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Prime Wrestling Federation January, 2024 Sept 4, 2024 21:35:36 GMT 1 Asaemon and Be the Booker like this

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Going forward there will be two half hour episodes of PWF Preview made available throughout the week to hype each week’s episode of PWF TV. They will initially air on the live stream, before being made available on demand. This week both were released back-to-back on January 1, 2024 to start the hype towards our first episode. For this part of the book, I will use the recaps from our very own brief recaps and fan survey results from the PWF website for the PWF Preview episodes and PWF TV, before supplementing with my thoughts around the intent behind the various segments on the PWF TV show.

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PWF Preview #1 Recap:

Episode opened with these words on the screen: Prime; adjective; to have the highest quality; excellent. After that faded to the PWF logo, the show opened with a short video from Shane McMahon talking about how PWF aim was to provide a quality blend of entertainment, storytelling, and great in ring action. His hype went into wrestlers striving for excellence as they compete for the PWF Championship, the blend of talent from around the world that will compete in the PWF Women’s division, how tag teams will be a big part of the PWF, and the return of high-flying excitement with the Flight division. He thanked the fans and said he looked forward to seeing them every Thursday as part of PWF TV!

After the opening it was announced that the main event of the first episode of PWF TV would see two wild brawlers competing to prove who was best when “Hangman” Adam Page faced off against Sami Callihan. A sit-down interview with both men was promised to appear on each episode of this week’s PWF Preview.

Mauro Ranallo narrated a short video on the history of lightweights in the history of wrestling, utilizing still images provided from various wrestling magazines. This short video highlighted wrestlers from Mexico such as El Santo, Gory Guerrero and the Guerrero family, Blue Demon and Mil Mascaras before moving to legends from the UK like Dynamite Kid, “Rollerball” Rocco, and Marty Jones. It ended by featuring legends from Japan including Tiger Mask and Jushin Thunder Lyger, ending by mentioning that the next feature will focus on the rise of the Cruiserweight’s.

Focus On: Each week will feature a brief look at a specific wrestler from the PWF roster. As part of this week’s segment, it was announced that during the debut episode of PWF TV “The Virtuosa” Deonna Purrazzo would be making her debut. Video was shown from her time in Impact Wrestling (given full credit with the footage as well as promotion of their upcoming Hard To Kill PPV. The segment ended with Purrazzo briefly appearing and promising to take women’s wrestling to new heights in the PWF.

This episode ended with a ten-minute interview with Adam Page, spliced with footage of him at his house, with the focus being on how Adam Page plans on becoming the first PWF Champion to prove to the whole world that he’s no longer the “sad cowboy,” but a Champion that his children (yes, he said plural) can be proud of.

PWF Preview #2 Recap:

In the second video on the history of high fliers, Maura Ranallo spoke about the evolution of the style with the birth of the Cruiserweight division utilizing wrestlers from Mexico and ECW, before moving into speaking about the X-Division in TNA wrestling and focusing on how in PWF there would be a flight division based around wrestlers who represent the lineage of these high fliers and the next step. It is announced that the first episode of PWF TV will open with a match featuring six wrestlers who make up the flight division: Cinta de Oro, Jack Evans and Jordan Oliver vs. El Hijo del Vikingo, Paul London and Samuray del Sol.

Focus On: The focus was on HAMMERSTONE and how wrestling was his motivation to go from a depressed, overweight and out of shape teen, to the chiseled body that he has now and his plans to compete for the PWF Championship.

The show ended with a sit-down interview with Sami Callihan in the streets where he explained that he was an agent of chaos and that he wasn’t in the PWF to make friends, make money, or win Championships. “I’m just here to make the world burn!”

PWF TV #1-January 4, 2024 (3, 989, 165 viewers)

A video, narrated by Shane McMahon, welcomed the world to the Prime…Wrestling…Federation!

In a poor match, El Hijo del Vikingo, Paul London and Samuray del Sol defeated Cinta de Oro, Jack Evans and Jordan Oliver in 9:32 when El Hijo del Vikingo pinned Jordan Oliver with a 630 Senton. The match was designed so that the wrestlers could go out and try to steal the show. (54)

A video played showing off the strength of the wrestler introduced as HAMMERSTONE! This was an edited version of the Focus On video from PWF Preview #2

A short video showed clips of the interviews conducted on PWF Preview showing Adam Page discussing his desire to become PWF Champion, and Sami Callihan promising chaos and pain for anyone who gets in his way.

In a bout that didn't have much heat and terrible wrestling, Deonna Purrazzo defeated Leva Bates in 7:53 by submission with a Fujiwara Armbar. The match was designed to tell a specific story. (40)

After the match Deonna Purrazzo grabbed a microphone and began to talk about how she was the best Women’s wrestler in the PWF and she was going to dominate the entire division….but is interrupted by the familiar strain of “Bad Reputation” and out walked…”ROWDY” RONDA ROUSEY! The fans erupted as Rousey slowly made her way down to the ring, while an inset camera view showed Deonna Purrazzo standing in the ring alternating from disbelief to annoyance. Rousey got into the ring and stood face to face with Purrazzo to end the segment.

PWF Owner Shane McMahon makes his way out to the ring to thank the fans and announce that next week we would see the in-ring debut of HAMMERSTONE, more action from the Flight division, wrestling legend Mickie James against Alysin Kay, and making their way to this very ring it will be Matt and Nick Jason, The Young Bucks! Now sit back and enjoy tonight’s Main Event of “Hangman” Adam Page and Sami Calihan!

In a decent wild brawl, Adam Page defeated Sami Callihan in 10:50 by pinfall with a Buckshot Lariat. (73)

Page was celebrating the fans, when the celebration was interrupted by a short video on the screen. The video was quite gritty and featured a gloved hand rubbing a black mask while a voice translated some Spanish words that hyped the PWF, and especially the PWF Championship. The video ended by saying “he was coming” without any indication of who “he” was.

Overall Rating: 63

With no footage of wrestlers competing for the PWF yet there is nothing to create a true opening video, so we went with something simple here that was a callback to something my father had said previously. Live in the arena they saw this video but were also being hyped up so that as soon as we went live in the AWS Arena it was loud.

This opening match represented what our plans are for the flight division, something that Mauro Ranallo did his best to explain throughout the match. The focus of the flight division will be on wrestlers who take to the sky with flashy, daredevil like moves to try and defeat their opponents. Ranallo explained that the tag rules will be similar to those found in Lucha Libre matches where a tag is not required if a wrestler leaves the ring, one man from their team can enter the ring to continue the flow of the match. Of course, the big question on everyone’s mind after this match was how in the world El Hijo del Vikingo was able to take part in the match. After I connected with Chavo Guerrero Jr. he helped me get in touch with Konnan. As most are aware there is a version of a talent exchange agreement in place between AAA and AEW, but it has become a bit fractured in the last year or, with Konnan in particular being quite outspoken towards Tony Khan. During my discussion with Konnan he approached about having a similar arrangement with the PWF, that soon turned to El Hijo del Vikingo in particular. Konnan let me know that his contract only prevented him from working with one company in particular, you can guess which one. This was confirmed when his contract was sent to our lawyers, and from there we agreed to bring him in and I was so ecstatic. As part of the deal Konnan has agreed to serve as his on screen manager, and even to help with our booking team.

