Appetite for Destruction

Appetite for Destruction was a Supercard event produced by World Championship CAWs. The event aired on April 17th 2021 and saw the company return to Newcastle for the first time since Gan Radge. The main event saw Iestyn Roberts retain the World championship against Raze.

On the undercard Kathy Kross beat Britney Beth in a parking lot brawl for the WCC women's championship and The Wolverines beat the team of ZTG and Rattigan to become number 1 contenders for the WCC tag team titles.

## Storylines

At New Year's Wresolution Kathy Kross was attacked by someone in biker gear in the car park, powerbombing her through a car windscreen resulting in Kross being taken to the local hospital. Kross would return later in the night in an ambulance and beat Annabelle Church for the women's title. On episode 31 Kross jumped Victoria Wolfe after her match and declared she was "done playing nice" and was going to find out who attacked her. On the March 5th episode Kross would beat Cherry π. After the match Kross grabbed a chair but before she could do any damage was stopped by Akiko. The two would square off on the following episode with Kross winning. After the match Kross was jumped by the biker again who revealed herself to be Britney Beth and challenged Kross to a title match at Appetite for Destruction.

During the Royal Rumble at New Year's Wresolution DJ Wolfe eliminated ZTG but was immediately eliminated himself when ZTG hit him with a low blow. The pair would face off on the following episode with ZTG coming out on top. After the match Victor Wolfe jumped ZTG and locked in a Victorious Crossface. DJ would hand him a chair but would be stopped by Rattigan. On the next episode DJ Wolfe would beat Rattigan with a roll up following a distraction from Empire member Barton Willows. Later in the night Victor Wolfe was set to face Iestyn Roberts but was attacked by ZTG. ZTG was then laid out by Roberts who in turn repelled an attack from Raze. The four were then put into a tag team match, with the winner becoming WCC champion. Iestyn Roberts would pin Victor Wolfe to retain. On episode 34 The Wolverines manager Mistah Woose came to the ring to challenge Rattigan and ZTG to a tag match for the number 1 contendership. Rattigan appeared on the ramp, distracting Woose for ZTG to sneak into the ring and hit him with a Superkick.

On episode 31 Walter Church returned and threatened a mutiny unless his old job was reinstated. The following episode Walter came to the ring and reiterated if he wasn't reinstated the roster would go on strike. Thornton le Clay would come out and offer Walter a co-GM role alongside each other. The two would then go on to book matches with Church putting le Clay in a match against the Beast of Bodmin. Backstage on episode 33 le Clay would inform Walter he had hired someone especially to wrestle him. On episode 34 le Clay revealed Church's opponent, he would face Big Bubba Sanders in the opening contest at Appetite for Destruction.

On the February 5th episode Hollywood Herb attempted to add Raze to his talent pool, however the former Commonwealth champion seemed disinterested. However at the end of the show, following a confrontation between Warmachine and Iestyn Roberts, Raze would surprise Roberts from behind and hit the Champ with his finisher. On the following episode, Raze alongside Victor Wolfe would lose a tag match against Roberts and ZTG. In main event of the go home show Raze competed in a five man number one contenders match against Fujimoko, The Beast of Bodmin, Leopardo Oscuro and Crosshair. Raze would go on to win and would  deliver set to face Iestyn Roberts at Appetite for Destruction.

On episode 31 Thirteen came to the ring flanked by the Shoreditch Vampires to give Fujimoko an ultimatum - hand over the Ace with the Case or Ko-Lee would be married off to the Beast of Bodmin. Fujimoko once again refused and beat Thirteen in the main event. On episode 32 Fujimoko travelled to the Beast's home in Dorset but was unsuccessful in stopping the wedding. In the main event of episode 33 The Beast of Bodmin, alongside his new bride Ko-Lee would defeat Thornton le Clay. Meanwhile his minions The Shoreditch Vampires attacked Fujimoko.

## Event

### Preliminary Matches

The show began with a one sided beat down as Big Bubba dominated Walter Church. Pinning him a number of times before lifting him off the matt. Eventually Jack Ketch's music played distracting the referee and Big Bubba allowing Ketch to hit a Gallows Drop and for Church to pick up the win.

The following match was a Bunkhouse Brawl for the tag team number one contendership. Both teams came to the ring in street gear and proceeded to use a series of weapons on one another. In the end Victor Wolfe would force Rattigan to tap out to the Victorious Deathlock ensuring The Wolverines would be number one contenders for the tag straps.

The next match was for the WCC women's title and was a parking lot brawl. The match would come to its conclusion when Britney Beth scaled a trailer only to be followed up by Kathy. Once up there Kathy would toss Britney 20ft to the concrete before pinning her for the victory.

The penultimate match of the night saw Fujimoko take on the Beast of Bodmin with Ko-Lee. The match was a hard hitting back and forth with the Beast being bloodied following a knee strike to the head. The end of the match would come with Ko-Lee spraying poison mist in Fujimoko's face while on the outside of the ring this allowed the Beast to drag him back into the ring and finish him with a Beast Bomb. After the match ended the Beast carried his fallen foe backstage.

### Main Event

The main event saw Iestyn Roberts defend the World title against Raze. Raze was accompanied to the ring by Hollywood Herb who would interfere on his behalf throughout the match. Including a low blow to Iestyn Roberts when the referee was distracted. Roberts would finally retain after hitting Raze with a fourth Swansea Swing.

## Results

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## Aftermath

Immediately after the bloody and brutal World title match general manager Thornton le Clay rushed to the ring and hit Roberts with the World title before declaring "anybody loyal to co-GM Walter Church will be treated as a traitor to the company and be punished accordingly". Backstage members of The Empire attacked the other members of the roster as vesti la giubba played.