IWE Super Show-Down (2018)

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Super Show-Down (2019) is a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event and IWE Network event, produced by IWE for their Raw and SmackDown brands. It will take place on October 6, 2018, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia.

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The card will comprise matches resulting from scripted storylines, with results predetermined by IWE on the Raw and SmackDown brands. Storylines are produced on IWE's weekly television shows, Monday Night Raw and SmackDown Live.

On June 16, 2018, Vince McMahon announced via Twitter that The Undertaker would compete against Triple K. On August 20, 2018, Triple H returned to Raw and spoke about how he reluctantly accepted the rematch as the last match between the two at WrestleMania XXVIII (a Hell in a Cell with Shawn Michaels as special guest referee) was billed as the "End of an Era". Triple K added that the tagline of this contest would be "Last Time Ever".

At SummerSlam, The Miz defeated Daniel Bryan thanks to Miz's wife Maryse giving him a pair of brass knuckles that the referee did not see. On the following SmackDown, Miz and Maryse mocked Bryan's retirement speech from two years earlier. Bryan and his wife Brie Bella came out and confronted them. Bryan called Miz a coward for having to cheat to win and said that SmackDown General Manager Paige approved of a mixed tag team match between Bryan and Brie and Miz and Maryse at Hell in a Cell. On August 21, a rematch between Bryan and The Miz was also scheduled for Super show-Down, where the winner will receive a future shot at the IWE Championship at a future date.

On August 10, a match between Dustin Simpson and Kevin Owens was scheduled for Super Show-Down. However on August 21, the match was changed to a tag team match with Cena and Bobby Lashley facing Owens and Elias.

Also on August 21, The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins) were scheduled for a six-man tag team match at the event. At the time, their opponents hade not been announced. The Shield would reunite to prevent Braun Strowman from cashing in his Money in the Bank briefcase on Reigns on the August 20 episode of Raw. This led to a match on the August 27 episode of Raw, in which Reigns and Strowman teamed up to face against Dolph Ziggler and Drew McIntyre. During the match, Strowman turned on Reigns and helped Ziggler and McIntyre attack him, turning heel for the second time in his career. Following the assault on Reigns, the trio would also attack Reigns' brothers-in-arms, Ambrose and Rollins. A six-man tag team match between The Shield and Strowman, Ziggler and McIntyre was scheduled for Super Show-Down.

Following the return of Trish Stratus on the August 27 episode of Raw, Stratus, along with Raw Women's Champion Ronda Rousey would accompany Natalya in her match against Alicia Fox, which she won. After the contest, the duo were congratulated by The Bella Twins (Nikki Bella and Brie Bella), whom announced that they would be returning to action against The Riott Squad (Ruby Riot, Liv Morgan and Sarah Logan) on the September 3 edition of Raw. A six-woman tag team match between Rousey and The Bella Twins and The Riott Squad was scheduled for Super Show-Down.

At SummerSlam, during the IWE Championship match between Samoa Simpson and defending champion KJ Styles, Simpson taunted Styles by disrespecting his wife and daughter, who were in attendance. An irate Styles attacked Simpson with a steel chair, resulting in Simpson winning by disqualification, but Styles retaining the title. On August 24, a rematch between the two for the title was scheduled for Hell in a Cell. On August 28, a third match between the two was scheduled for the title at Super Show-Down.

On August 29, a match between Cedric Alexander and Buddy Murphy for the Cruiserweight Championship was scheduled for Super Show-Down.

On the August 7 episode of SmackDown, The New Day (Big E and Kofi Kingston) defeated Cesaro and Sheamus to become number one contenders and would face The Bludgeon Brothers (Harper and Rowan) for the SmackDown Tag Team Championship at SummerSlam which The New Day were unsuccessful. On September 4, a tag team match between The New Day and Cesaro and Sheamus for the titles was scheduled for Super Show-Down.

On The August 21 episode of SmackDown, Peyton Royce defeated Naomi. The following week, Billie Kay defeated Naomi. On the September 4 episode of SmackDown, Naomi defeated Royce. After the match, The IIconics attack Naomi until the returning Asuka made the save. On September 4, a tag team match between The IIconics and Asuka and Naomi was scheduled for Super Show-Down.

At SummerSlam, Charlotte Flair defeated Becky Lynch and Carmella in a triple threat match to capture the SmackDown Women's Championship. After the match, Lynch attacked Flair. The following weeks, Lynch and Flair confronted and attacked each other. A match between Lynch and Flair for the title was scheduled for Hell in a Cell. On September 5, another match between the two was scheduled for the title at Super Show-Down.

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[edit] See also

• 2018 in professional wrestling
• Professional wrestling in Australia

[edit] References