Pro Wrestling Uprising - WARFARE 07/22 - Anarchy Rulez up!

June 10th 2021

Warfare this week kicks off from the Allstate Arena in Chicago, Illinois! 13,000 fans on hand and we are welcomed by Mauro Ranallo and Nigel McGuinness! Ranallo runs down the card for tonight’s show including a Tag Team Championship Match with The Young Bucks defending their tag team titles against a newly formed team of Matt Riddle and Bobby Lashley! Also tonight, a huge match with The Anarchy’s AJ Styles taking on CM Punk! Nick Aldis will be here to address Jon Moxley’s challenge and much more!

(PWU Women’s Champion) BB Crawford and Piper Niven vs. Rhea Ripley and DMD Dr Britt Baker
Before this match begins, Mickie James enters the arena and does guest commentary, getting a good look at her two opponents at Battleground! This is a decent match, plenty of back and forth action between these teams. Ripley and Baker surprisingly work well as a team, cutting off Niven from her partner. After Niven takes out Baker with a big boot, Niven makes a tag to the champion, BB! BB like a house on fire takes out Baker and Ripley and it looks as though the match is won after BB hits the KOD on to Baker but Mickie James runs in and breaks up the cover resulting in a DQ! James works over BB, but Rhea Ripley takes out James with a bicycle kick and locks her in the Prism Trap! BB escapes and allows Ripley to beat down James. Overall a good start to Warfare.

Up next we see Matt Riddle and Bobby Lashley backstage. Riddle keeps asking Lashley about the match tonight but Lashley tells him to be quiet. He tells Riddle that all they need to do is win tonight and tells Riddle he better be focused.

Up next, Andrade makes his way to the ring still taunting the International Champion, Claudio Castagnoli about his injury and tells him that he’s not a real champion and he’s not a real man.

’El Idolo’ Andrade vs. Pete Dunne
A very technical match between two top athletes. Andrade uses his power to gain the advantage for the start of the match with Dunne locking in an arm bar but Andrade countering by lifting him off the canvas and executing a powerbomb. Andrade works on Dunne for a while but Dunne gets back into the match after Andrade misses a top rope moonsault. Dunne locks Andrade in numerous holds as well as showing his aggressive offence with stomps and snapping fingers. Dunne goes for a northern lights suplex but Andrade counters with a La Sombra DDT for the win.

Up next we see a promo for Battleground, showing the build up for the Battleground Match between The Bullet Club and the OG Bullet Club for the rights to The Bullet Club name. Once we come back it’s announced by Mauro Ranallo that on next week’s Warfare, Bullet Club leader Drew Galloway and Adam Cole will take on The Good Brothers in tag team action!

We go backstage to Kayla who is standing by with CM Punk. Punk talks about his match with AJ Styles tonight and states that despite the attack last week, Punk still isn’t scared of Aleister and The Anarchy. Punk warns Aleister that he made a big mistake last week by attacking him and soon he’ll show the world that he’s not fighting this battle alone….

(NWA World Champion) Nick Aldis vs. Ricochet (non-title match)
This one is a nice back and forth contest between two different styles. Aldis tries to keep Ricochet grounded throughout the match to stop him from using his arial offence. Aldis displaying his technical prowess works over Ricochet’s leg throughout the match but his first cloverleaf attempt is blocked and Ricochet gets some offence in. Ricochet with a series of kicks despite him favouring the leg. Ricochet has Aldis down and goes for the 630 splash but Ricochet’s injured leg delays him getting to the top rope allowing Aldis to catch him and hit a top rope suplex followed by the Cloverleaf to pick up the victory!

After the match, Aldis addresses Moxley’s challenge last week and accepts! Aldis states that the wrestling world doesn’t need characters like Jon Moxley ruining the sport with senseless violence and cheap attacks. Aldis says the sport needs a man of class much like himself representing it and plans to rid the wrestling world of Jon Moxley at Battleground. He’s willing to put the title on the line as he knows Moxley could never win the ‘big’ one and carry a company with the history and prestige like the NWA. Aldis challenges Moxley next week to show up for the contract signing for their Battleground match.

CM Punk vs. AJ Styles
Punk wastes no time and attacks AJ Styles while he’s making his entrance! Punk takes out Styles on the ramp and throws him in to the barricade. Punk punishes Styles before the bell sounds and eventually rolls him in to the ring for the match to start. Punk goes for the GTS early but Styles makes a comeback and hits a Pele kick out of desperation! Styles then takes the match to Punk with stiff kicks and various high flying offence. The match is back and forth, the two trading forearm shots and both men getting in their signature moves. Styles goes to the apron and looks for the Phenomenal Forearm but Punk sees it coming and counters by holding the arm and locking in the Anaconda Vice! Punk takes Styles down to the mat and Styles has nowhere to go, leading to him submitting! Punk picks up a huge win ahead of his title match at Battleground!

After the match, Styles tries to get to his feet but all of a sudden we see Pac enter the ring from the crowd! Pac knocks Styles down with a kick to the back of the head and follows up with the Brutaliser!! Pac shouts at AJ “You’re too weak!!! It should of been me AJ!!!!” Adam Scherr and Killer Kross chase Pac away and check on AJ. Ranallo on commentary questions whether Pac was who CM Punk was referring to earlier?

Up next an interview with The Young Bucks. The Bucks state that they are not worried about Lashley and Riddle as they know they cannot co-exist for too long. The Young Bucks talk about their brotherhood and state that blood is thicker than water.

Bobby Lashley and Matt Riddle vs. The Young Bucks(c) (PWU Tag Team Championship)
A great way to end this episode of Warfare! All four men leave it in the ring here in possibly the best tag team match since PWU’s inception. The Bucks do whatever they can to keep Lashley out of the match for the most part, double teaming Riddle. In the closing moments, The Bucks go for a double superkick on Riddle but Riddle ducks and hits both Bucks with a double spear! Riddle tags in Lashley and he is like a house on fire, clotheslines galore as well as a gorilla press to Nick Jackson out of the ring! Lashley spears Matt Jackson and it looks as though the match is over! Riddle tags himself in however and signals that he’s going to the top rope! Lashley tries to talk him down but Nick Jackson pushes Lashley out of the ring which in turn crotches Riddle on the top rope and Riddle tumbles down to the mat. The Bucks hit the Meltzer Driver on Riddle to pick up the win and retain the Tag Team Championships!

After the match, Lashley returns to the ring and holds his head. Lashley extends the hand to Riddle to help him up but after helping him to his feet he knocks Riddle down with a clothesline!!! Lashley gets Riddle in the Hurt Lock and locks him in until Riddle passes out! Lashley hits Riddle with the Dominator for good measure before leaving the ring to boos as Warfare goes off the air!

June 24th 2021

A video package airs showing clips from last week’s show, including Punk taunting Aleister and the Killer Kross beatdown, the contract signing between Nick Aldis and Jon Moxley and The Bullet Club’s loss to The Good Brothers.

Warfare emanates from the Royal Farms Arena in Baltimore, Maryland just a few days before PWU presents Battleground! We are welcomed by Mauro Ranallo and Nigel McGuinness as they run down tonight’s matches including the leader of The Bullet Club Drew Galloway taking on Kevin Steen in our main event as well as Prince Devitt squaring off against the number one contender for the International Championship, Andrade! The leaders of both teams in that Battleground Match in huge matches tonight!

The Anarchy (AJ Styles and Adam Scherr) vs. Pac and a mystery partner
Before the match, Pac announces that he doesn’t need a partner for this match so he hasn’t got one. This is now a handicap match. On commentary, Mauro Ranallo announces that AJ Styles will take on Pac this Sunday at Battleground! Pac puts up a valiant display against The Anarchy, he tries to kick away at the legs of Adam Scherr but to no avail as Scherr just throws him in the corner and follows up with a huge clothesline. For the majority of the match, Scherr dominates Pac but Scherr misses a corner splash which allows Pac to gain some offence. Styles gets in to the match and has a good run of offence but Pac kicks AJ in mid air after a Phenomenal Forearm attempt! Pac dominates AJ for a while but eventually Styles makes the tag to Scherr and the man advantage is too much for Pac as Scherr drills him with the running powerslam for the three count! Huge win for The Anarchy!

We go backstage where The Bullet Club are arriving. Kayla catches up to them and asks if there is some dissension in the ranks after last week’s result. Drew looks pissed off and tells her that The Bullet Club are unbreakable and last week The Good Brothers got lucky. Drew says their luck will run out on Sunday.

Matt Riddle vs. Shelton Benjamin
As Riddle is making his way down to the ring for this one, Bobby Lashley attacks him from behind! Lashley pummels Riddle on the ramp and throws him in to the barricade! Lashley picks Riddle up and hits him with a Dominator on the outside of the ring! Lashley rolls Riddle into the ring and tells the ref to ring the bell. Benjamin looks surprised but he picks Riddle up and hits the Paydirt! Benjamin covers, 1…….2…….3. Benjamin gets the win with a huge assist from Bobby Lashley! Lashley raises Benjamin’s hand and they leave together. Ranallo on commentary speculates on the relationship between Bobby Lashley and Shelton Benjamin.

We go backstage where Mickie James is talking with her husband Nick Aldis. Aldis tells James that she is the next Women’s Champion but all of a sudden, Lexi Kaufman interrupts. Lexi tells James that she has no right in getting a title opportunity on Sunday and that she has just walked into PWU and gotten what she wants thanks to her relationship with Nick Aldis who is friends with Stu Bennett! James calls Kaufman a wannabe and Lexi is just jealous because despite being younger, she’ll never have the career that Mickie James has had! Aldis chuckles just before the two ladies brawl in the hallway! Stu Bennett arrives and helps Aldis break it up and tells Kaufman she needs to watch her mouth. Bennett books Kaufman and Mickie James for tonight.

Prince Devitt vs. ‘El Idolo’ Andrade
This is a great back and forth match, lots of reversals and counters throughout. These two have good chemistry in the ring. At one point, Andrade goes for La Sombra DDT but Devitt counters it and hits the 1916 instead! Devitt goes for the Coup De Grace but Andrade moves and sweeps Devitt’s legs away so he lands on his front before dropkicking him to the corner and executing a double knee strike! Andrade hits a top rope reverse DDT which earns him a near fall. Andrade works over Devitt from here on but Devitt gets back into the match after ducking and clothesline attempt off the ropes and coming back with a slingblade. Devitt hits another slingblade, followed by a Pele kick! Devitt heads to the top rope for the Coup De Grace but is distracted as on the video wall, we see The Bullet Club are attacking the OG’s in their locker room! Devitt jumps down off the ropes and sprints to the backstage area resulting in a count out win for Andrade!

