Sandbox / TWF Events

This is a record of major events for the reworked Trope Wrestling Federation, the Pantheon-adjacent professional wrestling all-star promotion ran by a cross-promotional administrative staff with WWE promoter Vince McMahon at the front.

Event ZERO: WWE WrestleMania 35

• April 7, 2019 (from MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey)

Within Pantheon-adjacent records, WrestleMania 35 remains a strictly WWE affair just like every other 'Mania before it. However, this show is especially distinct due to its significance with TWF canon. Originally, the TWF was known as the Pantheon Wrestling Federation, and was near-completely run by Vince McMahon and the staff over at WWE as an extension of their operations within the Crossroad of Dimensions. Wrestlers entering the TWF was completely based on ascension, to the point that deified guests from the many fictional universes acknowledged in the Pantheon were actually more likely to make their presence at PWF events than notable pro wrestlers from other promotions besides WWE.

However, this began to change as more wrestlers began to ascend who'd made their presence felt in WWE after achieving wide success in the "lesser" important feds of the day, such as Impact Wrestling (then known as Total Nonstop Action), Ring of Honor, and especially New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Furthermore, with ascension standards becoming tighter across the board, the necessity of being an ascended deity in order to enter the PWF gave even more of an inherent advantage to WWE-exclusive talent, and especially past greats. WWE's PWF contingent would reach a divide, between those who were fine with the ascended roster relying squarely on WWE fame and ascension protocols, and those who favored an expansion to accommodate the forces.

This controversy eventually reached a head during the lead-up to WretleMania 35. Thus, in addition to the individual grudges, feuds, and quests leading into the Show of Shows, an overarching factor was included, in that every match would see at least one defender of the McMahon-powered status quo taking on at least one pro-expansionist—and a few parties would come as a surprise regarding which side they landed on. For each match, the pro-McMahon competitors will have a ^V next to their names, while pro-expansion competitors will come with an ^X.

Match schedule and results

#	Match type Stipulations (if any)	Competitors
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00) Team Score
1	Match	X vs. Y	X
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00) Expand 0, Vince 0
2	Match	X vs. Y	X
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00) Expand 0, Vince 0
3	Match	X vs. Y	X
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00) Expand 0, Vince 0
4	Match	X vs. Y	X
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00) Expand 0, Vince 0
5	Match	X vs. Y	X
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: X (Time) Expand 0, Vince 0
6	Match	X vs. Y	X
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: X (Time) Expand 0, Vince 0
7	Match	X vs. Y	X
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: X (Time) Expand 0, Vince 0
8	Match	X vs. Y	X
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00) Expand 0, Vince 0
9	Match	X vs. Y	X
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00) Expand 0, Vince 0
10	Match	Roman ReignsV vs. Kenny OmegaX	X
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00) Expand 0, Vince 0

Event #1: TWF WrestleMania at Pantheon Square

• April 4–6, 2020 (from Pantheon Square Garden in the House of Sports)

With the pro-expansion victory at WrestleMania 35, the Pantheon Wrestling Federation of old was no more. Instead, it would be rebranded and expanded into the Trope Wrestling Federation, representing its restructuring and renewed standards of entry. While crossover events were held around the Pantheon's various sports arenas, they were all more or less friendly encounters without much in the way of significant stakes. However, the Real Life year 2020 was instantly marred by the onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic, forcing society to effectively shut down and adjust to things. Still, WWE as well as AEW were insistent on continuing operations so as to maintain a spirit of perseverance (and to continue having a bottom line to speak of).

Due to safety precautions, WrestleMania 36 had been condemned to an empty arena event at the WWE Performance Center. However, with the magic of the Trope Pantheons came not only a refuge from this predicament, but also an opportunity to pull of something special. While Vince McMahon's latest experiments at the time with giving Eric Bischoff and Paul Heyman executive power backstage at WWE had deteriorated shortly beforehand, this did not preclude him from capitalizing on the expertise and connections of pro wrestling's top executives from The '90s to present day to gather talent from various rosters. Thus, the Trope Wrestling Federation would be playing host to WrestleMania from the hallowed grounds of the Pantheon Square Garden, for a three-night extravaganza witnessed by the deities of the Trope Pantheons.