The next two segments were put together using footage from the PWF Preview episodes. This was to serve two purposes. The first is to hype the PWF Preview episodes, but also to utilize the information from the PWF Preview shows to explain the motivation of HAMMERSTONE, Adam Page, and Sami Callihan.

While Leva Bates will mostly be used in backstage capacity, helping to lead our PWF fan club, we used her out there because we know she was a wrestler who could easily get the fans behind her. The purpose of this match was to help Deonna Purrazzo look good for fans who might not be as familiar with her work. This is important as we have big plans for Purrazzo in the next few months.

The one downside of running an interview segment in the ring right after the match is that Purrazzo was struggling a bit to catch her breath at first, but I think she was able to get her point across and displayed her cockiness when it came to the PWF Women’s division. This made sure the fans were ready to turn on her, when Ronda Rousey made her debut as the first big surprise in the history of the PWF. To explain the backstory behind this appearance, again it would not have been possible without Mickie James and Lisa Marie Varon both reaching out to Ronda to encourage her to talk to me. When I did Rousey let me know she loved wrestling still, but felt so jaded after her experience in a major wrestling company. I tried my best to speak to the fan side of her, and laid out how I would like to use her, and how my goal was to try and help her have a better ending to her professional wrestling career if she indeed decided she was done. It took many phone calls, and some tough negotiation, but Rousey is here and someone who is going to go a long way to adding legitimacy to the women’s division in the PWF.

My segment was short and meant to hype the fans in attendance for what was going to come during the taped episode of PWF TV so that they would continue to be engaged even when we weren’t live anymore. Secondly, of course it was meant to hype up the episode of PWF TV for when it aired “live” next week on Prime Video.

To be honest, the main event match of Adam Page vs. Sami Callihan far exceeded my expectations. With Page having been written off AEW TV back in November after his brutal match with Swerve Strickland he had not been in competition for almost two months and so a bit of ring rust was expected. Same for Callihan after his time with Impact Wrestling came to an end. But these two men went out there and beat the snot out of each other, including the first fight in the crowd at the AWS Arena, before Page got the big victory and then celebrated with the fans in attendance…until he was interrupted by a short and mysterious video as the debut episode of PWF TV came to an end.

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PWF Preview #3 Recap:

The first five minutes were a short recap of the action from the debut episode of PWF TV and hyping that Ronda Rousey and the Young Bucks would both be talking to the crowd this week.

Focus On: Alicia Atout hosted a sit-down interview with Lio Rush who was acting cool and cocky as he spoke about his history and how he will be the face of the flight division in the PWF.

Mauro Ranallo narrated a video on the history of Ronda Rousey, including her early fandom of wrestling and “Rowdy” Roddy Piper in particular, showing her bronze medal from judo at the 2008 Olympics, her history in UFC, her career in wrestling and her return at PWF TV to set up her in-ring interview with Alicia Atout this week on PWF TV.

The end of this episode was part 1 of an interview with The Young Bucks, featuring Matt and Nick Jason talking about their history in wrestling, while showing footage from some of their independent matches, and them talking about their family and ended with 2019 before promising more in the next PWF Preview.

PWF Preview #4 Recap:

The first five minutes were a short recap of the action from the debut episode of PWF TV and hyping that Ronda Rousey and the Young Bucks would both be talking to the crowd this week.

To hype the next match in the flight division that would feature Aramis, Black Taurus, and Lio Rush a short video showed clips of Aramis and Black Tarus competing in AAA.

Focus On: The focus this week was on Mickie James and her lengthy career in wrestling, her history in music, and spoke in kayfabe terms about her role in scouting and signing wrestlers for the women’s division in the PWF.

The second part of the interview featured The Young Bucks speaking a bit about the pride they had in helping to lead the first major competitor in the North American wrestling scene since 2001. They talked about their many friendships in the industry and a bit about how they had left to join the PWF as they wanted to continue to grow their legacy but felt like they needed a bit of a fresh start after the events of the last year. They spoke about how they couldn’t wait to get in front of the PWF fans this week and then ended with some family photo’s hyping their faith, family and friends lifestyles.

PWF TV #2-January 11, 2024 (3, 126, 241 viewers)

Opening video showed clips from last week, with the end focusing on the face-to-face confrontation between Deonna Purrazzo and Ronda Rousey.

In a bout that had decent wrestling but little heat, Lio Rush defeated Black Taurus and Aramis in 10:20 when Lio Rush pinned Aramis with a Dragon's Call. The match was designed so that the wrestlers could go out and try to steal the show. (57)

After the match Lio Rush grabbed a microphone and talked about how the whole world was buzzing about El Hijo del Vikingo, but that it was time for everyone to feel the Rush!

A video from last week saw Alicia Atout try to catch up with an irritated Adam Page as he was leaving the arena after the interruption last week. Atout tried to ask Page about it, but Page blew her off and said he was only here to become PWF Champion and he didn’t care who the man in the mask was.

In a wild brawl that had sub-par wrestling and little heat, HAMMERSTONE defeated Jessie Godderz in 3:23 by pinfall with a Nightmare Pendulum.

After the match HAMMERSTONE told Godderz that “this was how you posed” and then went into a pose routine to hype up the fans.

Alicia Atout was in the ring and introduced “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey to the fans. Rousey came out and spoke about how she had heard everything the fans said about her not loving the business, and she was here in PWF to show everyone how wrong they were because she loved wrestling. And as for “The Virtuosa” thinking she is the best women wrestler in the PWF: “we’ll see.”

In a terrible match, QT Marshall defeated Brock Anderson in 6:02 by pinfall with a Glamour Shot- Jumping Flatliner. (43)

A video showed the man with the mask looking down in a sink, before raising his head to stare into a mirror confirming what most fans had put together…the mask in the mask was Andrade El Idolo!

In a poor match, Mickie James defeated Allysin Kay in 10:25 by pinfall with a Mickie-DT. The match was designed to tell a specific story. (50)

The Young Bucks came out and posed for the fans who gave them a long, and loud ovation. They took in the cheers, looking quite emotional at times, before they began to speak about how much they had learned in the last year. They spoke about how grateful they were for their family and “real” friends (said with an edge of bitterness) who had stood behind them even when others were doubting them. They thanked all the wrestling promoters they had worked with in the past, before even thanking Tony Khan for believing in them. “And as for you fans, to you we ow the biggest thanks!” Even louder reaction. “Thank you for making us realize…..just how much we don’t need you, you fickle pricks! You loved us when we put our bodies on the line for you, you bought our merchandise, you even supported us in creating a new company…but the moment someone else came along that you liked more, you turned your backs on us! From now on the only people, we care about us, and those who supported us when all of you were booing us and mocking us and going online and writing bad things about us. From here on out the Young Bucks, Matthew and Nicholas Jackson, are here to dominate the PWF Tag Team division, make a lot of money, and make sure to never do anything to make you self-centered punks cheer for us again!”

Overall Show Rating: 49

The opening video showcased the confrontation between Rousey and Purrazzo last week, while setting up the appearance from Rousey for this week.

The opening match was another great match in the flight division that showcased the skills of all three men. Another thing to add here is the use of the name Black Taurus. While that name is owned by AAA we have been able to license it so that when Black Taurus competes with PWF it will be with his familiar name. Once again, thank you to Konnan for that one.

The post match interview from Lio Rush was short, but helped to further highlight his confident/cocky personality and to establish him as an important member of the flight division.

