Pro Wrestling PRIDE

[Nov]

Looks to be a good show Hardcore. CAn't review right now as I have to go out soon but just wnat to say that I really admire your work and will try and get a review up for your next show. Keep up the good work.

 

[THE Brian Kendrick's Biceps]

AOTF promo: Was in character like always. I love Jacobs character, and you nail it every time. Nice twist with them wanting all titles. I didn't see it coming, and Jacobs as champ would rock.

AOTF vs The Untamed: I'm shocked you had AOTF lose this. Um, I think Cody and Burchill starting off was a typo lol. Really nice finish, good way to take out his two teammates lol.

Jacobs promo: What was he going to say before bing pulled away by security guards :shifty:

Strong promo: I wasn't too into the first line. It didn't come of so well imo. The rest of the promo was fine, and I laughed a bit.

Lethal vs Sydal: Wasn’t as good as the three way from Uprising, but was still a good match. Generally kept a good pace going. Scorpio Sky and Larry Sweeney interfering seem to mean this three person feud still has some legs.

Sweeney/Scorpio Sky promo: Sky’s bit was alright, but I liked Sweeney’s a lot more. Sweeney is one of the greatest managers in the world, and you have his character down well.

KOW promo: Was solid, but nothing great. Explained the tournament, and was kinda heelish, but I was indifferent to it.

Four Corner Survival: I really thought Strong had it in the bag, especially after you gave him mic time. A lot of big moves in here, and Roderick got in some nice backbreakers lol. That’s why he is the ‘Messiah of the Backbreaker’. Anyway, a Steen feud with whoever wins out of Ken and Aries should be good (most likely Aries).

Four weeks: I guess it is someone who will be associated with Sweeney in the end. Not sure who though.

Dykstra vs Aries: I thought this would be just a slightly lengthened squash, but I was well off. You made Dykstra really competitive, and it resulted in a good match, despite you not liking writing for Dykstra. Steen vs Aries should be good too.

Joe promo: MVP with a nice line to Burchill lol. Punk coming down really wasn’t a surprise. I’m impressed that you were able to make this promo so long, and keep my interest. Punk was real good in it, and you made Joe a fighting champ. Was good.

AC: What was with the Hannah Montana song? Lol. Started some build up to your next big event which is good. The four way should be good, and if you get the hype right, it should be a huge match.

 

[Switchy]

BM: The four corners survival. Entertained me from beginning to end but the ME had me bored about half way through but it still showed off both Dykstra and Aries styles.
WM: If I had to choose one it would be the ME for the reasons stated above but every single match was of great quality still.
BP: Joe/MVP/Burchill/Punk, you gave each man thier time on the mic and you used all of them in character (I'll give you the benefit of the doubt on Burchill as I haven't seen much of his promos) and it flowed amazingly together and went together like a jigsaw.
WP: N/A, I don't have much indy knowledge but from what I have saw you nailed every single promo on the head and you gave each promo the length it needed for the stars t get their points across but you still didn't give it so long that the promos didn't drag on.
AC: Amazing show, amazing example that you don't have to stack the cards with matches to have a good show and you promote a lot of your storylines with amazing promos and what else is there to say really? Great show and btw I'm surprised about your decision to suspend AOTF for a month but I know you have a major storyline planned after what Jacobs said while he was being escorted out of the arena.

 

[Headfirst For Hardcore]

PRIDE Preview

Pro Wrestling PRIDE
This Week
Chicago, Illinois
The Preview

-After a brief hiatus, Pro Wrestling PRIDE is back, and things keep on rolling. Two matches have been already announced for the next MTV Special, Exodus. More are sure to be announced in the next 3 shows. The Cash & Money Tag Team Tournament will begin this week too.

CM Punk & Samoa Joe vs MVP & Paul Burchill
-This match reeks of the rivalries between all 4 men. Both teams have never necessarily been on the same page, as shown in the past couple of shows. These 4 men will also be facing off against each other in a 4 Way at Exodus, for Samoa Joe's PRIDE Championship. Can each team work together to pick up a victory?

Matt Sydal vs Scorpio Sky
This matchup is for the number one contendership for Sydal's PRIDE Lightweight title. Last week, Jay Lethal fell short in his bid to earn contendership, and now Scorpio Sky earns his shot. Larry Sweeney has big things planned for Scorpio, and he wants to continue with his takeover by taking Sydal's Lightweight Title. Will Sydal be able to combat the Sweet and Sour Dynasty?

Cash & Money Tag Team Tournament

Homicide & B-Boy vs Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin

Paul London & Brian Kendrick vs Dan Rodman & Brent Albright


-Also this week, Jack Evans and the rest of the Vulture Squad will address the fans on what happened last week when Roderick Strong attacked Jack.

-Be Sure to check out the next PRIDE show for a night full of excitement and competition.​

 

[Qwake]

CM Punk & Samoa Joe vs MVP & Paul Burchill

Matt Sydal vs Scorpio Sky

Homicide & B-Boy vs Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin

Paul London & Brian Kendrick vs Dan Rodman & Brent Albright

looks pretty good, ill check it out. Check out YTW if you wanna...

 

[seX-Power]

CM Punk & Samoa Joe vs MVP & Paul Burchill

Matt Sydal vs Scorpio Sky

Homicide & B-Boy vs Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin

Paul London & Brian Kendrick vs Dan Rodman & Brent Albright

This looks good, nice preeview, will read the show.

Check out WWE-Reaching For The Top if you have time

 

[Moonlight Drive]

CM Punk & Samoa Joe vs MVP & Paul Burchill

Matt Sydal vs Scorpio Sky

Homicide & B-Boy vs Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin

Paul London & Brian Kendrick vs Dan Rodman & Brent Albright

If you get a chance stop by World Wrestling Entertainment: The Second Coming, Royal Rumble PPV has been posted in full

 

[Headfirst For Hardcore]

Pro Wrestling PRIDE 8.1.08

Pro Wrestling PRIDE
July 1, 2008
Frontier Fieldhouse
Chicago, Illinois

The Pro Wrestling PRIDE logo flashes across the screen as the first Chords of Jane’s Addiction’s Stop plays. A highlight video plays along to the song.

HERE WE GO!
Go! Nowhere!
No One… Gonna Stop Us Now!

Save the complaints,
For a party conversation.
The world is loaded,
It's lit to pop and nobody is gonna stop...

No one...
No one!
No way!
Gonna stop,
Now; go!

Farm people,
Book wavers, soul savers
Love preachers!
Lit to pop and nobody is gonna stop.

No one...

One come a day, the water will run,
No man will stand for things that he had done...
Hurrah!
And the water will run...
One come a day, the water will run,
No man will stand for things that he had done...
Hurrah!
And the water will run...
Will run!
Will run!

Gimmie that!
Gimmie that - your automobile,
Turn off that smokestack
And that goddamn radio
Hum... along with me...
Hum along with the T.V.

No one's
Gonna
Stop!

The camera shows the crowd, and it now shows the announce team. They begin to speak.

Simon – Welcome to this week’s edition of Pro Wrestling PRIDE! This week, we have a very big show scheduled, and it’s going to start right now.
Malenko – This week, we’re going to start off hot with the first match in the Cash & Money tag team tournament.
Masters – The tournament which is obviously in tribute to me, because I’m the man.
Simon – Anyways, let’s start it off right now. It’ll be the team of Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin taking on Homicide and B-Boy.

Real Mother F’n G’s blasts, and B-Boy and Homicide walk through the curtain, holding up gang signs. They walk to the ring, cursing into the camera.

D’Angelis – First, weighing in at a combined weight of 422 pounds, B-Boy and Homicide, they are the Strong Style Thugs!

Beautiful Disaster plays through the arena, and the crowd rises to their feet. Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin stand at the entrance stage, and walk to the ring, doing their signature poses.