Match schedule and results

• Night 1: April 4

#	Match type Stipulations (if any)	Competitors
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)
1	Tag team match for the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship	© Golden☆Ace (Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kota Ibushi) vs. The Artist Collective (Shinsuke Nakamura and Cesaro)
Match notes: • Tanahashi pinned Nakamura after Ibushi hit a Phoenix Suplex followed by his High Fly Flow. Winners: Golden☆Ace (STILL CHAMPIONS) (14:25)
X	Match	X vs. Y
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)
X	Match	X vs. Y
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)
X	Singles match for the WWE Raw Women's Championship and the TWF Evolution Championship	RW© Becky Lynch vs. WE© Shayna Baszler
Match notes: • Becky pinned Baszler with a rollup. Winner: Becky Lynch (STILL/NEW CHAMPION) (8:30)
X	Singles match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship	© Sami Zayn vs. Daniel Bryan
Match notes: • Nakamura and Cesaro left with Kazuchika Okada before the match rather than accompany Sami at ringside. • Sami pinned Bryan after hitting a Helluva Kick. Winner: Sami Zayn (STILL CHAMPION) (9:20)
6	Singles match for the Trope Wrestling Federation Championship	© "Stone Cold" Steve Austin vs. Bret Hart
Match notes: • Austin pinned Bret after hitting a Stone Cold Stunner. Winner: Stone Cold Steve Austin (STILL CHAMPION) (15:50)
7	Boneyard Match	The Undertaker vs. AJ Styles
Match notes: • This match took place on-location at a shed on the outskirts of the House of Undead and Phasmata. • Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows appeared during this match, revealing that they had enlisted the aid of several druids... who unveiled themselves as Bullet Club members Bad Luck Fale, KENTA, Jadō & Gedō, and the Guerrillas of Destiny. This was followed up by Kane, Sting, Diamond Dallas Page (with Michelle McCool), and The Dudley Boys all appearing to surround Undertaker, only to turn on Bullet Club and fend off their attack. • At one point Styles had sent Undertaker into the grave and was about to bury him only for Undertaker to appear behind Styles using his Offscreen Teleportation powers. • Undertaker buried Styles after knocking him into the grave with a boot to the face. Winner: The Undertaker (27:00) • After the match, Michelle explained that she had called the others to help out of respect, and because they had issues with the Bullet Club. •• Page was perturbed by Styles casting aspersions on Michelle's marriage to Taker, as it reminded him of his time stalking Sara on the orders of Shane and Stephanie McMahon. •• Bubba, and D-Von revealed that Aces And Eights was partly an apology for helping Paul Heyman torment Undertaker and Paul Bearer, in addition to having a longstanding score to settle with Bullet Club. •• Sting admitted it was a shame he and Taker never shared a ring as icons, and that he wanted to send Styles a message after seeing how he'd changed from their time in TNA. •• Kane finally confirmed he and his brother had made peace from their longstanding feud and he was simply there to have his back. • The gang all boarded motorcycles, Michelle going shotgun behind her husband, as Taker raised his arm and his TX crucifix symbol lit up in purple on the shed. Following this, they all rode into the night, leaving the scene with Bullet Club's enforcers laid out and AJ Styles buried.

• Night 2: April 5

#	Match type Stipulations (if any)	Competitors
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)
X	Match	X vs. Y
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)
X	Match	X vs. Y
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)
3	Tag team match	Los Ingobernables del Panteón (IWGP HW© Tetsuya Naito and Andrade "Cien" Almas) [with Zelina Vega] vs. Bullet Club (Prince Devitt and Jay White) [with Gedo]
Match notes: • Naito pinned Jay after hitting a Destino. Winners: Los Ingobernables del Panteón (11:05)
4	Eight-man tag team match	The Undisputed Era (NXT© Adam Cole BAY BAY, Roderick Strong, Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly) vs. The Elite (AEW TT©s Kenny Omega and Adam Page, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson
Match notes: • Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. interfered to distract Page, spraying him with mace. Immediately afterwards... • Cole pinned Page after hitting both a Panama Sunrise and Last Shot. Winners: The Undisputed Era (19:35) • Baker stood with UE as they celebrated the victory, sharing a kiss with Cole.
5	Last Man Standing match	Edge vs. Randy Orton
Match notes: • This was Edge's first singles match since coming back from retirement. • Orton attacked Edge with an RKO outta nowhere to start the match. • Edge knocked Orton out for the 10-count with a Con-chair-to as the two fought on a production truck. Winner: Edge (36:55)
6	Singles match for the WWE Universal Championship and TWF Universal Heavyweight Championship	© Goldberg vs. Braun Strowman
Match notes: • Goldberg's originally scheduled challenger was Roman Reigns, who bowed out of the match due to pandemic precautions prior to the TWF taking precedence for the show. • Goldberg immediately hit Strowman with a Spear and Jackhammer, and Strowman kicked out emphatically after two. • Strowman pinned Goldberg after hitting a running powerslam. Winner: Braun Strowman (NEW CHAMPION) (2:10)
7	Firefly Fun House match	Bray Wyatt/The Fiend vs. John Cena
Match notes: • This match took place as a series of cinematic cut-in scenes manipulated by the powers of The Fiend, systematically deconstructing Cena's long-held stance as The Hero of WWE. • Wyatt and The Fiend both appeared at the same time despite being alter egos of the same person. • The Fiend pinned Cena after hitting a Sister Abigail, with Wyatt counted the pinfall as no referee was present. Winner: The Fiend (13:00)

