AWE Episode 7

AWE Episode 7 is an episode of Astonishing Wrestling Enterprise run in WWE 2K18. This is the eighth episode of the first season, and is headlined by the first defense of the AWE One vs. All Championship, with Spot Monkey taking the OvA Open Challenge.

Background
A week has passed since Ballroom Blitz, and the foundation of AWE has been established. Aldo Anthony is the World Champion, Pest Friends are the Tag Team Champions, Spot Monkey is the One vs. All Champion, and The Phantom Storm is the Women's Champion. This episode starts us on the road to the next special event, AWE is WAR.

The first match of the evening is Aldo Anthony facing the man he last eliminated in the Three-Way Tournament Final to claim the title, War Bacon, in a non-title match. War Bacon would get the jump on Anthony by attacking him during his entrance, but would still lose to the World Champion.

Our second match of the evening is contested between Kenna Bengal and Lance Maverick, with "The Motley Cruiserweight" picking up the win. We then see a Triple Threat Match pitting Nethaniel King against Tommy Grotto and eventual winner, Dion Shepherd.

Next is a women's match with Kathy McKay facing the debuting Jill Turner. Before the match started, however, The Phantom Storm would sit at ringside to watch the match, in which Turner would win. This is seen as the first stage in what would eventually turn into one of AWE's most prolific rivalries, pitting "The Apocalypse" against "The Monarch."

In our semi-main event of the evening, one half of the Tag Team Champions, Rabid, went one-on-one with United We Fall's Michael Sullivan. Before the match, Rabid would extend a handshake, only to receive a slap to the face. This resulted in a wild brawl that would spill to the outside of the ring, with the match ending in a Double Countout. The referee would restart the match, with Rabid getting the win.

Finally, in the main event, Spot Monkey defended the One vs. All Championship in the first ever OvA Open Challenge Match. The first competitor to answer the challenge was Jay Marcantel, one of the 6 men in the Ladder Match to crown the inaugural champion. Spot Monkey would go on to defend the championship, and take the title into next week's show.

Episode
AWE Episode #7