D’Angelis – Finally, from Detroit, Michigan, weighing at a combined weight of 425 pounds, Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin, they are the Murder City Machine Guns!

Cash & Money Tag Tournament
First Round
Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin vs Homicide & B-Boy

*Bell Rings*

Alex Shelley and Homicide start the match off in an aggressive lockup. Cide quickly takes Shelley in a waistlock, but Alex fights out of it, sweeping his opponents’ legs to the floor. Shelley covers him up early for a pin attempt. 1… Cide pushes Shelley off of him quickly. Both rise to their feet at the same time, and Shelley runs straight at Homicide. Shelley is swept off of his feet, and Cide turns him to his stomach. He starts to slap Shelley on the back of the head, and now brings forearm shots hard to his face. Homicide now rolls over, with Shelley held into a pin attempt. 1…2… Shelley rolled back to escape the pin, and he dives to his corner to make the tag to Chris Sabin. Sabin jumps into the ring over the ropes, and sprints at Homicide. He runs under a strike attempt from Homicide, and bounces against the ropes. Sabin now is back to the middle of the ring, and Homicide tries to take him down with a hip toss. Sabin blocks the attempt, but Cide pushes Chris away before he does any damage. Homicide recovers for a couple of seconds until Chris Sabin sprints towards him. Sabin takes Homicide out with a dropkick.

Homicide is stuck, standing groggy near the ropes. Sabin is back up after the dropkick and again charges at Homicide. Homicide rolls to evade him, and ends up in his corner, where he tags in B-Boy. B-Boy gets in the ring and immediately takes Sabin and hits him with a flying forearm. Sabin staggers back, and now leans against a rope. B-Boy connects with a stiff set of punches, and whips Chris to the ropes. B-Boy strikes Sabin hard with an elbow that looked like a unique inverted lariat. B-Boy lies on top of Sabin for the cover. 1…2… Sabin got a shoulder up. B-Boy pulls Sabin up to his knees, and starts to aggressively kick Sabin in the head with Kawada-style kicks. B-Boy now runs against the ropes. He tags in Homicide while hitting the ropes and charges back to the middle of the ring. Sabin got out of the way of the early Shining Wizard attempt. Homicide runs into the ring, and drops an elbow on Sabin before he could lunge to make the tag to Shelley. Homicide grabs Sabin by the leg now and twists the leg in an awkward position, and drags him to a corner.

Sabin is standing now, and Homicide punches him. Sabin somehow fights back with forearms, but he still can not get out of the corner. Homicide backs up, and runs straight back at Sabin. Cide goes for a running forearm, but Sabin moves out of the way before Cide could strike. Sabin lunges towards his corner, and makes the tag to partner Alex Shelley. Shelley comes in with a burst of energy, taking Homicide out first with an enziguiri. B-Boy runs into the ring, and he is met with a superkick from Shelley. Alex throws him out of the ring, and runs at Homicide, who is bent over, holding his head. Shelley takes Homicide’s head and drive’s it onto his knee with a facebreaker. Shelley now whips his opponent to a corner. Shelley goes for double knees, but Homicide rolls out of the way. Cide is up now and runs at the cornered Shelley. Homicide connects with a jumping forearm to Shelley’s face. Cide now pushes Alex off to his feet, and taunts him for a couple of moments. Homicide now runs against the ropes and brings his knee to Shelley’s face aggressively. Homicide repeats this action two more times.

Homicide again taunts Alex’s “Aâ€￾ taunt, and tags in B-Boy. B comes in hot, with a baseball slide to the grounded Alex Shelley. B-Boy picks him up and takes him over fast with a snap suplex. He floats it over into a cover. 1…2… Shelley kicks out. Shelley starts to get up at the same time as B-Boy, and they exchange strikes. B-Boy is the stiffer wrestler, but Shelley ducks under a wild clothesline attempt. Shelley picks B-Boy up in a back suplex lift. He drops B-Boy on his knee with a standard Atomic Drop. B-Boy is hobbling on both legs after the Drop. Shelley grabs him by the head and drives him down with a neckbreaker. He now runs to the ropes and attempts a Lionsault. B-Boy moved out of the way, and Shelley falls to the mat hard. B stomps the back of Shelley’s head with a mushroom stomp. He now grabs Shelley tightly and is about to cross him for a Cross Brainbuster. Shelley kicks B-Boy in the gut to escape his clutches, and counters it into a flowing snap DDT. Shelley tries to get the tag to Sabin, but a half conscious B-Boy holds his leg. Shelley kicks B in the face with his free leg and dives towards his corner. He makes the tag in to Chris Sabin.

Sabin and Shelley are in the ring together, and double team B-Boy. Shelley locks in a Boston Crab, with Sabin running against the ropes, dropping a leg on the back of B’s head. Sabin now locks the opponent in an inverted chinlock, and Shelley runs against the ropes. He nails a sliding dropkick to B-Boy’s face. Shelley exits the ring as Sabin makes the cover. 1…2… Homicide broke it up, and he now starts to strike Sabin. This gives time for B-Boy to recover, and take a rest in his corner. Homicide blatantly pokes Sabin in the eye, and goes to the ring apron, getting the legal tag in from B-Boy. He quickly jumps in a slingshot attempt into the ring, hitting Sabin with a big shoulder block. Sabin is motionless in the middle of the ring, but still standing. Cide runs against the ropes and connects with a hard back of the head Northern lariat. Sabin falls to his knees and Cide bounces off the parallel set of ropes. He strikes Chris hard with a picture perfect, stiff Shining Wizard. Homicide stands back up, now changing his aim to Shelley. Homicide knocks him off the apron. He now runs back at Sabin and dropkicks him in the face as he was getting up slowly.

Homicide calls for B-Boy to come into the ring for some double team maneuvers. They both kick Sabin as they pull him up to his feet. Homicide and B-boy throw Chris overhead with a double belly to belly suplex. Sabin is seated, feeling the effects of the past move. The two Thugs run at Sabin and try double low dropkicks. Sabin rolls through to dodge the double team. Chris ends up in his corner and tags in Alex Shelley. Sabin is now recovering on the ring apron, but Homicide goes to the apron too, and runs straight at Chris. Homicide takes Chris Sabin off of the apron and to the floor effectively with a huge Ace Crusher. In the ring, Alex Shelley and B-Boy are exchanging kicks. B-Boy stiffs Shelley in the side, and now tries to cross his arms for a Criss Cross Driver. Shelley pushes B-Boy to the corner to break it up. Shelley backs up and comes back to the corner running with a double knee strike. Shelley now pulls B-Boy out of the corner, grabbing hold of him for the Sliced Bread #2. B-Boy blocks the attempt, and turns Alex around, and jumps up for the West Coast Cutter. Shelley blocks the attempt too, and has B-Boy finally held. Using the aid of the ropes, Shelley drops B-Boy down with a modified Sliced Bread #2! He makes the cover.
1…2…3!

*Bell Rings*

D’Angelis – Here are your winners, Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley, the Motor City Machineguns!

Malenko – The Guns got a big win here, and they are advancing in the Cash & Money tournament.
Simon – That really was a tough win, they took lots of damage right there from B-Boy and Homicide.
Malenko – But they have to compete in two weeks in the second round too. There’s lots of teams that have a good chance of winning the tournament and challenging Hero & Castagnoli.

Larry Sweeney is seen strutting backstage, with Scott Lost, Joey Ryan, and Scorpio Sky following closely behind him. They wave off backstage crew members, and continue to walk. Sweeney now makes a right, and sees a locker room door. He knocks on it loudly, and after a few seconds, the door is answered. Prince Nana is seen with a wild stare on his face, looking angrily at Sweeney and his 3 clients.

Nana – What the hell do you want? Can’t you see that I do not want to talk to anybody right now?