The camera follows Devitt who makes it back to the locker room but The Bullet Club have already done their damage! The Good Brothers and Kenny Omega have been laid out just days before Battleground!! The commentary team talk about the chaos so far tonight with brawling all over the arena. Ranallo questions whether anybody will even be fit for Battleground at this rate!

Lexi Kaufman vs. Mickie James w/Nick Aldis
Before the match, Lexi Kaufman reveals that Jon Moxley is going to be in her corner for this match! Moxley comes down and stands in Kaufman’s corner. The match itself is a fairly even encounter, a good showing from both women. Kaufman thinks she has the match won when she heads up top for the Twisted Moonsault but Aldis pulls Mickie out of the way! Kaufman becomes distracted and approaches Aldis, but Mickie gets to her feet and nails Kaufman with a kick to the head and then a jumping tornado DDT for the three count! Moxley goes to approach Aldis, but Aldis and Mickie sprint up towards the back! Moxley checks on Kaufman before signalling to Aldis who is on the stage, that he is going to be the new NWA Champion after Sunday.

There is yet another attack backstage! This time we see Adam Scherr laid out backstage, nobody knows how this happened. We see the PWU World Champion Aleister asking people around if they saw who did this? Aleister approaches the camera and talks directly in to it. “Punk I know this has something to do with you…..you wanted my attention and you have it. The worst thing you could do….is have my attention! At Battleground….” We see Aleister fall to the ground and the camera pans up to CM Punk! Punk stomps away on the champion and taunts him! “Not so tough without your boys huh? This Sunday, I’m taking this title!” Punk locks in the Anaconda Vice as officials eventually get him to release the hold! Punk walks off laughing as Adam Scherr and Aleister are both laying side by side. At the end of the shot, we see AJ Styles arrive and check on his fallen Anarchy members.

We go back to the ring and Stu Bennett comes out looking stressed. Bennett grabs a microphone “STOP!!! Stop this right now!! Tonight has been bloody chaos, fighting all over the arena, people being laid out left right and centre. I’m all for competition but we have a pay per view on Sunday!! We can’t put on a pay per view if everyone is in hospital so from now on, if ANYBODY attacks or assaults anybody outside of a match between right now and Battleground, then they will be suspended on the spot! Which means no Battleground match! I hope I’ve made myself clear…..” Bennett throws the mic down and storms back to the locker room.

The commentary team run down the final card for Battleground including the match announced at the top of the show tonight, AJ Styles versus Pac.

Drew Galloway w/The Bullet Club vs. Kevin Steen
Before the match, we see the Xcite Champion Sammy Guevara watching this match backstage. Steen really shows fight in this match, not backing down from Galloway at all. At one point in the match, Galloway goes for the Claymore but Steen counters it in mid air with a spinning side slam! Steen hits a double jump moonsault but only gets a two count. Steen waits for Galloway and goes for the Stunner but Galloway reverses it with a full nelson slam. Galloway takes control and in the closing moments, counters a Pop Up Powerbomb attempt and follows up with a Claymore! Galloway covers and gets the three count. Guevara applauds backstage, loving what he sees.

After the match, The Bullet Club celebrate Galloway’s victory in the ring. Then we see the OG Bullet Club make their way down to the ring! Devitt, Omega and The Good Brothers showing their injuries from the earlier attack stand on the opposite side of the ring to the Bullet Club! The Bullet Club taunt the OG’s trying to goad them into attacking them! The OG’s look ready for a fight but instead they point trigger fingers towards The Bullet Club. Ranallo exclaims “Are two rings going to be enough to be able to contain this fight at Battleground!!” as Warfare goes off the air!!

27th June 2021

The show starts with an opening video package. A narrator’s voice is heard….

“For years….battles have been fought……two sides with a dispute on politics……religion…….areas of land. These disputes will often end in war, where many lives will never be the same again…….tonight these eight men (showing The Bullet Club and the OG Bullet Club) will put their bodies on the line to settle a dispute….over the legacy of a name….over a name that shaped their careers and in many ways is synonymous with their identities. Tonight, two army’s will be contained inside two rings, trapped inside a steel structure…..one army will reign victorious….the other will disband but the feeling of failure will linger forever. Tonight…..two armys go to war……and the squared circle in which many brave men and women (showing all the roster on tonight’s card) have fought for centuries……will become their Battleground…..”

The pyro explodes in the Allstate Arena in Chicago Illinois for PWU Battleground!! Approximately 15,000 in attendance for tonight’s show and we are welcomed by our commentary team, Mauro Ranallo and Nigel McGuinness!

Ranallo: ”Welcome to PWU Battleground! It’s a hot night here in Chi town and there you see above the two rings, the structure that tonight will contain The Bullet Club and the OG Bullet Club consisting of Prince Devitt, Kenny Omega and The Good Brothers!”

McGuinness: ”That really is going to be a war and don’t forget that The Good Brothers gained an advantage for their team after defeating Drew Galloway and Adam Cole at Warfare two weeks ago! Will that play into the match at all? I have to say, I don’t like The Bullet Club’s chances in this one.”

Ranallo: ”Another highly anticipated match for the PWU World Heavyweight Championship as Aleister defends against CM Punk!”

McGuinness: ”In recent weeks, CM Punk has had Aleister’s number, we could very well see a new champion crowned tonight!”

Ranallo: ”I agree Nigel, and could we also find out who has been responsible for the attacks on The Anarchy over the past two weeks!?”

Ranallo is interrupted as Kevin Steen’s music hits and we are ready for the opening match of Battleground!


This one doesn’t take long to get started as Kevin Steen meets Sammy Guevara on the ramp and the two instantly trade right hands! The referee skips out of the ring to try and maintain order but to no avail as Steen throws Sammy into the steel barricade! Steen drags Sammy towards the ring by the head and bounces his head off the ring apron. Steen gets Sammy in position for a powerbomb on the ring apron but Sammy manages to jump down behind Steen and pushes him into the ring apron front first! Sammy rolls into the ring and the bell sounds. Steen rolls into the ring holding his ribs and Guevara pounces straight away with boots and a flurry of punches to Steen. Sammy measures Steen and delivers a basement dropkick to the head of Steen. Sammy taunts the crowd and a chant of ‘Kill Steen Kill’ echos throughout the Allstate Arena. Guevara helps Steen to his feet before whipping him off the ropes and tries to catch him coming back with a front dropkick but Steen holds on to the ropes resulting in Sammy crashing down hard! Steen delivers numerous boots to Guevara’s stomach before whipping him into the corner and following up with a corner clothesline. Guevara is seated in the corner and Steen gets the fans riled up before crashing into Sammy with the cannon ball! Steen goes for a cover, 1…..2…..near fall! Steen picks Sammy up and slaps him across the face before going for a cradle piledriver but Guevara counters with a back body drop. Guevara waits for Steen to get to his feet and catches him with an enziguri to the back of Steen’s head! Steen ends up balanced on the middle rope. Guevara uses the top rope for leverage and delivers a nice slingshot leg drop over the top rope landing on the back of Steen’s head landing Steen face first into the ring apron. Guevara taunts some fans at ringside before heading back into the ring. Guevara climbs on the apron and waits for Steen to get to his feet before springing from the top rope and attempting a springboard clothesline but Steen counters with a mid air dropkick! Very back and forth match so far! Steen hits Sammy with a huge lariat with flips Sammy inside out! Steen now has a head of steam and the crowd are pumped up! Steen lifts Sammy up and again slaps him in the face before setting him off the ropes for a Pop Up Powerbomb attempt but Sammy counters Steen’s attempt and jumps over him and follows up from the other side with a springboard cutter from the middle rope! Great move by Sammy and he goes for the cover, 1……..2…….no!! Steen rolls the shoulder up! Guevara remonstrates with the referee before hitting Steen with a few quick kicks to the face. Guevara lifts Steen up and gets him in position for the Burning Hammer GTS but Steen elbows Sammy in the face before going behind him and hitting a half nelson release suplex! Guevara landing hard on his head! Steen goes for another cover but again only gets a two count! Steen delivers a running senton splash to Guevara before heading to the top rope. Steen dives off the top rope and hits a picture perfect frog splash!! Steen hooks the leg, 1……….2…………no!! Another near fall! Guevara not giving up his title that easily! Steen picks Guevara up and goes for the Stunner but Sammy counters and executes a nice roll up pin with a bridge, 1…….2……near fall! Both men charge at each other, Steen ducks a clothesline attempt and follows up with a Stunner!!! Steen covers, 1…………2……….kick out! Sammy kicks out of the Stunner! Steen and the crowd can’t believe it! Steen argues with the referee but as this happens, Sammy is getting back to his feet. Sammy sneaks behind Steen and gets him in position for the Burning Hammer GTS and connects with it! Guevara hooks the leg, 1……….2………no!! Steen somehow kicks out! Sammy cant believe it! Guevara heads to the top rope and goes for a 450 splash! Sammy jumps but Steen moves out the way, leaving Sammy to crash hard with impact! Steen lets Sammy get to his feet before hitting his cradle piledriver! Steen lifts a prone Sammy to his feet and hits another Stunner! Steen covers, 1………..2……….3!!! Kevin Steen is the new Xcite Champion!

Steen is quite emotional as he raises his first PWU title in the air in celebration! Sammy eventually rolls out of the ring and looks dazed as he walks to the back.

Ranallo: ”What a way to kick off Battleground! Congratulations to Kevin Steen!”

McGuinness: ”Indeed, an awesome match! Steen will need to make the most of this title win though as he’s not allowed to challenge for any other titles! Steen will no doubt treat the Xcite Championship as he would the world title!”

Ranallo: ”Speaking of the world title, I understand that our brand new backstage reporter Adnan Virk is standing by with the PWU World Champion, Aleister!”

We go backstage where Adnan Virk thanks PWU for giving him the opportunity for this job. Virk asks Aleister if the attack from his challenger CM Punk on Warfare a few nights ago has taken it’s toll on him and how he feels about tonight’s match. Aleister glares at Virk before responding. “Last week, Punk made a very costly mistake by trying to take out The Anarchy. Now I don’t know who attacked Kross and Scherr but one thing I do know is that tonight, me and you go to war. Everybody is talking about the Battleground Match, but what they don’t realise is, that after my match with you Punk, the ring will look like a Battleground and you will have fallen before me. You made the mistake of wanting my attention……well unfortunately for you…..you have it. I’ll see you out there Punk and you better hope The Anarchy don’t find you before…..” Virk looks a little shaken as Aleister leaves the interview.

