Meltdown XLIV & Fallout 044 || Card & Discussion.
Sept 11, 2024 18:47:07 GMT
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Post by supinesnake on Sept 11, 2024 18:47:07 GMT
- XLIV -
”THE DEVIL WENT DOWN TO GEORGIA.”
Live from the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Saturday 28th September, 2024.
FIRST MATCH | 1/20. Trick or Trash (Halloween Knight and Trash Mammal) vs. Vox Potentis (Jean-Luc Watkins and Konchu Hao). Tag Team Match. The Elite Tag Team Classic: Second Round. Match Writer: supinesnake. |
| The Elite Tag Team Classic continues with the semi-final stage in Atlanta, kicking off with this match-up between Trick or Trash and Vox Potentis. All four men in this contest are former champions in the FWA, although it's fair to say some have risen to such heights more recently than others. For Trash Mammal and Halloween Knight, the tournament gives them the opportunity to reclaim that recently lost status following their defeat in the trios battle royale at Back in Business, and they started their campaign off in the right way with a victory over the Undisputed Alliance on Fallout 043. For the recently formed Vox Potentis, their tournament began with a victory over Cinematic Universe, another new team made up of Brooklyn Steiner and Aaron Harrows. The Fallout commentary team will look to book their place in the final, but will need a more even effort from their members if they are to overcome the partnership of Mammal and Knight. |
SECOND MATCH | 1/20. FTN (Chris Peacock and Alyster Black) vs. The Lumberjacks (Doug LuPone and Dan LuPone). Tag Team Match. Match Writer: Man. |
| For the first time since becoming two-time FWA World Tag Team Champions at Back in Business XVIII, FTN return to the ring as a duo. Both Chris Peacock and Alyster Black are both believed to have signed waivers as neither are officially medically cleared to complete following the heinous assault on both of them at the hands of NTR on Meltdown XLIII. Their opponents, The Lumberjacks, fell out of The Elite Tag Team Classic in the first round, but a victory over the wounded champions could propel them straight into contention. |
THIRD MATCH | 1/20. Blair Ravenwood and Tommy Bedlam vs. Captain Righteous and XYZ. Tag Team Match. Match Writer: Jimmy. |
| The last cycle saw the booking of two championship matches for Lights Out, due to take place on the 17th November in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Blair Ravenwood earned the right to challenge for the FWA X Championship, currently held by Tommy Bedlam, by defeating Sawyer Xavier in a #1 Contendership match. Captain Righteous, meanwhile, made the most of his debut by overcoming FWA Television Champion XYZ in a non-title match. Jon Russnow immediately rewarded Righteous by booking a rematch at Lights Out, only this time with XYZ’s gold on the line. Russnow also booked this contest, which will see champions and challengers temporarily align in a tag team match. We’ll find out if these strange bedfellows can work together in Atlanta, although one would imagine that the FWA’s authority figure (and resident mischief maker) will be banking that they won't be. |
FOURTH MATCH | MAIN EVENT | 1/30. Danny Toner and Nova Diamond vs. Eternal (Princess Nova and Keres). Tag Team Match. The Elite Tag Team Classic: Second Round. Match Writer: Dubb. |
| The most shocking events of the last cycle, consisting of Meltdown XLIII and Fallout 043, was the formation of a new power stable in the FWA. This group is headed up by Nova Diamond and Danny Toner, who made their presence felt in a big way with a victory over the Buddy System in the first round of the tournament. They have set their eyes on FTN and particularly Chris Peacock, but will need to get past Eternal in this semi-final match if they are to keep that hope alive. For Nova Taylor and Keres, their tournament began with a win over the Lumberjacks on Fallout 043, with the duo making short work of their Canadian opponents. These two tournament favourites, put together by the random draw, will clash in Meltdown XLIV’s main event, a place in Fallout 045’s final on the line. |
- 044 -
”THE 19TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW.”
Live from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Monday 30th September, 2024.
