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WWE 2K Story – Chapter Four, Part Four: The Emperor’s Arrival
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Monday Night Raw
Vince McMahon and WWE Champion Jinder Mahal head to the ring. Vince wants to know exactly who Daniel Bryan has chosen as his replacement at Battleground. Daniel Bryan comes out on stage, stating that he has an idea. How about Jinder Mahal & a partner of his choice take on Daniel Bryan & his soon-to-be replacement for Battleground? Vince tells Bryan that he is making things complicated for no reason, but Bryan says suspense brings ratings in which helps the company.
Daniel mutters that perhaps Vince isn’t worried about the WWE ratings after all, which Vince interrupts saying that’s all he’s worried about. He tells Daniel he has a point from a business side, so he says that match is confirmed. Jinder is not very happy, but Vince puts him in his place quickly. Vince tells Daniel he doesn’t appreciate these type of games he is playing, which is what he was brought in by the Board of Directors to extinguish. Bryan laughs at the irony of what Vince just said, saying he sent his own son-in-law through a time portal. Bryan looks forward to his match later tonight.
NORMAL TAG TEAM MATCH
WWE Raw Tag Team Champion The Bar vs. The Hype Bros
Objective: Win with The Bar
The New Day come out to claim their unicorn horns, which distracts The Bar. The Bar catch up with New Day backstage but Xavier tosses one of the unicorn horns to a waiting Big E., who lets off an energy blast that stops The Bar in fear. The New Day escape with their unicorn horns as Sheamus & Cesaro looks disappointed they let New Day take back their horns.
Goldie’s Secret
Backstage, Cena is staring at Undertaker’s Urn with concern. Goldust awkwardly startles Cena, which Goldust apologizes for. Cena tells Goldust that Vince has been looking for him, and Goldust says that’s why he has been hiding. Goldust says he knows what’s going on around here and has been around the WWE business for almost his whole life. He tells John there was a reason Triple H & Stephanie were trying to collect all the championship belts, and he knows the Hardcore Championship was just brought back and given to Big Show. John asks how Goldust knows, joking that it must be the mystical powers Triple H usually mentions.
Goldust corrects John saying they’re ‘voodoo’ powers, and reveals that’s exactly how he knows about the Hardcore Championship’s resurrection. He admits to John that something very bad will happen if anyone possesses all the championship belts at once. John asks what Goldust is referring to, but a cough is heard that interrupts their conversation. It’s Vince, with WWE Champion Mahal by his side. Vince asks John how holding Undertaker’s Urn has been going? Cena, confused, answers ‘good I guess’. Vince asks Goldust where he’s been?
Vince tells him they’ve been looking for him. Goldust is very nervous, which John sees. John asks Vince what he wants with Goldust? Vince says he already told him, he wants to offer Goldust a contract, snapping at Mahal who reveals the contract. Cena doesn’t buy it, but then the lights go off. They turn back on as Goldust is gone! Cena asks Vince what he did with Goldust, but Vince claims he has no idea. He suggests it seems like something the Wyatt’s would do. Vince leaves with an arrogantly smiling Jinder, as John looks on in distrust.
NORMAL MATCH
WWE Hardcore Champion Big Show vs. Randy Orton
Objective: Win with Randy Orton
The Shield all hit the ring, in their patent way through the crowd. They Triple Powerbomb Big Show. They then grab a table from under the ring and do it once more. The Shield stand over Big Show and bump fists.
NORMAL TAG TEAM MATCH
Johnny Gargano & Apollo Crews vs. Titus O’Neil & WWE Cruiserweight Champion Tommaso Ciampa
Objective: Win with O’Neil & Ciampa
The Titus Brand gets ready to pummel Crews & Gargano, but Darren Young makes the save. He clotheslines Ciampa and then sends Titus over the top rope. Young helps Crews and Gargano up to their feet before shaking their hands.
