[Lucky]

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Eco's Consejo Nuevo de Lucha Ligera presents The Gauntlet Is Thrown

General Manager: David Batista
Announcers: Jim Ross and Jay Leno
Referee: ConcreteTG

Opening Promo from Barack Obama

Sabian/Antonio Rocca vs. Lou Thesz/Rikidozan
Chairs Legal Match for a Spot in the TLC Tag Title Rematch

Shawn Daivari vs. Ernie "Big Cat" Ladd
Flag Match (w/ Live Elephant and Donkey ringside!)

Jerry Lynn vs. Mil Mascaras
For the First Spot in the LH Title Gauntlet Match

Beth Phoenix vs. Jazz
Lumberjill Match for the CNLL Women's Title
(Lumberjills: Melina Perez, Alicia Fox, Torrie Wilson, Linda Miles, Jacqueline Moore, Lizzy Borden, Major Gunns)

Dean Malenko vs. Pedro Morales
For the Second Spot in the LH Title Gauntlet Match

Bobby Lashley vs. Shinya Hashimoto
MMA Challenge Match

Sir Ronald Killings/Gorgeous George vs. Too Cool (Scotty 2 Hotty/Grandmaster Sexay)
Tables Legal Match for a Spot in the TLC Tag Title Rematch

Bruno Sammartino vs. Giant Baba
Legends Title Match

CM Punk vs. Hurricane w/ Shannon Moore
For the Final Spot in the LH Title Gauntlet Match

Rey Misterio/El Hijo del Santo vs. La Pareja Atomica (Gory Guerrero/El Santo)
Ladders Legal Match for a Spot in the TLC Tag Title Rematch

1. Chris Jericho vs. *
2. Winner of Match 1 vs. **
3. Winner of Match 2 vs. ***
Gauntlet Match for the CNLL Light Heavyweight Championship
*, **, *** = Quite possibly Jerry Lynn, Dean Malenko, and CM Punk.

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Dev's World Women's Wrestling

Stephanie McMahon presents:
Commissioned by Karen Angle
Announcers: Dave Prazak, Lauren, & Becky Bayless


Tag Team Opener:
International Home Wrecking Crew (Jetta & Rain) vs. The Pink Ladies (Madison Eagles & Jessie McKay)

Four Way Fray: (All 4 women are legal/elimination rules)
Shantelle Taylor vs. Talia Madison vs. Candice LaRae vs. Taylor Matheney

Singles Bonus Match:
Serena Deeb vs. Nikki Roxx

Tag Team Grudge Match:
Mi Pi Sexy (Krissy Vaine & Michelle McCool) vs. Molly Holly & Trish Stratus

Pure Showcase:
Tori vs. Lacey

Tag Team Title Match: (One-fall to a finish)
Team Nameless (Ashley Lane & Nevaeh) vs. Pretty Frickin’ Awesome (Portia Perez & Nikki Matthews) w/Prince Nana & Oman Tortuga vs. The Jade Dynasty (Nattie Neidhart & Lacey Von Eric) w/Jade Chung

Global Challenge Cup:
Block A- Angelina Love (Canada) vs. Sarah Stock (Mexico)
Block A- Mariko Yoshida (Japan) vs. MsChif (Inferno)
Block B- Victoria (United States) vs. Katie Lea Burchill (England)
Block B- Wesna (Germany) vs. Rebecca Knox (Ireland) w/Prince Nana & Oman Tortuga

World Title: (Anything Goes Street Fight)
Melissa Anderson w/Prince Nana & Oman Tortuga vs. Mickie James

[DevSop]

His card has ASTERIKS...gimme a break.

This should totally be close.

[Deadly]

Dev.

[Batman]

CNLL over anybody.

[DevSop]

Detailed back-story and results:

Card #2

A Company

Commissioned by:

Announced by:
Play-by-play: Dave Prazak

Color commentator: Lauren

Backstage announcing: Becky Bayless



Tag Team Opener:
The Pink Ladies (Madison Eagles & Jessie McKay) (0-1) vs. International Home Wrecking Crew (Rain & Jetta) (0-1)
vs.

Back-story – Both teams were disappointed by the opening shows results. The Pink Ladies gave their all against the more experiences Jade Dynasty, but came up short mainly due to the interference and distractions of Jade Chung. During the time between shows, The Pink Ladies made clear their desire to get another crack at The Jade Dynasty. On the other side of the ring is the IHWC. They were involved in a very good Ladder Match at the first big show, but came up short when Rain sacrificed herself to take Portia Perez out of the match. Now they have to work their way back up the card.

Result – A very hotly contested back-and-forth match with numerous swings of momentum and nearfalls. But once again, it was a distraction on the outside that cost The Pink Ladies the match. This time it was done without the International Home Wrecking Crew realizing. As Nattie and Lacey distracted Madison Eagles on the outside, it was academic inside the ring when Rain hit Acid Rain on Jessie McKay. The IHWC were victorious in 7:44

Four-Way Fray (All 4 competitors are legal and elimination rules):
Talia Madison (0-1) vs. Shantelle Taylor (1-0) vs. Candice LaRae (1-0) vs. Taylor Matheney (1-0)
vs. vs. vs.

Back-story – The four competitors are all coming into this match from different directions. Candice LaRae won a dark match on the first card and was given this advancement up the card for that reason. Shantelle Taylor won a close Pure Showcase match over longtime friend Nikki Roxx. While Taylor Matheny and Talia Madison did battle in one of our more vicious encounters of the first show. They were on opposing sides of a 6-woman war that saw Taylor’s team gain the victory, but Talia’s Mi Pi Sexy left Taylor and her partners beaten and bloody.

