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What do people think about a Game World where every region has an Insignificant-sized promotion that is specifically geared towards that region and is limited in it's ability to become larger than Insignificant? Appreciate it wouldn't be any fun to play as that, but in terms of creating an active low-level game world where wrestlers can make a name for themselves and enhance their skills; do we think that would work? Or is it pointless in the scheme of the game? Would any upside be countered by the slowing down of the processing of the game?

What do people think about a Game World where every region has an Insignificant-sized promotion that is specifically geared towards that region and is limited in it's ability to become larger than Insignificant? Appreciate it wouldn't be any fun to play as that, but in terms of creating an active low-level game world where wrestlers can make a name for themselves and enhance their skills; do we think that would work? Or is it pointless in the scheme of the game? Would any upside be countered by the slowing down of the processing of the game?

New York City… where second chances lead to dominant results… I still couldn’t get over the success we’d made of Dreadnought the second time around. He’s a kid with a massive upside and somehow I’d botched it back in NYCW. It doesn’t scream ‘quality booker’ does it? In June we’d made a $1,107,195 profit, thanks in no small part to the merchandising. Monthly Merchandise: 1. Valiant - $442,040 (-$64,001) 2. Aaron Andrews - $206,608 (-$1,474) 3. Prime Time Jack Pryde - $187,969 (+$10,994) 4. Davis Wayne Newton - $155,317 (+$18,078) 5. Charlie Corner - $67,530 (+$94) 6. Fro Sure - $47,450 (-$4,917) 7. George Trapesi - $42,174 (+$1,114) 8. Zippy Deverell - $41,704 (+$7,500) 9. Cameron Vessey - $37,055 (+$2,587) 10. Rafe Sasay - $31,660 (+$7,279) Good stuff in a lot of ways, especially Davis Wayne Newton who spent 99& of the time as a heel and was still top four. He really was incredible. Still, we had chosen to replace The Rip Chord Invitational for the Steve Flash Trophy in honour of our fallen legend. It was the least we could do. EEE All Star Wrestling #69 Friday, Week 1, July 2025 The Empire Ballroom, New York City, New York Attendance: 10,688 [*]TAG TEAM MATCH: The Animal & The Eagle vs. The Stone Foundation In a bout that had good heat and decent wrestling, The Stone Foundation defeated The Animal and The Eagle in 9:50 when Christopher Stone submitted The Eagle with an Alabaster Agony. Rating: 64 [*]ANGLE: Mitch Naess, Lee Bambino & Emma Chase are talking about the main event showdown between Valiant & Davis Wayne Newton taking on the undefeated Dreadnought and Cameron Vessey, when Shaffer and McManus hit the ring. They’re hear that they’ve been accused of cheating by The Ace and Cali Cool at the weekend, which is plainly ridiculous. Those two just can’t handle that they’re inferior to The Georgia Bulldog and The Talent (“See we have cool nicknames too!”). Shaffer and McManus think it’s cute that they’re demanding a rematch tonight, but they’re not sure they want to fight tonight. The pistols ring out and The Texas Roughriders along with Big Jon Walker are out and being Texans, they love to fight, so if these two High School Dropouts want a match… they got it. Shaffer and McManus reiterate that they’re not sure they want to fight, but the Texans ignore them. Rating: 91 [*]TAG TEAM MATCH: The Texas Roughriders vs. Shaffer & McManus In a bout that had good heat and decent wrestling, Shaffer & McManus defeated The Texas Roughriders in 10:08 when Riley McManus pinned Bradley Blaze with a handful of tights. Rating: 67 [*]ANGLE: The Fantastic Express are backstage with Angry Gilmore and they’re coming off a week-long celebration from their victory. Zippy has a jaunty party hat, Rafe has lots of bead necklaces. Having beaten Generation Alpha they’re confident that they’ve completed tag team wrestling and now they can just party until retirement. The Twin Powers steam into shot and beat the two men down and put them through a catering table nearby. Rating: 84 [*]SINGLES MATCH: Bryan Jewett vs. ‘The Perfect One’ Pepper Pelton In a decent match, Pepper Pelton defeated Bryan Jewett in 9:49 by pinfall with a Michaelerman's Suplex. Rating: 62 [*]ANGLE: Angry Gilmore is backstage and trying to get in to speak with Generation Alpha. Chip opens the door a crack and tells him ‘No press.’ But Angry, being the roving reporter he is, kicks the door open, but is met with ‘The Monster’ Dreadnought who forces him out of the room by his neck. Rating: 90 [*]EEE INTERCONTINENTAL TITLE MATCH: Monty Trescarde vs. Prime Time Jack Pryde (c) In a bout that had fantastic heat and decent wrestling, Prime Time Jack Pryde defeated Monty Trescarde in 9:31 by pinfall with a PrydeFall. Prime Time Jack Pryde makes defence number three of the EEE Intercontinental. Rating: 65 [*]ANGLE: Backstage The Perfect One is looking for Trapesi, in a rage about his earlier attempts to cost him a match, but he finds him… along with the rest of the Combat Club. Realising he’s outnumbered, he runs for his life. Rating: 83 [*]TAG TEAM MATCH: Valiant & Davis Wayne Newton vs. Cameron Vessey & Dreadnought In a bout that had fantastic heat and great wrestling, Cameron Vessey and Dreadnought defeated Davis Wayne Newton and Valiant in 9:38 when Dreadnought pinned Davis Wayne Newton with a Dread Bomb after Bryan Vessey interfered. Rating: 82 [*]ANGLE: After the match is over; The Stone Foundation and Chip Martin join Vessey and Dreadnought in a brutal beatdown. Rating: 88 [*]OVERALL RATING: 83 – 2.25 (1,692,405 viewers), PPV Canada and Japan 0.03 (15,880 buys) Pinfall win for The Monster over one of our top guys as he rather impressively continues his incredible dominance. It baffles me who I got it so wrong with him the first time around, but thankfully that was during the NYCW days and therefore I can pretend that it doesn’t count. Except when it does count for other things. But definitely not for The Monster. EEE All Star Wrestling #70 Friday, Week 2, July 2025 The Empire Ballroom, New York City, New York Attendance: 10,718 [*]ANGLE: Davis Wayne Newton is out in his sequined robe and he enters the ring to demand a title shot from that little ‘daddy’s boy’ Cameron Vessey. This brings out Valiant. He respects the changes he’s seeing in Davis, but he’s out of line if he thinks he’s getting a shot tonight. He is Valiant and he’s owed a rematch. But he’s happy to offer DWN a chance at further redemption in a match for the Number One Contenders slot tonight. DWN thinks and accepts. This brings out Cameron Vessey to wish them luck and he looks forward to facing the true challenger at the event. While he’s talking the rest of Generation Alpha slide in behind and beat both men down, making sure to drive DWN through the announce table. Rating: 91 [*]EEE WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH: Samoan Wrecking Crew vs. The Fantastic Express (c) In a bout that had good heat and decent wrestling, The Fantastic Express defeated Samoan Wrecking Crew in 10:21 when Zippy Deverell pinned Loa Afu with a Fantastic Flashbang. The Fantastic Express make defence number three of the EEE World Tag Team. Rating: 64 [*]ANGLE: We cut to President Keith’s office. He is sad to report that Davis Wayne Newton has suffered a fractured wrist and is ineligible to compete in the main event tonight. But he has selected a suitable replacement to face Valiant for a shot at the EEE World Heavyweight Title, at the next Supershow: Flash of Brilliance 2025… ‘The Georgia Bulldog’ Riley McManus. Rating: 86 [*]SINGLES MATCH: Stevie Stanley vs. Danny Hagman In a decent match, Danny Hagman defeated Stevie Stanley in 9:43 by submission with a Steel Curtain. During the match we also had Prime Time Jack Pryde run in and attack Hagman. Rating: 58 [*]ANGLE: Backstage Rafe and Zippy are relaxing with a beer, while Zippy is manning a small BBQ. “Good win tonight Zip,” Rafe starts. “Yeehaw!” “You reckon we’re good against The Twin Powers?” “Don’t see why not Rafey Baby. We beat em before.” “Yeah but they’ve beaten us before. And they’re pretty big. In many ways it’s like a handicap match.” “Fair,” Zippy replied. “You want ketchup with your burger?” “You know what I want.” “Hot sauce baby,” Zippy says in his Southern drawl. “Don’t worry about The Twin Powers. Or the Keelan Family, I got it in hand.” “What do you mean?” “Well, I made a call back to Mama Deverell.” “Right…” “And I asked her if any of my cousins were around to give us a hand.” “Haven’t you got, like, twenty cousins?” “I got some, yeah. But I told her to get one of em down to be in our corner.” “Not the one whose been in prison?” “Nah, Billy Bob is back in the clink. Don’t worry, it’ll be a good one.” “Right…” Rating: 84 [*]SINGLES MATCH: Fro Sure vs. ‘The Stud’ Phil Anders In a bout that had great heat and good wrestling, Fro Sure defeated Phil Anders in 9:49 by pinfall with a Sure Thing. Rating: 74 [*]ANGLE: Prime Time Jack Pryde is being interviewed by Angry Gilmore backstage. He’s asked about who he’ll face next for the EEE Intercontinental Title? Prime Time is pretty laid back about it; there really isn’t anyone who can handle him. He’s already proven himself as one of the best tag team wrestlers on planet Earth. Now he’s going to prove to everyone that he’s just as good in singles competition. So whoever steps up next, they’re not ready for the Prime Time. As for Honest Frank Jr and The Pittsburgh Skidmark; EEE is about competition and he hasn’t seen anything from them to prove their worthy of another shot. But they’re welcome to prove him wrong. Rating: 79 [*]SINGLES MATCH: Alistair Shufflebottom vs. Honest Frank Jr In a decent match, Honest Frank Jr defeated Alistair Shufflebottom in 9:43 by pinfall with a Roll The Dice. Rating: 65 [*]ANGLE: Angry Gilmore is with Riley McManus, with Trent Shaffer, asking about The Georgia Bulldog’s upcoming shot at the number one contendership. He’s happy that President Keith has noticed the roll he’s been on and finally given him a chance to get his hands back on the World Title which has, for so long, evaded him. He’s not worried about Valiant and with his best friend Trent alongside him, the sky is the limit. Rating: 86 [*]NO.1 CONTENDERS MATCH: Valiant vs. ‘The Georgia Bulldog’ Riley McManus In a bout that had fantastic heat and great wrestling, Valiant defeated Riley McManus in 10:15 by pinfall with a V-Split following interference from Aaron Andrews. Rating: 79 [*]OVERALL RATING: 81 – 2.30 (1,730,510 viewers), PPV Canada and Japan 0.02 (10,617 buys) Aaron ‘The Ace’ Andrews interfering there to crown a new challenger, who just so happens to be the former champion. But more importantly for him, it seemed that the scandal which turned his life upside down had finally blown over. I held a meeting just the two of us and he was so thankful for the faith I’d put in him over the years. In a rare moment of honesty, I told him that I wasn’t a saint and when you have the opportunity to sign one of the best workers in the world, you sign him no matter what. I think he appreciated the support the company had given him regardless. And now he could look forward to the rest of his life without that ugly mistake hanging over him. EEE All Star Wrestling #71 Friday, Week 3, July 2025 The Empire Ballroom, New York City, New York Attendance: 10,807 [*]ANGLE: Davis Wayne Newton is out with his arm in a cast and on crutches. He still takes the time to hop around in a circle so that his sequin robe floats around. He can respect the fear in the heart of the current World Heavyweight Champion. Generation Alpha may have beaten him to a pulp, but it’ll take more than a couple of traitors to worry DWN. This isn’t his first rodeo, so for now he’ll wait and plot and plan. He is however announcing himself as a participant in the Steve Flash Trophy Tournament. He knows President Keith will have the full line-up later, but until then… he has some calls to make. Rating: 94 [*]TAG TEAM MATCH: The Animal and The Eagle vs. The Twin Powers In an extremely short match, The Twin Powers defeated The Animal and The Eagle in 4:46 when Andrew Harper pinned Animal Harker with a Stereo Powerbombs. Rating: 46 [*]ANGLE: The Fantastic Express are backstage watching the last match on a monitor. Rafe looks a little worried about The Twin Powers, but Zippy is already on his phone. He’s talking to his Mama and after telling her to save him some grits, he hangs up and tells Rafe to chill. His cousin Solly will be backing them up in their corner for their defense at the Flash of Brilliance. Rafe asks what kind of name Solly is, and Zippy laughs and says “I don’t RAFE, what kind of name is it?” Rating: 79 [*]SINGLES MATCH: Jaylon Martins vs. Chip Martin In a bout that had a decent reaction from the crowd but sub-par wrestling, Chip Martin defeated Jaylon Martins in 5:33 by pinfall with a Super Kick. Rating: 44 [*]ANGLE: Backstage, Dreadnought and Fro Sure are face-to-face and Fro isn’t backing down. President Keith stands between them and tells them both that they’re fighting one-on-one at Flash of Brilliance, but if either of them lays a hand on the other before then, they’re suspended. Cameron Vessey steps in to explain that that’s ridiculous. President Keith reminds him whose in charge and he should focus on Valiant as the number one contender. He then explains that the Steve Flash Trophy for the next challenger will see Trent Shaffer facing Davis Wayne Newton and Charlie Corner facing Riley McManus. They might be asking where Aaron Andrews is… well to make up for his absence, he’s got a match tonight… against you, Cameron Vessey for the World Heavyweight Title. Rating: 80 [*]SINGLES MATCH: Eddie Howard vs. Spike Sylvain In a bout that had good heat and decent wrestling, Eddie Howard defeated Spike Sylvain in 6:20 by pinfall with a Crash And Burn. Rating: 68 [*]ANGLE: George Trapesi is training with The Combat Club backstage, when Bryan Vessey enters the room. After squaring up to him, Bryan wanted to say sorry. He knows they feel betrayed. But really what did they expect. Nothing is more important than family. And he feels he took the three of them as far as they could go. They can’t surely argue that they have a higher upside than the members of Generation Alpha. A fired up Trapesi tells Vessey to put his money where his mouth is. And Vessey agrees to a Gang Wars match at the Supershow between them and three members of Generation Alpha. After he leaves, Trapesi seems more fired up than before and tells the Combat Club to get ready for a warmup match… right now. Rating: 82 [*]GANG WARS MATCH: Trapesi & The Combat Club vs. Monty Trescarde and New School Principals In a bout that had great heat and decent wrestling, George Trapesi and The Combat Club defeated Monty Trescarde and New School Principals in 9:31 when George Trapesi pinned Sandman Winks with a Star Maker Lariat. Rating: 69 [*]ANGLE: Valiant enters the private locker room of Generation Alpha without any fear. He breezes past ‘The Monster’ Dreadnought to get in Vessey’s face. He’s there to wish him luck, and that he’d hate to have to face someone else for the title. Vessey tells him not to worry about it and to focus on the beating he’s going to get from The Man. Rating: 91 [*]EEE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MATCH: Aaron ‘The Ace’ Andrews vs. ‘The Man’ Cameron Vessey (c) In an exceptional match, Cameron Vessey defeated Aaron Andrews in 23:49 by pinfall with a Vessey Driver II. During the match we also had Riley McManus run in and attack Andrews. Cameron Vessey makes defence number one of the EEE World Heavyweight. Rating: 82 [*]OVERALL RATING: 83 – 2.30 (1,729,017 viewers), PPV Canada and Japan 0.02 (10,628 buys) Sometimes I just like to see two top-quality ring generals beat the snot out of one another on an episode of TV. Andrews and Vessey were those two men. Meanwhile Fro Sure continues to stand up to The Monster and THE Fantastics develop their deep south characters a bit more, while teasing the debut of one of Zippy’s cousins. EEE All Star Wrestling #72 Friday, Week 4, July 2025 The Empire Ballroom, New York City, New York Attendance: 10,483 [*]ANGLE: Prime Time Jack Pryde is out with the Intercontinental Title. He says that he’s sure President Keith is happy for him to select his opponent and asks that anyone who wants a show come to the ring now for a interview. Honest Frank Jr is out and he’s happy to do anything to get his shot at the title. Danny Hagman comes out and he doesn’t speak. Instead he marches to the ring and attacks Prime Time. The champion is able to fight him off, but buoyed by the initial assault Honest Frank joins in the attack, and then they turn on one another and it’s an all-out brawl. Rating: 99 [*]TAG TEAM MATCH: The Animal & The Eagle vs. Samoan Wrecking Crew In a bout that had a decent reaction from the crowd but sub-par wrestling, Samoan Wrecking Crew defeated The Animal and The Eagle in 8:18 when Loa Laki pinned The Eagle with a Blue Crusher. Rating: 48 [*]ANGLE: President Keith, having given Prime Time some power immediately regrets it. So at Flash of Brilliance it’ll be Prime Time vs. Honest Frank Jr. And the winner of that will face Danny Hagman at Summer Slamboree. Rating: 89 [*]SINGLES MATCH: Big Jon Walker vs. William Jetterson In a decent match, Big Jon Walker defeated William Jetterson in 9:50 by pinfall with a Monster DDT. During the match we also had Cali Slick run in and attack Big Jon. Rating: 49 [*]ANGLE: After the match Big Jon fights off the attack of Cali Slick and Frantic Ali, when The Texas Roughriders come down to help and we have an impromptu match. Rating: 65 [*]TAG TEAM MATCH: The Texas Roughriders vs. Cali Slick & Frantic Ali In a decent match, The Texas Roughriders defeated Cali Slick and Frantic Ali in 10:22 when Bradley Blaze pinned Frantic Ali with a Lasso Whiplash after Big Jon Walker interfered. Rating: 57 [*]ANGLE: Shaffer and McManus are backstage arguing about what to do when they both reach the finals, but Charlie Corner walks by eating a bag of Doritos and tells them to chill out. It’s not something they need to worry about, but he’s looking forward to the tag team match later. The two look confused about what he’s talking about. Rating: 90 [*]SINGLES MATCH: Ben Williams vs. Dreadnought In a bout that had a decent reaction from the crowd but sub-par wrestling, Dreadnought defeated Ben Williams in 8:08 by pinfall with an Onrushing Terror. Rating: 54 [*]ANGLE: After the match Fro Sure and Eddie Howard hit the ring to attack Dreadnought, but he’s able to fight them both off. Rating: 74 [*]TAG TEAM MATCH: Davis Wayne Newton & Charlie Corner vs. Shaffer & McManus In a bout that had fantastic heat and great wrestling, Davis Wayne Newton and Charlie Corner defeated Shaffer & McManus in 9:57 when Trent Shaffer pinned Davis Wayne Newton with a Heart Burn only for the previously unconscious referee to recover and reverse the decision because Trent Shaffer had been disqualified. Rating: 81 [*]OVERALL RATING: 83 – 2.30 (1,729,927 viewers), PPV Canada and Japan 0.02 (10,603 buys) Bit of a cheap finish there as I desperately try to keep everyone strong. Why even put them in a match together you might ask? And that would be a fair question. I made a note not to have that sort of finish again. But, we were ready for Flash of Brilliance. EEE Supershow: Flash of Brilliance EEE World Heavyweight Title: Valiant vs. ‘The Man’ Cameron Vessey © Steve Flash Trophy Final: A vs. B Steve Flash Trophy Semi A: Charlie Corner vs. ‘The Georgia Bulldog’ Riley McManus Steve Flash Trophy Semi B: Davis Wayne Newton vs. Trent ‘The Talent’ Shaffer EEE Intercontinental Title: Honest Frank Jr vs. Prime Time Jack Pryde © EEE World Tag Team Titles: The Twin Powers vs. The Fantastic Express © Fro Sure vs. Dreadnought Aaron ‘The Ace’ Andrews vs. ‘The Perfect One’ Pepper Pelton Eddie Howard vs. Danny Hagman George Trapesi & Combat Club vs. Generation Alpha (Chip Martin & Stone Foundation) Next time… we honour a legend…

