001 - Saved State Premiere

* The Neïva Dawnblood/Kori Raine match resulted in Nei getting an AWGP contract and title shot.

With seemingly no problems that the creators of the Convergence could see, they activated the simulation...

...only for the intro sequence to MNR/TPW: Collision to appear on-screen.

Not wanting to risk a repeat of the catastrophe which befell the ill-fated previous iteration, the woman in control quickly stepped in to rectify her subordinate's accidental error. With both the constructed reality and their own saved, things *really* got started.

## Match 1 :: The Squadron 4-Way

With four people being involved, directly or otherwise, in the creation of MNR/TPW's components - promotions, (some of the) characters and prior storylines - the first match was a Fatal 4-Way between each of their flagship characters of the time, each of whom had enjoyed varying levels of infamy in Monday Night Raid: Varyss Mardian, Tharg Axebinder, Raelithen and Kalthoren Stonewall.

## Match 2 :: Men's Title Rush - Group One

With all seven groups of the two *Title Rush* events drawn before the opening bell - four for the men, three for the women - it was time to start whittling down fifty characters to see who would face off for the Men's and Women's Solo titles.

For the men, Group One consisted of half-elf tavern owner Sastri Rae'lyn, enigmatic Sylvari Sorrowmire, perennial underachieving Sith Arginin, the technologically-augmented Nightmare Courtier Raelithen, superpowered near-immortal Secret World warrior Kyle Mardian, hard-hitting Norn and *Tyrian Professional Wrestling* veteran Bjorn Stonekin, Blood Elf magister and nobleman Verenar Sunblaze and, lastly, the farmboy pyromancer himself: Varyss Mardian.

## Match 3 :: Men's Title Rush - Group Two

With one finalist for the men's title decided, it was time to decide a second. Drawn into the second pit of chaos? The crimson-skinned *"edgy boy"* of the Canticle Of Thorns, Firion, up against his superior; Noctaemis, the *Duke of Agony*. Forced into the ring against two thirds of one of *Monday Night Raid'*s most feared tag teams were Blood Knight commander Serafael Bloodstrider, perpetually-hooded Death Knight Feonyr Sunsorrow, two-time MNR champion Tharg Axebinder, the most stubborn Tauren in all of wrestling in the form of Magnadon Skychaser, Charr spirit-hunter Veyl Wraithbane and, lastly, the owner of the only Illusionary ATV in existence: Falarion Silverwind.

## Match 4 :: Men's Title Rush - Group Three

With half the men's final decided, finding the finalist from Group Three was the next order of business. Joining the world's bluest Sylvari, Arrenduin, was felmancer-turned-family man Amagh Sunwhisper, diminutive fletcher and part-time mercenary Zayne Kelley, mysterious Raven follower Dartall Blackstag, irreverent cyborg bounty hunter Zee'ce, Tyrian Professional Wrestling's resident asshole pirate Dante Signysson and one-eyed rogue Firiten Duskrunner.

And then the most chaotic - and well-dressed - Forsaken on Azeroth - Daemus Renn - showed up to ruin everything.

## Match 5 :: Men's Title Rush - Group Four

With there only being thirty wrestlers in the Men's Division in the first episode of MNR/TPW, the last group consisted of only six competitors; the only ones left. With no choice but to join the Canticle's *Painless Thorn* - Ramus Glacialis - in the ring to fight for their place in the final, the Sylvari wound up having quite the fight on his hands in the form of silver-haired Norn warrior Baelung, the man who once won an MNR ladder match in less than thirty seconds, Kalthoren Stonewall, the now much younger and uncaringly evil Troll hermit Pah, the Death Knight Rockstar Melovaiek Star-Scarlet and, lastly, the Science half of Chaotic Science, Der'ek.

## Match 6 :: "Jobsalot vs. Jobwhisper"

Mocked for being perennial underachievers in *Monday Night Raid*, Arginin and Amagh Sunwhisper got right back into action, in the hopes that pitting them against one another would force them into a fresh start and, for one of them, to abandon their losing ways. Being contested under *Falls Count Anywhere* rules, there was nowhere the two of them couldn't go.

## Matches 7-10 :: Women's Tag Tournament - First Round

With every single belt in the promotion needing inaugural holders, it was finally time to start another tournament. With eight teams set to battle it out for the gold, the draw solved the question of who would be facing who.

*Tyrian Professional Wrestling* stalwarts Hisako Tayasu and Hrona Seabird were up first, pitting themselves - as The Arch Avengers - up against their former employers; Dawn and Niva Maywind from The Dandy Lions carnival troupe.

The second match-up, however, was where the instabilities re-emerged. Rhaeadra and Rakshasi, as what would soon become Death Harmony, were drawn up against Order Of Whispers agent Aliana Meridan and bandit-hating mercenary partner Laura Kelley.

The Golden Hunters - consisting of Sith Inquisitor Ka'ci and her pet Zabrak bounty hunter Ek'ria - were up next. However, the luck of the draw couldn't have been less kind to them. Although there was another, arguably more sadistic, team on the roster, the Brawler Knights were far from a duo to be taken lightly.

However, it was the final match of the opening round that showed - at least, on paper - the starkest of mismatches. Pitting a pair of physically-active glamour models up against a former torturer of the Scourge and a morally-reprehensible assassin was something only a random draw could inflict. Nevertheless, the opening four matches were decided. And go ahead, they did.

