Post by JASON HALICH on Sept 10, 2017 20:06:45 GMT -5
PRIDE SPEAKS!
Pride Family,
From the moment Pride: ReAwakening and the Lion's Pride Event were announced, the Pride roster has been filling up with individuals wanting to not only participate, but be part of Pride's next chapter. I could not be more excited about that. As of today, we have filled all available spots in the tournament brackets, and then some, which has caused us to rethink the brackets just a little. Instead of five triple threat matches leading into the final, we will now see two rounds of action before the finals. Our field of 20 will be narrowed to ten through singles matches in the first round. The second round will feature five more singles match-ups with the five winners battling it out in the finals. When Pride relaunched, everyone was asking who we were going to see show up. Today we get to answer that question.
Lion's Pride Event Line-Up
Ace Marshall
Anica Townsend
Deacon Thomas
DeMarcus Gresham
Drew Simmons
Eliza Valentine
Erron Wilder
Garrick Reid
Holly Rhodes
Jessica Jones
Jessica Nitoh
Julian Savell
Kendall James
Luke Jackson
Ollie Maverick
RC Tucker
Ryan Keys
Sammy Duke
Xavier Laroux
Wyatt Warner
However, I am very aware that we have other questions left to answer before the event takes place. What exactly brought these individuals to Pride? Was it a person? Was it Pride itself? Were they here in our last run? Are they just starting out in the business? What are their motivations? Who would they like to face off against in the first or second round of the Lion's Pride Event? Other than themselves, what other Pride superstars do they think are going to make the finals? All of those are very good questions, and only the Pride roster itself has the answers.
I know that may seem like a foreign concept to most people. When you sign a contract you are putting your career in the hands of the people running the place. We are in control of booking the matches, since we issue the paychecks. I promise you, for the most part, that has not changed. However, this is a ReAwakening. There are members of this roster that have come to Pride for very specific reasons. As of this moment, they know what they are motivated by more than any member of staff. I aim to fix that before ReAwakening even gets close to happening.
The official bracket for the Lion's Pride Event will be released to the public on September 18th. Until that day, everyone can consider themselves in flux. The staff will be seeding roster members into the brackets, but only based on their wishes. That is because between now and September 16th, Pride will be holding a series of press conferences with any member of the roster that wants to speak up before the ReAwakening and answer any or all of the questions fans may have about their intentions in Pride.
After those press conferences have concluded, the staff will take their content into consideration heading into ReAwakening. We hope that doing things this way will have the roster, and the public, buzzing before the card is even announced to the public. It is up to our roster to make it happen though.
I don't know about you guys, but I believe in them.
Ace Marshall
Anica Townsend
Deacon Thomas
DeMarcus Gresham
Drew Simmons
Eliza Valentine
Erron Wilder
Garrick Reid
Holly Rhodes
Jessica Jones
Jessica Nitoh
Julian Savell
Kendall James
Luke Jackson
Ollie Maverick
RC Tucker
Ryan Keys
Sammy Duke
Xavier Laroux
Wyatt Warner
However, I am very aware that we have other questions left to answer before the event takes place. What exactly brought these individuals to Pride? Was it a person? Was it Pride itself? Were they here in our last run? Are they just starting out in the business? What are their motivations? Who would they like to face off against in the first or second round of the Lion's Pride Event? Other than themselves, what other Pride superstars do they think are going to make the finals? All of those are very good questions, and only the Pride roster itself has the answers.
I know that may seem like a foreign concept to most people. When you sign a contract you are putting your career in the hands of the people running the place. We are in control of booking the matches, since we issue the paychecks. I promise you, for the most part, that has not changed. However, this is a ReAwakening. There are members of this roster that have come to Pride for very specific reasons. As of this moment, they know what they are motivated by more than any member of staff. I aim to fix that before ReAwakening even gets close to happening.
The official bracket for the Lion's Pride Event will be released to the public on September 18th. Until that day, everyone can consider themselves in flux. The staff will be seeding roster members into the brackets, but only based on their wishes. That is because between now and September 16th, Pride will be holding a series of press conferences with any member of the roster that wants to speak up before the ReAwakening and answer any or all of the questions fans may have about their intentions in Pride.
After those press conferences have concluded, the staff will take their content into consideration heading into ReAwakening. We hope that doing things this way will have the roster, and the public, buzzing before the card is even announced to the public. It is up to our roster to make it happen though.
I don't know about you guys, but I believe in them.
