EAM Promotions - Season 14

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Episode #143 - Taped in New York/USA


We are back with another jampacked episode of PRIDE, after a two weeks abscence because of summer vacations. But as we all know, the wrestlers of EAM does not take vacation when we other do, because they will be there to entertain us, when EAM kicks off the second biggest show of the year, Supersplash! And this year, it will be a two nights extravaganza, and there sure will be much PRIDE talent taking part of the actions. Let's waste no more time! We cut to the Pride vignette...

We go to the arena where William Regal and Don Callis tries to tell us the card for tonights show, while Jim Cornette is more interested in when there are going to be women on this show? Tonights show contains three action packed matches. Heavy Machinery will be trying to continue their dominance to get another title shot, tonight they face off against Pete Dunne and Matthew Riddle, who is a relatively new team in EAM, but they sure already have made their marks. Both teams no doubt will be climbing the ladder with a win tonight. Then we have a more brutal encounter in our second match, as Dominik and Ilja face off again, this time in a No Holds Barred fight as it's been sanctioned by Pride GM Drake Younger. That will no doubt be a hard hitting encounter. But speaking about hard hitting encounters, tonights main event features The Pride Champion; WALTER, as he takes on Timothy Thatcher, in a non-title contest. Thatcher has been on a roll lately, and a victory over the champion would no doubt put him in line for a title match! Regal also tells us that Drake Younger has a surprise for the fans later tonight as well, as he is scheduled to announce something big. But that's not until later. Now let's kick things off with our first match of the night. Mandy Leon, take it away!


Tag Team Matchup
Heavy Machinery Vs The Broserweights


We get a promotional package for Khabib. Showing stuff from his MMA career, training etc. Khabib then talks about how he rocked the MMA world, and is ready to do the same to Pro Wrestling. It's just a question about " Are the Pro Wrestling world ready for Khabib? "


No Holds Barred Matchup
Dominik Dijakovic Vs Ilja Dragunov

We get a promotional video as we get back from commercial break. It's like we find ourselves in a dense junge of some sort. In the middle of the picture is a large nest, with a single but BIG egg in it. As the camera zooms in, we can see that the egg is cracked, and right now, something inside tries to get out! The camera zooms back again, or is it the person or whatever who holds it who backs up? Anyway, the surface of the egg cracks open, and out of the egg comes a small T-Rexian like dinosaur. It howls into the air, making a terrible noise. This weird video ends here.... We cut back to the arena.

As we are about to start out main event of the evening, Thatcher is already in the ring, waiting the arrival of Pride Champion; WALTER. This is not a title match, but there is no doubt that a win here will help Thatcher getting a title shot down the line. WALTER gets out on the stage with the Pride Championship around his waist, wearing his vintage coat. The other members of the Imperium are also with him, walking behind him to make sure there are no funny business. They make their way down the ramp and down to ringside, where WALTER is the only one to enter the ring, while the other members are left outside. WALTER takes off his coat and unstraps the championship, making ready when the referee signalizes to WALTER to get over to him, and he whispers something to WALTER. This seemingly makes WALTER very upset. What is going on? WALTER then says something to his fellow Imperium members. They also react with anger. Then Mandy Leon announce it so everyone can hear it. " By the word of the Pride general manager. Imperium must leave ringside and go back to the locker rooms. If not, WALTER will be disqualified! So that's what the referee told WALTER? I guess Younger didn't want any funny business, with the members of Imperium interfering somehow. They leave up the ramp, making it only WALTER and Thatcher left. The bell rings and Thatcher wastes no time, going for an attack right away!

Singles Matchup (Non-Title)
WALTER Vs Timothy Thatcher

After the match, as the show is about to end, music cranks the arena speakers and out on the stage walks GM Drake Younger. He apologizes for keeping everyone for so long, but he promise that the wait has been worthwile. He starts by saying how honored he is to be in charge of this fantastic division of pro wrestlers. And he promise that there will be some new blood in the ranks soon. Meanwhile, he wants to tell ever single one of the personel on the active roster how proud he is of their work. Then he says everyone probably wonders what big announcement he has? No? The fans say YES. (This is a wrestling thing. Don't ask me why) after a while he says ok, he'll tell. First off, both the Pride Tag Team Titles and The Pride Championship will be defended at Supersplash. Starting with the tag titles, not everything is in the books yet, so we'll just let that door stay open for a bit longer. BUT...The Pride Championship is a whole different matter. You see, there are so many strong competitors for the title right now. And it would not be fair to let anyone out. So, here is what Drake has in mind. since this is Supersplash, after all the second biggest show of the year, he will make sure the Pride title match is a big thing. Something people will talk about weeks before it actually happens. So....At Supersplash IX in Abu Dhabi. WALTER will be defending his Pride Championship.....In a Elimination Chamber Match! The audience loves it! It's not been many such matches before. We end tonights episode with these news. The general manager of Pride just dropped a bombshell. WALTER does not look pleased at all....