Boston, Massachusetts - December 6, 2008

Pre-Show Results:
 Kevin Nash d Ty Hamilton
 Bryan Danielson d Elijah Burke

12/6/2008 - Pre-Glory Press Conference

--League of Champions Owner, Ricky Steamboat, is very pleased to have his creation come back to life. On the first show, he plans to return the LoC World Heavyweight Championship to its previous owner, Bryan Danielson; the LoC World Tag Team Championships to Teddy Hart and Harry Smith; the ELITE Championship to CM Punk; stating it was only fair that the Champions who earned the titles in the original LoC get the chance to defend them once again since the situation was out of their control.

--Tonight's main event will determine a new number one contender to Danielson's title as John Cena, Edge, Chris Jericho, and Kurt Angle compete in a fatal four way match. The winner faces Bryan Danielson at the December 27 super-show, "Honor and Glory." Also on the show tonight, CM Punk defends his ELITE title against his biggest rival in LoC, Randy Orton.

--The New Hart Foundation will defend their World Tag Team Championships against Mike and Ted DiBiase and Rocky Romero and Davey Richards- Larry Sweeney's newest acquisitions to his Sweet n' Sour, Incorporated stable. Speaking of Larry Sweeney, his newest client, to be named, will also compete in a ten-man battle royal for the United States title against such names as Colt Cabana, Lance Storm, AJ Styles, Jeff Hardy, and Christopher Daniels!

Match One: Singles Match
 Abyss vs. The Necro Butcher

[[ What started in the ring quickly escalated to the outside between these two hardcore competitors. Both men not known for their in-ring prowess, quickly took the fight to the outside. Fists and kicks were exchanged very stiffly, but the true action came once Abyss pulled out a bad of thumb tacks, scattering them on the ring mat. Abyss grabs Necro, BLACK HOLE SLAM ON THE THUMB TACKS! Necro immediately springs back up and delivers a knockout punch to Abyss. Necro goes under the ring and grabs a table. He sets it up on the floor on top of the thumb tacks. He grabs Abyss, TIGER DRIVER THROUGH THE TABLE! Referee Dave Hebner has no choice but to call the match a no-contest, as this wasn't under hardcore rules! What a shame, as the fans were getting into it! I'm sure this isn't the last of these two we'll see in the ring. ]]

Winner: No Contest

 

[[ Inside the locker room, we see Colt Cabana setting up a desk in the middle of the room. He's minding his own business, whistling a song as he works on his project. Attention is quickly drawn to what's going on, and AJ Styles walks up to him. ]]

AJ Styles: Hey, Colt, man.. What are you doing?

Colt Cabana: Oh, hey, AJ. Just setting up my desk for "Good Times, Great Memories."

[[ Styles looks puzzled. ]]

AJ Styles: What's that?

Colt Cabana: Wow, it really has been a long time. "Good Time, Great Memories" is only the top-rated segment in LoC history.

AJ Styles: Really?

Colt Cabana: Yeah. The best of the best has come on. It's a ratings hit. It also led to me and Lance Storm feuding and half-way forming a classic comedy duo. It was intense.

AJ Styles: Can I be a guest?

[[ Colt thinks it over. ]]

Colt Cabana: Uh.. Well.. AJ.. It's like this..

[[ Colt comically gulps. ]]

Colt Cabana: I really can't think of anything I'd talk to you about outside of beating you for the United States title and all the flips you do.

AJ Styles: Planchas.

[[ Colt, confused, replies. ]]

Colt Cabana: Redneckhicksaywhat?

AJ Styles: They're not flips. They're called planchas.

[[ Christopher Daniels very quickly comes into the picture, breaking up this conversation quickly going no where fast. ]]

Christopher Daniels: Hold on, fellas.. If anyone's winning that United States title, it's ME!

Colt Cabana: Hey, look, it's the Fallen Angel! Last time we were in the ring together, we lost to Lance Storm and Petey Williams.

[[ Daniels looks at Cabana. Cabana immediately realizes.. ]]

Colt Cabana: Erm, I mean our pals Curry Man and Matt Classic once teamed in LoC. What a bunch of jobbers.

