Dear Chocolate Boxer!

[redleaderfic]

Hello and thank you for writing wrestlefic or drawing wrestleart for me! I love or at least am HIGHLY INTRIGUED by all of these pairings, there are no wrong choices.

Likes: Hurt/Comfort, (LOVE h/c!) UST finally spilling over, first time/get together fics, unspoken feelings that stay unspoken but are blindingly obvious anyway, bedside vigils/general watching over someone, bedside vigils, angst and uncertainty leading into happy endings, sneaking around, getting it on in the locker rooms after matches, road trips, spur of the moment bondage, wall sex, sex wearing title belts, clothes sharing, breathplay, bedsharing, creative/incredibly destructive to reality uses of time travel, groundhog day loops, five things fic, missing scenes/episode tags, wing kink, title belt celebrations. Any rating, G rated fluff to explicit more than welcome, kayfabe only

AUs: Spies, superheroes, noir, WWE Immortals 'verse, medieval (yay, knights and jousts and fealty,) soulmates ("wrestling soulmates" is a thing! And especially soulmate AUs where being soulmates is a huge pain most of the time.)

DNWs: deathfic (unless undone by magic/time travel/etc! Then bring it on!) non-con, A/B/O, D/s with lots of negotiation.

Art: I am very bad at prompting for art! I will genuinely like pretty much anything, but some general likes are: from behind hugs, kissing, holding someone up who's been hurt, bedside vigils, wings for characters who would even kinda maybe have wings (more than you would think!) desk sex, Drew's powerpoint being used for things it was never intended, (or was it!) alternate forms (angels, werewolves, stars) bedsharing. And wrestling is very visual so if any of the prompts below works for art please go for it.

WWE

Adam Cole/Bobby Fish/Kyle O'Reilly (WWE)

I’d really love anything where Kyle and Bobby have to work together to bring Adam back from what ever Bullet Club purgatory he was in for a while – maybe Adam was haunting the Performance Center, or Kyle had a dream about what happened and dragged Bobby in, or the Bucks had some remorse and dropped them a message they should come deal with this, etc. Kyle and Bobby technically came in separately and had a lot of bad blood recently over reDRagon breaking up, so I’d love something with them finding their way back to each other while helping Adam. Also very into the two of them helping Adam with any post-death aftereffects (nightmares, etc) big victory party after War Games, picking Adam up after Aleister beats him, or a big blow-out celebration after Kyle and Bobby win the tag titles.

Adam Cole/Nikki Cross (WWE)

I really loved Nikki attacking Adam and his whiny outrage that she’d pulled his hair. :D I would be into anything where it’s not really clear whether Nikki is trying to kill Adam or flirt with him and Adam is both terrified and surprisingly into this. Nikki has a history of stalking people she likes and hitting them with tables anyway, and she has an actual grudge against Adam and his group! Basically hatesex where Adam is trying hard to get control of the situation but Nikki doesn’t react in any way he can predict and by the end neither of them are sure if it’s even still hatesex at all.

Aleister Black | Tommy End/Velveteen Dream (WWE)

No lie, I would love ANYTHING with these two. They might have had my favorite feud of the year. I’d love fic with Aleister trying to get his jacket back and Velveteen tying him in knots (literally or just figuratively), Velveteen continually pushing his luck and Aleister liking it more than he wants to admit, anything post-Takeover, etc. I love supernatural nonsense so fell free to pour that on.

Antonio Cesaro/Sheamus (WWE)

How cute are these two? I’m especially partial to that period right before the full heel turn where Sheamus is clearly into Cesaro and trying his best to behave because he thinks Cesaro wants him to and Cesaro hasn’t quite let himself admit to how deep he’s in, but any Sheasaro is good Sheasaro. I love when one of them is hurt and the other fretting, especially Cesaro over Sheamus, or anything after/during their Ride Along where poor Sheamus can’t keep his eyes open. And of course anything after their title wins or losses. They had such a great slow burn and I would be into anything set during it.

