have agreed to no physicality. Borash informs the two that in two weeks, they will meet one-on-one, in a No-Disqualifications Match, which will also serve as a Feast or Fired Qualifying Match. Cage says that he’s going to right the two biggest wrongs of his Impact career, first by defeating Moxley next week, and then, he will win Feast or Fired and go on to finally take back the Impact World Championship from Austin Aries. Moxley says he also has unfinished business with Aries and if Cage is going to be the one standing in his way, he has no problem taking him down one more time. Borash shills the match again as the two stare each other down.

Alexxiss Bliss makes her way to the ring for our next match, a four corners showcase match. The Bunny is out next, followed by Chelsea Green, then, finally, Sienna. Bliss and Sienna pair off at the bell, picking up where they left off last night on Powerr, while The Bunny tears into Green. Bliss and Green are soon dispatched, leaving Sienna and The Bunny to go one-on-one. Sienna delivers a high-angle suplex to The Bunny, but only gets a one-count. Sienna lifts The Bunny up with little effort and chuck’s her across the ring. But before she can follow up, Green is back in the ring and she blasts Sienna with a flurry of punches. As Sienna is forced to back up, The Bunny shoots out of the corner and clip’s her knee. Sienna grabs her leg as she rolls to the outside, while Green and The Bunny go at it. Green puts up more fight this time, ready for The Bunny’s aggression. The Bunny still manages to dispatch Green, before Bliss rolls back in. The two women have a staredown, then begin trading punches in the middle of the ring. Bliss manages to bring The Bunny to her knees, then spikes her with a low DDT. Sienna shoves Bliss out of the way and covers, but Green breaks it up. The Bunny rolls to the outside, as Sienna plants Green with a Powerbomb. Bliss knocks Sienna to the outside with a dropkick, then goes up top and hits Twisted Bliss on Green to get the win.

Melissa Santos is backstage with Rob Van Dam. She commends him on a great match against CM Punk last weekend at Into the Fire, then asks him about Feast or Fired. Before he can say much, Bobby Roode enters, taunting Van Dam for his loss, and vowing to be the one who grabs the World Title briefcase. “The American Nightmare” Cody enters and tells both men that Feast or Fired is all part of his plan and they better not interfere. As Cody and Roode argue, Van Dam says he can beat them both. They challenge him to a match on Impact in two weeks, if he can find a partner. Orange Cassidy walks in, with his hands in his pockets. He stops, raises one arm, gives a half-way thumbs-up, then puts his hand back in his pocket and leaves. Melissa says it looks like we have a match.

This Tuesday on NWA Powerr, Aaron Stevens defends his newly-won NWA National Heavyweight Championship against Willie Mack; War Kings will be in action; Dr. Britt Baker DMD takes on Santana Garrett; and The Wolves will face Reno S.C.U.M. Then, in two weeks on NWA Impact Wrestling, Tessa Blanchard defends the Impact Women’s Championship against Maria Kanellis; Jon Moxley and Brian Cage go one-on-one in a No Disqualifications Feast or Fired Qualifying Match; Rob Van Dam and Orange Cassidy will meet Bobby Roode and “The American Nightmare” Cody; we’ll hear from Maxwell Jacob Friedman and “Jungle Boy” Jack Perry; and SCU will be in action.

In our main event, Austin Aries defends the Impact World Championship against James Storm. Aries starts the match trying to wear out Storm with chops, but Storm absorbs them, then fells Aries with a single punch. Storm pulls him up and delivers a slam, which sends Aries scurrying to the outside. Storms rolls out after him and they fight at ringside. Aries takes control by running Storm’s head into the ringpost, busting him open. Back in the ring, Aries covers, but Storm kicks out. Aries with stomps, then an elbow drop, but another kickout. For the next several minutes, Aries methodically works over Storm, but can’t put him away. Aries shoots Storm into the corner, then goes for a running forearm, but Storm moves! Aries hits the turnbuckle, then turns, as Storm hits the Last Call! Storm collapses to the mat, unable to immediately capitalize. Storm eventually crawls into the cover, but Aries manages to kick out. After some more back and forth action, Aries and Storm are both up and trading punches. Storm fakes, then goes for another Last Call, but Aries catches it! He spins Storm around, then hoists him up, Brainbuster! Cover and Aries retains! Aries celebrates with the title, but then Jeff Jarrett’s music hits. Jarrett congratulates Aries on the win, before informing him that after a meeting of the NWA Championship Committee, he can now announces Aries’ next challenger. On January 12th, at Genesis, Aries will defend the Impact World Championship against…

