How WWE Should Book TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs 2020

 

Hey everyone! Ever since Night Of Champions 2015, through multiple accounts, every month before major WWE pay-per-views, I’ve come on here and booked the cards to make them as exciting, intriguing, and best possible scenarios for the future. I do both NXT and main-roster pay-per-views, as well as the occasional big milestone RAW or Smackdown weekly show. Without further ado, here is how TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs 2020 should be booked.

MY TABLES, LADDERS AND CHAIRS PPV POSTS OF PREVIOUS YEARS:

• 2015: https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/3wppw7/how_wwe_should_book_tlc_2015/
• 2016: Didn’t do one.
• 2017: https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/77vj6v/how_wwe_should_book_tlc_2017_raw/
• 2018: https://old.reddit.com/r/WWE/comments/a6jsjf/how_wwe_should_book_tlc_tables_ladders_and_chairs/
• 2019: Didn’t do one.

KICKOFF-SHOW:

• We get the usual kickoff panel of Charly Caruso, Booker T, Jeff Jarrett, JBL and everybody’s favorite person, Peter Rosenberg. Throughout the hour, the panel runs down the match card giving their predictions, hyping up the matches and showing us video packages. About 25 minutes into the hour, we get our kickoff match.

 

KICKOFF MATCH: Big E, Chad Gable, Daniel Bryan and Otis vs. Cesaro, King Corbin, Sami Zayn and Shinsuke Nakamura (8-man Tag Team match)

 

• This is throwaway so let’s just cut to the chase. The heels come out first, followed by the babyfaces. The match gets 13 minutes. Everyone gets their shit in. It ends when Big E pins Sami Zayn after a Big Ending. Big E pinned the current IC Champion and so it puts him in contention. Moving on.

 

WINNERS by PINFALL: Big E, Chad Gable, Daniel Bryan and Otis

 

• The panel gives their final predictions for the two TLC match main events, and then we get to the main show.

MAIN SHOW:

• Gimmick PPVs… Gimmick PPVs... what are they good for? We’ve made our way trudging through the pile of horseshit that has been 2020, and with that comes the final WWE PPV of the year, (in Michael Cole voice) IT’S THE WWE’S VERSION OF THE DEMOLITION DERBY. What year WWE has had. They’ve adapted to a worldwide pandemic in top form, in my opinion. As this PPV is also a last of the year, it’s also a first, as it will be the first after the THUNDERDOME has been confirmed for a move to Tropicana Field in Tampa, FL, for the next few months. As always, this isn’t what I think WILL happen, this is what I think SHOULD happen. Now, let’s distract ourselves from the real world with some pro wrestling. Without further ado, let’s have WWE’s 2020 PPV calendar go out with a CRASH… through a table…. see what I did there hahahahaha,

 

1ST MATCH: The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) (c) vs. The Hurt Business (Cedric Alexander and Shelton Benjamin) (Tag Team match for the WWE RAW Tag Team Championships)

 

• The Pain Corporation is out first followed by The Current Morning. We get formal ring introductions and the match gets 15 minutes. They say in the business that if you’re not on last, you wanna be first, and most might think that to be the case when it comes to the two TLC matches tonight, but I just have never ever been a fan of World Championship matches opening a PPV. I feel like it devalues it. The World Title defenses are what you buy a ticket to see, what you wait all night to see. When it happens first, I just feel like it really cheapens the match and the importance of such a title. So out of every other match on this card, this is pretty perfect to go on first. These four guys are gonna go all out. The match ends when Xavier Woods and Cedric Alexander are legal, and Woods knocks Alexander down with a leaping DDT off the top rope. Woods then heads to the corner and goes for the Honor Roll, he rolls, but CEDRIC CATCHES HIM WITH A MICHINOKU DRIVER. Kofi tries to run in to but MVP distracts the referee and Kofi gets caught in a Hurt Lock by Lashley on the outside, and Kofi is trapped. Cedric hits a Lumbar Check inside the ring and Kofi has to watch as he gets the pin on Woods to win the titles. HURT BUSINESS IS BOOMING.

 

WINNERS by PINFALL and NEW WWE RAW Tag Team Champions: The Hurt Business

 

• We get an ad for what’s coming to the WWE Network.