Stephanie enters Vince’s office, saying that The Bar lost New Day’s Unicorn Horns. Vince says he isn’t worried too much about it, and that they got something much more valuable tonight. Sasha Banks walks in, greeted in open arms by Stephanie and Vince. Vince thanks Sasha for what she did last week. He says a lot of people will argue it was wrong, but Vince says he wants warriors in his company and not huggers. Sasha says she only cares about winning back her Raw Women’s Championship and getting back into the spotlight where she belongs.
Big Show vs. The Shield
Sasha leaves as Big Show enters, arguing with WWE United States Champion Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn. Big Show is angry neither of them came to help him against The Shield, but Owens claims they don’t even like Big Show and have no allegiance to him. Vince tells Owens he wants him to escort Zayn to the ring at Battleground and ensure he wins. Owens laughs and says he was going to regardless of Vince’s permission. Owens and Zayn leave as Show complains about Owens’ attitude. Vince tells Big Show he didn’t like what he saw tonight and expects more from his giant. Big Show says he was jumped but wants a shot at The Shield.
Stephanie suggests they put the Hardcore Championship on the line against a Shield member so that they’ll agree to a match where Big Show can destroy them. Vince says it’s risky, but worth it if Big Show is the monster he claims to be. Vince schedules Dean vs Seth tomorrow night where the winner will take on Big Show for the Hardcore Championship at Battleground. He warns Big Show not to fail. Big Show leaves but is quickly jumped by WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns outside the office. Roman didn’t forget what Big Show did to him, spearing him through a bunch of wooden palates. He walks away from the carnage as Stephanie walks out of the office. She sees Big Show laid out and calls her father out to see.
NORMAL TAG TEAM MATCH
WWE Champion Jinder Mahal & WWE Intercontinental Champion Bobby Roode vs. Daniel Bryan & Goldberg
Objective: Win with Bryan & Goldberg
Everyone is in shock when Goldberg arrives! Bryan announces Goldberg as his replacement for Sunday’s match! Jinder Mahal is enraged.
A Big Favor
In the locker room, Randy Orton is packing his suitcase. John Cena walks in. He tells Randy he had a great match tonight and needs a favor from him. John says that a lot of strange things have happened, and he thinks it’s only the beginning. He needs answers and he needs to find someone who can combat Vince with power. Randy says he doesn’t have any authority and can’t help him. John says that’s not what he needs from Randy.
He reveals he needs Randy to open the urn and send John into the past. Randy laughs and says there’s no way he’s doing that, but John insists he must find Shane. John believes he could maybe learn new information about what’s going on, at worst. Cena tells Randy to send him through Undertaker’s Urn and to take over leading for him here. Randy finally agrees and opens the urn which sucks John Cena through. Randy closes the urn a bit freaked out, but admits, ‘that was pretty cool.’
Smackdown Live
Finn Balor hits the ring to start the show. He says that he wants a fair, one-on-one shot against Bobby Roode for the WWE Intercontinental Championship at Battleground. Nothing happens, as Finn says he isn’t leaving the ring until he gets what he wants. A stalemate occurs until finally Vince McMahon’s music hits. Vince comes out and tells Finn he can’t just have a championship match, because then anyone could just ask Vince for one and he’d have to oblige. He has an idea though and says that Finn Balor can face Randy Orton tonight. Vince leaves smiling while Finn is clearly disappointed.
NORMAL MATCH
Finn Balor vs. Randy Orton
Objective: Win with Finn Balor
Finn wins the match but is ambushed by Intercontinental Champion Bobby Roode. Roode screams at Finn Balor for disrespecting him and hits a Glorious DDT. He tells Finn he’ll see him at Battleground and accepts his challenge, then he will prove how glorious he is and Finn isn’t. Roode turns around into an RKO outta nowhere.
