Heavy Metal 2017 (RLS Universe PPV)

​​​Heavy Metal 2017 was a UNION Wrestling Live Event that took place on the 12th October 2017, at the Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto.
It was the final Live Event of UW's "First Cycle", preceded by Open Challenge 2017 and followed by the first Live Event of the Second Cycle.
== Background: ==
# The traditional dark match was confirmed during the pre-show live fan event as being a Brawl Championship invitational match, which eventually saw yet-to-debut UW newbie Skorch answer the call of champion Matsuda (see card/aftermath below).
# Mayhem and Ace's return to action, together, to attempt to foil new Inter Championship challenger Bull Fraser, lead to the confirmation of them opening the main show in a Singles Match (with Ace at ringside).
# HDMC would battle Tag Team Champions The Coalition in a Tornado Hardcore Brawl.
# Birdy and Women's World Championship Lara Grey will end their long running feud in a Cell Match.
# Taki and Brittany Guile will end their feud in a Fall Count Anywhere Match.
# The United Kingdom's attacks on both WWE guests Christian and Chris Jericho lead to the Canadian superstars challenging the heels to a Tornado Cell Match at the event.
# Temp GM would challenge World Champion Broderick to a match at Heavy Metal by attacking him during the last Live From The Union episode.
== Card: ==
# 	Results 	Stipulation(s) 	Finish
1D	Matsuda def. Skorch 	Brawl Championship Invitational Match 	Skorch suplexed through ladder and pinned.
2 	Bull Fraser def. Mayhem (c) (with Ace) 	Inter Championship Singles Match 	Mayhem hit with Bulldozer and pinned.
3 	The Coalition (c) (Zander Adder & Bane) def. HDMC (HD & MC) 	Tag Team Championship Tornado Hardcore Brawl	Bane pinned HD following Chokeslam.
4 	Lara Grey (c) def. Birdy 	Women's World Championship Cell Match 	Birdy hit with Greyhug Slam and pinned.
5 	Taki def. Brittany Guile 	Falls Count Anywhere Match 	Brittany Guile knocked out on crowd area railing and submitted.
6 	The United Kingdom (Rafe Daniels & Bane) def. Christian & Chris Jericho	Tornado Grudge Cell Match 	Christian hit with Righteous Force and pinned.
7 	Broderick (c) def. The Maverick 1 	World Championship Hardcore Brawl 	Maverick pinned after the Crater Maker.
D= Traditional Dark Match
1= Virgil Baker then cashed in briefcase to become World Champion
== Aftermath: ==
As this was the last Live Event for the First Cycle, the aftermath of it's matches won't be known just yet, and it's likely at least some of the storylines here are finished and considered anecdotal now at best.
== Trivia: ==
* Only the higher ups within the promotion knew Virgil Baker would be cashing in. Baker, himself, only found out when he was presented with a plane ticket.
* Rumours of punishment for comments made during a promo by Bull Fraser were proven to be false, as his push was given more of a rub by managing to best both members of The Deck's reformation to win the Inter Championship.
* Tyson Kidd was rumoured to be appearing to tip the balance towards Christian and Chris Jericho in their match with The United Kingdom. This was eventually proven false by The UK's face turn.
== Behind-The-Scenes: ==
* As ever, more info about this event- and the whole universe- can be found here, on the 2K Forums.
* Having Virgil cash in was as much to remove the last little remnant of the WWE from the Universe ready for 2K18 as it was wanting the shock ending.
* Although rationalised as there being one less match than usual because of the expected overtime needed for the special matches, here, the actual reason was to have two identical main events to compensate for the cash-in.
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