Prediction Results For EEE Supershow: Aftermath 1. Herrbear - 9/9 2. DinoKea - 8/9 2. eayragt - 8/9 2. Kanegan - 8/9 2. KyTeran - 8/9 2. Theheel - 8/9 7. John Lions - 7/9 7. smw88 - 7/9 7. ToastyCenturion - 7/9 10. neslo24 - 6/9 Overall Prediction Standings - Season 2 1. DinoKea - 41/55 (75%) 2. Theheel - 38.5/55 (70%) 2. ToastyCenturion - 37.5/55 (68%) 4. John Lions - 36.5/55 (66%) 5. eayragt - 36.5/55 (66%) 6. KyTeran - 35.5/55 (65%) 7. Herrbear - 33.5/55 (61%) 8. smw88 - 27/45 (60%) 9. Scottie - 17/26 (65%) 10. kanegan - 20/27 (74%) 11. neslo24 - 6/9 (67%) Well, well, well. You guys absolutely smashed this one out of the park with everyone getting high scores. Special congrats to Herrbear for joining the 100% Club. And welcome to neslo24 who joins in with a very respectable 67% first shot. Almost everyone correctly pointed out that it was time for Cam to get the title. Not to mention everyone went with Dreadnought over Fro Sure. Because of the high scores there are no changes to the overall standings, but things are starting to squeeze together.

EEE Supershow: Aftermath Sunday, Week 4, June 2025 Weston Square Garden, New York City, New York Attendance: 40,512 TAG TEAM MATCH: The Texas Roughriders vs. Frantic Ali & Cali Slick In a decent match, The Texas Roughriders defeated Frantic Ali and Cali Slick in 10:17 when Cowboy Leon Dooey pinned Frantic Ali with a Lasso Whiplash. Rating: 54 Notes: Newcomer Leon Dooey stakes his claim right here to being a prominent member of the roster and not just some jobbing no-one. His new team with Bradley Blaze and Big Jon Walker brought a certain Texan charm to proceedings and despite being young, his training at the SWF Academy has given him all the tools required to be a decent performer for us. Good win for them, but my fears about having buried Blaze for too long were problematic. SINGLES MATCH: Jaylon Martins vs. Chip Martin In a bout that had a decent reaction from the crowd but sub-par wrestling, Chip Martin defeated Jaylon Martins in 7:44 by pinfall with a Super Kick. Rating: 50 Notes: Cutely referred to as ‘The Martin Bowl’ we have the lackey of Generation Alpha taking on Fro Sure’s former partner in a sub-standard battle. Neither man really had the overness to peak the crowd’s interest. But at the end of the day, we saw a future of some kind for Chip, but less so for J-Train. So he gets the win in a match so mediocre that I’d forgotten it almost immediately after it happened. EEE INTERCONTINENTAL TITLE MATCH: Danny Hagman vs. Pepper Pelton vs. Honest Frank Jr vs. Prime Time Jack Pryde (c) In a bout that had fantastic heat and good wrestling, Prime Time Jack Pryde defeated Pepper Pelton, Honest Frank Jr and Danny Hagman in 10:06 when Prime Time Jack Pryde pinned Danny Hagman by using underhanded tactics. Prime Time Jack Pryde makes defence number two of the EEE Intercontinental. Rating: 69 Notes: This was… disappointing. It just goes to show that taking a year out means that everyone around you increases their name, while yours disappears. Danny Hagman was underwhelming here and I was thankful that I kept the belt around Prime Time’s waist for now. I had no doubt The Kid would find his feet, but Prime Time is on quite the roll right now and I was keen to see where it went. EEE WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH: The Stone Foundation vs. The Fantastic Express (c) In a bout that had fantastic heat and great wrestling, The Fantastic Express defeated The Stone Foundation in 10:04 when Rafe Sashay pinned Christopher Stone after rolling him up and cheekily pulling his tights. The Fantastic Express make defence number two of the EEE World Tag Team. Rating: 74 Notes: More goodness from our tag teams right here. You may ask why The Fantastic Express are cheating to win despite being babyface workers? If you’re asking that, you haven’t been paying attention to The Fantastic Express. It is entirely on-brand for them to ‘bend the rules’ to keep the titles. The match itself was great as both of these teams are essential to the continued dominance of the division. We really were beginning to see the formation of a group at least equal to the Fantastics/Cross River/Biggins trio; whose influence continues to this day. SINGLES MATCH: Fro Sure vs. Dreadnought In a bout that had fantastic heat and good wrestling, Dreadnought defeated Fro Sure in 8:04 by pinfall with a Dread Bomb. Rating: 74 Notes: Fro Sure has been a stellar in-ring competitor for years for us and is very close to stepping into the main event. But to cover our bases for the future, we had to keep The Monster strong. It’s literally his gimmick. We could’ve used shenanigans, but sometimes a clean win for a monster is the way to go. Match was great, thanks in no small part to Fro Sure. It was also one of the longer Dreadnought one-on-one matches as we needed to train the audience to watch him in matches other than squashes. TAG TEAM MATCH: The Combat Club vs. The Twin Powers In a bout that had fantastic heat and good wrestling, The Twin Powers defeated The Combat Club in 9:48 when Andrew Harper pinned Ray Cavalero with a Powerbomb. Rating: 70 Notes: The Combat Club have been struggling since the departure of the man who gave them purpose in Bryan Vessey. The Twin Powers are the permanent monster tag team so a clean win here sets them up nicely for future battles. Match was actually pretty good, but despite their impressive tag team title reign; The Combat Club never quite caught on with the fans in the same way that other tag teams have. And with no clear direction for the time being, I needed to find a spot for them. Perhaps tied up with George Trapesi’s latest character story. SINGLES MATCH: George Trapesi vs. Davis Wayne Newton In a bout that had fantastic heat and great wrestling, Davis Wayne Newton defeated George Trapesi in 9:54 by submission with a STF. Rating: 78 Notes: Speaking of the former Star, he loses he cleanly to the former World Heavyweight Champion in a great match. Like The Combat Club; Trapesi’s future relies heavily on the development of Generation Alpha, but having lost in the main event of Starclash; Davis Wayne Newton was the focus and therefore the winner. He’s lost his back-up, but more importantly; the words of Valiant are still ringing in his ears. TAG TEAM MATCH: Aaron Andrews & Charlie Corner vs. Shaffer & McManus In a bout that had fantastic heat and great wrestling, Shaffer & McManus defeated Aaron Andrews and Charlie Corner in 17:58 when Riley McManus pinned Charlie Corner with a handful of tights. Rating: 83 Notes: Shaffer and McManus deserved the win here as we currently do not have short-term plans for The Ace and Cali Cool. I feel like Shaffer and McManus are being under-utilised and I want to remedy that. They’ve been stalwarts for us in the upper midcard and main event for years and having been surpassed by other new signings, I needed to start to heat them up by having them competitive against other top talent. It might take time, but I would definitely get there. Especially because both had maintained their incredible heat for so long. EEE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MATCH ‘The Man’ Cameron Vessey vs. Valiant (c) After his debut at Battle Games; Cameron Vessey remains unpinned and completely dominant heading into this; his first real shot at the gold. Valiant meanwhile dethroned Davis Wayne Newton and was ridden an impressive title reign through Starclash, keeping his own impressive dominant streak alive. With spotlight on the ring and the ring introductions done. The two lock-up in front of a strangely quiet crowd. It’s not that they’re not invested, it’s that this really feels like a Big Match environment. The first big move by Valiant; a beautiful standing dropkick, knocks Vessey to the floor and the crowd erupts into applause. Keeping the momentum early on, Valiant is and always has been a supremely confident in-ring performer. He carries himself like an old school World Champion and when he gets beaten down it invokes sympathy in even the most cynical fan. I hadn’t always appreciated his talents until this very moment. Which was exactly the moment that Cameron Vessey got himself properly involved. Like some being from another realm, Vessey’s in-ring talent is clear for even blind me to see. His fluid movement, his absolutely on-point facial expressions and pointed, targeted attacks all create a visual story of a brutal, tough FIGHTER. The match does not last as long as our normal main events, and is told in a simplistic manner of a hero trying to overcome a more dominant challenger. Less than ten minutes in and crowd are hanging on every submission attempt and comeback by the Champion. During one of the fightbacks, Valiant hits a top-rope Cross Body and then lines up Vessey for the V-Split. As he runs towards him, Vessey smoothly sidesteps the strike, pulls Valiant’s hair to control his momentum and lifts him up into a Vessey Driver II. With the crowd in shock, he hooks the champion’s legs, for the 1… 2… 3… In a bout that had fantastic heat and great wrestling, Cameron Vessey defeated Valiant in 10:23 by pinfall with a Vessey Driver II. Cameron Vessey wins the EEE World Heavyweight. Rating: 88 Notes: One of our best matches ever and the crowning of a New World Heavyweight Champion. It just made too much sense not to put the strap on the Owner’s son. Unlike the other times in wrestling history however, The Man had the goods to back it up in the ring. Valiant has been a supremely impressive champion this year and his merchandising money was incredibly helpful to our monthly income. But I felt it was time to try and switch that popularity onto new stars and see if we couldn’t recreate that magic with a younger worker… or maybe two. ANGLE: With the match finished, the rest of Generation Alpha hit the ring to celebrate with the new World Heavyweight Champion. Vessey points to a beaten Valiant and the whole group launch into an attack. It isn’t long before George Trapesi, The Combat Club and Fro Sure rush down to the defend the prone Valiant. But they cannot overcome the combination of Dreadnought, The Stone Foundation and Chip Martin. Not to mention Bryan and Cameron Vessey. With the tide having turned in favour of Alpha, the lights flicker and here comes… Davis Wayne Newton of all people. He double-clotheslines The Stone Foundation… then it’s a ducked attack by Dreadnought into a high-powered Shining Wizard to nearly take Chip Martin’s head off. Cameron Vessey, appears to be backing out of the ring with Bryan as DWN delivers some big right-hands to Dreadnought. During his attack; Fro Sure has come to and low-blows The Monster, allowing Trapesi and The Combat Club to over-power the big man and Fro Sure clotheslines him out of the ring. Trapesi, For Sure and Combat Club check on Valiant. For a moment it looks like DWN might join them, but he shakes his head as if irritated by himself and leaves the ring. Rating: 91 Notes: Not quite a full-blown heel, but definitely not a babyface either. Davis Wayne Newton finds himself in the tricky role of a tweener, at least for the time being as he tweaks his unbearable, over-bearing arrogant, entitled douchebag into something a little less… abrasive. Whatever he becomes, I have no doubt DWN will make it work. OVERALL RATING: 86 – 0.40 (202,010 buys) A top-tier main event with super-hot angle to follow makes this one of the best shows we’ve ever produced. He had a new World Champion and a slew of opponents ready to test themselves against him. Lovely. Next time… Generation Alpha bring the dominance…