Baron Corbin/Corey Graves | Sterling James Keenan (WWE)

I love these two assholes. I’d especially love an NXT-set story, where everything is falling apart for Corey and Baron has to pick him up while his own career is just starting to click (Corey’s said that he lived on Baron’s couch for a while during all that) but I also LOVE fic where Corey’s on commentary and Baron is showing off and getting off on Corey watching him in a voyeuristic feedback loop. After match celebrations are also always appreciated and Baron has had a ton of things to celebrate since coming up. I’d also love anything with Baron getting prickly about Corey gushing over someone else on commentary but would laser off his tattoos before ever admitting he was jealous, or Corey getting menaced and Baron making him feel better while still giving him a hard time over it. I love tattoo kink and secret werewolf Baron, although I go for more horror-style werewolves that are dangerous to be around and have to control themselves to not turn into murder monsters. (If there’s sex with werewolf!Baron please no knotting, it is not my thing.)

Corey Graves | Sterling James Keenan/Nakamura Shinsuke (WWE)

Corey’s transparent crush on Shinsuke is the best. They have the same birthday! They named the Kinshasa together! :D I loved beyond words the injury angle in NXT where Corey had to get up from the commentary table to hover over Shinsuke and was completely off his game for the next whole match, so anything spinning out of that. I would also love anything around Corey and Shinsuke being out of their minds delighted to be on the same show again, Corey being irritated and jealous when they weren’t on the same show (that’s not how you call the Kinshasa!) or Corey picking Shinsuke up after disappointing losses. As always with Corey, Shinsuke kinking on his tattoos or showing off for him in the ring is super appreciated. Praise kink with Corey talking Shinsuke up would also be fantastic.

Corey Graves | Sterling James Keenan/Pac | Adrian Neville (WWE)

I ship these two has a huge missed opportunity ship: they teamed together basically out of convenience in NXT because the Wyatts had numbers and it’s been a consistent story since then that Corey kept pushing Neville to have more edge, to not care so much about the fans (Corey literally says he’d begged Neville at one point) leading to Corey betraying him because he’d decided Neville would never change. You can hear the delight in Corey’s voice when Neville proves him wrong! I’d love anything with Neville making up for lost time, where he’d wanted Corey then but didn’t let himself reach for him for whatever reason, or Neville revealing in Corey’s praise now. There’s also a good angst opportunity where in their 2/3 falls blow off match Neville gives Corey a concussion, (a kayfabe cover for a real one, IIRC) one that puts him out for two months, and when Corey comes back he does a promo where he says Neville tried to end his career and that he would never forgive him. Obviously things would change a few years on, but I would love anything dealing with all of that.

Elias Samson/Bayley

Bayley just wants to walk with Elias! Bayley paired with grumpy heels is the best and I’d love anything where she finally brings him around. Guitar lessons maybe, or her helping him out when he doesn’t expect it. Elias is a jerk who hangs out with jerks and a genuine friend would probably be good for him. Their NXT careers have some good potential too – Bayley was everyone’s sweetheart and a champion there while Elias really struggled and didn’t see everything click until he hit Raw (and even now he knows he’s not quite there yet), while Bayley’s had a lot of disappointment on the main roster. These two could sing some blues together! I’d also be all for Elias having actual bard powers, either in regular WWE canon or in a D&D fusion.

Luke Harper | Brodie Lee & Erick Rowan (WWE)

My boys are back together! I’d love anything set during that long stretch after Randy broke up the Family when they were both in the wind and how they get back to each other again. What is the deal with the hammers? How did Luke come around to calling Erick his brother again? What’s different between them now from when they were with Bray? (I’m good with either gen or slash here, I just didn’t have enough slots.)

Mustafa Ali/Drew Gulak (WWE)

I loved these two feuding so much. I’d love anything set during all of that, with Drew trying to “save” Mustafa and seemingly only Mustafa every week despite claiming to be doing it for the good of 205 Live – I love a Drew who is in complete denial about what’s really going on with his heart here and how much he wants to touch Mustafa’s hair and poor Mustafa having to deal with all this. Alternately, I would love anything set now when Drew’s seemingly selling his soul piece by piece each week! Mustafa Ali of all people would hate to see that – he make not like Drew Gulak, but he’s better than this. (and maybe he’s right!)

