 | STRONG STYLE
/strôNG/ /stīl/
1. ‘... 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 ...’ |
VENUE: Empress Ballroom
Blackpool, England
ANNOUNCE TEAM: Kevin Kelly & Nigel McGuiness |  |
* * * * BEFORE THE SHOW * * * *
We see news clippings of the announcement of formation of KPW, Kingdom Pro Wrestling, as the newest member of the NWA …. Various video clips of it being talked about on shows like Pro Wrestling This Week, ESPN, the BBC and Fox Sports are shown ….
We then get fan cam footage of fans lined up outside the Empress Ballroom before the show …. They stood in line for HOURS waiting to get into the venue as professional wrestling has returned to the United Kingdom …. 
Nigel McGuiness & Kevin Kelly are in the ring to start us off, and they sell tonight’s card …. They bring out KPW General Manager Paul Heyman, who mentions some names appearing tonight such as Sheamus and Drew McIntyre, who get a BIG pop from the UK fans …. Heyman also promises a few ‘surprises’ in store for us tonight …. Such as the first man that he signed to a KPW contract …. While WALTER and Bryan Danielson are key additions to what will be the deepest roster in the NWA, they weren’t the first one to sign a KPW contract …. That man, is ….
They are interrupted by the music of ….
MAXWELL JACOB FRIEDMAN!!!! MJF comes out and is full heel mode, running down the people of London and talking about their teeth …. They suck so bad they lost to the United States in the Revolutionary War …. MJF is cut off by ….
‘Brooooooooo …’
‘Regulators’ by Warren G and Nate Dogg hits and Matt Riddle is here! The Original Bro comes out, leading to MJF immediately running him down ….
Now Bronson Steiner arrives! Steiner is tired of all the talking, he came here to prove himself and make an impact …. So how about the 3 of them have a little 3 way dance … TONIGHT! MJF says ‘no’, Riddle says ‘Broooooo’ …. Heyman is still in the ring, and he makes it official! That match is going to kick off the show!
3 Way Dance: Matt Riddle -vs- Maxwell Jacob Friedman -vs- Bronson Steiner
Absolute banger of a match …. Steiner really shows what he can do here, hitting a variety of suplexes on both guys …. MJF constantly cheats for the victory, with each man getting close false finishes that pop the crowd …. A ‘K-P-DUB!’ chant breaks out …. The finish sees Riddle go for a springboard move only to be speared out of mid-air by Steiner! MJF capitalizes on the situation, tossing Steiner to the floor and pinning Riddle to win the match ….
Sheamus & Drew McIntyre -vs- FTR (Dax Hardwood & Cash Wheeler)
Absolute banger of a match here as FTR are one of the best in the business …. McIntyre and Sheamus are over with the UK crowd …. In the end, FTR have McIntyre set up for the Shatter Machine but Sheamus is in and breaks it up with a Brogue Kick to Cash …. This sets up McIntyre with the Claymore to Dax and gets the 3 count …. IN-RING segment where Rob Van Dam is introduced to the live audience …. RVD comes out and talks about how he’s everyone’s favorite wrestler and the Whole F’N show …. Miro’s music hits! Miro and RVD brawl which ends up with Miro locking RVD in the Accolade ….
Hook -vs- Lars Sullivan
Hook comes out and could care less about being up against the monster Sullivan …. Sullivan attacks at the bell and beats Hook down, but Hook no sells it and pops right up, hitting a belly to belly suplex! Hook is able to use leverage to hit a couple tosses on Sullivan, dropping him on his head with a head & arm suplex …. Hook lays in stiff cross face shots, one of them that busts the nose of Sullivan …. Hook locks in the Redrum and Sullivan taps out!…. Chants of ‘HOOK!’ ring out in the crowd as Hook simply just leaves the ring and goes to the back ….
Japanese mega star Kazuchika Okada is announced for the next KPW show …. Up next, ‘Absolute’ Ricky Starks comes out to the ring to cut a promo …. He doesn’t care about Okada because Stroke Daddy Ricky Starks is the name everyone is talking about …. He was the biggest free agent signing because he’s ’absolutely’ going to be a top name in this business for years and years to come ….