Ranallo: ”The champion with a warning to CM Punk, what a title match that is going to be later tonight!”

Up next we get a video package showing the events leading up to the Women’s Championship Match including BB Crawford successfully defending against Rhea Ripley, the debut of the masked woman as well as the reveal being Mickie James, and the sneak attacks on BB from Mickie James.



The match gets under way with BB going straight after Mickie James with huge forearms to the face! Ripley gets involved and knocks down both women with a clothesline. Ripley whips BB into the corner and drives her shoulders into BB’s mid section! James tries to pull Ripley off but Ripley pushes James away. James comes back with a schoolboy pin attempt on Ripley but Ripley kicks out at two! Ripley charges at James with a big boot but James ducks and connects with a huge kick of her own to the head of Ripley! BB charges at Mickie and hits a series of nice clothesline followed by a dropkick which sends Mickie through the middle rope and across to the second ring! Ripley gets back to her feet and has BB in a gorilla press position and she throws BB on top of Mickie into the second ring! The referee tries to maintain some order but Mickie and BB are brawling in the second ring! Ripley watches them trading punches before climbing out to the apron between the two rings. Ripley snatches both women near the ropes and shows amazing strength to suplex both ladies from the second ring to the first ring from the apron in between them! Ripley covers BB but only gets a two count. She then covers Mickie but again only a two count. Ripley picks up BB by her hair but BB kicks away at Ripley’s legs and hits numerous hard rights before landing a beautiful T Bone suplex on Ripley! Mickie gets to her feet and takes out BB with a huge spear! Mickie covers 1…..2….but BB kicks out! Mickie goes over to Ripley and whips her into the corner. Mickie charges but Ripley gets her boot up in Mickie’s face and then hits a bicycle kick knocking Mickie down hard! Ripley drags Mickie by the hair to the ropes and goes to the apron with James still inside the ring. Ripley tries to suplex Mickie to the outside from the apron but Mickie hits a few punches before grabbing Ripley in a front face lock. She then jumps and swings over the top rope and plants Ripley head first on the ring apron with a tornado DDT!! Both ladies fall from the apron to the outside as the crowd applaud. BB gets to her feet and sees both her opponents on the outside of the ring. BB comes off the ropes and executes a hand spring moonsault to the outside of the ring on top of both her opponents! Beautifully done! All three ladies down on the outside of the ring for a short period of time. BB gets to her feet first and climbs on to the ring apron. Ripley grabs her foot but BB kicks her away and jumps for a moonsault on to Ripley but Ripley catches her in mid air! Ripley walks with BB towards the barricade and drops her across the barricade with a snake eyes! Ripley focuses on Mickie and tries to throw her into the ring but Mickie pushes Ripley into the ring post! Mickie then throws Ripley back into the ring and heads to the top rope. Mickie waits to Ripley to get back to her feet and hits a top rope seated senton, Mickie pulls the leg, 1……….2…….no! Ripley kicks out! Mickie waits for Ripley to get back to her feet but BB gets back into the ring and from behind she hits Mickie with a nice bulldog! Ripley gets to her feet but BB whips her hair at Ripley making a sick sound! BB then does the same to Mickie when she gets to her feet! BB dropkicks Mickie into the corner and sets her on the top rope. BB climbs up and looks like shes going for a suplex to Mickie but Ripley clobbers BB from behind. Ripley then hooks BB from underneath in a powerbomb position and drops BB with a powerbomb resulting in a tower of doom with Mickie simultaneously being suplexed from the top turnbuckle! Ripley covers BB, 1………2…….no! BB with the shoulder up! Ripley drags BB on top of Mickie James and then locks both women in the Prism Trap at the same time!! The crowd cheer as Mickie and BB both scream in agony! Mickie and BB then work together and flip forward countering the hold and sending Ripley crashing through the middle rope to the outside! BB and Mickie struggle to get to their feet and once they do, they trade right hands. BB ducks a chick kick attempt and hits a spinebuster. Ripley climbs back into the ring just as BB goes for the KOD! Ripley hits BB with a high knee to the jaw as Mickie drops to the mat, and Ripley sets BB up for the Riptide!! Ripley gets BB up and slams her to the mat with the Riptide!! Out of nowhere, Mickie pushes Ripley out of the ring and covers BB, 1…………2…………3!!! Mickie James has done it!!!

Ripley sits at ringside with her hands on her head as Mickie James celebrates with her new title! BB looks distraught as Mickie celebrates!

Ranallo: ”Mickie saw an opportunity and took it!! Like her or not, you have to give Mickie James credit for this huge title win!”

McGuinness: ”Congratulations Mickie James! She took the opportunity that was presented to her and we have a new Women’s Champion!!!”

Ranallo: ”That’s two new champions in the opening two matches, is this an omen for the World Title match later tonight!?”

We go backstage to Kayla who is standing by with the NWA World Champion, Nick Aldis. Nick is extremely happy as his wife has just won the Women’s Championship. Aldis doesn’t even let Kayla speak “See Kayla!!! That’s a true champion right there!! I’m so proud of her! Me and Mickie are the new power couple here in PWU! Tonight, Mickie and myself will be leaving here as champions!! Mickie just destroyed her competition and later tonight, I’m gonna destroy mine…..Moxley you’re history….”

Bobby Lashley’s music hits in the arena and we are ready for our next match!


Matt Riddle comes out to a huge ovation and ‘Bro’ chants echo throughout the arena, the fans really behind Matt Riddle here. The bell sounds and it looks as though these two men are going to lock up but Lashley lifts Riddle off the mat and rams him into the corner! Lashley hits Riddle with clubbing blows and drives his shoulder into Riddle’s mid section. Lashley delivers an overhead belly to back suplex sending Riddle crashing down hard. Lashley goes to pick Riddle up by the hair but Riddle fights back with elbows to the gut followed by an enziguri that staggers Lashley. Riddle charges and hits a high knee to Lashley’s jaw sending him to the corner. Riddle hits numerous kicks to Lashley’s ribs before executing a monkey flip. Riddle charges with a flying forearm to the face with sends Lashley to the section between the two rings! Riddle hits more forearms, sending Lashley bouncing off the ropes of the second ring and back. Riddle sets up for a suplex to bring him back in to the ring but Lashley lands behind Riddle and executes a devastating german suplex which lands Riddle on the back of his head! Riddle holds his neck as Lashley goes straight back to work on Riddle with clubbing blows. Lashley lifts Riddle in a fallaway slam position and drives Riddle to the mat! Lashley covers but Riddle gets the shoulder up at two! Lashley taunts to the crowd and gets Riddle up on his shoulders and looks like he’s going to drop Riddle with a powerslam but Riddle climbs behind Lashley and pushes him sternum first into the turnbuckle and plants him with a kick to the back of the head sending Lashley reeling! Riddle gets Lashley in a waist lock and delivers a release german suplex to Lashley. Riddle pumps the crowd up before hitting a spinning heel kick to Lashley which sends him to the mat. Riddle heads to the top rope with Lashley down and Riddle hits a beautiful corkscrew dive from the top rope! Riddle covers, 1……2…..no! Lashley kicks out at two. Riddle approaches Lashley and locks in an armbar. Riddle applies pressure as Lashley writhes in pain. Lashley is in the hold for a short period of time, but Lashley uses his power and gets to his feet while the hold is applied. Lashley deadlifts Riddle with the hold still applied before dropping him with a powerbomb! Great strength by Lashley! Lashley covers Riddle but again Riddle gets the shoulder up at two! Lashley looks frustrated as he aggressively puts the boots to Riddle. Lashley picks Riddle up and sets him up for a Dominator but Riddle with an impressive counter into a code red! Lashley lands hard and Riddle has Lashley in a pinning predicament, 1……..2………no!!! Lashley kicks out! Awesome counter by Riddle. Riddle waits for Lashley to get to his feet and charges with a spear but Lashley moves out the way resulting in Riddle crashing into the ring post! Lashley goes behind Riddle and locks in the Hurt Lock!! Lashley swings Riddle around and Riddle seemingly has nowhere to go. Riddle is in trouble but out of nowhere he finds a head of steam and charges into the turnbuckle and falls so Lashley goes face first into the middle turnbuckle! Lashley clears the cobwebs and Riddle catches Lashley with the spear!! Riddle covers, 1……..2……..no!!! Somehow Lashley kicks out! Riddle and the crowd can’t believe it! Riddle lifts Lashley to his feet and goes for the Bro Derek but Lashley counters and goes behind Riddle again and locks in the Hurt Lock! Lashley applies more pressure and takes Riddle to the mat! Riddle holds on for a long time but it’s too much for Riddle and he passes out resulting in the ref calling for the bell! Lashley picks up the win!

Ranallo: ”Credit to Bobby Lashley but he had to work hard for this win! Riddle never gave up and he was very close to picking up the victory here tonight!”

McGuinness: ”So close but not close enough for Matt Riddle tonight! A great effort by Riddle tonight but Bobby Lashley displaying his dominance here tonight with a huge win!”

We go to a video package for the International Championship match between Andrade challenging the champion Claudio Castagnoli. We see brief highlights of Castagnoli’s unbeaten run as champion until Andrade debuted in the open challenge. We then see the closing moments of Castagnoli/Andrade with Pac getting involved causing a DQ. We then cut to Andrade injuring Castagnoli and trash talking him for several weeks. The video ends with Castagnoli returning at last week’s Warfare and finally getting his hands on Andrade setting up this match.

We go backstage where our new backstage interviewer Adnan Virk is standing by with the challenger for the PWU International Championship ‘El Idolo’ Andrade. Virk asks Andrade about how he rates his chances in tonight’s match. Andrade chuckles “Tonight, I go someway to fulfilling my destiny and being on top of the mountain in this company by becoming the International Champion. I’m gonna make the most of my opportunity and take the title away from that fraud Claudio Castagnoli. Claudio is a coward who hid behind an injury so he didn’t have to face me, then this past week on Warfare he sucker punched me! Tonight you will have an International Champion you can be proud of…..” Andrade leaves the interview as we get set for our International Championship match!