Sweeney – Nana, Nana---

Nana – That’s Prince Nana to you, blondie.

Sweeney – OK then. Prince Nana. If you don’t know already, I am Larry Sweeney professional wrestling’s greatest super agent. You know, that’s a pretty nice jacket there, it’s pretty cute, do you---

Nana – It is a Royal Ghanaian robe, not a jacket. Continue, boy.

Sweeney – As I was about to say, I have a huge, monumental offer for you. And it’s concerning your team of Hero & Castagnoli, and their tag belts?

Nana – No, I will not give those two fat boys a title shot. Enter the Cash & Money tag team tournament, and then you will get your chance. Do you understand?

Sweeney – But Nana, this is difference, I’m going to give you an offer you can’t refuse. For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been working hard to get my boys some chances at a title. Whether it’s wrestling the champion like our buddy Scorpio Sky is doing right now, or doing what I’m about to do, Sweet and Sour Incorporated is going Gold Hunting.

Nana – Everyone is you fool, you’re not any different than those other stupid teams in that tournament.

Sweeney – But Nana, the thing is, I have money, and the others don’t. Let’s put this offer on the table right now. I want The Dynasty of Joey Ryan and Scott Lost to get a tag team title opportunity. We decided not to apply for the tournament, because we already have all the Cash & Money that we need. So Nana, I’m making a deal here, you’d better listen up. At the next MTV Special, you’re going to have to defend the belts. You already announced that you were going to take on the winners of the Cash & Money tournament. But there always is room for one more team, and these guys are the perfect fit.

Nana – How so, boy?

Sweeney – Right here in my hands, written on this piece of paper, there’s a number, a very large number, even by my standards. That number is how much money, in American dollars, you will get if you allow Joey Ryan and Scott Lost to be part of the MTV Special Tag Team title match. Take a look at it, I’m sure you won’t be disappointed.

Sweeney hands over the small yellow piece of paper to Prince Nana. Nana unfolds it and looks wide eyed, in awe. He has a smile on his face, and responds to the Super Agent.

Nana – Larry Sweeney, thank you. We will build a statue for you in Ghana because of your generous offer. And right now, I accept your offer, those two boys will now be added to the match.

Sweeney – That’s great then my friend, thanks for listening to what I had to say.

Nana – But how do I know this is not a fake? Give me a check for this right now, blondie.

Sweeney – Um, OK.

Sweeney pulls out his checkbook and starts to scribble away the details of the deal. Sweeney rips the check out of the book and hands it happily to Prince Nana.

Sweeney – See, I’m a man of my words, Prince, there you go.

Nana – Even though your team will not win that match, your business is appreciated. Now get the hell out of here before I call the Ghanaian army on you. Leave!

Sweeney walks off with his 3 clients, with a big smile on his face. He turns around and starts to speak again.

Sweeney - Scorpio Sky, now it’s your turn, baby. We’ve gotta keep the good times rolling, because you’ve got Matt Sydal next.

Scorpio – Boss, don’t even worry about this. I’ve got this match in the bag. Seriously, do you think someone like him could beat this sexiness?

Sweeney – You’d better win, I’m betting on you to win this match. And I’m going to make sure that you’re Sydal’s number one contender, we need this match.

The camera now shows the middle of the ring, where the ring announcer is about to announce the next match.

D’Angelis – The following contest is a number one contender’s match. If the challenger defeats the champion, he will become the number one contender for the Pro Wrestling PRIDE Lightweight Title. It is scheduled for one fall, under a 30 minute time limit!

It’s a Fight plays, and Larry Sweeney walks first through the curtain. Following closely behind him are Scorpio Sky, Joey Ryan, and Scott Lost.

D’Angelis – First the challenger, from the City of Angels, and weighing 190 pounds, Scorpio Sky!

Clavicle blasts through the venue, and Matt Sydal busts onto the entrance stage, holding his title up in the air.

D’Angelis – His opponent, the champion from St. Louis, Missouri, weighing 175 pounds, Matt Sydal!

Number One Contendership
Lightweight Title
Matt Sydal © vs Scorpio Sky

*Bell Rings*

Sydal and Scorpio get in an intense lockup in the center of the ring. Sydal is pushed to a corner by Scorpio, and the lockup is released. Scorpio now starts to unload with hard punches to the face of the Lightweight Champion. The ref forces Sky to step back, giving Sydal space to recover after the closed fists. Sydal starts to come back to the middle of the ring, but is forced to duck under a right hook punch from Sydal. Matt now runs against the ropes, trying to take Scorpio down. Scorpio kicks the sprinting Sydal with a spin kick, knocking him off of his feet, into the air, and onto the mat. Scorpio now goes to the corner buckles, where he goes to pose, taunting the crowd as he does so. Sydal stands back up, and is about to attack Scorpio. Scorpio sees his opponent coming, and does a backflip over Sydal to evade the attack of Sydal. He lands in the middle of the ring, and grabs Sydal by the head, putting him in a side headlock. Scorpio yells at the crowd, “I can wrestle too, bitches!â€￾ Sydal counters out of it, grabbing Scorpio’s arm and putting it into a basic wrist lock. Scorpio yells at Sydal, and counters it. Sydal performs a backflip as a reverse, and kicks Scorpio in the sternum hard.

Sydal now has Scorpio held by the arm, and he takes him near the ropes. Sydal bounces off the top rope, and takes Scorpio down and to the opposite side of the ring with a springboard arm wrench. Sydal holds his hands up in the air, and Scorpio retreats to the outside of the ring to take a breather. Sydal runs at him, and it looks like he’s going to take a dive. Sydal jumps over the ropes, but lands on the apron in a fake, after Scorpio moved out of his target. Scorpio now runs and knocks Sydal off of the apron, and his face hits the apron hard. Scorpio now starts to unload with hard punches, trying to weaken Sydal even more. He throws Sydal into the ringpost, his head banging into the steel hard. Scorpio now throws Sydal into the ring, and climbing onto the ring apron after doing that. He uses the ropes as a tool to slingshot his body into the ring, and landing on Sydal’s back with a corkscrew body splash. Scorpio now rolls Sydal over to his back, rolling the legs up for a cover. 1…2… Sydal gets a shoulder up at the count of 2. Scorpio now complains to the referee, asking why his greatness couldn’t get a 3 count.

Scorpio now turns back his attention to Matt Sydal, and kicks him in the stomach as he was starting to get up. Scorpio brings Matt up to his feet, and slaps him in the face. He throws Sydal into the air with a flapjack. Somehow, as Sydal was falling to the mat, he FLIPS over, landing on the shoulders of the distracted Scorpio Sky. Sydal throws Scorpio over with an amazing hurracanrana. Scorpio lands on his back, and can be heard saying, “What the Fuck?â€￾ Sydal now makes the cover. 1…2… Scorpio kicks out, and still has a surprised look on his face. Scorpio rolls back up to his feet and is whipped to the ropes by Sydal. Sydal jumps up for a dropkick, but Scorpio holds onto the ropes, stopping himself from running back to the middle of the ring. Sydal is slowly getting up, and he’s on a knee. Sky runs at him, drilling him with a nice dropkick to the side of the head. Sydal is sent sideways, and he is seated, leaning on the ropes. Scorpio charges at him, but stops right in front of him. Scorpio points the ref to the crowd, and kicks the unsuspecting Matt Sydal in the groin. Scorpio turns the ref around again, and points to his abs, telling the ref to be jealous.