[[ He shrugs it off. ]]

Colt Cabana: Anyway, Daniels, Styles, I respect ya', but LoC is my domain! And daddies.. I just don't think ya' got what it takes to keep me from winnin' that belt! No one in that match does, bay-beh!

[[ Larry Sweeney and Takeshi Morishima walk into the picture. Cabana immediately closes his eyes and shakes his head. ]]

Colt Cabana: Damn.. It..

Larry Sweeney: No one's got what it takes to beat you, Cabana? Huh? No one? HAHAHAHA!! LET ME INTRODUCE YOU BOYS TO A REAL MAN! THE NEXT UNITED STATES CHAMPION AND NEWEST STAR-MEMBER OF SWEET N' SOUR, INCORPORATED... TAKESHI MORISHIMA!

[[ Sweeney rips off his sunglasses as Morishima stands there in his black robe and black cowboy hat. ]]

Christopher Daniels: Nice hat.

Larry Sweeney: SILENCE!

[[ Sweeney slaps Morishima on the chest. ]]

Larry Sweeney: You're lookin' at the future of LoC, baby! Larry Sweeney is fixin' to make a billion dollars with this man! For the last eighteen months, Larry Sweeney's been on the streets hustlin everyday.. Makin' deals.. Makin' money! LOTS OF IT! So I caught the red-eye to Tokyo, searched high and low for a man I knew could go places.. LIKE THE TOP OF THIS COMPANY! And HAHAHAHA!! I FOUND 'EM! AND I FOUND 'EM GOOD!

[[ Morishima snarls at the three men in front of him. Cabana looks at him, kind of intimidated. ]]

Colt Cabana: I'm torn right now. I mean, like, he's a big dude and I'm a little afraid of him.. But, at the same time, we're the same height.

Larry Sweeney: Cabana, Styles, Daniels, you three have gone on to bigger things before.. But right here, right now, the re-launchin' of LoC.. You've met your match. You've met your ender. You and the other ham 'n eggers in the match are fixin' to right out right fast why Morishima here is the future of League o'Champions! AHAHAHAHAHA!!!! HE'S UNSTOPPABLE!

[[ Jay Lethal walks into the picture, looking stunned at Morishima. ]]

Jay Lethal: ANDRE!?

[[ We go to the ring. ]]

Match Two: LoC World Tag Team Championship
 The New Hart Foundation vs. Rocky Romero and Davey Richards vs. The DiBiase Brothers

[[ This was a stiff, brutal, high flying match that reestablished the tag team division in LoC as legitimate once again. The Champions fought as if they never stopped wrestling as a team, controlling the match from the beginning against the tandem from Larry Sweeney's group, Sweet N' Sour, Inc. Eventually, all six men enter the ring, and Nick Patrick has no chance of restoring order. Chaos ensues as everyone is trying to gain an advantage. Sweeney takes off his cowboy boot and throws it into the ring to Richards. Richards swings at Hart, but he ducks and runs into a clothesline from Harry Smith! DiBiase on the apron now, he gets Romero to chase him, allowing Ted Jr. to roll him up for a near fall! The finish comes as the Champs oust Romero and Richards, and Ted DiBiase Jr. locks in the Million Dollar Dream on Harry Smith, who eventually taps out, giving us new champions, and the end of the New Hart Foundation's reign after less than three hours! ]]

Winners: The DiBiase Brothers via Submission
NEW LoC WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS

 

[[ As we cut from the ringside area where the new World Tag Team Champions are celebrating their victory, we immediately cut to the backstage area. In a dimly lit setting, in front of one of the off-white brick walls of the arena, stands the Elite Champion, CM Punk. He's wearing a solid black t-shirt and his ring gear, his title wrapped around his waist. He looks to the camera with a look that lets us know he's in a serious mindset. ]]

CM Punk: Randy Orton, here we go again. A feud that needs no introduction or hype. A feud based on hatred between two men with two different views of the world. You name the match, we've had it. You name the injury, we've sustained it. Here we go.. One more time.

