It’s not just the ultimate fantasy booking challenge. It’s also a competitive thought experiment!
The object of Mayhem Mania is to craft the best WrestleMania card possible within the boundaries of our current reality. That means anyone WWE can book in a match is available to our players.
But this year, there’s a twist! Mayhem Mania 2022 is a two-night event! Night 1 will be the night for our traditional Mayhem Mania card featuring WWE-related matches. But on Night 2, we open the “forbidden door” and make it possible for our players to create matches with anyone outside of WWE.
Every week, we invite players to make a change to one of the matches on our cards. They can: – KILL a match entirely and CREATE a new one with other individuals – SWAP out an individual or team in a match for another individual or team – SWAP out an individual or team in a match with an individual or team in another match already on the card – ADD an individual or team to an existing match
Not everyone is currently eligible to be used in Mayhem Mania. Some are being held in a place we lovingly refer to as SPACE JAIL. Here’s the current inmate count:
Avery Good
Commander Sterling
Gunther
Johnny Knoxville
Keith Lee
Rey Fenix
Sonny Kiss
Tama Tonga
Tanga Loa
Ultra Mantis Black
Will Ospreay
Ziggy Haim
Matches on our card can GRADUATE to the Mayhem Mania SUPERCARD via various means. That simply means they are “locked in” and can no longer be changed. It also opens up more slots to create more matches. Currently, two matches on each night have GRADUATED to the SUPERCARD.
NIGHT 1 (WWE) SUPERCARD
David Arquette vs. Samoa Joe (Created by Mad Mike)
Cesaro vs. Dolph Ziggler (Created by Papa Judo)
NIGHT 2 (“FORBIDDEN DOOR”) SUPERCARD
“Joker” Sting vs. The Fiend vs. Danhausen (Created by Ronnie Starks)
Darby Allin vs. Jay White vs. Lee Moriarty (Created by Sorgatron)
Five moves were made on last Tuesday’s Wrestling Mayhem Show. Let’s see what our players created!
Move #1 (by Tina Keys) KILL Jonathan Gresham vs. Daniel Garcia and CREATE Sammy Guevara vs,. El Phantasmo
Move #2 (by Chris LeRusso) SWAP El Phantasmo for Tay Conti and Dr. Britt Baker & Adam Cole
Move #3 (by Sorgatron) CREATE “Stone Cold” Steve Austin vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
Move #4 (by Mad Mike) CREATE Stephanie McMahon & Mr. McMahon & Shane McMahon vs. Shaul Guerrero & Chavo Guerrero Jr. & Dominik “Guerrero” (Mysterio)
Move #5 (by Dave Podnar) KILL Nick Gage vs. Wardlow and CREATE Willow Nightingale & Edith Surreal vs. Max The Impaler & Heidi Howitzer
So, with the moves from Week 8 of Mayhem Mania now in the books, let’s take a look at what our cards look like.
Night 1 (WWE) has TWO newly created matches.
“Stone Cold” Steve Austin vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (Created by Sorgatron)
Stephanie McMahon & Mr. McMahon & Shane McMahon vs. Shaul Guerrero & Chavo Guerrero Jr. & Dominik “Guerrero” (Mysterio) (Created by Mad Mike)
And we have SIX matches that were not altered in any way.
Commander Azeez vs. Omos vs. Veer (Created by Dave Podnar)
Carmelo Hayes vs. Ricochet (Created by Tina Keys)
The Bloodline (Roman Reigns & The Usos) & Solo Sikoa vs. Brock Lesnar, Shelton Benjamin & Alpha Academy (Chad Gable & Otis) (Created by Matt Carlins)
Ronda Rousey vs. Meiko Satomura (Created by Mad Mike)
Corey Graves vs. Elias (Created by Sorgatron)
Beth Phoenix vs. Bianca Belair vs. Rhea Ripley vs. Raquel Gonzalez (Created by Dave Podnar)
Night 2 (Forbidden Door) also has TWO newly created matches!
