Ace with the Case

Ace with the Case was a Supercard event produced by World Championship CAWs. The event aired September 4th 2020 and took place in London, England. The event was the first WCC Supercard to include the Ace with the Case ladder stipulation as the main event after the special Wrestlemania weekend show By Popular Demand.

Six matches were contested at the event including the main event that saw Fujimoko win the Ace with the Case briefcase and ensure a championship match with the World champion, elsewhere on the card Kathy Kross ended Jessica Saint's 400+ day reign as women's champion and former World champion Iestyn Roberts won his second title in WCC - the tag team championship alongside long time friend Warmachine.

## Storylines

Heading into the event the main story centred on who would become the "Ace with the Case" and win the eponymous ladder match and secure a guaranteed title shot. An eight man tournament commenced on episode 19 with former Commonwealth champion Raze defeating Barton Willows of The Empire. On episode 20 The Gypsy King Rattigan defeated Ali Kazam to qualify for the ladder match. Later in the night Rattigan came face to face with Raze with the two trading barbs. On the following episode Fujimoko quickly squashed Freddie Armani in a rematch of their Game Over pre-show encounter. Meanwhile backstage Thornton le Clay requested Percy Bolton "do the right thing" and let le Clay win in order to progress to the ladder match. Percy however declined and on episode 22 the two members looked set to face off only to be interrupted by Jack Ketch. Ketch proceeded to attack le Clay with the referee distracted ensuring Percy's place in the ladder match.

At Game Over Austin Jones fought Thirteen in the Dreamed Realm, beating him in the middle of the ring after tracking him through the arena. On the July 18th episode of World Championship CAWs Austin Jones returned and called out Thirteen, challenging him to a match. On the following episode Thirteen was scheduled to take on Jones but during his entrance the camera cut backstage to Thirteen who had attacked the General Manager Walter Church. In his place he sent the Shoreditch Vampires to face Jones who took advantage of the numbers advantage and won. After the match the two attacked the champion with a steel chair as the show went off the air. On the go home episode Thirteen appeared on location at a farm where he challenged Jones to an Iron Circle match for the World title.

After another successful title defence at Game Over Jessica Saint came to the ring at the beginning of episode 19 to celebrate 356 days as Women's champion. During her celebration she was interrupted by a debuting Kathy Kross. After an exchange of words the two had an impromptu match with Kross coming out the victor, following the match Kross put Saint through a table. On the following episode Kathy Kross was interviewed by Freddie Armani in The Salon, during her interview she was attacked by Jessica Saint with a steel chair. Banged up and bandaged Kross competed in her first official match against Britney Beth. Kross would go on to win only for Jessica to rush the ring and stare her down before delivering an X-Factor. On episode 22 a five woman gauntlet match took place to crown a number one contender. The match opened with Delilah Black taking on Rosa Diablo. Diablo won with a frog splash and would face Kathy Kross next who was attacked from behind by Jessica Saint, slamming Kross into the steel steps. Kross would manage to beat Diablo and faced the 4th entrant, Cherry Pi who she would beat with the Ayr Raid. Before the fifth entrant Sara Saint's music played she snuck to the ring to attack Kross with a kendo stick. Despite wrestling two matches and being attacked at different times by both Saint sisters Kross managed to come through and pick up a third straight win to ensure she would be the number one contender.

Teaming together in the Dynamite Classic Iestyn Roberts and Warmachine formed the MegaForce with the two massively muscled wrestlers winning the final and ensuring a tag team title match at Ace with the Case. In the first round they beat LA Vice before a victory over the Shoreditch Vampires in the semifinals set up a final match against The Purist and The Emulator. A third win and MegaForce became the inaugural Dynamite Classic winners and would go on to face The Wolverines for the WCC Tag Team Titles.

On the episode after Game Over Thirteen came to the ring to call out Austin Jones but was instead interrupted by Thornton le Clay demanding the return of The Empire's executioner Jack Ketch. Le Clay went to pedigree Thirteen but the lights went out and he was attacked by Ketch. Over the following weeks Ketch continued to attack le Clay including an attack during his Ace with the Case qualifying match. Tired of the attacks le Clay challenged Ketch to an East End Street Fight at the Supercard.

## Event

#### Preliminary Matches

The show opened with Commonwealth champion Rex Bundy storming to the ring and demanding a match, after verbally berating the crowd the camera focused on one person, the Professional Hardcore Wrestler, Zulite the Great who was in the front row. The two had an impromptu match with ZTG getting the upper hand hitting a Rolling Thunder and a Superkick but before he could pin Jake Major came down to ringside and caused a distraction allowing Bundy to capitalise and retain the title.

The second match saw Jessica Saint defend the women's title against Kathy Kross. The match began with the two exchanging strikes and Saint rolling out of the ring. After a series of submission attempts Jessica would make a brief comeback only to be halted by Kross with a crucifix followed by an Ayr Raid to finish and end Saint's 419 day reign as champion.

The following match was for the WCC Tag Team Championship. The Wolverines came close to picking up the win following a double team finisher to Warmachine but the pin was broken up by Iestyn Roberts. An F5 to DJ was kicked out of, followed by Victor breaking up a pin attempt after a clothesline. A second F5 proved to be enough to keep DJ down and for the MegaForce to pick up the win.

The second half of the show started with the East End Street Fight between Thornton le Clay and Jack Ketch. The match was fought with le Clay introducing a variety of weapons, including the ring steps, a steel chair and a rounders bat. Following a pedigree and two count le Clay brought a table into the ring, only for Ketch to spear him through it. A second pedigree led to a near fall but Ketch kicked out before finishing le Clay with a Gallows Drop.

The next match took place away from the arena as Austin Jones defended the World title against Thirteen at a farm in Cornwall. After knocking Thirteen to the floor Jones began working him over with a kendo stick. A second Superkick was enough to knockout Thirteen and Jones would retain.

#### Main Event

The main event was a four man ladder match for the Ace with the Case briefcase. The four competitors were: Percy Bolton, Rattigan, Fujimoko and Raze. The finish saw all four men scrapping outside the ring, with Raze taken out by a European Uppercut, Fujimoko took advantage and climbed the ladder unbeknownst to Rattigan and Percy Bolton who were grappling with one another.

## Aftermath

After the final credits Thirteen is seen talking to the Supreme Master whose face is never seen, he apologises for being unable to beat Austin Jones. The Supreme Master walks away and says he'll do it himself.

On the following episode World Championship CAWs owner Annabelle Church unveiled a new General Manager following the disappearance of her uncle Walter. The new GM would be her fiancé and leader of the Empire Thornton le Clay. Le Clay would go on to make some announcements including the suspension of Thirteen and the committal of Jack Ketch to the Loomis Psychiatric Institute.

Backstage Annabelle Church informed Kathy Kross she wasn't the "kind of person" they wanted as Women's champion and asked Kathy to drop the belt. When Kathy refused to relinquish the belt Ms. Church declared she would be expected to defend the belt 24/7 and there was now a £10,000 bounty placed on her.