 

2ND MATCH: Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler (c) vs. Asuka and Mystery Partner (Tag Team match for the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships)

 

• Usually, one of my biggest wrestling pet peeves is the champions coming first in a title match, because the champion should not be left there waiting for the challenger. That’s just backwards logic. Though, in a situation like this with a mystery partner, it makes the most sense. Asuka’s partner is, big surprise, Charlotte Flair. We get formal ring introductions and the match gets 10 minutes. Midway through, we see Lana wheel herself out to the stage in a wheelchair. Her leg that was damaged by Shayna Baszler is all bandaged up, and her arm is in a sling as well. The match ends as Nia is distracted by this, and begins screaming mean things at Lana. Lana’s feelings are now hurt! Oh no! But never fear, Charlotte Flair is here! Nia turns right around into a spear and Charlotte locks in the Figure Eight. Shayna comes in to break it up but Asuka is right there and grabs Shayna’s wrist, twirling her into the Asuka Lock. Both challengers have the champions locked in submissions in the center of the ring, and Shayna is screaming for Nia not to tap, but the screams slowly fade as Shayna passes out, and Nia, with no one left willing her on, succumbs to the pain as Charlotte gets a bridge. We’ve got new Women’s Tag Team Champions. After the bell, Nia proves herself to be a big Kane fan as she pushes Lana off the stage in her wheelchair like Kane did to Zack Ryder in 2012. Lana subsequently dies. Nia and Shayna ran its course from the second it began, and it’s time for a changing of the guard! Fortunately, this will mean that we’ve gone from one set of tag champions that just can’t seem to get along, to….. to another. OH WHAT THE FU-

 

WINNERS by SUBMISSION and NEW WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions: Asuka and Charlotte Flair

 

• We get an ad for NXT New Year’s Evil in 2 weeks.

 

3RD MATCH: Drew McIntyre (c) vs. AJ Styles (w/ Omos) (Tables, Ladders and Chairs match for the WWE Championship)

 

• Styles and Omos are out first followed by Andrew McIntyre. The match gets 25 minutes. From the second I saw these two interact in this year’s Men’s Rumble match, I knew this was something that needed to happen, and was going to happen. And now here we are. This is a legitimate first time ever one on one, and that’s not something you can find in WWE too often anymore. This will be great. Some spots in the match include AJ hitting a 450 Splash on Drew through a table, AJ hitting a Phenomenal Forearm to knock Drew off of a ladder, Drew going for a Claymore kick but AJ dodges and Drew sends himself through a table in the corner, and Drew wrapping a chair around AJ’s neck and then hitting a Future Shock DDT. The match ends as Drew and AJ are fighting on the outside, and Omos gets physical for the first time as he chokeslams McIntyre through the announce table. AJ then calls Omos into the ring, and inevitably, we get AJ trying to unhook the title by standing on Omos’s shoulders, because the bastard is 7ft tall. This plan backfires on Styles though, Drew recovers and runs the ropes and NAILS Omos with a Claymore Kick, sending both him and AJ crashing to the mat as he slowly topples, resulting in AJ taking a 7ft tall Electric Chair. Drew brings a ladder into the ring, takes one last glance at Styles, and then unhooks the WWE Championship for the retain. Now THAT would be a badass finish. There’s no reason for AJ to hold the title right now, and there’s no reason for McIntyre not to continue holding it. Now onto the Royal Rumble, where McIntyre is surely defending against Sheamus, where we shall see two big, hard, meaty european men beating the hell out of each other. Yes please.

 

WINNER and STILL WWE Champion: Drew McIntyre

 

• We go to the commentators who plug the official theme song of the PPV.

 

4TH MATCH: Sasha Banks (c) vs. Carmella (Singles match for the WWE

SmackDown Women’s Championship)

 

• Carmella is out first followed by Sasha Banks. We get formal ring introductions and the match gets 13 minutes. The match ends when Carmella goes to the outside and gets a wine glass from her… somalia? Is that how you spell it? Carmella has a wine glass in hand as the dude undoes the turnbuckle pad to distract the referee. Carmella tosses the wine glass, Sasha ducks, and it hits the ref in the back of the head. Carmella is shocked at what just happened and she takes a Backstabber from Sasha into the Bank Statement. Carmella taps out but theres no referee in the ring! A new referee runs down as Camella rolls over and gets in the Code of Silence. As it looks like Sasha is about to tap and Carmella got away with a fast one, Sasha reverses back and locks in the Bank Statement once again, and this time she taps within view of the ref. Sasha Banks retains the SD Women’s title. She’s in the Mandalorian, she’s probably the biggest name in the news that WWE has right now, so you would have to be completely clinically insane to take the title off her right now. She’s your cash cow.