[[ He continues. ]]

CM Punk: Eighteen months later.. Eighteen months after we nearly finished one another off for good in the Dog Collar Match for this title, we go at it one more time.

[[ Punk pauses, reflecting. ]]

CM Punk: Over the last eighteen months, this business has been through a lot. What Chris Benoit did to his family was terrible.. But what he did to professional wrestling.. Unforgivable. He took away eighteen months of my career. He took money out of people's pockets. He forced this company to shut down and us to find other ways to make a living.

[[ Punk shakes his head in disgust. ]]

CM Punk: I'm not made for anything else but professional wrestling. I didn't choose this sport. It chose me!

[[ Pause. ]]

CM Punk: In The Steel Domain in Chicago, I busted my ass. I busted by ass from IWA: Mid South to Ring of Honor, to the big leagues. Randy Orton, you, on the other hand.. Had everything given to your. Your path to superstardom was paved in gold thanks to your father and grandfather. This wasn't your first choice of profession. This was the easiest way to success for you.

[[ Punk turns agitated. ]]

CM Punk: You don't care about professional wrestling like I do. This runs in my blood! To you, pro wrestling is just something to do to give your ego a big boost when you go to the ring in front of ten-thousand people. To me, professional wrestling is my focus. Is my passion.. Is.. My.. Life!

[[ The camera zooms in to get a tighter shot. ]]

CM Punk: My friends ridiculed me for wanting to be a professional wrestler. They picked at me for being Straight-Edge. They think it's all some sort of game. They think I do it for kicks.. As a hobby. Orton, you and your cronies poured liquor down my throat over a year ago.. To this day, I can still taste that bourbon being forced down the back of my throat. And right when I was fixing to finish you and your buddies off for good, the brakes were stomped on LoC. Now, I've got a second chance. A second chance at doing what I love.. And a second chance at finishing what YOU started.. THIS ISN'T A HOBBY TO ME, RANDY ORTON! THIS IS REAL!

[[ Punk cracks a small hint of a smile. ]]

CM Punk: Randy Orton, I've had eighteen months of something I love taken away from me. Tonight, in that ring.. Especially against you.. I'm fixing to make up from lost time. I'm going to continue from right where I started.. And that's beating you in the middle of that ring for this title.

[[ Punk slaps the belt around his waist. ]]

CM Punk: Some things just never change.

[[ Fade. ]]

Match Three: LoC United States Championship
 AJ Styles vs. Christian Cage vs. Christopher Daniels vs. Takeshi Morishima vs. Lance Storm vs. Colt Cabana vs. Jay Lethal vs. Jeff Hardy
vs. Brian Kendrick vs. Tyler Black

[[ Ten of the biggest names in wrestling filled the ring at one time, all wanting to become United States Champion on the first show of the new era of professional wrestling. As soon as the bell rings, Jay Lethal is press slammed out of the ring by Takeshi Morishima. Brian Kendrick is next to go thanks to a double team from Daniels and Styles. As the two celebrate their elimination, Morishima tosses both of them over the top at the same time! Tyler Black kicks Jeff Hardy in the gut, SMALL PACKAGE DRIVER! Cabana is running around the ring, doing his strut, avoiding all contact until Lance Storm trips him and begins pummeling his old foe in the middle of the ring. Christian Cage is the next to go after Morishima tosses him. Storm runs at Cabana for a super kick, but Cabana side steps him, allowing Jeff Hardy to toss him over the top rope to the outside!

Final four: Tyler Black, Takeshi Morishima, Jeff Hardy, Colt Cabana.

Tyler Black and Jeff Hardy eliminate one another after Hardy tries eliminating Black, leaving Cabana and Morishima. Morishima's nose is busted open, as it is in every match he's ever fought in. Cabana valiantly tries hitting Morishima with bionic elbows, but Morishima is quick to slap a Back Drop Driver on Cabana and easily throw him over the top for the anti-climatic US title victory! ]]

Winner: Takeshi Morishima via Elimination
 NEW LoC UNITED STATES CHAMPION

 

[[ The lovely Maria fills our screen at the interview set backstage. She giggles and raises her microphone to her mouth to greet us with her upbeat attitude and big tits. ]]

Maria: Hi! I'm Maria!

