Nobby_McDonald Posted July 22 Author Share Posted July 22 Here's my intentions over the next few nights as I have my wonderful children for the week so my free time is limited to when they have gone to bed. Tomorrow night I will post part 1 of Double or Nothing, which should be Zero Hour and the first five matches up to and including the Women's Casino Battle Royal Then on Wednesday night I will post part 2 of Double or Nothing which should be the World Tag Team Championship match, the Women's World Championship match, the Men's Casino Battle Royal and the World Championship match. Finally on Thursday night I shall post the updated AEW League tables, compile the matches and angles for the next game week's Dynamite, Rampage and Collision and also post the AEW League fixtures for the week (with a likely Monday evening UK time deadline for selections). And the Forbidden Door is about to open, I've already signed up a number of wrestlers to short term deals... and who knows... some of them may stay around for season 2 of the AEW League..? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 Can I replace her with the most over woman there is and once she's back reinstate her? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted July 23 Author Share Posted July 23 (edited) 21 hours ago, Dawn said: Can I replace her with the most over woman there is and once she's back reinstate her? I'm afraid not. Mercedes Moné is the most over woman on the AEW roster (65 average in USA). She is a member of Team Swerve. Dr Britt Baker D.M.D. is next (55 across the USA). She is available. And if you replace Grace now with her being suspended, with the transfer/signing window not being open you would not be able to resign Grace unless somebody else becomes unavailable. That being said, the season is nearly over and when the season is over, the transfer/signing window reopens so you could resign her then if somebody else doesn't sign her first. I am going to be tweaking the rules a little bit for Season 2 regarding wrestlers becoming unavailable, but more details will be announced in the close season. You basically have two choices Dawn... 1. Replace Grace with Baker and then (try to) resign Grace once the season has finished in place of any of your women wrestlers. 2. Leave Grace in your squad until her suspension has finished and she returns, at which point the season is likely to be in it's last week or two. One other thing to consider... Grace has now failed two drug tests. If she gets randomly selected for another drugs test when she returns and she fails again, she will be fired. As she is not on an exclusive contract with me, I don't have the option to send her to rehab. Edited July 23 by Nobby_McDonald Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted July 23 Author Share Posted July 23 (edited) ZERO HOUR Keith Lee beat Konosuke Takeshita in 8:47 by pinfall with a Spirit Bomb. 66 Malakai Black beat Akira Tozawa in 10:44 by pinfall with a Black Mass. 68 Sammy Guevara beat Kyle O'Reilly in 9:26 by pinfall with The 630. 65 DOUBLE OR NOTHING 2024 (Part 1) Sunday, week 4, May 2024 Chase Field, Phoenix, Arizona (48,686 capacity) Announcers: Excalibur, Taz and Tony Schiavone v WORLD TRIOS CHAMPIONSHIP Blackpool Combat Club (Claudio Castagnoli, Jon Moxley & Wheeler Yuta, champions) v Timeless Ensemble (Orange Cassidy, Kenny Omega & Sami Zayn) A very good opening match to the Double or Nothing 2024 pay per view. An established group in Blackpool Combat Club faced off against three individuals who have been racking up impressive results in the AEW League and earned this title opportunity as a result. Individually, Timeless Ensemble performed the best here, but as a trio, Blackpool Combat Club were the more impressive. And it was this teamwork that carried them to a very hard fought successful title defence in 12:55 when Moxley made Cassidy pass out to a Bulldog Choke. Will Cassidy recover for the Casino Battle Royal later? 74 Castagnoli 64, Moxley 75, Yuta 59 Omega 78, Cassidy 72, Zayn 78 Cassidy benefitted from a hot new move. Zayn benefitted from public support. It's time for story time bay bay as Adam Cole is in the backstage interview area... He says he hasn't worked his ass off for months to get back from injury for him to lose tonight... so he's going to win the Casino Battle Royal and then do what he didn't do last year... win the World Championship at Wembley Stadium at All In London. 69 v LAX (Rush, Santana & Ortiz (with Konnan, El Hijo del Vikingo, Sammy Guevara & Dralistico) v Top Flight & Action Andretti Amniosity has been building between these two groups in recent weeks, with LAX's gang attacks often getting the better of Top Flight and Andretti. They finally get the chance to settle the score in what should be a fair trios match. It was a decent match. While the high flying offence of Top Flight and Action Andretti caused their opponents problems, Konnan has got the newest version of LAX as a well led unit with some great cohesion who work hard for each other and the three in the ring tonight are as tough as cheap steak. LAX picked up the win in 9:41 when Rush pinned Andretti with a La Lanza. 64 Rush 69, Santana 61, Ortiz 59 Dante 58, Darius 53, Andretti 46 Dante benefitted from a hot new move. Christian Cage is next backstage to talk about the Casino Battle Royal. He talks about his experience in general as well as in these type of matches... and remarks it is his destiny to win the World Championship at All In London. 