These two start the match with a lock up, Claudio going behind Andrade and taking him down with a waist lock take down transitioned into a headlock. Andrade uses his body to his advantage and leans back getting Claudio in a pinning predicament but Castagnoli sits back up and keeps the headlock synched in. Andrade gets to his feet and shoves Claudio off the ropes, Andrade leapfrogs him coming back and Castagnoli follows through with a spinning elbow taking down the challenger! Claudio takes down Andrade with two big clotheslines before whipping him into the turnbuckle and connecting with a charging European uppercut! Andrade is dazed and Castagnoli delivers a snap suplex resulting in a near fall! Castagnoli continues his assault taking Andrade to the corner. Claudio climbs up and goes for the 10 punch but Andrade counters into an atomic drop followed by a dropkick which sends Castagnoli to the outside! Andrade senses an opportunity so he runs off the ropes and delivers a triangle corkscrew plancha onto to Castagnoli on the outside! Andrade makes it to his feet first and sets Castagnoli up for a powerbomb. Andrade lifts Claudio in position but slams him into the ring post with the powerbomb! Castagnoli writhes in pain as Andrade talks trash and poses for the crowd. Andrade rolls Castagnoli back into the ring and covers, 1……….2……..no! Castagnoli with the shoulder up! Andrade is a little frustrated but continues the beating on Castagnoli hitting him with mounted right hands to the head. Andrade picks Castagnoli up and whips him into the turnbuckle. Andrade traps the knee that was injured and wraps it in the ropes before kicking away at it, trying to re-injure the leg of Castagnoli! Andrade rolls to the outside and trips Castagnoli and pulls him into the ringpost! With Castagnoli’s legs dangling either side of the ring post, Andrade in shades of Bret Hart locks in a sharpshooter while hanging upside down tearing away at Castagnoli’s leg! The referee gives Andrade a 5 count and Andrade releases the hold. Castagnoli crawls away from the corner holding his knee. Andrade zeroes in on the knee and stomps away on the injured body part. Andrade goes for a figure four leg lock but Castagnoli counters and musters enough strength to kick Andrade through the middle ropes to the outside! Castagnoli takes the brief pause and uses the ropes to get back to his feet. Andrade rolls back into the ring and makes a beeline for the knee of Castagnoli but Claudio hits two stiff European uppercuts to the jaw! This rocks Andrade and Claudio takes him down by his legs and the crowd are in anticipation for the swing but instead Castagnoli executes a slingshot into the corner resulting in Andrade’s head hitting the ring post! Claudio rolls him over in a schoolboy pin, 1…….2…….no! Andrade kicks out! Castagnoli gingerly makes it to his feet and rams Andrade’s head into the turnbuckle before setting him on the top rope. Castagnoli climbs to the second rope and looks for a top rope suplex but Andrade sweeps the injured leg resulting in Castagnoli landing in a tree of woe position with Andrade still perched on the top rope. Castagnoli tries to pull himself out of it via the top rope but Andrade jumps and hits a devastating double foot stomp onto Castagnoli driving him into the mat! Andrade covers, 1………..2……….no!!! Castagnoli rolls the shoulder up at the very last moment! Andrade lifts Claudio to his feet and goes to lock in for La Sombra DDT but Claudio reverses it and hits a falling gutwrench powerbomb! Castagnoli crawls over to cover but again only gets a two count! Castagnoli again gingerly makes it to his feet and goes for a sharpshooter but his leg gives way as he’s trying to lock it in! Andrade gets to his feet and sneaks behind Claudio before pushing him into the turnbuckle. Andrade quickens the pace and heads to the top turnbuckle behind Castagnoli. Andrade gets Claudio set up for a swinging reverse top rope DDT and executes it beautifully! Claudio lands hard on the back of his head but Andrade doesn’t take the opportunity to cover, he instead goes to the top rope. Andrade looks to land a top rope moonsault but Castagnoli moves out the way at the last moment causing Andrade to land hard on his front! Both men now down as Castagnoli tries to use the ropes to get to his feet and Andrade also slowly gets to his feet. The two men come together and forearms are exchanged between them, Castagnoli wins the battle of the forearms and Castagnoli hits numerous European uppercuts before setting Andrade up for the Neutraliser! Andrade blocks it and follows through with a roll up, 1………….2…………noo!!! Castagnoli shifts his weight and gets Andrade in a pinning predicament with both legs hooked, 1…………….2……………3!!!! It looks as though Andrade got the shoulder up right at the last second but the ref continued his count!

Castagnoli rolls out of the ring and grabs his title belt as Andrade is going crazy in the ring!

Ranallo: ”Well this is controversial….it looks like Andrade lifted his shoulder up just in time but the ref continued his count and Claudio Castagnoli has retained his International Title!”

McGuinness: ”Andrade may have just been robbed here tonight! One thing is for sure, this issue between these two isn’t over yet!”

Up next we see a summery promo with a beach scene promoting the next PWU pay-per-view on Sunday 22nd August, Blood In The Sand live from Daytona Beach, Florida!

Ranallo: ”I can’t wait for Blood in the Sand! I’ll be topping up my sun tan for that one Nigel! Live from Daytona Beach!”

McGuinness: ”What a night that will be, PWU action on a hot summer’s night in August, doesn’t get any better than that!”

Ranallo: ”Well coming up next, it’s gonna be far from a day at the beach for either of these guys……this one is personal and it’s for the NWA World Championship! Nick Aldis defending his gold against Jon Moxley!”

We go to a video package showing the events leading up to this match including Moxley interrupting Aldis’ PWU debut, Aldis challenging Moxley to show up on NWA Power, Moxley’s appearance on NWA Power assaulting Aldis, Aldis talking trash about Moxley and the contract signing which resulted in Aldis being put through a table.


Moxley gets a monstrous ovation from the Chicago crowd before this one. ‘Moxley’ chants break out immediately at the bell. Aldis tries to blindside Moxley but Moxley blocks the punch and Moxley hits Aldis with numerous rights and lefts to start the match! Moxley runs off the ropes and floors Aldis with a huge clothesline! Aldis rolls out of the ring but gets no rest bite as Moxley delivers a plancha through the middle ropes to Aldis which sends him careering into the steel barricade! Moxley like a house on fire here! Moxley hops over the barricade and sets Aldis up for a suplex! Moxley hits a suplex over the barricade to Aldis, Aldis hitting the concrete hard! Moxley backs away and waits for Aldis to get back to his feet before clotheslining Aldis back over the railing towards the ringside area! Moxley follows Aldis and bounces his head off the ring apron before rolling him back into the ring. Moxley drags Aldis in the section between the two rings that are set up. The rings are connected by a steel bracket and Moxley looks as though he’s going for the Paradigm Shift on the steel! Just as Moxley sets it up, Aldis counters with a back body drop! Moxley’s back hitting the steel! Aldis takes a few seconds to catch his breath before executing a knee drop to Moxley who is still in between the two rings. Aldis lifts Moxley up and clotheslines him back in to the original ring. Aldis lifts Moxley in a suplex position and executes it nicely. Aldis tries to get an early win but Moxley easily kicks out. Aldis hits several elbow drops to Moxley before taunting the crowd. Aldis continues his assault and gets Moxley in a grounded chin lock. Aldis synches it in as the crowd try to get behind Moxley and eventually Moxley feeds off the energy and makes it to his feet. Moxley counters the hold with a side suplex sending Aldis crashing to the mat. Both men get back to their feet and Moxley kicks away at Aldis and whips him into the turnbuckle. Moxley follows up with a corner clothesline and then a bulldog driving Aldis face first into the mat! Moxley gets to his feet quickly and lands an elbow drop, quick cover, 1……2…..no! Aldis gets the shoulder up. Moxley lifts Aldis to his feet and whips Aldis into the right corner nearest the second ring. Moxley pummels Aldis in the corner and sets him up on the top rope. Moxley sets Aldis up for a top rope suplex but releases his grip. Moxley looks at the area in between the two rings held together by the steel bracket and changes his footing and sets Aldis up for the suplex again. Moxley lifts Aldis and delivers a top rope suplex on to the steel bracket between the two rings!! A sickening thud of skin on steel as the fans go crazy and Aldis writhes in agony in the section between the two rings! Aldis rolls into the ring followed by Moxley. Moxley covers Aldis, 1…….2……no! Aldis kicks out! Moxley riles up the crowd while Aldis still recovers from that devastating suplex on the steel. Moxley picks Aldis up whilst locking him in a sleeper hold but Aldis counters with a jaw breaker! Aldis recovers and hammers away on Moxley before executing a beautiful release german suplex. Aldis takes control of the match and locks Moxley in a camel clutch in the middle of the ring. The fans get behind Moxley again and after a few minutes in the camel clutch, Moxley lifts Aldis off the mat and backs him into the turnbuckle. Moxley charges at Aldis but Aldis gets his feet up in the face of Moxley before climbing to the second turnbuckle and hitting a nice double axe handle which finds the mark! Aldis talks trash to Moxley while slapping him in the face while Moxley is laying on his back. Aldis lifts Moxley to his feet and plants him with a nice sidewalk slam. Aldis tells the crowd ‘that’s it!’ as Aldis makes his way to the top turnbuckle and jumps for his flying elbow drop but Moxley moves out of the way at the last moment! Aldis lands hard and favours his elbow! Both men down, Moxley tries to make it to his feet first, Aldis also gets to his feet at the same time. Moxley goes straight for the Paradigm Shift but Aldis wriggles away and goes for a clothesline but Moxley ducks and goes behind Aldis and executes a release german suplex followed by a running knee strike to the face of Aldis! Moxley covers, 1………..2………..no!! Aldis barely gets his shoulder up! Moxley waits for Aldis to get to his knees and again goes for a running knee but Aldis catches the leg and drops Moxley before locking in the Cloverleaf!! Aldis with a bloody mouth putting all the pressure he can on the lower back of Moxley with this Cloverleaf! The fans rally to keep Moxley in the match and after a couple of minutes, Moxley finally reaches the ropes! Aldis looks frustrated and plants kicks to the chest of Moxley near the ropes before picking him up and going for the Michinoku Driver but Moxley counters and climbs down behind Aldis, spins Aldis around and nails him with the Paradigm Shift!! Moxley takes a couple extra seconds to cover in which time we see Mickie James run down the ramp! Moxley covers Aldis, 1……………..2…………….no!!! Mickie James places Aldis’ foot on the bottom rope which stops the referee’s count! The crowd boo as Moxley focuses his attention on Mickie James! Moxley shouts at Mickie through the ropes but meanwhile Aldis gets to his feet and pulls out brass knuckles from his tights! Aldis puts them on his hand and as Moxley goes back to Aldis, Aldis jams them into the jaw of Moxley with a hard right hand! Aldis picks Moxley up and hits the Michinoku driver on a defenceless Moxley and hooks the leg! 1………….2………..3!!! Nick Aldis retains!

