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Colons vs. Brett Matthews and Bryan Myers
Two teams who many argue weren't used well in their time on the big stage. Despite this, they both have been tag champions. These two specific teams will meet for the first time ever in this tag team match.

Good Brothers vs. Mike Bennett & Lio Rush (w/Maria)
This is a match that was requested by Gallows and Anderson. Bennett has a long history with Anderson and Gallows dating back to their time in Japan. Mike has enlisted the help of the incredibly talented Lio Rush. The Good Brothers look to settle this once and for all. Will Mike's wife Maria be a factor in this or will the Good Brothers get rid of the thorns in their paws?

Heath Miller vs. Ethan Carter III (w/ Rockstar Spud
Heath first signed with developmental programs in 2006 and won several championships in his time with his former employer. Ethan also spent time in the same developmentals but didn't see as much success until he signed with TNA. These two have only met once in one on one action and various times in passing in battle royals.

Crazy Mary Dobson vs. Deonna Purrazzo
These women both wrestled in the Mae Young Classic, just different years. A couple matches on "C-shows" and one in Chikara are their only meetings due to their careers going down different paths.

Also: Jose vs. Dan Matha

Plus appearances by Kurt Angle, Miroslav Makaraov, Dave Finlay, and more!

SPRING
SLAM

Sunday, April 26. iPPV

The show started with several members of the roster around the ring and up the entryway. The ring was empty except for one man: Luke Gallows. In his best Howard Finkel voice, he asked the iPPV audience and the roster to "please rise while we toll the bell 10 times as we pay our respects to Howard Finkel."
RIP Fink.

Kurt Angle started to say some words about Howard but got interrupted by PC trainee, Aleksandar Jaksic who never spoke English. Miroslav Makaraov then made his way down and also didn't speak English. Angle said "How about some English in here for cryin out loud!" Cue the former Aiden English who came out and said hes the translator for Miroslav and Alexandar and to call him "Mr. English". They then challenged Angle to a match. He said hes retired, but can find two guys to face Miroslav and Aleksandar tonight!

Your commentary team, Jerry Soto &
Jonny Loquasto introduced themselves to the iPPV audience, explained the roster, ran down the card before sending it to the ring announcer, Josiah Williams.

•Pat Buck vs. Nick Comoroto
A nice opener. Buck bumped his ass off for the larger Comoroto. The big man is suprising agile and very charismatic. Comoroto gets the win with a bear hug.

Winner: Nick Comoroto

"Hail to The Chief" played and out came a Trump impersonator (Ace Steel) and his Secret Service. He said that he got a call from these wrestlers' former employer and he is here to let them know in person that they've been fired.

•Los Primos del Colón vs. Matt Cardona and Bryan Myers
Before the match, the Colons did their old "come to Puerto Rico" schtick. The Colons cheating tactics weren't quite enough and the bros from New York pick up this major victory.

Winners: Matt Cardona and Bryan Myers.

After the match, the Colons continue to do their schtick after their opponents have already left, until Erick the Redd (formerly Erick Rowan) comes in and destroys them.

•Jose vs. Monster Matha (w/Eric Young)
Jose came out as the one man conga line. Eric Young interrupted the festivities by introducing Monster Matha. Jose nervously tried to get Matha and EY to dance, but Matha hit him with a big spinning side slam for a quick win.

Winner: Monster Matha

"Mr. President" was shown in his personal suite where Kathy Campanelli looked to get an interview with him. He seemed to like what he was seeing in Kathy, but they were interrupted by Mike Rotunda, who told him that even though he lost his job on Tax Day, he liked the work Mr. President was doing.

•Good Brothers vs. "Miracle" Mike Bennett & Lio Rush (w/Maria Kanellis-Bennett)
For their entrance, Lio hyped up Mike as hes known to do, but had more of a preacher cadence as he called the name of their team, Exodus. Gallows and Anderson were able to thwart their opponents speed with power until Maria got on the apron and used her assets to distract Anderson. Rush used this distraction to hit Anderson with an inverted double underhook facebuster (Unprettier).

