Here's the first half, built last month.
WWF Title: Tyler Black (w/ oGDI) v. Ricochet (w/ BWI)
IC: Hector Garza (w/Vega) v. AJ Styles
Tags: Street Profits v. New Day (Woods/Kingston, w/Langston)
Womens Title: No DQ: Sasha Banks v Asuka
Kevin Steen v. Sami Zayn
Matt Riddle v. Keith Lee (guest referee - Shawn Michaels)
And now the rest:
Rey Mysterio/Kalisto (w/Dominik) v. Underground (Murphy/Crews, w/Black)
Shinsuke Nakamura v. Bobby Roode
Cedric Alexander v. Humberto Carillo
Shayna Baszler v. Bianca Belair
Roman Reigns/Jey Uso v. Jeff Hardy/Otis
ShootNation (Lashley/Gable/Nemeth/Benjamin) v. Hooligans (Sheamus/McIntyre/Miz)/Johnny Nitro
Rey Mysterio/Kalisto (w/Dominik) v. Underground (Murphy/Crews, w/Black)
-Rey's gone since the Rumble when Steen turned on him; he returns to call out Regal - Rey establishes that he'll deal with Steen when time allows, but right now, the Underground attack on Dominik can't stand. Rey tells Regal he's going to see that Murphy/Crews/Black are fired.
-Regal says he reprimanded them; he knows they went too far, Rey doesn't need to take it further. What's being re-established here is Rey runs the locker room; he's the Godfather back there and Underground has messed with his family. What gets set up is a match, Rey and Kalisto, against Kalisto's former partner Crews and Murphy, with Aleister Black in their corner. Everyone knows Rey ran Steen out of the promotion for nearly a year, a threat to fire the Underground triumverate isn't idle; Underground responds with anger toward Regal - is he going to stand for this? Regal tries to keep the peace; he's with Underground, he's on their side, they can show Rey in the ring how they feel about this. But it's clear Regal's got a very tenous grip on this situation - there's a spot where Underground surrounds Dominik after some match (Dominik is just training, positioned as green) they make it clear they could do whatever they wanted to him - and they let him go.
-It's the legendary Mysterio, with the high flying Kalisto - they take on Kalisto's longtime partner Crews, he's part of the Underground crew that is barely under control.
Shinsuke Nakamura v. Bobby Roode
Nakamura had built a working relationship with the Horsemen - but that falls apart here, the Horsemen fall apart here; Joe's an announcer now, Charlotte's injured - there winds up a brawl between Nakamura/Roode/Strong when they are partnered up in a 6 man - that results in the end of the Roode/Strong pairing and this match, with Roode positoned as the heel.
Cedric Alexander v. Humberto Carillo
Blood Warriors International, as mentioned in the first half of the build; is feuding both with Twisted Sun Gods and with oGDI; Ricochet is in the main event, challenging for the WWF Title and Alexander is here against Carillo. Twisted Sun Gods are also feuding with Kings of Wrestling, as set up in part 1 - Garza was going to defend the IC against Claudio, but Covid causes a late replacement and Styles is moved into that slot. Carillo can get a fall over Tozawa to build to this match.
Speaking of KoW - Gargano, you may recall, is Dark Ride Champion (but across the pond, Walter continues to hold his belt and claim to defend it as the Dark Ride Champion) once Claudio is gone, that leaves Gargano on his own - he's attacked by GDI (Cole/'O'Reilly/Fish) - save by Ciampa (Gargano and Ciampa build toward a match to be held after Survivor Series; Ciampa and Gargano were partners, then rivals, this is their first appearance of any type of reconcililation - the idea is Ciampa just wants to keep Gargano healthy for the title match after Survivor Series, but the physical appearance of the two of them on the same side gives some hope for something beyond that). A no DQ 3 way is set for a Dark Ride special on Survivor Series weekend, Ciampa v. Gargano v. Cole - that breaks down; Ciampa is helped from the ring during the match, Fish and O'Reilly attack Gargano - GDI all over Gargano - there's a blackout - and when the lights go up - it's Devitt.
Devitt's been gone for a year since the Bullet Club blew up; he's been a heel for years - but now he goes after GDI, laying them out -- then laying out Gargano. Devitt holds up the title belt.
After Survivor Series, it will have been a year since Cole/O'Reilly/Ciampa all worked a PPV (and Dunne) so all will be eligible to be Dark Ride Champion; throwing all of them (and Devitt) at Gargano while Walter kills everyone overseas is what's up on Dark Ride the rest of 2020.
Shayna Baszler v. Bianca Belair
-The Horsewomen (Baszler, Ripley, Shafir, Duke) are away from the title picture but continue to assert themselves on the division; they killed Charlotte post Mania and basically just impose their will on every woman save Asuka/Banks -- coming up to take a stand is Belair, making her debut, she's unafraid, but maybe she should be.
Roman Reigns/Jey Uso v. Jeff Hardy/Otis
-Reigns fully embraces his IRL gimmick now; it's largely geared toward the tag ranks, he's not in the main event, not challenging for the title presently, so it's a smaller scale than IRL (I'm a big fan of the IRL gimmick, it's one of the only things working in IRL WWE in 2021) but "head of the table" when communicating with the other Usos and "Acknowledge Me" when it comes to everyone else is a winner. He drops the Uso name now; it's time to recognize he's a step above Jimmy and Jey.
-Jeff's fully embracing his role as veteran tag team wrestler who wants to elevate the young guys, he picks out Otis here, they do a mismatched tag act in the build.
ShootNation (Lashley/Gable/Nemeth/Benjamin) v. Hooligans (Sheamus/McIntyre/Miz)/Johnny Nitro
-Shoot Nation moves into the same space that New Day/Usos/Hooligans are in, with Lashley joining Reigns/McIntyre/Langston as the powerhouse guy who potentially might be a singles standout. Nemeth/Sheamus were once the leaders of Underground, so throwing them at each other makes sense. Gable and Miz are then the third guys in the mix.
-Nitro and Benjamin are each others' most notable career program, they battled for years, including a Mania main event when Benjamin was WWF Champ and Nitro NWA champ (the third guy in that match..his name escapes me...) and Nitro, of course, has a tag history with Miz.
-Hooligans is working a 6 man against Shoot Nation (minus Benjamin); somehow McIntyre and Sheamus are incapacited and Benajmin attempts some level of outside involvement on Miz (everyone here is a babyface, but it's a heated match) Nitro hasn't had interaction with either man since his return - but he runs in here - he superkicks Benjamin, he and Miz fight off Shoot Nation - and that creates this match, the melding of Miz's old partner with his new partners in an 8 man against Shoot Nation.
And that's your show. 12 matches - it's the first PPV of the Thunderdome era (Thunderdome matches all throughout the build) - the announce table has been gone throughout the Covid era, but it will return at Survivor Series, with the announcers (Stanford, Heyman, Joe) together for the first time since Stanford became lead announcer.
It's live (it's not, it's still on tape, Rumble will be live) next month from the Bubble in Orlando. It's gonna be a happening
