NFA 2016

[Tarry]

Our very special Saturday show kicks off with a recap of The Man taking out FNBF Universal Champion Ethan Carter III and the number one contender The Miz during the main event of last week's FNBF. The Man will be in action later tonight. Also on this supersize episode of NFA, Team Zero will square off with John Cena & Roman Reigns. Plus Ronda Rousey defends the NFA Women's Championship against Alexa Bliss in a ladder match. But first, let's go to the ring for our first match of the night, the NFA Tag Team Championship match.

The challengers, Man Candy, are in the ring with Jessica by their side. A barbers chair is set up on the stage, and if The Usos retain tonight, Jessica will find herself sat in it with Naomi shaving her head. The NFA Tag Team Champions' music hits, but they're nowhere to be seen. Suddenly, The Usos and Naomi slide in behind Man Candy and Jessica and ambush them before the bell. Naomi tells the referee to start the match and this one is underway! Jimmy Uso starts the match by dominating Wolfgang. The Australian Adonis is in real trouble. Jimmy connects with a dropkick to the knee which he follows up with a spiking DDT. He makes the cover but Wolfgang gets the shoulder up. Uso plants him with a Samoan Drop and tags in Jey who comes off the top with a Samoan Splash. Jey makes the cover, but Wolfgang has his foot on the bottom rope. Naomi quickly pushes Wolfgang's foot off of the rope before the referee can see it as the referee counts to three. The Usos and Naomi celebrate their cheap win as Naomi screams at Jessica to get in the barbers chair. Jessica reluctantly takes a seat, but Cesaro makes the save before Naomi can shave her head. Cesaro pleads with the referee to check the footage and he does, discovering that The Usos and Naomi cheated to win. He bans Naomi from ringside and restarts the match! Wolfgang crawls to the corner and tags in Cesaro who rushes into the ring and delivers an Uppercut Train to both Usos. He then connects with a springboard uppercut to Jey to get the win for his team. Man Candy and Jessica celebrate with the NFA Tag Team Championships as the NFA Universe give them a standing ovation. 

Our cameras cut to the back where NFA GM Jayzero and NFA Cruiserweight Champion King Tarry are walking down a corridor together. "Tarry, just through this door is the team of Cruiserweights that I have selected for you to lead this Sunday at Bragging Rights." "KING Tarry, Prime Minister Zero, you're very lucky I'm fond of you, or else I would have had you sentenced to death for that act of treason!" "Ooookay." Jayzero opens the door for King Tarry, who walks into the room to meet his team. The camera pans the room to reveal Rey Mysterio, Rob Van Dam, Shinsuke Nakamura and Rich Swann. "Oh bloody hell," King Tarry says to himself as lays eyes on his team, "Robert. False Kings. Dancing Man. I dislike you all, but this Sunday at Bragging Rights you're my knights, and you will not let me down. The Kingdom of NFA will conquer Team FNBF, and we will expose FNBF's Cruiserweight Division as the fraudulent copycats that we all know them to be! Especially the false champion Tony Nese." King Tarry calls for his butlers to enter the room who bring a tray of silver goblets filled with wine. "To NFA!" He raises his goblet as the other team members raise theirs. "NFA!" They clink goblets and the NFA team of Cruiserweights surprisingly seem to be on the same page.

Next up is the ladder match for the NFA Women's Championship. Alexa Bliss makes her way to the ring holding the NFA Women's Championship belt. The Bliss Squad are by her side as usual, but the referee orders them to return to the back, which Alexa is really pissed about. She reluctantly hands the title to the referee who hooks it onto the mechanism and has it raised above the ring. The music of Ronda Rousey hits and here comes the champ! Rousey sprints to the ring and wastes no time taking it to Bliss. Alexa manages to escape the ring and tries to evade Ronda by scaling a ladder that is set up at ringside. Ronda climbs up after Alexa and tosses her back into the ring from the top of the ladder. Bliss manages to tuck and roll, avoiding injury, but when she turns back around, she's met by Rousey who dives from the ladder into the ring with a crossbody. The NFA Universe chants for Ronda as she grabs the ladder from ringside and slides it into the ring. Alexa and Ronda both grab hold of the ladder and a tug of war breaks out over it. Rousey gets the upperhand and drives Alexa Bliss into the turnbuckle with the ladder. Rousey sets the ladder up in the corner, pinning Alexa to the turnbuckle. She walks over to the other side of the ring and the charges at Alexa, running up the ladder and delivering a huge kick to the side of the head. Alexa goes limp as Ronda grabs another ladder and sets it up in the centre of the ring. She climbs to the top and finally retrieves her NFA Women's Championship. Her celebration is cut short, however, as Team FNBF rush the ring. On Nikki Bella's orders, Charlotte Flair, Eva Marie and Nia Jax grab hold of the ladder and lift it off of the ground with Ronda still on top. They carry the ladder to the ramp-side of the ring and unceremoniously dump Ronda and the ladder out of the ring. Team FNBF have certainly asserted their dominance here tonight as Ronda Rousey is seen to by EMTs on the outside.

