(Monday Night Raw)
This week's Raw were full of surprises with debuts:
Fabian Aichner and Marcel Barthel vs. The B-Team
WALTER vs. Curt Hawkins
The Shadow Ninja debuts
Travis Sharp vs. Adam Cole
Rhea Ripley vs. Dana Brooke
Chase Destiny and Drew McIntyre Battleground contract signing
Bliss Kingdom (Alexa Bliss, Randy Orton and Finn Balor) vs. The First Army (Lacey Evans, Tommaso Ciampa and Johnny Gargano)
The group were in their big locker room watching as the show opened up with two-thirds of Ringkampf: Barthel and Aichner takes on the B-Team in their debut.
Josh: alright, let's see how these guys go
(In the ring)
The B-Team were already in the ring waiting for Ringkampf. Then their theme played.
Announcer: and their opponents; representing the First Army, at a combined weight of 441 pounds, the team of Fabian Aichner and Marcel Barthel!
The two made their entrance with Aichner showing his ruthless side and Barthel showing his class side. Then the bell rang and from the get go, Aichner leveled Dallas with a huge clothesline.
(Backstage)
Alex: they didn't give the B-Team time to prepare
Lexi: babe, this is just to show their loyalty to the First Army
Finn: keep watching, guys
(In the ring)
Bo and Curt got the upper hand momentarily, but their momentum was immediately halted from a diving uppercut from Barthel after Aichner made a quick tag.
(End of match)
Aichner took out Bo and turned his attention to Curt; he tagged in Barthel and the Italian wrestler hoisted Dallas up in the powerbomb position; then Barthel launched from the second turnbuckle for a European Uppercut and Aichner executing a powerbomb at the same time.
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Announcer: here are your winners, Fabian Aichner and Marcel Barthel!
(Backstage)
The Kingdom were in awe after seeing an almost one sided match.
Chase: I hate to say it, but they're impressive as a team
Charlotte: I agree, babe
Travis: I wonder how dangerous when it's all three of them
Alex: well Trav, we're about to find out because WALTER's match is next
They saw on the monitor that WALTER will make his debut next against Curt.
(4 minutes later)
Curt was already in the ring already nervous and terrified of who he was about to face.
(Ringkampf's theme plays)
Announcer: his opponent from Vienna, Austria; weighing in at 297 pounds, WALTER!
As the Austrian Anomaly marched down to the ring, the crowd were singing along Ringkampf's theme while they moved their hands in a way like a conductor in a choir. WALTER got in the ring and took off his entrance robe.
(Backstage)
Seth: I have to say, rest in peace Curt Hawkins' chest
Travis: don't remind me, man
Alex: remember Trav, we're gonna face the three of them at Battleground
(In the ring)
The bell rang and Curt went for a chop on WALTER.
(Backstage)
Alex: uh oh
Sasha: big mistake, Curt
Bayley: say bye bye to your chest
(In the ring)
The chop has provoked WALTER, the Austrian Anomaly went for a right hand but Curt ducked it, but he wasn't saved from WALTER's devastating knife edge chop.
Crowd: OOHH!
Curt was screaming in pain as he was holding his chest. WALTER picked him up and hit another one to his back.
Then WALTER ended the match with a huge powerbomb.
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Announcer: here is your winner, WALTER!
The Austrian Anomaly stood in the center of the ring with his hands behind his back.
(Backstage)
Alex and Travis were covering their chests after seeing WALTER's one sided massacre.
Travis: you ready for that, Alex?
Alex: yes and no
Then Randy stood up.
Randy: guys, we have to think strategy here; WALTER is the big guy in the group, so let's neutralize him first, then we go after Aichner and Barthel
Alex: Randy's right; even though our chests aren't safe we have to keep fighting
Randy: there you go
Travis: you're right, Randy
Randy: but for now Travis, focus on Adam and avenge Xander!
Travis: Xander is watching at home right now, so I'll dedicate this match for him
The guys patted his back. Then something on the monitor caught the Kingdom's attention.