Scorpio now climbs to the top rope, waiting for Sydal to stand up. Sydal finally does, and Scorpio takes off. He quickly throws Sydal over with a perfect diving hurracanrana. Sydal ends up in the middle of the ring, holding his head after the impact of the last move. Scorpio now dives onto Sydal with a standing spinning leg drop, and makes the cover. 1…2… Sydal kicks out again, and Scorpio complains to the referee once again. Scorpio now whips the recently standing Sydal to the ropes, hoping to take Sydal down once again. Sydal is just too quick for Scorpio, and ducks under a clothesline, running against the opposite ropes. Scorpio turns around, and is suddenly struck with a running inverted headscissors. Scorpio ends up leaning against a corner turnbuckle. He charges at the cornered Sky, but Scorpio rolled through, back to the middle of the ring. Scorpio now runs back at the newly cornered Sydal, but Sydal moves out of the way this time. Scorpio hits the buckles hard again, and Sydal holds his hand up for a corner move. Sydal runs at him, and bashes him with an amazing running corner clothesline, with Sydal diving through the top and middle ropes.

Sydal pushes Scorpio off of the buckles and to the mat. Sydal climbs up to the top rope, looking to sandwich Sydal with a flying move. He turns, split legs, and attempts a split legged corkscrew moonsault. Scorpio rolls out of the way, and stands back up. He kicks the weak Sydal in the stomach, and drops his leg on the back of the neck. Sydal’s face is driven to the mat, and Scorpio makes the pin. 1…2… Sydal kicked out, and Scorpio brings Sydal up to a vertical base. Scorpio has Sydal’s head held for what seems to be a DDT. Sydal fights out of it, pushing Scorpio, letting go of his head. Sydal quickly runs the ropes, springboards against the middle rope, and knocks Scorpio down with a springboard leg lariat. Sydal lets out a battle cry, waiting for Scorpio to stand up. Scorpio does stand up, and Sydal kicks him in the midsection with a spinning heel kick. Sydal runs to the ropes, goes quickly to the outside apron and springboards. Sydal flies through the air, spinning while flying towards Scorpio and the middle of the ring. Scorpio jumps up in the air, and knocks Sydal out of the air with a picture perfect dropkick.

Scorpio now has a cocky smile on his face, and climbs up to the top rope. He faces the crowd and jumps off, going for a Phoenix 450 Splash. He lands on Sydal perfectly, but holds his ribs, and is unable to make a quick cover. He makes the cover after a few seconds in pain. 1…2… Sydal kicks out, but barely. Scorpio and Sydal both make it to their feet at the same time. The two exchange forearms and kicks. Sydal is able to make Scorpio groggy with a dropsault to the chest. Sydal scoops him up and takes him down with a Michinoku Driver, followed by a pin. 1…2… Scorpio kicks out, and Sydal gets the fans to rally behind him. Matt is on his feet, and goes to the outside apron. He jumps with a springboard into the ring as Sky rises, going for a diving crossbody. Scorpio moves out of the way, but Sydal lands on his feet. Scorpio throws up his leg for a superkick, but Sydal evades it by ducking under. Sydal now grabs him by the head and takes him down with the Slice Drop bulldog. He stands back up, and connects with his trademark cannonball standing moonsault. Matt now climbs to the top rope, and goes for his Shooting Star Press. At the last second, Scorpio Sky rolled out of the way.

Sydal hit the mat hard, and is holding his abdomen in pain. Scorpio Sky is back up on his feet, and puts Sydal on his shoulders for the Final Answer. Sydal fights back to his feet behind Scorpio, and looks like he’s going to hit the Slice Drop again. Scorpio fights out of it again, and tries to bring Matt down with a neckbreaker this time. Sydal fights out of it too, and turns Scorpio around. Sydal scoops him up for the Here It Is Driver. He drops Scorpio down with the move, and is about to climb the ropes for the Shooting Star Press. Suddenly, there’s AN INTERFERENCE!!!1!!!! Holy Shit man! OMGZ!!1!! Larry Sweeney distracts the referee while standing on the ring apron. The referee listens to Sweet N’ Sour’s words, being distracted from the in-ring action. From ringside come Joey Ryan and Scott Lost, who grab Sydal out of the corner and double team him. Joey connects with a superkick, and Scott Lost takes Sydal down with a Death Valley Driver. Sydal looks out of it as the two men move out of the ring. Sweeney ends his discussion with the ref. Scorpio Sky has the weakened and beaten Sydal up on his shoulders. He drops Matt onto his knee and nails the Fatal Answer! He makes the cover.
1…2…3!

*Bell Rings*

D’Angelis – Here is your winner, Scorpio Sky!

Larry Sweeney, Scorpio Sky, Joey Ryan and Scott Lost slide out of the ring, with smiles on their faces. They hold Scorpio’s hands up, and walk to the back. Matt Sydal looks distraught, and is asking the ref how he didn’t see the interference. The Dynasty walks to the back, having accomplished their goal.

Malenko – Scorpio Sky and the rest of the Dynasty stole the win there from Matt Sydal, but you can’t say it was unexpected. Larry Sweeney is known for things like that.
Simon – So now we have ourselves a matchup between Matt Sydal and Scorpio Sky for Exodus, and there’s no getting around it.
Masters – Larry Sweeney should be getting his title right there, the same thing has to happen at the MTV Special.
Simon – It looks like we have ourselves a confrontation backstage right now.

Kevin Steen is walking backstage with El Generico right next to him. Their conversation can be heard.

Steen – Now Generico, you know that I need to get into Aries’ head, do a little head games for our match at the stupid MTV Special. So right now, we have to get to Aries and we need to talk to him right now.

Generico – Si, mi amigo.

Steen and Generico end up in the catering area, where Jimmy Rave is seen, about to take a bite into a sandwich. Steen grabs the sandwich right out of Jimmy’s hands, and is about to bite into it. Generico grabs an apple from the table nearby, and takes a bite into it. Steen takes a bite into the sandwich he just stole.

Steen – This tastes like shit.

He throws the sandwich backwards, which hits Jimmy Rave in the face. Steen and Generico end up standing in front of a door, and Steen knocks hard. Austin Aries opens the door, looking like a hippie.

Aries – What do you want, Steen?

Steen – I want a match for next week, with anyone. I know that you want to get me weak before our big match, and I want to show you how Mr. Wrestling will take the belt away from you. Because I’ve seen it everywhere, everyone’s doubting me, thinking that I can’t even stand a chance against you. But as you saw in the Ladder War, I almost took the International title. You just got lucky Aries, you were in the right place at the right time.

Aries – Are you calling me a fluke? The last time I checked, you’re the guy who can’t capitalize on any title shot. I’m the one getting all the attention, and I have more titles, and more big wins than you’ve ever had. And at the end of the day, I’m the International Champion, and you can’t take that away from me. You’ve got your match big boy, and next week, you’ll be in for a Rude Awakening.

Steen – Oh, you’re trying to make fun of me? Watch me next week, whoever you pick will feel the wrath of Mr. Wrestling. And when I face you at Exodus, you’ll be known as the former International Champ. You got that?

Generico – OLE!

Steen and Generico walk away, with Aries shaking his head.

---------------INTERMISSION---------------

Trauma Squad plays to a big reaction from the crowd. Jack Evans, JTG, The Human Tornado and Julius Smokes walk to the ring, wearing street clothes. They walk to the ring, and slide in. Smokes has a microphone in hand, and starts to talk.

Smokes – Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! What’s up Chi-town? You know when the Vulture Squad hits up this town, you’d better watch your girl and hit it up with us. But right now, we’ve gotta talk about something serious. Last week, my boy, the Prince of Parkland himself, Jack Evans was attacked by Roderick Strong. So I’m not going to be a bitch here, and I’m going to talk about it. Roderick Strong is just a jealous little playa hater. He wants to be living our life, he’s jealous, for real. Him and his little punk ass had better be ready for a fight, because right here, the future of wrestling is going to take him and his crew down.

Evans – Man, I remember when me and Roddy used to be boys, we used to tag with each other, and we were one of the best teams in the world. But now, I can’t even look at that guy. When he took me outside and gave me a beating, I didn’t even know what was coming. But now, I’m all good, and I’m ready to take that guy out right now.

