Press Release: World Title Tournament set Chase for Championships

Per the UltimateJobber and his arbitrary authoritarian management, his as yet unnamed Wrestling Draft X company will be crowning its Inaugural Grand Champion at Chase for the Championships. The tournament will include two pools of the top wrestlers in the world in a one day Round Robin event.

Competitors who earn a pinfall or submission victory in pool play will earn 5 points

Competitors who earn a victory via disqualification or COunt out will earn 3 points

A Time limit draw will earn both competitors 1 point

A No Contest for any reason will result in no points for either competitor.

The two men who emerge from pool play will face one on one in a 60 minute Iron Man match to crown the first ever Grand Champion.

UJ NOTE: Due to the results of Greatness at the Garden and the actions of Bruiser Brody and Stan Hansen, Bill Goldberg and The Ultimate Warrrior are unable to compete in the tournament due to injuries sustained

Participants:

Pool A
Bret Hart
Tazz
Kenta Kobashi

Pool B
Kevin Owens
Kuzuchika Okada
Lou Thesz

Other Championships to be determined:

Tag Team Title Match
Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson vs. The American Wolves

Intercontinental Title Match
Will Osprey vs. The Ultimo Dragon

Across the way from The Hammerstein Ballroom, Tod Gordon kicks off the Matte Pro Wrestling press conference in The Manhattan Center's Grand Ballroom.

Tod Gordon: Ladies and gentlemen, thank you all for attending tonight's press conference, and thanks to any of you who may have attended our first and second shows in The Hammerstein Ballroom. All of us in the Matte Wrestling Federation are looking forward to our third show, The Ultimate Escapade. And that brings us to tonight. I'm here to discuss what this show will bring and what direction it will move us in going forward.

Perhaps most importantly: One of our talent was injured in his match at our last event. Ricochet fell victim to Alberto Del Rio's Cross Armbreaker and has apparently suffered a dislocation and a fracture to his left arm. Barring any medical miracles, he will be unable to compete until fully healed, which doctors have estimated could take a minimum of six weeks. We would all like to wish Ricochet the best and we hope that he recovers from this with no lingering effects.

Onto business: We crowned our inaugural Tag Team and Openweight Champions at The Inauguration. At The Ultimate Escapade, we will crown our inaugural Masked Wrestler Champion. The final is set, but a #1 contender has not been discovered. There are three men who signed on to compete in the tournament, but had to take a backseat when certain issues arose...be those scheduling conflicts, travel mishaps, whatever the case...They will get their chance to be back in title contention as they compete in a triple threat match to decide the #1 contender for the Masked Wrestler Championship.

Suddenly, a masked man walks out to greet Gordon at the podium. The people know who he is, but not why he is here.

Prince Puma: Mr. Gordon, allow me to introduce myself. I am Prince Puma, and I believe you know why I'm here. I may not have signed on for your Masked Wrestling Championship Tournament, but I'm officially signing on for a Masked Wrestler Championship title shot.

Tod Gordon: Puma, I'll give you your title shot...but because you opted out of the initial tournament, I'm going to make you prove your worth for it. At The Ultimate Escapade, in order to continue on your quest to the Masked Wrestler Championship, you'll have to avoid being caught, as you'll be facing Zack Sabre Jr. If, and only if, you're able to defeat him, you will go on to face the #1 contender, with the title shot on the line, at the following event.

Puma and Gordon shake hands on the deal and we move on to the next order of business.

Tod Gordon: Onto the Tag Team Championship. Our #1 contenders have been decided—and, as an aside, I'd like to thank one-half of them, Paul London, for suggesting the TLC Match stipulation for the contendership match at The Inauguration. At The Ultimate Escapade, The New Day, The Jung Dragons, The Addiction, and Generation Next will occupy two separate tag team matches in order to find our next title contenders. Whichever team wins their match in a shorter length of time will go on to face either The Elite or London & Kendrick at the following event.

Already discussed is Triple H facing Alberto Del Rio for the role of MWF Commissioner. The Elite apparently being partnered up with Triple H does not change this plan. The "odd man out" of the fall in the main event of The Inauguration was promised an Openweight Championship match at The Ultimate Escapade, so Daniel Bryan—

Gordon is interrupted by none other than Daniel Bryan himself.

Daniel Bryan: Change of plans, Tod. Kenny Omega runs down to the ring and knees me in my face and thinks that's going to be the end of it? No. I want Kenny Omega at The Ultimate Escapade. This just became about more than championships. I'll give my title shot to Chris Jericho.

Tod Gordon: If you're willing to do that, I have no problem giving you Kenny Omega.

Gordon and Bryan shake before Bryan disappears and Gordon wraps up the remainder of the press conference.

Tod Gordon: Thank you all and we hope to see you at The Ultimate Escapade!

We’re setting up the ring in the old-school FCW Arena. Interested fans have already packed themselves in, looking for an early glimpse. American Alpha and TM-61are setting up additional chairs.