Lexi: well guys, the debut of the Shadow Ninja is next
Alex: I'm intrigued
Josh: we don't know who he is, but we'll find out
(10 minutes later)
The show was back from commercial and Jinder Mahal is in the ring for a match. Then the arena went quiet and it went dark. Then a red light turned on and smoke filled the ramp; bells were heard and then an ominous theme started playing.
A tall figure stood on the stage wearing an Akatsuki cloak, the same worn by Naruto villain Pain. Pyro lightning struck in front of him and camera shot revealed his face.
Announcer: his opponent from Las Vegas, Nevada; weighing in at 250 pounds, the Shadow Ninja Elleon Astralis!
The crowd instantly knew who he is as Elleon was known in the indies and NJPW. The Shadow Ninja walked down to the ramp while staring up at Jinder. The Singh Brothers were already cowering in their boots. Elleon got in the ring and removed his cloak.
(Backstage)
The group's mouths hung open of what they just saw.
Alex: I guess that's the Shadow Ninja
Chase: wait, I think I know who he is
Charlotte: yeah, he's Elleon Astralis
Chase: that's his ring name, but do you know his real name?
Seth: wait, I think I know, it's Ryan Ainsworth
Travis: no way, as the Ryan Ainsworth? The son of the owners of Ainsworth's Deluxe Liquor Company?
Sasha: is that the guy Xander was talking about?
Lexi: we don't know, but let's watch his debut
(In the ring)
Elleon was staring eye to eye with Jinder and the bell rang. Jinder went for an attack, but Elleon side stepped and hits a superkick, knocking Jinder into the corner. He grabbed Jinder and lifted him for a suplex.
Then he launched from the ropes and hits one of his signature moves, Amaterasu (V-Trigger), but he wasn't done with Jinder; he picked him up and ran from the ropes to hit Tsukiyomi (Claymore Kick).
The Singh Brothers couldn't do anything as they were afraid of the Shadow Ninja.
He dragged Jinder's body near the turnbuckle and Elleon climbed to the top turnbuckle. He jumped and hits Yasaka Magatama (Corkscrew Shooting Star Press).
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Announcer: here is your winner, the Shadow Ninja Elleon Astralis!
(Backstage)
The Kingdom were applauding while at the same time astonished of Elleon's finisher.
Travis: I don't want to get on this guy's bad side
Chase: you're telling me, man
Finn: he makes the Demon look like a little kitten
Seth: no doubt
Bayley: what you think Sasha?
The Boss didn't hear her best friend; her eyes was glued to the screen showing Elleon's debut highlights.
Becky: Sash!
Sasha: huh?
Peyton: you got lost for a second there
Sasha: sorry guys, Elleon intrigues me
Billie: you interested in him?
Sasha: what, no and besides what if he's like that in real life?
Seth: Sash, relax; I've met the guy before; Ryan is a nice and friendly guy, Elleon is just his character
Sasha: are you sure?
Seth: I'm positive
Lexi: you don't know, he might lend a hand for Bliss Kingdom
The monitor shows that Travis' match against Adam was next.
Travis: time for retribution
Alex: watch out, Undisputed Era may be lurking
Travis: they'll make a mistake if they interfere
Billie: be careful, Trav
She kissed his cheek causing some surprise looks from the group.
Travis: I'll be okay, Billie
The American Nightmare exited the locker room with a look of anger on his face.
(In the ring, Undisputed plays)
Announcer: introducing first, representing the Undisputed Era; Adam Cole!
As Adam walked down to the ring, boos rained upon the Panama City Playboy as he was responsible for Xander's early retirement.
As he continued walking down the ring, Travis ambushed him from behind. The American Nightmare threw Adam into the barricade and into the ringpost. He held Adam by the hair:
Travis: this is for Xander!
He put Adam in the ring and waited for him to stand up. Adam made it on his feet and the referee rang the bell.
Adam and Travis locked up, but the American Nightmare put him in the headlock; Adam pushed Travis to the ropes, but the American Nightmare fired back with a huge clothesline.
(9 minutes later)
Adam caught Travis with a superkick then he hit the Last Shot.
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Travis kicked out.
(End of match)
Travis hits Sharp Attack on Adam, but he wasn't done yet. He looked at the corner of the ring then back at Adam. Then he went and stood on the second turnbuckle and waited for Adam to get up.