Los Héroes Mitológicos, the team of Kalisto and Fénix, are in the ring ready for action. Their opponents are PJ Black and Jack Evans of The Worldwide Underground who make their way to the ring with Taya. Kalisto and Fénix extend their hands to The Worldwide Underground, but Black and Evans laugh in their faces and knock their hands away. The two teams engage in a tremendous back-and-forth contest that sees The Worldwide Underground get the upperhand for the majority of the match due to underhanded tactics. Suddenly a kick from Fénix is blocked by Evans and is sent in the direction of the referee. With the referee down, Johnny Mundo makes his way to ringside and attacks Kalisto. He then slides into the ring and delivers a huge knee to the face of Fénix. He wakes the referee who counts the pin as Evans makes the cover. The Worldwide Underground celebrate in the ring with air guitars, but their celebration is cut short when Tiarnán and Becky Lynch rush the ring. Tiarnán and Becky try their best to clear house of The Worldwide Underground, but they fall to the numbers once again. Just as The Worldwide Underground are about to leave the ring, FNBF's American Alpha and Jason jump over the barricade and attack them. Tiarnán and Becky Lynch recover and join Team FNBF's assault on The Worldwide Underground. They finally escape the ring as American Alpha and Jason share words with Tiarnán and Becky Lynch.

Jayzero walks in on Alexa Bliss being tended to in the trainers room. "Alexa, this past month you've really earned your place here in NFA, and reward hard working Americans like you with opportunities. This Sunday, you're the captain of Team NFA." Alexa still looks really dazed, but she manages to utter a reply, "Which bitches am I leading into war?" Jayzero smirks at his chosen captain, "Becky Lynch, The Worldwide Underground's Taya, Emma, and the NFA Women's Intercontinental Champion Bayley," Jayzero begins to leave but before he does he has one last thing to say, "Alexa, don't you dare let me down."

Up next is Women's tag team action! Emma and Madusa are already in the ring. Their opponents are the team of Natalya and the NFA Women's Intercontinental Champion Bayley. Natalya and Madusa lock up in the centre of the ring. The two veterans put on a hell of a match with Natalya getting the upperhand. Nattie tags in Bayley and they delivers double team to Madusa. Madusa crawls to her corner and tags in Emma. Bayley unloads on Emma with forearms, almost knocking her head off. Bayley looks to hit the Bayley-to-Belly but she's interrupted by Sable's music. This allows Emma to take advantage, driving Bayley's head to the mat with a nasty DDT. She makes the cover and picks up the win for her team. Sable walks to the ring and enters it. She whispers in Emma's ear while pointing at Bayley. Emma grabs Bayley and rips off her top whilst Sable tears off her pants. Sable and Emma point and laugh at Bayley as she begins to cry. Bayley runs out of ring trying to cover herself up on the way to the back.

Catrina, Mil Muertes and The Disciples of Death are backstage. "Paige can't possibly hide for much longer," Catrina utters coldly, "I will make sure that she sees our side of the impending war as the right side to be on." The lights go out and when they come back on the word 'Sunday' is written on the wall in blood. Catrina smiles at the crimson writing as Mil Muertes lets out a huge roar.