Noam Dar/Alicia Fox (WWE)

These two ending badly but they were so much fun while they lasted! I loved their weird, slap kink based courtship and how for a while they really did seem to genuinely adore each other. I’d especially love something set early on, when Alicia is still telling herself she doesn’t even like Noam and having to realize to her horror that maybe she really might. I’d love them sneaking around or pretending they aren’t both getting off on the slapping (if anyone was made for spanking, it’s these two) or Noam having a near miss in the ring and Alicia having feelings about it.

Randy Orton/Bray Wyatt (WWE)

I really loved Randy homewrecking the Wyatts. I’d love anything about what was going on in their head during all that, either Bray who clearly thought he had everything under control or Randy seducing his way in. Did Randy catch some actual feelings during all that? Give me all the mind games and supernatural Wyatt mumbo jumbo.

Razor Ramon/Owen Hart

First of all, this promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBPKygUjfvU (skip ahead to 1:48) Then this promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lOFvDjaXPY . Bret’s so maaaaaad! Much madder than he has any right to be, they hadn’t feuded in months at this point! :D Please give me anything with Owen working out his sibling rivalry by fucking his brother’s enemy, especially if Razor rubs Bret’s face in it. Maybe he really intends just to confront Razor at first, to prove he can fight his own battles, and things get out of control! These two were made for filthy locker room sex and sneaking into hotel rooms under Bret’s overprotective nose.

Shinsuke Nakamura/Randy Orton

These two have been teaming a lot lately, united by mutual annoyance with Sami and Kevin, and I was pretty delighted to see that Randy actually seems to like Shinsuke? Kind of? I was expecting Orton’s usual disinterested disdain but there have been times while tagging or watching Shinsuke at ringside where there’s practically been hearteyes coming from Randy. Even Randy’s confused about why he’s getting involved in Shinsuke’s business! I’d love fic with Randy feeling pretty thrown by being attracted to Shinsuke and trying to deal with that. Everyone seems to fall a little bit in love with Shinsuke but I’d love to see Randy grappling with wanting someone who is likely to be an enemy again soon enough. Or maybe that adds a little spice to things? Shinsuke has to know his effect on people, has he noticed it working on Randy? Does he like playing with fire like that? Anything with these two negotiating this sort of friends now/almost certainly enemies later situation they’ve found themselves in, especially with Randy dealing with finding himself in deeper than he’d really like to be.

Tommaso Ciampa/Johnny Gargano (WWE)

ANYTHING dealing with Takeover: Chicago or the after match. Angst it up! That last night, Johnny not able to stay away from Tommaso even though Tommaso is poison for him, Johnny just in general not dealing well please and thank you. The next Takeover is happening right in the middle of the writing period so if what we’re all expecting to happen happens then the fall out from that too.

Pete Dunne/William Regal

Pete Dunne must be like looking into his own past for William Regal and as much as he acts disgusted with Pete’s antics there’s always that grudging glint of approval there too, because he was exactly the same way. I’d love Pete coming on to him and Regal either being tempted but resisting or eventually being worn down, or Regal getting finally fed up and teaching Pete a lesson. A sexy lesson. Probably involving that desk in his office.

Waylon Mercy & Bray Wyatt
Waylon Mercy | Danny Spivey & Jake "The Snake" Roberts (WWE)

Grouping these two together because I love Waylon and I love Jake and I love the Wyatts and these are great tastes that should go together (if you want them to!) Jake and Waylon both have that soft spoken, philosophical monster air about them – they’re two men who should be either the greatest of friends or the worst enemies, or both at the same time. If you don’t want to connect them to the Wyatts, I’d love the two of them meeting up on some lonely southern road and causing some mayhem.

But if you DO, Bray is the two of them with an apocalyptic bent (early Bray even dressed like Waylon!) I’d love fic about these two influencing him growing up or even advising him now – how are they all connected? If you’d rather just focus on Waylon and Bray, what kind of relationship do they have? Waylon is clearly a Wyatt in all but name and I’d love to see Bray dealing with someone just as terrifying as he is.