The Panama City Playboy got on his feet and stumbled to where Travis is. The American Nightmare launched and executed the same move that ended Xander's career, his own Panama Sunrise.
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Announcer: here is your winner, Travis Sharp!
Travis looked to the ramp and saw the rest of Undisputed Era running down to the ring; he immediately got out of the ring as the three got in.
(Backstage)
Travis walked into the locker room where he was met by applause from the Kingdom.
Alex: dude, you really put Adam in the corner
Finn: if Xander was watching, he'll be proud
Josh: you've avenged our brother
Travis: Cole deserved every hit executed
Then Billie hugged Travis from behind.
Billie: well Trav, what you did out there turned me on a bit
Travis: it did?
Billie: especially when you executed the Panama Sunrise
She blushed a bit.
A few minutes later, Rhea had her debut against Dana in which the inaugural NXT UK Women's Champion ended in less than two minutes with her finisher, Riptide.
Then Chase and Drew had their contract signing for Battleground which ended with Chase hitting the Limit Breaker on the Scottish Psychopath and putting him through a table.
The main event of Raw was the six person tag team match featuring the co-founders of Bliss Kingdom going against the co-founders of the First Army.
Finn: this is a first of us teaming together
Lexi: it is
Randy: yup
Alex: babe, mentor; if the First Army interferes, we'll be ready
Randy: good
Lexi: prepare yourselves
The Kingdom's co-founders left the locker room and went to the gorilla.
(In the ring)
Announcer: the following contest is a six person tag team match!
Announcer: introducing first, representing the First Army; Lacey Evans, Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa!
The First Army's co-founders walked down the ramp with Lacey leading the charge for Johnny and Tommaso. #DIY held the ropes for the Lady and she happily entered. The Lady removed her hat and gloves and the three waited.
Announcer: and their opponents, representing Bliss Kingdom; Alexa Bliss, Finn Balor and the Viper Randy Orton!
The Kingdom's co-founders stared daggers at the Army's co-founders as they walked down to the ring.
Then the bell rang and the two who started were Lexi and Lacey. The Goddess started with a big slap to Lacey's face. The Lady pushed the Goddess to the ropes only for Lexi to fire back with an enziguri. Lacey held her face and she tagged in Tommaso; Lexi then tagged in Randy.
The Viper and the Black Heart had a small stare down before locking up. Tommaso got Randy in a headlock before the Viper fired back with a back suplex. Tommaso got back on his feet only to be met by an Orton dropkick. Tommaso held his mouth and tagged in Johnny while Randy tagged in Finn. The two locked up and Johnny hits Finn with a spinning kick to the gut followed by a forearm; then Finn fired back with an overhead kick.
(End of match)
Lacey hit Lexi with the Woman's Right.
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Finn pulls Lacey's foot.
The Lady was mouthing at the Demon King while taking her eyes away from Lexi. The Goddess got back on her feet and ambushed the Lady with a legsweep. Then she hits Insult to Injury 2.0.
The Goddess dragged Lacey near the corner and climbed the top turnbuckle to hit Twisted Bliss. However, Tommaso and Johnny blocked the way, and Randy and Finn got in the ring and Lexi told them:
Lexi: turn around
#DIY turned around and Randy RKOed Ciampa; Finn took out Johnny with a slingblade and Lexi flattened Lacey with the Twisted Bliss.
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Announcer: here are your winners, Randy Orton, Finn Balor and Alexa Bliss!
The Kingdom's celebration was cut short as Ringkampf and the MMA Horsewomen ambushed the co-founders. Randy and Finn took out Barthel and Aichner momentarily and sent WALTER over the top rope. Then they pulled the MMA Horsewomen away from Lexi.
However, more trouble came for the Kingdom as Jordan Devlin ambushed Finn and Randy was immediately down from the numbers game of the Undisputed Era. The MMA Horsewomen continued beating down Lexi.
(Backstage)
Alex: come on, let's go!
Peyton: careful guys!
The rest of the Kingdom rapidly exited the locker room while Peyton looked on; then she saw a mysterious figure wearing the familiar Akatsuki Cloak walking towards the gorilla; Peyton was confused, but she closed the door and watched the ongoing carnage.