Result – With all four-women legal, the match was all over the place. Taylor tried to match up with Talia, but she was doing her best to avoid that at all cost. Candice was willing to hook-up with anyone to prove herself. Shantelle played the wily veteran in the ring and let the action come to her. After a while, the match broke down to a Taylor/Talia battle and a Candice/Shantelle battle. The Taylor/Talia portion got so out of hand that the ref had no choice but to DQ both after weapons got involved. This left Candice and Shantelle alone. Back-and-forth it went for a while, but in the end the experience of Shantelle was too much for LaRae. Shantelle Taylor wins with a bridging German suplex in 13:14. Post-match, Shantelle took Candice aside and raised her hand as well as the two walked into the back together

Challenge Match:
Nikki Roxx (0-1) vs.Serena Deeb (0-1)
vs.

Back-story – Both of these competitors are coming off tough losses on the first show. Serena Deeb lost a close dark match against Candice LaRae and Nikki Roxx lost for the 3rd time when a chance to enter a title contention area arose. Roxx really needs a win here or else she will continue to slide further down the card. Deeb has the support of upper management, but another loss here may very well cost her future bookings.

Result – In a shocking result, Nikki Roxx was never able to get this match going in her favor and Serena Deeb pulled off the impressive upset. Deeb won in 6:53 with a Chaos Theory. Post-match saw Nikki Roxx look really dejected as she slumped in the corner for a few minutes before finally rolling out of the ring and walking to the back.

Tag Team Grudge Match:
Mi Pi Sexy (Michelle McCool & Krissy Vaine) (0-1) vs. Molly Holly (1-0) & Trish Stratus (0-1)
vs.

Back-story – At our first show, Molly Holly thought she had gained her revenge on Mi Pi Sexy when she pinned them clean in the center of the ring, but she was greatly mistaken as Mi Pi Sexy got the last word and left Molly Holly lying in a pool of blood after the match. Molly went to management and demanded another chance to get her hands on members of Mi Pi Sexy. The match has been changed up a little as a former opponent of Molly saw what was done to her and requested a chance to help her, so it will be Trish Stratus teaming with Molly to get their hands on the two newest members of Mi Pi Sexy.

Result – McCool and Vaine played the typical chickenshit heel routine as they tried to avoid Molly and Trish for as long as possible, but Molly and Trish did finally get their hands on their hated foes. But it didn’t last long enough as MPS used chicanery to gain the advantage for a long while on Trish. Trish played face-in-peril for a long time and each time she came close to making the much needed tag, but McCool and Vaine played every typical heel move to make sure the tag didn’t go throw. Finally after what seemed like forever, Trish did make the tag and Molly came in looking to bust some heads. She was able to succeed on a small scale, but the action got too fast and furious for the ref to keep track of everything and was not able to notice Talia Madison making her way into the ring and spraying the MPS perfume into Molly’s eyes. That was quickly followed up by McCool’s version of the Styles clash. Mi Pi Sexy picks up the win in 15:25 but the post-match beating of Trish and Molly lasted for a few more minutes before Tori and Taylor finally made their way to ringside for the save.

Pure Showcase:
Tori (1-0) vs. Lacey (1-0)
vs.

Back-story – Another match to find the 2nd of four women who will be competing for the Pure Title at our 5th show. After her very impressive showing against Trish Stratus at the debut show, Lacey was a clear choice to compete for a spot in that match. The competition to face her was pretty varied, but finally the choice was made to give the spot to Tori after Molly requested the tag match. Tori was more than willing to give Lacey a fight. After her first match with Trish, the talking from Lacey was very dialed down and it was more on the scale of proving she deserved her chance to be looked at like one of the best in the business.

Result – And prove she is one of the best is exactly what she did. Tori and Lacey had a really exciting match that could have gone either way, but it was Lacey’s knowledge of the rules that really pushed the match her way. Tori thought she had Lacey on a few occasions, but Lacey used both the rope breaks and the 20-count on the floor to her advantage as she took time to recover any time she felt like she was in trouble. And it worked well as about 16 minuntes into the match, she was able to lock on the Last Chancery and even though Tori worked her way towards the ropes, she was out of rope breaks and had no choice but to tap out. Lacey wins with the Last Chancery in 17:04.

Tag Team Title Three-Way Dance (One-fall to a finish)
Team Nameless (Ashley Lane & Nevaeh) vs. Pretty Frickin' Awesome (Portia Perez & Nikki Matthews) w/Prince Nana vs. The Jade Dynasty (Nattie Neidhart & Lacey Von Erich) w/ Jade Chung
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Back-story – Team Nameless won a great ladder match at our first show as they defeated Pretty Frickin’ Awesome and The International Home Wrecking Crew and were all set to take on The Jade Dynasty in a one-on-one encounter at this show. But that was before Prince Nana stormed into Stephanie and Karen’s offices demanding retribution for the handicapped match he claims his team was faced with in the first show. After threatening to bring the wrath of Ghana on WWW, Steph finally caved and gave Pretty Frickin’ Awesome a chance as the third team in this match. Neither Team Nameless or The Jade Dynasty were happy with this change, but both had to focus on the match since it was what they had in front of them.

