 | Beyond’s style is basically what would happen if stars of the 80’s collided with the Attitude Era with an emphasis on the competition and the combatants fighting spirit .... In Beyond, we settle things in the ring .... |
LOCATION: Sacramento, California
ANNOUNCERS: Mauro Renallo & Tony SchiavonneThe show opens with a special concert by CHRIS JERICHO and Fozzy ....
Huge pyro explodes from the stage and 14,000 strong are on their feet .... but this time the pyro is shouted down by Chris Jericho on the mic!!!! Jericho is ordering the pyro to be stopped because he has something to say ....
The rest of Fozzy disappears to the back while Jericho heads to the ring, talking the whole time and telling the crowd to ‘Quiet ... Quiet ... QUIET!’ .... he says last weeks show was groundbreaking, the first BEYOND show, but where was Chris Jericho? Instead we get Kurt Angle vs. Daniel Bryan???? .... Who the hell is Daniel Bryan? He might be a good ‘worker’ but he’s Chris Jericho! .... Jericho is mega star, he’s mainstream .... If Jericho wasn’t here, then none of those people in the locker room would be there and that includes DWAYNE! .... They would be scrapping for loose change in the UWF .... He is the one that brought BEYOND instant noteriety when he signed, and the TV deal is because of him and his star power. .... It wasn’t Dwayne Johnson, it was Chris Jericho!!!! .... he doesn’t respect guys like that who try to piggy back off his star power, especially Daniel Bryan ....
As a matter of fact, he says that everyone in the audience owes him a ‘thank you’ because they are all here tonight .... He gives them a chance to tell him thank you, but all he gets is boos .... he says fine, what he’s going to do is get his thank you one a time by beating the crap out of every single person in that locker room that you people want to cheer .... starting with Daniel Bryan ....
‘FINAL COUNTDOWN’ by Europe plays and brings out Daniel Bryan to a monster reaction! .... Jericho tells Bryan he doesn’t belong in the ring with him and slaps him! Bryan attacks Jericho! Bryan fires up, knocking Jericho to the floor, and he wipes him out with a suicide dive! Back in the ring, Bryan punishes Jericho with chest kicks as the crowd chants ‘YES! YES! YES!’ Bryan winds up for the roundhouse kick, but Jericho quickly slides out of the ring and escapes .... Bryan starts another ‘YES!’ chant as the crowd also chants “Thank you, Bryan” for shutting Jericho up ....
We go to the announce desk .... What a start to the show! Mauro and Tony talk about how the landscape of IWA has changed in the last week, with a lot of people on the move and new talent is coming in by the week .... there are several new talents set to debut this week, including THIS MAN ....
A video package airs for Rob Van Dam .... Mauro puts over BEYOND’s women’s division, saying it is one of the deepest divisions in all of Wrestling .... tonight we will have the first ever BEYOND women’s match as Tessa Blanchard takes on Asuka!
Mauro is cut off as the lights drop and we get the entrance of Nikita Koloff led by his uncle Ivan .... the entrance is like Ivan Drago in Rocky IV and they really play up the Russian super athlete angle ....
Singles Match:
Nikita Koloff w/ Ivan Koloff
weight: 275 lbs
home town: Moscow, Russia
music: Generic Russian Music
finisher: Russian Sickle
Curt Hawkins
weight: 223 lbs
hometwon: Queens, New York
music: WWE theme
finisher: HawkeyeThis is a murder between the ropes as Koloff demolishes Hawkins ... Ivan is giving instructions the whole time as Nikita hits a series of power moves and then finishes Hawkins by almost taking his head off with the Russian Sickle ....
IN THE BACK: Charly Caruso catches up with Chris Jericho after what we just saw happen ....