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What is Mikey Lau's name?!?

Due to the increased pressures (in-game) of running a big company I decided to drop the monthly visit to NYCW. But the highlights from this month were: The Fabulous Ones successfully defended the tag titles against James Prudence and Texas Hangman Karl Greyjoy got his revenge on Christian Plotcheck Marco Gonzalez defeated Big Jon's brother Melvin Walkinshaw Ray Snow succesfully defended his Nationwide title against Derrick Crump

New York City… where the hottest storyline of the year just kicked off… EEE All Star Wrestling #66 Friday, Week 2, June 2025 The Empire Ballroom, New York City, New York Attendance: 10,176 [*]ANGLE: President Keith brings out Valiant and Cameron Vessey for the contract signing. Vessey has told the rest of Generation Alpha to prepare for the rest of the night. Valiant has a few words to say about the new group, but Vessey cuts him off from engaging with the crowd. He can do that on his own time. For now, the two of them have a job to do. Vessey signs the contract and then Valiant does too. Vessey leaves the ring and Valiant and Keith watch as the lights go out. When they come back on; Dreadnought is in the ring behind them and clotheslines both men before delivering a Chokeslam to Valiant. Vessey doesn’t even look back, but waves a celebratory fist in the air. Rating: 86 [*]SINGLES MATCH: The Eagle vs. Sandman Winks In a decent match, Sandman Winks defeated The Eagle in 9:40 by submission with a Deep Sleep after blatantly cheating. Rating: 57 [*]ANGLE: Danny Hagman is backstage with our new interviewer Angry Gilmore. He’s joined by Billy Keelan, The Twin Powers and The Perfect One Pepper Pelton. He’s been waiting for over a year to come back and reclaim his title. He’s watched as a series of sub-standard workers have held HIS gold. Then, he saw ‘The Perfect One.’ Finally someone worthy of the title. But he was screwed out of it by that CHEAT Prime Time Jack Pryde. So just before he returned, he made a call to The Perfect One and then Billy ‘The Brain’ Keelan and he negotiated a contract between them all. Because nothing is more important than Family. Keelan then takes over and he’s raging at Bryan Vessey and his theft of his top client. He doesn’t forget things like that and he always, always gets his revenge. But for tonight he’s lining up a match against Trapesi and The VCC. Pelton corrects him saying that they were so butt-hurt about Vessey’s betrayal that they’re now called The Combat Club. The Keelan Family all laugh at the name change and as they leave; Hagman waves the Intercontinental Title at the camera. Rating: 78 [*]SINGLES MATCH: Bradley Blaze vs. Cali Slick In a decent match, Bradley Blaze defeated Cali Slick in 10:17 by pinfall with a Dallas Drop. Rating: 58 [*]ANGLE: After the match, Frantic Ali joins Cali Slick in a beatdown of Blaze, when the sound of Smith and Wesson gunshots rings through the arena and here comes Big Jon Walker in a cowboy hat for the unexpected save. Rating: 84 [*]GANG WARS MATCH: George Trapesi & The Combat Club vs. The Keelan Family In a bout that had fantastic heat and good wrestling, The Keelan Family (Pepper Pelton, Bulldozer Brandon Smith and Andrew Harper) defeated George Trapesi and The Combat Club in 10:15 when Andrew Harper pinned George Trapesi with a Spike Slam after Billy Keelan interfered. Rating: 72 [*]ANGLE: The fantastic Express are chilling backstage with their new World Tag Team Titles and enjoying an ice cold beer. The Stone Foundation enter and they’ve been charged with winning the belts off of them. Zippy and Rafe have no idea who these two ‘Plain Janes’ are, but you don’t just walk in and demand matches. They want a shot at the Kings, then they better go out and win. And they’ve got just the guys to face them; Fro Sure and Eddie Howard enter looking for a fight. Rating: 85 [*]TAG TEAM MATCH: Fro Sure & Eddie Howard vs. The Stone Foundation In a bout that had fantastic heat and good wrestling, The Stone Foundation defeated Fro Sure and Eddie Howard in 10:08 when Christopher Stone submitted Eddie Howard with an Alabaster Agony. During the match we also saw Dreadnought run in and attack Fro Sure. Rating: 74 [*]ANGLE: After the match Dreadnought and Chip Martin appear for the beatdown. Eddie Howard fights back heroically, but eventually becomes overwhelmed. Fro Sure then joins his partner and fights most of them off until it’s just him and Dreadnought left in the ring. Fro Sure won’t back down from The Monster and he suffers a massive Chokeslam for his troubles. Rating: 82 [*]SINGLES MATCH: Aaron ‘The Ace’ Andrews vs. ‘The Georgia Bulldog’ Riley McManus In a bout that had fantastic heat and great wrestling, Riley McManus defeated Aaron Andrews in 9:41 by pinfall, illegally using the ropes for leverage. Rating: 89 [*]OVERALL RATING: 86 – 2.18 (1,637,736 viewers), PPV Canada and Japan 0.03 (11,936 buys) Well. That main event over-delivered and then some. In fact, it might well be the Match of the Year and the best match in company history come the Year-End results. Woah. It told us that maybe, just maybe, we had the wrong people in the main event. Blimey. *** Following the staggering high quality of last week’s main event, I started to wonder why we hadn’t pushed McManus in a hot minute. He was still relatively young, supremely-talented AND he was an original having been with us for years and years. Perhaps I had found myself seduced by new and shiny workers at the cost of our own home-grown stars. It would take some time begin creating an environment for him to climb, but with some thought we could get him ready in a few months. I checked his contract status and realised his was up at the end of the year… knowing what I know about USPW and SWF, I’d have to pay through the nose to keep him. Curious; I checked everyone elses contracts and was startled by the revelation. At the end of this year the contracts were up for: Riley McManus Trent Shaffer George Trapesi Honest Frank Jr ‘The Perfect One’ Pepper Pelton Prime Time Jack Pryde Davis Wayne Newton The Masked Mauler The Eagle Danny Hagman Andrew Harper Spike Sylvain It seemed almost inconceivable that I’d be able to pay them all what they wanted without losing any of them to one of the bigger companies. And even if I could, would I be financially crippling us for the sake of keeping a group of guys I liked together? It would seem that we were heading towards a very important and potentially heart-breaking end to the year. But that was a problem for another day… EEE All Star Wrestling #67 Friday, Week 3, June 2025 The Empire Ballroom, New York City, New York Attendance: 10,070 [*]ANGLE: Generation Alpha are out to start. We’re two weeks away from the crowning of a new World Heavyweight Champion and new tag team champions. The growth of their success continues as Cameron Vessey knew it would. You can’t have wrestling in the blood like they do and not succeed. But here come Fro Sure and Valiant. They’ve been impressed by all the duplicity and cheating. But all this talk of blood is weird. Generation Alpha need to be stopped, now. So they better pick their two best to face the two of them tonight. Rating: 85 [*]SINGLES MATCH: George Trapesi vs. Danny ‘The Kid’ Hagman In a bout that had fantastic heat and decent wrestling, Danny Hagman defeated George Trapesi in 8:30 by submission with a Steel Curtain. During the match we also saw Prime Time Jack Pryde run in and attack Hagman, and Pepper Pelton also attack Trapesi. Rating: 69 [*]ANGLE: After the match Hagman is joined by Pepper Pelton and the two men beat down George Trapesi. Rating: 85 [*]SINGLES MATCH: Charlie Corner vs. Honest Frank Jr In a bout that had fantastic heat and good wrestling, Charlie Corner defeated Honest Frank Jr in 9:33 by pinfall with a Corner Cutter. Rating: 76 [*]ANGLE: Backstage George Trapesi is sat in the locker room looking glum. He can’t believe he lost again and with no Bryan Vessey supporting them, he doesn’t know what to do. The Combat Club try to build up his spirits, but he barely acknowlVesseys them. Angry Gilmore, whose come to join to interview them, sees Trapesi and looks him up and down. And shakes his head, before asking for a private chat. Rating: 88 [*]TAG TEAM MATCH: The Texas Roughriders vs. Samoan Wrecking Crew In a bout that had a decent reaction from the crowd but sub-par wrestling, The Texas Roughriders defeated Samoan Wrecking Crew in 9:39 when Cowboy Leon Dooey pinned Loa Laki with a Lasso Whiplash. Rating: 39 [*]ANGLE: After the match; Big Jon Walker, who accompanied The Texas Roughriders to the ring grabs a mic. “Y’all may know me as the bodyguard to some entitled douchebag. Well, my mama always told me you’ve gotta work for a fair wage and when a rich guy offers you money, you swallow your principals and take the cash. But I just can’t do it anymore. Y’see, I’m a proud Texan; a former standout Longhorn and I’ll be damned if some nobody with a Junior in his name is going to be the boss of me. So I found a couple of my friends from the Lone Star State to join me. Join me in making sure that people like Honest Frank Jr and his like never buy their way out of trouble ever again. So give a warm Texas welcome to The Texas Roughriders; Bradley Blaze and Cowboy Leon Dooley. And we’re gonna bring some good old fashioned Texas a-whupping to the good people of Empire Elite Entertainment. Rating: 86 [*]EEE WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH: The Twin Powers vs. The Fantastic Express (c) In a bout that had fantastic heat and good wrestling, The Fantastic Express defeated The Twin Powers in 10:01 when Rafe Sashay pinned Andrew Harper with a Fantastic Flashbang. The Fantastic Express make defence number one of the EEE World Tag Team. Rating: 74 [*]ANGLE: Backstage Honest Frank Jr is arguing with Prime Time, who looks like he couldn’t care less. That is until ‘The Perfect One’ and ‘The Pittsburgh Kid’ arrive. The Kid hopes Prime Time is ready to hand back his title to him at the Supershow. Prime Time, cool as a cucumber, says ‘sure’ before then offering a shot to both Honest Frank Jr and Pep too. A nice Fatal Fourway. The others accept, but Hagman looks furious. Rating: 94 [*]TAG TEAM MATCH: Valiant & Fro Sure vs. Cameron Vessey & Dreadnought In a bout that had fantastic heat and great wrestling, Valiant and Fro Sure drew with Cameron Vessey and Dreadnought in 9:44 when the referee lost control and stopped the match. Rating: 79 [*]OVERALL RATING: 82 – 2.26 (1,695,117 viewers), PPV Canada and Japan 0.03 (10,554 buys) Another good show as we’re starting to find out rhythm once again. And with little else happening except my rising anxiety about the year end contract renewals, we steam full-blast into the go-home show. EEE All Star Wrestling #68 Friday, Week 4, June 2025 The Empire Ballroom, New York City, New York Attendance: 10,243 [*]ANGLE: After a dramatic entrance… here comes Davis Wayne Newton. Those eagle-eyed viewers may have noticed his absence. But unlike all you New York City Sweat hogs, he’s not one to sulk. He doesn’t cry. Was he betrayed by The Stone Foundation and that COMPLETE DOUCHEBAG CAMERON VESSEY… yes, he was. But he doesn’t get mad, he gets even. So if I were Vessey, The Stone Foundation, any of Generation Alpha or Valiant… you better watch your backs. Because I’m back and there will be Hell to pay. Rating: 99 [*]SINGLES MATCH: Big Jon Walker vs. El Masko del hijo El Mexicano In a bout that had great heat and decent wrestling, Big Jon Walker defeated El Masko del hijo El Mexicano in 5:49 by pinfall with a Monster DDT. Rating: 47 [*]ANGLE: Danny Hagman is backstage with Angry Gilmore and he’s pretty good. He’s had time to think about his title shot becoming a fatal fourway and he’s not worried anymore. You see, when you’re as awesome as he is, it doesn’t matter if it’s one opoonent, or three or thirty. Cream rises to the top and he is the cream of the EEE crop. So Prime Time can pack the match with as many opponents as he likes, even his stablemate The Perfect One. It doesn’t matter; the Intercontinental Title is coming home. Rating: 80 [*]SINGLES MATCH: Bryan Jewett vs. Sandman Winks In an extremely short match, Sandman Winks defeated Bryan Jewett in 5:02 by submission with a Deep Sleep. Rating: 20 [*]ANGLE: Valiant is out and has a message for Cameron Vessey. He’s been impressed with Vessey’s ability to convince gullible idiots to follow him. But beyond that, he’s a helluva competitor. But Valiant made it to the top on the back of the incredible support of the fans. And if they’re still with him… (big cheer) then there’s nothing they can’t achieve. Rating: 95 [*]TAG TEAM MATCH: The Texas Roughrider vs. Spike Sylvain & Phil Anders In a decent match, The Texas Roughriders defeated Spike Sylvain and Phil Anders in 10:06 when Bradley Blaze pinned Spike Sylvain with a Lasso Whiplash. Rating: 58 [*]ANGLE: Backstage The Fantastic Express are unconscious; stood over them are The Twin Powers. This is what they get, Bulldozer says, when they don’t respect The Twin Powers. Rating: 84 [*]SINGLES MATCH: Ray Cavalero vs. Bulldozer Brandon Smith In a bout that had fantastic heat and good wrestling, Ray Cavalero defeated Bulldozer Brandon Smith in 6:28 by pinfall after using a foreign object. Rating: 70 [*]ANGLE: Charlie Corner and Aaron Andrews are looking forward to this Sunday as they have a chance at beating the snot out Riley McManus and Trent Shaffer. Rating: 89 [*]TEN-MAN TAG TEAM MATCH: Valiant, Fro Sure, Eddie Howard & The Fantastic Express vs. Generation Alpha In a bout that had fantastic heat and good wrestling, Valiant, Fro Sure, Rafe Sashay, Zippy Deverell and Eddie Howard drew with Generation Alpha (Cameron Vessey, Dreadnought, Michael Stone, Christopher Stone and Chip Martin) in 9:43 following a double disqualification Rating: 81 [*]OVERALL RATING: 84 – 2.27 (1,704,341 viewers), PPV Canada and Japan 0.02 (10,639 buys) It was time for Aftermath, a show specifically titled with the double-meaning of taking place after Starclash and after the ‘Greatest Betrayal in Wrestling History’ (trademarked). EEE Supershow: Aftermath EEE World Heavyweight Title: ‘The Man’ Cameron Vessey vs. Valiant © EEE Intercontinental Title: Danny ‘The Kid’ Hagman vs. ‘The Perfect One’ Pepper Pelton vs. Honest Frank Jr vs. Prime Time Jack Pryde © EEE World Tag Team Titles: The Stone Foundation vs. The Fantastic Express © Aaron Andrews & Charlie Corner vs. Trent Shaffer & Riley McManus George Trapesi vs. Davis Wayne Newton Fro Sure vs. Dreadnought The Combat Club vs. The Twin Powers The Martin Bowl: Jaylon Martins vs. Chip Martin The Texas Roughriders vs. Frantic Ali & Cali Slick Next time… can the new boys on the block actually deliver first-time of asking?