Mickie James jumps into the ring and helps her husband who is bleeding from the mouth after Moxley’s knee strike earlier. Aldis rolls out of the ring as Mickie grabs the NWA Championship and helps her husband down the ramp. Aldis holds up his title as Moxley comes to terms with what just happened!

Ranallo: ”Jon Moxley was screwed by Aldis and Mickie James! Moxley had the title won!”

McGuinness: ”It’s genius on the part of Nick Aldis, is it underhanded? Yes, but you have to admire the fact that he will go to any lengths to retain his NWA Championship and has done so tonight at the expense of Jon Moxley!”

We see a video package for the next episode of Warfare which informs us that the main event will be a Fatal Five Way to determine who faces the champion (whoever that may be) at Blood In The Sand!

Ranallo: ”Wow! A Fatal Five Way number one contender’s match on Thursday’s show!? That will be awesome….we will have more details regarding that match in the coming days….”

Pacs music suddenly hits and we are ready for our next match!


AJ Styles sporting a new look tonight wearing a denim bikers jacket with ‘The Anarchy’ logo on the back of it. As AJ hands the jacket to the ring attendant, Pac sees an opening and clobbers AJ from behind!! The bell sounds and Pac straight away hammering away on AJ putting the boots to AJ in the corner. Pac chokes AJ with his boot against the bottom turnbuckle as the fans boo. Pac drags AJ to his feet by his hair and bounces his head off the top turnbuckle with authority! Pac hits AJ with a hard kick to the chest which knocks AJ down and goes for a cover but only a two count. Pac shouts at AJ “He should of picked me AJ!” as he plants another kick to the ribs of AJ. Pac drags AJ to his feet again and whips him into the turnbuckle. He charges at AJ with a forearm but AJ gets his feet into Pac’s face! AJ then charges at Pac and hits a series of flying forearms repeatedly knocking him down then follows up with an armdrag and locks in an arm lock. Pac gets to his feet with the hold applied and sends AJ into the ropes, Pac goes for a back body drop but AJ leapfrogs and when Pac turns around, catches him with the Pele kick! Pac staggers once he is back on his feet and AJ clotheslines him over the top rope to the outside! AJ goes near the ropes and waits for Pac to get to his feet before springing over the top rope and executing a sommersault senton splash landing right on top of Pac! Styles now seated on top of Pac hits numerous right hands and the crowd are loving it! AJ backs away down the ramp and waits for Pac to get to his feet again before running a long way back to the ring and going for a jumping forearm but Pac moves out of the way and AJ finds nothing but ring apron! Pac laughs and picks AJ up before setting AJ up for a powerbomb! Pac gets AJ in position and drives AJ back first right into the ring apron!! Pac rolls back into the ring as AJ is out of it on the outside. The referee begins his count and gets all the way up to 8 before AJ barely rolls back into the ring! Pac meets him with numerous stomps and a few kicks to the face. Pac lifts AJ back up and connects with a hard snap suplex. Pac goes for a cover but only a near fall. ‘AJ’ chants echo throughout the arena as Pac begins to show some dominance in this match. Pac gets AJ to his feet again and slams AJ back down to the mat. Pac climbs to the top rope and looks for the Black Arrow but before he can jump, AJ pushes the referee into the ropes causing Pac to crotch himself on the top rope! The referee warns AJ as AJ climbs up the turnbuckle and hits Pac with two hard right hands. AJ then delivers a top rope hurricarana to Pac! Pac lands hard on his back and AJ goes for the cover, 1……….2………no! Pac gets the shoulder up! AJ hits a standing shooting star press before heading to the ring apron! Styles waits for Pac to get to his feet and goes for the Phenomenal Forearm but Pac scouts it well and as AJ is in mid air, Pac delivers a hard dropkick sending AJ crashing back down to the mat! Pac gets to his feet first and hits AJ with a few hard chops to the chest before whipping him into the ropes, AJ tries a leapfrog but Pac catches him in a powerbomb position, Styles goes for a hurricarana but Pac blocks it and eventually Pac locks AJ in position for a Styles Clash and he connects with it!! Pac hits AJ with his own move! Pac rolls over with the pin, 1………….2………..noo!! AJ gets the shoulder up! Pac can’t believe it! Pac tries to hook AJ’s arm for The Brutalizer but AJ wriggles out it and instead trips Pac’s legs setting him up for the calf crusher! AJ locks it in and Pac is in a world of hurt! AJ synches in the hold as best he can but Pac shows great resilience to pull himself to the ropes! Pac uses the ropes to try and get to his feet but AJ comes from behind to go for a german suplex but as the referee tries to get Pac to let go of the ropes, Pac back heel kicks AJ between the legs with a blow blow!!! AJ falls to the mat and the ref asks what happened with Pac shaking his head like he doesn’t know. With AJ down holding his crown jewels, Pac heads to the top rope! Pac jumps and hits the Black Arrow on to AJ Styles! Pac hooks the leg, 1………2………3!!! Wow!

Ranallo: ”Well given AJ’s recent winning run, this is somewhat of an upset! Pac has stolen one here though, that low blow changed the complexion of this match!”

Pac leaves the ring and heads to the stage but we see Adam Scherr appear! Scherr stands by the stage exit looking menacing as Pac tries to head backstage! Pac tries to reason with Scherr but Scherr charges him at him and hits a hard clothesline flipping Pac on to the steel ramp! Scherr drags Pac by the hair back to the ring as AJ recovers in the ring. Scherr throws Pac to AJ and AJ sets him up for the Styles Clash and executes it! Scherr snatches a steel chair from ringside and places it on the mat telling AJ to do it one more time! AJ nods his head and AJ sets Pac up once again and this time drops him with the Styles Clash on the steel chair! Scherr raises AJ’s hand and they walk to the back.

McGuinness: ”The Anarchy standing tall here despite the result! Pac just got a reminder not to mess with The Anarchy!”

Ranallo: ”I don’t think Pac will pursue The Anarchy after what we’ve just witnessed but speaking of The Anarchy……up next, the leader of The Anarchy and PWU World Champion, Aleister…..will be defending his title against CM Punk! Let’s take you back and show you the events leading up to this huge title clash!”

We see a video package air that highlights the events leading to the upcoming World Championship Match including Aleister winning the title on Championship Warfare and CM Punk’s post match beatdown, the formation of The Anarchy, Punk talking trash about Aleister, the backstage attacks on The Anarchy and Punk’s attack on Aleister a few weeks ago and Aleister’s verbal warnings to CM Punk.

The arena goes dark and we see the egg timer that we saw a few weeks back just about running out of sand while it is situated on the stage with a spotlight shining on it. The time is up and Aleister’s music hits. Aleister makes his entrance first to a negative ovation!

CM Punk’ chants take over the Allstate Arena while Aleister waits in the ring for his challenger. Punk comes out to a huge ovation in his home state, Punk clad in Chicago flag colour tights. Punk soaks in the atmosphere before the bell finally sounds for this match to start! Aleister is sat cross legged in the corner as the ref holds up the PWU World Championship title and we are ready to go!


This match gets under way and Punk taunts Aleister at the bell which gets a nice reaction from the crowd. The two men look like they’re going to tie up in a lock up but Punk tricks Aleister and starts kicking away repeatedly at his ribs! Fast straight kicks by Punk backs Aleister into the ropes, Punk whips him off the ropes and catches him coming back with jumping calf kick! Aleister back to his feet quickly then gets hit with an armdrag and Aleister rolls out the ring! The fans go crazy as Punk sits cross legged in the ring taunting the champion! Aleister glares at Punk before Aleister rolls back in to the ring. Punk straight away doesn’t let up and hits Aleister with numerous clubbing blows to the back but Aleister takes Punk down by the legs and strikes him with numerous forearms to the face followed by a standing jumping double foot stomp right to Punk’s ribs! Punk on his knees trying to get to his feet but Aleister just back heel kicks behind him and connects with a short kick to Punk’s face knocking him back down! Aleister gets Punk in a cradle pin, 1……2……no! Aleister gets Punk to his feet and delivers hard stiff chops to the challenger, lighting up his chest before hitting him with a striking combo which ends with Aleister sweeping Punk’s legs away and following up with a standing moonsault! Punk looks to get near the ropes to get to his feet but Aleister decides to throw Punk through the ropes and to the outside. Aleister lets Punk get to his feet and goes for a suicide dive through the middle rope but Punk sees it coming and delivers a stiff kick to Aleister’s face in mid air sending Aleister crashing hard on the outside much to the delight of the crowd! Punk grabs Aleister by the head and rams him head first into the steel barricade. Punk then delivers a nice suplex on to the steel ramp, Aleister’s back landing hard on the steel! The referee goes out after them and asks them to get back in the ring but Punk continues the assault on Aleister.

All of a sudden we see GM Stu Bennett make his way out to the stage area with a microphone. “Sorry to interrupt this match but I’ve decided that this match will now be no disqualification and no count outs! Please continue!” Bennett goes backstage as the fans cheer.