Jericho is ranting and raving about what Daniel Bryan did to him earlier, calling him a STUPID IDIOT .... doesn’t he know who he is? He’s Chris Jericho damnit! And do you know what happens when you disrespect Chris Jericho? Do you know what happens? Huh? DO YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS??? Daniel Bryan, YOU JUST MADE THE LIST! Jericho says he is making a list of people he is demanding a thank you from, and now Daniel Bryan’s name is at the top of the list along with Dwaynes .... he is going to get the thank you that he deserves, and he’s going to beat it out of everyone in that locker room starting with Daniel Bryan! NEXT WEEK!Singles Action
Jeff Cobb
weight: 263 lbs
home town: Honolulu, Hawaii
music: Coming Undone - Korn
finisher: Tour of the Islands
‘Hangman’ Adam Page
weight: 215 lbs
hometwon: Aaron’s Creek, Virginia
music: ‘Gods Gonna Cut You Down’ Johnny Cash cover (James Storms theme in 2014)
finisher: Buckshot Lariat/ Right of PassageBeyond isn’t playing around as they match up 2 of its new young stars in week 2 .... Bright futures for both of these men .... Page wastes no time attacking with strikes at the bell but Cobb quickly fires back .... Page dumps him to the floor and tries to hit a running shooting star off the apron but Cobb catches him and hits an overhead belly to belly! Cobb takes over now with strikes and a running uppercut .... Page counters with a neckbreaker and then the lionsault for 2 .... Cobb shows his power in hitting a delayed super-pled, but misses a standing moonsault! They battle up top again and Cobb hits a high cross body but Page holds on and rolls through, hitting a fall away slam!!!! Page comes back and turns Cobb inside out with the buckshot lariat!!!! Foot on the ropes at 2! Cobb counters the Rite of Passage into an F5 and both men are down! Cobb looks to finish with Tour of the Islands, but Page reverses it at the last second into a crucifix! 1 ... 2 ... Cobb barely kicks out! Page goes for the Buckshot Lariat again, but this time Cobb catches him in mid-air with Tour of the Islands and that gets the 3 count!
WHAT A MATCH! Mauro and Tony put these guys over to the moon as 2 guys to watch going forward, and the fans give them a ‘THAT WAS AWESOME’ chant ....
IN THE BACK: Charly Caruso is with Lance Storm ....‘If I can be serious for a minute’ .... he roasts Matt Riddle, Velveteen Dream and Nick Aldis from their match last week .... Dream tapped out, and now it’s ‘Dream Over’ in Beyond because he’s not here anymore .... that leaves Matt Riddle .... Storm talks about Riddle’s long hair and flip flops and says he’s a disgrace .... he says he’s better than all of them because he’s from ‘Calgary ... Alberta CANADA!
Nick Aldis interrupts .... Aldis gives credit where credit is due and tells Storm he’s great .... But Aldis is on another level and there’s a reason people call him the ‘national treasure’ .... Aldis says he’s all about business, so why don’t they just get down to it .... he didn’t lose last week, and neither did Storm .... so the way he sees it, there are still questions unanswered .... they both argue about which one of them gets to face Riddle .... Aldis talks business, and says its good business to eliminate Matt Riddle and then they can settle things between them ....We get a profile on both women that will compete in the first ever Beyond Women’s match ....
Asuka - Nobody is ready for Asuka. The Empress of Tomorrow marches to the ring in a traditional noh mask and kaleidoscopic battle gear and looking every bit the victor before the opening bell even rings. Representing Beyond in the Women’s world title tournament, Asuka used her perfect technique and wicked intentions to take down Charlotte Flair in the crown jewel of round 1 ....
Tessa Blanchard - The daughter of former world champion Tully Blanchard and the step-daughter of Magnum TA, there is no doubt that this 3rd generation star is ‘undeniable’. A former women’s world champion, Tessa looks to stake her claim atop the most stacked women’s roster in all of IWA ....Asuka makes her entrance, but Tessa comes out with her arm in a sling .... Tessa says she wanted to wrestle this match more than anything, but she’s got a dislocated elbow and can’t compete .... Asuka says ‘Tessa was not ready for Asuka!’ ....
To everyone’s surprise, ‘Legit Bo$$’ by CFO$ hits and Out come Bayley and Sasha Banks! Banks brings out her best friend BAYLEY! At first, it’s Bayleys original music, but then it transitions to her new music and she starts destroying the inflatable Bayley buddies!
This isn’t the ‘high fives and hugs’ Bayley, this is the current heel gimmick Bayley has in real life .... Banks then launch into a promo about how Tessa & Asuka dont deserve this spot .... it should go to the 2 best women’s wrestlers on the roster, and that’s her and Sasha! They enter the ring, and Asuka is ready to fight them but suddenly Tessa takes her arm out of the sling and attacks Asuka from behind!!!! Tessa, Sasha & Bayley beat down Asuka! .... Tessa takes the mic and cuts a promo about how she was a former world champion, but they ignored her and put Asuka in the world title tournament instead! Well, the 3 of them aren’t going to stand for it! Tessa, Sasha and Bayley play 2nd fiddle to NO ONE! Kairi Sane runs out to make the save for Asuka!!!! The Kabuki Warriors clear the ring, and out comes Stephanie McMahon! She changes the women’s match to a tag team match instead! It will now be Sasha & Bayley vs. Asuka & Kairi Sane ... RIGHT NOW!!!!