New York City… A Flash of Brilliance… The funeral, like so many I’d attended, was filled with the great and the good of professional wrestling. Nobody had ever thought that Steve Flash would pass away so young. But a heart attack had ended his life on the drive home and despite the success of the show, all our thoughts were with the man we’d lost. He’d only recently rejoined us after an extended break in the big leagues, but there was something poetic about the man coming home for the biggest show. We promised to find a way to dedicate something to him in the future, as we had with The Stomper before him. Wrestling always had a way of punching you in the gut at your highest ebb and once again the wrestling Gods had given us the sweet with the sour. *** We’d made a ridiculous profit of $1,797,629 in the month of Starclash, off the back predominantly of subscriptions, tickets and merchandise. Monthly Merchandise: 1. Valiant - $506,041 (-$1,914) 2. Aaron Andrews - $208,082 (-$17,986) 3. Prime Time Jack Pryde - $176,975 (+$1,196) 4. Davis Wayne Newton - $137,239 (+$28,108) 5. Charlie Corner - $67,436 (+$21) 6. Fro Sure - $52,367 (+$2,999) 7. George Trapesi - $41,060 (+$802) 8. Zippy Deverell - $34,204 (+$7,578) 9. Cameron Vessey - $34,468 (+$10,053) 10. Rafe Sasay - $24,381 (+$7,217) Davis Wayne Newton’s inclusion in there despite being a heel was truly startling and played into plans we had going forward. Generally the plan was to end most storylines and begin new ones on the annual tradition of the post-Starclash All Star Wrestling. And this year, the plan was to completely shake things up in hopes of finding even more gold than we already had. EEE All Star Wrestling #65 Friday, Week 1, June 2025 The Empire Ballroom, New York City, New York Attendance: 9,298 [*]ANGLE: Valiant is out for the big win celebration. After a thankful speech about the support of the fans in the biggest match in Empire Elite Entertainment history. He also pays tribute to the man, the myth, the legend… Steve Flash who was taken from us too soon. But he also couldn’t have done it without Davis Wayne Newton. He summons the Canadian Hero out. And here comes… Cameron Vessey, with Chip Martin. He thinks its adorable the way Valiant behaves. Stupid, but honourable. But DWN has had his chance and there’s no ducking The Man. DWN then appears along with The Stone Foundation. He is absolutely not finished with the World Heavyweight Title, and around here we earn our title shots, so he’s happy to be the first to beat The Man. And here comes… George Trapesi with Bryan Vessey. Just because he lost at Starclash doesn’t mean he’s finished with Vessey. DWN, Trapesi and Vessey all face each other in the ring supported by their seconds while Valiant watches on. Just as it looks like things are about to explode; Honest Frank appears with Dreadnought and Big Jon Walker, in a cowboy hat. They march straight through the other three and Frank Jr doesn’t give a damn about their squabbling. He sees a weak champion and he wants the gold. All Hell breaks loose as everyone attacks everyone. After people have been tossed out and beaten down, it’s just Dreadnought and Cameron Vessey left. Vessey eyes up the big bodyguard, as he did in the Empire Royale and then leaves the ring to the disappointment of the crowd. Rating: 99 [*]EEE INTERCONTINENTAL TITLE MATCH: ‘The Perfect One’ Pepper Pelton vs. Prime Time Jack Pryde (c) In a bout that had fantastic heat and good wrestling, Prime Time Jack Pryde defeated Pepper Pelton in 9:56 by pinfall with a PrydeFall. Prime Time Jack Pryde makes defence number one of the EEE Intercontinental. Rating: 65 [*]ANGLE: After celebrating the win… Renegade by Styx starts playing, and… ‘The Pittsburgh Kid’ Danny Hagman appears at the entrance. He’s looking bigger and more muscular than last time we saw him and he’s wearing aviators and a leather jacket. He congratulates Prime Time on his victory and thanks him for keeping his title warm. But The Kid is back and it’s time to return to him what’s rightfully his. Prime Time welcomes Hagman back, and will be happy to put the title on the line against him. Prime Time offers a handshake and Hagman levels him with a lariat; grabs the Intercontinental Title and leaves. Rating: 82 [*]TAG TEAM MATCH: Aaron Andrews & Charlie Corner vs. The Stone Foundation In a bout that had fantastic heat and great wrestling, The Stone Foundation defeated Aaron Andrews and Charlie Corner in 10:06 when Michael Stone submitted Charlie Corner with a Stone Ankle Stretch after blatantly cheating. Rating: 70 [*]ANGLE: We cut to President Keith’s office. He’s seen the confrontation and heard the arguments. Therefore, tonight we will see a Fourway Dance for the Number One Contendership of Valiant’s EEE World Heavyweight Title. That match will take place between Davis Wayne Newton, Cameron Vessey, George Trapesi and… Honest Frank Jr. Rating: 91 [*]FOUR-TEAM TAG MATCH: The Eagle & The Animal vs. Bradley Blaze & Jaylon Martins vs. Sandman Winks & The Masked Mauler vs. Cali Slick & Frantic Ali In a decent match, Bradley Blaze and Jaylon Martins defeated Eagle and Animal, Sandman Winks & The Masked and Cali Slick and Frantic Ali in 10:17; the order of elimination was Eagle and Animal first, then New School Principals, and finally Cali Slick and Frantic Ali. Rating: 52 [*]ANGLE: The Fantastic Express approach The VCC backstage. They won the Stomper Memorial Cup on Sunday and therefore have a tag team title shot. They reckon they’re going to cash it tonight. So lace up your boots boys. The VCC are fighting champions so they’re ready, but Trapesi and Vessey barely seem to notice the interaction as they’re deep in the middle of a private conversation. Rating: 84 [*]EEE WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH: The Fantastic Express vs. The VCC (c) In a bout that had fantastic heat and good wrestling, The Fantastic Express defeated The VCC in 9:55 when Rafe Sashay pinned JP Barnham with a Fantastic Flashbang. The Fantastic Express win the EEE World Tag Team. Rating: 61 [*]ANGLE: Following their loss, Andrews and Corner are backstage bandaging themselves up when Shaffer and McManus walk by and simply laugh at the state of the two of them. Rating: 82 NO.1 CONTENDERS MATCH George Trapesi vs. Honest Frank Jr vs. Davis Wayne Newton vs. Cameron Vessey Vessey and DWN immediately get rid of their rivals and square off, and people start getting suplexed. They tease a Vessey v. Trapesi battle as the crowd goes nuts for it, and in this case it’s Vessey that goes flying. Trapesi misses a charge on DWN and hits the post, and down on the floor DWN spears Vessey through the railing. And then Honest Frank slams DWN on the table, and Frank Jr goes after the remains of Vessey and powerslams him through a table like a ragdoll. What an amazing car wreck. DWN breaks up Frank Jr’s groove, so Frank hits him with a dive, and then Trapesi THROWS AN OFFICE CHAIR at them, grabs Vessey, and slams him through ANOTHER TABLE. And then the crowd chants “One more table”, so Trapesi takes the remaining table and uproots it onto the lifeless corpse of Vessey. Vessey goes out on a stretcher for the moment. Frank Jr, who is supposed to be the vile heel, is now a wildly cheered superhero, and he uses the stairs to destroy DWN and Honest Frank for fun. In the ring, DWN makes a comeback on him with the stairs, but Honest Frank rolls up DWN for two. DWN with a European Uppercut for two. Honest Frank blocks the Diving Punch and hooks the choke, but Frank Jr (bleeding from the ear due to stairs) clotheslines both of them and gets two on DWN. And then Vessey returns from the dead and beats on Frank Jr before suplexing DWN and Trapesi. Vessey is unable to suplex Frank Jr again, so he tries a kimura instead, which is broken up by a Legdrop from DWN. Spear on Vessey gets two. Another try is cut off by Honest Frank’s choke, but Trapesi powerslams Honest Frank for two. Cutter on Frank Jr gets two. Spear hits Trapesi’s boot and the powerslam gets two. Vessey suddenly tries the Vessey Driver on Trapesi, but DWN spears them and Frank Jr gets knocked out of the ring, leaving Vessey to hit the Vessey Driver on DWN. Trapesi breaks that up and goes to Star Maker Lariat Vessey, but gets caught into a backslide for two. He's back up and lining up for another Star Maker, when Bryan Vessey slides into the ring and low blows Trapesi. Looking shocked; Frank Jr orders Dreadnought and Big Jon into the ring to protect him, but Bryan Vessey is too quick and smashes him round the back of the head with an elbow. Cameron scoops up Frank and hits a Vessey Driver II and pins him for the 1… 2… 3… In a bout that had fantastic heat and great wrestling, Cameron Vessey defeated Honest Frank Jr, Davis Wayne Newton and George Trapesi in 10:26 when Cameron Vessey pinned Honest Frank Jr with a Vessey Driver II, following interference from Bryan Vessey!?! Rating: 82 After the match; George Trapesi AND Billy Keelan look furiously at Bryan Vessey. Trapesi looks like he’s going to attack, but Cameron Vessey levels him. Keelan screams ‘what is going on?’ But he is levelled by Chip Martin. Cameron Vessey smirks at the carnage, but now Davis Wayne Newton is up and he calls in The Stone Foundation for backup. They enter the ring and then start beating DWN down as Cameron Vessey begins to laugh. When they’re finished they join in a hug with the Vessey’s and Chip Martin. But there is one competitor left; Honest Frank Jr faces down the hugging opponents as the crwod actually fully support him. He dramatically points at Dreadnought and Big Jon Walker and summons them in to the delight of the audience. But Big Jon never makes it as Dreadnought Demon-Bombs him on the outside. Before Frank Jr knows what’s happening, Dreadnought has slid into the ring and it's a chokeslame to put him down. With everyone else unconscious, and surrounded by Bryan, Chip Martin, The Stone Foundation and Dreadnought; Cameron Vessey grabs a microphone. “You see, I’ve told you all along that all that matters to me is proving that I am The Man. By whatever means necessary. Uncle Bryan didn’t take much convincing, he’s family after all. Chip here is future of professional wrestling in the United States and has realised that his best chance of success is alongside me. The Stone Foundation are wrestling’s royalty and the best dam tag team in the World. And last, but not least… ‘The Monster’ Dreadnought. Y’see, what you have here are The Top Five wrestlers in the entire world. All working together as a singular unit. We are the five horsemen of the apocalypse, The Five Kings of Professional Wrestling. We are the top five legacies in pro wrestling, we are… Alpha Generation Rating: 87 [*]OVERALL RATING: 85 – 2.28 (1,715,806 viewers), PPV Canada and Japan 0.03 (17,337 buys) And that, is how we do that! After weeks of planning and moving people into a position to betray their partners and form a super stable, it all comes together beautifully. An entire stable of second and third generation wrestling stars, all pulling in the same direction, under the management of Bryan Vessey and the leadership of Cameron Vessey. I really felt that the storyline options from here were endless. Next time… Generation Alpha have arrived…

