RLW: Saturday Nite Slammin (8/20/22)

These are the official results and summary for the August 20th, 2022 episode of Rogue League Wrestling: Saturday Nite Slammin.

## Show Opener

### Intro from Joyce Malik

RLW CEO Joyce Malik came out at the beginning of the episode with employee Tasha Singleton, who was rehired after former RLW CEO Cassandra Pierce fired Tasha for a drawing of Xavier Ellis as a demon. Joyce welcomed the fans who came to RLW Performance Center, and offered an apology to Tasha and the RLW community for the hiatus and the past drama. The crowd reacted positively. Joyce and Talia left the ring after Vivacious' intro began to play. On their way backstage, Tasha and Joyce shook hands with Vivacious and gave him a hug before his match.

## First Match

### Vivacious vs. Jacob Young

Vivacious hit his finisher "Rainbow Beam" to obtain the win. He shakes hands with Jacob after the match.

**Winner: Vivacious**

**Average critic rating: A**

## Second Match

### Drella Vermeulen vs. Cam (prev. Cameron)

Cam gives Drella a diamond cutter from the top rope and wins via pinfall. Esme O'Connell comes out post-match to talk to Drella, still accusing her of cheating at RLW's Return event. Esme's demeaning words lead to a fight between her and Drella, which prompted security to come out and break the two up.

**WInner: Drella Vermeulen**

**Average critic rating: B+**

## Promo

### Celia Burns

Celia is in her dressing room, spray painting her wall with pictures of former tag partner Valentine Zepida plastered all over. Celia reminisces about her days with Zepida, back when "times were good". She asks Zepida to come talk to Celia face-to-face on the next episode of Saturday Nite Slammin. Celia walks away, as the camera pans and zooms in on a picture of Zepida smiling, with the words "Zepida Was The Real Bitch" covering her face.

**Average promo rating: C**

## Third match

### Joshua Grover and Kingston Clarke vs. Sujano and Dalton Castle

Joshua and KIngston win with a double powerbomb and a pinfall to both Sujano and Dalton. After the match, standing over what appears to be Dalton and Sujano's "lifeless" bodies, Kingston rips off his tank top, revealing the words "SUJANO IS A BIIIIIIIIIIITTCH!!!!!" written on his chest with permanent marker.

**Winner: Joshua Grover and Kingston Clarke**

**Average match rating: D**

## Fourth match

### Christin Yamamoto and Chris Nightmare vs. Desafio (Liane Smith and Dario Randalph)

Christin hit a Pedigree, and Chris hit his finisher, the "Nightmare Fuel", to get the win against Desafio. Before the match, Desafio gained very negative attention during their intro. The crowd was tired of hearing Desafio's theme, "Medication" by Royal Bliss, which was played for several weeks during their rivalry with Xavier Ellis and Leona Godin.

**Winner: Christin Yamamoto**

**Average match rating: A-**

## Pre-match promo

### Sylas Foster

Last minute, former SALVATION member Sylas Foster announces that he will face Mateo Lavernge in the main event, after Mateo, Queen Demon, Kaz Isla (prev. Ice King), and Xavier Ellis formed the new faction, "Demon's Court". Sylas calls Demon's Court "TOTAL Losers", in reference to DeAngelo's loss at All For One 2021.

## Main event

### Mateo Lavernge vs. Sylas Foster

During the match, Brynn Griffith sneaked behind Queen Demon and attacked her. As Brynn was losing her battle with QD, Leona Godin, ran from backstage to go and save Brynn. Xavier Ellis, without realizing Leona was behind him or looking behind his back, harshly pushed Leona to the ground, drawing shock from the crowd, despite the main event being the main focus of the night. Queen shoves Brynn to the ground, knocking her unconscious. Xavier claimed that he thought Leona was someone else. Leona refuted Xavier's claims and threatened violence. Mateo, annoyed by the drama outside of the ring, walked out of the RLW PC and refused to return, giving Sylas the win. Kaz Isla and QD went out of the PC to look for Mateo, leaving Brynn, Leona, and Xavier alone. Leona picks up Brynn as soon as she regains consciousness. After picking up Brynn, Leona and Xavier have a staredown, concluding the episode.

**Winner: Sylas Foster (DQ)**

**Average critic rating: A**

## Trivia

* Demon's Court debuted their official theme song, "Popular Monster" by Falling In Reverse. A majority of the crowd learned the lyrics weeks prior to the faction's official debut.
* This was the first episode of Saturday Nite Slammin filmed in 4K.

## Quotes

* *"Respect for Vivacious. Something Cassandra Pierce couldn't accomplish."* - RLW Commentator
* *"I see the same damn people every week! Tony Khan needs to let us rent Orange Cassidy for $25 an hour. We need freshly squeezed content here."* - RLW Commentator
* *"Your shoulders were up! I watched the film over and over and over! Your shoulders! UP! Just like your daddy in heaven!"* - Esme to Drella
* *"Sujano contributed nothing to society, except an intergender handicap match and pain and suffering to this company."* - RLW Commentator
* *"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!!!"* - Kingston Clarke
* *"Desafio? More like, DesafiNO! Get it! Hahaha, I want death."* - RLW Commentator
* *"Xavier pulled an Andrew Tate tonight, guys. A rare Xavier Ellis L. Him pushing Leona like that was mid. What's up, fellow kids?"* - RLW Commentator