Baron Corbin is back. He is raiding someone’s locker. Jack Gallagher, Akira Tozawa, Cedric Alexander and Rich Swann enter asking what’s going on? Corbin attacks them and asks where Randy Orton’s locker is? Gallagher says it’s the next room over, then gets hit with a Big Boot from Corbin. Baron storms into Randy’s locker room and begins breaking everything. He rips a lock off all the lockers until he finds Undertaker’s Urn. Corbin snags it and leaves.
NORMAL TAG TEAM MATCH
AJ Styles & Samoa Joe vs. The New Day
Objective: Win with Styles & Joe
Both teams are assaulted after the match. WWE Smackdown Tag Team Champion The Usos and Rikishi beat up Styles & Joe. WWE Raw Tag Team Champion The Bar beat up The New Day. The heel teams stand tall in the ring, hoisting their championship belts in the air while the crowd boos loudly.
WWE Champion Jinder Mahal is upset that Goldberg is going to be his opponent at Battleground. Stephanie tells him to calm down, as Goldberg isn’t here tonight and there’s nothing they can do. Vince enters with Undertaker’s Urn in hand. He claims that if Triple H got anything right, it’s his ability to recruit others who are more than willing to do his dirty work. Jinder begins to complain that no one is taking the Goldberg threat seriously, but Vince replies by telling Jinder to fetch Big Show for him. Jinder does but is a little irritated that no one is concerned about Goldberg.
NORMAL TAG TEAM MATCH
Charlotte Flair & Mickie James vs. Summer Rae & WWE Smackdown Women’s Champion Natalya
Objective: Win with Charlotte & Mickie, without letting Charlotte touch Natalya
The ring commentators remind the audience that Charlotte is not allowed to touch Natalya still, despite being in the same match. Mickie & Charlotte win the match as Natalya scurries back up the ramp, holding her championship belt tightly.
Orton is in his locker room, realizing Undertaker’s Urn is gone. He realizes Vince put him in the match with Balor so he could steal the urn while Orton was busy in the ring. Orton is frustrated with himself as the Fashion Police walk in! They’re back! Orton is shocked to see them, asking how they escaped from the Wyatt’s? Orton asks if the Wyatt’s took them to their dark dimension (Orton being familiar with the Wyatt’s from his past)?
The Fashion Police have no idea what Randy is talking about, saying they escaped The Wyatt’s weeks ago and hid under the ring. They joke that no one ever looks under the ring. Orton asks if they’ve been under the ring the whole time? They say no, they’ve been in Connecticut at the WWE Headquarters. They’ve been with Board of Director members reviewing the footage they recorded of Triple H sending Shane through Undertaker’s Urn. Orton says it doesn’t matter because he stupidly put Cena through the urn and then lost said urn. The Fashion Police say that’s not a problem because they uncovered something when reviewing the footage.
NORMAL MATCH
Dean Ambrose vs. Seth Rollins
Objective: Win with Dean Ambrose
Stephanie is in the back office and tells Vince that Ambrose won. Vince says he’d rather it be Rollins because Ambrose can take a beating. WWE Champion Jinder Mahal enters with WWE Hardcore Champion Big Show. Vince asks Stephanie and Jinder to excuse themselves. They leave as Vince asks Big Show to sit down. Vince tells Big Show that he never asked him to come back and since he’s been back Big Show has been less a Big Show and more of a Big Let Down. Big Show stands up and says he doesn’t need to be here. He turns around to see himself!
It’s a younger version of Big Show. Big Show is confused and asks what the hell he’s looking at? Vince says it’s him from the year 2000. Vince rambles on about needing a younger and more athletic Big Show, not some slow and out of shape one on a Legends Contract. Big Show turns back to Vince as Vince opens Undertaker’s Urn to send Big Show through it. Vince names Big Show 00′ the new Hardcore Champion, as the new Big Show picks up his new title. Vince wishes the new Big Show good luck for his upcoming match at Battleground versus Dean Ambrose.
Go to ‘title management’ and put the Hardcore Championship on Big Show ’00.
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