Tay Conti & Sammy Guevara vs. Dr. Britt Baker & Adam Cole (Created by Chris LeRusso)
Willow Nightingale & Edith Surreal vs. Max The Impaler & Heidi Howitzer (Created by Dave Podnar)
And there FOUR matches that were not altered in any way.
The IInspiration (Cassie Lee & Jessie McKay) vs. Athena & Mia Yim (Created by Mad Mike)
Lance Archer vs. Shane Taylor (Created by Sorgatron)
Naomichi Marufuji & Taiji Ishimori vs. Minoru Suzuki & Tajiri (Created by Roni Nicole)
Bryan Danielson vs. Josh Alexander (Created by Tina Keys)
What do you think about our matches? What changes would you make? Leave a comment down below and thanks for enjoying Mayhem Mania!
Mayhem Mania 2022: Week 8
This. Is. Mayhem Mania!
It’s not just the ultimate fantasy booking challenge. It’s also a competitive thought experiment!
The object of Mayhem Mania is to craft the best WrestleMania card possible within the boundaries of our current reality. That means anyone WWE can book in a match is available to our players.
But this year, there’s a twist! Mayhem Mania 2022 is a two-night event! Night 1 will be the night for our traditional Mayhem Mania card featuring WWE-related matches. But on Night 2, we open the “forbidden door” and make it possible for our players to create matches with anyone outside of WWE.
Every week, we invite players to make a change to one of the matches on our cards. They can: – KILL a match entirely and CREATE a new one with other individuals – SWAP out an individual or team in a match for another individual or team – SWAP out an individual or team in a match with an individual or team in another match already on the card – ADD an individual or team to an existing match
Not everyone is currently eligible to be used in Mayhem Mania. Some are being held in a place we lovingly refer to as SPACE JAIL. Here’s the current inmate count:
Avery Good
Commander Sterling
Gunther
Johnny Knoxville
Keith Lee
Rey Fenix
Sonny Kiss
Tama Tonga
Tanga Loa
Ultra Mantis Black
Will Ospreay
Ziggy Haim
Matches on our card can GRADUATE to the Mayhem Mania SUPERCARD via various means. That simply means they are “locked in” and can no longer be changed. It also opens up more slots to create more matches. Currently, two matches on each night have GRADUATED to the SUPERCARD.
Night 1 (WWE) SUPERCARD
David Arquette vs. Samoa Joe (Created by Mad Mike)
Cesaro vs. Dolph Ziggler (Created by Papa Judo)
Night 2 (“Forbidden Door”) SUPERCARD
“Joker” Sting vs. The Fiend vs. Danhausen (Created by Ronnie Starks)
Darby Allin vs. Jay White vs. Lee Moriarty (Created by Sorgatron)
Six moves were made on last Tuesday’s Wrestling Mayhem Show. Due to circumstances resulting in various matches graduating or being killed, we needed all six players to each creature a match from scratch. Let’s see what our players created!
Move #1 (by Mad Mike) CREATE The IInspiration (Cassie Lee & Jessie McKay) vs. Athena & Mia Yim
Move #2 (by Sorgatron) CREATE Lance Archer vs. Shane Taylor
Move #3 (by Dave Podnar) CREATE Commander Azeez vs. Omos vs. Veer
Move #4 (by Tina Keys) CREATE Carmelo Hayes vs. Ricochet
Move #5 (by Zeke Mercer) CREATE Daniel Garcia vs. Jonathan Gresham
Move #6 (by Matt Carlins) CREATE The Bloodline (Roman Reigns & The Usos) & Solo Sikoa vs. Brock Lesnar, Shelton Benjamin & Alpha Academy (Chad Gable & Otis)
So, with the moves from Week 8 of Mayhem Mania now in the books, let’s take a look at what our cards look like.
Night 1 (WWE) has three newly created matches.
