Dead End was a GameFAQs Wrestling Federation Sunday Brunch professional wrestling pay-per-view event. The inaugural event was held on August 3, 2008 and was the first ever pay-per-view held by the brand. The second pay-per-view using the Dead End name was in 2010 for the Premiere Wrestling Alliance. It is often regarded as the flagship showcase event of the PWA.
2008[]
Dead End | ||
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It Ain't Over, 'Til it's Over! There Can Only Be One. | ||
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Promotion | Sunday Brunch | |
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Date | August 3, 2008 | |
Venue | Manhattan Center Grand Ballroom | |
City | New York, New York | |
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Theme song | "Greyhound Part 2" by Killah Priest ft. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion | |
Event chronology | ||
First | Dead End | Brunch Anniversary |
Dead End chronology | ||
Dead End |
Dead End (2008) took place on August 3, 2008 from the Manhattan Center (Grand Ballroom). There were 2,000 in attendance, and the event made a 0.26 buyrate. The official theme song was "Greyhound Part 2" by The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion ft. Killah Priest.
- Rain defeated The Superbeast (10:31)
- The Reprobate interfered and hit a DDT on Rain.
- Rain pinned The Superbeast via a Sunset flip.
- Star-Man defeated Falcon McKenzie (22:25)
- Star-Man pinned Falcon with a Super Punch.
- Michael Smart defeated Debolt Dragonsbane (19:33)
- Smart pinned Debolt via a Pain Equation.
- Smart became number one contender for the Interbrand Championship with this victory.
- Da Drugiez (Stan Vishis and Baron Trotter) defeated The Masked Assailants in a light tube match (14:40)
- Trotter and Vishis pinned the Masked Assailants via a Drug Disruption.
- The Reprobate (with Christina Hernandez) defeated Damian DeNiro to retain the GWF World Interbrand Championship (35:14)
- Several Brunch wrestlers interfered during the match.
- Rep pinned Damian DeNiro via a DDT.
2010[]
Dead End 2 | ||
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There Can Only Be One | ||
Details | ||
Promotion | Premiere Wrestling Wrestling | |
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Date | September 6, 2010 | |
Venue | Hammerstein Ballroom | |
City | New York, New York | |
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Theme song | "Greyhound Part 2" by Killah Priest ft. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion | |
Event chronology | ||
Capital Punishment '10 | Dead End 2 | Obscene Halloween '10 |
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Dead End 2 |
Dead End 2 took place on September 6, 2010 from the Hammerstein Ballroom. There were 2,600 in attendance, and the event made a 0.67 buyrate. The official theme song was "Empire State of Mind" by Jay-Z.
- Roc Anderson defeated Kevin McAuliffe in a No rules match to defend PWA World Interbrand Championship (10:06)
- Anderson pinned McAuliffe following a powerbomb.
- The match featured a brawl containing the entire locker room.
- Roc Anderson defeated Joseph Appice in a No rules match to defend PWA World Interbrand Championship (9:15)
- Anderson pinned Appice.
- This was a semifinal in the World Premiere Cup tournament.
- Monty James and Jeff Jones (The Alliance of Defiance) defeated Josh the Jersey Boy and The Glasgow Mauler, and James Murphy and Kevin McAuliffe in a three way dance to defend the PWA World Tag Team Championship (15:38)
- James pinned Murphy when Michael Smart hit the Pain Equation on Murphy. (15:23)
- Jones pinned JJB when Smart hit the Pain Equation on JJB. (15:38)
- Chris Williams defeated Michael Smart in a No rules match to defend the PWA World Heavyweight Championship (26:32)
- Williams pinned Smart following the TNT.
- This was a semifinal in the World Premiere Cup tournament.
- Roc Anderson defeated Chris Williams in an impromptu match for the PWA World Heavyweight Championship (3:26)
- Anderson pinned Williams following a tombstone piledriver on to a steel chair.
- This was the finals of the World Premiere Cup tournament.
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Championships | PWA World Heavyweight championship • PWA World Interbrand championship • PWA World Tag Team championship | |||
Television | Premiere Wrestling Television • PWA Wrestling on HBO • PWA Underground | |||
Pay-Per-Views | Chapter 2 • New Year's Rotten Eve • Life Sentence • Five Year Anniversary • Capital Punishment • Dead End • Obscene Halloween • Destiny Fulfilled | |||
Supercards | Valentine's Venom • Chicago Style • Ultimate Decision • Anniversary Show • International Incident • Gang Wars • Going Back to Cali • Locked 'N Loaded • Big Apple Street Fight • Chicago Style Christmas | |||
See also | List of PWA Alumni • List of PWA Events • List of PWA Music |