Seasons Beatings

Seasons Beatings (2019) was a Supercard event produced by World Championship CAWs. The event aired December 30th 2019 and was the final Supercard event World Championship CAWs produced in 2019. The main event was for the WCC World Championship and featured Iestyn Roberts and leader of the Empire, Thornton le Clay. Thornton le Clay won the match and the title after pinning Iestyn Roberts following a Pedigree. One of the other predominant matches on the card was the tag team Tables, Ladders and Chairs match between the other members of The Empire and the Bombay Bad Boyz. Another featured match was the Women's championship Triple Threat, won by reigning champion Jessica Saint.

## Storylines

On the November 22nd episode of World Championship CAWs Thornton le Clay approached Iestyn Roberts and offered him a position in The Empire - as it could be mutually beneficial for them. At the end of the episode Roberts came to the ring to address le Clay and rejected his offer. This prompted le Clay, Barton Willows and Percy Bolton of Empire to come to the stage. With Roberts focused on the members of the Empire, Rattigan attacked from behind and laid him out with a chokeslam. On the following episode le Clay came to the ring to declare they were beginning with rebuilding the British Empire, starting with with World Championship CAWs and nobody was going to stand in their way. This led to Austin Jones coming to the ring to confront le Clay. While this was occurring Rattigan appeared on the stage to confront him also, only to be hit in the back by Rex Bundy with a steel chair. In the melee Austin Jones hit le Clay with a Superkick. In the main event Iestyn Roberts beat Freddie Armani but was attacked by Rattigan following the final bell. As Rattigan made his way back up the ramp he was confronted by Rex Bundy and the two began brawling, needing officials to separate the two. Whilst this was going on le Clay tried to sneak attack Roberts but was thwarted. In the main event of episode ten Rex Bundy, Rattigan, Austin Jones and Thornton le Clay faced off for the number one contendership for the World Championship. First eliminated was Rattigan who was shortly followed by Jones. The match continued and Bundy was eventually eliminated by Thornton le Clay, although it required a trio of Pedigrees to put an end to the Georgia natives hopes of becoming #1 contender.

Having been unmasked at Something Halloween'y Sara Saint came to the ring on episode 8 to defend her actions. Jessica Saint then came to the ring and two sparred verbally before Sara returned backstage where she was confronted by Britney Beth. After Britney pinned Penny Pounds in the following match she challenged Sara to a match on the next episode. On episode 9 Britney beat Sara and, following the match produced a steel chair. Before she could hit Sara with the chair Jessica ran to the ring to intervene, wrestling the chair from Britney. As the "Extreme PAWG" rolled out of the ring Sara dropped Jessica with an X-Factor. On the December 20th episode Jessica came to the ring to challenge both Britney and Sara to a Triple Threat Women's Title match.

After defeating Starbuck and Power at Something Halloween'y the Bombay Bad Boyz didn't have any contenders for their tag titles. A tournament to determine number one contenders was put in place with the debuting Wolverines defeating Starbuck and Power on episode 8. Their opponents for the number one contendership were decided the following episode as Percy Bolton and Barton Willows of Empire teamed together to defeat The Shoreditch Vampires. On episode 10 The Wolverines faced Empire for the right to face the Bombay Bad Boyz at Seasons Beatings. Prior to the final bout of the tournament Empire came to the ring and antagonized the Bombay Bad Boyz stating they were going to "give them a preview". As Empire celebrated, following a narrow victory, they were attacked from behind by the Bombay Bad Boyz.

Following their defeat to the Wolverines Starbuck turned on his partner and attacked him on the stage, choking him out with a Cobra Clutch. On the following episode Starbuck was scheduled to have an interview with backstage interviewer Nick Lovejoy. After being quizzed as to why he turned his back on his partner Starbuck only replied "don't call me that [Starbuck] anymore" and left the interview. On episode 11 Starbuck was seen backstage walking through the car park wearing a new attire.

## Event

### Preliminary Matches

The show opened with Walter Church dressed as Santa Claus coming to the ring to reveal a new championship - The Commonwealth Championship, and announce an 8 man tournament to crown an inaugural winner. The first match of the tournament was scheduled for later in the event.

The opening contest was an exhibition match pitting Thirteen against the debuting Leopardo Oscuro, which the Mexican luchador won.

Match two saw Power take on Donnie Drescher in a qualifying match for the Commonwealth championship fatal four way at Gan Radge. Power came to the ring in just his underwear as his ring gear (the scuba outfit he had begun wearing as part of his quest to find a gimmick) had been stolen. Power looked to have the match won having hit a Tiger Driver and covered Drescher, however Starbuck's music played leading to Power chasing his former tag team partner through the arena after as Starbuck had stolen Power's ring gear. With Power now gone Drescher won the match via count out.

Match three was an impromptu title challenge as Rattigan enacted the wish he had won at Something Halloween'y to make challenge for the WCC World Championship whenever he wanted. Rattigan was unsuccessful however and Iestyn Roberts retained his championship ahead of the main event.

In the tag title match two members of the Empire (Barton Willows and Percy Bolton) faced off against the Bombay Bad Boyz in a Tables, Ladders and Chairs match. The match was action packed with both Karma Mistry and Percy Bolton going through a table. Veteran wrestler Bolton was also put through a ladder bridged between the apron and barricade. It seemed as though the Bombay Bad Boyz would retain, with Ali Kazam at the top of the ladder the lights went off and, when they came back up the leader of Empire Thornton le Clay had joined him. Throwing Kazam off he the top he helped his side claim the victory and the first titles for The Empire.

Match 5 was the Women's Triple Threat for the title, featuring Jessica Saint, Sara Saint and Britney Beth. As the bell rang Sara and Jessica approached each other to lock up but instead turned and laughed at Britney. It became apparent it was a swerve and Jessica and Sara were working together to beat down Britney Beth. After a Bicycle Kick from each sister, Jessica hit an X-Factor and covered Britney for the win and to retain the title.

The penultimate match saw Rex Bundy squash Freddie Armani. Earlier in the night Bundy had been the first guest on Armani's new talk show "The Salon". During the interview Armani had rubbed Bundy up the wrong way, leading to the match.

### Main Event

The main event saw Iestyn Roberts defend his title against Thornton le Clay. The two traded near falls and brawled outside the ring with le Clay spearing Roberts through the barricade at ringside. After a Swansea Swing, it looked as though Roberts was going to retain but the members of Empire came through the crowd and surrounded the ring. It was then Warmachine made his return, having not been seen since Something Halloween'y. He took down Willows while Percy Bolton handed le Clay a chair. Warmachine then dropped Bolton with a spear before an F5 only to be hit from the back by Willows. As the three brawled back up the ramp le Clay delivered a Pedigree and pinned Roberts to win the match.

## Aftermath

After Jessica Saint retained with the help of her sister The After School Club challenged the Saint twins to a match before going on to the DWF Super Tag League.

On the episode after Seasons Beatings Freddie Armani interviewed new champion Thornton le Clay who announced his personal "executioner" was going to put an end to Iestyn Roberts. Le Clay also issued a challenge for his first title defence to Diamond Donnie Drescher. In the main event Le Clay squashed Drescher and, with the other members of Empire beat down Drescher as the show went off the air.