SHOW 20: “WAR OF FACTIONS”
Location: Madison Square Garden – New York, NY
Theme: The balance of power is shifting. Tonight, alliances solidify, betrayals are etched in legacy, and war between Bullet Club and The System is officially ignited.
1. Andrade El Idolo vs Santos Escobar
Build:
After a loss in their tag effort at Show 19, Andrade and Santos blame each other. Escobar calls Andrade “a shadow of his old self.” Andrade fires back: “You never stopped being Rey’s sidekick.”
Match Highlights:
- Fast-paced lucha exchanges. Andrade works the arm early, hinting at Hammerlock DDT.
- Santos hits Phantom Driver, but Andrade rolls out.
- Andrade dodges a tope and counters with a springboard spinning back elbow.
- After a back-and-forth flurry, Andrade finishes with a top-rope Hammerlock DDT.
Winner: Andrade El Idolo
2. Karrion Kross vs Bronson Reed vs Kyle Fletcher vs El Phantasmo vs Dominik Mysterio
Winner gets Future Intercontinental Title Shot
Build:
Five combustible personalities. Dom is backed by Judgment Day. Fletcher enters looking ready to go. Kross has warned “only one survives.”
Match Highlights:
- Reed and Kross brawl as the powerhouses.
- Dom gets booed loudly every time he tags in; ELP dazzles with aerial counters.
- Kyle Fletcher hits a Grimstone on ELP and nearly wins, but Reed breaks it up.
- In the chaos, Fletcher hits a steel chair shot on ELP and Grimstone on Dom for the win.
Winner: Kyle Fletcher
3. Motor City Machine Guns vs New Day vs War Raiders – Losing Team Leaves the Company (whoever gets pinned)
Build:
All three teams want tag dominance. Management adds real stakes: “The team that gets pinned is out.”
Match Highlights:
- War Raiders dominate early with brute strength. MCMG use speed and precision to cut them down.
- New Day rally late, Woods hits Limit Break elbow on Erik.
- Shelley sneaks in and hits Shellshock on Woods, but Ivar lands Doomsault on Kofi.
Pinfall: Ivar pins Kofi Kingston
Winners: War Raiders
Eliminated: The New Day
Post-Match: New Day embraces the crowd. Emotional farewell. Xavier and Kofi thank fans and vow “we’ll be back somewhere.”
4. Adam Cole, Roderick Strong & Kyle O’Reilly vs Chad Gable & Creed Brothers
Losers Must Leave
Build:
Team Angle 2.0 (Gable & Creeds) have feuded with The Undisputed for weeks. The war culminates here. One side must go.
Match Highlights:
- Olympic grappling by Gable and Brutus Creed stuns Cole early.
- Kyle and Roddy target Julius’ neck. Cole plays ring general, orchestrating distractions.
- Gable hits Chaos Theory on Roddy. Brutus does a top-rope moonsault to the floor.
- Final sequence: Gable locks Ankle Lock on Cole, but Kyle hits Gable with the belt behind the ref’s back.
Winners: Cole, Strong & O’Reilly
Losers: Chad Gable & Creed Brothers
Post-Match: Undisputed ERA smirk as Gable solemnly raises the Creeds’ hands one last time.
5. Cody Rhodes vs Wardlow
Build:
After Show 19’s powerbombs, Cody calls Wardlow a “glorified hired gun.” Wardlow says Cody has ducked real threats for years.
Match Highlights:
- Brutal, physical match. Cody chops Wardlow down with disaster kicks, but Wardlow shrugs them off.
- Cody hits Cross Rhodes, but only gets 2.
- Wardlow blocks a second attempt and hits four straight powerbombs.
Winner: Wardlow
Post-Match: Wardlow stares at the ramp as CM Punk’s music briefly teases — a foreshadowing of the night to come.
6. AJ Styles vs Finn Bálor
Build:
A pure rivalry of pride. Two leaders of Bullet Club past collide with no factions, no distractions.
Match Highlights:
- Classic New Japan-style match. Hard counters and stiff shots.
- Bálor hits a 1916, AJ kicks out at 2.9.
- Styles goes for Phenomenal Forearm, Bálor dodges and hits Shotgun Dropkick.
- Bálor climbs for Coup de Grace, but AJ catches him and counters into a Styles Clash.