One of the things that I am hoping to be able to do with PWF TV is give some local talent the opportunity to get some mainstream exposure by competing in what is known as enhancement matches. That began tonight with local wrestlers Jessie Godderz attempting to make his return to wrestling after a lengthy stint in TNA wrestling a decade ago. Of course tonight was all about making HAMMERSTONE looking good, and then throwing in HAMMERSTONE posing for the fans afterwards as a callback to Godderz posing before the match began.

When I had spoken with Ronda Rousey about coming to the PWF it quickly became apparent that she loved wrestling, and had been hurt by how she had been represented. She admitted some of that was her own fault for being jaded after her experiences with certain people, and for some comments she had made in the past that she deeply regretted. This interview segment was about allowing her the opportunity to share this side of herself with the fans, and I think it came across as genuine as I think she genuinely does mean it.

When discussing road agents and coaches, one name that I had not mentioned earlier was QT Marshall. QT came on board early in the formation of the PWF as I knew he would be able to do a few things: work in the back, help train wrestlers, and yes, even be a wrestler on the screen. That was what gave us the edge when QT was comparing offers as he wants to still be able to compete in the ring. For his first match I figured it made sense to put him out there with one of the guys who he will be working to train, even though I knew the fans would probably not appreciate the match that much, but I am hoping that with time Brock Anderson will be able to connect with the fans more.

When the initial video ended last week, most people realized that the masked man was Andrade El Idolo. Most were still surprised though as with his year end release from AEW they figured he would quickly be on his way to join his wife. Reaching out to Andrade right away we discussed some ways that he could increase his value with a run in the PWF, figuratively and literally you could $$$$ay.

Giving the women the main event in our second show is meant to be a sign that we will trust them to carry the show at all points, and not just putting them in the so called “bathroom spot.” And while Kay may not be as familiar to fans worldwide, I thought the women still managed to do a great job in this match.

I knew that the Young Bucks would probably get cheered when they made their way out, after all in the minds of many they had chose the PWF over all other wrestling companies and so they should be cheered. It was clear that the cheers actually even got to Matt and Nick at times, but then they threw that all away and the fans were quick to boo and curse at them. Truthfully, the Bucks are not as young as they once were, but I honestly think that with some changes in their presentation and character, they might be as good as they ever were here in the PWF.

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PWF Preview #5

The opening few minutes recapped the action from PWF TV #2.

The second part showed extended footage from The Young Bucks as they were walking from the ring towards the back. They were stopping and throwing streamers at the fans, mockingly ripping off pieces of their ring attired and offering it to the fans and then stopping to do the crotch chops towards the fans before disappearing to the back. It was promised more footage would be shown in PWF Preview #6

Focus On: A video played that showed footage of KUSHIDA and spoke about his wrestling career.

A video played with Mustafa Ali speaking about the revolution he intended to bring to the PWF

Alicia Atout did a sit-down interview with Andrade El Idolo who explained that he had decided to come to the PWF so that he could compete to become the first ever PWF Champion. He also spoke a few moments to talk about his family (including his wife) and how by becoming the first PWF Champion he would be able to solidify his own legacy separate from theirs.

PWF Preview #6

The opening few minutes recapped the action from PWF TV #2, before showing the end of PWF TV #1 and announcing that the main event of PWF #3 would see Adam Page and a tag team partner of his choosing face off against Sami Callihan and a partner of his choosing.

Focus On: The video was about Santana Garrett, focusing on her being a second-generation wrestler, her history in wrestling and specifically her time in STARDOM where she defended the NWA World Women’s Championship and becoming Wonder of Stardom Champion before losing that belt to KAIRI. The segment ended with Garrett talking about how her ambition was to show the whole world that she could still be that good.

In a continuation from the earlier footage, Alicia Atout caught up with the Young Bucks as they walked through the entrance backstage after last week’s PWF TV. Atout asked them what was going on and their response was “for too long we have cared about what other people think, from now on we only care about us and we are going to rule the tag division here in the PWF!”

A video played introducing “The Wanted Man” Nic Nemeth.

The sit-down interview this time was with “Filthy” Tom Lawlor and his agent Dan Lambert. They spoke a bit before turning to Andrade El Idolo and running him down as “he isn’t even as good as his wife, heck he isn’t even as good as his father-in-law is right now!”

PWF #3-January 18, 2024 (4,382,954 viewers)

In a bout that had decent wrestling but little heat, KUSHIDA defeated Flamita, Storm Shepherd and Shun Skywalker in 12:25 when KUSHIDA submitted Storm Shepherd with a Kushida Lock. The match was designed so that the wrestlers could go out and try to steal the show. (63)

Video on Mustafa Ali (from PWF Preview #5)

In a poor match, Deonna Purrazzo defeated Santana Garrett in 7:42 by submission with a Fujiwara Armbar. The match was designed to tell a specific story. (53)

After the match Deonna Purrazzo said that this was exactly what would happen if Ronda Rousey got into the ring with her!

Alicia Atout tried to catch up with Adam Page when he arrived to ask who his tag team partner would be for the Main Event, but Page said he didn’t need a partner and brushed past her.

Andrade El Idolo came out and spoke in front of the fans, speaking about his desire to become the first PWF Champion, and then ended with Andrade calling out Tom Lawlor for a match after his words on PWF Preview #6, or more accurately the words of his agent Dan Lambert.

Video on Nic Nemeth-The Wanted Man (from PWF Preview #6)

Sami Callihan came out first and brought out his tag partner…”The Indy God” Matt Cardona!

In a decent wild brawl, Adam Page and Mustafa Ali defeated Sami Callihan and Matt Cardona in 12:45 when Mustafa Ali pinned Sami Callihan with a Reverse 450. (60)

Overall Rating: 65

I knew that the opening match this week would feature a lot of wrestlers that may not be well known to the fans. But I also knew that they would put on a great show and they did not disappoint and got the show off to a hot start by the time it was over. For those wondering Storm Shepherd used to go by the name Australian Suicide, but it was a name I wanted to change as I was not a fan of it. His new name combines the stage name of one of his trainers, Lance Storm, with his true last name.

One of the things that should be mentioned about the video on Mustafa Ali is that he was the major force behind getting it filmed and the content as he seeks to create a new character that can represent a positive vision for the future in a world that can sometimes be all too negative.

The next match was again about showcasing the PWF women’s division, but specifically Purrazzo who picked up another victory via submission and then got to respond to Ronda Rousey’s comments from last week.

I believe that Adam Page really portrays the angry, lone wolf quite well which I think came away nicely with this attempt at an interview segment.

The same comments from earlier about Mustafa Ali were true about Nic Nemeth who helped produce this new video where Nemeth spoke about how at one time the fans had loved him, and how he had repeatedly risked his health and wellbeing for them and it got him nowhere. They forgot about him and started to cheer for every new guy who could do a flip or two. But now was his time to remind the world how good he was as company after company was competing for his services. “I guess you could say that once again…I am a wanted man!”

Recap video of The Young Bucks turning on the fans last week and promising a new attitude going forward.

I think the way that Matt Cardona has managed to become a self-made man on the independent scenes the last few years has been amazing. And so when the PWF became official he was one of the first wrestlers I reached out to see if he would be willing to appear for us. While there are no set plans for how long he will be around, you can expect to see “The Indy God” in the build up to PWF Prime I at the very least.