Commander Azeez vs. Omos vs. Veer (Created by Dave Podnar)
Carmelo Hayes vs. Ricochet (Created by Tina Keys)
The Bloodline (Roman Reigns & The Usos) & Solo Sikoa vs. Brock Lesnar, Shelton Benjamin & Alpha Academy (Chad Gable & Otis) (Created by Matt Carlins)
And we have three matches that survived the round without being altered in any way.
Ronda Rousey vs. Meiko Satomura (Created by Mad Mike)
Corey Graves vs. Elias (Created by Sorgatron)
Beth Phoenix vs. Bianca Belair vs. Rhea Ripley vs. Raquel Gonzalez (Created by Dave Podnar)
Night 2 (Forbidden Door) also has three newly created matches!
The IInspiration (Cassie Lee & Jessie McKay) vs. Athena & Mia Yim (Created by Mad Mike)
Lance Archer vs. Shane Taylor (Created by Sorgatron)
Daniel Garcia vs. Jonathan Gresham (Created by Zeke Mercer)
And there are three matches that were not altered in any way.
Naomichi Marufuji & Taiji Ishimori vs. Minoru Suzuki & Tajiri (Created by Roni Nicole)
Bryan Danielson vs. Josh Alexander (Created by Tina Keys)
Wardlow vs. Nick Gage (Created by Mad Mike)
What do you think about our matches? What changes would you make? Leave a comment down below and thanks for enjoying Mayhem Mania!
Mayhem Mania 2022: IT BEGINS!
Mayhem Mania is back!
It’s not just the ultimate fantasy booking challenge. It’s also a competitive thought experiment!
The object of Mayhem Mania has always been to craft the best WrestleMania card possible within the boundaries of our current reality. That means anyone WWE can book in a match is available to our players.
But this year, there’s a twist! Mayhem Mania 2022 is a two-night event! Night 1 will be the night for our traditional Mayhem Mania card featuring WWE-related matches. But on Night 2, we open the “forbidden door” and make it possible for our players to create matches with anyone outside of WWE.
It’s been 4 years since we walked the couch up to the Beechview Studio location! We celebrate with old friends from many of our shows including Wrestling Mayhem Show, AwesomeCast and Fishing Without Bait!
We are joined by the Prospect Pro Wrestling Tag Team Champions The Runway! Tyler Klein and Calvin Couture join us to make us look good.
We talk Money in the Bank, the return of crowds, Becky Lynch and more!
The Runway discuss becoming 2PW Tag Team Champions and what’s next as they announce their match for 2PW Homecoming August 28!
Our guests help attempt to makeover our crew and we look at Seth Rollins and other fashion plates of the wrestling world.
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**A special shout out to our Manager Level Patreon supporters Bradley Ruthers (@HeelBradley) and Tina Keys (@sapphieangel008).
Thanks to Basick Sickness (@basicksickness) for the awesome intro for the show.
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Monday Mayhem Warriors: Pandemic Work Horses
We’re up after WWE RAW with first impressions, pro wrestling news, Lego updates, and the latest pop culture on our minds live from Sorgatron Media Studio in Pittsburgh, PA!
Sorg, Mad Mike and Just Pro Wrestling News’s Mainstream Matt talk the Ring of Honor Best in the World PPV problems. AEW Elevation is OD’ing its fans. Danny Limelight to Major League Wrestling. Last WWE RAW at Thunderdome! NXT sacrifices for Smackdown. And WHO are the pandemic era MVPs for WWE?
We’re up after WWE RAW with first impressions, pro wrestling news, Lego updates, and the latest pop culture on our minds live from Sorgatron Media Studio in Pittsburgh, PA!
Every year, we bring together fans, wrestlers and other folks. Our goal is to construct the BEST WrestleMania card that’s currently possible. Everyone under a WWE contract is eligible to use, as are those who are within the orbit of WWE’s influence. If Vince McMahon can do it, we can do it!
There are two “tiers” to Mayhem Mania. The 8-match “undercard”, where our players create and make changes to matches, and the SUPERCARD. To reach the SUPERCARD, a match must survive three rounds on the “undercard” without being altered in any way, but that changes in our final round – Patreon In The Bank.