Jayzero is in the ring, "Let me introduce to you the man who will crush Team FNBF at Bragging Rights, the man who will secure victory for Team NFA, he is ... The Man!" The Man makes his way to the ring, receiving a mixed reaction along the way. A local wrestler makes his way out wearing a cardboard mask with Dolph Ziggler's face printed on it. The Man destroys 'Ziggler' and gets the quick win. "Another." A second local wrestler makes his way out, this time wearing a mask of Seth Rollins' face. The Man makes 'Rollins' submit with the bear hug easily. "Another." A local wrestler with a mask of Kevin Owens makes his way out. The Man plants 'Owens' with the Burning Hammer for the win. "Another." As you may have guessed, a local wrestler wearing a cardboard mask of The Miz makes his way out. The Man crushes 'The Miz' picking up his 18th win. "Another." A fifth local wrestler makes his way out, this time of course he's wearing a mask of Ethan Carter III. The Man squares up to 'EC3' when suddenly the local wrestler removes his mask and reveals himself to be the real Ethan Carter III! Holy shit! The FNBF Universal Champion takes it to The Man, throwing lefts and rights trying to knock him down. The Man grabs hold of EC3, but EC3 counters with a kick to the nuts. The referee calls for the bell and declares The Man the winner by DQ. Ethan grabs a steel chair from ringside and hits The Man over the head with it. The Man falls to the mat and EC3 stands tall. He points at Jayzero and then hops the barricade and leaves the building. The Man gets back on his feet and points out his 19-0 record.

A vignette airs hyping the NFA World Heavyweight Championship match at Bragging Rights. This match may be taking place on a show named Bragging Rights, but that's not what either man wants on Sunday. They want to dominate. They want to win. And most importantly, they want the NFA World Heavyweight Championship. Finn Bálor vs. Lashley is sure to be a classic.

It's now time for our main event! Pentagon Jr. and Roderick Strong make their way out first representing Team Zero. Next out is Roman Reigns who enters to mostly boos. Those boos turn to cheers as John Cena makes his way out. The two teams prepare to lock up when they're interrupted by Jayzero. "I'm sorry, but this match has been postponed," the crowd boos Jayzero for robbing them of what would have been a great main event, "This match will happen at a later date, but for now, we all have bigger fish to fry. Friday Night Bitch Fight, l know you're all here somewhere tonight, so why wait for Bragging Rights? Get out here!" FNBF roster members start appearing from the crowd and they begin to surround the ring. The NFA roster empties from the back and suddenly we have a huge brawl on our hands as this episode of NFA comes to a close.

[Burke]

Jessica is a coward. There are no instant replays in wrestling! That hair doesn’t belong to her anymore.

Not goblets! King Tarry is turning into King Joffrey more and more.

Honestly, The Man is probably gonna slaughter the entire FNBF men’s team at Bragging Rights. Same with Ronda and their women’s team after that sneak attack tonight, even if she’s not officially in the BR match.

Sable bullying Bayley is pretty much the perfect use of both their characters. I'm sure B loved that segment.

[Brandon]

I read this last night before going to bed, which was why I didn't comment at the time, but I was literally lying in bed giggling at King Tarry. By far my favorite gimmick any of us has ever had.

That was a little close for comfort with Jessica nearly getting her head shaved. Maybe the barber could've taken at least a lil snippet.



Brandon's Angels putting NFA's women's division to shame. Poor, inferior it.

I quietly screamed at Alexa asking Jayzero which team of bitches she was going to lead on Sunday. I feel like this is exactly who her character would be if she didn't have to restrict herself due to PG ratings limitations and also them trying to stray away from the women being catty, because you can tell she holds back in her promos.

It would've been hard not to recognize all of that body under EC3's paper bag.

[Brandon]

    After weeks of interpromotional appearances, ladies and gentlemen, it's finally time for Bragging Rights! As the camera pans over the sold out arena, we see an exterior shot of the sky box, where Brandon, Jayzero, Roderick Strong and Summer Rae can be seen looking on from above, before cutting to the back where the NFA and FNBF rosters are watching on a monitor in the back, with everyone wearing shirts to show which brand they belong to. In the back, Burke and Dana Brooke are all over one another, and Sasha Banks grimaces as she scoots her chair further away from them. "Ew!" she says in her thick, mysterious accent, throwing a hand up in their direction.