(In the ring)
Rhea and Ronda joined the fray and it was a 6 on 1 beat down on the Goddess. Outside the ring, the UE, Johnny and Jordan worked on Finn while Ringkampf worked on Randy.
(Rise by Skillet plays)
Out came the rest of Bliss Kingdom led by Alex; the guys ran to ringside while the WWE Horsewomen and Billie got in the ring.
Alex, Travis and Chase helped out Randy, but the Limit Breaker was pulled away by his Battleground opponent, Drew. The Limit Breaker and the Scottish Psychopath brawled.
Josh helped Finn when he jumped from the top turnbuckle to lay out the UE and Jordan.
In the ring, the WWE Horsewomen stared down at the MMA Horsewomen and the crowd was going nuts. Then the two groups launched and traded punches while Lexi and Billie took out Lacey and Rhea.
WALTER threw both Alex and Travis in the ring and Barthel and Aichner threw Randy in the ring. The UE and Jordan joined the fray after taking care of Josh and Finn. Drew threw in Chase in the ring as well. The Kingdom guys got back on their feet and stood their ground as they were surrounded. Then they attacked Drew and the First Army:
(A/N: here's on who is attacking who)
Alex, Randy and Travis to Ringkampf
Chase to Drew
Finn and Josh to the Undisputed Era and Jordan
The Kingdom guys held their ground, but the numbers game along with WALTER's brute strength overwhelmed them. What all hope seems lost for the Kingdom, an unexpected turn of events came when the arena lights went out.
A red light slowly turned on and a familiar theme played:
Standing on the stage was the same figure Peyton saw in the back and the same cloak. Then the pyro struck and the camera showed the Superstar who made his debut earlier, Elleon Astralis.
The First Army guys stopped their attack and stared at Elleon. The Shadow Ninja removed his cloak and marched down to the ring. Jordan and Drew got out to block the path, but they were taken out by Elleon's Amaterasu. The Shadow Ninja got in the ring and laid waste to the First Army with rapid right hands.
Then Elleon had a brief stare down with the First Army's muscle WALTER. The Shadow Ninja landed a huge chop, nearly fazing the Austrian Anomaly. Then WALTER fired back with his signature chop, but it had no effect on Elleon; he went for another chop, but the Shadow Ninja caught his arm and twisted it before tossing WALTER over the top rope.
Then the Kingdom guys got back and beat down the First Army with the aid of Elleon.
Travis took out Aichner with Sharp Attack and he and Alex tossed him out of the ring while Randy RKOed Barthel. Seth executed the Curb Stomp on Adam and Josh took out Kyle with the 25th Hour. Elleon leveled Roderick with the Tsukiyomi and Finn took out Bobby with the 1916.
The First Army retreated and watched what was transpiring in the ring between Elleon and Bliss Kingdom.
Then the Kingdom girls got in the ring and joined the guys. The whole group were in shock and awe of who helped them, the Shadow Ninja himself.
The entire Bliss Kingdom raised their arms and put their hands in the Too Sweet gesture; then lowered it to execute their Kingdom gesture. Elleon stood looking down at the gesture, then the Kingdom and then at the First Army on the stage. Then he looked back at the Kingdom; he put his hand in the gesture which draw some loud cheers from the crowd as they chanted:
Crowd: Yes! Yes! Yes!
Elleon looked at his hand and smirked; then he connected his hand with the Kingdom drawing louder cheers from the crowd while Lacey put her hands over her head while her face was distraught. The Undisputed Era and Jordan showed looks of fear on their faces while Ringkampf, Rhea and the MMA Horsewomen had surprised looks on their faces.
Ryan Ainsworth aka Elleon Astralis has joined Bliss Kingdom.
(A/N: a special thanks to my good friend AstralPrincessKay for allowing me to use Ryan/Elleon for this story. Go check out her Liv Morgan story called Forever. Always. it's really good and full of sweetness and cuteness.)
(A/N: stay tuned for the next chapter as Bliss Kingdom meets the man behind Elleon Astralis, Ryan Ainsworth)