The main event saw Adam Page go at it against both men to begin, but they were soon able to wear him down. It was at that moment that Mustafa Ali came out and got on the ring apron, which allowed for the tag from Page. From there we got a great main event, with Ali getting the big victory. Most importantly the cameraman got a perfect shot of Adam Page looking on with a mixture of disbelief and frustration when Ali got the victory for their team.

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PWF Preview #7

As per normal, PWF Preview began with a quick recap of PWF TV #3. It ended with Alicia Atout announcing that she would have an interview with very special guests on PWF #4.

Focus On: This week focused on “Filthy” Tom Lawlor and his history in MMA before transitioning into wrestling and included a look at his alliance with Dan Lambert.

In exclusive footage from last week, Alicia Atout tried to interview Adam Page as he was coming back from the match but he ignored her and walked on by, leaving Atout looking frustrated. But she managed to catch up with Ali who said that he was not about to stand by and let someone like Adam Page get destroyed by two other wrestlers, that is not what the revolution is about. It’s about helping your fellow man when you see the need.

A short video played highlighting action from the women’s division in the PWF thus far.

In the main interview Alicia Atout sat down with Konnan and El Hijo del Vikingo. It was a basic introduction to Vikingo, but ended with Atout asking Konnan about the comments from Lio Rush from last week with Konnan saying they would have a response for Rush soon.

PWF Preview #8

As per normal, PWF Preview began with a quick recap of PWF TV #3. It ended with Alicia Atout announcing that she would have an interview with very special guests on PWF #4. She further went on that this interview would feature members of one of the most famous families in the wrestling world.

In exclusive footage Alicia Atout interview Sami Callihan and Matt Cardona after their loss last week. Callihan did not seem that upset about the loss as he spoke about the seeds of dissent sown between Page and Ali. Cardona mostly brushed that off and spoke about how he was here to become the PWF Champion.

Focus On: Jack Evans including talking about his history with the Hart family, his history of being a part of high-flying divisions, and how this was essentially his last chance after having screwed up everywhere he went.

The main event interview was with Deonna Purrazzo who used the time to explain her history and why she was not happy about Ronda Rousey trying to steal her spotlight.

PWF #4-January 25, 2024 (3,609, 657 viewers)

In a bout that had decent wrestling but didn't have much heat, El Hijo del Vikingo, KUSHIDA and Andrew Everett defeated Black Taurus, Cinta de Oro and Jack Evans in 11:28 when El Hijo del Vikingo pinned Black Taurus with a 630 Senton. The match was designed so that the wrestlers could go out and try to steal the show. Lio Rush joined the commentary team to provide commentary during the match.

Konnan grabbed a microphone to tell Lio Rush that if he knows what is good for him, he won’t speak the name El Hijo del Vikingo again! A close up shot on Lio Rush saw him looking less than impressed.

A video hyped Alicia Atout’s talk show tonight with special guests….THE VON ERICH FAMILY!

Alicia Atout caught up with Mustafa Ali after his victory last week, but they are interrupted by Adam Page who said he did not need Ali’s help, and that the only thing Page cares about is the PWF Championship, and he will go through Ali if he needs to in order to win the belt. Page stormed off and Ali ended the segment by saying: “you’re welcome!”

In a poor match, Mickie James defeated Zoey Skye in 7:43 by pinfall with a Mickie-DT. The match was designed to tell a specific story. (47)

As James was celebrating, the music of “The Virtuosa” Deonna Purrazzo played. Purrazzo came out and told Mickie to leave the ring before calling out Ronda Rousey. Commentary made sure to point out that Rousey was not here this week. When Rousey did not come out, Purrazzo said “and you wonder why the fans don’t like you? Well no worries, the best women’s wrestler in the world was standing right here!”

Alicia Atout brought out the Von Erich family and they spoke about wrestling and promoted The Iron Claw movie. They were interrupted by The Young Bucks who came out to “introduce themselves, we are Matthew and Nicholas Jackson, The Young Buckz…and yes, that is Buckz with a z.” Kevin Von Erich explained that he thought it was pretty rude of them to interrupt their interview, but The Young Buckz brushed him off and said “they were the best brother tag team in the history of wrestling, and we just wanted to make sure you know that.” This resulted in Marshall Von Erich issuing a challenge for a match right now, but the Jacksons responded by telling them to calm down “maybe you should seek some therapy, we aren’t here for a fight just to say hello…but uh, we’ll be going now” and with that they retreated from the ring.

In a bout that had a decent reaction from the crowd but sub-par wrestling, Andrade El Idolo defeated Tom Lawlor in 12:55 by pinfall with a Hammerlock DDT. The match was designed to tell a specific story. (54)

Overall Rating: 58

Once more the flight division was in full display to start off the show with El Hijo del Vikingo walking away with the pin fall victory for his team. An added wrinkle was Lio Rush joining the commentary table to provide his thoughts, which mostly involved him running down all the wrestlers in the match. Of course his specific focus seemed to be on El Hijo del Vikingo. After the match Konnan was able to grab a microphone and respond to Lio Rush with a threat to further build the feud between his client and Lio Rush.

After the build up on PWF Preview, Alicia Atout was able to announce that tonight she would be doing a special in ring interview with Kevin, Ross and Marshall Von Erich! The Von Erich’s have been out there for a while making appearances with several companies, but after the success of The Iron Claw movie I could not believe anyone had not reached out to sign them full time and I cannot wait to see what they are able to do in the PWF.

Ali once again got to get some microphone time with Alicia Atout before being interrupted by Adam Page who continues to come off as angry and even a bit unhinged at times, but with one singular focus, becoming PWF Champion.

Zoey Skye was another local talent we brought in to have a decent looking match with Mickie James. After the match Purrazzo got to show off some of her charisma as she dismissed Mickie from the ring and then called out Rousey (who it should be noted was not in the building when the challenge was made).

Introducing The Von Erich’s to the PWF fans was the main part of the interview segment, but it also allowed the Young Buckz (yes, with a z) to come out and further develop their new characters.

The main event went pretty good with both men putting on good showings before Andrade got the victory to cement his status as one of the best wrestlers in the PWF.

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I enjoyed this start, a custom promotion can be really fun and it was something I was also thinking of doing before eventually deciding on my current diary. You've set up a pretty good base, I'm assuming you're doing a mix of PPA and written contracts? Also is there a PPV coming?

The Cruiserweight division seems fun. I've always throught Lio Rush should be a Cruiserweight Ace somewhere and it'd be cool to see him get that spot, but Vikingo, Kushida or Ali (should he get involved in that picture) are definetly contenders as well. As far as the women... KAIRI, Deonna, Mickie and Ronda each bring something very different to the table and can lay the foundation for a really cool division, depending on how long you have Mickie and Ronda for. You do need more established and some up and coming tag teams for the Bucks to work with, but the Von Erichs are a good start. but Hangman and Andrade are two great gets and you can easily build your main event scene around them. I like Hangman's direction, it would've been easy to just pair him with the Bucks and just do the Elite again, whether heel or face. Instead you're acknowledging his value as a standalone main eventer and kinda doing his tweener role from earlier this year, which does make for an unpredictable route.

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Sept 5, 2024 13:56:28 GMT 1 henriquesser said:

Thank you for your interest! To start off with, yes there is a mix of contracts, with only a few being exclusive. My rationale being that wrestlers at a certain level getting paid big bucks to join this new promotion would also be signed to exclusive. As for PPV during the first year I will be running four events, so they will be once a quarter with the first one coming up in March (something that will actually be announced in the next update in fact!).