    We're kicking things off with tag team action, and the new NFA Tag Team Champions, Man Candy, make their way down to the ring first, accompanied by Jessica. They're followed by Breezango, The Usos with Naomi, The Worldwide Underground with Johnny Mundo, and finally, The Predators. Out next is Team FNBF. The New Day are out first, followed by Enzo and Cass with Carmella, The Hype Bros, The American Wolves, and finally, team captains and FNBF Tag Team Champions, American Alpha. Once all ten teams are in the ring, the official calls for the bell and all twenty men start brawling like it's a battle royal, until everyone but Zack Ryder and Tyler Breeze spill out of the ring. Breeze hits the Unprettier and covers Ryder for the one-two-three, and The Hype Bros have been eliminated. Big E slides into the ring to take Ryder's place and Breeze charges, but all Big E has to do is stand there and allow Breeze to run into him, before covering him for the one-two-three, and Breezango have been eliminated. Wolfgang enters the ring now, and as he and Big E lock up, the rest of the teams have made their way to their respective corners and climb onto the ring apron. Outside, Xavier Woods blows Francesca 2.0 in Jessica's direction, and the redhead plugs her ears with her fingertips, making a disgusted face. Big E tags out to Kofi and the two attempt to double team Wolfgang, but when they whip him into the ropes and link arms for a double clothesline, Wolfgang ducks and spins around, leveling Big E with a Boomerang Clothesline, before scooping Kofi up and planting him to the mat with a Down Under Slam, before collapsing on top of him and hooking the leg for the pin - and The New Day have been eliminated! Big Cass is in now and he stomps over to Wolfgang and grabs him by the ankle as he's crawling to his corner. Hobbling on one foot, Wolfgang knocks himself free with a Kangaroo Kick! As Wolfgang tags out to Cesaro, we cut to ringside, where Naomi and Carmella are exchanging words. Carmella isn't gonna stand for this and takes off her earrings, then she and Naomi stomp towards one another and a catfight ensues! The distraction allows Cesaro to put Big Cass away with the Neutralizer, and Enzo and Cass have been eliminated. The American Wolves hit the ring together and attack Cesaro as a pack. Edwards Superkicks Cesaro into a bridging German suplex by Richards and slides out of the ring so the official can make the count, and Man Candy have been eliminated. Jimmy Uso enters the ring and hits a full nelson bomb on Richards, and The American Wolves have been eliminated. American Alpha are the last FNBF team remaining against three other NFA teams, but Chad Gable increases their chances of winning by hitting Jimmy Uso with an exploder suplex, eliminating The Usos. PJ Black enters the ring, and after outside interference from Johnny Mundo, Jason Jordan tries to enter the ring to come to his partner's defense, which distracts the referee. This allows The Worldwide Underground to double team Gable in the corner, but there's a huge pop as Tiarnán and Jason come sprinting down the ramp together. Jason starts trading blows with Johnny Mundo while Tiarnán goes up top, and PJ Black turns around in time to take a missile dropkick that turns him inside out. Tiarnán rolls out of the ring as the referee finally turns around, and Gable covers PJ Black for the one-two-three. The Worldwide Underground have been eliminated, but there's no time to celebrate, because as soon as the call is made, Randy Orton is in the ring and hits a lightning fast RKO on Chad Gable before he can even finish making it to his feet. The Predators are the winners and the sole survivors, and the first victory of the night goes to NFA.

    We cut to the General Manager sky box, where Jayzero is on his feet, hovering over an unamused Brandon. "And an RKO outta nowhere!" he shouts at the FNBF GM. "One down, three to go." he continues. "And it doesn't surprise me that you sent Jason down to the ring to interfere. Not that it mattered. We still won." Jayzero laughs. "Ugh," Brandon rolls his eyes. "If you're going to shout in my direction, could you at least suck on a mint? Besides, if you didn't notice, he was retaliating to one of your Superstars, who interfered first. And he wasn't alone . . ." Brandon reminds him, referring to Tiarnán. "Yes. I'll deal with that traitor later . . ." Jayzero menacingly promises. Brandon shrugs and says that match was a mess anyway, so Jayzero can enjoy his one win, because it's the only one NFA will be getting tonight.

    Catrina leads Mil Muertes and The Disciples of Death to the ring. "Paige, it's time for you to choose a side." The lights go out in the arena and when they come back on 'The Daughter of Destruction' Paige is stood on the stage. Suddenly fire shoots from the ring posts, startling Catrina and her followers. Kane makes his way through the curtain and joins his niece on the stage. Paige and Kane make their way to the ring. Catrina sends The Disciples of Death to attack, but Kane and Paige fight them off. Kane grabs hold of Konnor and drives him to the mat with a Chokeslam as Paige hits Viktor with the RamPaige. Catrina leads Mil Muertes away as Paige and Kane stand tall.