Result – A very good match that saw all three teams have their chances to become the WWW tag team champions. This time it was Pretty Frickin’ Awesome who formed the alliance with the 3rd team in the match, The Jade Dynasty. But when push came to shove, the alliance didn’t work as both teams wanted to become champions. And at the end of the match it cost both teams, as Team Nameless used the in-fighting between PFA and TJD and were able to sneak up behind Lacey Von Erich and hit The Curse of Curves on her and pick up the pin fall to retain the tag team titles.


Global Challenge Cup:
Block A - Angel Williams representing Canada (1-0) vs. Sarah Stock representing Mexico (1-0)
vs.

Block A – Mariko Yoshida representing Japan (0-1) vs. MsChif representing the Inferno (0-1)
vs.


Block B – Victoria representing USA (0-1) vs. Katie Lea Burchill representing England (1-0)
vs.

Block B – Wesna representing Germany (0-1) vs. Rebecca Knox w/Prince Nana & Oman Tortuga representing Ireland via Ghana (1-0)
vs. w/

Back-story – After the first night of the round-robin series, 4 women stood with a victory and 4 sat with losses. After tonight, some may sit in a deep hole at 0-2 while others may be sitting pretty at 2-0. Or they could just be fighting to stay afloat at 1-1. We should see some awesome encounters as the undefeateds in Block A; Angel and Stock face off to show massive superiority in their block and put themself in a big advantage going into our 3rd card. Also in Block A, the two members without a victory will face off as the unique MsChif will face the honorable Mariko Yoshida. In Block B, the former WWE diva and former TNA knockout, Victoria, will be looking to avenge her opening round loss to Rebecca Knox as she faces England’s Katie Burchill. In the other match, the superiority of Europe may be on the line as The New Embassy’s Rebecca Knox faces The Croatian Panther, Wesna.

Result – Unlike Night 1, clean finishes were not the order of the night as multiple matches were swayed by outside factors.

In Block A, the first outside influence of the night came into play as Angel Williams’ Beautiful People partner, Talia Madison, got involved and swung the outcome of the match. Sarah Stock was all Angel could handle and had her beat around the 16 minute mark, but there was no ref to make the count as Michelle McCool distracted the ref and Talia Madison ran in the ring and sprayed the BP perfume in Stock’s eyes and Sarah walked right into Angel’s Lights Out. Angel Williams rises to 2-0 at 18:02. In the other match of Block A, Mariko Yoshida never let the methodical MsChif faze her and it was close, but at the end, an Air-Raid Crash from Mariko finished off MsChif in 11:59.

In the other Block, it was a battle of attrition between Victoria and Katie. The match went the entire 20-minute time limit before Karen Angle came out and announced the match would continue until there was a winner. There would be no draws in the Global Cup Challenge so Victoria and Katie went back to war and it was another 5 and half minutes before Victoria was finally able to hit The Widows Peak and put Katie down after 25:33. The other half of the block saw Wesna dominate Rebecca Knox for the majority of the match before a real issue arose here in the WWW. Prince Nana got up on the apron and distracted referee Pee Wee Moore and we saw a package slip from Nana’s hand into Moore’s pocket. Seconds later, directly in front of Pee Wee Moore saw Oman Tortuga enter the ring and hit a Double-Powerbomb on Wesna. At this point she was easy pickin’s for Knox who picked up Wesna and hit a Knox Krusher for the academic three at 15:18.


World Title Match – Anything goes Street Fight:
Mickie James (0-1) vs. Melissa Anderson, Future Legend (1-0) w/Prince Nana & Oman Tortuga
vs. w/

Back-story – The Iron Woman match between Melissa and Mickie was one for the ages, but Melissa came out on top with 3 falls to 2. Though it was not without some controversy as Rebecca Knox got involved and influenced one of the falls of the match. But at the end of the day it was Melissa Anderson who claimed the WWW Championship. Mickie petitioned for a rematch and knowing that The New Embassy would get involved, she wanted to level the playing field and asked for an Anything Goes Street Fight. Mickie has experience in hardcore matches as she spent time under Raven’s tutelage in the past and she’s hoping that will counter-act the numbers of The New Embassy. Melissa is no slouch herself in these types of matches as she has wrestled both Wesna and MsChif in brutal hardcore matches.

Result – This match was a lot shorter than the first encounter, but in some ways it may have taken more out of both competitors as it was brutal to an unseen degree between women. Chairs, pipes, barb wire, bats, tacks, and even light tubes all saw their way into the match. And shockingly, due to the appearance of Team Nameless, Wesna, and a majority of the locker room, The New Embassy was rendered impotent. Both women wound up bloody and beaten and after Mickie hit an Implant DDT off the ring apron through a table it seemed as if she could have had the match won, but the damage taken throughout the course of the match, left Mickie too injured to make another move and the ref had no choice but to make the 10-count, quite possibly the slowest 10-count ever. But the result was the same…A No Contest in 21:46. But still WWW Champion, Melissa Anderson.

[Tommy]

Sop the whole way through. Most talent top to bottom of any fed.

[Mr. Dashbee]

I'm not sold on the main event no contest, but it's not enough to sway me away from Dev at this point. This realistically could have been the finals, IMO.

[Chris Eco]

Tight contest! Here's the card as it stands, I'll finish results/backstory throughout the day (was out all night).

Also I should have been WAY more explicit with results for the main event so as to clear up the gauntlet. Fixed below.