I really hope the "flight" division can be a good call back to the Cruiserweight division of WCW as it was one of my favourite parts about WCW. I have already completed shows up to June so I can tell you that I have some extra little gimmick's for the division that I hope will be interesting. I will admit I am cheating a bit with the Women's division with some of the wrestlers I brought in, but my hope is to get it to be a big part of the PWF in the future. And I will admit that Hangman is a personal favourite of mine, so you can definitely expect him to be in the main event scene....but what that looks like you'll just have to wait and see

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Before I begin this month's recap's, I know that a lot of people want to know my thoughts on what has happened with my father in the last few weeks. Due to personal and legal reasons I am not going to be able to speak about it and I hope that everyone can understand why. Moving on to the month of February 2024.

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PWF Preview Recap #9

The beginning of the episode showed brief clips from PWF TV #6 before hyping the “biggest match” in PWF history on PWF TV this week. More news to come later.

Focus On: This week the focus was on Allysin Kay who showed off the variety of Championships she had won (NWA, Shine, GFW, and Impact) and how she was planning on bringing that Championship pedigree to PWF.

A hype video played introducing the newest tag team in the PWF, a team made up of James Drake and Zack Gibson, known around the world as The Grizzled Young Veterans.

Part I of Alicia Atout’s sit-down interview with the Von Erich family. The majority of this family dealt with the history of the Von Erich family, including touching on some of the sad moments that are currently being shown in the major motion picture “The Iron Claw.”

PWF Preview Recap #10

The beginning of the episode showed brief clips from PWF TV #6 before hyping the “biggest match” in PWF history on PWF TV this week. More news to come later.

Focus On: This week focused on Samuray Del Sol who was born in Chicago, but spent his formative years growing up in Chicago where he became a fan of lucha libre and plans to continue to grow his legacy here in the PWF.

In a short pre-taped video Ronda Rousey said she would be at PWF TV this week looking to get a measure of revenge against Deonna Purrazzo!

In the second part of her sit-down interview with the Von Erich family we learned more about the next generation of the Von Erich families, with Ross and Marshall speaking about their goal to continue to build on the Von Erich dynasty by winning the PWF Tag Team Championships.

This PWF Preview ended with a video that asked the question “What is a Champion?” before talking about how a Champion represent a company, is a leader in the locker room and earns more money. “The journey to crown the first Champions in the PWF begins….this week.” Photo’s of various wrestlers on the PWF roster were shown hyping that eight men would be competing in a main event preview of the PWF Championship tournament.

PWF TV #5-February 1, 2024 (4,215,283 viewers)

The show opened with PWF Owner Shane McMahon standing in the ring with a table in the middle, surrounded by eight wrestlers. On the table something remaining covered as Shane McMahon announced that at PWF Prime I on March 24, 2024 the first ever PWF Champion would be crowned as part of a tournament final. The eight men in the ring would be competing in that tournament (Adam Page, Andrade El Idolo, HAMMERSTONE, Matt Cardona, Mustafa Ali, Nic Nemeth, Sami Callihan and Tom Lawlor). Tonight, they would be competing in an eight-man tag team match as a preview for the tournament! And next week the quarter finals begin with Mustafa Ali vs. “Filthy” Tom Lawlor!

In a bout that had decent wrestling but little heat, Samuray del Sol and Flamita defeated Cinta de Oro and Shun Skywalker in 11:58 when Samuray del Sol pinned Cinta de Oro with a Rising Sun. The match was designed so that the wrestlers could go out and try to steal the show. (59)

A hype video played about James Drake and Zack Gibson, the team known as The Grizzled Young Veterans!

Alicia Atout interviewed Matt and Nick Jackson….but they corrected her and reminded her that they would be known from now on by their given names of “Matthew and Nicholas Jackson…The Young Buckz, yes that’s with a z!” And they ran down The Von Erich family again and claimed to be the greatest brother tag team in the history of all of wrestling, “now put some respect on our names!”

Ronda Rousey made her way out to the ring for a fight and called out Deonna Purrazzo. Purrazzo showed up on the big screen and claimed to be taking a week off “after having to carry the division, but if you want a fight…” which turned out to be a distraction as Allysin Kay attacked Rousey from behind, leading to….

In an extremely short match, Ronda Rousey defeated Allysin Kay in 4:37 by submission with an Armbar. (50)

Alicia Atout interviewed Shane McMahon in the back, and Shane made the announcement that PWF had engaged in a talent exchange with the wrestling promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom and next week we would see one of their best competitors in single action. “And I think the fans are going to recognize her……arrrrgh”

In a decent match, Adam Page, Andrade El Idolo, HAMMERSTONE and Mustafa Ali defeated Matt Cardona, Nic Nemeth, Sami Callihan and Tom Lawlor in 11:49 when Adam Page pinned Sami Callihan with a Deadeye. The match was designed to tell a specific story. Part way through the match the camera focused on Elijah Burke who had walked out from the back to watch the match from the ringside area. (62)

Overall Rating: 64

I know we are early into the PWF and fans might be wondering about how often I am showing up on television. I want to clear up that after my time of reflection based on what happened in January 2022 my plan is not to spend a bunch of time on TV. I’m not going to say that I will never get into the ring again, but if I do I want to make sure that it really makes sense. Otherwise, my plan is to only appear on screen as an authority figure when it makes sense and moves stories forward. Think more like President Jack Tunney and less like my father’s role at its height. I figured an announcement on our first PPV event, which shall be named and numbered as PWF Prime going forward, and the tournament to crown PWF Champion was one of those moments. Reflecting on the men who will be competing in this tournament it just goes to show just how much fate went into the debut of the PWF as most of these wrestlers were under contract with a previous company just a month before, but all were free agents of a sort as we moved into January 2024.

I figured the next match in the Flight division would be good, but I must admit that Shun Skywalker impressed me more than I was expecting. While he has lots of commitments still with Dragon Gate, I am hopeful we will be able to see more of him in the future.

Speaking of free agents, The Grizzled Young Veterans are one of the best teams in wrestling as far as I am concerned. I know that they may not be as well known as some other tag teams, but I can’t wait for that to change in the PWF.

And of course, you can’t speak about great tag teams and not mention The Young Bucks…errr, Young Buckz. The switch with the last name is intended as a call back and reminder of some of the other famous “brother” tag teams of the last few decades.

I feel like Allysin Kay was a great first opponent for Ronda Rousey who admittedly is getting back into wrestling shape. While I think it is pretty clear that the direction is Rousey vs. Purrazzo, we are going to be building up to their first physical confrontation.

There is going to be a lot more to come about the relationship between the PWF and STARDOM, and how Rossy Nogawa fits into everything, but for now I was excited to announce that we would be having their wrestlers appear for us for the next little while as I think they have some of the best women’s wrestlers in the world.

While the main event was all about the men in the ring, it was also about introducing a new wrinkle as Elijah Burke was shown walking out from the back to watch this match while the commentary table spoke about who he was, without knowing what exactly he was doing there. More to come on that in the future, I’m sure.

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PWF Preview Recap #11

The opening few minutes reviewed the action from the Main Event of PWF TV, with Adam Page getting the victory for his team.

Focus On: A video showed some of the history of the promotion World Wonder Ring STARDOM and some of the wrestlers who have come through there using footage provided by STARDOM.