Women’s Showcase:
Sasha Banks
weight: 115 lbs
home town: Boston, Massachusetts
music: Legit Bo$$ by CFO$
finisher: Banks Statement/ Bankrupt
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Bayley
weight: 125 lbs
home town: San Jose, California
music: Deliverance (WWE theme)
finisher: Bayley 2 Belly/ headlock driver
Asuka
weight: 137 lbs
hometwon: Osaka, Japan
music: The Future - CFO$
finisher: Asuka Lock
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Kairi Sane
Weight: 114 lbs
Hometown: Yamaguchi, Japan
Music: The Next Voyage (WWE theme)
Finisher: In-sane elbowSasha & Bayley get the heat on Asuka and work aggressive .... Tessa is at ringside .... Asuka battles back with strikes and makes the hot tag to Sane, who runs wild .... Tessa tries to get involved but Asuka sprays her with the green mist! The distraction allows Banks to dump Asuka to the floor! Sane goes up for the In-SANE elbow drop but Banks trips her up and she crashes to the mat .... Bayley grabs her and hits the headlock driver for the 3 count!
Banks and Bayley celebrate, while trying to wipe the green mist out of the eyes of Tessa ....
FINALLY ... THE ROCK ... HAS COME BACK ... TO SACRAMENTO!!!! Now, The Rock knows he should be out here talking about Parade of Champions and how he’s gonna walk in and whoop Paul Orndorff’s candy ass first, then whoever else stands in the way of The Rock and greatness .... Whoever stands in the the way of The Rock walking out as the FIRST IWA world heavyweight champion .... but instead The Rock cant help but talk about that rooty poo, Randy Orton .... So let The Rock cut to the chase in a language that Randy Orton can easily understand. You want to interrupt The Rock, you want to talk about how, since The Rock has been gone you’ve surpassed him .... well, The Rock says you need to ‘Know Your Role ... and SHUT your mouth! How about next week, Randy Orton, The Rock is tired of talking .... Next week, how about you show up and put your money where your mouth is and go ‘One ... on One ... with the Great One!’.... Randy Orton, you show The Rock that you belong at the top of the food chain .... the Viper, the Brahma Bull one on one and let the Rock say this .... the Rock guaran-damn-tees to make your monkey ass famous!
And that brings the Rock to that jabronie, karaoke queen wannabe Chris Jericho .... you come out here and sing your little songs, wear your little scarf and talk about your little list .... it’s obvious you’ve got a little itch for the Rock .... so as far as your little ‘List’ goes, allow the Rock to tell you what you can do with that List .... The Rock says you can take that List, turn it sideways and stick it straight up your Candy Ass!!!! IF YA SMEEEEEEELLLLOW ... WHAT THE ROCK ... IS ... COOKIN!Up Next, Shane McMahon comes out and says we just heard from the Rock, and he can confirm that next week we will see The Rock vs. Randy Orton! Shane unbuttons his jacket and reveals he’s wearing the new Beyond Heavyweight title! .... He says the first Beyond Champion will be crowned in something called ‘The Match Beyond’, and it will include everyone on the Beyond roster .... except for 2 .... and those 2 are The Rock, and THIS MAN ... the other man that will represent Beyond in the IWA world title tournament .... KURT ANGLE!
Angle comes out and shakes Shane’s hand and thanks him .... He says he’s humbled because things didn’t go his way last week, and he will forever be known as the loser in the first ever Beyond main event .... Angle puts over Daniel Bryan as being the better man LAST WEEK .... but he wants another match with Bryan .... Shane says he has the power to give that match to him, but before it is official we get an interruption but Nikita & Ivan Koloff! Ivan cuts a promo and says that Angle is a weak American .... He is soft, not chiseled out of iron like his nephew Nikita .... he is not a super-athlete .... Ivan spouts off the ideals of the former Soviet Union but this kind of snaps Angle out of his daze and he goes off on them .... They aren’t in Russia they are in AMERICA .... Angle cuts a patriotic promo about how America is so great that the Koloffs are able to come here and be a part of the IWA .... Angle says Koloff thinks he’s a super athlete, but Angle is an Olympic gold medalist and he won it with a broken freakin neck! There is some pushing an shoving going on and Shane tries to keep them separated as more officials come in ....