“MISTER… ANDERSON!!!!!”

The crowd erupts as Anderson makes his return to Impact. Aries looks like he’s seen a ghost, as Anderson shakes Jarrett’s hand, then takes the mic to speak the final words on Impact for 2019…

“ANDERSON!”

Quick Results
LAX def. Samoa Joe and Low-Ki in a Falls-Count-Anywhere Match
Impact X Division Champion Eli Drake def. Douglas Williams to retain
EC3 def. AJ Styles to qualify for Feast or Fired
Alexxiss Bliss def. The Bunny, Chelsea Green and Sienna in a four corners match
Impact World Champion Austin Aries def. James Storm to retain

[Celexa Bliss]

NXT, December 18th, 2019 – Quick Results
NXT Champion Roderick Strong def. Michael Nakazawa to retain
Damien Priest def. Killian Dain
Cameron Grimes def. KUSHIDA
Io Shirai def. Taynara Conti
Pete Dunne def. Travis Banks
Rhea Ripley def. NXT Women’s Champion Shayna Baszler to win the title

- December 19th, 2019: Early reports indicate that Impact won the head-to-battle last night with NXT. Despite NXT having a title change, which Impact did not, Impact provided the more enticing card. Plus, the surprise return of Mr. Anderson to Impact in the closing moments of the show generated more talk online than the feelgood moment of Rhea Ripley defeating Shayna Baszler for the NXT Women’s Championship.

The sudden influx of NWA talent onto Impact is an indicator that the merger between Impact and the NWA will be happening sooner, rather than later. We know that Billy Corgan wants to market the company as a whole as NWA, but keep the Impact name for their flagship TV show. We’ve also heard that new Women’s and X Division Championships, bearing the NWA logo, have been commissioned and should be debuting on TV soon.

We understand that while Penta El Zero M is indeed injured, he has made it known that he wants to work through it. Billy Corgan has asked him to review the situation with his doctor in the new year, before making a decision. The feud with the Motor City Machine Guns was set to continue through Genesis, but plans can change. We will keep our readers posted on this situation.

Here are the spoiler results for the Christmas Eve edition of NWA Powerr:

NWA Powerr, December 24th, 2019 – Quick Results
The Wolves def. Reno S.C.U.M.
Dr. Britt Baker DMD def. Santana Garrett
The War Kings def. Zicky Dice and Alex Zayne
NWA National Heavyweight Champion Aaron Stevens def. Willie Mack to retain

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{Spoiler}So, with 2019 complete, this will be going on a brief hiatus. I have begun working on the New Year's Day Impact, which I may be able to complete today. 2020 is going to be divided into segments:

January-March: same format I've been using for since October 2019

March-June: News and information format used for 2014-2019

June-December: Maybe a mix of both formats? I haven't really sketched things out beyond July, so I don't know.

I want to get the first segment done before I start posting, so once that's ready, it'll start going up. Thanks to everyone who's been reading and following this (admittedly) over-ambitious project. It's been a blast and I'm excited for what's to come!

[john84]

Finally caught up again lol.

Good to see my boy Aaron Stevens as the NWA Champ. Io v Taynara would be a belter to see. Ripley v Shayna is always fun. Priest v Dain would be an aabsolute banger.