Samoa Joe/A.J. Styles (WWE)

These two have been trying to murder each other for so long they might be friends purely out of Stockholm Syndrome. I’d love these two celebrating how far they’ve come, especially in light of how long it took them both to get there. Really, anything that plays off their long history – Joe mocking AJ for being a sucker when Jericho betrays him as a way of making him feel better, AJ picking up Joe at the hospital when Roman beat him up even though he knows Joe deserved it, the two of them celebrating AJ’s wins, etc. Also a good time for Bullet Club mumbo jumbo! Did Joe’s over the top rivalry with Finn in NXT have anything to do with AJ’s getting booted from the Club at about the same time? I ship both of them with Christopher Daniels as the missing part of their triad (which they call themselves!) so anything about their missing piece would be amazing.

Andrade Cien Almas/Zelina Vega

These two are so great together. The way Zelina tells it, they met seven years ago, which would make them both around 19-20 – how did that meeting go? How did he make such an impression that Zelina felt compelled to waltz back in and fix his life? Zelina claims this is purely a business arrangement – does she really mean that? The way Andrade looks at her sure isn’t the way most men look at their business partners! I’d love anything when they realize this isn’t just business and hasn’t been for a long time. And as always, title celebrations are welcome!

 

NJPW

(FYI: Stories building off BTE, like episode tags etc are A-OK . I'm not totally caught up but I keep up with the highlights.)

 

Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owens
Bad Luck Fale/Chase Owens

Grouping these together because I’m fine with either gen or slash for these two, I just want more of them. They were so much fun in Tag League, I’d love anything with set during then – celebrating a big win, Fale picking Chase up after a loss, an AU where Chase gets hurt and Fale has a lot of feelings about it, anything with Bullet Club’s demons coming into play, Fale showing off his title to Chase, maybe with Chase getting a little wistful about wanting his own (Fale did win a title almost as soon as he left the country, too) etc. Fale has been there since the beginning and seen people come and go, and I’d love him realizing he’s gotten more attached to Chase than he’d ever expected. (He did make Chase an honorary Tongan!) I really love the OG Bullet Club and would love anything with Chase finding his place with them and them appreciating how hard Chase works and how much the Bullet Club means to him. Fale especially of course; stone faced, sullen guys having a lot of emotions but not showing them is one of my favorite things. These would be an especially good options for Spy or Superhero AUs (supervillain henchman Chase probably gets blown up a lot, poor thing.)

El Desperado/Zack Sabre Jr

These two are so much fun and seemingly so genuinely fond of each other – I loved how after they both lost at Destruction ZSJ tweeted that it was only because they hadn’t cornered for each other. I’d love something with them practicing submissions on each other, either as foreplay or just a sexually charged thing on its own, or the two of them backing each other up in the ring. They’re two of the youngest members of Suzuki-gun and while Despey is all in with Suzuki’s cult Zack is clearly more on the respected mentor side of things – does that cause problems? A look at the inner working of Suzuki-gun would be fantastic. I’d also love anything with Despey getting the bad end of a match and Zack avenging him and patching him up afterwards, or even Despey sacrificing himself at ringside to save a match for Zack.

Ibushi Kota/Cody Rhodes (NJP-W)

OH BOY. These two have been something lately, huh? I’d love anything getting into what exactly is going in Cody’s head – the hell did he mean by “KENNY DOESN’T LOVE YOU LIKE I LOVE YOU!”? What’s his mind game here? Does he want to destroy something Kenny loves, and how far will he go to do that? What is his real goal here? And what does Kota think about it, besides being understandably baffled by it all? Is he a little tempted by Cody? Does a tiny part of him like the idea of getting back at Kenny this way? Does he lead Cody on, knowing something bad is brewing in the Bullet Club and this is the only way to get on the inside to find out what? Give me all the messed up mind games. (Kota Ibushi probably isn’t very good at mind games, but I bet he’d be a quick study.)

