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Aleister Black: comes out to a huge pop
Roderick Strong: comes out to a more tepid and mixed response
Roddy: Arm control!
Aleister: How quaint.  Five strike party!  Spinning back elbow!  Bridging German!
Roddy: Kickout!  Wrecking ball dropkick!  Backplex into the top of the steps!
Aleister: [gurgles]
Roddy: Back work!  Backbreakers!
Aleister: getting out from under Basement knee strike!  Quebrada!  Crocop shot!  Brainbuster!
Roddy: Kickout!  
Black: Mass!
Roddy: NOPE!  Pop up gutbuster!  Into the top buckle!  Corner knee!  Cloud Nine!
Aleister: ...kickout
Roddy: oh ffs
Black: MASS!
Referee: Winner!
the Rest of the Era: run out to avenge this carriage yet again
Ricochet: saves the day
Black & Only: clear the ring of the filth 

"Last Week" at the PC: the Horsewomen crashed the new recruiting class meeting and got in the faces of Mia, Lacey Lane and Jessie, amongst others

Bianca BelAir: If the ref wasn't down in Phoenix I'd be champion right now.  Undefeated is a mindset.  Now here comes Io.   Does she think that I'm just gonna step aside for her or her little best friend?  ...girl.  UH uh.  And if she gets in my way before I get another shot I'll show her why I'm un de fea ted.

Announce: informs us the Dusty Classic is back in two weeks with the winners facing the champs at TO:NY, then announce Fish & Kyle from UE, Aichner/Barthel from UK, the Forgotten Sons and Street Profits, with a promise to unveil the other four teams and the brackets next week

Mia Yim & Xia Li: come out to decent pops and shake hands after the bell rings
Xia: goes for a kick flurry
Mia: backing into the corner to avoid them okay okay okay okay okay
Xia: Running roundhouse kick!
Mia: Woo dropkick!  Cannonball!
Xia: Strike flurry!  Basement tornado kick!
Full Sailors: applaud
Mia: Uraken!  Protect Ya gotdamned Neck!  You forget it was Wednesday?
Referee: Winner!
Team Baszler: come out and swarm the participants
Jessie + Lacey Lane + Big Swole, Aerial Monroe: come out for the save
Team Baszler: put the females on their tails
the Underlings: hold Mia up for punishment
Mia: talks smack to Shayna
Shayna: shuts her up with a step up knee strike
Team Baszler: depart
A Match For Next Week: is set up as a result of this

Johnny Champion: gets in a light workout before his first title defense
Candice Champion: You know what you need to do out there later.  You're John--what in the free unitarian chapel kitchen is he doing here?
#14: Just pointing out that should you need me...I'm here.
Johnny: I won this on my own, so that means I don't need you.  I have everything I need right here picks up the NA title, looks at Candice and tonight I'll do what I do best--be Johnny Freaking Wrestling.
the Garganos: take their leave
#14: ...well.  I'll be watching. 



Velveteen Dream & Johnny Gargano: both come out to huge pops
Johnny, As Is His Wont: controls the early proceedings with mat wrestling
#14: watches from his version of the Crow's Nest
Velveteen: lands a huge slap
Johnny: bails
Full Sailors: dueling chants
Velveteen: Flying axehandle!  Going up!
Johnny: sweeps the legs then goes back to mat wrestling and holds with a bit of an edge to them
Announce: note his increased aggresiveness
Johnny: sends Dream to the outside on a corner whip, then does the Hogan earcups to the crowd before dedicating a couple of chops to them and high fiving some front row fans of his
Velveteen: Desperation short range spinebuster!  Suicide axehandle!  DreamDT!
Johnny: lolnope, roll through kick!
Velveteen: Are you married to Ben Wyatt because KNOOOOOOOOOOOOPE, Fameasser!
Johnny: Kickout!  Rope trapped superkick to the back of the knee!  Spinning rope trapped Flatliner!
Velveteen: Kickout!
Both: headbutt the other down then fight on the apron
Johnny: Superkick!  Slingshot DD
Velveteen: Punched out of the air!  DreamVD ow ow ow
Johnny: elbowing out of the DreamVD Owenzuigiri!  Tope!  Superman that 
Dream: kicks him out of that idea DreamDT!  goes up Purple Rainmakaaaaaaaaaaaa
Johnny: matadors
Dream: splats
Johnny: Basement superkick!
Dream: ...barely kicks out
Full Sailors: NXT!  NXT!  NXT!  NXT!  
Johnny: goes up top
Dream: thwarts him...?
Johnny: lands headbutts
Dream: lands another big right AVALANCHE DREAMVD!
Johnny: NO!  No no no no no no no no
Dream: GOT IT!
Johnny:
Johnny:
Johnny: ...kickout!
Full Sailors: [standing O] This is awesome!  clap clap clapclapclap  This is awesome!  clap clap clapclapclap
Dream: goes up
Johnny: rolls out
Dream: Axehandle suicid
Johnny: SUPERKICK!  Throw into the steps!  Snaplex into the ramp!  Slingshot DDT!  Gimme that!
Dream:
Dream:
Dream: ...kickout.
Full Sailors, Again: [standing O] This is awesome!  clap clap clapclapclap  This is awesome!  clap clap clapclapclap  NXT!  NXT!  NXT!  NXT! 
Johnny: Lefty lariats!
Velveteen: Superkick!
Johnny: MURDER DISCUS KILL LARIAT!  hits his corner pose
Velveteen: as he did in September, waves him in
Johnny: counters Velveteens' counter Basement superkick!  Around the world Gargano Esca
Velveteen: DREAM VALLEY DRIVER!  ROLLED INTO ANOTHER ONE!  PURPLE RAINMAKER!  
Johnny:
Johnny:
Johnny:
Full Sailors: OMG HOLY SHIT [noise]  [noise] [fuck ing noise]  
Kayla Braxton: and NEWWWWW North American Champion
#14: cackles from the darkness -- and we see this
Velveteen: re-enacts the HBK WM 13 ending
Johnny: crawls up the ramp having just lost some weight
#14: chuckles one more time and gets out of his frame
Velveteen: continues celebrating his first title purple reign
Nigel McGuiness: notes Johnny lost the belt in his first defense 



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