• Night 3: April 6

#	Match type Stipulations (if any)	Competitors
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)
1	No Disqualification match	Kevin Owens vs. Seth Rollins
Match notes: • Rollins came to the arena alone, as neither Buddy Murphy nor The Authors of Pain were cleared by Troper Protocols. • Owens pinned Rollins after hitting a Stunner. Winner: Kevin Owens (17:20)
2	Match	X vs. Y
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)
3	Six-man tag team match	Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) [with King Haku] vs. Diamond Dallas Page and The Dudley Boys (Bubba Ray and D-Von) [with Spike Dudley]
Match notes: • Haku and Bubba Ray got into each other's faces at ringside during this match, leading to Spike jumping onto Haku from behind in a sequence which saw Spike thrown off by Haku and Bubba jumped from behind by T. • Tama pinned D-Von after he and T hit a Guerrilla Warfare. Winners: Bullet Club (16:10)
4	Singles match	Kazuchika Okada vs. Jay Lethal
Match notes: • Okada pinned Lethal after hitting a Rainmaker. Winner: Kazuchika Okada (15:40)
5	Singles match	Triple H vs. Cody Rhodes
Match notes: • Rhodes pinned HHH after countering an attempted Pedigree to roll him up with a small package Winner: Cody Rhodes (17:05)
6	Match	X vs. Y
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)
7	Singles match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship	© Brock Lesnar [with Paul Heyman] vs. Drew McIntyre
Match notes: • Lesnar hit McIntyre with an F-5 about five minutes into the match, only for McIntyre to kick out at 1. • McIntyre pinned Lesnar after hitting three Claymores. Winner: Drew McIntyre (NEW CHAMPION) (11:30)

Event #2:

• September 5–6, 2020 (from Thunder Stadium in the House of Sports)

Match schedule and results

• Night 1: September 5

#	Match type Stipulations (if any)	Competitors
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)
X	Match	X vs. Y
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)
X	Match	X vs. Y
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)
X	Tag team match	The Good Brothers (Karl Anderson and Luke "DOC" Gallows) vs. The Dudley Boys (Bubba Ray and D-Von)
Match notes: • Bubba pinned Anderson after he and D-Von hit a 3-D. Winners: The Dudley Boys (13:25)
X	Match	X vs. Y
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)
X	Match	X vs. Y
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)
X	Match	X vs. Y
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)
7	Singles match for the AEW World Championship Moxley was banned from using his Paradigm Shift finishers	© Jon Moxley vs. Maxwell Jacob Friedman
Match notes: • Earlier in the day, MJF was unable to bring his bodyguard Wardlow to the stadium through Troper Protocols. • Seth Rollins came out and ran onto the apron during the match, distracting Jon Moxley and allowing MJF to attack him from behind, before stepping down and staying around ringside. • Later, Rollins stealthily placed MJF's Dynamite Diamond Ring in the corner of the ring behind the referee's back but in plain view of MJF. • Moxley pinned MJF after stopping him from using the Dynamite Diamond Ring as a weapon and illegally hitting a Paradigm Shift: Death Rider instead while Rollins was back on the apron and had the referee distracted. Winner: Jon Moxley (STILL CHAMPION) (23:40) • After the match, Rey Mysterio Jr. ran out to attack Rollins, chasing him away into the crowd. Moxley looked on at this, before raising his title in victory.
8	Triple threat match for the WWE Universal Championship and TWF Universal Heavyweight Championship	© The Fiend vs. Braun Strowman vs. Roman Reigns
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Roman Reigns (NEW CHAMPION) [-(12:45)