Ibushi Kota/Kenny Omega (NJP-W)

THINGS HAVE CERTAINLY BEEN HAPPENING, HUH? :D I would genuinely love anything here: something set just post betrayal, Kenny slowing losing his mind while Kota’s in the US (why DID Kota come back? What was it like watching Kenny with the G1?) that post G1 hallway confrontation, and of course everything going on now with Cody. What is happening between these two? And as for AUs, Spies, superheroes/supervillains, actually-a-fallen-angel-Kenny, actually-a-star-Kota, I love all of it.

Kenny Omega/Chase Owens (NJP-W)

Aw, Chase. He’s another one with a huge crush on Kenny – watch the way he looks at Kenny when they’re teaming and Kenny does his entrance pose down and the bits we got of Chase dealing with Kenny during the G1 were so charming. (Him utterly failing to save Kenny from Suzuki-gun and then redeeming himself in the match with Yano was a genuine tournament highlight for me.) Chase POV on Kenny would be fun, and I’m totally here for the kind of dynamic where Kenny knows the crush is there and isn’t above taking advantage when his favorites aren’t around, especially if Chase knows what this is and is cool with it (or tells himself he is, anyway.) Chase is very into the Bullet Club and Kenny in his heart really isn’t, so that could be a fun dynamic to play with. And of course I’m there for actual, genuine mutual appreciation, unexpected friendships are some of my favorite things. Chase was brought into the Bullet Club to team with Kenny back when they were both juniors, so even with Kenny going off the rails lately there has to be some residual loyalty there because of that even though Chase clearly has chosen a side lately.

Kenny Omega/Marty Scurll (NJP-W)

Marty is so gone on Kenny it’s almost tragic because Kenny is such a disaster. I’d love anything with Marty pining over Kenny and trying to help him, especially after the G1 when Kenny was at such a low point. I’d also love anything with Marty quietly trying to help with his look, because Kenny could frankly use all the help he can get there, especially if it involves Marty getting to dress Kenny up. (Marty getting Kenny to put on his mask/gear would also be welcome, I feel like Marty would be into Kenny wearing his things in general, whether his actual clothes or stuff he picked out for him.) I really love Marty being protective of Kenny either physically or emotionally (canon’s certainly given a lot of opportunities there) or even just the two of them tagging and Marty enjoying watching Kenny work. Marty is also an obvious choice for a superhero AU, and if anyone is a natural fit for the Guild of Calamitous Intent it is Marty Scurll.

Sami Callihan/Juice Robinson (NJP-W)

Juice promised Sami he could kiss him if they won! Did Sami get his kiss anyway? Was Juice a little jealous watching Sami kiss his way through most of the NJPW roster? I’d love Juice stewing a little bit while pretending to himself that he’s not jealous at all, especially if there’s mutual pining going on with Sami doing it all to provoke a reaction. (Maybe Chuck and Trent can matchmake.)

Tenzan Hiroyoshi/Sami Callihan

Even Tenzan’s wife doesn’t kiss him! That’s so sad! I’d love Sami and Tenzan tumbling into something here that surprises the both of them. I’m very cool if it stays being just sweet between them or leads to jealousy in their respective tag partners – maybe fake dating that works a little too well? Tenzan just needs to be kissed, dammit.

Will Ospreay/Takahashi Hiromu (NJP-W)

I love these weirdos. Anything with their catplay based flirtation is welcome here – Will feeling bad when Hiromu keeps getting beaten to challenges, Hiromu trying to cheer Will up after he loses the title (in whatever way that takes), Will visiting Daryl and the family. Maybe Daryl does some matchmaking, or one of them takes a dangerous spot and the other is more worried then he expected to be. (well, probably Will is more worried than expected, Hiromu knows the deal I’m guessing.) These two are so charming together on twitter too, so twitterfic would be a lot of fun.

Matt Jackson/Nick Jackson/Kenny Omega (NJP-W)

The Bucks’ loyalty to Kenny always gets me right in the heart. I don’t necessarily need Matt and Nick themselves to be together – I’m a big fan of them being a V-triad with Kenny in the center – but I’m totally open to it being a true triad. Anything with them picking Kenny up after hard losses, just standing there at ringside watching him work and then taking him back to the hotel to tell him how great he is, something bad happening to one or both of the Bucks and Kenny completely freaking out over it, the three of them being their own little subfaction within the Bullet Club, the Bucks and Kenny doing the long distance thing when Kenny’s in Japan and Matt and Nick are in the US, really anything with Kenny leaning on the two of them and Bucks being there for him. And considering recent events, the two of them trying their hearts out to take his mind off of Kota Ibushi would be great.

