EAW Bloodletter (2017)

EAW Bloodletter
Theme song(s) "Paint It, Black" by Ciara Details Promotion Elite Answers Wrestling Brand(s) Empire Date December 7, 2017 Venue Moda Center City Portland, Oregon
Pay-per-view chronology
Kingsroad (2017)	EAW Bloodletter	King of Elite (2018)
EAW Bloodletter (2017) chronology
N/A	EAW Bloodletter	Bloodletter (2018)

EAW Bloodletter was a professional wrestling event that took place at the Moda Center in Portland, Oregon on December 7, 2017. The event was produced by Elite Answers Wrestling, and was the first free-per-view dedicated solely to showcasing female Elitists from the company's Empire brand.

Production

Background

As a result of an uptick in competition in exposure in EAW's women's division, the aforementioned athletes were eventually relegated to their own brand, Empire, in September 2016. Over the course of 2017, the brand produced three brand-exclusive supershows: Malicious Intentions in March, Terminus in June, and a one-year anniversary show, Manifest Destiny, in September. Brand-exclusive FPVs had been a common occurrence for EAW's other three brands for years, producing recurring FPVs such as Shock Value, House of Glass, and Reasonable Doubt. Bloodletter, however, would mark the first time that Empire took center stage in that manner.

Storylines

Following Road to Redemption XI, Aria Jaxon retained the Women's World Championship in an Extreme Elimination Chamber match and her longtime friend Stephanie Matsuda unsuccessfully challenged inaugural Openweight Champion Ryan Marx for the title. In the opening segment of the November 9 episode of Empire, Matsuda kicked off the broadcast by addressing the audience in a heartfelt manner. She invited Jaxon out to join her, who lauded her for the changes she'd undergone and the spirited performance she'd put on at Road to Redemption. She then revealed that she'd gone to Empire General Manager Tarah Nova and insisted that Matsuda be her next challenger for her championship at Bloodletter.

Matches

No.	Results	Stipulations
1	Daisy Thrash defeated Andrea Valentine	No Disqualification match
2	Azumi Goto and Haruna Sakazaki defeated Revy and Savannah Sunshine	Tag Team match
3	Megan Raine defeated Sydney St. Clair	Singles match to determine the #1 contender for the EAW Specialists Championship
4	Sheridan Müller defeated Tarah Nova	Singles match. If Sheridan Müller loses, she is banished from Empire.
5	Consuela Rosa Ava (c) defeated April Song, Mallory Wilde & Chelsea Crowe	Fatal-4 Way match for the EAW Specialists Championship
6	Aria Jaxon (c) defeated Stephanie Matsuda	Singles match for the EAW Women's Championship
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match