Prediction Results For EEE Starclash II 1. ToastyCenturion – 9/10 2. Kanegan – 7/10 3. DinoKea – 6/10 3. Eayragt – 6/10 3. KyTeran – 6/10 3. Scottie – 6/10 3. Smw88 – 6/10 3. Theheel – 6/10 9. John Lions – 5/10 10. Herrbear – 4/10 Overall Prediction Standings - Season 2 1. DinoKea - 33/46 (72%) 2. Theheel - 30.5/46 (66%) 2. ToastyCenturion - 30.5/46 (66%) 4. John Lions - 29.5/46 (64%) 5. eayragt - 28.5/46 (62%) 6. KyTeran - 27.5/46 (60%) 7. Herrbear - 24.5/46 (53%) 8. smw88 - 20/36 (56%) 9. Scottie - 17/26 (65%) 10. kanegan - 12/18 (67%) And with that, the biggest show of the year is in the books and we have a couple of surprising moments. Most people went with The Stone Foundation, which was the way I wanted to go, but The Ace was having none of it. Typical prima donna behaviour. There was also a lot of love for Cali and Frantic, which makes sense, but on the big show I wanted as many face victories as possible. It’s the one time of the year to broadly send the crowd home happy wherever I could. With that said, big congratulations to ToastyCenturion for the outright victory and Kanegan for a solid second. There was also a lot of equal scores from over half of you with six. So good job all round.

EEE Starclash II Sunday, Week 4, May 2025 Weston Square Garden, New York City, New York Attendance: 36,297 ONE SHOT BATTLE ROYAL In a bout that had a decent reaction from the crowd but sub-par wrestling, The Masked Mauler won a battle royal in 10:19. The other members of the 'final four' were The Eagle, Monty Trescarde and Spike Sylvain, with The Eagle being the final elimination. The Masked Mauler got the most eliminations over the course of the match. Rating: 55 Notes: In our traditional ‘get everyone on the roster on the big show’ match; I chose to highlight some stalwarts of the promotion once we got to the final competitors. It’s a testament to the roster that I don’t really have a place in a major feud for Trescarde, The Eagle and The Masked Mauler. But that’s where we were now, which is probably a good thing. There was a point in around six months time where a lot of our top talents contracts all come due at the same time, which could open up spaces for people like The Eagle and Mauler. But for Monty Trescarde and Spike Sylvain, their careers are unlikely to ever reach the heights that they may have barring a true catastrophe elsewhere. TAG TEAM MATCH Angry Gilmore & Thom Barrowman vs. The Twin Powers The two veterans, who have somehow kept going, or in the case of Barrowman come out of retirement for a mini-feud find themselves up against one of the most dominant tag teams in our history. With the collection of older workers in the match, the focus was one of making sure nobody got seriously injured. Slow and methodical was how the announcers called it and Gilmore and Barrowman got their recgonisable moves in. But there was no real chance of an upset victory as The Twin Powers simply overwhelmed the veterans, finishing with Powerbombs to them both. After the match, Barrowman and Gilmore each left a boot in the ring and left to the applause of the audience. In a bout that had great heat and decent wrestling, The Twin Powers defeated Angry Gilmore and Thom Barrowman in 8:22 when Andrew Harper pinned Thom Barrowman following Stereo Powerbombs. Rating: 53 Notes: I brought Barrowman out of retirement to give him a send-off at the big show alongside his old sparring partner Gilmore. The match was not great, but I didn’t expect it to be. Sometimes you have to sacrifice quality to spay homage to men who helped build the company and these two fall into that category. They took a chance by signing with us when we were small and through their quality work increased our prestige and helped make us a company other big stars felt they could sign with. And for that I will always be grateful. But this would be the last match for both men in EEE. TAG TEAM MATCH Fro Sure & Eddie Howard vs. Cali Slick & Frantic Ali After weeks of torment and attacks; Fro Sure finally gets a match-up with both Frantic Ali and Cali Slick with the help of aging superstar ‘The Destroyer’ Eddie Howard. Fro Sure’s laid back and cool persona has been tested to breaking point throughout the feud as his old life threatened to interfere with his new one. And once the bell rang, the audience were treated to a brutal, borderline hardcore-war between the West Coast Warriors and The Destroyer. All four men threw every bit of brutality into the battle, but Fro Sure was not going to be denied his vengeance. With Frantic Ali treated to a kicking the likes of which is rarely seen in EEE, Eddie Howard finished the job in the ring to further establish his credentials while getting the win for the heroic team. In a bout that had great heat and good wrestling, Fro Sure and Eddie Howard defeated Cali Slick and Frantic Ali in 9:48 when Eddie Howard pinned Cali Slick with a Crash And Burn. Rating: 74 Notes: Fantastic match-up as Fro Sure always brings the goods in the big showdowns. Eddie Howard is not quite the incredible in-ring talent I was hoping for when I signed him, but he slots in nicely in the midcard and will do us a decent job going forward. But the question after this is what to do about Cali Slick and Frantic Ali. Their contracts would be up later in the year and I hadn’t been all that convinced with their talents. Cali is definitely the best of the two and was in his prime performance era, but without an incredible singles performance I wasn’t convinced I wanted to keep them on long-term. Especially at a cost to our long-standing wrestlers. It certainly required more thought. STOMPER MEMORIAL CUP FINAL The Fantastic Express vs. Dreadnought & Big Jon Walker Somehow these two teams had already now faced each other a number of times heading into the match-up for the Stomper Memorial Cup. Dreadnought, now a confirmed monster has been tearing through the company and has yet to be pinned. Meanwhile; Big Jon Walker, after his brief stint in NYCW has come back in better shape and with incredible entertainment skills. But against them are the best team we have never to have won the prestigious award. Alas, the match-up started poorly and lost the crowd, leading to an almost silent reaction to one of our longer-built match-ups. Dreadnought dominated as you would expect, but once he was taken out of the ring by Zippy and ‘accidentally’ put through a table it became a glorified handicap match and it didn’t take The Fantastic Express long to put away Big Jon and finally, FINALLY claim the Stomper Memorial Cup. In a bout that had fantastic heat and good wrestling, The Fantastic Express defeated Dreadnought and Big Jon Walker in 10:03 when Rafe Sashay pinned Big Jon Walker with a Fantastic Flashbang. The Fantastic Express win the EEE Stomper Memorial Cup. Rating: 31 Notes: Dammit. This did not reach the quality of their previous match-ups and the crowd took a steaming dump over them. It was such an ignominious end to the biggest tournament we had run and in many ways perfectly summed up the problems we’ve been experiencing since the tournament started. It was a shame for the Memorial Cup; the prestige of which has been hobbled by this terrible match, but at least The Fantastic Express get their names in the history books at last. So in that regard, and only that regard, it was a success. LADDER MATCH EEE INTERCONTINENTAL TITLE Prime Time Jack Pryde vs. ‘The Perfect One’ Pepper Pelton (c) Arguably the best built feud of the last year, we finally have the resolution match to blow-off the battle between former best friends, with the Intercontinental Title on the line. Prime Time enters the ring with swagger and confidence, which is matched equally by The Perfect One, complete with his very own big fur jacket and nearly slicked back hair in a small ponytail. Both men warily eye the title suspended above the ring before the match starts. And from the moment the bell rings it’s a fast-paced assault from both men as they each try every trick in the book to beat their opponent. Highlights of the match include Pepper hitting a number of Superkicks to keep Prime Time down and then placing a ladder over him. But Prime Time managed to wriggle free and stop The Perfect One, bringing him down with a Cutter from the top. The ending came however with both men fighting on the top of the ladder and Prime Time smashing Pep’s head into the top and then choosing to hit a top of the ladder elbow on his opponent and then climbing to unhook the belt and finally, once and for all settling the score between the two men. In a bout that had fantastic heat and good wrestling, Prime Time Jack Pryde defeated Pepper Pelton in a Ladder match in 9:34 when Prime Time Jack Pryde retrieved the item. Prime Time Jack Pryde wins the EEE Intercontinental. Rating: 79 Notes: You can’t say that these two didn’t give it their all in this one. An all-out, steal-the-show kind of match which delivered on an eleven-month promise and settled one of the longest feud’s in our history. There is no doubt that the momentum and groundswell of support was with Prime Time, especially heading into the New Year. While it may have looked like the two men may have missed the peak of the feud, the idea of a blow-off anywhere but at Starclash was ludicrous and they firmly established themselves as big-time players and raised the prestige of the title and themselves in the process. Wonderful. SINGLES MATCH Chip Martin vs. Honest Frank Jr After the last match, a short cooldown match was necessary and Honest Frank Jr got a match against rising star Chip Martin in a battle of Second Generation Stars. Chip’s relationship with Cameron Vessey has been something of note recently, but his decision to side with Trapesi and The Combat Club has caused some issues for The Keelan Family. Sadly despite, his rise in prominence in recent months, Honest Frank Jr is a tricksy competitor and with Big Jon Walker accompanying him to ringside, he didn’t need to bring his a-game to proceedings. The match was short and ended with the fired-up Martin getting beaten outside by Big Jon and left by Honest Frank Jr to be counted out. A scummy end to a match with a ultra-scummy Frank Jr. In a bout that had good heat and decent wrestling, Honest Frank Jr defeated Chip Martin in 7:59 by count out. Rating: 63 Notes: Honest Frank Jr is too far ahead of Chip Martin for this to be a truly close match-up, but the ending should protect our newest potential star a bit. I mishandled Frank Jr’s feuds this year, leaving him with little to do on the grandest stage of them all. But I made a note to give him a sustained push going forward and big match next year to compensate. Match was what it was and what I needed it to be. RINGSIDE Mitch Naess and Emma Chase discuss the upcoming Steel Cage match as the structure is lowered to the ring. They run through Cameron Vessey’s arrival and Trapesi’s issues with him since then. Emma is of the belief that Trapesi is jealous of Vessey effectively taking ‘his spot,’ but Naess points out that Vessey came in and has received a lot of breaks that others, who aren’t related to prominent wrestlers in the industry have to work years to achieve. Emma thinks that’s ridiculous and picks Vessey to win, while Naess can’t look past Trapesi as the victor. With the Cage setup, we then get the two entrances. Rating: 83 CAGE MATCH George Trapesi vs. Cameron Vessey Two of our finest ring generals face-off in the unforgiving steel of a cage match. Saved for the blow-off to only the most brutal feuds, it’s the perfect place for Trapesi and Vessey to batter and beat each other senseless. And they do not disappoint. Trapesi is a ball of fiery energy, landing stiff kicks and impactful moves; while Vessey seems happier to slow the match down and twist his opponent up like a pretzel. Vessey’s tactic is clearly to injure the legs of Trapesi to stop him climbing the cage and broadly it’s a very smart strategy. Trapesi can’t escape while Vessey has him in heel hooks and Indian Leg Vines. But Trapesi is adept at timing his comeback spots and a number of times he teases getting out over the top of the cage. Towards the end of the match, with both men atop the cage; they begin eschanged heavy-handed blows. Trapesi, with one last burst of energy smashes Vessey’s face into the top of the steel cage. With his opponent teetering on the very top; Trapesi pulls his whole body backwards and then forwards to somehow deliver a sitting version of the Star Maker Lariat. The momentum of the move topples Vessey off the top and down to the floor below. The Keelan Family come out to check on the near-dead-looking Vessey, and realising his own move has cost him the match; Trapesi sees only one last option and delivers a Flying Cross Body from the top, which wipes out everyone and the referee is forced to raise the limp hand of Vessey in victory. In a bout that had fantastic heat and great wrestling, Cameron Vessey defeated George Trapesi in 22:15 by falling to the floor outside of the cage. Rating: 80 Notes: Well these two certainly know how to put on a show. A match filled top to bottom with incredible skill, which told a compelling story and likely ended one of our top feuds decisively with a clear winner and the loser coming out strong. Vessey has been one of the best signings in recent years and Trapesi, despite not being involved in the World Title scene continues to impress. A wonderful and wild match-up right here which delivers every bit as much as the Ladder Match before it did. The fact that Vessey got the win, but only because Trapesi was too aggressive perfectly wraps up proceedings between these two warriors and Trapesi’s big stage dive was a fantastic full-stop to one of the better matches of the year. The future remains bright for both men, but in different ways and I was excited to see it all play out. TAG TEAM MATCH Aaron Andrews & Charlie Corner vs. The Stone Foundation Following a career-making match against The Fantastic Express in the semi-finals of the Stomper Memorial Cup, The Stone Foundation then get a match against two of our top stars on the biggest show of the year. The Stone Foundation may be seen to be lesser than their opponents as individuals, but their inherent teamwork more than makes up for it. And so allowing the young team to cut loose opposite two incredibly talented workers creates the atmosphere for a great match. Back-and-forth, with no one looking weak but one which ends with a clean win for the biggest star as Aaron ‘The Ace’ Andrews proves his high-quality once again by getting the clean win and delivering an important message to The Stone Foundation, that riding on the coattails of a cheater is never a good idea. In a bout that had fantastic heat and great wrestling, Aaron Andrews and Charlie Corner defeated The Stone Foundation in 9:58 when Aaron Andrews pinned Michael Stone with a Standing Hot Shot. Rating: 74 Notes: Unlike the last match, which is dramatic story-telling at its finest, this match relies heavily on the in-ring skill of all four man with limited build-up and they deliver a good match as expected. I had to admit that if I’d put more effort into the build-up, would this have been an ‘all-time’ match-up? Possibly, but for it’s position in the card it did the job. And The Stone Foundation need to lose occasionally so that they don’t rise to the very top too quickly. EEE WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH Shaffer & McManus vs. The VCC (c) For weeks the newly formed team of Trent Shaffer and Riley McManus have been trying to insert themselves to the top of the number one contenders list for the tag team titles. Despite their incredible entitlement and arrogance, they can at least back it up in the ring. The VCC begin the match with the confidence of a technical duo at the top of their game and start to really take it to the new duo with a champions confidence. But McManus and Shaffer are no slouches at technical matches and give as good as they get. But predictably, and completely expectedly Shaffer and McManus lack the teamwork. It isn’t long before the two of them are bickering as they love to do and The VCC, under the management of Bryan Vessey know exactly how to add pressure to those lacking in teamwork and then, following a shoving match between their opponents, they strike. Ray Cavalero takes Riley McManus out of the ring with a clothesline. In the ring he punches Trent Shaffer into a rollup and down into the modified Leg Lock with Hook known as the Golden Scissors. Trent, with no where to go has to tap. In a bout that had fantastic heat and good wrestling, The VCC defeated Shaffer & McManus in 14:59 when JP Barnham submitted Trent Shaffer with a Golden Scissors. The VCC make defence number eight of the EEE World Tag Team. Rating: 76 Notes: Continued goodness as all of our major matches (except the Stomper Memorial Cup) are delivering and then some. The VCC have been doing fantastic work as EEE World Tag Team champions and that looks set to continue for at least another day. Plus the promise of a showdown between them and The Fantastic Express is one to really look forward to. Meanwhile Shaffer and McManus have only just begun their journey, dipping a toe into the world of tag team wrestling. But if history is anything to go by, they’ll find a way to rise to the top as they always do. EEE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MATCH Davis Wayne Newton vs. Valiant (c) And after an incredible show packed with mostly excellent professional wrestler, we come down to this. The challenger; Davis Wayne Newton is himself a former two-time World Heavyweight Champion. He got here thanks to another stellar performance in the Empire Royale, where he bested twenty-nine other competitors to stake his claim for the very top. Opposite him is the Megastar and Real American Hero Valiant. The highest profile wrestler in the history of Empire Elite Entertainment who came in and has lived by his own mantra; exuding the virtues of truth, justice and honour. The build-up to the match saw Valiant desperately trying to appeal to DWN’s better judgement. To show him the path to heroism by casting out his cheating and obnoxious, arrogant ways. But despite some confusion from the challenger, he has firmly refused to listen to the champion for any sustained period. And thus, we are here. Following their introductions, it’s clear that The Stone Foundation, who Newton actually eliminated from the Empire Royale, are not accompanying him to ringside. With the bell sounding, the two men begin circling one another and begin with a test of strength. It’s clear that Davis Wayne Newton is feeling the pressure of the situation slightly as he’s not as cocky as he normally is. Meanwhile Valiant is as confident as ever. DWN slugs away to start and gets a rollup, but Valiant escapes and clotheslines that crap out of him. DWN, in his first shot at the bigtime, sells it like death before coming back to work on the arm. Valiant casually tosses him into the corner and follows with a backdrop, and then Newton takes a nasty bump out of the ring and takes out an innocent photographer in the process. Back in, DWN dodges an elbow and slugs away in the corner, but walks into the original elbow. Valiant follows with a suplex and big boot, and Newton is knocked out of the ring again. Back in, they both get crotched on the top rope and DWN clotheslines Valiant out and follows with a bodypress to the floor. He follows that with a baseball slide. Newton then Back Elbows Valiant and goes to work on the ribs, splashing him from the apron, and distracting the ref long enough for Christopher Stone to sneak over and low-blow Valiant. Back in, the Canadian Hero starts slugging Valiant down. Top rope bulldog gets two. He punches Valiant down again and springboards out of the corner with an elbow for two. He keeps pounding away and goes up with a flying elbow to the back, which gets two. Valiant keeps fighting off an STF attempt, so DWN settles for a sleeper. But True American Hero Valiant miraculously recovers and chases him out of the ring, taking out the referee in process while making the comeback as they brawl outside. Valiant is distracted by The Stone Foundation, but slides back into the ring, giving DWN the opportunity to land a superkick out of nowhere, but the ref is out of it. The Stones undo the turnbuckle, but once again irony proves ironic and Valiant counters with a backdrop suplex for the double KO. Newton recovers first and gets two. Another bulldog attempt is countered into a sideslam by Valiant, and he catapults DWN into the exposed turnbuckle. With Newton stumbling around, Valiant, with the power of the people behind him lands a V-Split and hooks the legs for the 1… 2… 3… In an exceptional match, Valiant defeated Davis Wayne Newton in 9:43 by pinfall with a V-Split. Valiant makes defence number six of the EEE World Heavyweight. Rating: 85 Notes: Not a lot to say, but fantastic match to end the show with the face sending the crowd home happy, as it should be. OVERALL RATING: 87 – 0.38 (193,661 buys) After the show, we celebrated together. Troy Tornado drank champagne with Thom Barrowman and Angry Gilmore, while Davis Wayne Newton talked and joked with Sam Keith and The Stone Foundation. As we partied, the news came in that Total Mayhem XXIX, which was headlined with Masked Stranger vs. Sammy Bach hadn’t equalled our own score and we’d beaten them again. I noticed Steve Flash, who’d been the road agent for the Ladder Match sneaking away and I went up and congratulated him on a job well done. We hugged and I told him I’d see him for the TV taping on Friday. He smiled, waved and left… little did I know then, that that would be the last time any of us saw him alive… Next time… A Death in the Family…