IN THE BACK: Bayley & Sasha Banks are celebrating their win, but Tessa is busy wiping the green mist out of her eyes .... Tessa says they won but that’s not enough .... She thought Asuka was beneath her, but now that Asuka has disrespected her she wants their one on one match NEXT WEEK! Tessa grimaces and goes back to trying to wipe the green mist off her face ....Up next, we get the arrival of ‘The Archer of Infamy’ Damien Priest .... Priest cuts a promo about taking what he wants, and making his mark .... he wants to live in infamy, and ensure the name Damien Priest is on the lips of everyone .... ‘WALK’ by Pantera hits and out comes ROB VAN DAM!!!! Holy shit the crowd loses its mind .... it’s going to be RVD vs. Priest!
Singles Action
Rob Van Dam
weight: 263 lbs
home town: Battle Creek, Michigan
music: Walk - Pantera
finisher: 5 star frog splash, Rolling Thunder
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Damien Priest
weight: 251 lbs
hometwon: New York City
music: Nightmare (NXT theme)
finisher: The Reckoning/ South of HeavenLittle is still known about Priest at this point, but he impresses in this match .... RVD with some good offense HHHh at first, hitting a monkey flip followed by a Rolling Thunder but Priest rolls -out g ggr xm h to the floor .... RVD with a flip dive over the top takes out Priest, but Priest turns the tide and hits a sidewalk slam off steel steps and onto the apron! Priest wears down RVD, but he rallies with the step-over wheel kick .... RVD off the top but Priest catches him on the way down and drills him with South of Heaven for a close 2! RVD battles out of the Reckoning and hits a leaping sidekick off the top rope that stuns Priest, followed by another Rolling Thunder for a 2 count! RVD springs to the top and hits the 5 star frog splash to end it ....
A hard-fought debut for RVD, but a breakout performance from Priest to put his name on the map ....
IN THE BACK: Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko talk to Charly Caruso .... Their tag match last week was on the lips of the wrestling world, but they lost .... and because of that loss Tully & Arn were chosen to compete on behalf of Beyond at PARADE OF CHAMPIONS .... they insist they are the STILL the best technical tag team in Beyond .... Tully & Arn wall in and interrupt the interview .... Benoit says if Tully & Arm are honest with themselves they know they were beat last week .... Tully says if Benoit & Malenko are honest with themselves they know it was a fluke that they even hung with them last week .... it takes more than technical ability to be a great tag team .... you have to look the part, you have to act the part and you have to know what your partner is thinking at all times .... that’s why they are the best .... Arn says the check they cashed for winning had a few more zeroes on it than Benoit & Malenkos did and that’s all that matters .... It’s all about the fame, the money, the women and the championships because they represent tag team excellence .... Malenko challenges them to a rematch next week and they will find out who is right ....Back in the arena, we get the entrance of Ric Flair accompanied by JJ Dillon .... Tony Schiavonne is out to interview him .... He asks about Flair’s reference to the 4 Horsemen last week, as well as shaking hands with Tully & Arn ....
Flair and Dillon walk off ....
IN THE BACK:
Randy Orton cuts a promo and says he’s the most dangerous man in Beyond .... The Rock was gone for 7 years and he comes back to find out the wrestling world went on without him .... they are both 3rd generation stars, but when Orton told the Rock that he had surpassed him he knows it struck a nerve .... and speaking of striking, always remember that a Viper can strike quickly and at any time ....MAIN EVENT: Tag Team Match
Cody Rhodes & Dustin Rhodes
weight: 450 lbs
home town: Atlanta, Georgia
music: ‘My Kingdom’ by Downstait
finisher: Cross Rhodes/ Natural Disaster
Rick & Scott Steiner
weight: 495 lbs
hometwon: Detroit, Michigan
music: Scott Steiner WCW theme
finisher: Doomsday Bulldog/ Doomsday DDTCody and Scott start, and it’s back and forth on the mat leading to a standoff .... Rick and Dustin are tagged in and it’s more of the same but The Steiners take the advantage .... Quick tags in and out by Rick & Scott but Cody uses a picture perfect moonsault on Rick to get himself free for the hot tag .... Dustin comes in hot and even busts out a top rope cross body for two .... Scott catches Dustin and hits a belly to belly over the top to the outside .... The Steiners now pick apart Dustin .... He eventually makes the hot tag to Cody, who looks incredibly motivated .... He hits an Alabama Slam on Scott for 2 .... Rick is in but eats a Disaster Kick .... Scott ducks the rolling Bionic Elbow from Cody and sets him up for the Steiner Screwdriver but Cody slips off the back and hit the Cross Rhodes for the 3 count!
Cody & Dustin celebrate their win as the show ends
NEXT WEEK:
The Rock vs. Randy Orton
Chris Jericho vs. Daniel Bryan
Tully Blanchard & Arn Anderson vs. Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko ... 