Tornado – And yo, he called my girl Lena Yada ugly. I don’t know where the hell that’s coming from, but that chick is a grade “Aâ€￾ dime piece, a future TornadHO. And his boy Rocky Romero is trying to be smooth, coming with his Spanish Flava, but he really just wants to be like your favorite pimp.

Roderick Strong, Rocky Romero and Davey Richards walk in from the entrance stage, and have microphones in their hands too.

Strong – What the hell are you guys talking about? Jack Evans, the reason why I took you out last week was simple. You screwed me out of winning the number one contendership for the International Title. Because of your stupid flips and offense, I have to wait a month to try and get another shot. I know that I could beat anyone on the roster, and having you take me out of the match like that wasn’t fair at all.

Evans – Damn Roddy, you’re such a crybaby. It wasn’t my fault that I was doing all that I could do to win the match. I know why you beat me down now. You don’t get as many bitches as I do, and you don’t have the entire internet in the palm of your hand. Maybe it’s because you have no fans at all.

Strong – Just because I don’t do 1000 flips a match and pretend that I’m black doesn’t mean I don’t have any fans. But it doesn’t matter, because I’m here to show No Remorse and no respect, the fans can go screw themselves.

Romero – Human Tornado, you’re a little punk too. You know that I get more ladies than you, and no one can get enough of Mr. Azucar himself. And if you want me to prove that in the ring, I’d be happy to beat you.

Smokes – My boys don’t even need a match to fight you, let’s go, we’ll beat all you fools down.

Strong – Really? I really don’t think those 3 rejects can stand a chance against the NRC.

Strong, Romero and Richards run to the ring, and The Vulture Squad are waiting eagerly. The two factions start to brawl in the ring, with chaos unfolding in the ring. The brawl spills to the outside, and the 6 men fighting break apart. Members spill over the guardrail, and into the crowd. The camera closely follows, and it goes to the outside. The brawl is in the parking lot now, and the fighting of Roderick Strong and Jack Evans knocks the camera down. The rest of the brawl is unseen with the black out of the outside camera.

Simon – What a brawl, there was no clear winner there, it just got so brutal.
Malenko – Both teams explained why they hate each other so much, with Strong and Evans having so much history with each other.
Masters – The NRC would totally own Evans’ little group, and that is TRUTH!
Simon – Lame. But right now, the Cash & Money Tag Tournament Continues.

The middle of the ring is now shown.

D’Angelis – The following contest is a first round match in the Cash & Money Tag Team Tournament! It is scheduled for one fall, under a 30 minute time limit!

I Don’t Wanna Stop plays, and Brent Albright and Dan Rodman walk to the ring, getting cheered by the fans.

D’Angelis – Approaching the ring, weighing in at a combined weight of 505 pounds, Dan Rodman and Brent Albright, they are the Muscle Militia!

Battle Without Honor or Humanity plays out, and Brian Kendrick and Paul London walk to the ring, getting a big ovation from the fans.

D’Angelis – Their opponents, weighing in at a combined weight of 390 pounds, Brian Kendrick and Paul London, the Aerial Assault!

Cash & Money Tag Team Tournament
First Round
Dan Rodman & Brent Albright vs Brian Kendrick & Paul London

*Bell Rings*

To start the match, Brian Kendrick and Brent Albright lock it up. Albright overpowers the smaller Kendrick, and pushes him to the ropes. Albright is aggressive, and releases the lock, opening up with hard right hand shots. Spanky tries to cover up, and the ref forces a break. Kendrick slowly walks back to the middle of the ring, and Albright grabs him by an arm, trying to attack it. Brent elbows the forearm and elbow area, trying to immobilize it. Kendrick comes back with a kick to the chest, and a side headlock, freeing his arm. Albright pushes Kendrick to the ropes, breaking the headlock. Kendrick ducks under a clothesline attempt from Albright, and turns around. He knocks Albright in the face with an enziguiri. Albright is on weak legs, and Kendrick takes him down to the mat with a dropkick to the knees. Kendrick now tags in partner Paul London, and the two look to double team the Muscle Militia member. They run against the ropes and connect with double sliding dropkicks to Brent’s face. Kendrick helps London step up for a standing moonsault after the dropkicks.

London makes the cover on Brent. 1…2… Albright gets his shoulder up, and London quickly runs the ropes. London tries a sliding dropkick, but Albright moves out of the way. Albright gets the tag to Dan Rodman. London is standing up, and tries to knock the big man off of his feet. Rodman sidesteps the smaller London, and picks him up in the air in a body press. Rodman throws London into a turnbuckle hard with a fastball special. Rodman flexes his muscles, but Brian Kendrick comes into the ring to give his partner time to recover. Dan quickly grabs the running Kendrick and takes him down with a big front powerslam. London is back up, and jumps off of the middle turnbuckle and onto Rodman, trying to plant him with a DDT. Rodman catches London, but Kendrick is there to help London finally plant the big Muscle Militia member down. They motion for Rodman to stand up, and he does shortly. Rodman sidesteps stereo superkicks, and grabs Kendrick in a Gorilla press. Rodman throws Kendrick aggressively out of the ring, and he falls to the padded outside.

London dropkicks the big man in the back, forcing him to bounce off of the ropes. Rodman comes back to the ring and turns around. London jumps up and knocks him with a flying forearm. Rodman actually feels the pain this time and staggers backwards, holding his head. London runs the ropes, and flips over for a neckbreaker on the big man. London is back up and continues his ground attack, flipping over into a senton onto the Militia member. He makes the cover. 1…2… Brent Albright breaks the cover up for his partner, and brings him to his feet. Albright opens up with stiff forearms and a roaring elbow. Rodman is standing back up again, and helps Albright in his attack of Paul London. The two partners hook London in for a double team maneuver, perhaps a suplex. London is held in the air, showing the strength of both Rodman and Albright. London counters the both right before they drove him down, into a double DDT. London now tries to crawl to his corner for a tag. Rodman grabs him by the leg, trying to cut him off. With the aid of the ropes, London makes the tag to Brian Kendrick.

Kendrick comes into the ring off the top rope, taking Rodman out with a flying missile dropkick. Albright is taken out of the ring by Kendrick too after a spinning heel kick near the ropes. Kendrick reverses a Rodman whip into the corner, throwing the big man to the turnbuckles. Kendrick runs at him, going for a corner dropkick. The big man moves out of the way, making Kendrick kick the buckles. Rodman now grabs the grounded Kendrick by the legs, and falls back, slingshotting Kendrick to the middle of the ring. Rodman now stands back up, makes his way to his corner, and tags in Brent Albright. Albright rushes in quickly, stopping Kendrick from moving by locking in a half Boston crab. Kendrick is cut off from tagging in his partner, with Albright pulling him in the submission move. Kendrick tries to fight the stronger Albright, and is crawling slowly but surely to a rope. Albright loses his grip of the Half Crab, and Kendrick grabs the bottom rope. He starts to stand back up, but Albright drops his arm on the back of Kendrick’s back. Kendrick fights back with a dropkick to the knees. Kendrick turns around and does a dive roll to his corner, tagging in Paul London.

London comes into the ring energetic with a flying forearm to Albright. He dropkicks Dan Rodman off of the apron after that. Albright is back up, and London tries to whip him into a corner, but Albright reverses it into his own throw. London hits the buckles, and Albright comes charging straight at him. London gets his feet up to stop Albright, with London landing on the outside apron. London jumps into the ring, taking Albright down with a crossbody press. Albright rolls through on the mat, which rolls up his opponent. 1…2… London kicked out, and he’s quickly back up on his feet. He jumps up and takes Albright down with a headscissors takedown. London yells, and hops over Albright, jumps up and springboards off the ropes. Albright catches him this time after a failed crossbody attempt. Albright forces London down with a tilt a whirl backbreaker. Albright makes the cover. 1…2… London gets his shoulder up, and Albright goes back to work. Albright tries to lock in the Crowbar, trying to break London’s left arm. London rolls to his back to block it.