Consejo Nuevo de Lucha Ligera
"The Gauntlet Is Thrown"

Opening Promo...from the President of the United States, Barack Obama!

POTUS: My fellow citizens, I welcome you to the second show of the Consejo Nuevo de Lucha Libre, the New Council of Lightweight Wrestling. Last week, you and I had the privilege of watching a fantastic show filled with high flying, technical skill, and unfortunately, a little chicanery here and there.

As you know, my Supreme Court nominee, Judge Sonia Sotomayor, has begun her Senate hearings this week. Many of Judge Sotomayor's detractors have taken to playing the race card, confusing the value of Judge Sotomayor's life experience with a bias that would threaten those who came before her. They are too focused on the politics of division to see the blessings of diversity. On this night, then, I extend my greatest congratulations to CNLL, whose success is inextricably linked to its diversity--of gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic class, nationality, and indeed, (smiling) even diversity of era. May God bless you, these competitors, and the United States of America.

Chairs Legal Match
For a Spot in the TLC Tag Title Rematch

Sabian/Antonio Rocca vs. Lou Thesz/Rikidozan

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Backstory:
Sabian challenged Antonio Rocca to a match after Rocca claimed "people like him" were ruining America today, which General Manager David Batista then designated a "flippy shit match" where their feet would always leave the ground. Upon the overcrowding of the card, and the introduction of two great NWA Heavyweight Champions toward the end of the match, the two wrestlers were consolidated into a #1 contender's rumble from which they were the first two eliminated. Unimpressed, Batista forced them to delay their singles match further, putting them in an odd-couple tag team to contend for the TLC match given their high-flying expertise.

Lou Thesz and Rikidozan, while opponents last week in the Fathers of Wrestling Match Thesz won, have a history of mutual respect forged in 60-minute time-limit draws in Japan. While they are deeply unfamiliar and uncomfortable with the "TLC" style, they are two legendary light heavyweights and expect to be able to move on to that match.

Winner:
*Thesz gains a near-fall early on when he powerbombs Rocca on a chair Rikidozan has slid in, but Sabian breaks up the count.
*Sabian drags a whole cart of chairs down to the ring at the start of the match, which he later uses to break up a potential Thesz-Rikidozan tag by just chucking chairs like crazy at Riki, one catching him above the eyebrow and knocking him to the outside apron.
*Lou Thesz has Sabian stumbling and is setting him up for a chair shot. Antonio Rocca calls out to Thesz, who spins around, and jumps off a set-up chair, dropkicking Thesz's chair into his face and allowing Sabian to get the cover.

Flag Match
Featuring a Live Elephant and Donkey ringside, courtesy Sergei!

Shawn Daivari vs. Ernie "Big Cat" Ladd

Backstory:

Ernie Ladd, legendary heel and Republican fundraiser, specifically requested to join the company to go after outspoken leftist Shawn Daivari, who had recently become a fan favorite with the liberal Connecticut audience. Upon the overcrowding of the card, and the introduction of two great NWA Heavyweight Champions toward the end of the match, Batista requested that all six wrestlers merge into one rumble for the first show, with the incentive of a #1 Contender shot for any title they wanted in the balance. Daivari went to the end with Giant Baba, but fell short of claiming his World Title Shot. Instead, he now faces Ladd in a Flag Match by Ladd's request--with the Iranian flag in one corner and the American flag in another.

Highlights:
*Ernie Ladd comes down to the ring with a microphone.

Ladd: Hey ya raghead cabdriver! Check this out!

Ernie Ladd pretends to ram the donkey from behind before coming in the ring. Daivari is absolutely stoic and does not react.
*At one point, Ernie Ladd is going up for the American flag following a taped thumb to the throat. Daivari manages to jump up and kick the top rope, crotching Ladd before Daivari pulls him off to the ground.
*Daivari then hops up to the American flag side before pulling out something from behind--a rolled carpet! MAGIC CARPET SPLASH on Ernie Ladd!
*Daivari pulls down the Iranian flag to win. He steps down and is about to wave it when he stops. He then walks over to the opposite corner and climbs up, grabbing the American flag. He carefully climbs down to the apron, and begins waving them both to the crowd's overwhelming cheering. He then takes a microphone after handing the flags off to Nikki Heyman to wave.

Daivari: YA HOSSEIN!
Crowd: Eh?
Daivari: YA HOSSEIN!
Crowd: YA HOSSEIN!
Daivari: YA HOSSEIN!
Crowd: YA HOSSEIN!
Daivari: Thank you. May peace be upon those who seek truth in the homeland of my parents tonight, especially the students.

For the First Spot in the LH Title Gauntlet Match

Jerry Lynn vs. Mil Mascaras

When CM Punk cheerfully introduced Jerry Lynn and tried to bond over their status as former ECW champions, Lynn expressed his discontent with the current version of ECW vis-a-vis the original. Ever the self-righteous prick, Punk verbally tore apart the old ECW, basically calling its wrestlers degenerate wife-beating druggies. This confrontation led to a Hardcore Match, with weapons provided by the fans in Bridgeport. While CM Punk was victorious in that contest, GM Batista was so impressed by the effort of (and the fans' reaction to) Jerry Lynn that he offered him a shot in the Gauntlet. Mil Mascaras, recently aligned with El Santo against Rey Misterio, was replaced as Gory Guerrero's partner in the TLC qualifier so as to allow the original La Pareja Atomica to contend for the titles after the failure of Gory and Mil the week before. As one of the most legendary lucha performers of all time, the newly available Mil Mascaras was quickly hustled into this match by Batista.

