Paradigm TV #8

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

At ringside, the announcers hype Chris Jericho vs. Cara Noir in the main event tonight as we send it up to the ring for the first match ....


1. Drew McIntyre (SCOTLAND) vs. Dave Mastiff (GREAT BRITAIN)

Mauro & Wade discuss McIntyre confronting Chris Jericho last week .... McIntyre wants to be next in line for a shot at the Elite title .... Mastiff is a big hoss and he bombs away at McIntyre, but McIntyre rallies and scores with the Claymore for the win ....


Up next, Eric Bischoff comes out to the ring .... he is carrying the documents he was given by the process server at the top of the show and he wants to address it .... before he can, he is interrupted by the arrival of Eddie Kingston and his attorney, CLARENCE MASON! .... Bischoff calls for police to come out and arrest Kingston, but Mason says his client demands to be heard .... Mason says what Bischoff holds in his hand is a lawsuit for reckless endangerment in the work place filed by his clients, The Rottweilers ....  Bischoff’s eyes get wide when he sees the amount of the lawsuit, but Kingston says Bischoff put his life in danger and now he’s gonna pay .... Eddie is here to present Bischoff with an alternate option .... Kingston tells Bischoff he will dismiss the lawsuit but says Bischoff isn’t going to fire the Rottweilers, and he’s not going to fire Johnny Gargano either .... Instead he’s going to put Kingston and Gargano in a match because he is going to conduct a televised 187 on Bischoffs own TV show and force him to watch .... If he does, Eddie will make the lawsuit go away .... if he doesn’t, he will see him in court and Kingston assures Bischoff he will ‘own this place’ ....


The Hurt Business is backstage and talk about tonight’s match .... it will be Lashley & Burke teaming up against Jay Lethal & Keith Lee .... MVP cuts a promo on Lee and says his win last week is tainted because he had the stack up 3 jobbers on top of Lashley  to beat him .... Burke cuts a promo on Jay Lethal and promises to embarrass him and show him that Burke was the real star in their team ....


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

Decent back and forth here as the announcers put over that Hyan injured Hikaru Shida .... Yim is able to get the win after hitting Protect Ya Neck for the 3 count ...



We get a promo from Matt Riddle & Pete Dunne .... Riddle says Ethan Page called then the Broserweights last week, so now they are the Bro-serweights .... it’s a thing now .... Mustache Mountain interrupt and confront them  .... Bate & Seven say they don’t understand what Dunne is doing with Riddle .... what about British Strong Style?  Dunne says he is winning championships and it’s just business .... Bate & Seven formally issue a challenge to the Broserweights for a tag title shot .... Riddle says no problem ....


PAT MCAFEE SHOW w/ DEONNA PURAZZO

Mcafee’s guests this week is the Monarch champion Deonna Purazzo .... We see highlights of Purazzo defeating Thunder Rosa last week with the help of SoCal Val .... Purazzo takes the mic and says every great artist needs a curator, and she has taken SoCal Val up on her offer because Val is the only other woman in Paradigm with any class .... Val takes the mic and ‘Val-ifornia’ is formed .... She says not only is Purazzo the most technical wrestler in Paradigm, she is also the smartest and most calculating .... This business arrangement is going to take over the world of women’s wrestling ....

Bianca BelAir comes out with her arm in a sling .... She says Purazzo beat her and she isn’t going to make excuses, but she’s still the EST .... she’s coming for the title .... Purazzo laughs at her because she’s hurt, but BelAir pulls her arm out of the sling and drills her with a forearm!  Purazzo is knocked on her ass and BelAir goes after her but as Purazzo tries to get away BelAir rips off her dress!!!!  Purazzo is totally embarrassed here and trying to cover up and SoCal Val is trying to help her .... BelAir grabs her by the hair and pulls her back into the ring, but SoCal Val tries a cheap shot .... BelAir stops her and is about to hit the KOD but Hyan hits the ring to stop BelAir!  Hyan hits the Beauty Sleep (Glam Slam) on BelAir and leaves her laying .... Hyan leaves with Purazzo and SoCal, trying to help cover Purazzo who is in just her underwear after being stripped by BelAir ....