[[ She waves. ]]

Maria: I've been standing here for the last eighteen months! Evidently, no one remembered to tell me we closed.

[[ Maria frowns. ]]

Maria: Oh well.. At least Chris Benoit killed his wife and not me!

[[ She continues without skipping a beat. ]]

Maria: Anyway.. I'm back as the interviewer and I'm excited! I'm excited 'cause my first guess is JOHN.. CENA! YAY!

[[ John Cena walks onto the set beside Maria, decked out in his "Hustle. Loyalty. Respect." t-shirt and black hat. He looks focused, no typical smiling, happy-go-lucky John Cena. This is a man who looks like he's on a mission. ]]

John Cena: Maria, great to see you again. I've missed your..

[[ Cena looks down at her chest. ]]

John Cena: Eyes.

Maria: But my eyes aren't there! Those are my boobies!

John Cena: I know.

[[ He turns to the camera, ignoring Maria, focusing on the task at hand. ]]

John Cena: June 24, 2007, the day this sport changed forever. Some say it changed for the bad, I say it changed for the good. Sure, this business collapsed, companies closed, jobs were lost.. But look at us now, one year later.. WE ARE BACK IN BUSINESS, BABY!

[[ Maria has the microphone taken from her. ]]

John Cena: THROUGH THICK AND THIN, TO THE GATES OF HELL AND BACK TO MY HOMETOWN, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS!!

[[ You can hear the fans popping loudly for the name drop of Boston. ]]

John Cena: There's people still negative of this sport. They say we're not role models. They say we're monsters. They keep puttin' up statistics about wrestlers dying before they're fifty-years-old.. They keep talkin' about how we do drugs, how we kill our families, and how we should all be run out of town! To you critics, to those who helped take my livelihood away from me, I say.. SCREW YOU, WE ARE BACK AT FULL FORCE! WE ARE BETTER THAN EVER! AND DAMMIT, WE'RE HERE TO STAY!

[[ Cena is getting fired up. ]]

John Cena: We're at a point where all eyes are on us closely. We're under a microscope. Pay-per-view companies won't take more than one wrestling promotion at a time.. Television barely took us back, only if we promised to maintain a certain standard of quality. Professional wrestling is on life support and it needs a Superman

[[ John Cena pauses and looks right at us. ]]

John Cena: IF I TAKE OFF THIS SHIRT YOU'LL SEE THE "S" ON MY CHEST! I'M THE MAN O' STEEL THIS BUSINESS NEEDS!

[[ Cena extends his arms out. ]]

John Cena: By God, this is League of Champions! This is home of professional wrestling! Last time I saw you folks, I was headed to Japan to compete in a tournament for Japan All-Pro Wrestling. I was representin' LoC. On the same plane ride as me.. Chris Benoit, representin' Solid Gold.

[[ Cena strokes his chin. ]]

John Cena: If I had known then what I do now.. I'd given that chicken wing eatin', tap water drinkin', steroid-pumpin', family-murderin' SON OF A BITCH THE F-U RIGHT OUT OF THE EMERGENCY EXIT OF OUR AIRPLANE! I'd let Chris Benoit fall forty-thousand feet to his death in a corn field and went to jail for life if I knew it'd saved this business! THIS IS MY HOME! THIS IS MY LIFE! AND IT WAS TAKEN FROM ME, BUT NOW, WE'RE TAKIN' IT BACK! WE'VE TAKEN BACK WHAT'S OURS AND WE'RE NOT LETTIN' GO AGAIN!!

[[ Pause. ]]

John Cena: Ricky Steamboat has given me, Edge, Kurt Angle, and Chris Jericho.. Four former World Champions, four of the biggest names in the sport, four men who knew Chris Benoit well.. A shot at Bryan Danielson, the LoC World Heavyweight Champion. League o'Champions, this roster, you fans.. We've all been given a second chance to enjoy what we love. I love fightin' just like you guys like watchin'.