    After an ad for the new season of Totally Bellas on the BP Network, Nikki Bella's music hits to the sound of a huge pop, signalling that it's now time for women's Superstar action. The captain is out first, followed by Charlotte Flair, Ember Moon, Sasha Banks, and finally, Eva Marie, accompanied by Nia Jax. Team NFA is out next. First, the captain, Alexa Bliss, followed by Emma with Sable, Taya, Becky Lynch, and finally, NFA fan favorite, Bayley. Our captains start things out first, but Alexa Bliss tags out to Taya when Nikki Bella gets the upper hand. After a bit of back and forth, Taya whips Nikki into Team FNBF's corner, but Nikki jumps onto the second rope, and as she does Eva Marie makes a blind tag. Nikki jumps out of the corner and hits Taya with a springboard roundhouse kick, and Eva Marie enters the ring and runs past Nikki, picking up the scraps and covering Taya for the one-two-three. Nikki spreads her arms out, looking to her teammates as Eva Marie celebrates, and behind her, Becky Lynch enters the ring. Eva Marie turns around and the redheads come face to face. She begins to back away from Becky, talking with her hands before turning around and diving out of the ring. Becky slides out after Eva Marie and gives chase, but she pumps the brakes when she comes face to face with Nia Jax, who Eva Marie hides behind. Nia stands tall over Becky and crosses her arms, looking down at the Lass Kicker with an intimidating smirk. But Team NFA have Becky's back, and Emma, Bayley and Alexa hop down from the ring apron, and in a group effort, Team NFA jump Nia Jax! The audience goes wild as Nia does her best to shield herself from their blows, but while Team NFA is distracted, Eva Marie crawls back in the ring and tags out to Sasha Banks. The Boss enters the ring to a pop, and after Becky re-enters the ring, the two Four Horsewomen circle one another and lock up. After some impressive chain wrestling, Sasha gets behind Becky and hits the Bank Statement, but Becky transitions the hold into the Dis-arm-her, and Sasha is forced to tap. As soon as Sasha is eliminated, Eva Marie re-enters the ring and runs up behind Becky, rolling her shoulders onto the mat with a schoolgirl. Becky kicks wildly, but she only manages to kick out just after the referee's hand hits the mat for the count of three, and Becky Lynch has been eliminated. After some deliberation, Bayley enters the ring for Team NFA, and Eva Marie once again hightails it to her corner where she tags out to Ember Moon, who jumps over the top rope and lands in a crouch, looking up at Bayley and grinning. Ember shows Bayley just why she's called The War Goddess, and kicks her ass all over the ring. After hitting her signature handspring elbow smash, Ember tosses Bayley out of the corner and climbs to the top rope, waiting for Bayley to turn around so she can put her away with the Lunar Eclipse, but before she can, Alexa Bliss comes running down the ring apron, but Ember knocks her on her ass to the outside with a kick. The distraction allows Bayley to clamber onto the second rope however, where she slams Ember to the mat with a Bayley-to-Belly Suplex. "Pin her, Bayley!" Sable impatiently shouts from ringside, slamming her hand on the mat as Bayley crawls on top of Ember and covers her. Ember Moon has been eliminated, making it now three-on-three. Once again, Eva Marie enters the ring and runs up to Bayley. She applies an arm wrench and slaps the taste out of Bayley's mouth, before applying a facelock and hitting the Sliced Red #2 in the corner. Eva Marie looks to make her third elimination of the night by covering Bayley, but Bayley kicks out! Wide-eyed, Eva Marie once again scurries to her corner to tag out, but Nikki and Charlotte have had enough of her antics and hop down from the ring apron. While Eva Marie pleads with them, Bayley tags out to Emma, who enters the ring and walks right up behind Eva Marie, clubbing her across the back before locking in the Emma Lock. Eva Marie