Highlights:
*Mil Mascaras takes an early advantage following his Cross Chop when he dropkicks Jerry Lynn out of the ring and takes him down with a flying crossbody to the outside. Mascaras is too slow to get Lynn back in the ring for a pin, however.
*Jerry Lynn hops up with a tornado DDT attempt, which Mascaras partially reverses into a back-body drop, but Lynn leans his weight sideways, lands on his feet, and nails Mascaras with a brainbuster.
*Jerry Lynn catches a Mil Mascaras suicide dive before he takes the full impact to his gut, hooks up the arms, CRADLE TO THE GRAVE PILEDRIVER! Lynn quickly rolls Mascaras back into the ring, 1-2-3, that's it.
*After the match, Lynn extends his hand to Mascaras, who takes it and shakes it.

Lumberjill Match for the CNLL Women's Title

Beth Phoenix vs. Jazz

(Lumberjills: Melina Perez, Torrie Wilson, Alicia Fox, Jacqueline Moore, Major Gunns, Linda Miles, Lizzy Borden)

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Backstory:
Melina was drafted by Batista and was excited to be awarded the CNLL Women's Championship--until she found out it was based on their sexual history alone. Angry, she kicked Batista in the balls, who, angry, assigned her to face both Beth Phoenix and Jazz in the steel cage. Melina would come out during the first show to halt Alicia Fox's assault on Torrie Wilson after their match, but she was sneak attacked by Jazz--and then saved by Beth! Beth won the title afterward, with Melina partially incapacitated by a sneak-attack by Alicia. Rather than allow Melina a direct chance, Batista chose to give Jazz the rematch for the time being due to his remaining annoyance at the former champion. Melina and Alicia were both named lumberjills, however, to be joined by Torrie Wilson (obviously angry with Alicia), as well as Jacqueline, Major Gunns, Linda Miles, and Lizzy Borden (all of whom have entirely separate issues stemming from Lizzy and Linda's multiple assaults on the other two.)

Highlights:
*As soon as the bell rings, the two competitors immediately go after each other--as well as the lumberjills! Melina and Alicia begin exchanging fisticuffs as Torrie waits for her spot, Jacqueline drops Linda and puts the boots to her as Major and Lizzy roll around. Inside the ring, Jazz manages to clothesline Beth Phoenix outside, but the only one who seems to notice is Torrie who helps Beth back in.
*Alicia hides under the ring from Melina and Torrie who drag her out, only to find her with a singapore cane that gets CRACKED over Melina's head. Torrie jumps on Alicia's back, but Alicia flips her off to the mat and nails her with another one.
*Jazz pulls Beth up into the Bitch Clamp double chickenwing, but Beth grabs the ropes with her legs to break the hold. Jazz, angrily, pushes her over, right on top of Lizzy Borden who had just been powerslammed by Major Gunns!
*Jazz goes up to the top turnbuckle to leap on the prone Beth, but Linda throws Jacqueline into the ring post, causing Jazz to stumble off and land HARD and AWKWARDLY on the steel steps.
*Beth, smelling blood, rolls Jazz in the ring and pulls her up for the Glam Slam. 1-2-3, Beth retains!
*Security runs down to break up the remaining lumberjill fights, while Alicia stands at the top of the ramp, smiling at the knocked-out Melina.

For the Second Spot in the LH Title Gauntlet Match

Dean Malenko vs. Pedro Morales

Backstory:
This match could very well be called "The Revenge of the Screwjob". After weeks of silent training for the match, Dean Malenko had Jericho tied 1-1 in falls, when Jericho used a foreign object to knock Malenko out for the Lionsault. Meanwhile, Pedro Morales assented to a rematch with Bruno Sammartino of the last time they faced, in which they wrestled to a draw and Morales retained his WWWF title. This time, however, unbeknownst to Morales, Sammartino used legs and tights for an assisted pinfall and victory. Due to conflicts with Batista's desire to punish Jericho with a gauntlet and Giant Baba's Money in the Bank status, neither could have a direct rematch, so GM Batista decided to give them both a shot at the World Title via the Gauntlet.

Highlights:
*Morales takes control early with hard right hands. Malenko tries to slow down the flurry with a back armbar, but Morales runs him backward into the post and puts the boots to him.
*Malenko gets the momentum back when Morales charges him in the corner and he evades, causing Morales to go shoulder-first into the ringpost. Malenko quickly capitalizes with a cross-armbar stretching out the impacted shoulder.
*All shoulder-focused offense from Malenko for a while, until Morales manages to reverse one of the armbar variations into a backbreaker. He quickly goes to the top rope and comes off with a Caribbean Cannonball Seanton, but his shoulder injury slows him down with the pin and he only gets a two-count.
*After a little more offense, Morales goes back up top for a second try, but Malenko manages to follow him up and tweak his shoulder with a front arm clamp. He then clamps the other shoulder--Double Underhook Powerbomb from Malenko! 1-2-3, Malenko advances!

