Quick Point; I am doing this- but I'm far from 100% so that's my excuse if there's any typos today. I don't know what my excuse is on all the other days, but yeah.
Week Commencing- June 1st
I think it's pretty safe to assume that "The Mega Powers" won't be on Elimination Chamber, and as you'll see in my Predictions I don't think the 6 Teams will be the 6 that cross the threshold of the Chamber- but it won't be "The Mega Powers" so we'll be starting on RAW.
RAW
We basically have Three Months between now and Summerslam so I'm going to be relatively quick in terms of a transition- but at the same time Axel isn't just going to show up one week and decide he's a Serious Competitor Again. This RAW will be the start of it all when they get Squashed by The Ascension- crucially with "Macho Mandow" taking the Pin.
Smackdown
When I say Squash against The Ascension I mean around 2-3 Minutes. On Smackdown The Mega Powers will come up against Rowan & Harper and they'll get beaten in literally 20 Seconds with Axel not even getting into the Match. With Axel in the Corner looking fed up after "Macho Mandow" has just been killed.
Week Commencing- June 8th
As with the Leo Kruger Post I don't mind using Smackdown to further a story as long as they acknowledge it on RAW- however that isn't even necessary for this week as you'll see.
RAW
This is where we'll get a truly unique occurrence in that we'll get an exact repeat of something that happened on Smackdown on RAW. I truly bring the unique ideas to these blogs don't I? I'm assuming every single member of WWE's creative team are reading this to get new ideas so- You can have that one for free guys!
Smackdown
There'll be a Backstage Promo type segment where "Macho Mandow" is doing his Savage impersonation and then he turns to Axel who does his Axelmania stuff half-heartedly.
Week Commencing- June 15th
We're two weeks in and I've already planted the seeds for a turn, what you'll see from here on out is me going to a more reality based theme to the way I book Axel. Also you'll notice I completely ignored MITB because Axel's in the weird limbo stage and he isn't ready for a PPV Match yet.
RAW
Similar to Smackdown we'll get a Backstage thing with Sandow going full steam ahead with the Macho Mandow stuff before Axel comes in get's halfway through with absolutely no passion or intensity with what he's saying before he Shouts "CUT". We then have a Producer come on asking him what the Problem is and Axel just says "What am I doing here?" before walking off.
Smackdown
Axel won't necessarily be featured, but Macho Mandow will have a match and the commentators will use said match to discuss Axel, what happened on Monday and what it means. (Of course Mandow will be squashed).
Week Commencing- June 22nd
I'm hoping a few of you will have already picked up on what I'm doing here to create a contrast- in that Axel was quite literally a caricature as is Mandow so turning to a more reality based ideology when it comes to booking Axel so you'll notice the difference even more so than you would otherwise.
RAW
Macho Mandow comes out with a Mic and does his Macho Mandow stuff to call out Axel. Axel comes out without any music- and he's just in his normal Axel trunks no Axelmania stuff on them etc. Mandow asks him what he's doing in effect- and this is the turn moment. Axel says he's fed up of being a joke, he's one of the best WRESTLERS in the company and he deserves some respect- before Decking Mandow and going mental to the point where Mandow gets stretchered out (I'd use this as a way to write "Macho Mandow" off TV and bring him back as Sandow somewhere down the line).
We then get a Backstage Interview with Axel where he says for his whole career he's compromised whether it's joining up with Heyman, The Royal Rumble or The Mega Powers- and he's not going to compromise any more and he warns the whole Locker Room not to get in his way.
Smackdown
Replay of what happened on RAW, with the commentators subsequently discussing Axel and what he could mean by it all.
Week Commencing- June 29nd
If you didn't already know I write these just off the top of my head so I don't really plan that much for these (which is probably a bad thing) so I'm not entirely sure how high up the card I'm going to take this new attitude for Axel- but in terms of story it works so I'm perhaps going to stretch it a bit, and hey it's Fantasy Booking after all.
Also I should point out Axel's entrance is going to be a complete lack of an Entrance now- pretty much the Old Kozlov Entrance where he just has a Spotlight on him with the Lights out and no music.
RAW
Axel comes out for a Promo, he references the fact he helped Brock & Rock prepare for their returns and he's fed up of being the "other" guy. Then he goes on to talk about Ryback (maybe CM Punk) and Sandow. Then saying there's someone who's hated me from the moment I stepped into this company and he's coming for them, before he exits.
Smackdown
We get a Replay of the Promo from RAW with subsequent commentary discussion over who it could be.
Week Commencing- July 6th
Some of you may be ahead of me in terms of who the "someone" is- and how it may be stretching, but for me the story fits and as such I'm going to run with it.
RAW
We get one of those sit-down interviews with Michael Cole, but Axel makes him pretty much runaway before he pulls out this picture...
He then literally cuts a Promo to the picture, doing "The Rock Says" stuff and all of the other Rock stuff but in a mocking way so stuff like "The Rock Says Nobody Respects Curtis Axel", "The Rock Says Curtis Axel is coming for someone" that kind of stuff. So it looks like he's gone off the deep end but at the same time he looks menacing and dangerous.