71 v The EVPs (with Adam Page) v The Acclaimed (with Billy Gunn) The EVPs have a lot on their plate at the moment, with a power struggle with EVP Kenny Omega and Chief of Staff Steve Austin, so they could be excused if their minds were not fully on this match. If this was the case, it sure didn't show as they were much the better team here and got a relatively and perhaps surprisingly comfortable win, not surprising that they won, but how comfortable it was for them. Nicholas pinned Caster in 12:47 after an EVP Trigger. 75 Matthew 78, Nicholas 81 Bowens 64, Caster 57 The Acclaimed benefitted from public support. MJF is next up to stake his claim for the Casino Battle Royal. He says that while Samoa Joeker is the main joker in the match tonight, there are another twenty jokers going to that ring tonight thinking they will win... they won't... MJF says he will... because he is better than them... and they know it. 70 v Big Bill & Ricky Starks v Best Friends Former World Tag Team champions facing off against one of the original AEW teams. It was a decent match, and Best Friend proved harder opponents than the always cocky Starks and always tall Bill thought they were going to be. Once the former champions stopped fooling around a little and got more serious, they managed to close out the match in 9:25 when Starks pinned Taylor with a Roshambo. 59 Bill 43, Starks 62 Taylor 57, Beretta 55 Renee Paquette appears with Samoa Joe. Renee asks the former World champion for his final thoughts on the Casino Battle Royal... Joe says he earned the Joker spot because he is the former champion, because he works his ass off and because he racked up the wins to get the high ranking to earn it... He says he doesn't know who the Wild Card is who will enter with him, nor will he care... as he and the other twenty in the match are all going to get tossed out and Joe says he will win the title back at Wembley Stadium. 70 WOMEN'S CASINO BATTLE ROYAL Justin Roberts is center ring to explain the rules... He says 20 drew suits tonight to determine the order of entry... The suits will be revealed every five minutes in random order, with each woman who drew the suit coming out at that time... After all the suits have entered, the Joker, Mercedes Moné and the Wild Card will enter the match last... Elimination occurs when a wrestler is thrown over the top rope and both feet touch the floor... the last woman in the ring wins the Casino Battle Royal and earns a Women's World Championship match at Wembley Stadium at All In London... The video screen then 'shuffles' the suits and Justin Roberts introduces the first suit and the wrestlers... Clubs Hikaru Shida, Athena, Nyla Rose, Saraya and Abadon Quite a mix to start the match. Shida battled Saraya almost exclusively in the opening couple of minutes, while the other three took turns to fight each other. Abadon was the first and only wrestler out in the opening five minutes when Nyla Rose mauled her over the top rope. The countdown starts... the buzzer buzzes... Eliminated: Abadon Hearts Serena Deeb, Dr Britt Baker D.M.D., Mercedes Martinez, Taya Valkyrie and Anna Jay The next five enter with Deeb and Baker being two of the more fancied wrestlers to win this battle royale. In this period, Hikaru Shida came into her own as she eliminated no less than four opponents - Martinez, Valkyrie, Jay and Saraya all succumbed to the former champion and the crowd voiced their support for her. Meanwhile, Deeb, Baker and Athena made an unlikely alliance but it was worth it as they eliminated Nyla Rose. Five in and five out in five minutes and the buzzer goes again. Eliminated: Nyla Rose, Saraya, Mercedes Martinez, Taya Valkyrie and Anna Jay Diamonds Kris Statlander, Ruby Soho (TBS champion), Tessa Blanchard, Trinity and Willow Nightingale Statlander and Soho have had recent battles over the TBS Championship and those two started fighting even before they got into the ring. The other three had no qualms about getting in the ring and getting amongst the main action, and eventually Soho tossed Statlander in and follow her so all five were in the ring. A few of the woman were close to eliminated, but no attempts were successful, so pretty much the opposite of the previous five minute period. Eliminated: Nobody Spades Skye Blue, Julia Hart, Deonna Purrazzo, Thunder Rosa and Giulia It seems like we now know who has replaced Jordynne Grace follow her suspension and the Forbidden Door has opened as Giulia of NJPW and Stardom makes her way out. Eliminations start again... Shida gets her fifth as she elimates the other club left, Athena. Statlander and Soho are still fighting each other, by the ropes, trying to eliminate each other, when the wily Baker comes over and lifts them both out... but then while Baker celebrates the double elimination, Trinity tosses her out of the ring as well and finally Skye Blue gets eliminated by Deonna Purrazzo and Julia Hart by Thunder Rosa at the same time but on opposite sides of the ring. Seven women are in the ring as the buzzer goes off for the last tiime in this match, including the only club left of the original entrants, Hikaru Shida. Eliminated: Athena, Kris Statlander, Ruby Soho, Dr Britt Baker D.M.D., Skye Blue and