[Celexa Bliss]

Update! I have gotten back to work on this after an extended break. I will be tweaking the format a bit once I get through January 2020. I have a lot of ideas in the pipeline, the problem is the lack of time to write, especially since I have to work around my mood swings lol So what I think I'll end up doing is giving you guys the cliffs notes version of things for February, then when I get to March, I'm going back to the news beats format that I used for 2014-2019. That will last probably from the start of the pandemic until... well, I'm not sure. I want to give as much of the experience as possible, but not burn myself out, either.

I've begun working on Impact Genesis, so we'll see how that goes, then I'll decide what to do going forward.

[john84]

Looking forward to reading the next part Subway

[mj0mn0m]

I'm totally reading all of this help me get invested in current day stars!

Fantasy booking is one of the most fun things in wrestling to me. It doesn't cost anything and the possibilities are endless. 🙏

I myself am always stuck in 2002-2012 stars (outside women's wrestling) when I myself start planning a diary. 🧐

[Celexa Bliss]

NWA Impact Wrestling, January 1st, 2020
It’s a new year for Impact, as Mr. Anderson makes his way to the ring. He’s in his ring gear as he takes the mic from Dave Penzer. Anderson welcomes himself back to Impact, to a nice reaction from the crowd. Anderson says that he came back to Impact because he can’t take anymore of Austin Aries’ World Title reign. 2020 will be the “Year of the Asshole,” he promises. At Genesis, there will be a new Impact World Champion, and his name is….

MISSSSSTAAAAHHHH… ANDERSON!

ANDERSON!!

Rhino’s music hits as the former NWA and ECW World Champion makes his way to the ring and we have a match. Anderson and Rhino brawl in the ring and around ringside, with Rhino gaining an early advantage when they end up on the outside. In the ring, Rhino works over Anderson in the corner, but Anderson fights back and puts Rhino away with the Mic Check to get the win. Afterwards, Austin Aries’ music hits and the Impact World Champion walks out onto the stage. He has a mic with him and says that at Genesis, he’s going to send Anderson back to “the territories” empty handed…

Tonight in our main event, Tessa Blanchard defends the Impact Women’s Championship against Maria Kanellis. Also scheduled, Brian Cage faces Jon Moxley in a No-Holds-Barred match; SCU will be in action; RVD and Orange Cassidy will face Bobby Roode and “The American Nightmare” Cody; and up next, we will hear from “Jungle Boy” Jack Perry and Maxwell Jacob Friedman!

Tony Schiavone is in the ring. He introduces “Jungle Boy” Jack Perry first. Tony explains that both Jack and his next guest, Maxwell Jacob Friedman, have agreed not to get physical tonight. Tony then brings out Friedman, who feigns confusion about why he’s even here. He says that he already “beat” Jungle Boy at No Surrender, so there’s no reason for him be bothering with him going forward. Jack says that he wants one more opportunity to “beat MJF’s ass” and he wants it next week. Max says no, next week he’s competing in a Feast or Fired Qualifier. Tony interjects by informing MJF that he knows what next week’s final Feast or Fired match is, and neither MJF or Jungle Boy is in it. Max is outraged and demands to be included, but Jungle Boy again makes his case for a match. After some goading, a flustered MJF finally agrees to face Jungle Boy next week on Impact.

After a commercial break, we come back to see a group of officials surrounding the beaten and bloodied Orange Cassidy backstage. Josh Mathews and Matt Striker speculate on who might be responsible, as they also presume him to be out of commission for the tag team match coming up a bit later on.

We go to the ring now as Jon Moxley and Brian Cage meet in a no-disqualifications match for a spot in Feast or Fired. Starting in the ring, we get some brawling between the two rivals, before the fight spills out of the ring and into the crowd. Moxley grabs a chair from a fan and bashes Cage across the back with it. The fight eventually makes it back to the ring, via Cage flinging Mox over the guardrail and back into the ringside area. Cage pulls a table out from under the ring and sets it up. He goes for a Powerbomb, but Mox fights him off. Cage and Mox fight in the ring, where Cage again sets up for a Powerbomb from the apron. Mox fights back, however and back body drop’s Cage off the apron through the table! Mox rolls Cage back in the ring, but only gets a two-count. Mox hits the Paradigm Shift and that’s enough to get the win! Mox has qualified for Feast or Fired!

