Welcome to the go home show for The Beginning of The End! And we're kicking off tonight with Cruiserweight Division action! In the ring is 'The Lucha Dragon'
Kalisto. His opponent is one of NFA's hottest prospects,
Zack Sabre Jr., who will earn a spot on the card of The Beginning of The End if he's successful here tonight. Kalisto fires out of the gate, taking control of the match, obviously seeing this as a huge opportunity to get his career back on track. Kalisto hits a Rana-Driver and makes the cover, but Zack Sabre Jr. kicks out and transitions into an armbar. Kalisto looks close to tapping, but he just gets his foot on the bottom rope to break the hold. Sabre Jr. misses with a PK, allowing Kalisto to roll-up Zack, but Zack kicks out. Kalisto sets up for Salida del Sol, but The Technical Wizard counters into a Dragon Sleeper and picks up the submission victory over his opponent. Zack Sabre Jr. catches his breath in the middle of the ring when
Rob Van Dam's music hits the speakers. RVD makes his way out with a microphone and enters the ring. "That was one hell of a match, dude," RVD says as the crowd chants his name, "You know what would be better though? Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Rob Van Dam for the first time ever this Sunday at The Beginning of The End. Let's tear the house down, man!" Van Dam extends his hand and Zack Sabre Jr. accepts the handshake. I'm sure
Jayzero will have no problem booking that match! ZSJ leaves the ring to RVD as the white rabbit appears on the titantron, "I was lost until I found the White Rabbit" Rob Van Dam looks beyond confused at the latest cryptic message directed at him.
We hear from NFA lead announcer
Matt Striker that
Jayzero has scheduled a preview for The Beginning of The End pitting
The Man against NFA World Heavyweight Champion Finn Bálor in a non-title match with a 1 minute time limit. Colour commentator
Nigel McGuinness chimes in stating, "Tonight we'll find out which one of these men is a minute man!" Matt Striker chuckles at McGuinness' innuendo and throws it back to the ring for more NFA action.
R-Truth and
Goldust, A.K.A.
The Golden Truth, are in the ring ready to make their NFA tag team debut. They might be wishing they had just stayed at home tonight though, because their opponents are
The Disciples of Death.
Catrina leads her Disciples to the ring with
Mil Muertes not far behind. The bell rings and
Konnor &
Viktor quickly decimate The Golden Truth. Konnor clotheslines Goldust out of the ring, before he and Viktor turn their attention to R-Truth. They rush at him full force and put him away with a devastating Fall of Man. After the match, Mil Muertes throws Goldust onto the announce table. He climbs up onto it and grabs hold of Goldust, driving him through the table with the Flatliner. Muertes enters the ring and nails R-Truth with The Reaper's Trident. Catrina crawls in the ring and prepares to deliver the Lick of Death to Truth, but
Kane's fire shoots out of the ring posts, and here he comes with
Paige by his side! Kane enters the ring and goes toe-to-toe with Mil. Kane strikes with a right hand, but Muertes no-sells it and grabs Kane by the throat, driving him to the mat with the Flatliner. Paige climbs into the ring and squares up to Mil Muertes. Catrina shouts at Mil to backdown and he obediently does. "Your time will come soon enough!" Catrina shouts at Paige as she orders
The Procession to head to the back.
There's a knock on the door of
Jayzero's office, "Come in!"