London is back up on his feet, but Albright stops him from moving with a knee to the gut. Albright runs against the opposite set of ropes, trying to take London out with a lariat. London ducks under it, and kicks the taste out of Albright’s mouth with a superkick. London now takes Brent off of his feet with a quick snap DDT. London makes the cover. 1…2… Dan Rodman breaks up the cover, and grabs London straight off of the mat. Rodman punches London, and tries to knock him out with a Polish Hammer. London sidesteps, and he calls Brian Kendrick to come into the ring. London and Kendrick quickly dump the huge big man Rodman out of the ring with a double dropkick. Albright is back up, and he grabs both London and Kendrick by the hair. He tries to bash the two together, but London fights back at Albright. They push Albright back and jump in the air simultaneously. They dizzy Albright with a double enziguiri to both sides of the head. Kendrick forces Albright to the mat this time with a leg sweep kick. London jumps up to the top rope, and signals for the finish. He flies in the air, and connects with his Shooting Star Press! Kendrick performs a plancha to the outside to take out Dan Rodman. London makes the cover on Albright.
1…2…3!

*Bell Rings*

D’Angelis – Here are your winners, Paul London and Brian Kendrick!

Simon – London & Kendrick picked up the win, and they’re moving on in the Cash & Money tag tournament.
Masters – But if they win, they’d literally get flattened by Claudio & Hero.
Malenko – They still have a long way to go in the tournament, and next week we’ll see the other two first round matches next week.
Simon – Oh damn, Julius Smokes and Homicide are backstage. Someone's going to get shot.

Backstage, Homicide is seen talking to former manager Julius Smokes.

Homicide – Man, what’s wit your boys and Roderick’s crew? That shit’s wack, you can’t let some pretty boy keep bustin yo ass. If you still had me in your crew, I’d take all 3 of those boys down in a fucking minute, you know what I’m sayin?

Smokes – I got ya man, but my crew now is pretty crazy. You know you want to see my boy Jack Evans bust ass every single day. That kid is the fucking future, I don’t give a damn about MVP. But yo, what’s up with you, I’d be thinking that you would be taking a title right now. You need a title, no lie. I’m fucking sick and tired of seeing the same boring people with the belts.

Homicide – I don’t know J, I’ve been dying to get a title. We lost tonight, we were screwed ova by Shelley and Sabin. But me and B-Boy got some crazy stuff up our sleeves, and we want any of those titles. With Joe doing his thing, I want the Strong Style Thugs to take all of the titles, for real. I don’t even care if I gotta beat your guys, the Notorious 187 needs the fucking gold on his waist.

Prince Nana walks in from the hallway with Jimmy Rave by his side. He looks at Homicide and Smokes from head to toe. He looks disgusted, and begins to speak.

Nana – You see Jimmy, this is what disgusts me in this country. Look at these two, wearing rags, looking like they just came out of a garbage can. These two men will never know what it’s like to be royalty. They will never know what they are missing. They don’t deserve it either, they are the scum, the bottom feeders of this world. Let’s leave right now, this is disgusting.

Homicide – Whoa, Nana are you tryin to play? You’re a fool. You look like you want to get your ass beat by the Notorious 187. You and your stupid crown can kiss my ass, because you don’t hustle.

Nana – You can’t fight me boy, you have to get through the Crown Jewel of the Embassy Jimmy Rave. And he needs to beat someone at Exodus, so why not the most disgusting man in all of Pro Wrestling PRIDE?

Homicide – Nana, chill for a second. You’re calling me disgusting, just look at you and your fake ass throne. You’ve got your match, and at Exodus, you’re going to get your punk ass beat fool.

Smokes – Yeah yeah yeah!

Homicide and Smokes walk off, pushing Prince Nana and Jimmy Rave out of the way.

The camera now shows the middle of the ring.

The entire arena goes dark, and the small screens set up on the entrance stage look like they’re blacking out. Lights flash, and a single image is shown, standing still for 30 seconds.

Masters – Hot damn, could it be the return of Disco Inferno?
Simon – Lame.
Malenko – Three weeks is the MTV Special, we could see something big going down there.

D’Angelis – The following contest is the main event! It is a tag team match, scheduled for one fall, under a 60 Minute Time Limit!

Immigrant Song hits and Paul Burchill stands at the stage and walks to the ring, getting a big reaction from the fans.

D’Angelis – First, from Chelsea, England weighing 241 pounds, Paul Burchill!

I’m Comin’ hits and MVP steps through the curtain. He poses on the entrance stage, getting enormous boos from the fans.

D’Angelis – His tag team partner, from Miami, Florida, and weighing in at 243 pounds, Montel Vontavius Porter, MVP!

Miseria Cantare kicks in, and the fans clap along to the beat of the song. CM Punk is on his knees on the stage, holding up an X. He gets cheered by the fans, and he walks to the ring.

D’Angelis – On his way to the ring, from Chicago, Illinois, at the weight of 222 pounds, standing 6 feet 1 inch tall, CM Punk!

Mama Said Knock you Out blasts through the arena, and the fans get on their feet. To a reaction of mixed boos and cheers, Samoa Joe walks through the curtain, and walks to the ring, looking focused.

D’Angelis – His tag partner, from Huntington Beach, California weighing in at 280 pounds, standing at 6 feet 1 inch tall, the current Pro Wrestling PRIDE Champion, Samoa Joe!

Main Event
Tag Team Match
MVP & Paul Burchill vs CM Punk & Samoa Joe

*Bell Rings*

As the bell rings, both teams start to decide who should begin the match. Punk and Joe agree to have the champ start off the match, and wait for either Burchill or MVP to get out of the corner. After a few seconds of heated argument, Paul Burchill steps to the middle of the ring. Burchill and Joe start off the match with a test of strength. Burchill is able to outmuscle Joe, and force him to a knee. Burchill releases the right arm of Joe, and twists his arm into a wristlock. Joe is on a knee, and Burchill locks out the leg to stop him from standing. Burchill snaps the arm downward, releases the arm and locks in a side headlock. Joe quickly stands back up on both feet and breaks out of it. He runs the ropes, trying to take Burchill down. Joe does so, and takes Burchill down with a big shoulder block. Joe runs the ropes again, and jumps over the grounded Burchill the second time. Burchill is on his knees and sees Joe coming, and sweeps his legs out from under him, followed by a pin attempt. 1…2… Joe kicks out, and the two big men stand back up. They both run the ropes, and come sprinting at full speed towards one another. The two big guys collide in the ring, and both fall to the mat hard.

After a referee count of 4, both men stand back up. Out of respect for each other, they tag in their partners. Punk and MVP get into the ring. MVP wastes no time and cuts the friendship, going straight at Punk for an attack. Punk sees MVP from a mile away, and trips him to the mat. Punk rolls MVP over quick for a cover. 1… MVP gets his shoulder up quick, and the two battle back to their feet. MVP, who is on his knees, stops the standing Punk for a moment with a forearm to the gut. MVP is back to a standing base, but Punk comes back at him with a couple of stiff forearms right to the face. Punk runs the ropes, but is taken down after a straight up punch to the face from MVP. MVP stomps on the downed Punk’s face, and follows up with a confident cover. 1…2… Punk kicks out. MVP grabs Punk by the hair, and just throws his head back down to the mat forcefully. MVP taps his elbow once, and runs the ropes, preparing for his elbow drop. He gets back to Punk, and stomps the ground and poses for a couple of seconds. He drops to the mat, trying to attack Punk. Punk rolls out of the way, standing up quickly after that. MVP is seated, and Punk connects with a pinpoint dropkick to the back of MVP’s neck.