We go backstage to Jeremy Borash, who is standing by with James Storm. Two weeks ago, Storm came up short in his attempt to capture the Impact World Championship. Borash asks Storm where he goes from here, with Storm admitting he’s had a bad few months. He lost the NWA National Heavyweight Championship as well, just days before he lost to Austin Aries. As for where he goes next, there is another avenue he’s considering. It worked out well once for him before, so he may have to weigh his options…

Bobby Roode makes his way to the ring, followed by “The American Nightmare” Cody and Brandi Rhodes. Rob Van Dam is out next, then, his tag team partner… accompanied by Dixie Carter, EC3! Van Dam and Cody begin the match, exchanging holds and strikes back and forth. EC3 and Roode work in, before the heels isolate RVD in their corner. After an extended double-team sequence, Van Dam manages to make the hot tag to EC3. EC3 cleans house, planting both men with big spinebusters. He covers Roode, but Cody breaks it up. Cody hits CrossRhodes on EC3, then rolls Roode on top for the win.

Backstage, Melissa Santos is with Jeff Jarrett. Jarrett explains that he is part of the NWA Championship Committee, along with Billy Corgan, Karen Jarrett, Dixie Carter and Saraya. He has been elected spokesman for the Committee and as such, he has a number of announcements pertaining to Genesis on January 12th, as well as Feast or Fired on January 15th. Starting with Feast or Fired, next week, the final competitor will be determined, in a “second chance” battle royal, involving Shawn Spears, James Storm, Tim Storm, Michael Bennett, Abyss, Crazzy Steve, AJ Styles and Brian Cage. Moving on to Genesis, Jarrett first announces a match between EC3 and Bobby Roode, as well as Rob Van Dam vs. Cody. Finally, Jarrett prepares to address the Tag Team Championship situation. Before he can say anything, The Motor City Machine Guns enter. Sabin says they wanted to be here in person for this. Jarrett informs them that Penta is indeed injured. However, his doctors have cleared him to compete, if he so chooses. So at Genesis, The Lucha Bros will defend the Impact Tag Team Championship against the Machine Guns! Sabin and Shelley protest, then Shelley asks if they can name a stipulation. Jarrett says that if Shelley can defeat Fenix next week, they can name the stipulation.

Louie Valle and Chris Peaks are becoming quite familiar to the Impact audience, as they are waiting in the ring for our next match. “SCU!” Daniels and Kazarian make their way to the ring, where Daniels does his “worst town” shtick on the Orlando crowd. Peaks and Valle attempt to get some licks in, but are clearly overmatched by SCU, who pick up the win after a BME by Daniels. Afterwards, Daniels and Kazarian vow to take a briefcase in Feast or Fired.

Next week on NWA Impact Wrestling, Maxwell Jacob Friedman battles “Jungle Boy” Jack Perry; Alex Shelley faces Rey Fenix; the second chance battle royal to decide the final participant in Feast or Fired; Impact World Champion Austin Aries faces Marty Scurll in a non-title match; and this Tuesday, NWA Powerr returns with two quarterfinal matches in the NWA Television Championship tournament: Douglas Williams takes on Robert Anthony and Ricky Starks faces Marshe Rockett. In addition, Santana Garrett faces Chelsea Green, while Willie Mack battles CM Punk in a number one contenders match.

