WWYD5

## Overview

The tournament became shrouded in the dark Med Event Mafia Dominate Damian storyline, in many ways a sequel to the events of WWYD4. Following the Queen's Cup IV, Commissioner William Regal had been suspended by The Consortium Inc. Chairman Sir Charles Lynton following a successful lawsuit against the WWYD Franchise by Lauren Jauregui with Monica Bellucci acting as her legal representative. This also signaled the de facto reformation of the Med Event Mafia. Damian Hurley was installed as the new commissioner, and Bellucci immediately resumed her abusive relationship with him, effectively bullying him into making decisions. This was a factor throughout the tournament as Damian was coerced into making decisions that favoured the Meds several times, including, most controversially, Shields-gate in which Pantheon-member Brooke Shields was disqualified on dubious evidence for submitting a "doctored shot" in her Semi-Final match with Bellucci, which finished as a 50-50 draw. This sent Bellucci through to the final, where she faced Shields's close friend, Cindy Crawford, won narrowly beat Bellucci 52-48 and dedicated her win to Shields and the USA.

## Storylines and Controversies

The tournament featured a notable amount of drama from start to finish. Just prior to the tournament, Dr Willa Wanda discovered that Lola Ferrari had starred in pornography which is grounds for being banned from WWYD according to the Rules. Monica Bellucci immediately pressured Commissioner Damian Hurley into replacing Ferrari with a Med, but Sir Charles Lynton had other plans and ordered Damian to appoint Penny Morduant instead, hoping to catch some of the buzz surrounding her recent appearance at the coronation of King Charles III. When Damian did as Lynton said, Bellucci whipped him as punishment. Shortly after, Liz Hurley persuaded her son, Damian, to change her position in the bracket, which he agreed to.

In Round 1, Head Referee Walter Day was very active and issued a lot of yellow cards -- in contrast to, for example, WWYD3 in which there were almost no yellow cards. Day was keen to crack down on what he viewed as a new trend, "covert campaigning". This led him into conflict with cows, the champion of Pheobe Tonkin who was given a red card leading to the disqualification of Tonkin late in her match with Jessica Alba which he was already losing 67-33. In Round 2, Day also banned Red Fez, the champion of Marylin Monroe, from nominating future contestants after it was found he was deliberately trying to get Barbara Palvin disqualified.

Also in Round 2, Bellucci did not wish to face Marylin Monroe. The entire Med Event Mafia stormed his office, Ana de Armas held him in a chokehold while Lauren Jauregui performed butt-splashes on his back. Bellucci demanded that he change her booking so that her opponent would be Barbie Ferreira while Monroe would face Palvin. Damian passed out, but later announced this change.

After the Quarter-Final draw, Damian failed to announce the contestants for the Queen's Cup V and were again assaulted by de Armas and Jauregui. de Armas gave him a Chinese burn as Jauregui demanded that he announce a list that had been devised by Hayek and Bellucci. Naturally both de Armas and Jauregui were on the list.

As the tournament proceeded, it became clear that the Quarter-Finals would be a virtual repeat of the WWYD4 Quarter-Finals sans Jennifer Connelly, who was now defending her WWYD Undisputed Championship. The three remaining Pantheon members, Michelle Pfeiffer, Brooke Shields and Cindy Crawford made it to the Elite Eight along with three Med Event Mafia members, Salma Hayek, Penelope Cruz and Bellucci. The other two places were taken by GTFO, the team consisting of Liz Hurley and Scarlett Johansson, though both lost their respective matches to Shields and Bellucci. Hayek and Cruz lost to Crawford and Pfeiffer respectively. This meant that all three Pantheon members made the Semi-Finals together with Bellucci of the Meds. The development of the tournament thus reignited the Med Event Mafia vs. The Pantheon feud.

In the Semi-Finals, Bellucci and Shields tied 50-50, while Crawford narrowly defeated Pfeiffer 51-49. However, while the upper management of the WWYD Franchise were meeting to decide on how to resolve the tie, they were surprised by Hayek who arrived with Cruz, Jauregui and De Armas to demonstrate that Shields had submitted a doctored shot in her match. Sir Lynton left the decision to Damian, who was late for a hair appointment. As he was leaving Sir Lynton's Office, he was jumped by Hayek, Jauregui and De Armas who put him into the boot of a car. Later, a heavily bruised and beaten Damian announced that Shields had been disqualified and Bellucci would advance to howls of outrage by the audience. Pundits Alan Hansen and Mark Lawrenson were especially aggrieved and started a campaign to oust Damian as commissioner. This event became known as Shields-gate. Shields was distraught and in tears at the decision, and Crawford vowed to avenge her friend in the final. Pfeiffer and Shields then launched a boycott against Damian and refused to appear in the third-placed matchup, accepting fines for their failure to appear. They also refused to appear in the planned number 1 contenders group at Queen's Cup V stating that they wanted Damian Hurley to be removed from power. The Med Event Mafia launched their own "counter-boycott" and also refused to appear in the number 1 contenders group until an official investigation was launched into the final of WWYD5.

The final was won by Crawford, who dedicated her victory to Shields.

After the tournament, the Med Event Mafia abducted Damian yet again, dragging him to the Med Event Mafia Lair where Bellucci sat on a throne. Bellucci and the Meds also coerced Damian into fixing the groups so that Lauren Jauregui faced incredibly weak opposition, which included Hurley *himself*, who would become the first ever male contestant.

## Links

* Round 1, Bracket 1
* Round 1, Bracket 2
* Round 2
* Round 3
* Quarter-Finals
* Semi-Finals
* Final