Punk lifts Aleister and hits a snake eyes across the barricade! Aleister in trouble here. Punk drags Aleister down the ramp and goes to whip him into the steel stairs but Aleister counters and it’s Punk that eats the steel! Aleister grabs a steel chair from ringside and measures Punk before executing a running dropkick with the chair into the head of Punk sandwiching him between the chair and the steel stairs! Aleister grabs the steel stairs and approaches Punk, but Punk delivers a drop toe hold which trips Aleister face first into the stairs! Punk drags Aleister around the ringside area and around the second ring to the announce table. Punk bounces Aleister’s head off it before emptying the table of it’s contents! Punk removes the monitors from the table but keeps hold of one before bashing Aleister in the head with it sending him on top of the announcers table! Ranallo and McGuinness move out the way and Punk makes sure Aleister is in place. Punk glances at the top turnbuckle in the second ring next to the table before climbing up to it! The fans are standing in anticipation as Punk scales to the top turnbuckle. Punk signals for an elbow drop and Punk leaps off the top turnbuckle, crashing through Aleister and the announce table with a flying elbow drop!!! “Holy S**t” chants echo throughout the Allstate Arena as CM Punk and a bloodied Aleister lay amongst the debris and destruction! The two men are down for a few minutes before Punk gets to his feet first with assistance from the barricade. Punk drags a motionless Aleister towards the first ring before rolling him in it. Punk rolls in the ring and covers, 1……………2………….no!!!! Aleister gets the shoulder up at the last moment! The fans can’t believe it!! Punk lifts Aleister up off the mat before setting him up on his shoulders for the GTS but Aleister climbs down behind Punk and executes a poisonrana which spikes Punk’s head into the mat! Aleister uses the ropes to get back to his feet while Punk is down. Punk starts to stir and Aleister waits for Punk to get to his feet before hitting him with a springboard roundhouse kick to the face! This sends Punk to his knees and Aleister measures him for the Midnight Mass Kick but Punk ducks it and hits a German suplex pin! 1……….2……..no! Aleister kicks out! Punk hits Aleister with a knee to the face before whipping him into the turnbuckle. Punk charges at Aleister and hits a knee to the face, followed by a bulldog. Punk getting back into a rhythm heads to the ring apron and measures Aleister before jumping off and hitting a spring board sit out clothesline! Punk looking back to his best in this match. Punk covers, 1……..2……..kick out! Punk slowly goes back to the top turnbuckle, but Aleister catches him up and hits him with clubbing blows to have him sat on the top turnbuckle. Aleister sets Punk on his shoulders on the middle turnbuckle and jumps executing a gutbuster from the second rope! Punk landing right across Aleister’s knee! Aleister waits for Punk to get to his feet and goes for the Midnight Mass kick but Punk ducks and catches the leg over his shoulder before delivering a nice sit out powerbomb to the champion! Both men are down and ‘CM Punk’ chants echo throughout the arena! Punk rolls to the outside and picks up the chair from earlier before bringing it into the ring. In shades of Revolution, Punk sets Aleister’s neck in the gap of the steel chair! Punk lifts Aleister on his shoulders for the GTS while Aleister’s head is trapped but Aleister climbs down behind Punk and hits him with a kick to the chest as Punk turns around. Aleister removes his head from the chair and throws it to Punk who catches it and Aleister hits the Midnight Mass, smacking the chair right back into the face of CM Punk!! Punk falls to the mat in a crumpled heap as Aleister covers, 1……………..2……………….3!!! The crowd boo as Aleister retains his title! The crowd applaud the efforts of both men as Aleister slowly gets to his feet, Punk laying on the mat with blood trickling from his nose. Aleister holds the title aloft over his head but from behind we a figure of someone!!……

Ranallo: ”Wait!! Who the hell is that!? Mamma Mia!! It can’t be!………”

It’s SAMOA JOE!!!!!!!!! The crowd go nuts as Joe chokes Aleister with a rear naked choke!!! The champion is sent to sleep by Joe and Punk gets to his feet to get a few cheap shots in! Outcomes Killer Kross, armed with a steel chair! Kross jumps in the ring but Punk and Joe leave the ring and head to the back leaving the champion a bloody mess in the ring! Kross leaning over Aleister while Punk shouts “I told you I wasn’t alone! Your time will come!!”

McGuinness: ”I get the feeling this issue isn’t over yet but I can’t believe CM Punk has brought in help in the form of Samoa Joe!! Recently released from the WWE, Joe has arrived in PWU and it looks like he has The Anarchy and Aleister is his sights!!!”

We go backstage where the NWA World Champion Nick Aldis and the new PWU Women’s Champion Mickie James are celebrating their wins tonight swigging from a bottle of champagne…..Aldis exclaims “We did it!!! I told you, we are the power couple of PWU and there’s nobody here that can match us!!!” Suddenly we see The Bullet Club’s Adam Cole and Britt Baker walk past…..Cole glares at Aldis for a second and then looks at his NWA Championship while Britt Baker does likewise to Mickie James. Cole smirks before telling Aldis “Y’know……you really need to be careful what you say around here……” Cole and Baker continue to walk past while Aldis stares at Cole until him and Baker are out of shot. Mickie tells Nick “Don’t worry about them honey…..tonight is our night. C’mon let’s get out of here….” Mickie grins at Nick before they leave arm in arm.

Ranallo: ”An interesting interaction there between Adam Cole and Nick Aldis but Cole can’t be worrying about them right now as up next is the match we’ve all been waiting for. It’s time for the Battleground Match!”

McGuinness: ”It is indeed, this feud has been going on for months between these men and tonight it finally comes to a head inside this incredible set up. This really is going to be a war and I can’t wait!!”

Ranallo: ”You’re right Nigel and for those of you that are new to this kind of match, let’s go over the rules….

- There are two rings set up next to each other and they will be surrounded by a steel cage structure.
- At the start of the match, one member of each time will start.
- Once 2 minutes are up, a member from the OG Bullet Club will enter the match giving that team a temporary 2 on 1 advantage.
- Every 2 minutes after this a member of each team will enter the match alternately until both teams have all their members in the match.
- Once this occurs, the match will officially get under way and the bell will sound.
- The 8 men will compete inside the rings under no DQ rules and the match will be won by either the first pinfall or a member of one of the teams surrender.

Remember, the winners of this match will be officially known as The Bullet Club in PWU. Let’s show you what has led up to this war!”

We see a video package highlighting the events leading up to this including the reformation of The Bullet Club at Revolution and the beatdown of Kenny Omega, the chaos they caused plus bringing in Adam Cole and Britt Baker, Prince Devitt challenging The Bullet Club, Galloway losing the World Championship, Devitt bringing in a returning Kenny Omega to fight alongside him, the brawls between the teams, the announcement of the Battleground Match, the announcement of The Bullet Club name being on the line, the parking lot brawl a few weeks back and the general war of words between the groups.

We come back and the cage is now lowered surrounding the two rings that are set up and we are ready for the main event!


The first man out in this match representing The Bullet Club is Adam Cole accompanied by his girlfriend DMD Britt Baker! Cole looks a little reluctant to get inside the cage but does and straight away Britt Baker starts throwing in weapons for Cole to use including chairs and trash cans. The referee shuts the door on Baker, and the first man out for The OG’s is Doc Gallows!! Gallows looks ready for the match and Gallows tells Baker to stay away as he climbs into the ring. Cole immediately runs over with a trash can lid but Gallows punches it back in to the face of Cole and the fight is under way! Gallows hits a hard clothesline to Cole and straight away uses his size advantage by choking Cole against the cage wall! Cole hanging in the air as the ref pleads for Gallows to let him go but everything is legal in this match! Cole kicks Gallows downstairs and Gallows releases resulting in Cole dropping to the apron. Cole finds a little room between the apron and cage wall and hits a nice springboard clothesline to Gallows knocking the big man down! Cole mounts Gallows and hits him with several right hands to the top of his head with a taped fist. Baker cheers her man on from the outside! Cole grabs a trash can lid and hits Gallows right in the face with it stumbling the big man! Cole comes off the ropes but Gallows hits him with a big boot to the face! Gallows picks up a chair and places it on the mat before picking up Cole and drilling him back first onto the chair with a sidewalk slam! The clock is counting down and the fans count along…..

5……….4………..3…………2………1 who’s next!? It’s Kenny Omega!! Omega gets a huge ovation as he rushes out and gets into the match.

Omega and Gallows double team Cole with Gallows holding Cole for Omega to land numerous hard right hands. Omega asks Gallows to hold a chair near Cole’s head which he does and with Cole on his knees, Omega hits a shining wizard smacking the chair into Cole’s head! The OG’s taking full advantage of the brief numbers advantage as Gallows hits a huge standing splash on to Adam Cole! Cole is in big time trouble here as Omega gets Cole on his knees and places the trash can over his head! Omega kicks Cole numerous times whilst Gallows punches the bin on the other side! Cole will be relieved that he’ll be getting some help soon! Gallows lifts Cole up and chokes him against the cage wall once again as the clock counts down…..

5…….4…….3……..2…….1 It’s Drew Galloway! Outcomes the leader of The Bullet Club!

Galloway rushes in and charges into Omega, causing Omega to bounce off the cage wall before he hits Gallows with a low blow and throws him into the cage wall! Galloway checks on Cole before going back after Omega. Galloway pummels away on Omega with fast right hands to the head before once again using the cage wall as a weapon. Galloway traps Omega between the cage wall and the ring ropes and just rubs his head along the steel mesh of the cage! Drew then picks up a steel chair and smashes it across Omega’s back sandwiching him between the cage wall and ring ropes! Galloway tries to do it again but as he swings the chair back, Gallows back on his feet grabs the chair and hits Drew in the gut with it before smacking it across his back with a sickening thud! Gallows tries to hit Drew again but Adam Cole grabs the chair and swings taking out Gallows knee! Cole places the chair on the mat and hits a jumping tornado DDT on top of the chair! All four men down as the clock counts down…..

5………4………3………2………1 here comes Karl Anderson!!! Anderson runs to the ring and enters the match.

Anderson takes out Drew with a dropkick who was just getting to his feet! Anderson helps Omega back to his feet as Adam Cole tries to attack from behind. Anderson sees Cole coming and delivers a superkick to Cole which sends him across the ring right into Doc Gallows. Gallows hoists Cole in the air in a gorilla press position and throws him into the cage wall! Omega targets Galloway who is trying to get to his feet, Omega with stiff right hands to his head knocking him back down again. Omega hits a running knee to Galloway which sends him between the ropes and into the cage wall. Gallows and Anderson drag Adam Cole into the middle section between the two rings and set him up for the Magic Killer! They deliver it right onto the steel bracket holding the rings together as Britt Baker is beside herself at ringside!! Cole is out of it as The Good Brothers throw him into the second ring. Meanwhile, Omega is choking Galloway in the opposite corner of the ring. Omega drags Galloway towards the chair and goes for a piledriver on to it but Galloway counters and hits a devastating Alabama slam with the back of Omega’s head bouncing off the chair!

5………..4………..3………..2………..1 Here comes Nick Jackson of the Young Bucks!!!

Jackson enters the match like a house on fire and hits a dropkick to Gallows, then one to Karl Anderson. Jackson brings Anderson into the second ring and hits a nice snap suplex. Nick Jackson begins scaling the cage wall in the second ring. Gallows tries to pull him down but Jackson kicks him away, Jackson stops half way up the cage and springs back with a cross body on to both of the Good Brothers but they catch him in mid air and hit the Magic Killer! Suddenly Galloway charges at Gallows and hits a Claymore kick!!! Anderson hammers away on Galloway with Omega also in tow. Adam Cole begins to get to his feet and hits Omega from behind with a low blow! Cole drags Omega to the section between the two rings and hits him with a destroyer on to the steel bracket, Omega’s head bouncing off the steel!! Immediately we see Omega’s hair begin to stain red indicating a cut after that move. Cole and Galloway begin to take control of the match, both of them armed with steel chairs just swinging at anything that moves! Cole hits Anderson repeatedly with a chair before moving on to Gallows! The Bullet Club standing tall here as Nick Jackson goes back to the top rope and hits a 450 splash on to Karl Anderson!!

