Jamboree
Live from Hammerstein Ballroom, New York/USA
Show starts with the announcement regarding the EAM Womens Championship. It's now official, Becky Lynch will be defending her title against Charlotte at Heating Up. It's also announced that there will be a 6-Women Tag Team Matchup opening the show, featuring The three Horsewomen of MMA and The Jumping Bomb Angels. We then cut to the Jamboree vignette....
Show starts at ringside where Melissa Santos is about to announce the first match of the night when Mickie suddenly gets into the ring and interrupts her. She says something to Melissa and Melissa hands her the microphone. Mickie then cut's a promo, telling Nia Jax if she thinks she is the one running the show around here, she better think twice. There is no room for such a behavior around here. To show Nia she means business, Nia better show up this sunday, as there will be Mickie James Vs Nia Jax at Heating Up! She then gives Melissa the microphone back and leaves the ring...
Tournament Matchup For The Vacant Running Mate Championship
Andrade Vs Ricochet
Things starting to come together now. Jax owns the place. Awesome match between them both and remember Ricochet could be in 2 matches if he wins. Both look good. Back and forth action from both with Andrade using his Lucha style. At the end after the Tranquilo Andrade gets the 1 2 NO. Ricochet reverses it nailing the 630 for the 3 count and wow how many title shots is Ricochet gonna get!.
We get a promo from John Morrison as we get back from commercial break. And he is destinied to destroyed Orange Cassidy. He represent everything JoMo hates, and he will do everything he can to remove him from the EAM Roster. That's why he has requested a match against Cassidy at Heating Up. He's even letting Cassidy choose the stipulation for the matchup!
Tournament Matchup For The Vacant Running Mate Championship
Cedric Alexander Vs Aleister Black
Another huge match here from both men. Both look good and it could mean Ricochet/Black in the next match when they’re going for the tag titles as well. Cedric almost gets the win but it’s Black Mass for the 3 count.
We get a promo from Brian Cage and Willie Mack this time, who kinda responds to Ciampa and Moose's promo last week. They say that if Tommaso and Moose think them for idiots, they will have a very easy match this weekend. Because if they think they don't know the rules of this business, and how to get to the top the easiest, they better follow closely this sunday!
You know the rules and so do I.
Tournament Matchup For The Vacant Running Mate Championship
AJ Styles Vs Claudio Castagnoli
Another huge match here which I think means the tournament ends at Heating Up!. Both look awesome but at the end of the match Cesaro kicks oit of the Clash but Cesaro ends up winning with the uppercut and Recoli Bomb for the 3 count. This could be Cesaro’s chance to finally win a title after he failed at Grandslam.
A little later on in the show Cassidy gets interviewed about what gimmick he wants. He shrugs and says I don’t know. Orange then says just put a bunch of oranges in the ring I guess and make him put hands in his pockets. Meh. So we have it!. Morrison will face Cassidy in a Hands in Your Pockets the Entire Match and Variated Orange Juice Deathmatch!. Both men can’t take their hands out of their pockets or they’ll be DQ’d and we will have oranges, orange juice, orange juice cartons and glasses of orange juice in the ring!.
8-Person Intergender Tag Team Elimination Matchup
Joey Janela & Penelope Ford Vs Mike & Maria Kanellis Vs Cody & Brandi Rhodes Vs Joey Ryan & Paige
Huge tag match from all sides. Lot of high flying, signature and finishing moves throughout. Maria and Mike are eliminated and quite quickly by Cody/Brandi. Ford and Janela eliminate Paige/Ryan. Comes down to the final four as they fight it out. Back and forth from both but at the end of the match Cross Rhodes by Brandi on Ford for the 3 count and win. Cody/Brandi get this huge win.
After the match, music cranks the speakers and chairman Emil A. and Mickie James appears on the titantron. They have the EAM Intergender Tag Team Titles over their shoulders. They have something to tell the winners of the match that just happened. And that is, if they manage to beat one more team, not tonight, but at Heating Up, they will get a shot at these titles at Night Of The Slammies! Music once again cranks the speakers, and when the audience understand who it is, they explode. Jon Moxley and Nikki Cross walks out on the stage, and they get one hell of a pop from the audience! Nobody has seen them for a while, but they look more fierce than ever! We cut to commercial break with these pictures...
Huge for sure and makes sense. Kind of was hoping that Mox would be brought back down the line in a bigger role because there’s no reason Emil/Mickie needed to be champions in the first place but this works actually.
Tournament Matchup For The Vacant Running Mate Championship
Ricochet Vs Aleister
The two winners face off right now to decide who they’ll face at Heating Up. Wow what a main event this is!. Two partners who will fight together for the tag team titles at Heating Up face to fight each other. Match goes near 30 minutes with high flying, back and forth action, big bumps and spots and signature/finishing moves throughout this one. BLACK MASS 1 2 NO Ricochet kicks out. There’s definitely some jealousy by Black over Chet because the amount he’s been getting. RICOCHET MISSES A 450 BAM SUPERKICK, REVERSED. RANA DRIVER AND A 630 FOR THE 3 COUNT!. Ricochet gets the win wow!. Ricochet vs Cesaro holy crap!. What a couple of months it’s been for him. He went from being underused and underrated to winning bigger matches. Black hugs him after the match.