With no more time to wait on matches to GRADUATE, we invite the Patreon supporters of the Wrestling Mayhem Show into the final round of Mayhem Mania, imbue them with the authority to make massive changes to our card and enjoy the pandemonium. Some Patreons were granted the authority to imprison and even FREE individuals from SPACE JAIL! Here’s what it looked like heading into Patreon In The Bank.
SPACE JAIL Tickets can also be earned when a match GRADUATES. The creator of the match gets that reward. In addition, the match creator gets to hand out a dose of “punishment” to another player. Our friend Chad The Shad created a board of random numbers and letters which concealed the names of individuals that the “punished” player would be forced to use.
With only ONE match on our SUPER CARD heading into the Patreon In The Bank round, we had to GRADUATE seven matches! Here’s the record of how it all went down.
Patreon #1: Alex Kahrs (Manager Level Patreon) – FREE Billie Kay from SPACE JAIL – SWAP Cameron Grimes for Reckoning – ADD STIPULATION “WeeLC” to Legado Del Fantasma vs. Breezango & RJ City – AUTO-GRADUATE Legado Del Fantasma vs. Breezango & RJ City to the SUPER CARD – SEND T-Bar to SPACE JAIL
REWARDS for graduated match for Bobbyfjtown – CREATE THE DEMON Finn Balor vs. Aleister Black vs. THE FIEND Bray Wyatt – PUNISHED Mad Mike (*Jinder Mahal randomly selected)
Patreon #2: Mad Mike (Manager Level Patreon) – FREE Peyton Royce from SPACE JAIL – SEND Bad Bunny to SPACE JAIL – SWAP Karrion Kross for Jinder Mahal – ADD STIPULATION: “TLC” to Hurt Business vs. New Day vs. Street Profits vs. The Usos – AUTO-GRADUATE Rhea Ripley vs. Trish Stratus to the SUPER CARD
REWARDS for graduated match for Mad Mike – SEND Jaxson Ryker to SPACE JAIL – CREATE The IIconics vs. Bella Twins – PUNISHED Bobbyfjtown (*Roderick Strong randomly selected)
Patreon #3: D.P. (Poppy Club Level Patreon) – DELETE Randy Orton vs. Papa Shango and CREATE Shotzi Blackheart & Ember Moon vs. Bayley & Carmella – ADD STIPULATION: “Tank On A Pole Match” to Shotzi Blackheart & Ember Moon vs. Bayley & Carmella
Patreon #4: Bobbyfjtown (Manager Level Patreon) – SWAP THE FIEND Bray Wyatt for Karrion Kross – AUTO-GRADUATE THE DEMON Finn Balor vs. Aleister Black vs. Karrion Kross – ADD STIPULATION: “Grave Consequences” to THE DEMON Finn Balor vs. Aleister Black vs. Karrion Kross – FREE Edge from SPACE JAIL – SEND Bobby Fish to SPACE JAIL
REWARDS for graduating match for Bobbyfjtown – CREATE Roderick Strong vs. Cameron Grimes – PUNISHED Farnsworth (*JBL randomly selected) – SEND King Corbin to SPACE JAIL
Patreon #5: Doc Remedy (Pizza Club Level Patreon) – DELETE Candice LeRae & Johnny Gargano vs. AJ Lee & CM Punk and CREATE Dexter Lumis vs. King Corbin – SEND CM Punk to SPACE JAIL – ADD SPECIAL ENFORCER Edge to Hurt Business vs. New Day vs. Street Profits vs. The Usos
Patreon #6: Tina Keys (Manager Level Patreon) – FREE Asuka from SPACE JAIL – SWAP Jinder Mahal for Drew McIntyre – ADD STIPULATION: “Hell Of War” to Drew McIntyre vs. Triple H – AUTO-GRADUATE Drew McIntyre vs. Triple H to the SUPER CARD – SEND Natalya to SPACE JAIL
