Paradigm TV #6

STRONG STYLE /strôNG/ /stīl/ ‘... A style of wrestling evolved from Japanese Puroresu (プロレス) and traditional British Catch wrestling that incorporates full contact martial arts kicks and strikes with a strong emphasis placed on submission wrestling ...’

LOCATION: London, England (United Kingdom) ARENA: Royal Albert Hall BROADCAST TEAM: Mauro Renallo & Wade Barrett INTERVIEWS: Gabby Loren & Dasha Fuentes

Mauro Renallo & Wade Barrett are ringside to kick off the show ... lots to unpack this week as we have to talk about the controversy surrounding the Monarch title and tag team title tournaments .... Mauro addresses the actions of the Rottweilers at the Cockpit show, and he says straight up that if Bischoff doesnt do something he will walk out of the company in protest!

On queue, Eric Bischoff comes to the ring and he has to address the Rottweilers .... He says they are suspended indefinitely .... Kingston comes out and totally blows a gasket! .... Bischoff doesnt want to hear his shit and says they are out of control, and since they like to call themselves 'dogs', Bischoff is going to show them what you do to a dog that is out of control .... You get him fixed or you put him down!  They are lucky they aren’t fired for what they’ve done ....

Eddie won't bow down and says none of this is their fault .... it’s Bischoffs fault because he allows the Gargano circus to keep going .... he didn’t want to hurt Candice, but Johnny should have taught that bitch some manners but she fucked up when she spit in his face .... Candice should have stayed in the kitchen .... Bischoff has heard enough and tells them to get out of his ring .... Kingston tells Bischoff to make him! .... Bischoff says he doesn't have to, instead he will let security do it!

Security comes out and escorts the Rottweilers out of the ring, and the cameras continue to follow them as they head to the back ....


IN THE BACK -

The cameras follow as the police escort the Rottweilers out of the arena .... The Rottweilers are resisting the whole way, then Kingston starts screaming about police brutality and racism .... The cops have to drag them out of the arena and into the parking lot .... Kingston, Low Ki and Homicide finally give up and stop resisting, and Kingston says that Bitch-off hasnt heard the last of them .... They decide to get in their car and leave, but we hear the squeeling of tires and then THEIR CAR IS RAMMED OUT OF NOWHERE BY ANOTHER CAR TRAVELING FULL SPEED!!!!  The door to the car opens and Johnny Gargano gets out of the vehicle!!!!  Johnny is bleeding from his forehead as a result of the collison, but he stumbles over to the other vehicle and HAS A TIRE IRON IN HIS HAND!!!!  The Rottweilers are all fucked up because they werent wearing their seatbelts, and Johnny stumbles toward them with the tire iron in his hand but the police run in and quickly detain Johnny .... the situation is chaotic backstage ....


1. Austin Theory w/ Brandi Lauren & Alexander Hammerston (UNITED STATES) vs. Ridge Holland (GREAT BRITAIN)

This is a good back and forth match that includes a couple of moments where Hammerstone and Holland end up nose to nose and tease going at it .... Angel Garza comes out and distracts Brandi with a rose, allowing Holland to toss Theory over the top onto Hammerstone and taking him out .... Holland hits the Northern Grit on Theory and gets the 3 count ....

POST MATCH:  Brandi is distracted by Garza, who stares her down from the top of the ramp.  It appears he has finally broken through with her and she seems captivated by his Latin Lover vibe .... Theory is pissed and snaps on Brandi and yells at her, and Hammerstone steps in but Theory starts yelling at him too .... This leads to Hammerstone laying out Theory with the Nightmare Pendulum!  Hammerstone blows Brandi off too and walks out ....


IN THE BACK -

It is chaos in Eric Bischoff's office as he is on the phone with lawyers .... He has too much stuff to deal with after Gargano tried to commit vehicular homicide .... Plus the main event was supposed to be a triple threat but now the Rottweilers are out .... Pat McAfee is there in his office too and Bischoff tells Pat he needs him to handle things for the rest of the night .... McAfee is in charge ....

Bischoff leaves and McAfee kicks his feet up on the desk .... Matt Riddle walks in .... Brooooo .... Riddle is looking for Bischoff but McAfee says he left him in charge .... Riddle wants to talk to him about the Chosen Bros getting pulled from the tournament because of Cobbs broken arm .... He's still here, and Bischoff advertised a triple threat so let’s give the people a triple threat .... McAfee asks what he has in mind? ....


2. Hyan (UNITED STATES) vs. Mia Yim (UNITED STATES)

Hyan is ruthless in this one coming off her loss in the Monarch title tournament.  Hyan attacks the knee of Yim just like she did Hikaru Shida, and she refuses to listen to the refs instructions and gets disqualified.