It’s main event time, as Maria Kanellis and Michael Bennett make their way to the ring. Tessa and Tully Blanchard are out next, Tessa wearing the Impact Women’s Championship. When the bell sounds, Maria immediately ducks under the ropes and to the outside. Tessa waits patiently, as Maria takes a six count, before rolling back in… only to roll right back out again. Maria smiles as she does some stretches, taunting Tessa by bending over, giving the Champion a view of a her backside. Tessa goes after Maria, but the challenger rolls back in and scampers across the ring, rolling back out to the other side. Tessa kicks the bottom rope in frustration, as referee Andrew Thomas warns Maria to get back in the ring. Finally, she does, as Tessa is quick to deliver a clothesline, knocking Maria to the mat. She pulls her up, snap suplex, but Maria kicks out of the pin attempt. Tessa shoots Maria into the corner, but when she goes for a running clothesline, Mike Bennett pulls his wife out of the ring. Tessa goes after her, shoving Bennett to the ground. However, Maria meets her with a kick to the midsection, then throws her into the guardrail. Another kick by Maria, then she rolls Tessa back in. A few stomps, then an elbow drop, but Tessa kicks out! Maria slaps on a headlock and works over Tessa, even putting her feet on the ropes for leverage. While she goes undetected at first, eventually Thomas catches her and knocks her feet off. Tessa gets to her feet and elbow’s her way out of the hold. She sets Maria up for the Slingshot Suplex, but Bennett grabs her foot and trips her up, allowing Maria to shift her weight and land on top of Tessa, while Bennett holds her foot down for the 3-count. Maria Kanellis is the new Impact Women’s Champion! Maria scurries out of the ring and meets her husband at the top of the aisle, where he gleefully hands her the belt and raises her arm. In the ring, Tully tries to console an irate Tessa, as Impact ends.

Quick Results
Mr. Anderson def. Rhino
Jon Moxley def. Brian Cage in a No-Disqualifications Match to qualify for Feast or Fired
“The American Nightmare” Cody and Bobby Roode def. Rob Van Dam and EC3
SCU def. Chris Peaks and Louie Valle
Maria Kanellis def. Impact Women’s Champion Tessa Blanchard to win the title

[Celexa Bliss]

Yes, it's back! I decided to take a peek last night at what I had written so far and was impressed to see I actually was up to Genesis (still in progress). I don't know how frequent the updates will be, but I'm gonna work on continuing this to get up to the pandemic. From there, we'll be resuming the news bits for a while, as the companies cope with the affects of Covid-19. After that, I'm not sure. Honestly, so much has happened IRL over the last few years that make it hard for me to proceed with this. The deaths of Brodie and Bray, Speaking Out, the disaster the NWA became in 2022, the Brawl Out/In nonsense, and of course, everything involving Vince McMahon, have soured me on the general wrestling landscape, outside of the safety of my AEW bubble. And learning that a number of people I had plans for have been revealed as shit people makes it hard for me to want to keep focusing my booking on them.

But I will carry on, because for once, I'd like to see a project through to whatever end it may have. It's not going to be easy, but I never meant it to be. This is supposed to challenge me to think outside the box. I feel like so far, I've succeeded and I'm excited to continue writing and sharing this project with FAN!

[Celexa Bliss]

- January 6th, 2020: New Japan held it’s first-ever two-night WrestleKingdom event on January 4th and 5th. The big story coming out of the event was the unification of the IWGP Heavyweight and Intercontinental Championships. On night one, Tetsuya Naito defeated Jay White to win the Intercontinental Championship, while Kazuchika Okada retained the Heavyweight title against the G1 Climax winner, Kota Ibushi. Other action from night one saw David Finlay and Juice Robinson capture the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, Hiromu Takahashi regained the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship he never lost from Will Ospreay, and Cody defeated Lance Archer in a Texas Death Match to win the IWGP United States Championship.

On night two, Naito defeated Okada in the main event to unify the Heavyweight and Intercontinental Championships, finally bringing him full circle. In other action, Chris Jericho defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi, Jay White defeated Kota Ibushi, Hirooki Goto defeated KENTA to win the NEVER Openweight Championship, Cody retained the US Title against Juice Robinson, EVIL, Shingo Takagi and Bushi captured the NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Championship in a gauntlet match, Roppongi 3K regained the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, and Jushin Liger wrestled his final match before retiring.