5……….4………3………..2……….1!! Here comes Prince Devitt!! The leader of the OG’s!!

Galloway, Cole and Jackson stand together as Devitt is trying to get in on the outside….Cole and Jackson keep running at him trying to stop him entering the match, so Devitt scales the cage! Devitt reaches the top of the cage with the Bullet Club below goading him while they are armed with chairs but Devitt jumps anyway and wipes out the three member of The Bullet Club from the top of the cage! Devitt takes it to all three, as The Good Brothers get back into the match! Gallows brings Nick Jackson into the second ring, whips him off the ropes and hits a hellacious spinning side walk slam! Devitt kicks away at Galloway before throwing Adam Cole into the cage wall! Devitt follows up with a front dropkick to Cole sandwiching him into the cage wall! The OG’s with the man advantage again, using it well. Galloway picks up a steel chair and is about to level Devitt with it but Omega grabs the chair and the two start exchanging punches in the middle of the ring! Omega whips Galloway off the ropes, Galloway ducks an elbow and goes for the Claymore but Omega moves out of the way and Galloway lands into the cage wall! Meanwhile in the other ring, Nick Jackson is taking a beating from both of the Good Brothers. Both taking turns to land punches on Jackson. Devitt executes the 1916 on to Cole and heads to the top rope! Devitt looks for the Coup De Grace but Cole sees the chair next him and throws it at Devitt in mid air leaving him to crash hard!

5………..4………..3…………2…………1 It’s the final participant! Here comes Matt Jackson of The Bullet Club!

Matt Jackson surveys the damage before getting into the match and decides to bring a table into the ring much to the fans delight! Matt rolls a table into the ring and the cage door is closed behind him, the match officially begins! The bell sounds as all men are now in the match. Matt Jackson tries to set the table up but Omega sneaks up behind him and taps him on the shoulder before hitting him with several forearms to the face! Omega kicks Jackson in the gut before springing off the ropes and hitting the Kataro Crusher! Nick Jackson climbs to the top rope and tries to hit a missile dropkick but Omega side steps it and then hits a dragon suplex! Doc Gallows brings The Bucks into the second ring and those two teams brawl in that ring. Galloway starts to get to his feet but Omega sees this and charges at Galloway with the chair in hand smacking it against his head! Adam Cole sneaks behind Omega and throws him into the cage wall before getting him on his shoulders and executing a fireman’s carry neckbreaker! Cole goes for the cover, 1……2…..but Devitt breaks it up! Devitt hits a snap suplex and tries to go to the outside for more weapons but as Devitt goes to walk out the door, out of nowhere Britt Baker slams the steel door into the head of Devitt sending him to the mat! Baker taunts the crowd but Doc Gallows sees what just happened and grabs Baker by her hair!!! Gallows calls for Anderson and they drag Baker to the aisle way! Cole sees what’s happening from the ring and pleads with The Good Brothers not to hurt her! The Good Brothers shout “If you come near us we will drop her on her head!! Surrender or else!!!” Cole tells them he’ll never surrender but don’t hurt her! The Good Brothers shrug their shoulders and drop her with The Magic Killer on the ramp!!!!

Holy s**t chants fill the arena as Adam Cole looks horrified by what he just saw!! As Cole is distracted, Devitt hits him in the back with a steel chair as The Good Brothers make their way back to the ring! All of a sudden, The Young Bucks jump on The Good Brothers as they get back into the ring. The Young Bucks throw Anderson into the cage and double team Gallows with a double suplex. The Young Bucks set up the table in the second ring and drag Gallows with them. They deliver another chair shot to Gallows and place him on to the table before both of them climb separate sides of the cage! The fans stand in anticipation as The Young Bucks jump from either side of the cage at the same time with a double body splash through Anderson on the table below!!! The fans cheer and applaud as Nick Jackson rolls his arm on to Gallows! The referee counts, 1………………2………….but Devitt breaks it up!! Devitt hits the 1916 on to Nick on to a broken piece of table, 1…………2………..no!! Matt breaks up the fall! In the other ring, Galloway is left alone with Omega as Adam Cole checks on Britt Baker while she is being stretchered out by medics. Galloway measures Omega and connects with a Claymore!!! Galloway covers, 1…….2……no!! Omega gets the shoulder up! Galloway can’t believe it! Galloway shouts for Cole to get back into the match and tells him to bring a table. Cole runs back to the ring and goes under the ring to retrieve another table. Cole rolls it into the ring but as he’s about to get into the ring, Karl Anderson hits him with a superkick out of nowhere! Galloway clobbers Anderson from behind and throws him out of the ring through the door. Cole and Anderson now on the outside, Devitt, Doc Gallows and The Young Bucks are all down in the other ring leaving Galloway and Omega in the first ring. Galloway drags the bloody hair of Omega over towards the cage wall and pulls out a pair of handcuffs from his boot! Galloway handcuffs Omega standing up on the cage wall! Galloway backs away and hits a Claymore into Omega into the cage wall! Galloway backs away again seemingly with something else in mind and charges at Omega with a spear which results in the cage wall falling down under both men’s weight!!!!! The crowd are in disbelief as Omega remains handcuffed as Galloway places his arm over the bloody Omega despite not really knowing where he is!!! Devitt tries to get across to Omega but The Young Bucks hold him back! The referee starts to count, 1………………………..2…………………………3!!!!!! It’s over!

The crowd on their feet applauding the efforts of all four men. Medics rush to ringside with stretchers as Adam Cole pulls Drew off from the fallen cage wall. The Young Bucks and Cole help Drew to the back but they raise their hands in victory on the stage despite their injuries. Devitt stays with Omega and The Good Brothers desperately try and release the handcuffs from Kenny Omega.

Ranallo: ”In all my years of sports commentary, I’ve never seen anything like that. Huge respect to these eight men in this match but I don’t think any of them will be the same after this…..”

Some replays air of the match highlights.

McGuinness: ”Agreed Mauro that was incredible but when it’s said and done, The Bullet Club remain here in PWU. It was a great effort by the OG’s but tonight The Bullet Club reign supreme!!!”

The show fades out with The Good Brothers helping Kenny Omega to the back as medics follow behind.

8th July 2021

Warfare kicks off with The Bullet Club making their way out to the ring!

Mauro Ranallo: ”Welcome to this week’s Warfare and despite the schedule we are being joined early by the Bullet Club”

Nigel McGuinness: ”Galloway, Cole and The Young Bucks walking with purpose here!”

Drew Galloway looks menacing as he demands a microphone. “I’m done playing games, WE are done playing games. Kenny Omega, last week you crossed the line by costing me my opportunity at the PWU World Championship. You’re gonna pay the ultimate price now because I accept your challenge at Blood In The Sand! You made a big mistake last week as I was going to be preoccupied with a championship match but now I’m kicking my heels at Blood in the Sand, meaning now I’m going to have to further humiliate you and end your career!” Nick Jackson asks Drew for the microphone “You see Kenny, you’re obsessed with Drew but you are missing one thing. It wasn’t Drew that screwed you at Revolution, it was us Kenny. Your ‘brothers’, your ‘brothers’ that you didn’t fight alongside against Aleister. You became a changed man and a shell of your former self and we noticed that…..so Kenny next week, we want to finish the job we started, how about you face the PWU Tag Team Champions myself and Matt in a handicap match!? If you have the guts that is….”

Kenny Omega’s music hits and appears on the stage! “Matt, Nick, I haven’t forgot what you did to me. I accept your challenge for next week and I am going to destroy you. Drew as for you….I’m so glad you accepted my challenge for Blood In The Sand as I have nothing left to lose. You’re right, you guys have one upped me at every turn, you left me laying at Revolution, you left me laying at Battleground but that makes me more dangerous. They are telling me that with putting my career on the line, the risk is much greater than the reward but in this case it’s not. When I finally defeat you at Blood in the Sand and I see you look up at me and realise the beast you have awoken in me, that will be too…….sweet. Oh and one last thing…..there’s a couple of guys who I know who are looking for a fight……watch your back guys…..”

With this, we see The Good Brothers come out the crowd and enter the ring behind The Bullet Club! The Good Brothers armed with chairs take out Adam Cole and Drew Galloway before throwing him to the outside where Omega races down the ramp and brawls with Galloway! The Good Brothers brawl with The Young Bucks in the ring and they hit the Magic Killer on to Matt Jackson! Doc Gallows goes to the outside and drags a table into the ring! They set the table up and they set up Nick Jackson for the Magic Killer through the table which they execute, driving Nick Jackson through the wood! Security arrive and get in between the brawl between Galloway and Omega on the ramp as we go into a commercial break!

Ranallo: ”What a start to Warfare, we’re just cleaning away the pieces of wood from the table that Nick Jackson was driven through to kick the show off!”

McGuinness: ”An all out brawl to kick this show off and let’s not forget that Drew Galloway and Kenny Omega has now been made for Blood in The Sand!”

Ranallo: ”That’s huge! Another thing that’s huge is our main event tonight, the number one contender for the PWU World Championship Jon Moxley will be taking on The Anarchy’s AJ Styles in our main event!”

McGuinness: ”A big main event tonight but also in this broadcast, Claudio Castagnoli’s International Title open challenge returns to Warfare! Plus we saw his debut last week but The Anarchy’s newest member, Brother Levi will be in action!”

Dr Britt Baker DMD’s music hits and we are ready for our first match! She is accompanied by boyfriend Adam Cole who is still favouring the back after the chair shot by Karl Anderson moments ago.

Dr Britt Baker DMD w/ Adam Cole vs. Shotzi
A nice back and forth women’s match to kick the action off this week! Baker takes control early on driving her knees into Shotzi’s mid drift in the corner and follows up with a nice snap suplex. Baker looks comfortable and locks her in a chin lock but Shotzi fights out and hits a side suplex. Shotzi drop toe holds her on to the middle rope and hits charging double knees to the back! Shotzi near fall. Baker regains control in the match after Shotzi misses a middle turnbuckle senton splash and Baker takes over from here. Baker with some great offence hits a rocker dropper but only gets a two count! Shotzi and Britt go back and forth for a bit but Shotzi goes for a powerbomb but Britt hits a facebuster to counter! Britt then hits her Baker Buster and hooks the leg for the 3 count!

After the match, we see the Women’s Champion Mickie James make her way out! James taunts Baker with the belt after their confrontation last week. Baker invites Mickie into the ring for a fight but as she makes her way down to ringside, the NWA Champion Nick Aldis appears and convinces her not to enter the ring. Adam Cole leaps in to the ring upon seeing Aldis as Baker talks trash to Mickie as Mickie is ushered to the back by Aldis!