[[ Cena pounds his chest with his right fist. ]]

John Cena: And I swear to God I'm gonna' win that match tonight, then I'm gonna' beat Bryan Danielson, take his title, and take this company BACK TO THE TOP WHERE WE BELONG! WRESTLING NEEDS A SAVIOR! IT NEEDS SOMEONE TO STAND UP AND REMOVE THE BLACK EYE CHRIS BENOIT GAVE IT WHEN HE WENT STUPID! Dammit.. I'm that man this business need. I'm going to give you fans, my opponents, this company... Everything I have until wrestling is respected again.

[[ Cena raises his hand to his forehead, saluting. ]]

John Cena: HOORAH!

[[ Bryan Danielson walks right in front of Cena, the LoC World title on his shoulder. He gives Cena a smug look. ]]

Bryan Danielson: The thing professional wrestling needs right now.. Is people like you.. To leave.

[[ Danielson gets right in Cena's face. ]]

Bryan Danielson: If you win this match tonight, it'll be my honor helping progress the John Cena Memorial edition of GLORY. I am the best.. wrestler.. in the world! I am the LoC World Heavyweight Champion. Undefeated. The only thing this company needs, is me to stay that way.

[[ We go to the ring. CM Punk defends the ELITE title against Randy Orton - NEXT! ]]

Match Four: LoC ELITE Championship
CM Punk vs. Randy Orton

[[ Orton and Punk don't even wait for the bell to ring to continue their feud against one another. Stiff lefts and rights are traded off the get go, both men wanting to tear into the other more than anything. The title isn't really important, but the victory is. Orton escapes to the outside to get away from Punk, but Punk dives over the top onto Orton to a big pop from the crowd! Punk gives Orton a few kicks and then rolls him back inside. Punk crawls back in, but Orton is waiting on him, and gives him the Garvin Stomp all the way around his body. Orton grabs Punk in a headlock, then hits the headlock neckbreaker for a near fall. Orton continues pummeling Punk, slowly setting up for the RKO to finish him off. Orton drapes Punk's legs across the top rope, DDT! One.. two.. No! Punk battles back, attempting the Go 2 Sleep, but it's blocked, RKO! Randy Orton hit the RKO from the G2S position! One.. two.. No! How does Punk keep doing it. Orton slams his fists against the ground, waiting for Punk to come to his feet.. Punk gets to his knees and Orton rushes at him, swings his foot for the kick, Punk ducks! Punk is up, GO TO SLEEP! Punk forgoes the cover and locks in the Anaconda Vice for good measure! Orton fights it off as long as he can, but eventually succumbs to the pain and taps! What a victory for CM Punk! ]]

Winner: CM Punk via Submission
 STILL LoC ELITE CHAMPION

[[ CM Punk celebrates his victory over Randy Orton as we cut to a view of Michael Cole holding a microphone in his hands backstage. On his left are the new LoC World Tag Team Champions, The DiBiase Brothers with their manager and father, Ted DiBiase. The three men are laughing, very pleased with their success from earlier tonight. ]]

Michael Cole: Ted DiBiase, you've got to be proud of your sons tonight.

[[ DiBiase lets out his classic laugh and begins speaking. ]]

Ted DiBiase: You're darn right I am, Michael Cole! AHAHAHAHA!! My boys come from the bloodline of winners! My mother and stepfather were stars of the sport. I was a star of the sport.. And now, you're lookin' at the two newest stars of professional wrestling! The LoC WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS, MY BOYS, MIKE AND TED JR.! AHAHAHAHA!! HOW SWEET IT IS!

[[ Mike and Ted Jr. shake hands in celebration. Their titles clutched tightly in their hands. ]]

Michael Cole: With such a relatively unknown team in the sport, how did your sons get in the match when such iconic teams like the Second City Saints and Team 3D weren't?

Ted DiBiase: Michael Cole, you must've forgotten who exactly you're talkin' to.

[[ DiBiase chuckles and rubs his thumb and index finger together. ]]

Ted DiBiase: EVERYBODY'S GOT A PRICE! AHAHAHA!!!