## Matches 11 & 12 :: Women's Tag Tournament - Semi Finals

Despite, astoundingly, managing to win out against their mismatched opponents, The Model Team's nightmares weren't over yet. As, to their horror (and the surprise of no-one), the Brawler Knights had won *their* opening match too.

On the other side of the bracket, The Dandy Lions had met with similarly-surprising success. But, much like Soirane and Niri, they had a harrowing pair standing in their way. And, as she'd already proved, Rhaeadra wasn't above utilising her own abilities for her own personal gain; managing to extend their match to around three-quarters of an hour through her attempts to rewrite the outcome.

## Match 13 :: Noctaemis vs. Pah

A prolific villain from the arenas of *Monday Night Raid* against a newly-young heel who had already secured his berth in the Men's Title Rush final, this *"Villain vs. Villain"* pit the leader of the Canticle Of Thorns, Noctaemis against Pah to determine whether enduring villainy could win out over a relative change of heart.

## Match 14 :: Men's Tag Tournament - First Round, Match One

Just as the women had started to do, the men of the promotion had a set of Duo Titles to decide. The first match pit the colossal Norn powerhouses of the Arbiters Of Spirits against the undying opposition of The Ebon Blades

## Match 15 :: Women's Title Rush - Group One

With the finalists for the men's Solo Title decided, it was finally time for the women. With only twenty competitors fighting it out for the honour, the two eight-way matches were supplemented by an initial four-way match. Alongside TPW standouts Hisako Tayasu and Hrona Seabird was one half of The Model Team; Nireva Ku'zhar and Tharg's mohawked jawbreaker of a life-partner, Megrha Darkhowl.

## Matches 16-18 :: Men's Tag Tournament - Remainder Of The First Round

Before the rest of the Women's Title Rush groups got into the ring, the Men's Tag Tournament finished off its opening round. Irreverent mischief-makers Chaotic Science were drawn up against fellow new team DragonForce, while the far more experienced Canticle Of Thorns had a classic *Monday Night Raid* rematch against The Rough Riders.

This left the stealthy mercenaries of the Shadowbreakers to, quite literally, endure a trial by fire against The Red Mages.

## Match 19 :: Women's Title Rush - Group Two

Nevertheless fully prepared to feel the capricious whims of RNG, Bearclaw was first in the ring for one of the two eight-woman Title Rush groups. Standing in the ring with her was a who's who of imposing and often villainous figures; Sith Intelligence assassin Lae'ri Norvassa, musclebound ex-Blood Knight Neïva Dawnblood, Sylvari necromancer Rhaeadra, Zabrak bounty hunter Ek'ria, both members of The Dandy Lions and flashy mesmer Cherry Cotterill.

## Match 20 :: Women's Title Rush - Group Three

The final Title Rush group, no doubt feeling somewhat relieved that almost all of the hard-hitters had gone before them, were last to step in the ring. Thousand-day AWGP champion Kori Raine may have been the biggest target in the ring by far but, when pit against the other seven women - including a mercenary, a "demon", a martial artist, a former Scourge torturer, a Sith Inquisitor, an elementalist and a member of the Illuminati - even she would have her work cut out for her.

## Match 21 :: Men's Tag Tournament - First Semi-Final

Having overcome their much larger obstacles with superior experience and tactics, The Ebon Blades were able to secure their berth in the semi-finals. Lady Luck continued to smile on them, with their next opponents being the similarly inexperienced DragonForce. Despite their relative lack of experience as a team, Arginin and his new immortal ally weren't going to give up without a fight.

## Match 22 :: Battle of the Big Strong Girls

With an AWGP contract signed-and-sealed were she to win, Neïva Dawnblood jumped at the chance to face off against the promotion's greatest champion in a best-of-three falls match. What better way to test the integrity of the Brawler Knights than to see which of them brawled the best?

## Match 23 :: Men's Tag Tournament - Second Semi-Final

With one team already headed for the finals, it was finally time to decide who'd join them. With everyone remaining having been part of *Monday Night Raid* in some form or another, it was the turn of Shadowbreakers to face off against the Canticle Of Thorns to see who'd get one step closer to the gold.

## Match 24 :: Women's Title Rush - Grand Final

While one of the last three women standing from the Title Rush tournament was somewhat expected, given her successes in TPW, the two standing across from her had overcome the odds to get this far. In an all-*Guild Wars 2* match-up, flashy mesmer Cherry Cotterill and bandit-hating mercenary Laura Kelley were the only two people left to try and stop Seabird's path of destruction!

## Match 25 :: Men's Tag Tournament - Grand Final

Just as they had perpetually done in *Monday Night Raid*, the Canticle Of Thorns had once again been denied tag-team gold. Eager to make a name for themselves in the ring, the Shadowbreakers had never let anything like size or experience stand in their way... and they weren't going to start now.

## Match 26 :: Women's Tag Tournament - Grand Final

Over on the women's side of the roster, the Tag Tournament had been reduced to what appeared to be a mismatch, pitting the two biggest women up against the mostly non-combatant organisers of *Tyrian Professional Wrestling*.

## Match 27 :: Men's Title Rush - Grand Final

And, to round off the episode, only the Men's Solo Title remained undecided. And, with three heels in the ring along with him, Bjorn Stonekin found his immense size being somewhat less of an advantage than it otherwise would have been.