taps to a huge pop, and Emma keeps the hold applied for a couple of seconds longer than necessary before releasing it, and now Charlotte enters the ring. The two wind up in the corner where Emma tries to lock in the Dil-Emma, but Charlotte fights out of it and yanks Emma back in the ring by her feet. "WOO!" she shouts before locking in the Figure Eight Leglock, forcing Emma to tap after several agonizing seconds. Bayley re-enters the ring on Alexa's orders, leveling Charlotte with back to back running double axe handles, but Charlotte ducks her third attempt and she and Bayley both spin around, where Charlotte hits her with a big boot, bringing Bayley's momentum to a halt. Charlotte circles Bayley and ends up in the Team FNBF corner before spinning around and chopping Nikki's (ample) chest, tagging her in. "WOO!" Charlotte shouts in Nikki's face before chuckling and stepping aside, gesturing that Bayley is all hers. Nikki glares at her partner distrustfully as she enters the ring. Nikki allows Bayley to finish getting to her feet and the two lock up. After a bit of back and forth, Nikki whips Bayley into the corner, but she hops onto the second rope and jumps, twisting in mid-air as she looks to hit a springboard arm drag, but Nikki has her scouted and catches Bayley across her shoulders, hitting her with Rack Attack 2.0. As soon as Bayley is eliminated, Alexa Bliss finally re-enters the fray, and The Wicked Witch of NFA immediately goes to work on Nikki Bella, stomping the neck again and again before applying a modified neck wrench. The #Fearless FNBF captain starts to make it to her feet, but Alexa takes her back down with a chokehold STO before hitting a Glitz Flip. It isn't looking good for Nikki Bella as Alexa Bliss goes up top, but Charlotte encourages Nikki to crawl to their corner, where her arm is outstretched for the tag. Alexa goes for the Twisted Bliss, but Nikki counters it by getting her knees up! While Alexa writhes on the mat, Nikki rolls onto her stomach and slowly crawls to her corner, where she reaches out to Charlotte for the tag. As she does so, Charlotte slowly pulls her hand away. "Aww! Sorry, Nikki!" Charlotte says with faux sympathy, faking a tear before hopping down from the ring apron. The audience boos, and Charlotte turns around to address them. "I SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE CAPTAIN!" she shouts. Behind her, Alexa tries to pull Nikki to her feet by two fistfuls of hair, but Nikki gets a second wind and pulls Alexa's feet out from under her, locking in the Fearless Lock! The crowds' cheers alert Charlotte's attention to the ring. Wide-eyed, she slides in in time to break up the hold to thunderous boos. "I'M GONNA BE THE SOLE SURVIVOR!" Charlotte shouts to Nikki, before pulling Alexa up and smacking her across the face a couple of times to waken her up before leaving the ring again. We cut to a shot of the sky box, where Brandon is looking absolutely bewildered and Jayzero can't stop laughing. Alexa pulls Nikki to her feet and attempts to whip her into the corner, but Nikki reverses it and charges at Alexa, who kicks her feet up over Nikki and gets her in position for the Glitter Blizzard. This is it, Alexa Bliss is going to eliminate Nikki Bella - but wait! Nikki hangs on tightly to the second rope! Nikki grabs the back of Alexa's thighs and rises to her feet. Spinning around, Nikki hits a huge Alabama slam on Alexa Bliss, and collapses on top of her for the one-two-three. Team FNBF is victorious! Acting as if nothing happened, Charlotte enters the ring and takes Nikki's hand, raising it in victory. "WE DID IT!" Charlotte beams. Nikki stares at Charlotte in utter confusion, and Charlotte smiles innocently and shrugs. "What?" she blinks. Nikki purses her matte red lips in annoyance, and answers Charlotte by rearing back and nailing her with a huge forearm! Charlotte lays sprawled out in the center of the ring while Nikki celebrates solo dolo, and NFA and FNBF are now tied up.