Alicia Atout had a sit-down interview with Mustafa Ali to promote the upcoming tournament for the PWF Championship. Ali spoke about his history in wrestling including the struggles he has faced, and how he wants to lead a revolution that will make wrestling more inclusive and he will lead that revolution as the PWF Champion.

PWF Preview Recap #12

The opening few minutes reviewed the action from the Main Event of PWF TV, with Adam Page getting the victory for his team.

Focus On: The focus during this episode was on KAIRI including her first run in STARDOM as Kairi Hojo from 2012 through 2017 and her return in 2022 as KAIRI.

Alicia Atout had a sit-down with Tom Lawlor who discussed his history in MMA, and how he will do whatever it takes to win the PWF Championship, after all, “they don’t call him Filthy for nothing.”

PWF TV #6- February 8, 2024 (3,746,735 viewers)

In a bout that had decent wrestling but little heat, KUSHIDA defeated Black Taurus and Jordan Oliver in 11:57 when KUSHIDA submitted Jordan Oliver with a Kushida Lock. The match was designed so that the wrestlers could go out and try to steal the show. (56)

Alicia Atout interviewed the Von Erich family who said they were ready anytime to get into the ring with the “Young Buckz” to determine just who the best brother tag team was!

A cameraman was trying to follow Ronda Rousey backstage as she was on a mission to find Deonna Purrazzo. Rousey found Purrazzo and went after her, which resulted in Purrazzo trying to run away. Rousey stalked her and followed her outside, where Allysin Kay jumped Rousey from behind. That allowed Purrazzo to attack Rousey as well and it was a two on one until security was finally able to catch up to break it up.

In a poor match, KAIRI defeated Leva Bates in 8:19 by pinfall with an Insane Elbow. (47)

Backstage Alicia Atout was with Elijah Burke and wanted to know why he was at PWF TV last week. Burke showed Atout a card showing that he had been certified as a ringside manager and professional sports agent and he was here to talent scout so that he could find the first start to add to his agency.

A video played hyping that next week it would be the debut of….BILL GOLDBERG!

Alicia Atout was in a sit-down interview with Lio Rush at what appeared to be his house. The two discussed the Flight division with Rush once again talking about how he was going to run the division and then turned into discussing how Konnan was just trying to hold onto his glory days by hanging off of Vikingo’s rising star, but that it would not be enough to stop PWF from feeling the Rush!

Mustafa Ali was coming out to the ring for his match when he was confronted backstage by Sami Callihan who said that he would not forget how Ali had gotten into his business and that he better hope they don’t meat in the PWF Championship tournament….or Ali would pay the price.

In a decent match, Mustafa Ali defeated Tom Lawlor in 13:23 by pinfall with a Reverse 450. The match was designed to tell a specific story. (58)

Overall Rating: 63

Having the show start off with KUSHIDA is always a good choice I think as he managed to entertain the fans, but I think Black Taurus is someone that fans should not sleep on. He brings a bit of a different style and size when it comes to the Flight division. Meanwhile Jordan Oliver is what the Flight division is all about, just non-stop high flying.

Kevin Von Erich joined his sons and Alicia Atout to continue to push for a match against the Young Buckz.

Everyone should know how tough Ronda Rousey was by now, but even she cannot take out two women, especially when one jumps her from behind. An alliance of Purrazzo and Kay is going to be problems for Rousey, and begs the question if Rousey will need to find some backup of her own?

While KAIRI still has a few dates with STARDOM, she actually is in the process of moving back to the United States so that she can be a part of our roster permanently. We are using her ties to STARDOM to help promote the company and to help introduce some wrestlers from there into the PWF.

I always thought that Elijah Burke had a lot of untapped potential, and while his days as a full-time wrestler are done, I think he can still add something to the company. Which for the coming weeks will include him joining the commentary table during matches in the PWF Championship tournament as he scouts potential future clients.

By this point in time, everyone knows that our schedule involves one live episode of PWF TV followed by a taped episode that is aired one week later. With that there comes an opportunity for results of the taped show to leak online. For this reason, the video hyping the debut of Bill Golberg was not added until after the show was ready to air. This allowed it to be a big surprise, and it seems to have worked as the internet is abuzz with speculation on what he is going to say next week. More on that later!

I feel like Lio Rush has a charisma about him that not everyone has. This interview with Alicia Atout was intended to help that to come out, and also continue to build tension with Konnan and El Hijo del Vikingo.

Mustafa Ali is a wrestler who I truly believe will come to be known as part of the foundation of the PWF. Whether it is his impassioned promos or his work in the ring, I think we are seeing exactly how good Ali can be, and that includes his victory over Lawlor in the first quarter final of the PWF Championship tournament.

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PWF Preview Recap #13

A recap of the brackets for the PWF Championship tournament led to a recap of Mustafa Ali defeating Tom Lawlor in the first match, but not before Lawlor had a chance to injure Ali’s arm during the action.

Focus On: A video focused on Utami Hayashishita from STARDOM and the announcement that there would be match that would see the legendary Mickie James teams with KAIRI to face Utami Hayashishita and Tenille Dashwood on PWF TV!

Alicia Atout’s sit-down interview this week was with Matt Cardona who spoke about how he had become known as a God on the independent circuit the last few years, and now he was ready to show the entire wrestling world how great he was by becoming the first PWF Champion.

PWF Preview Recap #14

Focus On: A video package played focusing on “The Wanted Man” Nic Nemeth.

Alicia Atout had a sit-down interview with HAMMERSTONE who spoke about his life and all he had to overcome on his way to joining the PWF, and how the next step is becoming the PWF Champion.

PWF TV #7-February 15, 2024 (4,538,005 viewers)

In a bout that had decent wrestling but little heat, Black Taurus defeated Storm Shepherd and Lince Dorado in 7:36 when Black Taurus pinned Storm Shepherd with an Infernal Suplex. The match was designed so that the wrestlers could go out and try to steal the show. (43)

A video played to announce that at PWF Prime I there will be a six-way ladder match to determine the first PWF King of Flight Champion. We then got Chavo Guerrero Jr. announcing the first competitor in that match…El Hijo del Vikingo!

In a bout that had sub-par wrestling and little heat, Tracy Williams defeated Will Ferrara in 6:09 by submission with a Texas Cloverleaf. (40)

Alicia Atout interviewed Mustafa Ali about his big victory last week and the injury he had received from Tom Lawlor focusing on his shoulder (Ali’s arm was in a sling). Ali had an opportunity to reiterate his desire to be a positive inspiration in wrestling and would do so by fighting through this injury and becoming the first PWF Champion. He was interrupted by Sami Callihan who mockingly congratulated Ali on the victory and said he would see him soon after he beat Andrade El Idolo next week…and “sorry about your injury” and here Callihan patted Ali on the injured shoulder making Ali flinch in pain. Adam Page then walked in on the segment and told them that the only man who would be the first PWF Champion was him and he didn’t care what either of them thought about. “In fact, if it was up to me, I would be having my match tonight, I’m sick of waiting!” And then he walked off grumbling still.

A video played recapping the attack on Ronda Rousey last week that had left her injured and unable to appear tonight.

In a decent match, Mickie James and KAIRI defeated Tenille Dashwood and Utami Hayashishita in 9:47 when Mickie James pinned Tenille Dashwood with a Chick Kick. (52)

Alicia Atout was backstage interviewing “The Wanted Man” Nic Nemeth who couldn’t believe the disrespect he was getting here in PWF, especially from Adam Page who seems to think that he will beat Nemeth. Just saying his name was enough, as Adam Page walked into the interview and came face to face with Nemeth with the two bad talking each other as Atout slowly backed away.

