Episode #149 - Taped in New York/USA

We get a recap from last week, and as we know, it's all about PRIDE's one PPV a year now, as it's coming up fast. It will be the third PRIDE exclusive PPV in EAM history since the new brand was formed three years ago. Some will forever be remember as the pioneers of the brand. Some make a name of themselves and go on to greater things. Some will not be remembered at all.... We go to the Pride vignette...

Show opens with a promo from Sonny Defarge and Cornelius Crummels. Since their arrival in EAM and Pride, it's been a bumpy road for them. But they are very determined to prove themselves. They might not be known to well by anyone if you haven't watched Chikara, but they can assure you, Chikara is not bush league. And neither are they! We cut to the ring and our first match of the evening. The commentators can inform us that tonights main event will be the first of it's kind, as The Carnies has challenged Tripp Cassidy and Mick Moretti to a Carnival of Souls matchup! Whatever that is we have to wait and see until later tonight. They also mention the incident with Lars and Braun on the talk show, and how it now seemingly will end up with Braun and Lars squaring off, in a boxing match? And with 10.000$ as a winners reward?! And all that to prove that wrestling is real? Don Callis and William Regal then assure there is nothing fake about the in-ring action in wrestling. Cornette tries to interfere, but they tell him to shut up. As our first match is about to kick off.


Tag Team Matchup
The North (Ethan Page og Josh Alexander) Vs War Raiders (Hanson & Ray Rowe)

North look good getting in a lot of spots and action and bumps. Good showing opening. Raiders get the needed win after the Viking Experience but North get some cool looking stuff in as well.

We go backstage where we hook up with Private Party as they approach Bianca Belair. They ask if her boys didn't show up. Did they let her down? If so, there are always room for some Private Party...They namedrops themselves, but only to Bianca's disgust. She tell them to lay off, as this aint the hood yo.... Her boys will come, and they are as she told, pretty eager to meet them. They just have some other things to attend to first. More important things than Isiah and Marq. (Ouch! That was quite a burn by Bianca) She leaves, whipping her braided hair in their faces as she walks by. We cut back to the arena for our next matchup. It seems the general manager Drake Younger wants to see how tag teams fair as singles wrestlers for some weeks now, and it seems he find some enjoyment in putting partners against each other as well as we saw last week, and now will see as Sami Zayn are scheduled to take on Kevin Owens. As we know, there have been some tension between Sami and Kevin for some weeks now, but still they have co-operated good together.

Singles Matchup - Good Friends, Better enemies!
Sami Zayn Vs Kevin Owens

I think Bianca is the first woman in Pride which makes her the First Lady of Pride I guess. They’ve been feuding for years across many promotions. A solid match from the both of them. Zayn with a yakuza kick, blue thunder bomb but Owens comes back with a cannonball, swanton bomb and a packaged piledriver for the 3 count and win.

We get a promotional video for the upcoming PRIDE PPV " Three Steel Steps To Heaven " and the Boxing Match set up after Lars Sullivan and Braun Strowman was guest on a rather big american talk show. We get a promotional package, seeing how both men trains, and words from both of them on how this all suddenly was a thing, but neither of them are strange to prove himself on a new platform. And there is no doubt that Boxing is another combat sport that fits both men pretty good, as they are both brute men. The talk show host was no dummy. This is another sort of promo for a matchup. Not what we usually get from EAM promotion, but more like a MMA promo really. Both men are determined to prove more than one thing when they step into the squared circle with those gloves on their fists. Their punches are real allright, and they could knock even the most hardcore motherfucker straight out!

I always thought about doing a three stages of fight match. Pro wrestling, boxing and MMA.

Carnival Of Souls Tag Team Matchup
The Carnies (Kerry Awful & Nick Iggy) Vs Tripp Cassidy & Mick Moretti

- The match is set on another location. A carnival/circus with everything you can find in such places. It's also a place that seems like it doesn't exist and exists at the same time.

Very strange and bizarre match for these two teams. Thought bigger named teams would be involved in this. Obviously the name. We fade in and out of reality with some people not know what’s going on. A few clowns pop out for a few scares. There’s a powerbomb into a balloon bed. Carnies get run over by one of those cars in the haunted maze. There’s a few tricks with magic mirrors and multiple versions of each other. I do think that a theme park/carnival match has a lot of potential for a Ppv style match. Carnies manage to hit them with those giant hammers that you gong to get a high score. Carnies finish it off by jumping off a carousel wheel for the 3 count and win before everything disappears.

- After the match, whoever wins it, as we are about to end tonights show, we hook up with Tripp and Mick. It's all black around them. Pitchblack... Suddenly they are adressed by a couple of voices who mocks them, and we can now hear that it is Sonny Defarge and Cornelius Crummels. A small source of light above Tripp and Mick are the only source of light, and Tropp and Mick stands back to back, making ready for anything that might come out from the darkness. They scream, telling them to come out and face them like real men. But Sonny and Cornelius laughs before telling them that they are not the one to make demands right now. They will get their hands on them, eventually. But only on their terms. From now on, things will change around here. Until then...Lights Out! The tiny source of light, leaving Tripp and Mick in utter darkness. The show ends....

Oook someone’s been smoking the devils lettuce.