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Does anyone know when the actual dates of the following in-game events took place: 1. Jeff Nova buys 21CW. 2. Strong retires and buys USPW. 3. INSPIRE breakaway happens. Like, is there specific months that these things happen, or is that never specified in any of the games?

No worries, I'm now working my way through saving every single one of them. Keep up the awesome work.

LoNdOn - Continued excellence. Is there a location where I could find all of the images together? I'm keen to stick them on a CV background. No worries if not, I secretly quite like going through all the pages here and saving images.

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New York City… where our former stars are megastars elsewhere… Buoyed by the new direction and focus, everyone in the Flat Iron Building was pulling all hours God sent over the next week, myself included. Nothing like NOT losing your dream job to fire you up again. I overheard chatter about Masked Stranger winning the TCW World Heavyweight Title after beating Sammy Bach in a MOTY candidate and my mind drifted to Ernest Youngman. Despite a stellar rise he still hadn’t won ‘the big one’ but Masked Stranger had. Life was odd sometimes. The news that we had come third in battle with SWF and USPW, but I barely noticed. The merchandise figures illuminated the job we’d done with Valiant on top. Monthly Merchandise: 1. Valiant - $507,955 (+$119,853) 2. Aaron Andrews - $226,068 (+$27,986) 3. Prime Time Jack Pryde - $175,779 (+$19,196) 4. Davis Wayne Newton - $109,131 (+$48,810) 5. Charlie Corner - $67,415 (+$1,821) 6. Fro Sure - $49,368 (+$7,819) 7. George Trapesi - $40,258 (+$832) 8. Zippy Deverell - $26,626 (+$1,578) 9. Cameron Vessey - $24,415 (+$10,805) 10. Rafe Sasay - $17,164 (+$1,027) This was all fantastic news and me and the agents were gearing up for the run-down of the old stories and a transition to the future after Starclash II. EEE All Star Wrestling #61 Friday, Week 1, May 2025 The Empire Ballroom, New York City, New York Attendance: 7,959 [*]SINGLES MATCH: Charlie Corner vs. The Masked Mauler In a bout that had fantastic heat and good wrestling, The Masked Mauler defeated Charlie Corner in 9:50 by disqualification. Rating: 56 [*]ANGLE: Davis Wayne Newton is in his Executive Suite eating caviar when Valiant strolls past DWN’s private security. Newton springs up in his sequined robe ready to attack, but Valiant isn’t jumping him. He’d just heard so much about this place he thought he’d check it out. DWN points out it’s his suite and he has a very strict code of entry. Valiant laughs and taps the World Heavyweight Title over his shoulder. “This gets me in most places buddy,” he says with a smile. Valiant then sits down and tastes some of the food. “What do you want?” DWN asks. “I came to chat. I feel like you and I have got off on the wrong foot. Y’see, I see the potential in you Davis.” “My friends call me Davis, you can call me the Canadian Hero.” “Hahaha, very funny. Y’see, this is what I mean. You’re funny, charismatic, exceptionally talented. But you’re an ass.” DWN looks shocked. “Don’t get me wrong,” Valiant continues. “I’ve been around the block in the world of wrestling. I’ve seen guys as charismatic as you. I’ve seen guys as talented as you. And I’ve seen guys as hungry as you to win. But I have never seen someone who puts it together like you do. And you know what I see when I look at you now? I see a waste. You could be the best. And I don’t just mean the title. You might beat me at Starclash, you’ve beaten me before. BUT, what will that mean for you? So you’ll be the champ. You’ll still be a cheat. An a-hole. You’ll treat your friends like enemies and your enemies like nothing. And in the end, you’ll be alone. And you may have all the titles in the world. But what do they mean? If you waste your potential. And you are a waste of potential. Anyway I just wanted to wish you luck in the main event. I hope you find what you’re looking for. But I guarantee it’s not the title.” DWN just watches Valiant leave in silence. Rating: 99 [*]EEE INTERCONTINENTAL TITLE MATCH: The Eagle vs. ‘The Perfect One’ Pepper Pelton (c) In a bout that had fantastic heat and good wrestling, Pepper Pelton defeated The Eagle in 9:50 by pinfall with a Fisherman's Suplex. Pepper Pelton makes defence number five of the EEE Intercontinental. Rating: 57 [*]ANGLE: Cameron Vessey is with Chip Martin backstage. They approach Billy Keelan and Vessey tells him to sign the kid to the Keelan Family. Billy refuses. Vessey explains that he won’t ask twice. Keelan looks adamant while Martin looks focused. Keelan makes a deal. If they win tonight, the kid is in. Vessey looks to Martin who nods in agreement. Keelan then brings in The Twin Powers and asks if they’re ready for the match tonight. They laugh and heavily pat Keelan on the back, causing him to fall forward. Rating: 86 [*]STOMPER CUP QUARTER-FINALS: Fro Sure & Jaylon Martins vs. Trent Shaffer & Riley McManus In a bout that had great heat and decent wrestling, Shaffer & McManus defeated Fro Sure and Jaylon Martins in 10:01 when Riley McManus pinned Fro Sure with a Slingshot Suplex following interference from Frantic Ali. Rating: 70 [*]ANGLE: Fro Sure chases Frantic Ali down the aisle only to get blasted by Cali Slick who had been waiting. Together the two men beat Fro Sure down until Jaylon Martins runs in for the save. But he is also viciously beaten down too. Rating: 82 [*]STOMPER CUP QUARTER-FINALS: Dreadnought & Big Jon Walker vs. The Twin Powers In a bout that had great heat and decent wrestling, Dreadnought and Big Jon Walker defeated The Twin Powers in 9:42 when Dreadnought pinned Andrew Harper with a Dread Bomb. Rating: 54 [*]ANGLE: Prime Time is alone in the locker room. He admits it, he let his emotions get the better of him. For a few weeks, things were a bit more like normal. Him and his best friend… former best friend, were a team again and life was great. For a short time he forgot about his rage. His anger. His disgust. But then he snapped. He’s not proud of it. But he needs to move on. He can’t spend the rest of his life chasing Pelton down. And he wants it ended at Starclash. So he’s got a proposal because he knows Pep doesn’t have the balls to accept a challenge straight up. So he’s willing to run the gauntlet. Any gauntlet. Against any opponents, in any match to get a title shot. Pep can wield all the power. He just needs a shot. Then he can make peace with it all. With himself. Rating: 82 [*]STOMPER CUP QUARTER-FINALS: Cameron Vessey & Chip Martin vs. The Fantastic Express In a bout that had great heat and good wrestling, The Fantastic Express defeated Cameron Vessey and Chip Martin in 9:48 when Rafe Sashay pinned Chip Martin while using the ropes for leverage. Rating: 65 [*]OVERALL RATING: 76 – 2.15 (1,619,551 viewers), PPV Canada and Japan 0.02 (13,353 buys) Not the incredible start to the Empire Elite Network Era I would’ve imagined after that disappointing main event. But it turns out ratings are massively up, even with the poor quality show. I had a feeling that a combination of our ‘new kid on the block’ image and the sheer amount of money Larry had spent meant we were looking at a bright, bright future. Now, considering a week ago I thought I was going to be fired, this is quite incredible. Outside of the launch of our new streaming service, the big news in the wrestling world was the signing of Matt Hocking by perennial juggernaut USPW. Hocking was arguably a top 20 performer in the entire world of wrestling and move like this could shift the balance of the war between USPW and SWF. One day we’d be mentioned alongside these two, but for now we had a battle with TCW to become the 3rd company in the US. EEE All Star Wrestling #62 Friday, Week 2, May 2025 The Empire Ballroom, New York City, New York Attendance: 7,576 [*]ANGLE: Davis Wayne Newton makes a rare visit to the ring to chat. He understands mind games better than most and he appreciates the effort Valiant went to in order to upset his preparations. But he’s a former two-time World Heavyweight Champion. There’s no doubt in his mind that he’s a Canadian Hero. And he’ll be damned if some old, broken-down trumpet-blower like Valiant is going to tell him that he’s wasted his potential. The only thing that matters is victory. And come Starclash, that’s what he promises. Rating: 99 [*]STOMPER CUP SEMI-FINAL: The Fantastic Express vs. The Stone Foundation In a bout that had fantastic heat and good wrestling, The Fantastic Express defeated The Stone Foundation in 12:06 when Rafe Sashay pinned Christopher Stone with a Fantastic Flashbang. Rating: 78 [*]ANGLE: ‘The Perfect One’ Pepper Pelton is backstage with Emma Chase. He’s heard Prime Time’s request and frankly, he thinks it’s pathetic. Imagine being so desperate for a match, to be relevant that you’d offer yourself up on the altar of… well, of the alter of whatever I chose. Not even I can ignore the pity that I feel. So I’m happy to accept his offer. All Prime Time has to do is win a singles match tonight, against his old friend… George Trapesi. In a steel cage match. Oh, and he’ll be the special guest referee. Good luck PT. Rating: 97 [*]SINGLES MATCH: Ben Williams vs. Honest Frank Jr In a bout that had a decent reaction from the crowd but sub-par wrestling, Honest Frank Jr defeated Ben Williams in 10:19 by pinfall with a Roll The Dice. Rating: 59 [*]ANGLE: Up in the Executive Suite, The Stone Foundation are furious. Tipping over chairs and throwing food to the crowd. Davis Wayne Newton who watched the madness unfold interrupts and asks; “What’s up guys?” “We lost our match,” Christopher says. “We’re out of the Stomper Cup.” “Oh,” DWN says. “Do you think Valiant is right? Have I wasted my life?” The Stone Foundation look incredulous and then storm out, leaving DWN to ask “Guys, what’s wrong?” Rating: 93 [*]STOMPER CUP SEMI-FINAL: Shaffer & McManus vs. Big Jon Walker & Dreadnought In a bout that had fantastic heat and decent wrestling, Big Jon Walker and Dreadnought defeated Shaffer & McManus in 11:44 when Dreadnought pinned Riley McManus with a Dread Bomb. Rating: 55 [*]ANGLE: After the match The Twin Powers storm the ring and destroy Big Jon, Shaffer and McManus. But when they attempt to attack Dreadnought; The Monster takes all their hits and launches into an assault ending in a double-chokeslam on both Harper and Smith. Rating: 86 [*]CAGE MATCH: George Trapesi vs. Prime Time Jack Pryde In a bout that had fantastic heat and good wrestling, Prime Time Jack Pryde defeated George Trapesi in a Cage match in 14:33 when Prime Time Jack Pryde escaped the cage after George Trapesi had been taken out by Cameron Vessey. Rating: 76 [*]OVERALL RATING: 82 – 2.22 (1,668,622 viewers), PPV Canada and Japan 0.02 (10,615 buys) What a star-making performance by The Stone Foundation right there as the match probably should’ve gone on last. They are not ones to miss an opportunity and in fact with their