 

WINNER by SUBMISSION and STILL WWE SmackDown Women’s Champion: Sasha Banks

 

• We go backstage for an interview with Kevin Owens. He runs down Roman Reigns and reiterates that he’ll win the Universal Title tonight, or he’ll die trying. We get a video package for our next match.

**5TH MATCH: “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt (w/ Alexa Bliss) vs. Randy Orton (Firefly Inferno match)**

 

• The Fiend burns Randy Orton alive and then wins. Wrestling!

WINNER by PINFALL: “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt

 

• We get an ad for the Royal Rumble next month, and then a video package for the main event.

 

6TH MATCH: Roman Reigns (c) (w/ Paul Heyman) vs. Kevin Owens (Tables, Ladders and Chairs match for the WWE Universal Championship)

 

• Kevin Owens is out first followed by the tribal chief who sits at the head of the table and is the big dog of the world wrestling federation, ROMAN “tribal chief who sits at the head of the table and is the big dog of the world wrestling federation” REIGNS, accompanied by Main Event Jey Uso and Paul E. Dangerously. We get formal ring introductions and the match gets 22 minutes. I’m quite late writing this post this time around so I’m just gonna cut to the chase. I was watching Talking Smack this past week and Kevin Owens uttered one line to Paul Heyman that particularly caught my attention. I’ve provided a link to the exact timestamp so you can see it for yourself:

https://youtu.be/bSgSRcnW854?t=201 “You know that except for my wife, my kids, and my parents, there is nothing I’m not willing to sacrifice to get that title back.”

That is what should ultimately cost Kevin Owens. He let Roman Reigns in on his biggest weakness. His family. The match ends when Kevin Owens is scaling a ladder in the ring and his wife is cheering him on the ramp. Reigns attacks his wife with a Spear. Owens literally has his hands on the title but he sees Reigns beating on his wife so bad that he has to make the more important decision. Owens runs to tend to his wife and he watches as Reigns climbs a ladder in the ring and retains the title.

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WINNER and STILL WWE Universal Champion: Roman Reigns

 

FINAL RESULTS:

No.	Results	Stipulations	Times
Pre-show	Big E, Chad Gable, Daniel Bryan and Otis defeated Cesaro, King Corbin, Sami Zayn and Shinsuke Nakamura by Pinfall	8-man Tag Team match	13 minutes
1	The Hurt Business (Cedric Alexander and Shelton Benjamin) defeated The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) (c) by Pinfall	Tag Team match for the WWE RAW Tag Team Championships	15 minutes
2	Asuka and Charlotte Flair defeated Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler (c) by Submission	Tag Team match for the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships	10 minutes
3	Drew McIntyre (c) defeated AJ Styles (w/ Omos)	Tables, Ladders and Chairs match for the WWE Championship	25 minutes
4	Sasha Banks (c) defeated Carmella by Submission	Singles match for the WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship	13 minutes
5	“The Fiend” Bray Wyatt (w/ Alexa Bliss) defeated Randy Orton by Pinfall	Firefly Inferno match	10 minutes
6	Roman Reigns (c) (w/ Paul Heyman) defeated Kevin Owens	Tables, Ladders and Chairs match for the WWE Universal Championship	22 minutes

 

MY WWE ROYAL RUMBLE 2021 CARD (January ??, 2021; St. Petersburg, FL; Tropicana Field)

No.	Matches	Stipulations
1	2021 Men’s Royal Rumble match	30-man Royal Rumble match
2	2021 Women’s Royal Rumble match	30-woman Royal Rumble match
3	Drew McIntyre (c) vs. Sheamus	Street Fight for the WWE Championship
4	Roman Reigns (c) (w/ Paul Heyman) vs. Daniel Bryan	Singles match for the WWE Universal Championship
5	Sasha Banks (c) vs. Bayley vs. Bianca Belair	Triple Threat match for the WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship
6	Sami Zayn (c) vs. Big E	Singles match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship
7	Bobby Lashley (c) vs. Riddle	Singles match for the WWE United States Championship

Well, that was the post. Thanks for reading! As always, let me know what you liked and/or what you didn’t like from the post, and what from the post you’d like to see actually happen on the show tomorrow night! Be sure to look out for my next post for the upcoming PPV, “How WWE Should Book Royal Rumble 2021”. Enjoy the show tonight, everyone.