POST MATCH: Hyan continues the attack, but Shida's music hits!  Shida limps to the ring and she has a kendo stick in her hand .... Hyan dares her to come in the ring and fight, but when Shida slides in Hyan quickly leaves the ring .... Both women stare each other down ....





IN THE BACK -

We have a backstage segment where Deonna Purazzo and Thunder Rosa confront Rhea Ripley as she arrives at the building with the Monarch title still in her possession .... Both women lay claim to the title after the controversial ending to the tournament final at The Cockpit show ....  Ripley says she was going to do the right thing and put over the winner, but then they disresepcted her .... If they want it so bad then they can BOTH fight her for it tonight ....

Bianca BelAir walks up .... Girl UH UH!  Ain’t nobody talking about that title being theirs unless the EST’s name is in the conversation!  The only reason these two triflin' hefers were even there was because she had travel issues so as far as she is concerned they can't lay claim to the belt unless they beat HER .... Tonight there ain't no travel issues, she's right here and in your face!  Ripley and BelAir are face to face but McAfee comes in and tries to calm things down .... He's in charge tonight and he thinks he has a solution to the problem .... He tells them to come inside and 'let's talk' ....


Back in the arena, we get the arrival of MVP, Bobby Lashley and Elijah Burke .... MVP says he tried to do business with Jay Lethal, and Lethal should be standing here with them right now .... MVP plays the race card and says in today's climate they should be standing together .... He says Da Pope knows what is good for business and Burke took the offer that Lethal was foolish to turn down .... MVP officially says the name of their group is the HURT BUSINESS .... Now its Burke's turn on the mic and he addresses Jay Lethal .... He wishes he could say what he did was just business, but the Pope don't lie .... Nah, it was personal ....

Keith Lee’s music hits!  Lee says hes here to address Lashley and says the last time they were in the same building things got broken, but things didnt get 'finished' .... They are both still standing .... Lee challenges Lashley to a match .... MVP speaks for Lashley and accepts, but says it wont be this week .... He says they are all about the payday and if it don’t make dollars it don’t make sense .... a match like that deserves to be promoted on TV and social media ahead of time .... MVP says they get to pick the stipulation, and since the ring hasn't been able to hold them let's have a good, old fashioned LUMBERJACK MATCH!

Lee accepts, but Pope takes the mic from MVP and says they are talking about next week .... Pope says what about this week?  He says allow him to handle Lashley’s light weight and fight Lee tonight!  Lee gives zero fucks and accepts this match as well ....


IN THE BACK -

We get video clips of SoCal Val approaching Rhea Ripley, Thunder Rosa, Deonna Purazzo and Bianca BelAir on separate occasions and offering them her business card ....


3. Rhea Ripley (AUSTRALIA) & Bianca BelAir (UNITED STATES) vs. Thunder Rosa (MEXICO) & Deonna Purazzo (UNITED STATES)

This match is full of women NOT being on the same page .... Lots of bickering back and forth between partners and opponents .... the announcers speculate if this is Pat McAfee's 'big idea' that he talked about earlier .... the action breaks down late in the match and we've got all 4 women fighting and BelAir hits the KOD on Purazzo and has the pin, but Ripley grabs her partner and tosses her to the floor!  Ripley then picks up Purazzo and drills her with the Riptide and steals the pin ....

POST MATCH: Ripley and BelAir get nose to nose .... They go all crazy fists and it breaks down .... Ripley with the advantage but then Thunder Rosa nails her from behind .... all four women are brawling and out comes McAfee with an army of referees .... He gets all four women separated, then he gets the mic and annoucnes that his 'big idea' he had earlier is that all four women will fight on the December 19th '12 Days of Christmas' show in London in a Fatal 4 Way match with the winner being the 1st Monarch Champion!!!!


4. 'Limitless' Keith Lee (UNITED STATES) vs. Elijah Burke (UNITED STATES)

Lee dominates early with his power but Burke attacks the knee .... Lee battles back, but just as he is firing up MVP comes in and attacks Lee for the DQ finish ....

POST MATCH: The Hurt Business gang up on Keith Lee ... Lee battles back against MVP and Burke, until Lashley hits the ring and lays Lee out with the Spear .... 3 on 1 attack until Jay Lethal runs out with a chair and chases the Hurt Business away ....




Pat McAfee comes out and teases a surprise for the main event and says he thinks he has been doing a great job so far ....  McAfee issues an apology to Chris Jericho for the segment last week, and says they got off on the wrong foot .... He insists he still doesn’t know why Cara Noir interrupted the interview ....  