wrestling history and name-brand-value, the future was suddenly incredibly bright for these no-doubt future champions of ours. The Fantastic Express who at this stage are one of the few long-standing tag teams on the roster played their part too it should be noted. It was good to note that for the future. After the chaos of the last month it was nice to simply focus on the storylines and booking and with Starclash II honing into view, all my effort was now lasered-in on making it the best show I possibly could. Two weeks until the most drama-fuelled big show of the year and I was feeling confident of pulling something out of the hat. *** The limo to The Ministry was becoming something of a chore and with all focus on the big show, I barely had the time. But I wanted to remain committed to helping out Mauler VI and Sanders in their development of the next generation of stars. NYCW Gang Wars 2025 The Ministry, New York City 1,000 (SOLD OUT!?!) James Prudence & Team Iron defeated Captain Canada & The Fabulous Ones – 46 Jay Silver & The Razorbacks defeated Christian Plotcheck & The Wild Dogs - 42 Astro & Total Eclipse defeated Benjamin Reeves & Quick City Kings - 40 OVERALL RATING: 36 That was… not worth my time. Unfortunately the ability of those included to pull-off good Gang Wars matches was limited. The Fabulous Ones however, looked like stars in the making and I’d have to keep an eye on their development. I imagined it wouldn’t be long before they were called up full time. But before that, we had Starclash II to build up. With two weeks left, all focus was on building out the card so that those watching on PPV got a show worthy of our new and impressive name. EEE All Star Wrestling #63 Friday, Week 3, May 2025 The Empire Ballroom, New York City, New York Attendance: 8,728 [*]ANGLE: President Sam Keith is out to address the end of the cage match last week. First things first; Cameron Vessey, you had no right to interfere in the match. Therefore, you will face George Trapesi at Starclash. But the result of the cage match stands and Prime Time Jack Pryde will face ‘The Perfect One’ Pepper Pelton at Starclash II for the EEE Intercontinental Title. But there’s more to deal with; the stipulation. With the talent involved we’re going to try something new. Firstly Vessey seems to love getting involved in Cage matches, therefore he will face Trapesi in a steel cage. As for the former Cross River Connection. They were a fast-paced, talented tag team. Therefore it only seems right that they should face each other in a new match. One never seen in this promotion. Prime Time Jack Pryde will face Pepper Pelton… in a Ladder match. Rating: 86 [*]SINGLES MATCH: Animal Harker vs. Frantic Ali In a bout that had good heat and decent wrestling, Frantic Ali defeated Animal Harker in 9:32 by pinfall with a Death Valley Driver. Rating: 61 [*]ANGLE: The Twin Powers are trashing the locker room. Furious about losing in the Stomper Cup and then Dreadnought fighting back. Keelan is trying to calm them down. Angry Gilmore and Thom Barrowman walk in and laugh, causing Bulldozer and Harper to get in their faces. The veterans don’t back down and Bulldozer tells them to suit up, cos at Starclash they’re fighting and when The Twin Powers are done with them they’ll be sending both of them into retirement. Rating: 77 [*]SINGLES MATCH: Charlie Corner vs. Spike Sylvain In a bout that had great heat and decent wrestling, Charlie Corner defeated Spike Sylvain in 9:31 by pinfall with a Corner Cutter. Rating: 65 [*]ANGLE: Aaron Andrews is sick to death of seeing Canada’s Finest running around the place doing what they want to who they want. So at Starclash, he and his tag team partner are throwing out a challenge to The Stone Foundation. Charlie Corner enters and tells The Ace that he’s ready to take out some trash. Some Canadian Trash. Rating: 84 [*]TAG TEAM MATCH: Aaron Andrews & Charlie Corner vs. Denny King & Monty Trescarde In a bout that had fantastic heat and decent wrestling, Aaron Andrews and Charlie Corner defeated Denny King and Monty Trescarde in 12:06 when Eddie Howard pinned Monty Trescarde with a Crash And Burn. Rating: 52 [*]ANGLE: Billy Keelan looks beside himself with the match-ups happening without his say so. First The Twin Powers start picking fights with old men and now that chump Keith puts his meal ticket, he means, his top star in a match-up with Trapesi. What exactly does Trapesi have on the President to get a high-profile match? Vessey isn’t worried about; he wants to know if Keelan has signed ‘The Kid’ to the Family. Keelan makes excuses. Vessey insists that he watches the next match. Rating: 85 [*]SINGLES MATCH: Chip Martin vs. Bryan Jewett In a bout that didn't have much heat and terrible wrestling, Chip Martin defeated Bryan Jewett in 6:05 by pinfall with a Super Kick. Rating: 47 [*]ANGLE: In the locker room, Bryan Vessey is prepping The VCC for their main event when Shaffer and McManus enter. They’re back asking for the title shot they never got. Vessey tells them to get lost, he’s got other things on his mind; like Trapesi vs. Vessey at Starclash. Shaffer calls them match-shirkers. Vessey loses his temper and says fine, they get their match at Starclash. But if they lose, they don’t get a title shot while The VCC are champs ever again. Rating: 83 [*]GANG WARS MATCH: Fro Sure & The VCC vs. Canada’s Finest (Davis Wayne Newton & The Stone Foundation) In a bout that had fantastic heat and great wrestling, Canada's Finest (Davis Wayne Newton, Michael Stone and Christopher Stone) defeated Fro Sure and The VCC in 11:50 when Michael Stone submitted Fro Sure with a Stone Ankle Stretch after interference from Frantic Ali. Rating: 79 [*]OVERALL RATING: 79 – 2.18 (1,635,015 viewers), PPV Canada and Japan 0.02 (10,574 buys) With one show remaining, we discovered from Troy Tornado that Ray Cavalero had changed his style from Impactful to Technician, which perfectly fit The VCC’s MO. Our unusual build towards the main event with Valiant trying to get into DWN’s head to convince him that he’s better than his behaviour suggests and DWN not really knowing how to deal with it. It’s certainly an unusual approach to booking and perhaps won’t pay off. But sometimes you have to go a different way than blood feuds up and down the card. Aside from that we had the Cage Match and a Ladder Match. Some will say we’re filling the show with gimmick matches, to which I say; So what? To the go-home show… EEE All Star Wrestling #64 Friday, Week 4, May 2025 The Empire Ballroom, New York City, New York Attendance: 8,504 [*]TAG TEAM MATCH: Eagle & Animal vs. The Stone Foundation In a bout that had great heat and decent wrestling, The Stone Foundation defeated Eagle and Animal in 9:40 when Michael Stone submitted Animal Harker with a Stone Ankle Stretch. Rating: 67 [*]ANGLE: Valiant is out to a big pop. He holds up the title and removes his aviator glasses. This Sunday is Starclash II and his biggest match ever. He has the honour to defend this title against the top challenger in the country. In any country. But that’s for Sunday. For now, being that this might be his last foray on All Star Wrestling as the World Heavyweight Champion, he thought he’d do the honourable, American thing. And offer a shot to someone whose not had one before. Rating: 99 [*]EEE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MATCH: Sandman Winks vs. Valiant (c) In a bout that had great heat and decent wrestling, Valiant defeated Sandman Winks in 10:01 by pinfall with a V-Split. Valiant makes defence number five of the EEE World Heavyweight. Rating: 66 [*]ANGLE: Davis Wayne Newton storms the ring after the match, but Valiant appears to have been expecting it and is sitting on the top rope when he slides in. Unsure whether to attack, DWN doesn’t notice Valiant with a microphone. “Davis, Davis, Davis. It’s not that you’re trying to attack me. To weaken me before our match. It’s not even that you’re not very good at it. It’s that it’s so cliched. I tell you, you’re wasting your talent with this nonsense and here you are doing it again. It’s so predictable. If you want to fight now, we can fight. But without the element of surprise, I’m not sure you’ll win. Do you want to risk it this close to Starclash?” DWN backs down and Valiant just shakes his head. Rating: 93 [*]SINGLES MATCH: Chip Martin vs. ‘The Stud’ Phil Anders In a bout that had a decent reaction from the crowd but sub-par wrestling, Chip Martin defeated Phil Anders in 10:03 by pinfall with a Super Kick. Rating: 54 [*]ANGLE: After the match, Billy Keelan along with the Family comes down to offer Chip Martin a place in the Keelan Family. Chip thinks for a moment and then just says ‘Nah, you’re good. I’ve already got a new manager and some new friends” Bryan Vessey, George Trapesi and The VCC come down to welcome Martin into their group. The Family look angry, except Vessey who doesn’t take his eyes off of Trapesi. It looks like they’re about to brawl, when President Keith appears and announces a title match… right now. Rating: 92 [*]EEE WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH: The Twin Powers vs. The VCC (c) In a bout that had fantastic heat and good wrestling, The VCC defeated The Twin Powers in 9:34 when Ray Cavalero submitted Andrew Harper with a Vessey Lock. The VCC make defence number seven of the EEE World Tag Team. Rating: 80 [*]ANGLE: Aaron Andrews and Charlie Corner are relaxing backstage listening to some music and laughing with one another when Christopher and Michael Stone enter and turn the radio over to a station with some contemporary Canadian music. Corner objects and The Stone Foundation attack. Andrews and Corner fight back and chase off the attackers. Rating: 69 [*]EEE INTERCONTINENTAL TITLE MATCH: Zippy Deverell vs. ‘The Perfect One’ Pepper Pelton (c) In a bout that had fantastic heat and good wrestling, Pepper Pelton defeated Zippy Deverell in 9:48 by pinfall with a handful of tights. Pepper Pelton makes defence number six of the EEE Intercontinental. Rating: 66 [*]ANGLE: Dreadnought and Big Jon Walker attack Zippy, being lead by Honest Frank Jr. Prime Time Jack Pryde and Rafe Sashay hit the ring and the show goes off air with a big brawl happening. Rating: 90 [*]OVERALL RATING: 76 – 2.18 (1,638,045 viewers), PPV Canada and Japan 0.02 (10,223 buys) And with that, we were ready for Starclash II: EEE Starclash II EEE World Heavyweight Title: Davis Wayne Newton vs. Valiant © Ladder Match for EEE Intercontinental Title: Prime Time Jack Pryde vs. ‘The Perfect One’ Pepper Pelton © EEE World Tag Team Titles: Trent Shaffer & Riley McManus vs. The VCC © EEE Stomper Memorial Cup: The Fantastic Express vs. Dreadnought & Big Jon Walker Cage Match: George Trapesi vs. ‘The Man’ Cameron Vessey Fro Sure & Eddie Howard vs. Cali Slick & Frantic Ali Aaron Andrews & Charlie Corner vs. The Stone Foundation Angry Gilmore & Thom Barrowman vs. The Twin Powers Chip Martin vs. Honest Frank Jr One-Shot Battle Royal Next time… the World Series of Wrestling…