REWARDS for graduating match for Tina Keys – CREATE Isaiah “Swerve” Scott vs. Ricochet – SEND Nia Jax to SPACE JAIL – PUNISHED: Bo Diggity (*Michael Cole randomly selected)
Patreon #7: The Rizz (Manager Level Patreon) – FREE Pat McAfee from SPACE JAIL – DELETE Dexter Lumis vs. King Corbin and CREATE R-Truth & John Cena vs. Pat McAfee & Malcolm Bivens – AUTO-GRADUATE R-Truth & John Cena vs. Pat McAfee & Malcolm Bivens to the SUPER CARD – ADD STIPULATION: “Punjabi Prison Match” to Xavier Woods vs. Reckoning – SEND Mace to SPACE JAIL
REWARDS for graduating match for The Rizz – CREATE Adam Cole vs. Asuka – PUNISHED: Farnsworth (*Maryse randomly selected) – SEND Slapjack to SPACE JAIL
Patreon #8: Farnsworth via proxy: Mainstream Matt (Manager Level Patreon) – DELETE Roderick Strong & Cameron Grimes and CREATE Maryse & The Miz vs. JBL & Ron Simmons – AUTO-GRADUATE Xavier Woods vs. Reckoning to the SUPER CARD – FREE Bad Bunny from SPACE JAIL
REWARDS for graduating match for Alex Kahrs – CREATE Bad Bunny vs. Pitbull – SEND Flo Rida to SPACE JAIL – PUNISHED: Bo Diggity (*Scarlett randomly selected)
Patreon #9: Kyle Turner via proxy: Sorgatron (Pizza Club Level Patreon) – ADD Bart Gunn to Adam Cole vs. Asuka – ADD STIPULATION: “Lion’s Den Match” to Adam Cole vs. Asuka vs. Bart Gunn – SEND Sammy Guevara to SPACE JAIL
Patreon #10: Bo Diggity (Manager Level Patreon) – KILL The IIconics vs. Bella Twins and CREATE Michael Cole vs. Scarlett – ADD STIPULATION: “Submission Match” to Michael Cole vs. Scarlett – AUTO-GRADUATE Keith Lee vs. Cesaro vs. Pete Dunne vs. WALTER to the SUPER CARD – SEND Undertaker to SPACE JAIL
REWARDS for graduating match for Chad The Shad – SEND Tom Phillips to SPACE JAIL – CREATE Mick Foley & Piper Niven vs. Robert Stone & Drake Maverick vs. Indi Hartwell & A-Train – ADD SPECIAL REFEREE: Rikishi to Mick Foley & Piper Niven vs. Robert Stone & Drake Maverick vs. Indi Hartwell & A-Train – ADD SPECIAL ENFORCER Jamie Noble to Mick Foley & Piper Niven vs. Robert Stone & Drake Maverick vs. Indi Hartwell & A-Train
The work is done and we have successfully elevated eight matches onto our Mayhem Mania SUPER CARD!
MAYHEM MANIA 2021 SUPERCARD
Raquel Gonzalez vs. Beth Phoenix (Created by Tina Keys)
WeeLC! Legado Del Fantasma vs. Breezango & RJ City (Created by Bobbyfjtown)
Trish Stratus vs. Rhea Ripley (Created by Mad Mike)
Grave Consequences Aleister Black vs. Finn Balor vs. Karrion Kross (Created by Bobbyfjtown)
“War Of Hell” Match Drew McIntyre vs. Triple H (*Designated as “cinematic match”) (Created by Tina Keys)
Malcolm Bivens & Pat McAfee vs. R-Truth & John Cena (Created by The Rizz)
Punjabi Prison Match! Xavier Woods vs. Reckoning (Created by Alex Kahrs)
Keith Lee vs. Cesaro vs. Pete Dunne vs. WALTER (Created by Chad The Shad)
We also have eight matches on our “undercard”. We’ll hold a vote on the Wrestling Mayhem Show Facebook group to determine which one will be part of the Mayhem Mania pre-show!