Later on in the Night Axel crashes a match involving Neville (it'll become clear, trust me) and once again goes so hard on him that he has to be stretchered out.
Smackdown
We get a Replay of the attack on Neville by Axel and commentary discussion, then later on we get a Backstage Attack on Kalisto.
Week Commencing- July 13th
If you read my "Booking Wrestlemania 32" post you may know the core of this feud and what I'm going to do, but it has different competitors so you have to keep reading still.
RAW
Axel comes out for a Promo, and says that if people won't respect them he'll take them out and he is the future of this business whether the "people in the back" want to admit it or not. Before Kane comes out and says that Respect is Earned and (per the Authority) he is going to beat some respect into him. Axel's first match with his new attitude against Kane- and it goes for roughly 10 minutes with Axel winning. I'd have him use a Submission Move- preferably an Armbar because of Rousey. He won't let the Armbar go even after Kane's tapped and the whole time he's yelling "YOU WILL RESPECT ME" before roughly half a dozen refs/agents are able to pull him off he then grabs a mic and cuts a Promo saying at Battleground he's coming for "you" and watch your back, because it's play time.
Smackdown
Replay of the match and brutalisation of Kane from Axel with a commentary discussion after saying who the "you" could be.
Kane then comes out even though he's clearly got an injured arm and calls out Axel for a Rematch. Axel comes out and says clearly he hasn't earned the Respect of Kane yet and says he'll give him a Rematch. However before the bell rings Axel blind-sides Kane and goes mental on him with the two main spots being a Con-Chair-To with one chair wrapped around Kane's Elbow and then an Armbar with said Chair still on but of course it's bent out of shape now. I'd use this to write Kane off TV for the time being because he's not really going anywhere with "Corporate Kane" now- so they could use this gap to point him in a new direction.
Battleground
We get a Replay of the Smackdown brutality from Axel on Kane on the Pre-Show Panel thing and they discuss who Curtis Axel is going to target tonight.
Throughout the Night various expendable Authority Members will be taken out off Camera with Trips and Steph discovering the backstage.
Triple H and Steph come out for a Promo and they're angry saying whoever is doing it to come out now. Lights go Off and Axel enters. Axel comes in to the ring and blames him for his career going off the rails, how it always has to be about him and how HHH never respected him and how he'll destroy his future (NXT) and Neville and Kalisto were just the start. Triple H looks furious and swings for Axel but he catches him, Perfect-Plexes him before getting him into the Armbar but just briefly because Stephanie will somehow get Axel off of HHH before Trips Retreats, with Axel going mental in the ring.
Week Commencing- July 20th
It's Fantasy Booking, and as I've said the story fits given the way Triple H pretty much refused to put Axel over when he was put up against him and made it all about him so I've run with it.
RAW
Triple H comes out (without Stephanie) to open the show and calls out Axel. They cut to the Big Screen with Axel clearly outside somewhere, they zoom out and he's outside the Performance Center and says this is HHHs Baby, let's have some fun. These'll be a series of Pre-Tapes throughout the Night all with the goal of antagonising Trips.
First of the Pre-Tapes is Axel going into the Performance Center and trashing the Reception Area of it with innocent bystanders screaming for Security.
Second of the Pre-Tapes starts with Axel laughing into the Camera with 2 or 3 Security Guys decked behind him and then he goes into the Gym Area and yells at a smattering of people who are at the Performance Center (but not on TV) to get out, before there's a strategically placed trainee wearing a DX T-Shirt who Axel goes over to, rips the shirt off and then throws him into a wall.
Third of the Pre-Tapes is Axel (now wearing the DX Shirt) going into the Office Area and spotting Billy Gunn (I think he works at the PC now) he goes over to him, Does the DX Chop before unloading on him.
Fourth and Final Pre-Tape will take place at the end of the show and it'll have Triple H in the ring at RAW looking on.
Axel's in the Ring area of the Performance Center. Specifically the Middle One (For Reference...)
All the Lights in the Ring Area apart from the one hovering over the Middle Ring will be out. Axel is in the ring with Billy Gunn who's clearly out of it. Axel says "Do You Respect Me Yet Hunter" before Ripping off the DX Shirt and throwing it at the Camera before Pedigree-ing Billy Gunn. They then cut to Triple H who looks furious in the Ring to End the Show.
Smackdown
We get a Montage of what happened on RAW with all of the Pre-Tapes and extended commentary discussion over how Triple H will react on commentary during one of the meaningless matches.
Week Commencing- July 27th
As you'll see I'm really having fun with this now, and it all fits- Axel will never feud with HHH in a Million Years given their relative positions, but this would work and it all fits and just proves that there's so much untapped potential feud wise on the WWE Roster because a lot of people have been pigeon-holed and are having the supposed Brass Rings taken away from them.
RAW
The RAW Opening Package is a Replay of what Axel did on the Prior RAW. Axel opens the show and calls Triple H out saying he wants a match with him at Summerslam. Nobody comes out and Axel says he hasn't learned his lesson yet and will respect him.