• Night 2: September 6

#	Match type Stipulations (if any)	Competitors
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)
1	Singles match	NEVER OW© Minoru Suzuki vs. Kurt Angle
Match notes: • Suzuki pinned Angle after hitting a Gotch Piledriver. Winner: Minoru Suzuki (18:30)
X	Match	X vs. Y
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)
3	Tag team match for the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship	© The Artist Collective (Shinsuke Nakamura and Cesaro) vs. Golden☆Ace (Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kota Ibushi)
Match notes: • Cesaro pinned Tanahashi after countering a High Fly Flow attempt into a Ricola-Bomb/Flying Bomaye combo with Nakamura. Winners: The Artist Collective (STILL CHAMPIONS) (16:00)
4	Singles match	Randy Orton vs. Cody Rhodes
Match notes: • Orton pinned Cody after countering a Cross Rhodes and hitting an RKO. Winner: Randy Orton (22:20)
5	Singles match	Kazuchika Okada vs. AJ Styles
Match notes: • Okada pinned Styles after hitting a Rainmaker. Winner: Kazuchika Okada (20:25)
6	No Holds Barred match for the Trope Wrestling Federation Championship	© "Stone Cold" Steve Austin vs. Brian Pillman
Match notes: • Austin and Pillman both came out with pistols and had them pointed at each other to start the match. Both turned out to be joke guns, with the triggers pulling out flags which read "BANG 3:16" and "PILLMAN'S GOT A GUN" respectively, before they dropped them and commenced to actually fighting. • Austin pinned Pillman after dodging an attack with a crutch, stealing the crutch, hitting him with it instead, then hitting him with a Stone Cold Stunner. Winner: "Stone Cold" Steve Austin (STILL CHAMPION) (16:00)
X	Match	X vs. Y
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)
8	Singles match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and the IWGP Intercontinental Championship	© EVIL vs. Tetsuya Naito
Match notes: • EVIL was unable to bring Dick Togo to the stadium through Troper Procols, forcing him to go it alone. • Naito pinned EVIL after hitting a Destino. Winner: Tetsuya Naito (NEW CHAMPION) (26:20)

Event #3:

• November 21-22, 2020 (from the Pantheonic Wrestling Center in the House of Sports)

Match schedule and results

• Night 1: November 21

#	Match type Stipulations (if any)	Competitors
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)
1	Match	X vs. Y
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)
2	Match	X vs. Y
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)
3	Match	X vs. Y
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)
4	War Games Match for The Undisputed Era's TWF roster spots	The Undisputed Era (Adam Cole BAY BAY, Roderick Strong, Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly) vs. Team McAfee (Pat McAfee, Pete Dunne, Danny Burch and Oney Lorcan)
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)
5	Match	X vs. Y
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)
6	Match for the AEW World Championship	AEW WH© Jon Moxley vs. Kenny Omega
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)

• Night 2: November 22

#	Match type Stipulations (if any)	Competitors
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)
1	Match	X vs. Y
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)
2	Match	X vs. Y
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)
3	Match	X vs. Y
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)
4	Match	X vs. Y
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)
5	Match	X vs. Y
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)
6	Match	X vs. Y
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)
7	Match	X vs. Y
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)
8	Singles Match for the TWF Universal Heavyweight Championship	© (WWE UNI©) Roman Reigns [with Paul Heyman] vs. WWE WH© Drew McIntyre
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)

Event #4:

• March 7-8, 2021 (from Daily's Place in Jacksonville, Florida)

Match schedule and results

• Night 1: March 7

#	Match type Stipulations (if any)	Competitors
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)
1	Match	X vs. Y
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)
2	Match	X vs. Y
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)
3	Match	X vs. Y
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)
4	Match	X vs. Y
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)
5	Match	X vs. Y
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)
6	Match	X vs. Y
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)
7	Match	X vs. Y
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)
8	Exploding Barbed Wire Deathmatch for the AEW World Championship		AEW WH© Kenny Omega (with Don Callis) vs. Jon Moxley
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)

• Night 2: March 8

#	Match type Stipulations (if any)	Competitors
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)
1	Match	X vs. Y
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)
2	Match	X vs. Y
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)
3	Match	X vs. Y
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)
4	Match	X vs. Y
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)
5	Match	X vs. Y
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)
6	Match	X vs. Y
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)
7	Match	X vs. Y
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)
8	Match	X vs. Y
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)

Event #5: Ric Flair's Last Match

• July 30-31, 2022 (from Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tenessee)

Match schedule and results

• Night 1:

#	Match type Stipulations (if any)	Competitors
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)
1	Match	X vs. Y
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)
2	Match	X vs. Y
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)
3	Match	X vs. Y
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)
4	Match	X vs. Y
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)
5	Match	X vs. Y
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)
6	Match	X vs. Y
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)
7	Match	X vs. Y
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)
8	Tag Team Match	Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) vs. The American Wolves (Eddie Edwards and Davey Richards)
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)

• Night 2:

#	Match type Stipulations (if any)	Competitors
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)
1	Match	X vs. Y
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)
2	Match	X vs. Y
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)
3	Match	X vs. Y
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)
4	Match	X vs. Y
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)
5	Match	X vs. Y
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)
6	Match	X vs. Y
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)
7	Match	X vs. Y
Match notes: • • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)
8	Tag Team Match	Ric Flair and Andrade "Cien" Almas vs. Jeff Jarrett and Jay Lethal
Match notes: • This is Ric Flair's final match in his entire wrestling career… or is it? • Manner of Victory Winner: Z (00:00)