MMA Challenge Match

Bobby Lashley vs. Shinya Hashimoto

Backstory:
Jericho talked the Board of Directors into allowing Batista to have a match at the first event, and put Lashley on his own payroll, sneak-attacking Batista with the big man. For the sake of excitement, the Corporation decided Jericho and Batista should be able to pick the stipulation for the other's match--and Jericho decided to have Batista put his General Manager status on the line. Lashley later confronted Batista about what he saw as Batista's unfair rise to the top, predicated on steroids and backstage politics. Batista thoughtfully responded by beating the shit out of Lashley. Lashley had expected revenge on Batista once in the ring, due to his superior MMA skills--but a wide gash opened on his head early prevented him from ever capitalizing. With Batista not particularly forthcoming with a rematch offer, Lashley offered an open MMA challenge to any available wrestler backstage to prove his mettle--and Shinya Hashimoto, former NWA champion with a ju-jitsu background, came to test him.

Highlights:
*The two competitors are fighting in a cage, UFC style. Shinya keeps Bobby at bay with kicks at first, but Bobby hooks under one of Shinya's legs to take him down and start pounding on him.
*Lashley attempts to get a rear naked joke on Hashimoto, but the bigger Hashimoto manages to fight his way up and run Lashley back-first into the cage.
*Hashimoto and Lashley begin trading punches, with Lashley getting the better of Hashimoto. Spearing Hashimoto to the ground, he tries another choke lock, but Hashimoto breaks out after weakening his grip with a hard knee to Lashley's gut.
*Lashley, frustrated, reverts to wrestling and pulls Hashimoto in and up for a Dominator. Hashimoto slides off, however, and nails him with a hard kick to the head. Lashley goes down and does not answer the count in time. Hashimoto wins by knockout!
*After the match, Batista comes out, laughing and clapping. Lashley rolls out of the ring and angrily confronts Batista.

Lashley: The hell was that? There are no kicks to the back of the head in MMA!
Batista: Bobby, please stop your bellyaching. Fact is, I had some news for you--
Lashley: I don't care about your news! I want my match now! You think you're so bad, I should have kicked your ass last week if you hadn't--
(Batista SPINEBUSTERS Lashley on the steel ramp to a huge pop. He then picks his microphone back up.)
Batista: Like I said, Bobby, I have some news for you. See, Jericho is a little unimpressed with your performance as of late. He's decided to cut you off from payment out of his salary. And as you know, your contract is conditional on Jericho's payment. So Lashley...YOU'RE FIRED!
Crowd: NA-NA-NA-NA, NA-NA-NA-NA, HEY HEY HEY, GOODBYE!

Tables Legal Match for a Spot in the TLC Tag Title Rematch

Sir Ronald Killings/Gorgeous George vs. Too Cool (Scotty 2 Hotty/Grandmaster Sexay)

Backstory:

Backstory: In their simultaneous drafting, both wrestlers managed to insult the other's sensibilities--George by refusing to shake Killings's hand without a glove, Killings by his over-casual manner of dress. Being rather aggressive competitors, they agreed to have a match to settle the issue in which the loser would fall under the tutelage of the winner. Killings lost the match following a brass-knuckles assisted fist drop and was transformed into "Sir Ronald Killings". Meanwhile, Too Cool competed in the original TLC tag match, but a failure at a table-assisted W-O-R-M cost them the match. The two eagerly took this stipulation out of the three, expecting to defeat George and Killings and hoping for a chance to brush up on their table skills.

Highlights:
*Sir Ronald Killings and Gorgeous George enter, with Killings sporting a monocle, cane, white gloves and top hat. He doesn't look particularly happy about any of this.
*Match begins with Gorgeous George fighting Sexay, matching high-flying move for high-flying move. After Sexay misses with a Hip-Hop drop, George dropkicks him down and goes for a tag to Killings, who does so reluctantly.
*As Grandmaster Sexay and Killings brawl in-ring, Scotty 2 Hotty and Geroge brawl outside, with Scotty setting up Gorgeous George on a table outside. He climbs up on the apron and gestures for the Worm. Killings dropkicks Scotty through the ropes however, sending him falling to the mat below.
*After incapacitating Scotty with a DDT, George slides the table in the ring and sets it up as Killings and Sexay brawl in the opposite corner. After Killings takes down Sexay with a Scissors Kick, George flops Sexay onto the table. Killings, eyeing George warily, climbs to the top rope and comes off with a Hang Time 450 Splash through the table. 1-2-3, Sir Ronald Killings and Gorgeous George advance!

Legends Title Match

Bruno Sammartino vs. Giant Baba

Backstory:
Batista, noticing Bruno Sammartino and Pedro Morales had dropped surprisingly far in the PWA draft, snatched them both up for a match despite Sammartino's heavyweight status. Sammartino was especially keen on getting a second chance to beat Morales, and abused Batista's Choose-Your-Stipulation offer to make the Legends Title awarded based on the results of their match. Sammartino won the match with rope assistance without Morales knowing. However, Giant Baba had been hot-shotted into a Money in the Bank Rumble earlier that night, using his considerable size to pull out the victory over Daivari at the end. He then challenged Sammartino to a title match immediately after witnessing his chicanery.

Highlights:
*The beginning of the match is all Baba, with slams, overhead chops, and even a big running neckbreaker. Bruno manages to get up every time, but his usual strongman offense is ineffectual against the big guy.
*Bruno plays chickenshit for a bit, rolling in and out of the ring to avoid Baba's power moves. Finally, he comes in and clips Baba at the knees, taking him down hard.
*From there, Sammartino moves into submission wrestling, focusing on the knee of Baba to keep him from moving back to a power base. Baba fights up and tries a Big Boot, but Sammartino dodges and hooks the leg, pulling Baba down HARD. He puts a half-Boston crab on Baba from there, lowering his weight downward so as to avoid Baba kicking him off. Baba flails for a bit, but is unable to break the hold and ends up tapping out. Sammartino retains his Legends Title.
*Baba hobbles up to shake Sammartino's hand after the match, but Sammartino snubs him and walks out JUST LIKE HE may have SNUBBED RIC FLAIR THAT BASTARD.