Julia Hart Joker Mercedes Moné Wild Card Maki Itoh The Forbidden Door opens again for the Wild Card as surprise number two is Maki Itoh from TJPW and GCW. She runs to the ring and starts fighting everybody she can lay her hands on. Moné is far more measured and takes her time. Itoh gets a quick elimination as she gets rid of Serena Deeb. Once Moné gets in the ring, she quite quickly gets rid of two - Tessa Blanchard and the long lasting Hikaru Shida. Deonna Purrazzo and Thunder Rosa start fighting and Purrazzo gets the better of that, lifting Rosa over and out. Giulia gets her first elimination as she gets rid of crowd favourite Willow Nightingale. She then gets a second when she gets rid of Maki Itoh - the Wild Card isn't winning this one. That leaves a final four of Trinity (who has been in longest), Deonna Purrazzo, Giulia and the Joker, Mercedes Moné. Purrazzo eliminates Trinity, then Giulia eliminates Purrazzo. Then to finish, Giulia runs the ropes, charges at Moné but gets low bridged and goes flying over the ropes. Giulia bangs the apron in frustration, Moné dances in the ring in celebration (31:19). 62 Winner: Mercedes Moné Runner up: Giulia Final four: Trinity and Deonna Purrazzo Iron woman: Hikaru Shida (around 24 minutes) Most eliminations: Hikaru Shida (5) Edited July 24 by Nobby_McDonald 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 7 hours ago, Nobby_McDonald said: I'm afraid not. Mercedes Moné is the most over woman on the AEW roster (65 average in USA). She is a member of Team Swerve. Dr Britt Baker D.M.D. is next (55 across the USA). She is available. And if you replace Grace now with her being suspended, with the transfer/signing window not being open you would not be able to resign Grace unless somebody else becomes unavailable. That being said, the season is nearly over and when the season is over, the transfer/signing window reopens so you could resign her then if somebody else doesn't sign her first. I am going to be tweaking the rules a little bit for Season 2 regarding wrestlers becoming unavailable, but more details will be announced in the close season. You basically have two choices Dawn... 1. Replace Grace with Baker and then (try to) resign Grace once the season has finished in place of any of your women wrestlers. 2. Leave Grace in your squad until her suspension has finished and she returns, at which point the season is likely to be in it's last week or two. One other thing to consider... Grace has now failed two drug tests. If she gets randomly selected for another drugs test when she returns and she fails again, she will be fired. As she is not on an exclusive contract with me, I don't have the option to send her to rehab. Is Baker more over than Grace? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted July 24 Author Share Posted July 24 17 hours ago, Dawn said: Is Baker more over than Grace? Baker is 55 across the USA, Grace averages 46. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted July 24 Author Share Posted July 24 (edited) DOUBLE OR NOTHING 2024 (Part 2) Lexy Nair is backstage with the former Women's World champion 'Timeless' Toni Storm, so we are in black and white... Toni says somebody rewrote the script for The Big Gamble and she doesn't like it... so she will write her own script for Double or Nothing where she wins back her Women's World Championship. 49 v WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP Lucha Brothers (champions, with Alex Abrahantes) v Darby Allin & Sting A very good match, far better than the tornado match which saw Lucha Brothers win the titles from Darby and Sting last month at The Big Gamble. Unfortunately, it also showed that the icon and legend that is Sting has been beaten by the one thing nobody can beat. Time. He struggled to keep up with his opponents, especially Fénix. There is no doubt Sting is one of the greatest ever and he will rightly be remember for it. Here though, the win came for Lucha Brothers in 10:21 when Fénix pinned Sting with an Assisted Fear Factor. 80 – match of the night Penta 78, Fénix 92, Sting 49, Allin 74 Penta and Sting were really off their game Backstage and Alex Marvez is with the Women's World champion, Jamie Hayter. Hayter says she never lost the title in the first place, she had to give it up due to injury... so now she has worked so damned hard to win it back again, she's not letting go of it any time soon. 48 v WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Jamie Hayter (champion, with Dr Britt Baker D.M.D. and Rebel) v 'Timeless' Toni Storm (with Mariah May and Luther) A good match that went on for quite a long time, certainly one of the longest women's matches AEW has ever put on. Hayter had the power advantage and used this to be in control for more of the match than the challenger. It led to her retaining in 21:23 by pinfall with a Curb Stomp. 63 Hayter 65, Storm 58 Hayter and Storm have pretty good chemistry. Hayter benefitted from public support Jamie Hayter has won her first 10 matches and is also the first woman to rack up 10 singles wins. Will Ospreay cuts a backstage promo, saying it's his time bruv... and tonight he will beat Bryan Danielson again and win the AEW World Championship. 