Jack Swagger enters the office and approaches the desk, "Mr. Zero, thanks for inviting me here tonight." Jayzero gestures to the chair in front of his desk, allowing Swagger to sit, "No problem, Jack, I think you've earned this time with me tonight after you showed initiative last week by taking out
Lashley," Jayzero says, fiddling with his paperwork, "You did quite a number on him, you know? I've heard he hasn't been able to walk at all this past week, that's impressive." "That's what I wanted to talk to you about actually," Swagger interrupts. "Oh?" Jayzero sits up in his chair, intrigued. "Lashley not being able to walk for a week is a good start, but if you give me a match with him this Sunday, I'm confident I can make sure that he'll never walk again." Jayzero grabs a match contract template out his desk and fills in the blanks, "You've got your match, and if you manage to break Lashley's ankle during, after, or even before that match, I'll invite you to join
Team Zero." Jayzero and Jack Swagger shake hands as Swagger leaves the office. "Jay, please forgive me!" a voice screeches as the door opens. "
Summer Rae! I told you not to come here tonight!" Jayzero shouts, clearly fuming over Summer's failure to secure the FNBF GM role. "Please, I can explain!" "I don't need you to explain, I saw the whole damn thing! Do you know what the consequences of you outing me as the mastermind behind that whole thing are?" "Umm, I no longer get paid two salaries?" "No, you idiot! I myself am being investigated by the Board of Directors! So your actions have lost one show for us already, and if we don't be more careful, we could lose this one too. Secretly though, I am glad you're back..." "Really, boss? I didn't think you cared..." "I have a shit ton of paperwork to do, and you're just the woman for the job!" Jayzero points Summer Rae to the desk, Summer sighs and takes a seat, beginning to sort though the mountains of paperwork that Jayzero has let pile up. "Summer, you can still make this up to me though. You see, I have my eye on a new recruit for Team Zero, but he and I aren't on great terms right now, and I really need someone to sweeten the deal, you think you can do that?" "Of course, who's the guy?" Jayzero finally notices that the cameras have been in the room the whole time and kicks them out of his office. He shuts the door behind him, preventing us from hearing who the new recruit on Jayzero's radar is.
We get a graphic on-screen that informs the NFA Universe that
Roderick Strong &
Drew Galloway will get their shot at the
Man Candy's NFA Tag Team Championships this Sunday at The Beginning of The End. Speaking of those two teams, Man Candy's
Wolfgang & Team Zero's Drew Galloway are in the ring ready for singles actions. Galloway and Wolfgang go at, trading big shots with each other, with both men having something to prove. Drew begins to dominate the match, toying with Wolfgang, until the Australian Adonis hits a big Spinebuster out of nowhere. He sets up for the Boomerang Clothesline, but he's distracted by
Cesaro &
Jessica getting close on the outside. The distraction gives Galloway the perfect opportunity to put Wolfgang away with Claymore. After the match, Team Zero pose with Man Candy's NFA Tag Team Championships whilst Jessica and Cesaro head up the ramp, shunning Wolfgang.
Jayzero is walking backstage when he takes a wrong turn and finds himself in a dark corridor. From the dark corridor emerges
Broken Matt Hardy, "Jayzero, I knew you'd come!" Jayzero rubs his eyes in disbelief, clearly shocked to see Broken Matt in the building, "What the hell do you want, freak?" "I'm here to make sure that you are sending a select few chosen members of your film crew to House Hardy, so that the Universe of Forbidden Chubbies can witness the DELETION of
King Tarry!" "You know what, if that makes you get the hell away from me, then you've got it." "Wonderful! Yeeesssss!" Broken Matt Hardy retreats back into the shadows as Jayzero turns and gets the hell out of there.
Tiarnán is walking backstage with a tray of drinks when
Becky Lynch approaches him, "Tiarnán, what was all that about last week?" Tiarnán sets his tray down on a conveniently placed table, "Becky, I'm sorry, but I have to follow
Mundo's orders, or else I could lose my job with NFA. And honestly, I thought you getting laid out by your best friend would be better for you than getting attacked by
PJ and
Jack Evans." "Best friend? As long as you're with the Mundo's clique, we're not friends at all." "Hey Tiarnán, what's keeping you with the drinks?"
Taya shouts as she walks round the corner, "Oh." Taya and Becky Lynch lock eyes, both of them just as unhappy to see the other. "These are your drinks, Taya? Don't mind if I do!" Becky picks a coffee up off of the tray and takes a sip before spitting it out into Taya's face, "Jesus, Taya! How many sugars are in this? Seven? Eight? It'll rot your teeth!" Becky walks off, leaving Tiarnán to tend to Taya.
