We’re catching up on FCW Empire with Nae Mercy trucking on from the Tulloch Institute in Perth aka the Empire Zone.

Jay Robin, Sami Sparx, & Robbie Cardwell defeated Dominate Everything (Duke, Sebastian Asher, & Spike Tierney) by pinfall.

It didn’t take long for the brawl to begin with Jay Robin leading the charge against DE, the match settled enough for the bell to ring as Robbie Cardwell and Spike Tierney went head to head. The dastardly trio were struggling to find their footing with Sami Sparx taking it to Duke, and bringing in Jay Robin to join in. Spike found space against Sparx with a single leg dropsault that finally give DE some sort of upper hand. Sami was isolated while Tierney, Duke, and Asher took their turn to punish The Chaotic Luchador.

Duke kept the pressure on Sami Sparx until an enziguri allowed for Sparx to tag in Robbie Cardwell to charge at Sebastian Asher. Robbie tried to pick up the pace but Asher barrelled his way through to keep Cardwell in the DE corner, targeting the back of the high flyer which Sami recovered in the apron and Jay Robin champed at the bit to get involved. Robbie got the tag to bring Robin in to run wild against Spike Tierney, a Codebreaker had his pin broken up by Sebastian Asher, who laid out Jay Robin with a spinebuster. It became a barrage of bodies flying around the ring to leave all six wrestlers on the mat. They returned to their feet for a three on three clash as the referee could only watch on.

A ripcord enziguri from Spike dazed Robbie Cardwell in set up for a Pina Collider that connected. Sparx and Robin dived in to break the fall for the match to continue. Sparx sidestepped an Asher spear to send Sebastian hurtling into the ring post and to the floor. Sami dragged Cardwell to the corner to tag himself in but fell victim to an Abra-Kebabra for two. An incensed Spike took the match to the height of the turnbuckles, with Tierney being fought off by Sami, who drove Spike to the canvas with a Pepsi Plunge to wrap up the win for their team.

Duke and Spike offered handshakes to Robin and Sparx that were accepted. Sebastian Asher wasn’t happy with this and stormed out after exchanging words with his stablemates.

Jay kept the edge to the match with the intensity after the loss of Tom Atlas due to injury, Robbie Cardwell was a great addition and slotted into the fold quickly. Sparx and Tierney had some fun exchanges, and the match flowed well into the inevitable shmozz towards the conclusion of the bout.

Ian Ambrose w/Eddie Devine defeated Patryk Peterski by pinfall.

Ambrose wheeled out a comatosed Eddie Devine to join him which was met with less sympathy and more laughs. Ian couldn’t match power with Patryk Peterski, who brushed off the opening lock up, and counteracted the wrist lock for one of his own. Ambrose became a crash test dummy for Patryk to throw around, a delayed vertical suplex has Ian rolled to the outside to try and get some guidance from Eddie while the crowd chanted that Devine was actually deceased. A bit of cat and mouse had Ambrose catch Peterski as he rolled back into the ring and focused his offense on the left knee of Patryk to neutralise the higher impact moveset that Peterski possesses.

A double foot stomp from Ian Ambrose missed the mark to give Patryk the chance to land a couple Polish Hammers, but his Gory style knee strike was stopped by Ambrose getting a hold of the left knee once again to ground Peterski’s momentum to a halt. Ian slapped at Patryk which woke up the Iron Slav to push back once more, rattling Ambrose with a Gory knee, a German Suplex, and keeping Ambrose to his right hand side for a sidewalk slam to capture a near fall. Ambrose got out of a Pole-ympic Slam for a Wasteland/Big Splash combo for two, and sending Peterski back to the mat with a Superkick. Peterski fired up once more for a Spinebuster but it wasn’t enough to keep Ian Ambrose down.

Referee Chris Quinn found himself in the path of Ian Ambrose that knocked down the official. Eddie Devine, like Linda McMahon, rose from the proverbial dead to ram the Game Changer briefcase between the eyes of Patryk Peterski and rolled Ambrose over to lay an arm over his opponent for three.

A fun main event to the episode that kept the support strong for Patryk in Fair City Wrestling as he continued to head towards ArdlerMania in August. Other than the shenanigans of Eddie Devine towards the end we got more of no gimmicks needed Ian Ambrose to show how ruthless he can be, no Skully, no memes, just tunnel vision much like his match with recent match with Sam McMillan. A really good showing for Patryk and, despite his loss, it built more sympathy towards him in this journey as Ambrose had to cheat to get past Big Paddy Cool. It effectively kept the underdog dynamic alive as we get closer to the Game Changer briefcase being cashed in.

It was a rapid fire episode with promos from Patryk Peterski and Ian Ambrose splice in between to hype up their match. A very well put together edition of Empire.

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