For the Final Spot in the LH Title Gauntlet Match
w/
CM Punk vs. Hurricane w/ Shannon Moore

Backstory:
Shannon Moore, upon being drafted from the Matte Wrestling Federation, volunteered Gregory "Hurricane" Helms (against his will) as a tag partner to reform 3 Count and face off against Too Cool for the tag championships. Hurricane has been increasingly reluctant to surrender his lucrative singles career and tie himself back to Shannon, particularly when Shannon signed them up for a dangerous TLC match. To the horror of Hurricane, Shannon managed to scurry up the ladder after a luchador brawl and win the titles for the reformed 3-Count. GM Batista agreed to give Hurricane a chance in the gauntlet match to take a shot at singles competition--but only against CM Punk, with Punk coming off his brutal hardcore secondary main event win again Jerry Lynn.

Highlights:
*Nikki Heyman very obviously marks for Hurricane as he enters, posing alongside him.
*The two go back and forth for a bit, with CM Punk successfully grounding Hurricane for a bit, but Hurricane switches momentum with a Shining Wizard out of nowhere to the head of CM Punk!
*Hurricane lands a Hurri-chokeslam on CM Punk! One-Two-Not Enough. Hurricane goes up top and comes off with a crossbody, but Punk catches him and flips him up for a GTS! One-Two-STILL not enough!
*As Nikki Heyman checks on the dazed Hurricane, CM Punk goes to the top rope. Shannon Moore runs up and knocks Punk off, but not before Concrete turns around and, with a heavy heart, disqualifies Hurricane. CM Punk advances to the gauntlet match.
*After the match, Hurricane and Shannon Moore share a few words. Shannon Moore looks apologetic, and Hurricane just turns his head down and walks out, not waiting for Moore to follow.

Ladders Legal Match for a Spot in the TLC Tag Title Rematch

Rey Misterio/El Hijo del Santo vs. La Pareja Atomica (Gory Guerrero/El Santo)

Backstory:
Rey Misterio was originally going to face Malenko and Jericho for the world title, but El Santo, angry about what he saw as Misterio's slights against lucha libre, demanded to face him or quit. When Santo agreed to step into the Legends Match, he was compensated by being replaced with Mil Mascaras and Gory Guerrero (with his own grudges against Rey using his family name) in a handicap match--until his own son, El Hijo de Santo, decided to step in and offer his services as Rey's partner. Due to Rey's status as a former world champion and his original contract stating he would have a world title shot, their tag match was combined into the TLC Match so that Rey's team would have a shot at the tag titles. Rey's team fell short, due in part to the single-minded assault of Mascaras and Guerrero, both during and after the match. With this in mind, GM Batista decided to give them a shot at a rematch, pairing up this time directly against El Santo with the reformation of the great lucha team La Pareja Atomica. The two teams earned the ladder stipulation, in part due to its ubiquity as the means of assault of Guerrero and Mascaras in the TLC match.

Highlights:
*Lots and lots of flippy shit. Nikki Heyman loses control of this one early, with the participants treating the match much more like a four-man with alliances than a *tag*-team match.
*The tecnicos get an advantage after a while, with Rey Misterio kicking El Santo off the top rope out of the ring. El Hijo de Santo drop toeholds Gory Guerrero into the ropes, but as Rey goes for the 619, El Santo nails him in the chest with the ladder, sending him falling back.
*With the ladder set up in the corner, El Santo LAWNDARTS Rey face first into the ladder. Santo is then tackled by El Hijo del Santo, who follows his father outside the ring and continues brawling with him there.
*As Rey stumbles away from the ladder, blood bleeding out from inside the mask, Gory Guerrero pulls Rey Misterio up into the Gory Special. Rey is refusing to tap, but he fades slowly, with the referee ringing for the bell as he is rendered unconscious.

Gauntlet Match for the CNLL Light Heavyweight Championship

1. Chris Jericho vs. Jerry Lynn

2. Chris Jericho vs. Dean Malenko

3. Dean Malenko vs. CM Punk

Backstory:
From his initial placement as #1 Pick, Jericho was assured a spot in the World Title Match, despite his constant antagonism (and with hired gun Lashley, assault) of GM Batista. In choosing Jericho's match's stipulation, Batista sought a measure of revenge by making his match against the great technical wrestler Dean Malenko a Best of Three Falls match, with the second decided by submission and the third allowing a fall anywhere. Jericho managed to win the match by incapacitating Malenko with a foreign object before executing a huge Lionsault. Batista, incapable of challenging Jericho to a match to get his revenge on him so long as Jericho needs to defend his light-heavyweights-only title, decided to almost force the belt off of Jericho in a four-man gauntlet match which Jericho would start.