Okada Kazuchika/Kenny Omega (NJP-W)

These two had such a great 2017. I love their rivalry and would love something where that competitiveness bleeds into actual feeling. Is there more to why Okada challenged Kenny at Dominion than just thinking he deserved it? Does Okada unconsciously measure his other opponents against Kenny now? I really love rivals becoming something more, so anything in the vein would be fantastic. (Maybe the Bullet Club disintegrates and Okada is an unexpected ally? Did Okada recruit Jay because he’s a good addition or just because he’s fighting Kenny, and if Okada’s not fighting Kenny at least someone in his faction is? Even Okada using Jay as a way to keep Kenny in his orbit – Okada/Jay isn’t in the tag set because HOW COULD WE HAVE KNOWN seducing him purely because of his proximity to Kenny would be great. There must be a reason so many CHAOS members have challenged for Kenny’s title, right?)

 

WCW

 

"Stone Cold" Steve Austin/Brian Pillman (WCW)

The Hollywood Blondes were my favorites so of course WCW ruined everything. I love how even back then you can see the seeds of who both of them would become and I would pretty much love any fic where they’re being huge pains in the ass to everyone and making their own fun. These two are MADE for backstage shenanigans and homemade sex tapes that somehow get out and in general being completely wrapped up in each other holy terrors. Also very up for post-breakup bitter hatesex, even if the break up itself was squarely meh.

Arn Anderson/Ric Flair (WCW)

There has never been a better henchman in the history of henching than Arn Anderson. The man was born to hench. I’d really love his POV on Ric and his place in Ric’s life and in the Horsemen (I’m not sure Ric is really self aware enough for the other way around, especially then!) What was it like for Arn when Ric had his WWF vacation? What was it like when they were working that enormous con job on Sting? Other Horseman came and went but Arn Anderson was always there standing right by Ric’s side and I love that. And we know Ric did too, in his selfish human peacock way.

Lex Luger/Sting

Lex Luger is the Worst. This is an undeniable fact and Sting keeps going back for more. Why? How? Why don’t you love yourself, Sting? All I want here is this mess in all its traitorous, codependent glory. Maybe the rest of the roster stages an intervention! How does Lex keep worming his way back in? Why does Sting keep forgiving him? This is the time for manipulative darkfic.

Ric Flair/Sting

Look at Sting’s face here when Ric Flair thanks him for the save and calls him pal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jki9yZzJtBY

Sting spends his entire WCW career trying to recapture this moment. I would love anything with all this dysfunction: they two of them after this promo, with hero worshiping Sting cleaning Flair up and Flair basking in the attention, later on when things fall apart because Sting has the nerve to want to be a champion, that time Flair and Arn staged a break up seemingly solely to break Sting’s heart on live TV or anything in between. These two were each other’s greatest rivals and I’d love some complicated emotions here.

Scott Hall | Razor Ramon/Kevin Nash (WCW)

In case you haven’t seen it, the greatest backstage ambush of all time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtc7QzFzjPY Look at those two glorious, magnificent bastards, the NWO was never better than when it was just Hall and Nash swaggering around and tossing Rey Mysterio around like a lawn dart. That era where they really were the Outsiders, just the two of them versus the entire old guard of WCW was the best and I’d love anything set there – an AU where things went differently (for better or worse!), missing scene fic of the two of them gloating or scheming or hiding from the WCW higher ups, them being menaced by Sting, etc. (I know Crow!Sting comes slightly later, but he’s so good a menacing.) Basically I’m not a big fan of Hogan, so if we either can politely pretend he’s not an issue or he’s busy being a pain in the ass, that would be great. I’d also be up for fic set much later, when the wheels are coming off the cart and everyone’s starting to realize it.