50 MEN'S CASINO BATTLE ROYAL Justin Roberts again runs through the rules, saying the Joker, Samoa Joe and the Wild Card will enter last... The video screen 'shuffles' the deck... Hearts MJF, Kenny Omega, Sami Zayn, Cash Wheeler and Eddie Kingston None of these look happy at being the first five men out to fight the first five minutes, but if they want to go on and challenge for the World Championship at All In London, it's what they will have to do and they will have to outlast twenty one other wrestlers. There was one elimination here as MJF tossed out Cash Wheeler, though Eddie Kingston almost sprung a surprise when he almost eliminated MJF in the opening ten seconds. Eliminated: Cash Wheeler Diamonds Claudio Castagnoli (World Trios champion), Chris Jericho, Adam Cole, Adam Page and Dax Harwood The next five enter the ring, and Chris Jericho surprisingly is out quickly, within a couple of minutes, courtesy of Kenny Omega. The rest continue, just about surviving in a couple of cases including Sami Zayn and Adam Cole. Eight are in, five more come to join them. Eliminated: Chris Jericho Clubs Jack Perry, Adam Copeland (TNT champion), Drew Galloway, Swerve Strickland and Jay White As soon as the five hit the ring, another men has entered through the crowd and into the ring from the other side, and he's wielding a steel chair... Austin takes out Jack Perry straight away with the chair, hits a Stone Cold Stunner and tosses him out only a few seconds after entering the ring. Adam Page sees this, and goes straight for Austin, only to get intercepted by Kenny Omega. Omega kicks Hangman in the gut, Austin hits another stunner and Austin throws him over the top too. Steve Austin then leaves straight away giving Page and Perry the middle finger as the crowd roar with approval. Chief of Staff Steve Austin has eliminated two men and he's not even in the match. Kenny Omega is distracted though as he waves the pair off, which allows Adam Cole to sneak up behind him and lift him out over the top. Dax Harwood is also eliminated, courtesy of an MJF clothesline. Eliminated: Jack Perry, Adam Page, Kenny Omega and Dax Harwood Spades Miro, Orange Cassidy, Daniel Garcia, Hook (FTW champion) and Christian Cage Some contrasts of personality with the next five men but they are all here for one thing. Eddie Kingston isn't for any longer though as he has been tossed out by his long time rival Claudio Castagnoli. Castagnoli quickly joins Kingston out of the match though as Kingston reaches up and yanks Castagnoli out in an act of revenge and defiance. Adam Copeland also goes out as Swerve Strickland nails a House Call and then he hauls him out. There are eleven men in the ring as the last two are ready when the buzzer hits... Eliminated: Eddie Kingston, Claudio Castagnoli and Adam Copeland Joker Samoa Joe Wild Card Tomohiro Ishii Two very tough men make their way to the ring as the Forbidden Door opens again for the Stone Pitbull who makes his way out alongside the former World champion. It's a fight to the finish for the remaining thirteen men. The final two men make an immediate impact as they make two eliminations each. Joe gets rid of Christian Cage and Daniel Garcia while Ishii eliminates Hook and Miro. Ishii and Miro would make quite a singles match. MJF then gets rid of Orange Cassidy which means all the spades who were the last suit to enter are now out while both MJF and Sami Zayn are hearts who were the first suit to enter the match. Eight are left. Drew Galloway gets rid of Jay White. Sami Zayn gets rid of Swerve Strickland for his first elimination and then MJF gets rid of Galloway. On the opposite side of the ring, Joe gets rid of Ishii. We're left with a final four of Adam Cole, Samoa Joe and original entrants MJF and Sami Zayn. It's back to the second half of 2023 with the Brochachos and Samoa Joe, plus Sami Zayn. Initially Zayn and MJF pair up to fight Joe and Cole, but it doesn't last long. Joe turns on Cole with a stiff headbutt than reels Cole back to the ropes, then a second sends him over. MJF immediately spies his chance and lifts Joe over before he can even turn back round. MJF is left to face Sami Zayn, two of the original five entrants are the last two left. After some back and forth, the two grapple to the ropes, where they tumble over... Zayn and MJF both try to hang on to the ropes, but MJF can't get a grip on the ropes and falls to the floor. Zayn wins in 41:22. 61 Winner: Sami Zayn Runner up: MJF Final four: Adam Cole and Samoa Joe Iron man: MJF and Sami Zayn (41:22) Most eliminations: MJF (5) Prior to the main event, the World champion Bryan Danielson says tonight is about two things... one is avenging his loss to Will Ospreay... and the second is retaining the World Championship. 