Highlights:
*First Round: Jerry Lynn has mostly recovered from his first match, but Chris Jericho is completely fresh. Chris Jericho is mostly dominant, but out of nowhere at one point, Lynn catches Jericho with a knee to the gut, quick flip, PILEDRIVER! Somehow, Jericho kicks out in time. Lynn makes the mistake of going off the top with a lariat, but Jericho pops up and grabs Lynn's head, dropping him into a Codebreaker! Jericho quickly capitalizes for a pinfall.
*Second Round: The match is exceedingly long, with Jericho kicking out of the Underhook Powerbomb and Malenko kicking out of a Codebreaker that busted him open. Eventually, a bloody Malenko evades Jericho's Lionsault and pops up to grab Jericho's legs. Malenko has Jericho in the Cloverleaf in the center of the ring, and Jericho cannot drag himself to any of the sides of the ring. Malenko plants his foot on Jericho's neck, which was injured by Lynn's piledriver, and after two long minutes, Jericho is forced to tap out. DEAN MALENKO IS THE CNLL LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION!
*Third Round: As Dean Malenko is stumbling and looking toward the ramp, CM Punk, ever the opportunist, runs in from the audience and NAILS him from behind with a hard kick to the head. Punk scoops him for Go-To-Sleep, and 1-2-3, that's enough to pin the beaten down Malenko. CM PUNK IS THE NEW CNLL LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION!

With Your General Manager, David Batista!

Featuring The Best Announce Team in the Business, Jim Ross and Jay Leno!

And Your Referee...ConcreteTG!

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[DevSop]

We should stop voting for the guy who drafted a roster ONLY for votes. I can guarantee Eco drafted a good maority of his roster because he expects it to get votes not because he even likes or knows the people. At worst, I at least have seen everyone on my show and like them all and never cared about what you thought.

Eco is a panderer.

[Chris Eco]

Yeah, Dev, I chose some guys on rep. I've seen a little Thesz and Rikidozan on YouTube, but would I have grabbed them that early instead of bumping up Leno based on what I saw alone? Nah. You're right, I thought "innovator of Japanese wrestling" made for better stories than "jobber to the stars in MANY feds--who you've probably seen!".

I'm impressed that you've seen most everyone in your fed--I don't honestly know half the women on there, which I was expecting to given that you were the only one drafting women who weren't Lita for I don't even know how many turns--probably until I grabbed Molly and gave her to you. Are some of them great? Yeah, I'll give you that. Would I rather watch anyone on your roster than Jericho or Punk? No. Personally, I'd rather watch Misterio or Hurricane or probably even Too Cool than most of your matches, even if they do represent the best of women's wrestling. Then again, that's why I drafted who I drafted (and got most of the female wrestlers I enjoy anyway).

Edit: Also, has anyone on my roster cut a shittier promo than MsChif here? Your writing is good, but I can't imagine most of your roster making me care with their promos or any of their storyline work outside of MAYBE ring psychology.

[Batman]

Great show. So are we going to see Hurricane v Helms next time or is that going to simmer longer?

Is there any more way for Jericho to duck Batista?

[Chris Eco]

Hurricane v. Moore has to simmer at least one more week (if we go that far) so they can drop the tag titles. And I have one more out for Jericho v. Batista--two more, if I can get a trade done this week.

[DevSop]

Calling anyone on my roster out for a promo when you have this:



or this:



or this:

[Batman]

Lashey's terrible on the mic, but Eco has wisely avoided him needing to speak more than a couple of words.

I completely forgot that Hurricane and Moore had the tag titles. Having the reigning tag champs feuding with each other can be a fun little gimmick.

[DevSop]

And forgetting everything else that has been mentioned...MELINA AS A FACE??? Really?

[Eric O'Mac]

I do have to ask - did Eco draft Obama? If he didn't, then why is he making an appearance? I know he was eligible, because he did appear on Raw once during the campaign, but I don't recall Eco drafting him and I'm too lazy to look it up. This may very well affect my voting.

[Batman]

He used drop/add to snag Obama.

[salmonjunkie]

I love reading Eco's fed. It may be my favorite one to read. I love his Obama intros, too.

I also don't really like women's wrestling much. Although I did watch GLOW as a kid, I don't think I could go through an entire card of women's wrestling these days. Unless it was this:


(NSFW!!!!) www.ultimatesurrender.com/

[DevSop]

I know I'm not going to win. Advancing a round itself was a shock once I decided to go with the women's fed, but I'm going to make a plea to everyone to give women's wrestling (not the WWE version) but actual women's wrestling a chance if the opportunity arises. Shimmer is the big one in the US, but I do know the northeast has 1 or 2 other legit women's companies. I'm not sure about the rest of the country, but I assume its out there and not the gratuitous T&A kind. I know there's the prevalent theory that the best women's wrestler can't compete athletically with the best male wrestler and that a midcard male is better than a midcard female and that may be true in theory, but it doesn't change the fact that women can just as entertaining in situations.

For example, Impact this week had a straight 25 minutes of women's action that may have been the best 25 minutes of wrestling all week. From The Beautiful People/Tara angle right into a pretty damn outstanding double debut match for Sarah Stock as Sarita and Cheerleader Melissa as Future Legend Alissa Flash. And that's not even getting into the rest of their roster which includes Kong, Shantelle Taylor, and Daffney to name the next 3 biggest names.

So, just give it a chance if you can.

[salmonjunkie]

I really do like TNA's women's wrestling. It's very good. And WWE has had a fair amount of great women's matches too. I just wouldn't want to watch an entire card of it.

Although, your card is probably better than half of the other cards in this game. Eco's promotion, however, happens to be one of my favorites.

[Batman]

My three favorite women's wrestlers are probably Beth Phoenix, Jazz, and Kong. You have none of them, and the card opposing yours has a match between two of them.