Brennan: This is the Florida Clash of Champions, and we welcome viewers to our live pre-event YouTube feed. I’m Rich Brennan, joined here at the announce booth by the CWF’s Buddy Colt and by NXT’s Nigel McGuinness!

Colt: That’s right, Rich, and believe it or not, it’s already standing room only in the FCW Arena! But our great—do I have to call them superstars?

Brennan: (pause) I am being told you do not.

Colt: Our great wrestlers are helping us fit more fans in right now!

McGuinness: Well, I don’t quite see why we need to pack people in like sardines. This isn’t Pro Wrestling Guerrilla! Besides, it’s already too hot in here!

Brennan: It is Florida in the summer—

McGuinness: Where’s my air conditioning?

Nigel’s complaining is cut off by cheers, as Sara Del Rey and Sarah Stock come down to the ring. They take a microphone each.

SDR: I know some of you might not know why the two of us are coming out here together. While Sarah and I did not make a habit of teaming in the ring—whether she was Dark Angel, Sarita or just plain Sarah—we have been a team for quite a while now outside the ring, as the two head trainers for female talent on NXT.

SS: Now, when this Clash of Champions was announced, Dusty came to us and said “Baybeh girls, now you know the CWF didn’t have no women’s revolution, because we didn’t have no women wrestling at all.” And we promised Dusty, the women of NXT could handle it all by ourselves. And more than that, we would handle it in the true spirit of NXT—by giving opportunities to women that have never stood on the grandest stage.

SDR: But you don’t want to hear about all that. You want to hear about the match you’re getting. So Sarah and I have decided that the new Women’s Championship will be decided in a one-on-one contest, with each of us choosing one competitor. Without further ado, I am choosing a woman who has been an absolute standout, making me both proud of her growth and frustrated that we never got that one on one match. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you . . . Ember Moon!

Ember Moon comes out atop the ramp to a big pop. She salutes Sara and Sarah, and awaits the announcement of her opponent.

SS: For my part, I wanted to make sure that we had the biggest first match possible. So while there will be time for many women to prove themselves, for now . . . Sara, I’m giving you that match. My choice is . . . Sara Del Rey!

Ember nods eagerly as the fans cheer. Sara is baffled.

SDR: You can’t do that! I mean, thank you—but also, we can’t do that! We’re supposed to be the trainers!

Sarah shrugs.

SS: If the CWF doesn’t have any women, someone has to play the old fart. Why not you?

Sarah Stock exits, leaving SDR and Ember to stare each other down.

Fade into the DSW Logo. Commissioner Kevin Nash is standing there. Wolfgang stands just to the right, arms folded in front of him.

Nash: You know, I don't like seeing my boys Hogan and Bubba being attacked. Makes me want to do something about it. But on the other hand, I do like a good Invasion Angle. And since I'm the HNIC (Head Nash In Charge) around here, I get to make decisions. So here's what we're gonna do. At the hilariously named DSW MegaCard Who Let The Dogs In?, we're gonna put two rings side by side. We're gonna surround them with a single cage. The cage will have a roof on it. We're gonna have a coin flip, and we're gonna have ourselves a War Games!

~ Wolfgang Almost Smiles ~

Nash: Now, you see this guy here? (pointing to Wolfagang) Since I took the role of Commissioner, I've been getting some threats. People for some reason don't like all the things I say or do. So I needed some back up. I needed an Enforcer. Even better, I needed a Regulator. And that's what Wolfie here is, my own personal Regulator.

~ Wolfgang glares and nods ~

Nash: Back to business. Unfortunately, I get paid to wrestle, not be the commish. So I'm gonna book me a match, Hey Wolfie, who are the two Blandest Vanilla Midgets on the whole damn roster?
Wolfgang: Well, probably Brad Armstrong and Tony Nese.
Nash: They still work here? Who knew? Anyway, so at Who Let The Dogs In? I'm putting those two nobodies in a tag team match against the Sexiest Commissioner of all time, moi, and The Regulator. Now, if you'll excuse us, I have a liver to resume abusing.
Wolfgang: You know, Me family owns a pub back in Scotland. I'm a barkeeper too.
Nash: And I will be putting that skill to good use.

Not, you know, 3 Count?

Also, like the announce team.

I can't help but laugh at A-Train as Chewbacca. And I can't tell how Psicosis as Darth Maul would play out, but it fits better the more I run it through my head.

Some men are born great . . .



Taryn: You know what, we can stop it right there.

Taryn Terrell comes on to the screen.



Taryn: See, it has come to my attention that a certain man in this company . . . a small man, a weak man, a man who could never keep the woman I am . . . is still being referred to as "The Chosen One." But I have news for Drew . . . if a man is born great, if a man is chosen from birth . . . no one needs to be told. They'll just see it, and know.

When I looked upon my men, my REAL men, my Chosen Kingdom . . . I knew.



Taryn: Now Drew, I see that you'll be occupied our first show, getting your face beaten in by The Destroyer. So in the meantime, I have the perfect opponents for my Chosen Kingdom . . . 

The Lesser Brothers. The Abandoned Children. The Forgotten Lineage.



History has not been kind to you. We won't be either.

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