So I've gone fantasy card.
Pre-Show:
We’ll have a two hour pre-show, so I’m having four matches
1. American Alpha (c) vs The Usos vs FaBreeze vs The Ascension - Four Corner Smackdown Tag Team Title Match:
-American Alpha retain.
-Exact teams don’t matter, but I want a multi-tag match to balance the normal tag match later.
-Story is Alpha have been the most dominant tag team in the division, and have defeated all challengers.
-This leads to the Revival making their debut on TV the following wee, and that program starts.
2. Becky Lynch, Nikki Bella, Carmella, Paige, & Charlotte vs Emma, Dana Brooke, Nia Jax, Alexa Bliss (c), & Eva Marie - Ten-Women Tag Team Match:
-Faces win
-This is the “get all the women on the card” match, so exact participants and size of the teams don’t matter too much.
-Nikki Bella retirement match, to Mirror Brie’s (if she is retiring).
-Becky pins Alexa to set up a title match for the following week’s TV.
-Some random story can happen to set it up, it really doesn’t matter much.
3. Big Show vs Shaquille O'Neal - Celebrity Match:
-It’s mostly meaningless fun match, so it goes here. Nothing to say about it.
-If it needs to be on the main card, switch it with the ARMBaR.
Backstage Segment - Dean Ambrose Attacked:
-This is to set up some things for later.
-Ambrose is attacked by three masked guys who get away before being caught.
-He’s given an injury to keep him out of his match later on the show, and for story reasons.
-(He also needed to be written off so I didn’t have to try and fit him on the card, but that problem resulted in a story for the next year).
4. Rusev (c) vs Cesaro - United States Title Match:
-Winner doesn’t matter.
-A simple singles title match to end the pre-show.
-Goal is to give the guys a bit of spotlight instead of getting lost in the ARMBaR.
-Can have other guys in a three- or four-way if desired.
Main-Show:
1. Kota Ibushi (c) vs Neville vs Hedio Itami vs ??? vs ??? - Fatal X-Way Cruiserweight Title Match:
-Unsure of exact participants as we’ve no idea who’s going to be in the division.
-I’m assuming Ibushi is signing with WWE, and winning the CWC to be the inaugural title holder.
-Winner doesn’t matter, but it needs to be a face (I’d go with Neville).
-Goal is for a fast opener with everyone doing all the things.
-On TV, the winner is confronted by a debuting Austin Aries.
2. The New Day (c) w/ Xavier Woods vs Enzo & Cass w/ Carmella - Raw Tag Team Title Match:
-Enzo & Cass win.
-New Day will have turned heel somewhere along the line, doens’t matter how.
-New Day will now leave the tag division and start on their new goal of winning Money in the Bank for Big E (which they do by cheating).
-This is the start of Big E’s main event push, Woods and Kofi could remain in the tag division as a duo, but the group isn’t splitting up.
3. Kevin Owens vs Sami Zayn - Singles Match, loser leaves Raw, winner is given a title shot:
-Kevin Owens wins.
-Story is both guys have avoided each other, but after both being in the final four of the Rumble, (and eliminating each other) they’ve started to clash and cause problems again. This is a match to solve the problem.
-This is mostly on the card so that a re-match can happen for a title in a few years time, so the stipulation can be changed to fit something else.
-I want a title shot to be the result so we can jump Owens into the main event for the coming year.
4. Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs AJ Styles vs Dean Ambrose - Three-Way Intercontinental Title Match:
-AJ Styles wins (clean).
-Ambrose doesn’t compete as he was ambushed earlier in the day and injured, he can be on commentary for the match.
-Match is set up after Styles beats Nakamura (dirty), while Ambrose had already earned a the shot. Ambrose has a win over Styles from earlier.
-Ambrose doesn’t trust Styles, and blames him for being attacked. Says Styles knew he can beat him, so he took him out.
-This to be an awesome match, basically a re-do of their match in Japan.
5. Brock Lesnar vs Samoa Joe - Singles Match:
-Samoa Joe wins.
-Story is Joe calls out Lesnar, then they fight.
-Goal is to turn Joe into a monster (who will work full time). Basically book him like Lesnar, except he’s on TV each week.
6. ARMBaR - Battle Royal:
-Braun Strowman wins
-This is the “get all the men on the card” match
-Strowman wins to start his push up the card, he’ll be fed to Joe down the line.
-No idea on any stories to be set up here.
7. Undertaker vs John Cena - Singles Match:
-Undertaker wins.
-Undertaker’s retirement match
-The match that should have happened, but never did.
-Wouldn’t be against some kind of Kane shenanigans happening for a double retirement.
8. Sasha Banks (c) vs Bayley - Women’s Championship Match:
-Sasha wins.
-Sasha turns heel during the match.
-End goal is to set Bayley up for a big win at the following Summerslam.
9. Randy Orton (c) vs Bray Wyatt - WWE Title Match:
-Bray Wyatt wins (clean).
-Bray wins the Royal Rumble to get his place in the match.
-This is the start of a big Wyatt storyline, and the start of his face turn.
10. Roman Reigns (c) vs Finn Bálor vs Seth Rollins:
-Bálor wins.
-This is where the story comes together.
-Rollins and Bálor do a double turn in the match
-Bálor wins via Club run in.
The Bálor Club is formed. Bálor and The Club are taking over Raw, Styles shows up on Smackdown with Omega and the Young Bucks in Bálor Club Shirts to takeover that show.
We’ve got the Shield reunion possible, as they were all wronged by the Bálor Club. And we’ve got the the Wyatt Family face turn for when they clash with the Bálor Club over the title.
Down the line it’s revealed that Triple H is backing the Bálor Club, and at that point you kick into Bray vs Authority storyline.