 

TNA

 

AJ Styles/Samoa Joe (TNA)
Christopher Daniels/A.J. Styles
Christopher Daniels/AJ Styles/Samoa Joe
Christopher Daniels/Samoa Joe

That stretch of 2005-2006 where it seemed like every episode of Impact had some combination of AJ vs Daniels vs Joe is one of my favorite eras of wrestling, period. I would love ANYTHING set then or spinning out of then. I ship AJ/Daniels very hard, they’re one of my longest standing OTPs, and ship Joe with both, especially if he’s playing the other two against each other.

Post-Genesis fic, with guilty AJ having all kinds of feelings about watching Joe put Daniels in the hospital. Prime opportunity for bedside vigils here, especially with AJ not even sure what it is he’s feeling – he and Daniels weren’t ACTUALLY friends at this point but they’d fought so many times at that point there was that wrestling soulmate bond nonetheless. On Joe’s side, Joe winding AJ up until their title match a month later, using his feelings for Daniels against him – maybe that was the whole reason he’d turned on Daniels in the first place, he’d figured out the perfect way to get under Golden Boy AJ’s skin. (How things change! For AJ, anyway, Joe’s always been Joe.)

ANYTHING set during AJ and Daniels’ tag team era, a time cruelly cut short by TNA’s grudge against me personally. Everything from sneaking around backstage during tapings to the tension of knowing that this probably wasn’t going to last and someday AJ and Daniels would go back to being at each other’s throats. (A tension they share with #DIY, actually!)

Joe in general being scheming and traitorous and terrible.

Fic set during that post-glory days era when AJ’s halo started to slip. Did Daniels ever feel a little regret at pushing AJ to dirty his hands a little when it actually started to happen?

 

Lucha Underground"

 

Angélico/Matt Cross | Son of Havoc (Lucha Underground)
Angélico/Matt Cross | Son of Havoc/Ivelisse Vélez (Lucha Underground)
Matt Cross | Son of Havoc/Ivelisse Vélez (Lucha Underground)

Ugh, my LU OT3, I miss them teaming so much. I’ll be happy with anything: fic set during the Trios tournament, afterward when they have the titles and are struggling to keep them and not kill each other in the process, post-S1 fic where they’re separated and come back together, AU fic where the tournament went differently or Pentagon decided to target one of them instead of Sexy Star, etc .And of course there’s always blowing off steam post-match. Are they still meeting up even though they’re not a Trios team any more? How is bored and laid up Ivelisse passing the time?

And poor Angelico! Both he and Ivelisse are having such a rough year. I’d love if Havoc was the one who picked Angelico up from that alley after the Underground jumped him (who else is he going to call?) Move Angelico into Mom of Havoc’s house too, I’m sure there’s room! I’d love Havoc dealing with the messy emotions having Angelico around would bring up, a walking reminder of when Ivelisse was still in his corner and on his bike. Let’s see them relate to each other without there being a team or a third member. And for Ivelisse, this past season was all about Havoc’s past catching up with him – what did Ivelisse think of all that? Was she around for all that, and does she feel the pull to get involved again now?

El Gato | Drago/Aero Star (Lucha Underground)

I really, really need Aerostar to save Drago. However you want that to happen, abuse of time travel, big dramatic sacrifice, Drago breaking free of Kobra Moon’s control for Aerostar, this last season was murder on my heart and I’d love for them to find their way back to each other. That aside, other things I love for these two: anything with Drago thinking about Aerostar while under Kobra Moon’s control (did she use Aerostar to break him somehow? How much does Drago remember? What was he really thinking when Pentagon broke Aerostar’s arm?) a story about how they met, especially if time travel’s involved and they meet each other out of sequence, post-title celebrations, Aerostar lurking around brainwashed Drago, and any kind of true form stories, with actual dragon Drago and what Aerostar looks like under his mask. And anything with Aerostar’s time travel, I love time travel.

Fénix/Maxine | Catrina (Lucha Underground)

It looks like things are about to get interesting again between Fenix and Catrina! Fenix is trying to move on but Catrina keeps showing up in his life – go into their bond and what connects them. What was he thinking while she was playing games with Mil and Jeremiah all season? Going back, what was going through her mind when she saved him from Matanza? Or in Fenix mind, for that matter? These two fascinate me and I’d love anything that goes into what drives them.