We go backstage where Andrade is in Stu Bennett’s office. Andrade is showing Bennett the closing moments of his match against Castagnoli at Battleground on his tablet “See Mr Bennett….my shoulder is up. Now I don’t know what kind of company you want to manage if you’re letting false champions roam around, I want a rematch at Blood In The Sand!” Bennett nods in agreement “Andrade, you’re right. You were robbed at Battleground so it’s only fair you get another title match….only this time to make sure there’s no controversy, you will challenge Castagnoli if he is still the champion, in a 30 minute iron man match! I think you could both steal the show and you have the chance to prove you are the deserving International Champion!” Andrade smirks and nods his head as we go back to our announcers.

Ranallo: ”Wow a huge match made for Blood In The Sand! Of course, that is if Castagnoli makes it to Blood In The Sand as champion because later tonight he has an open challenge to deal with!”

The lights in the arena go out and the PWU World Champion makes his way to ringside with the newest member of The Anarchy, Brother Levi! Aleister grabs a mic. “Last week, The Anarchy made a statement that we are the dominant force in PWU. We saw the arrival of Brother Levi, and tonight he is here to prove his worth to the rest of his brothers and more importantly…..me. So Brother Levi….show me your worth….”

Brother Levi w/ Aleister vs. Adeel Alam
Alam starts the match quickly and hits Levi with numerous quick dropkicks which only really stagger the big man. Alam goes for a rolling pop up DDT but Levi catches him in mid air and tosses him up in the air leaving Alam to land hard on his front! Levi dominates using numerous power moves including a delayed vertical suplex and he hits Alam with a running big boot. Levi hits a trapping suplex to Alam, dropping him hard on his head to pick up the 1….2…3! A fairly straight forward debut victory for Brother Levi.

After the match, Aleister promises that Jon Moxley will suffer a similar fate tonight at the hands of AJ Styles and that time is ticking for Jon Moxley until he becomes just another fallen victim to The Anarchy.

We go backstage where the PWU Xcite Champion Kevin Steen is standing by with Kayla. Steen has his back to the wall and states he doesn’t trust that bastard Pac after all the assaults from behind that he has perpetrated over the last couple of months. Steen calls Pac a coward and invites Pac to try and face him man to man! Instead we see GM Stu Bennett enter the shot. “Well well…..look who it is. I have to say, well done on winning the Xcite Championship I mean after all it was the only one you could contend for after I beat you at Spring Sacrifice but what’s next Kevin? Where can you go from here? Well I just thought I’d drop by and inform you that you will be defending your Xcite Title against Pac at Blood In The Sand…..good luck Kevin….” Bennett smirks and walks off as Steen responds “That’s fine with me…..Pac you have no idea what you started with me last week….but I’m gonna finish it at Blood In The Sand…”

McGuinness: ”Stu Bennett, still a thorn in the side of Kevin Steen, naming Pac the number one contender to Steen’s title at Blood In The Sand!”

Ranallo: ”Talking of titles, here comes the International Champion, Claudio Castagnoli!!”

Castagnoli comes out to a good ovation and gets on the mic before his match. “Now all I’ve heard since Battleground is Andrade crying and bitching about how he was robbed and blah blah blah. I’ll just be interested to hear his excuse after I beat him in the Iron Man Match at Blood In The Sand! But first we have tonight…..the return of my International Championship open challenge! It’s been a while thanks to injuries but tonight, let’s see who has the guts to try and take my title from me!”

After a pause we hear familiar theme music and the letters RVD appear on the video wall! It’s Rob Van Dam answering the challenge in his home state of Michigan! RVD comes out to a huge ovation and RVD chants followed by holy s**t chants echo throughout the arena! Van Dam does his thumb point before a burst of pyro goes off.

Ranallo: ”I can’t believe it!! Michigan’s own wrestling legend, tonight he’s Mr Thursday Night, Rob Van Dam!!”

Claudio Castagnoli (c) vs. Rob Van Dam (PWU International Championship)
The match begins with both men locking up with Castagnoli backing RVD into the corner. Castagnoli tries a European uppercut but RVD moves out of the way and follows up with his kicks to the chest and a roundhouse kick to the face! Van Dam starts building momentum and uses many of his signature moves including the monkey flip, the step over spinning heel kick to the face and whilst Castagnoli takes a few moments on the outside to regroup, RVD hits a springboard sommersault plancha using the top rope for leverage! “You still got it!” chants echo throughout the arena! RVD only gets a near fall after this flurry of offence. RVD goes for a rolling thunder but Castagnoli springs to his feet and hits a clothesline! Tide of the match turns and Castagnoli takes control hitting a gutwrench suplex as well as a series of suplexes. Castagnoli then locks in the big swing and swings RVD around numerous times. Castagnoli tries to hit the Neutraliser but RVD counters into a back drop then hits a spinning leg drop. RVD climbs to the top rope for the 5 Star Frog Splash but outcomes Andrade!!! Andrade pushes RVD off the top rope and the bell sounds as the fans boo!

Andrade mounts Castagnoli and pummels him with several right hands to the head! Andrade picks him up off the mat and hits La Sombra DDT on the champion! RVD makes it to his feet and clocks Andrade with a spinning roundhouse kick which sends Andrade out of the ring! Andrade backs away up the aisle holding his jaw as RVD helps Castagnoli to his feet. RVD raises Castagnoli’s hand as the crowd cheer.

We head into a video package showing us the events of last week between Samoa Joe and Killer Kross.

Ranallo: ”Last week we saw Samoa Joe and Killer Kross brawling twice and having to be seperated. Our GM Stu Bennett has given both men the night off to cool tensions but I understand that next week, Samoa Joe and CM Punk will be in tag team action against Killer Kross and Brother Levi!”

McGuinness: ”That’s a huge match for next week! I’ve also just been informed that next week, Rob Van Dam will be back to take on Andrade one on one! That’s just announced, as well as Kenny Omega taking on The Young Bucks announced earlier tonight!!”

We go backstage with Adnan Virk who is standing by with the number one contender to the PWU World Championship Jon Moxley! Adnan asks for Moxley’s reaction to the match made next week between Punk/Joe and The Anarchy and does this issue with them distract him in his pursuit of the PWU World Championship? Moxley responds “I don’t care if Punk and Joe and the other members of The Anarchy wanna kick each other’s asses all the way up to Blood In The Sand and I personally hope they tear each other limb for limb. The only thing that I am focused on is becoming the PWU World Champion and finally defeating Aleister. It wont be easy, he has been a dominant champion but last week he struck the first blow in this war. Aleister hasn’t got the thirst for violence that I have and yeah he’s a little unhinged but so am I! Aleister, I’m not worried about you or your buddies and regardless of how many times you wanna sneak attack me, I won’t go down without a fight and believe me you haven’t had a challenge like me yet. I’ve been challenged my whole career and this is no different so do your worst Aleister…..cos I’ll be doing mine….”

The Gunn Club (Austen and Colten) vs. Santana and Ortiz
A tag team match to continue Warfare this week with both of these teams with one eye on the tag team champions, The Young Bucks! This one starts out with the Gunn Club using a little size advantage with Austen delivering a gorilla press slam to Santana! Impressive strength displayed there. The Gunns start the match strong but a missed splash in the corner allows Santana and Ortiz to work over Austen for a while and they isolate him in the match with frequent tags not allowing him any offence. Santana and Ortiz use an array of double team manoeuvres including a reverse spinebuster by Santana slamming Austen on his front on to the knees of Ortiz! Ortiz then catapults Austen into a superkick and Colten has seen enough and delivers several right hands to both Santana and Ortiz. The match breaks down but Colten goes for a crossbody to Santana near the ropes but Santana ducks it resulting in Colten crashing to the outside. Ortiz sets Austen up on his shoulders and Santana hits the diving blockbuster, sit-out powerbomb combo to pick up the three count! Impressive win for Santana and Ortiz who get a good reaction!

After the match, Santana gets on the mic and warns The Young Bucks that the Good Brothers aint the only team eyeing up those tag team titles!

Ranallo: ”The Young Bucks are marked men at the moment with a target on their back! So many teams in PWU wanting a shot at their gold!”

McGuinness: ”The Young Bucks have had a bad night tonight, Nick Jackson got put through a table earlier tonight now Santana and Ortiz have claimed that they want a shot at their titles!”

Ranallo: ”Next week they’ll have to get through Kenny Omega in that handicap match! I can’t imagine what Omega will want to do when he gets his hands on the Young Bucks!”

Jon Moxley vs. AJ Styles
Main event time! AJ comes to the ring on his own without the rest of The Anarchy. Moxley and AJ battle it out to start the match off trading punches in the ring. The action soon spills to the outside with Moxley whipping AJ into the steel guardrail! Moxley and AJ brawl around the ringside area until Moxley’s Irish whip attempt is reversed and he is sent into the stairs! AJ works on Moxley for a period of the match keeping him grounded which is a different style of wrestling for AJ than what we’re used to! AJ locks in a leg grapevine but Moxley makes it to the ropes. AJ hits a standing shooting star press and keeps Moxley down with a grounded sleeper. Moxley eventually gets out of the hold and pushes Styles into the turnbuckle followed by a corner clothesline and bulldog which gets a near fall. Moxley gains some control in the match and goes to pull AJ in for a short arm clothesline but AJ ducks it and hits a Pele kick! AJ goes back on the offensive with a combo strike with forearms and a leg sweep. AJ goes to the top rope and hits a 450 splash but only a near fall! AJ goes for the Styles Clash but it’s countered into an Alabama slam! Moxley then hits a series of German suplexes before AJ walks into the Paradigm Shift! Moxley hooks the leg, 1……..2…….3! Jon Moxley picks up the win!

As soon as the match is over, the lights go out! When they come back on, Aleister, Adam Scherr and Brother Levi are in the ring surrounding Moxley!

Ranallo: ”Damnit!! The Anarchy are here again and they are surrounding Moxley! Moxley is outnumbered 4 to 1 here!”

Moxley looks like he is about to head to the ropes to escape but instead he hesitates and turns around and charges at Aleister!! Moxley hits several rights and lefts but Adam Scherr pulls Moxley off Aleister and hits a huge chop which sends him to the mat! Aleister instructs The Anarchy to cause further punishment and Levi hits Moxley with a standing spinebuster! Scherr and Levi lift Moxley to his feet and they hold him as Aleister hits the Midnight Mass kick to the face of Jon Moxley! The Anarchy link hands and stand in a circle over the fallen Jon Moxley as Warfare goes off the air!