Punk is back up on his feet after the dropkick, and kicks MVP in the chest, forcing him to lie on the mat. Punk runs the ropes swiftly and tries a quick leg drop. MVP rolled out of the way to avoid it, and he is back up and runs the ropes. He now attempts a lariat, but the slowly rising Punk ducked under the attempted move too. Punk grabs MVP from his back and drives him down with a neckbreaker onto the knee. Punk tags in Samoa Joe and the two double team the Franchise Player. MVP is currently seated, and the team of Joe and Punk sandwich him with kicks to the chest and back. Punk runs against one set of ropes and makes MVP fall back with a knee to the face. Joe runs the other set of ropes and drops a big jumping knee onto the face of MVP. Joe makes the cover. 1…2… MVP kicks out, and Joe goes back to attack mode. He motions MVP back up to his feet, and now grabs him in for a suplex. MVP punches and claws out of it, and now has Joe held. MVP raises his knees up to the held face of Joe, and pushes him to a corner. MVP slaps Burchill, signaling him to come in for the tag.

The unlikely duo of Burchill and MVP agree to double team the cornered Samoa Joe. They somehow work together in punching Joe, and bring a knee to his gut. MVP exits the ring, with Burchill now in to do the offense. Joe is still in the corner, with Burchill backing up to nail a running strike. Burchill runs, but is taken down after Joe catches him, nailing the ST-Joe. Burchill ends up slumped in the nearby corner, and Joe signals for the facewash. He wipes his boot in Paul’s face several times, and runs the opposite set of ropes for the final strike. Before Joe could take Burchill out, Paul rolls out of the ring. Joe was able to stop himself from kicking the buckle, and he follows Burchill to the outside. Joe and Burchill start to brawl on the outside, and MVP joins in. MVP grabs Joe from behind and thrusts him into the ring post. Burchill grabs Joe by the waist, and tries to nail a back suplex on the floor. Joe fights out of it, and he climbs back up to the ring apron. Burchill follows quickly, and strikes Joe in the back, grabbing him in for the back suplex. Burchill takes the big Samoan up and dumps him on the apron with a big back suplex.

Joe falls to the floor, from the apron, with Burchill rolling into the ring. The ref begins to count Joe out. 1…..2…..3…..4….. Joe gets back into the ring, but he holds the back of his neck after Burchill’s apron suplex. Burchill uses his uncommon speed to run the ropes and follow up with a flip over Senton to the back of Joe, who was on all fours. Burchill stands up, and has a smile on his face. He is somehow distracted by his own partner MVP. MVP and Burchill start to argue, but Paul walks away from his corner to continue the wearing down of Samoa Joe. Joe is warily up on both feet, and Burchill grabs his arm for a whip to the ropes. Joe counters it, and Burchill goes running. MVP got the blind tag into the match as Paul hit the ropes. Burchill is taken out with a short arm clothesline from Joe, but MVP comes into the ring. MVP takes the unsuspecting Samoa Joe down to the mat with a big football style tackle. MVP makes the cover on Joe, with some cocky words to the referee. 1…2… Joe kicks out easily. MVP stands up, and is about to tie Joe up in a leg lock. Joe kicks from his grounded position, connecting on the side of MVP’s head.

Porter looks dazed, and wobbles stumbles across the ring. Joe slaps him in the face a couple of times to get him going, and kicks high for an enziguiri. MVP barely ducks under it, and he scurries out of the ring, calling for a time out. Joe just lets Porter stay out there, and tags in CM Punk without problem. The two give MVP the opportunity to take a breather, and wait patiently for him to come back into the ring. MVP finally slides back into the ring, and Punk looks ready to take him on. Punk easily delivers some forearms to Porter’s face, and goes for a single high round kick. MVP ducks under it, and comes back at Punk for a hard short range clothesline. Punk catches the arm of MVP, and puts it into a quick hammerlock. CM is about to transition it into a hammerlock DDT, but MVP blocks it, and goes behind the Straight Edge Star. Punk is taken off of his feet after a nice German Suplex from Porter. MVP rolls over for another, but Punk fights back aggressively with elbow strikes to break himself free. MVP takes Punk up, but not all the way, as Punk makes it back to his feet, breaking Porter’s grip on him.

Punk turns around, and is poked in the eye by the Franchise Player. Punk is taken off of his rhythm, and MVP sweeps him off of his feet. Punk is forced to a seated position, and MVP runs the ropes. He tries the Player’s Boot, but Punk ducks under it and stands up quickly. Punk grabs the arm of MVP, steps over it with one leg, and kicks Porter in the face with the back of his leg. Punk releases the arms and goes to the apron. He jumps and springboards off the ropes, taking MVP down to the mat with a springboard flying forearm. Punk yells, and the fans respond with cheers to him. He holds the ropes, waiting for MVP to stand up. MVP is up on his knees, and Punk comes running at him. Punk tries his shining wizard, but Porter rolls away from it. Punk missed the move, but he was lucky enough to end up in his corner, and tags in Samoa Joe. Joe runs straight towards Porter, taking him down with a running Yakuza kick. Joe bounces off the ropes, and tries to flatten MVP with a leaping back senton. Porter sees it coming and rolls out of harm’s way. MVP stands back up and makes a dive to his corner. He tags in Paul Burchill before Joe could pull him back to the middle of the ring.

Burchill comes into the ring, and takes Joe off of his game with a quick running dropkick to the face. Burchill follows up with a big Northern Lariat to the back of the neck. Burchill grabs hold of the head, trying to bring Joe down with a cutter. Joe blocks the move, and turns Burchill around. Joe just brutalizes Paul with palm strikes and slaps, dizzying the British Bruiser. Joe grabs Burchill by the neck now, trying to lock in The Choke. Burchill grabs a rope, forcing Joe to let go of Burchill’s neck. Burchill stops Joe for a second by delivering a vicious back elbow to Joe’s face. Punk comes in to help out the hurt Joe, with forearms to Burchill. MVP is on the apron, not paying attention at all. Burchill is able to fight Punk off, but Joe comes and helps Punk in the attack of Burchill. Punk and Joe try a double clothesline, but Burchill miraculously ducks under it. Burchill ends up running to the corner, trying to get the tag in to MVP. As Burchill reaches out, MVP jumps off of the apron, leaving Burchill on his own. MVP has his back turned to the ring, and walks to the back. Burchill turns around, and is met with a slap to the chest from Samoa Joe. Punk is out of the ring now, letting Joe take over alone. Joe grabs Burchill and locks in his arms. He has The Choke held, with Burchill falling to the mat. Burchill is stuck and has nowhere to go, with no one to help him out. He passes out to the pain after a couple of moments.

*Bell Rings*

D’Angelis – Here are your winners, CM Punk and Samoa Joe!

Simon – Once again, MVP was only there for himself, and abandoned Paul Burchill and left him out to lose the match.
Malenko – But Burchill and MVP were already done, I don’t think they could beat the teaming of Joe and CM Punk. Burchill and Porter have so much hate for each other, they weren’t going to work together at all, and everyone knew that.
Masters – MVP is badass, who cares about Joe, Punk, and that kangaroo.
Malenko – Paul Burchill is British.
Masters – Really? He lost, so it doesn’t matter at all.
Simon – We’re out of time, and we’re done. Thank you for watching this edition of Pro Wrestling PRIDE!

A highlight video plays, after the scene of the tag match fades out. “7 Thingsâ€￾ by Miley Cyrus plays to the highlight video. After that, the credits show.

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[Moonlight Drive]

BM: The Main event I really enjoyed. Nice action with all of the men, very heelish tactic by MVP leaving Burchill in the end. I would've maybe expected something between Joe/Punk afterwards though.