Jeff Cobb | Matanza Cueto & Dario Cueto (Lucha Underground)
Jeff Cobb | Matanza Cueto/Dario Cueto

Grouping these together because I’m genuinely good with gen or slash here. These two have such a fascinating relationship, the Cueto brothers are the strange, violent heart of the Temple and I love the genuine bond there is between them. I’d love fic set during the S2 road trip last season when the two of them and Black Lotus were a terrible family in close quarters for a while, or set pre-Temple, with young Dario showing the first signs of who he would become and what part his brother would play in that. How much does Matanza comprehend of what’s going on? How much of him is the god? Do the god and the man talk in there, or are they fused into something new? Play what if with how things were left at the end of the season! I loved watching Dario get further and further in over his head all season and would love fic with Matanza dealing with the fallout of that, or delving further with Matanza fighting his darker impulses because he does love his brother – Dario’s seemingly genuine fear over the monster taking over was one of my favorite parts of their storyline this season.

John Morrison | Johnny Nitro/Ricochet | Prince Puma (Lucha Underground)

friendship these two built up was fascinating, especially as Johnny got more and more frustrated and slipped further into darkness as Season 1 went on. There was real respect between the two of them and I loved Dario’s attempts to tempt Johnny to evil. There was a real fight for Johnny’s soul going on. Does Puma let him keep falling and concentrate on getting his title back? Konnan wasn’t big on Mundo – why was this the thing Puma would defy him on? And of course there’s the fall out from that fabulous Iron Man match.

Marty the Moth Martinez/Mariposa (Lucha Underground)

Just...the hell is with these two? Anything dealing with these two and whatever their relationship is, from them growing up as children to now in the Temple. Feel free to make it weird. These two are weird.

Matt Cross | Son of Havoc/Son of Madness (Lucha Underground)

So we learn this season that Havoc was previously in some kind of masked motorcycle gang/cult? That still has serious problems with him? Any kind of backstory would be good here. Why did Havoc leave? Why was Madness the one to go after him? And why do it like this, in the Temple? I’d really love Havoc torn a little bit about sliding back into his old life, even if briefly, especially if he and Madness had as intense a prior relationship as it seems. (Pitting Madness against Angelico and/or Ivelisse for Havoc’s soul would be fun!)

Pentagón Jr. & Vampiro (Lucha Underground)
Pentagón Jr./Ricochet | Prince Puma (Lucha Underground)
Ricochet | Prince Puma & Vampiro (Lucha Underground)

Grouping these together because they were all so intertwined this past season it’s hard to separate them. I would love absolutely anything with Vampiro mentoring either Puma or Pentagon with all the delicious manipulations that involves. We know now that Vamp had ulterior motives (although not all of them) while he was training Puma, but at the same time he did fulfill every promise he made to Puma! How deep did things go? When did he know he was going to do what he did at the end of the season? What did he really thing of his two students? I would love any glimpse into Vampiro’s thought process here, either during this latest part of the saga or earlier, when he was first training Pentagon, especially when he was in the shadows as the unknown maestro or after Matanza hurt Pentagon while Vamp watched.

And Pentagon/Puma has always been my hatesex OTP, so them getting even MORE connected this past season was fantastic. How connected to Vampiro was he still during all that? I’d love these two having a connection to each other through Vampiro’s magic, hating it but not able to shake it either. I love whenever these two are in the same room together, Puma with his need to live up to people’s belief in him and his spiral into despair after season one when he fails Konnan contrasted with Pentagon’s brash belief in himself and massive overconfidence. Anything with them fighting against each other despite being drawn to each other, or working together for whatever reason (feel free to go S3 AU here!) and drawing closer despite themselves. I’m a sucker for mentor drama so Puma dealing with Konnan’s ghost (literal or figurative) with Pentagon’s help or Vampiro doing some big dramatic sacrifice his students would be amazing. If anyone were ever made for hostile soul bonding it is Puma and Pentagon.