A pre-taped video showed The Young Buckz attacking the Von Erich family last week as they were leaving the show, with Kevin Von Erich being taken out by Matthew and Nicholas Jackson and left in a great deal of pain as Marshall and Ross were calling for help.

In a bout that had a decent reaction from the crowd but sub-par wrestling, HAMMERSTONE defeated Matt Cardona in 6:40 by pinfall with a Nightmare Pendulum. The match was designed to tell a specific story. (49)

With a big entrance, Bill Goldberg made his way into the AWS Arena and down the ramp to the ring. On his way he passed Matt Cardona who was still trying to make his way to the back. The two locked eyes before Goldberg got into the ring. Goldberg announced that he had decided to retire from wrestling in North America at the end of the year, but he wanted to come to the PWF so that he could go out his way. He announced he would be wrestling at PWF Prime I and challenged someone from the locker-room to step up so that the whole world could find out the answer to the question…”WHO’S NEXT?!”

Overall Rating: 57

As I mentioned with last week’s show, I think there is something special about Black Taurus and I think he again brought that tonight. This match naturally led to the announcement about the new Championship that will determine who the best competitor in the Flight division is with the PWF King of Flight Championship. I know that many would say having the match be a ladder match is overdone, but I am hopeful that our twist on the ladder match will help make up for that. Having Chavo Guerrero Jr. be the first man to announce a competitor for this match was meant to honour the legacy that the Guerrero family has had in introducing the lucha libre concept to the fans in United States and beyond.

I knew the fans might not be that into the match between Tracy Williams and Will Ferrara, but there is a plan that will hopefully make sense in the coming weeks.

The segment with Ali, Callihan, and Adam Page was meant to continue their issues, while also reminding us how Page is focused on becoming the PWF Championship above all else.

While Ronda Rousey continues to be the foundation of the Womens division, hence the video explaining where she was, I am happy to see some of the competitors from STARDOM starting to integrate into our division as it will only make it better from an in-ring perspective. Up next is helping introduce them to the fans that might not know them so well which is where using wrestlers like Mickie James and KAIRI is so important.

Nic Nemeth has always been a show off, and that continues in his new role as “The Wanted Man,” but again Adam Page is here to become the PWF Champion and seems ready to pick a fight with anyone who stands between him and his goal.

The Young Buckz/Von Erich’s continue their feud, with a big step forward as The Buckz take out patriarch Kevin Von Erich with a cowardly attack as the Von Erich’s were leaving the AWS Arena.

Some people might have been surprised to see HAMMERSTONE defeat the veteran Matt Cardona, but I think this just helps to show the fans that HAMMERSTONE is a force to be reckoned with, and actually might even become the first PWF Champion.

What can I say about Bill Goldberg? Yes he may never have been the most technical wrestler, and yes, he is getting older, but the fans came alive when he came out. He is a man who doesn’t need to say very much and convey so much. In regards to what he said, our agreement when he signed with the PWF (for a nice sum) was that we would build throughout this year to his final match, at least here in North America. Bill has mentioned a few times that he might like to have a final match in Israel if at all possible, so we didn’t want to make this his last match ever officially. While he does have a limited number of dates, I can confirm that the plan is for him to be at every PWF Prime this year, and I think the seeds of what that first match might be started to form tonight.

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PWF Preview Recap #15

A recap of the PWF Championship tournament so far with HAMMERSTONE’s victory over Matt Cardona being highlighted before focusing on the PWF debut of Bill Goldberg.

Focus On: Part one of a video on the Flight division played hyping the ladder match at PWF Prime I to crown the first King of Flight Champion. A new entrant to be announced this week!

Alicia Atout had a sit-down interview with Sami Callihan who reminded Alicia that he was an agent of chaos and that he was going to disrupt the entire tournament by defeating Andrade El Idolo.

PWF Preview Recap #16

A recap of the PWF Championship tournament so far with HAMMERSTONE’s victory over Matt Cardona being highlighted before focusing on the PWF debut of Bill Goldberg.

Focus On: Part two of a video that highlight clips from matches that had taken place this year, with a focus on El Hijo del Vikingo especially.

Alicia Atout travelled to Andrade El Idolo’s home to look at some of his trophies from the year including title belts he had won and masks he has worn before Idolo spoke about how it was his goal to add one more trophy to this case…the PWF Championship belt!

PWF TV #8-February 22, 2024 (3,897,088 viewers)

In a poor match, Jack Evans and Cinta de Oro defeated Metalik and Andrew Everett in 9:30 when Jack Evans pinned Metalik with a 630° Senton. The match was designed so that the wrestlers could go out and try to steal the show. (37)

Alicia Atout was backstage with Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat and KUSHIDA. Steamboat was there to announce that KUSHIDA was the next wrestler who would be competing in the six-man ladder match to determine the King of Flight Champion at PWF Prime I

A video recapped The Young Buckz attack on Kevin Von Erich last week and it is announced that Von Erich suffered an injury to his leg and would not be able to accompany The Von Erich’s to the ring tonight for their match.

In an extremely short match, The Grizzled Young Veterans defeated The Von Erich's in 5:29 when The Von Erich’s were counted out as they chased after The Young Buckz who came out during the match. (26)

In a bout that had decent wrestling but didn't have much heat, Deonna Purrazzo defeated Utami Hayashishita in 10:19 by submission with a Fujiwara Armbar. (54)

After the match Deonna Purrazzo grabbed a microphone and apologized to the fans that Ronda Rousey may never be able to compete again, obviously dripping with sarcasm.

A pre-taped video saw Adam Page arriving to the arena when he was jumped by Nic Nemeth, leading to the two men fighting in the parking lot until other wrestlers were able to break it up.

Last week Alicia Atout caught up to Matt Cardona as he limped to the back after his match against HAMMERSTONE. Cardona was upset about Bill Goldberg disrespecting him last week and promised to show Goldberg that while he might be “Da Man,” that Cardona is a God!

Ricky Steamboat is still in the back when he see’s Tracy Williams and congratulates him on his victory last week and discussing how Williams style reminds Steamboat of technical wrestlers like himself from “back in the day.” Williams seemed in awe of Steamboat and his praise.

In a wild brawl that had a decent reaction from the crowd but sub-par wrestling, Andrade El Idolo defeated Sami Callihan in 13:13 by pinfall with a Brillante Driver. (49)

Overall Rating: 54

I know that Jack Evans has had many opportunities in the wrestling business, and he is not as young as he once was, but I have always enjoyed watching him in the ring and am hopeful that PWF is the place where he can finally manage to cement his legacy.

Speaking of legacy, what can be said about the legendary Ricky Steamboat? It only seemed appropriate that he would be one of the legends who announced a competitor in the King of Flight Championship match as he really was one of the early high flyers in wrestling.

While we have enjoyed having Kevin Von Erich around, after the brutal attack from The Young Buckz as the Von Erich’s were leaving the building it looks like it might be a while before we see him again. Meanwhile you know Ross and Marshall are going to be looking for a measure of revenge! Therefore, it was no surprise that given the choice of trying to win the match against The Grizzled Young Veterans or getting their hands on the Young Buckz that they chose to chase after the Buckz.

I thought both Deonna Purrazzo and Utami Hayashishita had a really good match, and that Deonna’s fake sincerity really made her promo after the match come off quite well in front of the fans who seem to be warming up a bit to Ronda.