Out comes Jericho .... McAfee wants to start over with Jericho with a clean slate .... As a show of good will, McAfee offers to let Jericho pick his next opponent that he defends the ELITE title against .... Jericho tells McAfee not to pander to him and he calls McAfee names .... He says there is no one to pick because no one in this locker room is worthy .... McAfee offers up some names like Keith Lee, Bobby Lashley and Drew McIntyre but Jericho shoots them all down .... McAfee insinuates Jericho is scared to face them .... Jericho becomes offended .... he starts making fun of McAfee because he bought a wrestling ring after he got drafted so now he thinks he's a wrestler .... Jericho says McAfee must think he can do this better than Chris Jericho .... He must want Jericho to pick him? Is that it? Do you know what happens McAfee, when you think you’re better than Chris Jericho? Do you?  Do you know what happens?  Pat McAfee ... YOU JUST MADE THE LIST! .... McAfee says Jericho can't put him on the list bevcause he put him on it last week .... Do you know what happens when you correct Chris Jericho? YOU JUST MADE THE LIST AGAIN! .... McAfee looks like he’s getting tired of Jericho's shit and is going to stand up for himself, but as they get nose to nose THE LIGHTS GO OUT!  When they come back on Cara Noir is in the ring behind Jericho!  Jericho turns ... SWAN WOO SENDS JERICHO FLYING OUT OF THE RING!  Noir is in the middle of the ring and the lights drop, with a lone spotlight shining on him .... Noir takes a bow and the lights go out again .... When they come back on Noir is gone ....  


IN THE BACK -

Dasha catches up with Chris Jericho backstage .... he's PISSED .... He swears up and down that McAfee is behind this somehow, but one thing he did say was that Jericho gets to pick his next opponent .... And while there is no one worthy of getting a title shot, there IS someone worthy of getting his ass kicked by Chris Jericho .... Jericho says he picks Cara Noir as his next opponent ....


It is time for the main event to crown the first ever Paradigm tag team champions .... The Rottweilers were suspended earlier, therefore they are out of the match .... Mustache Mountain and The North come out prepared to fight for the tag titles, but before the match can start out comes Pat McAfee .... the match was advertised as a triple threat, so he's giving them a triple threat .... out comes Matt Riddle .... Riddle says he was pulled from the tourmament when The North broke Jeff Cobb's arm, but he found another partner .... OUT COMES 'THE BRUISERWEIGHT' PETE DUNNE!  Dunne is gonna be Riddle's partner ....


5. PARADIGM TAG TEAM TITLE FINALS:
Mustache Mountain - Tyler Bate & Trent Seven (GREAT BRITAIN) vs. The North - Ethan Page & Josh Alexander (CANADA) vs. Matt Riddle (UNITED STATES) & 'Bruiserweight' Pete Dunne (GREAT BRITAIN)

Mustache Mountain are confused that Dunne is with Riddle since they used to all be partners in British Strong Style ... Dunne just gives them his trademark shrug .... The North are PISSED .... All 3 teams start going at it .... After some early craziness, The North take the advantage and work the heat on Trent Seven working over the knee .... Seven keeps fighting, but Tyler Bate is pulled off the apron and when Seven goes to the corner Bate isnt there to be tagged in .... Instead Seven ends up tagging in Dunne .... Dunne runs wild and he and Riddle show some surprising teamwork together .... Eventually all 6 men are in the ring going at it and Mustache Mountain end up battling their former teammate for the first time in the match!  It is chaos and includes Dunne hitting the X Plex on his own partner Matt Riddle off the apron and onto Page, Alexander and Seven on the floor!  Holy shit!  This ends up with Dunne and Bate face to face in the ring .... Dunne shrugs and then the two just start beating the hell out of each other!  Dunne shoots Bate off but Bate jumps into the ropes and comes off nearly decapitating Dunne with the rebound lariat!  Bate gets 2.99999!  Bate fires up and tries for the Tyler driver 97 but Dunne counters out and goes for the Bitter End only to have IT countered into a tornado DDT from Bate!  Holy Shit!!!!  Bate goes up top, but as he flies off Dunne catches him with a KO forearm on the way down!  Dunne immediately presses the advantage .... BITTER END!  1 ... 2 ... 3!!!!

What a match!  The unlikely duo of Pete Dunne and Matt Riddle have come out of nowhere to become the 1st ever Paradigm tag team champions!!!!  Riddle and Dunne receive a trophy, and are presented with the tag team belts .... Riddle looks at Dunne and smiles, who shrugs .... Riddle & Dunne celebrate with the titles as the show ends ....