Winners: Mike Bennett and Lio Rush

• Heath Miller vs. Ethan Carter III (w/ Rockstar Spud)
Before his entrance, Carter was shown talking to someone in Gorilla. He asked him if he was sure this would work. After walking out alone, EC3 explained that Spud wouldn't be able to make it due to his prior engagements in Orlando, however Spud would be virtually in his corner via Zoom. Ethan set his phone up on a stand and told Kerwin Silfies to get Spud on. Spud then appeared on the giant screen and told Ethan to just do whatever he says.

Ethan and Spud's plan worked for the most part until it seemed Heath started to really listen to the things Spud was telling EC3 to do, which by that point was essentially them telegraphing moves. Heath looked to set up for a big move, but Spud told Ethan to bail which gave Heath the count out victory.

Winner via count out: Heath Miller

Highlights were shown of the dark match battle royal before the match. This included some of the former performance center trainees from China, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Brazil. The winner ended up being Xiaolong Wang (formerly Mars Wang) from China. After the highlight package, he was shown sitting backstage along with fellow countryman, Yifeng Yuxiang ( f.k.a. Rocky). Kathy Campanelli attempted to get an interview with them only to be interrupted by Mr. President. He told her he had been looking for her and would like to let her get a proper interview. When she told him she was getting an interview with Wang and Yuxiang, he said something about people from China that won't be repeated here.


•Crazy Mary Dobson vs. Deonna Purrazzo - Referee Dave Finlay
Mary came out with a cast on her arm and in street clothes. She claimed that her arm isn't 100% after an incident that happened a few weeks ago. Trainer Serena Deeb confirmed the injury then Mary introduced her replacement, MJ Jenkins.

•MJ Jenkins. vs. Deonna Purrazzo - Referee Dave Finlay
This was obviously put on as the comedown match, but it was in no means a boring match. Sometime during the match, Taynara Conti came out wearing a shirt that said "released" and stood in the aisle way. MJ is very athletic, but so is Purrazzo and more experienced. This experience is what led to MJ's downfall. Jenkins tapped immediately to Deonna's devastating Fujiwara Armbar.

Winner: Deonna Purrazzo

After the match, Serena distracted Deonna while Mary struck her in the back with her cast.

•?? & ?? (w/ Kurt Angle) vs. Miroslav Makaraov & Aleksandar Jaksic (w/ Mr. English)
Angle made his entrance and stopped at the entryway. The lights went out and appeared two shadowy figures who were holding glowsticks. The big screen displayed the words: Full Time Ravers, then Fronting the Revolution, followed by Fear The Revolt, Free The Restraints and finally F*ck The Revival. FTR. The lights came back on and Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler were standing next to Kurt wearing some ridiculous outfits. They quickly took them off and said "we're not gonna do this goofy sh*t ANYWHERE!"

A nice hard hitting match. Miro and FTW obviously were letting out their frustrations of their previous employer. A misplaced big boot knocked out referee Scott Armstrong.
FTR used this mistake to hit the Shatter Machine on Jaksic but Miroslav pulled out and punched the second referee, Mike Chioda. Angle yelled first another referee to come out. Out came Shawn Daivari in a referee shirt! FTR threw Jaksic into the ropes which caused him to knock Miroslav and Mr. English off the apron, then hit another Shatter Machine on him for the 1-2-3 counted by Daivari.

Winners: FTR

After the match, all hell broke loose. English, Jaksic and Miroslav attacked Daivari until FTR and Angle saved him and cleared house. Then, FTR attacked Angle! The lights went out, then a green spotlight shined into the ring and revealed Hurricane Helms! Helms hit a crossbody on FTR and choke slammed Dax while Angle Angle Slammed Cash. Angle and Helms stood tall in the middle of the ring fending off their attackers to end the show.