FIRST MATCH | 1/20. Blair Ravenwood vs. Trixie Bordeaux. X Rules Match. Match Writer: ??. |
| With over a year of development Trixie Bordeaux and "Queen Bee" Blair Ravenwood will finally face off to settle their differences in an X Rules match. Blair gets an opportunity to not only show she's fit for the X Championship scene in one of the most brutal matches, but also get revenge on Trixie who brutally injured Blair's sister Celestia Ravenwood at Back in Business. Meanwhile, Trixie will look to repeat what happened at Back in Business when she defeated Blair, and put the sole remaining Ravenwood sister away for good. Blair's continual antagonistic "Trixie Fact of the Day" tweets had certainly not helped calm Trixie, nor did Blair costing Trixie the X Championship at Back in Business. Meanwhile Saint Sully, a legend in the X Championship scene, will be there in Blair's corner to cheer on his love, ahead of his Hall of Fame induction. All while Trixie's last ally Kleio De Santos has disappeared and not been seen since Back in Business. From ruling over the FWA in one of the greatest stables of the year with "The Coven" to wanting to destroy each other... both women are looking to put an end to the other. Will we see the end to this story, or the end to just another chapter? |
SECOND MATCH | 1/20. ’Ton Tonton’ J.J. JI! vs. Vengador. Singles Match. Match Writer: Dubb. |
| Both competitors in this match suffered disappointing defeats in the last cycle, with ‘Ton Tonton’ J.J. JI! unable to overcome the FWA X Champion Tommy Bedlam and Vengador also losing to Mike Parr. They will hope to bounce back on Fallout 044, but only one of them will be able to do so at the other's expense. Fallout 043 marked J.J. JI!’s ‘debut’ in the Fantasy Wrestling Alliance, although many observers - including, seemingly, Michelle von Horrowitz - noticed a more than passing resemblance between Ton Tonton and a certain company alumni. Vengador, meanwhile, is looking to stop the rot after a string of frustrating defeats, including to Bedlam at Back in Business last month. Vengador lamented that he had been preparing for Johnny Johnson in the lead-up to the match, who was replaced by ‘the Cowboy' at short notice. He will hope his preparations for JI! will set him up on good stead, but ‘preparing’ for an unpredictable opponent such as Ton Tonton is a tall task in and of itself. |
THIRD MATCH | 1/20. Cinematic Universe (Aaron Harrows and Brooklyn Steiner) vs. the Undisputed Alliance (Jackson Fenix and Nate Savage). Tag Team Match. The ETTC: Redemption Bracket. Match Writer: Jimmy. |
| The Undisputed Alliance and Cinematic Universe may have suffered defeat in the Elite Tag Team Classic’s first round, to Trick or Trash and Vox Potentis respectively, but all is not lost for this pair of teams. In a nod to the original tournament and its double elimination format, Jon Russnow announced on FWA.com this week that these teams will take part in a slimmed down version of the Redemption Bracket. The winner of this match will qualify for a #1 Contendership match at Lights Out, where they will face one of the main tournament's defeated semi-finalists. Both of these unsuccessful semi-final teams - if they so wish - will have the opportunity to fight it out on Meltdown XLV for the other spot. If only one of them desires to continue in the Redemption Bracket, that team will progress directly to Lights Out in order to face the winner of the Undisputed Alliance and Cinematic Universe. |
FOURTH MATCH | 1/20. DUDE-! vs. Lexi Lemonis. Singles Match. Match Writer: Dubb. |
| The FWA announced a pair of new signings to kick off the 2024-25 season, bolstering the other recent new additions to the roster. These latest signees are DUDE-! and Lexi Lemonis, who will each be hoping to kick off their FWA careers with a win on Fallout 044. They will face off against each other in this ‘proving grounds’ singles match, giving the FWA Cosmos an opportunity to see what each of them will bring to the table. |
FIFTH MATCH | 1/20. Joe Burr vs. Traffic Cone #2. Singles Match. Match Writer: Man. |
| The NTR dojo certainly made its presence felt at the culmination of both Meltdown XLIII and Fallout 043, where they laid waste to Chris Peacock and then defeated the team of Bryan Baxter and FWA World Champion Jeremy Best. Part of that wrecking crew was Traffic Cone #2, who may just be the strangest wrestler to have ever graced the Fantasy Wrestling Alliance. A tall task, given the glittering tenures of past icons like Megaladon Man and Gator Guy (leave the memories alone). This (barely) anthropomorphic traffic cone will hope to get his FWA career off to a winning start, and further assert the dominance of his new power stable, but Joe Burr - fresh from the gimmick infringement filing office - stands in his way. |
SIXTH MATCH | MAIN EVENT | 1/20. Cyrus Truth vs. Mike Parr vs. Trevor Ocean vs. Katsu vs. Alejandro Giunti vs. Gabrielle. Steel Roulette Match for the Golden Opportunity Briefcase. Match Writer: supinesnake. |
| One of the FWA’s biggest matches of the year returns, with six competitors - those who finished between second and seventh in the 2024 Carnal Contendership match - ready to enter the barbaric structure known as the Steel Roulette. Two of them will start things off inside the ring, with the other four locked in glass pods at each corner inside a demonic cage, waiting impatiently to be released in intervals. Some of these wrestlers have been inside this cage before, and one - Gabrielle, who just so happens to already have a title opportunity lined up for Lights Out - has even walked away with the win in the past. This year sees the return of the Golden Opportunity briefcase as a prize, which was absent from last year's Steel Roulette due to Chris Peacock putting his FWA World Championship on the line. This lucrative briefcase entitles its holder to a shot at that belt, now held by Jeremy Best, at a time and place of their choosing between this match and 2025’s Back in Business. |
The deadlines for this show are:
Sunday 22nd September at 23:59, Pacific.
Monday 23rd September at 03:00, Eastern.
Monday 23rd September at 08:00, UK.
Monday 23rd September at 17:00, Melbourne.
No extensions.
GLHF!