WM: N/A

BP: I had two favourites, the ones between Sweeney/Nana and NRC/VS2.0. I enjoyed both of them and thought they were very in character. The way you used Sweeney was great, he really seemed to be a Super Agent, buying his team into the match

WP: N/A

AF: Loving the tag team tournament. I like how you booked the match between Scorpio/Sydal, Sweet n Sour Inc will be getting a lot of gold soon me thinks.

 

[Gards Jr.]

Whoah I cant believe I just read all that... Anyway here is your review.

MCMG vs B-Boy and Cide: Great Match up that I enjoyed. At first I did not know who Cide was lol... Anyway I am looking forward to see who wins the whole thing and I hope that MCMG gets to the final. Oh and one more thing, who is B-Boy

Nana/Sweeney Promo: I liked it and it made Sweeney sound like He was playing the Game real well.

Sky/Sydal: Was the match I least enjoyed but was still enjoyable. I loved the ending where you wrote out the inteference.

Steen/Generico/Aries: Really good promo. Got no idea if it was in character though lol.

Next Promo: Well I do not know what Either team is call so yeah. Anyway this seemed like a good promo and enjoyable but I still got no idea if it was in character.

Londrick vs Muscle Militia: Good match for big and Small men as well. I want to say this is my second most enjoyable match and overall had good psychology and good matchup.

Homicide/Smokes/Nana/Rave: Good promo but see the problem is I have never seen a promo by any of these guys.

Main Event: Was good and I have no idea why the match took place but MVP seemed well in charactewr walking out and the heat between Burchilll and MVP was good and Joe and Punk worked well together.

AC: Well all I can say is, I now know why are nominated for BOB. I have no idea about half of these indy stars so yeah.

 

[The Leviathan]

Best Match:

Homicide/B-Boy vs. MCMG- B-Boy is a Filipino right? lol, btw, this is a great match to start off the show. I do really enjoyed the exchanges between the two team eventhough I don't know some of the moves, maybe I'll go check Youtube and see how the capitalize those moves lol...

London/Kendrick vs. Muscle Militia - this is a great match between opposite sizes. I really like then blend it the team of London and Kendrick and you used it well in this match. Good to see they won since it's really predictable since the match started lol.

MVP/Burchill vs. Punk/Samoa Joe - your main event is truly a great match in your show. The ending really helps building up the Burchill/MVP feud as they go to the next PPV.

Worst Match: none at all....

Best Promo:

Sweeney/Prince Nana - Definitely a great promo for Sweeney, he's really the super agent after successfully putting his clients to title matches.

Prince Nana/Homicide - Looks like Homicide will go singles now, I wonder what will happen after he face Rave at Exodus, he might really get the title shot he wants.

Worst Promo: n/a

Additional Feedbacks: Overall a great show indeed, Idc much on who will win the Cash and Money Tag Team Tournament since I just want to see MCMG and L&K face off at the Finals, lol... This is another great show from you HFH, I'll go check out your next show.

 

[THE Brian Kendrick's Biceps]

MCMG vs Strong Style Thugs: I liked this match, as both teams got a fair amount of offense. You use the Guns really well as a team, as they use their double teams, instead of looking like two individuals. Always felt that MCMG would go through, and that happened, which isn't a bad thing.

Sweeney promo: This was a nice way to add to a match at Exodus, while at the same time put Sweeney's character over more.

Scorpio Sky vs Matt Sydal: The match flowed well, and Scorpio got a lot of offense, looking really good.

AN INTERFERENCE!!!1!!!! Holy Shit man! OMGZ!!1!!

:rofl: The finish is logical, and once again it helps Sweet n Sour Inc keep their characters well.

Steen promo: I didn't really get into the Steen part of this. The Generic Luchador ftw though! And Austin Aries was alright .... although a hippy gimmick isn't cool.

Vulture Squad promo: This promo was good throughout, I don't think there was a weak bit really. Everyone seemed right. The brawl afterwards was good too.

Londrick vs Albright and Rodman: The result was really predictable imo, as I just can't see Rodman ever going over lol. The match itself was alright, and you played to the strengths of both teams. It all went along pretty well, and was solid.

Homicide promo: Nice, playing on the old connection of Julius Smokes and Homicide for a promo (sidenote: I loved the pairing when Cide was heel back in ROH). A nice little way to make another match for Exodus here, and it should be a great match with two wrestlers I like.

Joe and Punk vs MVP and Burchill: I really liked how you portrayed MVP as someone that you cannot trust, by having him walk out. Like always it was a good solid match, and it had some great action.

AC: SOme nice more matches in the build up to Exodus, and the PRIDE Championship match is building up well. Another good show from you HFH.

 

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BM: Punk and Joe vs. MVP and Burchill. This was great build up to your PPV. Alot of interaction fueling their confrontations at the Exodus. Nice job.

WM: N/A, you are great at match writing

BP: Nana/Sweeny was very well done, in character and served way more than it's purpose which is a plus

WP: N/A This is what BOB's are of made, no bad promos or matches

AC: You came a long way dude and you are in the upper class of BTB now, I love this and HEW, because they are Indy and not just your average TNA/WWE BTBs. Loving every show dude, I got competition now lol

 

[comicgeekelly]

BM: Sydal vs. Sky- awesome match and it had this; "Suddenly, there’s AN INTERFERENCE!!!1!!!! Holy Shit man! OMGZ!!1!!"
WM: N/A
BP: Nana and Sweeney are a great pair to put together for promos.
WP: N/A
AC: Great opening match, good to see MCMG get the win... The Steen/Generico promo was really random, but funny... Vulture Squad vs. NRC should be a great feud... With that 3 weeks thing, I'm guessing that you're bringing in Chris Jericho... The main event match was very good... Great show.
Plug: If you get the chance check out POI Episode 24.

 

[Headfirst For Hardcore]

Pro Wrestling PRIDE - The Preview

Pro Wrestling PRIDE
The Preview

-This week, Pro Wrestling PRIDE returns, two weeks away from the big MTV Special, Exodus. The Pro Wrestling PRIDE shows are exploding with action, with things heating up before the big show. This week, things will go further, and you're sure to get a show.

MVP vs Paul Burchill
-At the last PRIDE show, MVP was teamed up with Paul Burchill, taking on CM Punk and Samoa Joe. MVP and Burchill lost that match, with Porter abandoning Burchill by the end. Ever since the PRIDE Title Tournament, Burchill and MVP have engaged in a big, hateful rivalry. This will be a rematch of their BRUTAL match at Exodus. Can Burchill get his revenge, or will MVP be rollin' like a G?

Kevin Steen vs ???
Austin Aries picks Steen's opponent.
-Last week, Kevin Steen asked for a challenge from Austin Aries leading up to their International Title match at Exodus. This week, the International Champ Aries has the choice to pick anyone on the PRIDE roster to face Mr.Wrestling. Can Steen answer Aries' challenge?

Jay Lethal vs Scorpio Sky
-These two men have fought hard for the Lightweight Title shot at Exodus. When Jay Lethal had his challenge against Matt Sydal, Scorpio Sky was there to interfere and cost Lethal the match. When Scorpio Sky had his challenge, he won the title shot against Sydal, with the help of Joey Ryan, Scott Lost and Larry Sweeney. These two men have been building a rivalry with each other. Which man will take the contendership?

Cash & Money Tag Team Tournament
-Ace Steel & Colt Cabana vs The Human Tornado & JTG

-Chuck Taylor & El Generico vs Elijah Burke & Shelton Benjamin

-Pro Wrestling PRIDE would like to thank Teen Superstar Miley Cyrus for providing the theme for Exodus. Her song, "Breakout" will be featured prominently in the upcoming weeks and on the MTV Special.

-Be sure to check out this week's episode of Pro Wrestling PRIDE.​