Isaiah “Swerve” Scott vs. Ricochet (Created by Tina Keys)
Bad Bunny vs. Pitbull (Created by Alex Kahrs)
Piper Niven & Mick Foley vs. Robert Stone & Drake Maverick vs. Indi Hartwell & A-Train (Special Guest Referee: Rikishi) (Special Guest Enforcer: Jamie Noble) (Created by Chad The Shad)
Submission Match! Michael Cole vs. Scarlett (Created by Bo Diggity)
Maryse & The Miz vs. JBL & Ron Simmons (Created by Farnsworth via his proxy: Mainstream Matt)
Lion’s Den Match! Asuka vs. Adam Cole vs. Bart Gunn (Created by Kyle Turner via his proxy: Sorgatron)
Tank On A Pole Match! Shotzi Blackheart & Ember Moon vs. Bayley & Carmella (Created by D.P.)
TLC! Shelton Benjamin & Cedric Alexander vs. Kofi Kingston & Big E vs. Street Profits vs. The Usos (Special Guest Enforcer: Edge) (Created by Chris Taylor)
*UPDATE (4/3/2021): Due to unforeseen circumstances, Patreon Kyle Turner was unable to participate in Patreon In The Bank. To show our appreciation for his support, we invited him to add a match to our “undercard”. So, for one week only, we have nine matches on the “undercard”.
“ECW-Style” 4-Way Dance! Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Jordan Devlin vs. Kyle O’Reilly vs. Ilja Dragunov (Created by Kyle Turner)
During the round, our Patreon supporters also had opportunities to book guests for the first-ever Mayhem Mania WAP (Watch Along Party). They’ll join Faye Jackson, who was the first to be booked weeks ago.
We ended up with a very eclectic guest list: – Bad Bunny (Alex Kahrs) – David Arquette (Mad Mike) – Cardi B (D.P.) – Meghan Thee Stallion (Bobbyfjtown) – Iron Sheik (Doc Remedy) – Josiah Williams (Tina Keys) – The Great Khali (The Rizz) – MV Young (Sorg) – The IIconics (Bo Diggity) – Nicki Minaj (Chad)
Even more guests will be added following Friday’s episode of TALKING Mayhem Mania!
The final inmate count on SPACE JAIL is: – T-Bar – Sammy Guevara – Jaxson Ryker – Charlotte Flair – Lacey Evans – Flo Rida – Dominik Mysterio – CM Punk – Natalya – Brock Lesnar – Bobby Fish – Undertaker – Nia Jax – King Corbin – Mace – Velveteen Dream – Austin Theory – Slapjack – Tom Phillips
So there you have it, Mayhem Mania 2021 is in the books. As usual, it was a sometimes messy process, but in the end we got a really solid SUPER CARD. Thanks to everyone who played and everyone who followed along this year!
Monday Mayhem Warriors: AEW Elevation Dark Dog-Gone Debut Show
We’re up after WWE RAW with first impressions, pro wrestling news, Lego updates, and the latest pop culture on our minds live from Sorgatron Media Studio in Pittsburgh, PA!
Sorg and Mad Mike are talking about the latest Monday Night Skirmish as AEW Elevation Dark debuts ahead of WWE RAW! Maki Itoh vs Riho, Daylight Savings and the 4 Hour WWE RAW, Vaccines, unfortunate YouTube searches, Non Fungible Tokens and more!
We’re up after WWE RAW with first impressions, pro wrestling news, Lego updates, and the latest pop culture on our minds live from Sorgatron Media Studio in Pittsburgh, PA!
Sorg, Mad Mike, Mainstream Matt of Just Pro Wrestling News and Ronnie Starks return to talk WWE RAW, new champ Bobby Lashley, WWE RAW is big with the kids, women missing from the show, WrestleMania Covid protocols, WandaVision and more!