 

How NXT TakeOver: WarGames IV Should Be Booked

 

Hey everyone! Ever since Night Of Champions 2015, through multiple accounts, every month before major WWE pay-per-views, I’ve come on here and booked the cards to make them as exciting, intriguing, and best possible scenarios for the future. I do both NXT and main-roster pay-per-views, as well as the occasional big milestone RAW or Smackdown weekly show. Without further ado, here is how NXT TakeOver: Wargames IV should be booked.

 

MY NXT TAKEOVER: WARGAMES POSTS OF PREVIOUS YEARS:

• 2017: https://old.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/7dv1uu/how_nxt_takeover_wargames_should_be_booked/
• 2018: https://old.reddit.com/r/WWE/comments/9xp4sa/how_nxt_takeover_wargames_ii_should_be_booked/
• 2019: Didn’t do one.

MAIN SHOW:

• IT’S ALL ABOUT THE WARGAMES, AND HOW YOU PLAY IT. Sorry, had to get that in, as I do every year for the WarGames post. It’s that time o’year again. Like the groundhog on groundhog day rises from his slumber to see his shadow, William Regal is back standing between two teams of 4 NXT wrestlers, shouting WARGAMES. This card has its pros and it’s cons. NXT isn’t what it once was, and isn’t what it could so easily be right now. Somewhere along the way they’ve fallen off, but I’m here, as always, to try and pick up the pieces. So load up those double rings, and let’s get into this one! As always, this isn’t what I think WILL happen, this is what I think SHOULD happen. Now, let’s distract ourselves from the real world with some pro wrestling.

 

1ST MATCH: The Kings of NXT (Pat McAfee, Pete Dunne, Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch) vs. The Undisputed Era (Adam Cole, Bobby Fish, Kyle O’Reilly and Roderick Strong) (WarGames match)

 