Mike DiBiase: And now that we're the World Tag Team Champions, the legacy of the DiBiase name will be cemented in this business with the Harts, the Von Erichs, and the Funks as the top families in this sport!

[[ DiBiase Jr. steps forward. ]]

Ted DiBiase Jr.: Tonight, we beat the Champions who have wrestling running through their blood. Harry Smith, son of the Bulldog! Teddy Hart, nephew of Bret and Owen Hart.. Right now, for me and my brother to do what we did tonight in our first match together here in League of Champions.. Dominance has been established, Cole.

[[ He continues. ]]

Ted DiBiase Jr.: Bring the team, we'll beat 'em. You're lookin' at the future.. No, no.. You're lookin' at THE PRESENT! WE ARE THE TOP TEAM IN LEAGUE O'CHAMPIONS!

Mike DiBiase: We're going to keep these belts for a long, long, time.. Right, Dad?

Ted DiBiase: That's right, son! The legacy continuing here in League of Champions... PRICELESS! AHAHAHA!!

[[ We go to the ring. A number one contender will be crowned - NEXT! ]]

Match Five: #1 Contender to the LoC World Title
John Cena vs. Kurt Angle vs. Chris Jericho vs. Edge
 

[[ From the second the bell rang, all four men just went at one another. They know what's on the line, and they want it more than anything. A shot at the LoC World Champion is an instant ticket to the main event scene in League of Champions. Cena is fired up, running through everyone in the beginning as the fans are surprisingly rallying behind him. Edge and Angle scuffle on the outside, with Angle going for Edge's knee, working on it. The fans are getting into the match as the action progresses and several near falls occurring at a rapid pace. The referee is, of course, bumped at the most inopportune time, giving Jericho the chance to grab a steel chair. He returns to the ring and swings at Angle, who ducks and hits the Angle Slam! Cena grabs the chair and hits Edge with it, then FU! Cena covers, but no one's there. Angle grabs Cena, but he gets an FU for his troubles as well! The referee comes to right after Jericho rolls Cena up and puts his feet on the ropes! One.. Two.. Three! Chris Jericho has cheated to win this match! He's the number one contender whether we like it or not! The referee missed the feet on the ropes! ]]

Winner: Chris Jericho via Pinfall

[[ Chris Jericho rolls to the outside to celebrate his tainted victory as John Cena leans over the ropes, staring him down intently. Cena is furious that he was screwed over and lost the match to someone like Chris Jericho, especially when he was so intent on being the franchise for League of Champions. Jericho mocks Cena from the floor, when, suddenly, Cena is dropped to the canvass! The camera pans up to reveal.. EDGE! Edge begins stomping away on the fallen John Cena as Jericho looks on proudly from the outside. Kurt Angle swings Edge around and begins questioning what he's doing. Edge clocks Angle and begins trading blows with him! Jericho grabs a steel chair from the announce both and slides into the ring and slams Angle in the back with it! Angle collapses to the ground as Edge gets down on the mat and jaws. Cena gets to his feet as the fans are rallying behind him.. He charges at Jericho and shoulder blocks him! The numbers game quickly catches up to him! ]]

[[ Matters gets worse for Cena as Christian Cage, Tomko, Trish Stratus, and Randy Orton hit the ring. What started as a fatal four way match has now turned into a six-on-two mugging in the middle of the ring. Angle slowly staggers to his feet, but he's met with an RKO! Jericho kicks Cena in the head every time he tries getting back up. Edge is hitting Angle and Cena both with the steel chair to make sure they stay down. After a few moments of surveying the damage, Jericho looks satisfied and he calls off the dogs. In the middle of the ring, Chris Jericho and Edge, opponents ten minutes ago, along with Christian, Orton, Trish, and Tomko, stand beside one another.. Unified. ]]

[[ This definitely deserves some sort of explanation from all parties involved. If this truly is the beginning of a group, then LoC may have its hands full.. Especially LoC World Heavyweight Champion, Bryan Danielson. ]]

[[ Fade out. ]]