Downstairs in EEE Headquarters… Larry had called an emergency meeting for the moment the event finished. Everyone was there as requested; me, Keith, Barrowman, Tornado, the production, marketing teams, the ring workers and even the talent themselves. I had no idea what to expect there… perhaps he wanted to make an example out of me to assert his dominance and fire me? I walked into a packed training hall downstairs. With a single training ring in the centre, in which stood Larry and his brother Bryan. The place had been given a lick of paint. Black and Gold; I was starting to realise where the money had mysteriously gone from the accounts. “Welcome one and all,” Larry said into a microphone (marking perhaps the first time in corporate history that the Chairman of a company had done a promo to talk about serious business matters). “As you know we have been struggling to reach the high standards set by the Arcadia Entertainment group. As a result they have taken us off the air and blacklisted us with other broadcasters. To many companies like us, this would signal the death knell and I would be here to announce the firing of a number of the production and booking team and half the backstage staff and in-ring talent. But I’m not here doing that. Because we are the Empire Elite. Every single person in this room now have contributed either large or small to our development. I, personally, never realised how important you all were to me and how much I wanted to grow our little promotion based out of the Weston Gymnasium. And it took one man to show me that…” At this point Larry gestured to me and I received a number of pats on the back. “There was a time,” Larry continued. “Yesterday in fact, where the idea of firing that man was seriously on my mind. But I couldn’t do it. Because it’s not his fault. When a company grows at the speed we have, mistakes were inevitable. But what we have achieved here is one of the best groups of in-ring talent in the world today. And talent like this needs nurturing and to be seen by as many people as possible. Therefore, Arcadia’s decision has forced us into a position to act. And act quickly. The days ahead will be busier than you’ve ever known, but if we are successful then we all stand to make a lot of money. So without further ado, I am proud to introduce you to my answers to our two goals: Firstly you are standing in an area currently undergoing renovation. This will become a state-of-the-art, top-of-the-range, first of its kind Performance Centre. We will have respected veterans from Angry Gilmore to Thom Barrowman and even myself and Bryan working with talented young performers who want to not only make it in the world of professional wrestling, but want to make it in the Empire Elite world of professional wrestling. This is how we nurture the incredible talent we have and I’m proud to introduce the first enrolment… Leonardo Fry, who will work in the Performance Centre and in NYCW as he continues his growth. He will learn from the best, including our latest signing… or should that be re-signing… Steve Flash.” Steve Flash came in through a door at the back and said hello to everyone he remembered from the old days of NYCW. It was great to see him back. “That’s the nurture-side sorted, but having this talent is no good if they can’t be seen. So, in this regard I’m pleased to announce that we have reached the seventh level of merchandising so that fans can buy whatever merch they want for any of our stars across both promotions. Secondly, as from this Friday All Star Wrestling will have a new home on a project I’ve been working on for months… The Elite Empire Network. Our very own streaming service where fans can subscribe and watch all previous shows and events and will include coverage for both EEE and New York City Wrestling. Alongside these changes; even I must admit that it’s not the 1970s or 80s anymore. Therefore, to make this work we are going to have to change the way we do business. We moving into a more classic form of sports entertainment. Characters, gimmicks and feuds will be the basis on which the company will be grown. This will mean new opportunities for certain workers and our head booker and road agent teams will be ready to work with you to refine characters we think can become profitable. That will take place at Starclash II and beyond. We’re all going to be on prime time indefinitely now. The future is here … and it’s Elite. So with this, I expect everyone in here to give everything they've got to make this a success. It's been a huge investment of time and more importantly, money, to make this happen. Do not let me down.” Larry looked me square in the eyes at that last sentence. I was already on thin ice and I knew it. Now our war chest had been completely emptied. We were going all-in on the future and mine and Larry's relationship was... well, he wasn't impressed for a number of reasons. It was not what I expected and frankly I was impressed Larry had been able to modernise at high speed without asking me a single question. I’d never even seen him use a smartphone before. And yet in a day he’d announced a performance centre, a streaming network and a fundamental shift in how we were to present our product. The transition from NYCW to EEE may have taken some time, but it was well and truly here and I was as big a part of it as I could’ve dreamt. Steve Flash approached looking a little sheepish, but I pulled him into a deep hug. It had been years since I’d seen him and the fact he’d returned now, when I thought I was going to be fired made me overwhelmed with emotion. He laughed uncomfortably as I squeezed him tight. “It’s nice to be home,” he said. I couldn’t agree more. Next time… It’s a brave new world…

Prediction Results For EEE Supershow: The Climb 1. DinoKea - 8/8 2. Theheel - 7/8 3. eayragt - 6/8 3. John Lions - 6/8 3. Scottie - 6/8 6. Kanegan - 5/8 6. smw88 - 5/8 8. KyTeran - 4/8 8. ToastyCenturion - 4/8 10. Herrbear - 3/8 Overall Prediction Standings - Season 2 1. DinoKea - 27/36 (75%) 2. John Lions - 24.5/36 (68%) 2. Theheel - 24.5/36 (68%) 4. eayragt - 22.5/36 (63%) 5. KyTeran - 21.5/36 (60%) 5. ToastyCenturion - 21.5/36 (60%) 7. Herrbear - 20.5/36 (57%) 8. smw88 - 14/26 (54%) 9. Scottie - 11/16 (69%) 10. kanegan - 5/8 (63%) Goodness me; DinoKea has obviously jacked the hardline to my brain from John Lions as he charges into a commanding lead in the competition. Big win and a perfect one at that. Obviously taking pointers from Pep. Welcome to kanegan who had a very respectable score, and I have to say overall you guys did better than I was expecting, even with curveballs. We roll onto next month and the epic Starclash II.

New York City… where tournaments make everything better… EEE Supershow: The Climb Sunday, Week 4, April 2025 Weston Square Garden, New York City, New York Attendance: 36,927 TAG TEAM MATCH: Eagle & Animal vs. Cali Slick & Frantic Ali In a bout that had good heat and decent wrestling, Frantic Ali and Cali Slick defeated Eagle and Animal in 10:29 when Cali Slick pinned Animal Harker after using a foreign object. Rating: 62 Notes: Not the amazing opener we’d hoped for, but realistically having seen just how destroyed Animal Harker was after years in Japan; there was really only two winners here and it’s the ones in a storyline. SINGLES MATCH: Charlie Corner vs. Dreadnought In a bout that had fantastic heat and decent wrestling, Dreadnought defeated Charlie Corner in 7:44 by pinfall with a Dread Bomb. Rating: 61 Notes: Match was something of a disappointment in terms of quality, but Dreadnought is building up some steam and in Corner he has found his first big-ish name to defeat. And he does it cleanly in under 8 minutes. Charlie can afford the loss, and it could be a monster-making win for The Monster. STOMPER CUP QUARTER-FINALS: Eddie Howard & Bradley Blaze vs. The Stone Foundation In a bout that had good heat and decent wrestling, The Stone Foundation defeated Eddie Howard and Bradley Blaze in 10:04 when Christopher Stone submitted Eddie Howard with an Alabaster Agony after blatantly cheating. Rating: 66 Notes: A thrown together team, with one star and one less-of-a-star, yet it’s the star who takes the loss as The Stone Foundation continue their own incredible journey up the card. Match was decent, although not up to the quality I’d begun to expect from the Third Generation Stars. EEE INTERCONTINENTAL TITLE MATCH: Fro Sure vs. ‘The Perfect One’ Pepper Pelton (c) In a bout that had fantastic heat and great wrestling, Pepper Pelton defeated Fro Sure in 9:37 by pinfall with a Fisherman's Suplex following interference from Cali Slick. Pepper Pelton makes defence number four of the EEE Intercontinental. Rating: 77 Notes: Fro Sure never, ever has a bad match. And what do I give a man of that quality? A loss to a Intercontinental Champion. Albeit a loss caused be the continuation of a storyline, but still. What was I playing at? Great win for Pep and match of the night so far. STOMPER CUP ROUND 2: Thom Barrowman & Angry Gilmore vs. The Twin Powers In a bout that had great heat and decent wrestling, The Twin Powers defeated Thom Barrowman and Angry Gilmore in 5:39 when Andrew Harper pinned Thom Barrowman following Stereo Powerbombs. Rating: 51 Notes: A nice, dominant win for the Powers here. Gilmore and Barrowman were a fun story for the Empire Royale and I think there’s a little more juice in the two crazy veterans running together. But not at the expense of the monster team… for now. Match sucked horribly, unsurprisingly. STOMPER CUP ROUND 2: The VCC (c) vs. Shaffer & McManus In a bout that had fantastic heat and good wrestling, Shaffer & McManus defeated The VCC in 9:45 when Ray Cavalero was disqualified while fighting Riley McManus. Rating: 73 Notes: It’s a shifty result, but by Jove; McManus and Shaffer win again. Is this the career resurgence fans online have been clamouring for? Possible. Regardless, they now have a win over the champions AND they progress in the tournament. The future is looking exceedingly bright all of a sudden. I’m sure I’ll find a way to ruin it soon. STOMPER CUP ROUND 2: The Fantastic Express vs. Cross River Connection In a bout that had fantastic heat and great wrestling, The Fantastic Express defeated Cross River Connection in 21:50 when Zippy Deverell pinned Prime Time Jack Pryde with a Fantastic Flashbang after a bad miscommunication between Prime Time Jack Pryde and Pepper Pelton. Rating: 73 Notes: Isn’t it nice to see these two teams battle it out one more time, even with the odd storylines surrounding it. Reminds me of the good old days of the tag team division. Match was great, as you might expect and the ending actually came from miscommunication too rather than a turn. So it was Pep’s ineptitude that was the problem. GANG WARS MATCH Valiant, George Trapesi & Aaron Andrews vs. Davis Wayne Newton, Cameron Vessey & Honest Frank Jr In a thrown together match simmering with star power, the final step on the road to Starclash kicks off. Trapesi and Andrews begin the match with a double-team on DWN in the corner to start, and Andrews gets a gut wrench and brings in Valiant for some chops. DWN decides to bring in Vessey, but Keelan tries to talk him out of it. So then Cameron tags right back out to Honest Frank Jr and he gets to be beat up instead. Back to Andrews, but Frank and DWN double-team him in the heel corner and Frank stomps on the hand and chokes him out. Vessey finally comes into the match and runs Andrews into the corner. Vessey with a chokeslam for two. Newton comes in and misses a charge, but Frank Jr cuts off Andrews and superkicks Trapesi off the apron for good measure. The Ace blocks a charge with a kick and it’s hot tag Valiant, giving us the showdown with Vessey. They slug it out and Valiant hits him with a suplex and runs wild on the whole heel team as well. But then Vessey puts him down with a Shining Wizard and puts the boots to him. Vessey beats on him with corner clotheslines and stops to pose, which allows Valiant to hit the V-Split. So it’s hot tag Trapesi and he attacks Vessey with a Spinning DDT and powerslams, and then hits DWN with the Star Maker Lariat. Another Lariat on Honest Frank Jr gets two before being broken up. Frank blocks the V-Split with a superkick and everyone is down, so Andrews gets a hot tag this time and runs wild on Frank Jr. Fisherman’s suplex on Frank sets up the Flying Cross Body for two. Star Maker Lariat is reversed to a rollup for two, and Frank follows with a neckbreaker for two. Trapesi beats on DWN outside, so Vessey takes him out with a Big Boot on the floor, and then Valiant sends Vessey into the stairs, but gets slammed through the announce table. And then everyone dives and everyone is out. Back in the ring, DWN and Trapesi trade kicks, but Frank goes up and hits Trapesi with a Flying Clothesline for two. With Trapesi down and the rest of his team out; Newton locks in the STF, forcing Trapesi to tap out. In a bout that had fantastic heat and great wrestling, Davis Wayne Newton, Cameron Vessey and Honest Frank Jr defeated Valiant, George Trapesi and Aaron Andrews in 24:48 when Davis Wayne Newton submitted George Trapesi with a STF. Rating: 82 Notes: A lovely big match to finish. OVERALL RATING: 80 – 0.38 (192,266 viewers) Next time… probably not good enough…

Those renders are a thing of absolute beauty London. Just wonderful.

I signed him to a new contract with only Road Agent ticked, which meant he hadn't retired, but I wouldn't let him wrestle. His contract came up so I saw an opportunity to give him a proper farewell.

Ta very much. It’s certainly been a turbulent story this far.

Lovely to have you aboard. You've picked quite the time to join in what with the comapny floundering, but glad you found some enjoyment. Having never played a game where I got a regular TV show it was pretty heart-breaking to discover that once you lose it, no more TV anywhere for a year. A man after my own heart. But I always planned to 'play out the story' regardless of what happened. That's why I set the game on Auto-Save. Can't reload that way. It's nerve-wracking, but ultimately loads of fun to think around the issues. Glad to hear your current save is producing creativity though.