    Back in the General Manager sky box, Brandon is laughing in Jayzero's face this time, saying it looks like they're all tied up now, before sharing a smile with Summer Rae. Jayzero mock laughs and says that match didn't matter. "Nobody cares about the Bombshells." he protests. "Actually, we don't call them that anymore. They're Superstars, just like the guys." Summer Rae corrects him. "Whatever! It's not like they're real wrestlers anyway." Jayzero sneers. Brandon rolls his eyes. "Typical." is all he can say as they continue to watch the show.

    It's now time for the Cruiserweight Bragging Rights match. T.J. Perkins, Brian Kendrick, Jessy Sorensen, DJ Z and the FNBF Cruiserweight Champion, Tony Nese, make their way to the ring first. Team NFA are out next as Rob Van Dam, Rey Mysterio, Shinsuke Nakamura, and Rich Swann are led to the ring by the NFA Cruiserweight Champion, King Tarry. The bell rings and the fast paced Cruiserweight action begins. Tony Nese shows why he's the FNBF Cruiserweight Champion by pinning Rich Swann with a pump handle slam. Rich Swann has been eliminated! Nese tags in DJ Z who squares off with King Tarry. DJ Z attempts a reverse hurricanrana, but King Tarry counters and plants DJ Z with the Iron Throne. DJ Z has been eliminated! Nakamura tags himself in and locks horns with Brian Kendrick. Nakamura and Kendrick exchange stiff kicks that Nakamura gets the better of. Nakamura connects with the Kinshasa and makes the cover. Brian Kendrick has been eliminated! T.J. Perkins sneaks up behind Nakamura and rolls him up. Shinsuke Nakamura has been eliminated! Perkins tags in Sorensen who walks straight into a roundhouse kick from RVD. Van Dam tags in Mysterio, and they deliver a double team to Jessy. Mysterio hits the 619 and eliminates Sorensen. RVD and Mysterio look over at King Tarry and then they both leave the ring. The referee counts RVD and Rey Mysterio out, leaving King Tarry to fend for himself. Rob Van and Rey Mysterio have been eliminated. King Tarry enters the ring and prepares to fight Perkins. Tony Nese barks orders at Perkins which distracts T.J. long enough for King Tarry to hit the Tower Bridging Suplex to eliminate Perkins. T.J. Perkins has been eliminated! We're now down to the two Cruiserweight Champions, who will come out on top. The champs engage in a back and forth contest that comes to an abrupt end when Nese collides with the referee. King Tarry grabs his sceptre from ringside and climbs the top rope. Nese turns around as King Tarry jumps from the top rope, hitting Nese over the head with the sceptre. He throws the sceptre out of the ring and makes the cover as the referee comes to. King Tarry picks up the win for Team NFA, and I'm sure we'll never hear the end of it.

    Back in the General Manager sky box, Jayzero and Roderick Strong celebrate NFA's second win by popping a bottle of champagne. Jayzero turns to Brandon and says they should play a drinking game, "Every time someone from FNBF sabotages their own team, we take a drink. We'll be dead by the end of the night!" Jayzero and Roderick burst into laughter, with Roddy leaning a little too close to Brandon and catching five fingers to the face. Roderick grabs the side of his face and stares Brandon down, who sits up in his chair and raises his eyebrows, silently asking Roddy, "Whatchu gon' do?" Jayzero tells Roderick to go get ready for his match before attempting to scold Brandon. Jayzero says he doesn't know how they do things on Friday nights, but on NFA, he doesn't assault his Superstars. Brandon scoffs. "No, you'd just pay someone to do it for you." he says. "You better hope your team wins the main event," Brandon continues, getting in Jay's face, "Because if not, you can get slapped too." Brandon sits back in his seat, arms crossed, having had enough of Jayzero's shit, while Jay gives Brandon the stink eye and pours himself a drink.

    The NFA World Heavyweight Championship is on the line in our next match. Lashley, the challenger, makes his way out first. Finn Bálor, the champion, is out next and he wastes no time taking it to Lashley. The two men unleash hell on each other, leaving everything in the ring trying to prove who deserves the NFA World Heavyweight Championship. Lashley connects with a hard Spear and looks to capture the title, but Bálor kicks out! Bálor makes it back to his feet and hits the 1916 for a near fall. Lashley attempts a second Spear, but Bálor counters with the overhead kick. Bálor goes up top and comes off with the Coup de Grâce for the win. Bálor celebrates his victory as EMTs run into the ring and apply ice packs to both men, trying to lessen the damage they've just delivered to each other.