• Undisputed are out first, followed by The Kings of NXT. They’re better than you, you suck, cheers!. They have the greatest catchphrase in the history of our sport. Both teams made the decision in the back about who would be starting out in the ring, and who would wait in the cages, and so we begin with Kyle O’Reilly and Pete Dunne in the ring, the same two men who competed against each other in the man advantage ladder match just 2 weeks prior. The match gets 35 minutes. KOR and Dunne battle it out like only they know how until it’s time for The Kings of NXT to release one man from the shark cage. It’s Danny Burch! The Brit duo team up to grind the match to a halt and work over KOR’s body limb by limb. KOR begins to mount a comeback but Dunne and Burch cut him off and send him flying over the ropes into the next ring. It’s about that time now for the 2nd man for UE and 4th man overall to enter, and it’s Roderick Strong! Roddy makes a break for it and delivers an unlimited supply of backbreakers to both Pete Dunne and Danny Burch to even the odds. It’s finally 2 on 2 now and here is where we begin to get a straight-up tag team clinic. Double team maneuvers ablaze. Those four go at it until it’s time for The Kings 3rd man, and the 5th man overall, it’s Oney Lorcan! The Brit-Am brawlers have now been reunited inside the structure and it’s once again a shift of the power in the match, as a 3-on-2 beatdown of Roddy and Kyle continues from Oney, Danny and Pete. They hit all their high spots and slap lots of meat until it’s time for the 3rd man for UE, and 6th man overall, it’s ADAM COLE BAYBAY! Bobby Fish is about to slip past, but Cole being the loudmouth and attention seeker he is, brushes past Bobby, and once again, the arguably weakest link of the UE is left for last. Forgotten. LITERALLY brushed aside. Cole enters the cage and evens the odds once again. Panama Sunrises and Superkicks to all 3 members of the opposing team. The insanity rages on until it’s finally time for The Kings 4th man and 7th man overall, it’s the charismatic enigma, it’s Pat McAfee! The cage is empty for the KONXT and it’s Bobby Fish left all alone on the stage, trapped like a rat, waiting for his turn. McAfee rushes down to the ring and everyone else is down except Adam Cole. McAfee scales up the steps and Cole walks towards him. McAfee acts all tough at first but when Cole attempts a Superkick, McAfee makes a break for it. Adam Cole EXITS the WarGames cage and then begins to chase McAfee around the double rings. Shockingly, Pat, the ex-NFL dude, is a little bit faster, and Adam Cole proves to have been ultimately DUPED when McAfee dashes into the ring, slams the door shut, and Adam Cole is now locked outside. McAfee has outsmarted the UE leader, but no matter, Cole can just climb the cage to get back in! Cole begins scaling the cage but Dunne, Oney and Danny are there with steel chairs to try to fend Cole off. McAfee goes after Roddy and Kyle in the ring. As all this is happening, it is now time for the the final man of UE and final man overall in the match to be released, it’s Bobby Fish, Mr. Irrelevant, thought of last once again. Roddy and Kyle hulk up now and take it to Oney and Danny, then go after McAfee in a 2 on 1. Pete Dunne is left trying to fend off Adam Cole as Bobby Fish makes his way to the ring. Cole and Dunne trade blows on top of the cage now, and Cole finally makes it back inside the action as HE HITS A PANAMA SUNRISE ON PETE DUNNE OFF THE TOP OF WARGAMES ONTO THE CROWD OF RODDY, KYLE, PAT, ONEY AND DANNY. I’m sure a “MAMA MIA” rings through everyone’s ears in spirit. Fish gets in the ring and it’s officially ON. He covers all four members of the Kings, but all of them kick out. Now, let’s fast forward to the ending stages of the match. The Kings have the bright idea to incorporate some cage-inside-cage action, and Oney and Danny are sent to go move one of the shark cages on the stage, into the ring. Fast-forward some more, this plan ends up backfiring on The Kings, and Pat McAfee is locked inside a shark cage, and UE all collectively hammer away with kendo sticks, with McAfee having literally no escape. UE push the cage over, McAfee climbs out, and Cole hits a Last Shot, then collapses to the mat. Bobby Fish is the only member of UE on his feet and makes the cover, for the win. Bobby Fish has pinned Pat McAfee and has finally done something to prove himself as MORE than “the 4th best member of Undisputed Era”. Once Cole recovers, he reprimands Fish for stealing the pin from him. The two get heated but Kyle and Roddy are there to keep them apart. Fish and Cole don’t break eye contact as UE all raise each other's arms in victory.
• As you will see at the end of this post, I’ve organized a mini round robin tournament over the final 3 weeks of the year on NXT TV, with William Regal ruling that as a result of their impressive win in WarGames, The Undisputed Era are now each the top 4 contenders to the NXT Championship. They must all compete in singles matches against each other, G1 style. 0 points for a loss, 1 point for a draw, 2 points for a win. Whichever UE member ends up with the most points will be named the #1 Contender to Finn Balor’s NXT Championship, either the Royal Rumble weekend or the episode of NXT TV right before, if there is no Takeover. This not only creates exciting TV and lots of first-time matches in WWE that will, no shit, all be FANTASTIC, but it furthers that divide in UE that WWE were already teasing themselves before the whole thing got scrapped when Ridge Holland got hurt. I think this is a really interesting idea and it will be a hell of a lot of fun in execution.

 

WINNERS by PINFALL: The Undisputed Era

 

ENTRIES:

No.	Wrestler
1	Kyle O’Reilly
2	Pete Dunne
3	Danny Burch
4	Roderick Strong
5	Oney Lorcan
6	Adam Cole
7	Pat McAfee
8	Bobby Fish

 

• We get a shot of the women’s WarGames teams arriving at the arena earlier in the day, and a video package for our next match.

 

2ND MATCH: Cameron Grimes vs. Dexter Lumis (Strap match)

 

• Cameron Grimes is out first, making his usual entrance while looking over his shoulder a few times to see whether Lumis is sneaking up behind, followed by the man himself. The referee slips the strap around both men’s wrists and Grimes looks like he’s about to shit his pants with fear. The match gets 8 minutes. Because this, being a Dexter Lumis match, being a strap match, and being a match on a card with two WarGames matches, has no business going any longer than that. It can be a brief comedy match, a change of pace and a cool-down after the long and epic first match, so that we can come back up in energy for the rest of the show. Some spots in the match include Grimes trying to wrap Lumis up in the strap like a mummy, Grimes wrapping Lumis around the ringpost to try to win by count-out, basically Grimes trying every strategy possible to try and not touch OR get touched by Lumis. The match ends when Grimes whips Lumis off the ropes and hits the Collision Course (the standing Spanish-fly looking move he does), but they land so that Lumis has has the Silence locked in, and Grimes quickly passes out. Lumis has gotten the better of Grimes every step of the way in this feud, so it makes sense to continue the trend here. Grimes seems to be focused on as comedy relief right now, so he really doesn’t need the win. Lumis wins another Strap match, maybe this can become his specialty, like how Taker has HIAC, Mankind had the Boiler Room Brawl, etc. Moving on.

