Post by fullMETAL on Apr 12, 2020 22:44:21 GMT
MILESTONE: ALLIANCE RISING 2020 OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT FROM EXECUTIVE LIAISON SEAN McADAMS
"Good afternoon, CRITICAL! Club and Fire Pro Wrestling fans, I'm Executive Liaison Sean McAdams, and I'm standing here in the middle of the ring, in the center of the Fire Pro CRITICAL! brand's Home Base, the Hammerstein Ballroom of the Manhattan Center, deep in the Heart of the Big Apple, New York City.
Unfortunately, the announcement I'm about to deliver is not a pleasant one.
In an effort to coordinate, comply with, and cooperate with authorities during this uncertain time of global Coronavirus pandemic concerns, government-mandated Social Distancing, and limiting gathering sizes as a whole, MILESTONE: Alliance Rising 2020, presented by the Fire Pro Wrestling Alliance and CRITICAL! Club on April 30th, will no longer be taking place at its original intended venue, the "World's Most Famous Arena", Madison Square Garden.
HOWEVER, there IS a silver lining: we HAVE managed to secure permits and coordination to hold the majority of the event's card at the *adjacent* Hulu Theater, provided we adhere to the guidelines handed down by both the Madison Square Garden ownership and the New York State and New York City administrations, and staggered over the course of the week leading up to April 30th.
The DODEKAGON Championship match will be pre-recorded separately early on in the week of April 30th and will be aired on the MILESTONE event card as scheduled, to allow for separate set-up and take-down of the Dodekagon Cage itself, while the ANARCHY Championship match will be taking place at a separate undisclosed location altogether in order to allow for the particular stipulations of the match itself.
The rest of the MILESTONE event card will also be pre-recorded separately over the course of the week of April 30th and all the matches will be aired during the event itself on April 30th as well.
HOWEVER, the Cruiserweight, Tag Team, and World Championship matches WILL be taking place LIVE on April 30th, at the Hulu Theater, with all wrestlers and FPC! staff complying with the proper venue and government restrictions.
In addition, you may have noticed the FPC! Live Tour matches for the period of February through April taking place in front of large crowds, and that's because those shows and matches WERE recorded PRIOR to the gathering and travel restrictions being put in place both locally and nationwide.
This is not an ideal situation, but we are committed to bringing you a Fire Pro Wrestling experience that you can enjoy on April 30th, and we are committed to the safety and well-being of the CRITICAL! Club and its affiliates' rosters in this uncertain time.
We will be delivering an announcement on the future of the 2020-2021 FPC! season sometime during May, but until then, please look forward to a special edition of MILESTONE: Alliance Rising 2020, in the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden, presented by the Fire Pro Wrestling Alliance and CRITICAL! Club, on April 30th.
I've been Executive Liaison Sean McAdams, coming to you from the Hammerstein Ballroom, and I will see you all next time, at MILESTONE, on April 30th."
MILESTONE: Alliance Rising 2020
Match Card
OPEN! Internet Championship - RED (GPWL Free Agent) v. Hummer Holt (c)
DODEKAGON Championship - Chai Thodaengnoi v. Masaaki Isogai
ANARCHY Championship (Barbed-Wire Ropes Deathmatch) - David Eno (Battle Road Free Agent) v. Kazuo Saji (c)
Battlefront Championship (Royale Attrition: Last-Fall 8-Person Elimination Tag Team) - Fully Loaded (FreedoM / Dan Dare / Domino Rouge / Charity Bizarre) v. Firehawk Sentarl (c) & Black Crusade JAPAN (Katsudo / CLIMAX / Seiki)
- Axl Evermore of Fully Loaded suffered an injury to his shoulder during the contendership match and will be replaced in this match with Fully Loaded co-leader Dan Dare.
Grand-Prix Championship - Hikaru Tsuge (PVLL Free Agent) v. El Menton (c)
Tag Team Championship (Elimination Tag Team) - The Fire Pro ELITE v. Pure HEEL (c)
Women's Championship (2 out of 3 Falls) - Mercy Heaven v. Aneeka LaFeau (GPWL Free Agent)
Cruiserweight Championship (2 out of 3 Falls) - The Imperial Assassin v. Max Craven (c)
World Championship (2 out of 3 Falls) - Senor Despiadado v. Invader III-K (c)