Mid-Way through the Night during a match (a pointless one, so most likely a Divas one) we cut to the Titan-Tron with Axel in the Backstage Area saying he's "Hunting Hunter" before creeping around and going into Gorilla with all the Agents and then seeking out Triple H who won't be there- so Axel getting angry sees Road Dogg and throws him over a Desk and starts punching him before Kidman etc. pull him off.
RAW ends with Axel once again in the Ring to call out Triple H- they cut to the Big Screen and it's Triple H's time to have some fun. (This of course isn't going to be the actual real thing, but similar to the Paul Bearer ashes thing it'd be huge within kayfabe). The Camera Pans out and Triple H is in a Graveyard. He then starts walking and as he is he's saying how Axel supposedly wants to eliminate Triple H's future in NXT, so he thought he'd come to Minnesota to see where it all began for Axel. Triple H stops in front of a Tombstone and it's of course Curt Hennig's he says Hennig is Axel's past and without the Hennig Name he wouldn't even be in this business, so he's going to eliminate the Hennig Name- he then Sledgehammers the Tombstone which'll leave Axel livid in the Ring to End the Show.
Smackdown
We get a Replay of the Tombstone Episode and Commentary Discussion.
Week Commencing- August 3rd
Hey, it's the week of my Birthday- BUY ME STUFF. We're getting into the latter stages of the build for this match now. The more I'm writing this the more I'm loving writing this and I hope you are as well because for me this is a great booking post and (at least I think) I've made Axel look like a Semi Main/Main Event talent less than three months after being in the Mega Powers. Obviously I'd like to have more time to aid the transition but I think I've done it pretty well.
RAW
To Open the Show We get a "Yesterday" type graphic and then Axel is once again on the Big Screen it zooms out and he's at Full Sail. He marches into the "NXT Arena" and goes straight into Triple H's office where he'll be sitting, waiting for him Axel demands a match which Triple H agrees to and says the Contract Signing will be "Tomorrow".
I'd have this segment be the Cross-Over between the 2nd and 3rd Hour as opposed to Main Eventing because after all it's Summerslam and there's other Main Event fish to fry. It's a Contract Signing, but unlike what you may expect nothing happens. There's been so much happening whether it's Axel taking out the Outlaws and trashing the PC to HHH smashing up Mr. Perfect's Tombstone that the calmness of this segment will have much more of an Impact. It'll last roughly 5 minutes- there won't be a Single Word said both of them sign the Contract before having a stare off to end the segment.
Quick Side Point if there was one announced for around this time I would have had the Contract Signing take place at a Takeover for good cross promotion and NXT is after all one of the roots of the feud.
Smackdown
We get a Video Package documenting the feud up till now, then the commentators discuss the feud and who they think'll win etc.
Week Commencing- August 10th
We're getting into the business end of this feud now with just 2 more RAWs until Summerslam so as you may be able to guess this is going to be kicked into high gear now.
RAW
To start the 2nd Hour Axel comes down to the Ring and just rips on Triple H basically echoing a lot of the opinions the internet shares when it comes to Triple H and how he got to where he is before saying he doesn't respect Triple H and anything he stands for and has done in the business before saying Triple H has to respect him because he's fought for every morsel he's gotten in this business bringing up Mega Powers, RybAxel, Axelmania etc. and says he won't be held back any longer by HHH and his agenda.
Triple H then comes out and does his Triple H promo where he says Respect isn't given its earned etc. etc. as he's walking down the Ramp. Triple H gets into the Ring. and looks like he wants to Fight. Axel says "No Matter What you Do to Me I won't Respect you" before dropping the Mic and opening his arms as if to say "Come On Then". Triple H then rushes Axel and basically destroys him ending the segment with him Pedigree-ing Axel through the Announce Desk, but just before they go to an Ad Break they'll zoom in on Axel who'll be laughing and shouts "You'll have to Try Harder".
Smackdown
We'll get a Replay of the Triple H beatdown and commentary discussion- you know the drill.
Week Commencing- August 17th
It's Summerslam week and that means go-home RAW. As such I need to tie this feud up in a nice little package ready for Summerslam.
RAW
Once again this'll be beautifully simple, it'll just be a Head to Head Promo with the main point being "Why?" Why did Axel let HHH get a free shot in on him Last Week, Why would HHH hold him back etc. Axel's explanation will be simple- Respect. Axel let HHH get on him like he did last week because no matter how badly HHH beats him up Axel will never respect him. However on Sunday Axel will make HHH respect him even if it means both of them end up leaving the arena on Stretchers.
Smackdown
We get a Video Package documenting the feud and commentary discussion- especially on the week before a PPV that's really all Smackdown is good for.
Summerslam
I'll leave whether Axel wins up to you and how you perceive the build to the match and which way it's leaning. I know who my Winner is but I'm genuinely curious as to how you lot see the match going given the build.
Thanks for reading as ever, I hope you had fun reading this because I really had fun writing this for the best part of 3 Hours. As always feedback is appreciated- but more so on these types of posts. Thanks again for reading, I don't know if there'll be an Impact Review tomorrow or if I'll just pick them back up again when they move to Wednesday Next Week when I should be feeling a lot better as well. So Stay Tuned for at the very latest Sunday when I'll have my Elimination Chamber Predictions up and have a good weekend.
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