 

WINNER by CREEPY STARING: Dexter Lumis

 

• We get an announcement of the NXT Year-End awards show, and when voting will begin. A video package for the next match plays.

 

3RD MATCH: Leon Ruff (c) vs. Damian Priest vs. Johnny Gargano (Triple Threat match for the NXT North American Championship)

 

• Priest is out first, followed by Gargano, and finally, the improbable champion, Leon Ruff. We get formal ring introductions, and the match gets 12 minutes. That might seem short, but we need lots of time available for the two WarGames matches, and to be honest, this whole storyline with Ruff really doesn’t seem to be engaging to anyone at all. So let them go in there, get a few spots in, and do the business they need to do without doing too much. The match ends when Priest and Ruff are going at it in a friendly competition in the ring, and Priest hits a Reckoning on Ruff. Gargano slides in, and knocks Priest out of the ring. Gargano locks Ruff in the Garga-No Escape, but just as it looks like Ruff is going to tap, Priest comes right back in and hoists Johnny into the air with a chokeslam. Priest then powerbombs Leon ONTO Gargano and Leon rolls out of the ring, with Priest getting the cover on Gargano to win back the title. Priest should never have lost this belt in the first place and I’m yet to understand why he did. He was just starting to really find his mojo with it and was just starting to come into his own as an act on NXT. Leon Ruff just ain’t doing it for too many people to not take the title off him. I guess it was a fun experiment while it lasted. The North American title is back on Priest, Leon Ruff can enter into a feud with Santos Escobar over the Cruiserweight Title after this, and new challengers hopefully await for the big man. My picks? Either Killian Dain or Pete Dunne.

 

WINNER by PINFALL and NEW NXT North American Champion: Damian Priest

 

• We get an ad for WWE Battlegrounds, and then we go to the commentators who plug the official theme of the event. We get a video package for our next match.

 

4TH MATCH: Timothy Thatcher vs. Tommaso Ciampa (Singles match)

 

• Ciampa is out first followed by Thatcher’s music. It plays, and plays, and plays some more, but no Thatcher to be found. All of a sudden he ambushes Ciampa from behind and gets him in a Fishhook to try and get in a pre-match advantage. Ciampa is down and out but he demands the referee ring the bell, and he does so. The match gets 16 minutes. The whole match sees Thatcher methodically disintegrate Ciampa’s upper body. He locks in the Fujiwara armbar multiple times, but really focuses on the historically bad neck of Ciampa. Thatcher locks in Crossfaces and cranks the neck. This is very much a mat-based, groundwork type match, which normally wouldn’t translate too well in front of a Takeover crowd, but lucky for them, there isn’t one during this pandemic. After a technical masterclass, Thatcher ultimately gets the win after Ciampa taps out to a Gogoplata, the pain and anguish dealt out on his neck throughout the match proving too great to bear. It’s no monumental secret that Ciampa is in his last days as a pro-wrestler. He never wants to even sniff the main roster, and I respect him for that. He’s gonna spend his last year(s) in NXT, putting those that come in over, and looking like a class act in the process. Giving Ciampa the win here would give him no gain. He’s already done everything to do in NXT. For now, Thatch as Thatch can lives to be taught another day.

 

WINNER by SUBMISSION: Timothy Thatcher

 

• We get an ad for NXT on WWEShop. We get a video package for our main event.

 

5TH MATCH: Team Candice (Candice LeRae, Dakota Kai, Raquel Gonzalez and Toni Storm) vs. Team Shotzi (Shotzi Blackheart, Ember Moon, Io Shirai and Rhea Ripley) (WarGames match)

 