    It's now time for our main event! The Man, John Cena, Roman Reigns, Pentagon Jr., and Roderick Strong make their way out to represent Team NFA. Out next are the representatives of FNBF, Seth Rollins, Dolph Ziggler, Kevin Owens, The Miz, and the FNBF Universal Champion, Ethan Carter III. As Team FNBF try to decide amongst themselves who'll start the match, Pentagon Jr. makes the decision for them by dragging Dolph Ziggler into the ring. Pentagon kicks Ziggler in the ribs and then clotheslines him over the ropes. Pentagon looks under the ring and grabs a kendo stick. He canes Ziggler over and over again as the referee calls for the bell. Pentagon Jr. has been eliminated! Pentagon delivers a few more cane shots before rolling Dolph into the ring. Roderick Strong covers Ziggler and gets the pin. Dolph Ziggler has been eliminated! Team FNBF rush into the ring as Team NFA do the same. The two teams meet in the middle and a brawl breaks out. During the brawl, Tiffany and Maryse make their way down to ringside. The entirety of both teams, bar The Man, find themselves brawling in the entrance way. Tiffany slides into the ring and gives The Man a mouthful of abuse. She goes to deliver a kick to the nuts, but The Man blocks it. He lifts her above his head and tosses her out of the ring onto the brawling superstars outside the ring! EMTs arrive at the ringside area to tend to Tiffany as the referee finally regains control of the match. Kevin Owens enters the match and locks up with Roderick Strong. Owens gains the upper hand and takes it to Strong, tossing him around the ring. He whips Strong into Team NFA's corner so hard that it knocks John Cena and Roman Reigns off of the apron. Strong stumbles out of the corner and Owens uses the momentum to push him up into the air, catching him with the Pop-Up Powerbomb. Roderick Strong has been eliminated! I'm sure that elimination will help get KO on Brandon's good side. Roman Reigns slides into the ring and delivers a huge Spear to Owens to get the elimination. Kevin Owens has been eliminated! Seth Rollins enters the match and squares off with his former Shield brother. The two men beat the hell out of each other until John Cena tags in. Cena and Reigns perform a double team Rollins. Cena then follows it up with an Attitude Adjustment and STF to secure the submission. Seth Rollins has been eliminated! Maryse jumps up on the apron and grabs Cena's attention. The distraction allows The Miz to sneak up behind Cena to roll him up. John Cena has been eliminated! Roman Reigns enters the ring and goes after Miz. He sets up for a Superman Punch, but The Miz rolls out of the way. The momentum sends Reigns tumbling over the ropes and crashing to the floor. EC3 jumps off the apron and clotheslines Reigns on the outside. He then drags him to his feet and throws Reigns over the announce table. The referee counts to ten before Reigns can make it back into the ring. Roman Reigns has been eliminated! The Miz and EC3 argue about who will face The Man, but The Man settles that argument dragging them both into the ring. The Miz and Ethan team up to try and put an end to The Man. The Miz hits the ropes and comes back a big boot, but The Man pulls EC3 in the way. The Man then grabs The Miz and drives him to the mat with the Burning Hammer. The Miz has been eliminated! It's now down to EC3 and The Man. EC3 unloads on The Man getting the best of the behemoth. Ethan sets up for the One Percenter, but all of a sudden, The Miz awakes and grabs hold of EC3, driving him to the mat with the Skull Crushing Finale. The Man follows up with a huge splash to pick up the win for Team NFA. The NFA locker room empties into the ring. The Man's hand is raised in victory, celebrating not only NFA's win, but The Man's 20th win too.

    Up in the General Managers sky box, Jayzero is on his feet celebrating NFA's victory with random NFA personnel. Jayzero pours more drinks and offers one to Brandon, who looks beyond annoyed. Brandon rolls his eyes and ignores Jayzero's offer as he begins to leave the room. Jayzero shrugs and takes the drink for him, but not before taunting him. "Hey, at least I didn't have to catch those hands, amirite?" Brandon responds by snarling and spinning around, lunging at Jayzero. Staff and security attempt to separate the two General Managers and pull Brandon off of Jayzero, but Brandon convinces them that he's calm and they let him go. Brandon then grabs the champagne bottle and busts it over Jayzero's head! The NFA General Manager falls to the ground and Brandon follows, choking his rival until security once again pull him off. Jay stumbles to his feet and scurries out of the room while security hold Brandon back, and Bragging Rights comes to a close.

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Why Sasha always got a problem with Dana? She wasn't doing anything wrong.

Those elimination matches were such epic affairs. Nikki was a badass in the women's one. Her giving Charlotte the forearm afterwards is an iconic moment in NFA history to me already.

Jayzero and Brandon in the skybox was hilarious and reminded me of Austin and Bischoff at Judgment Day 2003. Jayzero's sexism though. He deserved that ass whooping at the end.

I called The Man being the sole survivor in the main event! He didn't have to do Tiffany like that though. And I don't know how to feel about Maryse screwing over Cena. The main event was great though. Gave me flashbacks of the WWF vs. Alliance 5-on-5 match.

Dolph Ziggler getting destroyed and then eliminated without getting in any offence whatsoever may have been the highlight of the whole show though. What a chump.