Emma and
Sable make their way to the ring. Sable requests a microphone from ringside, "
Bayley, tonight we've been granted the power to choose your opponent, so why don't you come out here and get ready for them?" Bayley's music hits and she makes her way to the ring, without the smile that she used to proudly sport, "I'm sick of this. I don't care who you've chosen, because they're going to get a preview of what I'm going to do to you both at The Beginning of The End. Get them out here!" Sable and Emma share a knowing laugh before pointing at the stage. The music hits and here comes
Pentagon Jr. Bayley looks terrified of Pentagon as he enters the ring. The bell rings and Bayley immediately throws a forearm. Pentagon Jr. blocks it and lifts Bayley into the Package Piledriver, spiking her to the mat for the win. After the match, Pentagon grabs hold of Bayley's arm, preparing to break it as he's done to so many other superstars, but Emma and Sable step in and put a stop to it. "We'll take it from here," Emma says shooing Pentagon Jr. away. Sable and Emma grab Bayley by the hair, propping her up in a sitting position. Emma pulls out a phone and the two women take a selfie with the unconscious NFA Women's Intercontinental Champion.
Jayzero makes his way to the ring with the NFA Women's Championship draped over his shoulder. He grabs a microphone from ringside and enters the ring. "I'd just like to take a few minutes to wish luck to the participants of the NFA Women's Championship gauntlet match this Sunday at The Beginning of The End," he says as he points at the ramp, "So let's hear it for
Alexa Bliss,
Naomi,
Becky Lynch,
Taya,
Natalya,
Jessica and
Madusa!" The participants make their way to the ring, each taking a moment to have a good look at the NFA Women's Championship. "Now ladies, this match is going to be incredibly gruelling. You only have a 1 in 7 chance of walking out with the championship making this the most difficult NFA Women's Championship match to date ... which is why I've signed four more women and added them to the match!" The women in the ring are clearly pissed as Jayzero begins to announce his new signings, "First up is a legend of the industry,
Mickie James! This next woman is lacking in sanity, but she's not lacking in ability, it's
Nikki Cross! Please welcome back to NFA, the Red Queen herself,
Eva Marie! And last but not least, a woman who is sure to make an impact here in NFA,
Asuka!" The new signings make their way to the ring and a brawl breaks out, with the women throwing each other out of the ring. Alexa Bliss and Asuka are the last women standing. Alexa tries to attack Asuka, but receives a vicious kick to the side of the head, knocking her clean out. Asuka stands tall and picks up the NFA Women's Championship that was knocked to the ground during the scuffle. She holds the title in the air, declaring her intent to win the match and the championship this Sunday.
It's now time for our main event, the non-title preview of The Beginning of The End's main event with a 1 minute time limit. Making his way to the ring first is the challenger this Sunday,
The Man! The behemoth waits in the ring for the NFA World Heavyweight Champion. The music of
Finn Bálor hits the speakers and smoke fills the stage. When the smoke clears, the Finn Bálor we know is nowhere to be seen, but instead standing there with the NFA World Heavyweight Championship is
The Demon. The Demon makes his theatrical entrance, as we cut to a shot of the perplexed face of The Man. The bell rings and The Demon immediately goes on the attack, throwing The Man through the middle rope. The Demon grabs a chair from ringside and destroys The Man with it, as the referee awards the match to The Man via DQ, extending his streak to 22-0. The Demon clears the announce table as
Matt Striker and
Nigel McGuinness flee. He grabs The Man and hoists him onto the table. He then lifts The Man up and drives him through the table with 1916. The Demon stands tall with the NFA World Heavyweight Championship, could we see the same thing at The Beginning of The End?
"
Maxel, would you like to hear a nursery rhyme?"
King Tarry asks as he tucks
Broken Matt Hardy's son into bed. Maxel nods his head. "Okay then," the King continues, clearing his throat, "Broken Matt Hardy sat on a wall, Broken Matt Hardy had a great fall. King Tarry's horses and King Tarry's men, refuse to put your daddy together again. Maxel, my boy, I hope your ready to accept me as the King of the Compound, because when your father shows up here again on Sunday night, I'll have no choice but to punish him for treason!" King Tarry laughs maniacally as the camera pans out of Maxel's window and reveals an enormous labyrinth surrounding House Hardy.
That whole speech omg. We can never go to Canada again. Those people can hold a grudge like no other.