Adam Page and Nic Nemeth are like oil and water and when they finally get the chance to get into the ring, I am expecting that things may get a little out of control, but they are going to need to remember that if their goal is to win the PWF Championship that they need to respect the rules of the match.

Matt Cardona sure seems upset with Bill Goldberg, I wonder if that might be leading somewhere?

With Ricky Steamboat being around it only made sense to see if he could give the rub of his experience to some of the wrestlers in the back, with his focus seeming to be on wrestlers who wrestle a similar style to himself such as KUSHIDA and now Tracy Williams.

I will admit that I expected a little bit more out of the Main Event match, although I thought Andrade was able to show off his passion in the way he was able to keep up with Sami when this match turned into more of a fight. With the victory Andrade is one step closer to becoming the first PWF Champion.

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PWF Preview Recap #17

A recap of the PWF Championship tournament including the updated brackets with Andrade’s victory over Sami Callihan.

Focus On: Using footage from SEAdLINNING the history of the wrestler Saree was explained for fans who did not know of her history.

Alicia Atout sat down with Adam Page who spent the entire interview talking about how he was going to be the first PWF Champion and no one was going to get in the way of that. When Alicia tried repeatedly to ask about his opponent Nic Nemeth Page got frustrated and ended up ending the interview early as he stormed up.

PWF Preview Recap #18

A recap of the PWF Championship tournament including the updated brackets with Andrade’s victory over Sami Callihan and hyping the final quarter final match between Adam Page and Nic Nemeth.

Focus On: A video hyped the upcoming debut of Josh Barnett and his history in MMA and wrestling.

Alicia Atout sat down with Nic Nemeth who was much more polite in answering her questions, as opposed to Adam Page. Nemeth spoke about the high of becoming a World Champion in the past, and then how quickly the fans had been able to forget about him after his concussion. Nemeth is here in the PWF to become Champion and to remind the fans why they had loved him in the first place….just so he can turn his back on them like they did to him! “They spurned me for so long, but now the tables are turned, and I’m the one they want!”

PWF TV #9- February 29, 2024 (5,002,910 viewers)

In a bout that had sub-par wrestling and little heat, Tracy Williams defeated Jessie Godderz in 5:40 by submission with a Texas Cloverleaf. The match was designed to tell a specific story. (37)

A video from 2 Cold Scorpio announced that Lio Rush would be in the six-way ladder match to crown the King of Flight Champion at PWF Prime I.

Backstage Alicia Atout welcomed Bobby Fish to the PWF and did a short interview when Tracy Williams walked by after his match. Fish stopped him and shook his hand and agreed with what Ricky Steamboat had said about him being a good technical wrestler.

Shane McMahon announced that at PWF Prime I there would be a four-way tag team match to determine the PWF Tag Team Champions. The match would include The Young Buckz, The Grizzled Young Veterans, The Rottweilers (Low Ki and Homicide), and from TNA…The Motor City Machine Guns! In the build up to the event each team would have a “showcase” match beginning tonight with The Young Buckz. And if any of the teams lost their showcase match, then the team that beat them would replace them at PWF Prime I! During these showcase matches there would be NO interference of any kind to make sure that they were fair.

In a bout that had good wrestling and a decent reaction from the crowd, The Young Buckz defeated Lince Dorado and Metalik in 7:52 when Nicholas Jackson pinned Metalik with a Meltzer Driver. The match was designed so that the wrestlers could go out and try to steal the show. (70)

Immediately after the bell rang the Von Erich’s ran out to attack The Young Buckz, until Matthew and Nicholas managed to get away leaving the Von Erich’s in the ring fuming still.

In a bout that had decent wrestling but little heat, Sareee defeated Leva Bates and Allysin Kay in 9:53 when Sareee pinned Leva Bates with a Sunray Dropkick.

Alicia Atout interviewed Shane McMahon who announced that at PWF Prime I it would be a battle of PWF vs. World Wonder Ring Stardom when Mickie James led a team of two other wrestlers against the Stardom team of KAIRI, Saree, and Giulia! James would have the opportunity to pick one of her partners, while the other would be picked by….”well, everyone is going to have to wait to find out about that in a couple of weeks.” He also promised to address Deonna Purrazzo next week.

Matt Cardona had an elaborate entrance before coming out and saying that he accepted the challenge of Bill Goldberg and looked forward to sending Golberg off into the sunset with an earlier than expected retirement!

A video played hyping the PWF debut of “The Warmaster” Josh Barnett next week.

In a wild brawl that had good heat and decent wrestling, Nic Nemeth defeated Adam Page in 12:46 by disqualification. Ryan Nemeth interfered in the match. (65)

Overall Rating: 66

I know that the fans have been getting used to our shows starting off with a match from the Flight division, but this week we decided to mix things up with a bit more of a technical match instead as Tracy Williams was given another opportunity to display his technical prowess.

Speaking of the Flight division, we went from Ricky Steamboat who was one of the best high flyers of the 80s to 2 Cold Scorpio, one of the best high flyers of the 90s and the announcement that Lio Rush will now be in the ladder match as well.

Bobby Fish is the latest signing in the PWF, and the latest wrestler to compliment Tracy Williams on his skill. While Fish may not have many years left, we are hoping that he will be able to pass on some of his in-ring wrestling wisdom in a bit of a coaching role.

I am very excited to announce that the PWF and the, recently rebranded, TNA have come to an agreement to exchange talent. And what better way to celebrate that then bring one of the best tag teams in wrestling to the PWF when the Motor City Machine Guns join us and have a chance to be in the match for the PWF Tag Team Championships. Add them to a mix including The Young Buckz, Grizzled Young Vets, and the legendary Low Ki and Homicide and there is a potential for a great match at PWF Prime I. That is if all four teams make it that far with the showcase nature of the next few weeks…which led to The Young Buckz cementing their spot after a great match against Lince Dorado and Metalik. While it was only about ten minutes long, there was just non-stop action and this may have been the best match in the PWF thus far based on feedback from the fans. And part of what made the match so good was the lack of outside interference, until the bell rang and The Von Erich’s tried to get their measure of revenge on The Young Buckz. Before anyone asks, the reason that The Von Erich’s are not one of the four teams is due to their defeat against The Grizzled Young Vets, but they will be one of the teams competing in the showcase matches, so they may still earn a shot.

I’m not quite sure why Sareee did not take off in her previous tour in the United States, but I think tonight she showed what sort of skills she has and I am looking forward to the match at PWF Prime I that will see some of the best wrestlers in the United States face off against the team from STARDOM. And yes, I realize I was all over this show but I am hoping that after we have managed to get a few more things set up for PWF Prime that you will see less of me.

It was obvious that Cardona’s entrance was meant to be mocking of Goldberg’s based on the scope of it, and from there the announcement that Cardona wanted to be Goldberg’s opponent at PWF Prime I as revenge for Goldberg interrupting him on his first night in the PWF.

A repeat of the video from PWF Preview hyping Josh Barnett who will be joining PWF next week. For those who have wondered, no, this does not mean the end of his Bloodsport shows.

I figured that Adam Page and Nic Nemeth would have a good fight in them, and I think they more than proved that tonight. Throw in the surprise of Ryan Nemeth making his PWF debut, and the fact that Adam Page is out of the PWF Championship tournament and I think that we have a lot to look forward to next week.