Kings of Wrestling (Claudio Castagnoli & Chris Hero) -vs- Grizzled Young Veterans (Zack Gibson & James Drake)
KOW play the hits after surviving an early onslaught from the Vets, who are no slouches …. Drake comes off the top but gets met with an uppercut from Castagnoli, followed by the Giant Swing + basement dropkick …. Gibson is back in but gets rocked by a rolling yakuza kick from Hero, followed by the Deathblow (rolling elbow to the back of the head) …. The KRS-1 finishes Gibson …. It is time for the main event, and Imperium makes their entrance to Dvorak’s 9th symphony ….
Up next, ‘FINAL COUNTDOWN’ by Europe hits and brings out ‘American Dragon’ Bryan Danielson!!!!
Danielson enters the ring and takes the mic, saying he promised 2 partners …. ‘WILD THING’ hits and out comes JON MOXLEY!!!!
Moxley and Danielson look to the entranceway, as out comes ….
HOLY SHIT! It’s Blackpools own WILLIAM REGAL! The Blackpool Combat Club have assembled in KPW ….
Imperium (WALTER, Giovanni Vinci & Ludwig Kaiser) -vs- Blackpool Combat Club (‘American Dragon’ Bryan Danielson, Jon Moxley, William Regal)
Chants for ‘WILL-IAM-RE-GAL!’ and ‘HOLY-SHIT!’ kick this one off …. All 6 men are face to face to start and no one wants to flinch …. WALTER has words for Regal, something to the affect of ‘you’re going to regret coming back’ …. Danielson and Kaiser start, and Danielson punishes him with leg kicks …. Moxley in and brutalizes Kaiser until WALTER comes in and knocks him down with a big boot …. Danielson back in and unleashes forearms but WALTER with chops …. Danielsons chest starts to look like hamburger meat and he stops Walter by jumping on him and getting a guillotine …. Walter powers out of it and Moxley comes in and tries to help out but Walter ends up hitting a double German suplex on both men!!!!
Danielson gets isolated by Imperium with Walter hammering him with chops …. Danielson fires up and returns fire but Walter stops all that with another vicious chop. Moxley in, but Vinci made a blind tag only to be powerbombed for a two count …. Vinci comes back with a clothesline and tagged in Kaiser while Regal gets tagged in to a huge pop! All of Blackpool Combat Club and Inperium enter the ring and stand nose to nose and start throwing strikes to the delight of the crowd!
Kaiser and Vinci end up getting tossed and all 3 members of the BCC isolate Walter and put the boots to him in the corner! Danielson and Moxley toss Walter to ringside, then clear off one of the announce tables …. Walter fights back and tries to powerbomb Moxley through the table, but Danielson breaks it up with a kick to the back of Walter’s leg! Back in the ring, Danielson goes up top and drops a knee onto the leg of WALTER, then locks on a knee bar submission hold! Vinci hits a rope to rope moonsault to break it up!!!!
Danielson and Moxley spill to the outside with Kaiser and Vinci, leaving Regal and WALTER in the ring …. They stand toe to toe and trade bombs, and WALTER is rocked back into the ropes but fires back with a big boot …. Regal Cutter gets 2! Regal goes for the knee trembler but WALTER cuts him off with a burning lariat! Powerbomb plants Regal! Walter to the rope and hits the big splash! 1 … 2 … nooooo! Danielson breaks it up …. Danielson with the chest kicks to WALTER as the crowd chants ‘YES! YES! YES!’ Big roundhouse to WALTER and Danielson sets up for the Busaiku knee but Kaiser cuts him off with a European uppercut! Vinci and Kaiser set Danielson up for the enigma code, but Regal breaks it up …. Regal hits a regal plex on Kaiser on the apron! Moxley and Vinci brawl on the floor, while Danielson hits a Regal Plex on WALTER in the ring! 1 … 2 … nooooo! BUSAIKU KNEE! 1 …. WALTER KICKS OUT AT 1!!!! Roundhouse to the head! Danielson goes to the top …. Diving headbutt misses! Shotgun dropkick by WALTER sends Danielson into the buckles! FOLDING POWERBOMB! 1 … 2 … 3!!!! …. MY GOD what a war! Regal is in the ring and checks on Danielson, but he never takes his eyes off WALTER …. Regal stands and gets face to face with WALTER, when suddenly ….
Cult of Personality hits!!!! Out on the stage comes CM PUNK!!!! Punk looks at everyone in the ring and smiles ….