• Team Candice are out first followed by Team Shotzi in a gigantic motherfucking tank. It’s decided that Candice and Ember will be the two women beginning the match in the ring. The match gets 40 minutes. The two trade finisher attempts early but trade counter for counter until it’s time for the first member of Team Shotzi to be released from the shark cage, it’s Shotzi herself! Shotzi ambushes Candice and the babyfaces work over LeRae until it’s time for the 2nd member of Team Candice and fourth woman overall, it’s Toni Storm! Toni gets in just as Ember is mounting a comeback on Candice, and Toni blindsides Moon in a scene reminiscent to when she turned a few weeks ago. Once again Toni Storm is the thorn in Ember’s side, there to cut her off and give her the most painful blueballs. It’s two on two now until the advantage for Team Shotzi advances as released from the shark cage is the 3rd member of Team Shotzi and fifth woman overall, it’s the NXT Women’s Champion, Io Shirai! Io comes in hot with a double missile dropkick off the top, knocking down both Toni and Candice. Io successfully nails a moonsault on Toni, and tries the same on Candice, but the team captain gets her knees up and transitions it into the Garga-No Escape to soften Io up for later in the match once pins and submissions begin. Io, being the Women’s Champ, and as a result the biggest threat in the match to that point, is the subject of a 2-on-1 beatdown from the heels as they get their heat until it’s time for the 3rd member of Team Candice and sixth woman overall, it’s Dakota Kai! Dakota hits GTK’s to the babyfaces and the odds are once again evened, 3 on 3. The heels appear too much to bear… until the final member of Team Shotzi and seventh woman overall, it’s Rhea Ripley! Rhea takes care of Team Candice all by herself and brings in more weapons. The 4th member of Team Candice and 8th woman to be released from the shark cage overall, it’s Raquel Gonzalez! Every member of the match is now in the ring, and here we can finally get down to business. Fast-forward to the ending stages of the match, Team Shotzi get the victory after all 4 members hit their finishers on Raquel,as Ember hits an Eclipse that drops Raquel to a knee, Rhea then scoops her up and hits a Riptide, and then Raquel falls right into position for an Io moonsault, and finally a diving senton from Shotzi, who gets the pin as the other members of the team pose around her. The babyfaces absolutely have to win this in my eyes. They have been made to look like the biggest losers and idiots, and really the faces have more to gain from it than Team Candice. By the way, if you’re wondering why the Women’s WarGames is main eventing over the men’s, it’s because the men have main evented the last 3 years, and sharing is caring. Additionally, as much as I think he’s doing amazing work, there’s no reason Pat McAfee should be main eventing any show, much less a Takeover. Give the women’s division a chance to shine in the main event slot on this night, it’s one of the best parts about NXT at the moment. As far as a next challenger for Io Shirai, I'd go with Toni Storm. It’s a fresh match, and she and Io haven’t met yet in her title reign. A rematch from Evolution in 2018. Who wouldn’t be on board with that?

 

WINNERS by PINFALL: Team Shotzi

ENTRIES:

No.	Wrestler
1	Candice LeRae
2	Ember Moon
3	Shotzi Blackheart
4	Toni Storm
5	Io Shirai
6	Dakota Kai
7	Rhea Ripley
8	Raquel Gonzalez

 

FINAL RESULTS:

No.	Results	Stipulations	Times
1	The Undisputed Era (Adam Cole, Bobby Fish, Kyle O’Reilly and Roderick Strong) defeated The Kings of NXT (Pat McAfee, Pete Dunne, Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch)	WarGames match	35 minutes
2	Dexter Lumis defeated Cameron Grimes	Strap match	8 minutes
3	Damian Priest defeated Leon Ruff (c) and Johnny Gargano by Pinfall	Triple Threat match for the NXT North American Championship	12 minutes
4	Timothy Thatcher defeated Tommaso Ciampa by Submission	Singles match	16 minutes
5	Team Shotzi (Shotzi Blackheart, Ember Moon, Io Shirai and Rhea Ripley) defeated Team Candice (Candice LeRae, Dakota Kai, Raquel Gonzalez and Toni Storm)	WarGames match	40 minutes

UNDISPUTED ERA NXT CHAMPIONSHIP #1 CONTENDERSHIP ROUND-ROBIN TOURNAMENT:

NXT 12/16:

• Adam Cole vs. Roderick Strong
• Bobby Fish vs. Kyle O’Reilly

NXT 12/23:

• Kyle O’Reilly vs. Roderick Strong
• Adam Cole vs. Bobby Fish

NXT 12/30:

• Adam Cole vs. Kyle O’Reilly
• Bobby Fish vs. Roderick Strong

Well, that was the post. Thanks for reading! As always, let me know what you liked and/or what you didn’t like from the post, and what from the post you’d like to see actually happen on the show tomorrow night! Be sure to look out for my next post for the upcoming PPV, “How WWE Should Book Tables, Ladders and Chairs 2020”. Enjoy the show tomorrow night, everyone.