Dasha tries to get a word with Paradigm Elite Champion Chris Jericho .... Le Champion is annoyed about facing Cara Noir tonight, but says it must be done because Cara Noir is a joke and doesn’t belong .... Jericho says he is fulfilling his ‘make a wish’ commitments by giving Noir a shot at his title, but he is going to expose him .... Jericho tells Noir to savor every moment he is in the ring with Chris Jericho, because Jericho elevates everyone he is in the ring with .... Jericho comments on facing Rush in the Best of Best semi-finals, but Jericho says the last thing that the UWF wants is to see Chris Jericho in the world title picture ....


4. The Hurt Business —— Bobby Lashley & Elijah Burke w/ MVP (UNITED STATES) vs. ‘Limitless’ Keith Lee (GREAT BRITAIN) & Jay Lethal (UNITED STATES)

Lethal goes for the Lethal Injection but Burke smashes him with a chair from the outside in mid-move!  Lashley crouches for the Spear, but Lee cuts him off with a POUNCE!  Burke tries to get a cheap shot on Lee, but runs right into the Ground Zero for the 3 count!!!! ....

POST MATCH: Lashley is back in and chop blocks Lee from behind!  Lashley and Burke attack the knee of Lee and work him over .... Lethal makes the save with a chair!  As The Hurt Business leave, Lee has the mic .... He says he and Lashley are 1-1 and Lee doesn’t like ties .... He makes a suggestion for their rematch .... inside a cage!!!!  MVP appears concerned, but Lashley is not and he quickly agrees ....


5. Paradigm ELITE title:
(Champion) Chris Jericho (UNITED STATES) vs. ‘The Black Swan’ Cara Noir (GREAT BRITAIN)

The story of this match is Jericho taking Noir lightly  and acting very arrogantly in the match because he feels like Noir is beneath him .... Jericho dominates early on, and then goes about mocking Noir .... he calls him an ‘Internet darling’ .... Noir scores with a big move and all of a sudden the playing field has been leveled .... From here on out Jericho appears more desperate because he realizes Noir is no pushover .... we go back and forth from here on out, with Noir getting several false finishes where it looks like he has the title won .... Noir hits the Cradle Piledriver but Jericho gets his foot on the ropes!  Jericho dodges a superkick, and we get a ref bump!  Jericho KILLS Noir with the Judas Effect and has the pin for what is at least a 10 count, but the ref is down!  Another ref runs out and counts 1 ... 2 ... Noooo!  Noir kicks out!  Jericho argues with the ref, allowing Noir to recover and he runs wild .... Swan Woo is blocked by Jericho and he goes for the Walls again .... Noir reverses into a triangle choke!!!!  Noir rains down the elbow strikes to the top of Jericho’s head!  Jericho rolls over and stacks Noir into a pinning position, but Noir keeps raining down the elbows!  1 ... 2 ... 3 ... JERICHO TAPS!!!!

POST MATCH:  The bell rings and the fans go crazy!  The ref raises Noir’s hand as Jericho is throwing a fit!  Wait, the other referee is in the ring .... The fans are going crazy, but both refs are having a discussion about the conclusion of the match, but Noir isn’t waiting .... He attacks Jericho even while Jericho is protesting!

Jericho fights back, but Noir blocks a Codebreaker and catapults Jericho into the turnbuckles?  Black Swan Sleeper!!!!  Jericho taps again!!!!  Noir grabs the title and celebrates again, but there is even more confusion now .... Eric Bischoff has even come out to try to sort this out, but the lights go out!  The spotlight shines on Noir holding up the title, but then the lights go out again and he’s gone!  The show ends with Jericho throwing a fit in the ring ....