72 v WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Bryan Danielson (champion) v Will Ospreay Everybody expected fireworks here, it was anticipated this was going to be an all time classic. Danielson put in a performance but Ospreay was a little underwhelming. He wasn't his usual high quality. Perhaps the really big match pressure got to him? Whatever the reason and while he proved very difficult to put away, he didn't have Danielson in a lot of trouble, in part due to Danielson grounding him for large portions of the match. Danielson duly retained in 32:03 by pinfall with a Busaiko Knee. 73 Danielson 83, Ospreay 66 Show rating: 77 AEW increased popularity in 1 region Attendance: 38,317 Buy rate: 0.39 (196,069 buys) Double or Nothing was AEW’s 2 best show of 2024. Lucha Brothers v Darby Allin & Sting was AEW’s 7 best match of 2024. Double or Nothing drew AEW’s highest attendance of 2024. Double or Nothing drew AEW’s highest pay per view buy rate of 2024. QUICK RESULTS Bryan Danielson beat Will Ospreay to retain the World Championship (1 defence, 36 days) Sami Zayn won the Men's Casino Battle Royal Jamie Hayter beat Toni Storm to retain the Women's World Championship (1 defence, 36 days) Lucha Brothers beat Darby Allin & Sting to retain the World Tag Team Championship (1 defence, 36 days) Mercedes Moné won the Women's Casino Battle Royal Big Bill & Ricky Starks beat Best Friends The EVPs beat The Acclaimed LAX beat Top Flight & Action Andretti Blackpool Combat Club beat Timeless Ensemble to retain the World Trios Championship (1 defence, 36 days) Sammy Guevara beat Kyle O'Reilly (Zero Hour) Malakai Black beat Akira Tozawa (Zero Hour) Keith Lee beat Konosuke Takeshita (Zero Hour) Edited July 25 by Nobby_McDonald 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted July 24 Author Share Posted July 24 AEW RANKINGS Men WORLD CHAMPION: Bryan Danielson 7-1-0 TNT CHAMPION: Adam Copeland 12-0-1 INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: Roderick Strong 5-0-0 1. Hook 6-1-0 2. Will Ospreay 6-1-0 3. Miro 5-1-0 4. Samoa Joe 5-1-0 5. Sami Zayn 5-1-0 6. Daniel Garcia 3-1-0 7. Orange Cassidy 3-1-0 8. Christian Cage 5-2-0 9. Jack Perry 4-2-0 10. Jon Moxley 3-2-0 Women WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPION: Jamie Hayter 10-0-0 TBS CHAMPION: Ruby Soho 9-1-0 1. Mercedes Moné 7-0-0 2. Julia Hart 8-1-0 3. Toni Storm 8-1-0 4. Deonna Purrazzo 6-1-0 5. Dr Britt Baker D.M.D. 4-1-0 6. Skye Blue 3-1-0 7. Athena 3-0-3 8. Serena Deeb 3-3-0 9. Tessa Blanchard 3-3-0 10. Thunder Rosa 3-4-0 Tag Teams WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS: Lucha Brothers 7-2-0 1. Big Bill & Ricky Starks 3-1-0 2. The EVPs 3-1-0 3. Darby Allin & Sting 4-2-0 4. Blackpool Combat Club 3-2-0 5. The Gunns 3-2-0 Trios WORLD TRIOS CHAMPIONS: Blackpool Combat Club 5-1-0 1. LAX 5-0-0 2. Timeless Ensemble 7-1-0 3. The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn 3-1-0 4. The Dark Order 4-2-0 5. The Golden Lion Club 5-2-1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted July 24 Author Share Posted July 24 NEW WORKERS Saikaku Matsuwara (20, Japanese, Dragon Gate Dojo) Lee Ryland (20, English, Uprising School of Pro Wrestling) Nicole Bloxsome (22, English, Dragon Pro Academy) Linda Andrade (23, American, Funking Conservatory) Ted Arryn (31, American, Catchpoint Philadelphia) Johnny Nelson (18, American, Nightmare Factory) Herbert Collins (18, Australian, MCW Academy) Yumi Nakata (21, Japanese, Tokyo Joshi Pro Dojo) Odile Schenk (22, Austrian, wXw Wrestling Academy) Terry Savage (23, American, FUNAKI Dojo) Louise Jardine (19, Australian, Pro Wrestling Academy) Earl Dudley (18, American, NJPW LA Dojo) Atomic Alien (22, Mexican, CMLL Wrestling School) Edmundo Campos (23, Mexican, CMLL Wrestling School) Jason Cohen (18, American, BIO Pro Wrestling) Bobby Nash (21, Canadian, Battle Arts Academy) Chris Stewart (21, Canadian, Tyson Dux Wrestling Factory) Darrell Crockett (23, Australian, The Fale Dojo) Akemi Morishita (19, Japanese, Actwres girl’Z Dojo) RETURNS Davienne (29) RETIREMENTS FROM THE RING Ken Shamrock (60) Máscara Año 2000 (66) Ken’ichiro Arai (51) KAMIKAZE (52) ODB (45) Ronda Rousey (37) Yasu Kubota (49) Rocky Santana (68) Masamune (49) LEFT THE BUSINESS Máscara Año 2000 (66, retired) Tsuyoki Fukada (67, retired) Tsuyoshi Kikuchi (59, retired) Satoshi Oji (54, moved on to other ventures) KAMIKAZE (52, retired) Yasu Kubota (49, moved on to other ventures) Jon Briley (44, moved on to other ventures) Masamune (49, moved on to other ventures) DEATHS Kane (57) FRANCHISE PLAYERS MJF, Bryan Danielson, Adam Copeland, Penta El Cero Miedo, Samoa Joe NEXT BIG THINGS Action Andretti, El Hijo del Vikingo, Billie Starkz, Nick Wayne HOT PROSPECTS Jamie Hayter, Tay Melo, Konosuke Takeshita, Action Andretti, Billie Starkz TALK THE TALK Chris Jericho, MJF, Steve Austin, Jon Moxley, Adam Copeland SHOW STOPPERS Kenny Omega, Mercedes Moné, ???, Swerve Strickland, Bryan Danielson RING GENERALS Bryan Danielson, Kenny Omega, Sami Zayn, Jay White, Dax Harwood WHO’S HOT MJF, Jamie Hayter, Rey Fénix, Samoa Joe, Penta El Cero Miedo WHO’S NOT Adam Page HIDDEN GEMS Miranda Alize, Trish Adora, Odinson, Nicole Matthews, Steph De Lander TOP 5 RANKED COMPANIES 1. WWE (large) 2. AEW (medium) 3. NXT (small) 4. NJPW (medium) 5. TNA (small) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted July 24 Author Share Posted July 24 NEWS Anthony Bowens, Thunder Rosa, Taya Valkyrie, Trinity and Miro returned clean drug tests at Double or Nothing. AEW made a profit of $320,481 in May. AEW have made improvements to their training facilities at a cost of $2,000,000 Master Wato has won the NJPW Best of the Super Juniors. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 2 hours ago, Nobby_McDonald said: Baker is 55 across the USA, Grace averages 46. I'll take the replacement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted July 25 Author Share Posted July 25 21 hours ago, Dawn said: I'll take the replacement. Done, Baker is now in your squad, Grace is not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted July 25 Author Share Posted July 25 LEAGUE TABLE After 19 weeks 1. The Peak of Perfection - 35 matches, 74 points (24-9-2) 2. Black Lotus - 36 matches, 74 points (24-10-2) 3. Timeless Ensemble - 34 matches, 67 points (22-11-1) 4. The Golden Lion Club - 34 matches, 64 points (21-12-1) 5. The Bryan Danielson Appreciation Society - 31 matches, 56 points (18-13-2) 6. Team Swerve - 33 matches, 51 points (17-16-0) 7. TV Network - 34 matches, 34 points (11-22-1) 8. The Spooky Club - 31 matches, 25 points (8-22-1) 9. Team WooItsNathan - 34 matches, 6 points (2-32-0) (wins-losses-draws) The transfer/signing window has now closed. Wrestlers cannot be signed until the end of the season unless one of your wrestlers becomes unavailable. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted July 25 Author Share Posted July 25 @Martel123 @christmas_ape @AURELIA @DinoKea @stratusfaction @Dawn @PH71 @KyTeran @Wrestling Machine WEEK 20 FIXTURES DYNAMITE The Spooky Club v The Peak of Perfection - men singles The Bryan Danielson Appreciation Society v Team WooItsNathan - men trios Team Swerve v The Golden Lion Club - men tag Timeless Ensemble v Black Lotus - men trios COLLISION Team WooItsNathan v The Spooky Club - women tag Black Lotus v Team Swerve - men singles The Golden Lion Club v Timeless Ensemble - women tag TV Network v The Bryan Danielson Appreciation Society - men singles The deadline for selections is 18:30 UK time 13:30 US East coast time on Monday 29 July. UNAVAILABLE Tay Melo (maternity leave) Tenille Dashwood (maternity leave) POSSIBLY UNAVAILABLE - Depends if working elsewhere Emi Sakura (Collision only) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 Kenny, Sami and Orange Toni and Britt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KyTeran Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 DYNAMITE Lucha Brothers COLLISION Ruby Soho and Willow 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted July 28 Author Share Posted July 28 I've not even noticed there is a sub forum for TEW IX until tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PH71 Posted July 28 Share Posted July 28 Mox, Yuta, Danielson Kingston for singles Also enjoyed Double or Nothing, great show. RIP Kane! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DinoKea Posted July 28 Share Posted July 28 DYNAMITE We shall send in Drew Galloway to defeat the Creepys COLLISION No Peak of Perfection, underwhelming showing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stratusfaction Posted July 29 Share Posted July 29 COLLISION Will Ospreay (TV Network) v The Bryan Danielson Appreciation Society - men singles 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted July 29 Author Share Posted July 29 SHOW PREVIEWS DYNAMITE The Spooky Club (Sting - random selection) v The Peak of Perfection (Drew Galloway) The Bryan Danielson Appreciation Society (Jon Moxley, Wheeler Yuta & Bryan Danielson) v Team WooItsNathan (Kip Sabian, Bandido & The Butcher - default selection) Team Swerve (Samoa Joe & Nick Nemeth) v The Golden Lion Club (Lucha Brothers) Timeless Ensemble (Kenny Omega, Sami Zayn & Orange Cassidy) v Black Lotus (Konosuke Takeshita, Miro & Adam Copeland) WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP - Jamie Hayter (c) v Thunder Rosa OWEN HART FOUNDATION MEN'S TOURNAMENT FIRST ROUND - Komander v Buddy Matthews KUSHIDA v Scorpio Sky RAMPAGE OWEN HART FOUNDATION WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT SECOND ROUND - Julia Hart v Hikaru Shida OWEN HART FOUNDATION MEN'S TOURNAMENT FIRST ROUND - Preston Vance v Jacked Jameson Taya Valkyrie v Riho The Boys v Private Party COLLISION Team WooItsNathan (Anna Jay & Diamanté - default selection) v The Spooky Club (Julia Hart & Abadon - default selection) Black Lotus (Konosuke Takeshita - random selection) v Team Swerve (Swerve Strickland - random selection) The Golden Lion Club (Ruby Soho & Willow Nightingale) v Timeless Ensemble (Toni Storm & Dr Britt Baker D.M.D.) TV Network (Will Ospreay) v The Bryan Danielson Appreciation Society (Eddie Kingston) WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP - Lucha Brothers (c) v Big Bill & Ricky Starks OWEN HART FOUNDATION MEN'S TOURNAMENT FIRST ROUND - Mark Davis v Chris Jericho Hiromu Takahashi v Akira Tozawa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted July 29 Author Share Posted July 29 (edited) PRE SHOW Tessa Blanchard beat Willow Nightingale in 9:36 by submission with a Figure Four Leglock. 56 DYNAMITE Wednesday, week 1, June 2024 Tsongas Center, Lowell, Massachusetts (6,000 capacity) Announcers: Excalibur, Taz and Tony Schiavone The EVPs Matthew and Nicholas Jackson come out to the ring to start the show, with Adam Page and Jack Perry at their side. They call out the other EVP Kenny Omega and the Chief of Staff Steve Austin. The pair come out, along with Drew Galloway and Eddie Kingston... The Jacksons demand the removal of Steve Austin as Chief of Staff, saying he is out of control and his violent actions attacking both wrestlers and high ranking officials can't go unpunished... Austin says nah ah, not going to happen and Omega agrees, Austin stays. The two groups have reached an impasse and the power struggle is very much affecting things... neither side can get things done and there is no clear control over AEW's programming because of it... The two groups just stare each other down as the segment ends. 73 Austin looked good. v OWEN HART FOUNDATION MEN'S TOURNAMENT FIRST ROUND Komander v Buddy Matthews A decent opening contest and one where Komander gave Matthews as good as he got. It looked for a good while it could go either way, though when the chips were down Matthews came out victorious in 7:41 by pinfall with a Murphy's Law. 56 Alex Marvez is backstage with the former World Tag Team champions Big Bill and Ricky Starks. Marvez asks them what is on their mind... Starks says they are the best World Tag Team champions AEW have ever had and once again they have become the number one ranked team... so this week on Collision they want the Lucha Brothers with the titles on the line so the titles can come home to Bill and Starks. 