Winner: AJ Styles
7. Rey Mysterio, Ricochet & Speedball (c) vs House of Black – Trios Titles – Tornado Street Fight
Build:
House of Black vowed to end the “light” of the champions. The Trios Champs are ready for a street fight.
Match Highlights:
- Ricochet moonsaults off the stage into Brody King. Speedball and Matthews have a kick war.
- Rey uses trash cans and a kendo stick to beat down Buddy.
- Malakai Black hits Black Mass on Speedball through a chair.
- Brody King hits Gonzo Bomb on Rey through a table.
Winners & NEW Trios Champions: House of Black
8. Young Bucks (c) vs DIY vs Guevara & Jack Perry – Ladder Match – Tag Team Titles
Build:
Tensions boiled over from the triple threat at Show 19. Now it’s chaos with ladders.
Match Highlights:
- DIY hit a Meet in the Middle off the ladder on Perry.
- Sammy hits a Spanish Fly off a tall ladder onto Nick Jackson.
- Gargano climbs. Perry tips ladder—Ciampa holds it steady.
- DIY grabs the belts as crowd erupts!
Winners & NEW Tag Team Champions: DIY
9. Konosuke Takeshita vs LA Knight vs Damian Priest vs Kevin Owens (w/ ELP) – Intercontinental Championship
Build:
The IC division explodes. Knight’s charisma, Takeshita’s force, Priest’s brutality, and KO’s resurgence converge.
Match Highlights:
- KO and Priest brawl into the crowd.
- LA Knight hits BFT on Takeshita but gets pulled out by ELP.
- Priest sets up Razor’s Edge, KO counters with Stunner.
- KO climbs, hits Swanton Bomb on Takeshita, then Stunner to Knight.
Winner & NEW Intercontinental Champion: Kevin Owens
10. Kazuchika Okada vs Drew McIntyre
Build:
Two world-class warriors, no title, just pride.
Match Highlights:
- Okada controls early with pacing and dropkicks. Drew stuns him with a Claymore into the barricade.
- Drew goes for a second Claymore, Okada dodges and hits a Rainmaker.
- Drew kicks out!
- Final moments: Drew reverses a second Rainmaker into Future Shock, then Claymore.
Winner: Drew McIntyre
11. Hangman Page (w/ Wardlow) vs Swerve Strickland – #1 Contender Match
Build:
Swerve wants redemption. Hangman is riding high and backed by a monster.
Match Highlights:
- Classic face vs heel dynamic reversed. Swerve becomes the underdog.
- Wardlow interferes twice. Hangman lands Deadeye, but Swerve kicks out.
- Swerve climbs, but Wardlow shoves him off.
- Hangman hits Buckshot Lariat.
Winner: Hangman Page
Post-Match:
As Hangman celebrates… “LOOK IN MY EYES…”
CM PUNK RETURNS!
He walks to the ring. Crowd explodes.
Punk stares down Hangman… then hits a thunderous GTS.
Punk grabs the mic: “You’re not the real cowboy around here.”
12. MAIN EVENT: Kenny Omega (c) vs Will Ospreay – World Championship
Build:
The final chapter of one of wrestling’s greatest rivalries. Ospreay wants to dethrone the legend. Kenny has the Bullet Club Elite. Everyone’s waiting to interfere.
Match Highlights:
- Ospreay and Kenny go 15 minutes clean. Brutal V-Triggers and Oscutters.
- Chaos ensues:
- Balor and Bronson Reed run in to aid Omega.
- Styles, DIY, and even Randy Orton run in to even odds!
- The crowd is on fire.
- Kenny hits One Winged Angel, Ospreay kicks out at 1!
- Suddenly… Kyle Fletcher appears.
- He helps Ospreay up… then LOW BLOWS HIM.
**Omega hits a second One
Winged Angel.**
Winner & STILL Champion: Kenny Omega
Post-Match:
Fletcher puts on a Bullet Club jacket. Kenny, Bucks, Balor, and Fletcher pose…
Suddenly:
The System’s theme hits.
Hangman, Owens, McIntyre, Wardlow, Guevara, Perry, and El Phantasmo emerge on the ramp.Massive brawl erupts. Fists fly, tables break.
**CM Punk storms down with a chair and joins the brawl – swinging on everyone eventually chasing Hangman out.