52 v AEW LEAGUE The Spooky Club (Sting) v The Peak of Perfection (Drew Galloway) The crowd loved these two in the ring and the match was decent, this was more like Sting of old. Galloway showed The Icon a lot of respect before and after the match but between the bell, he was all business and duly won his team three points. They came in 7:47 by pinfall with a Claymore Kick. 65 Galloway far out performed Sting 77-50 Galloway benefitted from a hot new move. Renee Paquette is backstage and she says the Forbidden Door has opened as she introduces Maki Itoh, who was the Wild Card in the Women's Casino Battle Royal at Double or Nothing... Itoh says that while she came up short in the Casino Battle Royal, she has opened the Forbidden Door so she can fight the best women in America and try to win a championship... so she challenges Jamie Hayter to put the Women's World Championship on the line at Forbidden Door... though Itoh doesn't mention that Hayter will have to beat Thunder Rosa later on tonight for it to happen. 71 Itoh benefitted from public support. v AEW LEAGUE The Bryan Danielson Appreciation Society (Jon Moxley (World Trios champion), Wheeler Yuta (World Trios champion) & Bryan Danielson (World champion)) v Team WooItsNathan (Kip Sabian (with Penelope Ford), Bandido & The Butcher) An easy outing for BDAS, they won barely even breaking sweat, and looked to be enjoying themselves as they did it. Danielson finished the job in 5:03 when he submitted Sabian with the LeBell Lock. 61 Danielson's performance really stood out. Lexy Nair is backstage with TV Network for the AEW League report... TV Network lie 7th with 11 wins from 34 matches... and Will Ospreay says he will improve that record when he faces Eddie Kingston on Collision on Saturday night. 45 v KUSHIDA v Scorpio Sky (with Ethan Page) The great thing with Forbidden Door is pretty much anybody can show up in AEW and here we saw KUSHIDA in a decent match against a former World Tag Team and TNT champion. KUSHIDA made Sky look somewhat ordinary and took a good win in 10:36 by pinfall with a Midnight Express. 60 KUSHIDA out performed Sky 63-49 KUSHIDA debuted with a Fan Favourite gimmick, rated great. MJF is seen in a pre recorded segment in what is assumed to be his house. The room he is in is oppulent in it's furnishings and decorations and is bordering on a shrine to himself with various kinds of memorabilia associated with him... MJF says he is fuming with what happened at the Casino Battle Royal... Sami Zayn won by a fluke and it should have been MJF who was in the ring from bell to bell... because he is better than everyone... and everyone knows it. 87 MJF looked good. v WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Jamie Hayter (champion, with Rebel and Dr Britt Baker D.M.D.) v Thunder Rosa (with Konnan, Diamanté and Mercedes Martinez) A decent match. Hayter just about had he better of it, but Rosa was resilient, tenacious and nearly won the title back on a couple of occasions. Hayter retained though in 16:08 by pinfall with a Falcon Arrow. 63 Rosa seemed off her game. Hayter benefitted from public support. Konnan stays in the ring after the match. He says it's a matter of time until LAX get the Women's World Championship... whether that is Thunder Rosa, Diamanté or Mercedes Martinez... He switches focus by saying their first priority is winning the World Trios Championship from Blackpool Combat Club... He says his boys are the number one ranked trio and he's going to take the fight to the streets... just where LAX like it and just where the BCC like it... he says it will be gang warfare. 56 v AEW LEAGUE Timeless Ensemble (Kenny Omega, Sami Zayn & Orange Cassidy) v Black Lotus (Konosuke Takeshita, Miro & Adam Copeland (TNT champion)) A very good match with really good performances from everybody, which made it hard to tell who was going to win this match. After plenty of back and forth between the two teams, the points went to Black Lotus in 15:14 when Miro made Cassidy pass out to Game Over. 75 Cassidy benefitted from a hot new move. Zayn benefitted from public support. The Forbidden Door opens once more and Zack Sabre Jr walks down to the ring... Sabre calls out Bryan Danielson and the World champion duly makes his way to the ring... Sabre says they've faced before in a classic but now he sees that Danielson is the World champion sunshine... so Sabre says why won't they do it again at Forbidden Door, but this time for the World Championship... Danielson says yes... yes... yes... he won before, he will again. 71 Zack Sabre Jr debuted with a Technical Wizard gimmick, rated very good. v AEW LEAGUE Team Swerve (Samoa Joe & Nick Nemeth) v The Golden Lion Club (Lucha Brothers (World Tag Team champions, with Alex Abrahantes)) It's almost become a given that Fénix will put in the performance of the night and be in the match of the night and it happened again to close out Dynamite. He's probably the hottest thing in AEW right now. Joe put up a fight, but Nemeth struggled and the World Tag Team champions proved too good to win the three points. Penta pinned Nemeth in 15:43 with an Assisted Fear Factor. 82 - match of the night Joe 70, Nemeth 70, Penta 85, Fénix 92 Lucha Brothers are the first tag team to have had 10 matches, winning 8. Show rating: 79 AEW increased popularity in 24 regions. Attendance: 5,406 TV rating: 1.55 (1,169,405 viewers and 1,992,383 overall) Dynamite was AEW's best show in 2024 Samoa Joe & Nick Nemeth v Lucha Brothers was AEW's 2nd best match in 2024 Dynamite drew AEW's 12th biggest crowd in 2024 Dynamite drew AEW's highest TV rating in 2024 QUICK RESULTS Lucha Brothers beat Samoa Joe & Nick Nemeth (league match) Konosuke Takeshita, Miro & Adam Copeland beat Kenny Omega, Sami Zayn & Orange Cassidy (league match) Jamie Hayter beat Thunder Rosa to retain the Women's World Championship (2 defences, 39 days reign) KUSHIDA beat Scorpio Sky Jon Moxley, Wheeler Yuta & Bryan Danielson beat Kip Sabian, Bandido & The Butcher (league match) Drew Galloway beat Sting (league match) Buddy Matthews beat Komander in Owen Hart Foundation Men's Tournament First Round Edited July 29 by Nobby_McDonald 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted July 29 Author Share Posted July 29 PRE SHOW Action Andretti beat Stu Grayson in 7:17 by submission. 46 RAMPAGE Wednesday, week 1, June 2024 Broadcast on Friday, week 1, June 2024 Tsongas Center, Lowell, Massachusetts (6,000 capacity) Announce team: Don Callis, Excalibur & Paul Wight Renee Paquette starts Rampage as usual and her guest is Julia Hart… Hart talks about facing Hikaru Shida in the main event in the Second Round of the Owen Hart Tournament… she says tonight she will show a former Women’s World champion that the House always wins. 57 OWEN HART FOUNDATION MEN’S TOURNAMENT FIRST ROUND Preston Vance v Jacked Jameson A terrible match which Vance controlled, Vance advanced to the Second Round in 5:54 by pinfall with a Protobomb. 29 Vance out performed Jameson 43-26 The crowd were put off by a match involving two men they have no interest in. Red Velvet is backstage with Willow Nightingale and Red challenges Willow to a match next week. Willow smiles and says she will gladly beat her in the ring on Rampage next Friday night. 41 The Boys (with Dalton Castle) v Private Party Not too bad of a match, but not well received by a crowd that needs some stimulation. Private Party won in 6:56 when Quen pinned Brandon after a Gin and Juice. 35 The crowd were turned off by two teams they have no interest in. Hikaru Shida is now backstage with Renee Paquette… Shida says she’s a three time Women’s World champion because she is the best in AEW… and she will beat Julia Hart tonight to reach the Quarter Finals. 57 Taya Valkyrie (with Johnny TV) v Riho A reasonable match and at last some action that woke up the crowd. Taya beat the inaugural Women’s World champion in 9:29 by pinfall with a Road to Valhalla. 47 We see Anthony Ogogo backstage with Miro and the former Olympic boxing bronze medallist challenges the former TNT champion Miro to a match next week… Miro laughs, telling Ogogo this isn’t the boxing ring… it’s the wrestling ring and Ogogo will get hurt badly next week. 51 v OWEN HART FOUNDATION WOMEN’S TOURNAMENT SECOND ROUND Julia Hart v Hikaru Shida The best action of the night but it wasn’t by far and it didn’t have a lot to beat. Shida won in 13:22 by pinfall with a Tamashii. 51 – match of the night Hart 38, Shida 56 Hart was really off her game. Show rating: 50 Attendance: 5,406 TV rating: 0.07 (58,099 viewers and 85,785 overall) QUICK RESULTS Hikaru Shida beat Julia Hart in Owen Hart Foundation Women’s Tournament Second Round Taya Valkyrie beat Riho Private Party beat The Boys Preston Vance beat Jacked Jameson in Owen Hart Foundation Men’s Tournament First Round 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted July 29 Author Share Posted July 29 On 7/28/2024 at 10:32 PM, PH71 said: Also enjoyed Double or Nothing, great show. Thank you very much PH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted July 29 Author Share Posted July 29 NEWS Jamie Hayter, Orange Cassidy, Wheeler Yuta and Brent returned clean drug tests at Dynamite and Rampage. Lance Archer has signed a contract extension of 1 year. Stardom and AAA have signed an agreement where STARDOM can send young workers to AAA to assist with their development. The Coven have won the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship for the third time, defeating The Death Dollz. Warhorse has won the Beyond Wrestling Open Championship. Diosa Quetzal has won the IWRG Intercontinental Women’s Championship for the second time, defeating Keyra. Rocky Romero has won the CMLL World Lightweight Championship for the fourth time, defeating Stigma. Timothy Hatcher and Little Miss Roxxy have announced their engagement. Negro Casas and Dalys la Caribeña have divorced. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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