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EAW Empire
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Information
Federation Elite Answers Wrestling
Starring Empire roster
Theme music "Play Destroy" by Poppy ft. Grimes
General manager Kendra Shamez
Production
Established September 23, 2016
Episodes ~100
Booker Amber Keys & Cameron Ella Ava
External links
Website http://new.eawrestling.com/empire/

EAW Empire was a professional wrestling television program for Elite Answers Wrestling that aired live on Thursday nights on Fox in the United States. The show exclusively featured matches between the company's female Elitists. During its tenure, the show served as a companion to EAW's three other brands, Voltage, Showdown,and Dynasty. At the start, the women were technically inter-branded competitors who could appear across all forms of EAW programming, however, the brand was created with the intention of giving them their own niche to shine. As the brand continued to grow, the majority of the women in EAW became Empire exclusive elitists.

History[]

EAW's Women's division entered a period of never before seen prosperity beginning in 2015 and extending into 2016, with the creations of the Empress of Elite and Empire Cup accolades, the introduction of the Specialists Championship, and the premiere True Vixens. As such, they continued to be provided with more platforms to elevate their public profile. Introduced in 2016, Empire was created. During an in-ring segment at Territorial Invasion 2016 prior to the second Empress of Elite finals, Hall of Famer Cleopatra returned to announce the conception of Empire.

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EAW Empire Logo 2017-2018

During its tenure, Empire played host to many new concepts introduced to EAW for the purpose of elevating the women's division and putting them on an even playing field as the men. Empire played host to Empress of Elite tournament, The Vixen's Cup, which was later renamed to the Empire Cup, and once again renamed to the Iconic Cup to honor late member Brody Sparks, the Women's Grand Rampage, and the Specialists Chamber. The brand served as the introduction to female-exclusive titles such as the Specialists Championship as well as the now-defunct Empire Tag Team Championships and Unified Women's World Championship.

Closing[]

During a social media rant by EAW's chairman Mr. DEDEDE about women's wrestling, he began to air out his grievances with Fox's chairman and CEO, Lachlan Murdoch due to their promotion of the show as well as money issues. DEDEDE would cancel the conference calls he had scheduled with the network. Negotiations between the two turned soured and he began leaking texts conversations between the two showing that the relationship had began to become irreparable. Murdoch went to the media calling DEDEDE a "miserable insufferable c*nt" in a scathing rant. After several back and forth in various forms of media, DEDEDE gave the network 15 minutes to comply before he decided to "do something really irrational". After 15 minutes passed with no word from Murdoch or the network, it was announced on EAW's official twitter that effective Season 13, immediately following Pain for Pride, EAW was opting out of it's contract with Fox and ending the Empire brand. Later that night during the airing of Empire, Empire's General Manager, Kendra Shamez received a phone call where she was given the news for the first time. This news sent shockwaves throughout the wrestling world as people speculated and buzzed for weeks wondering if this was real or a hoax. The following week, DEDEDE's niece, Veena Adams came out and cut a promo doubling down on the announcement.

Production[]

The Empire set that has been used since the program's inception is the same HD set that is utilized by the other EAW weekly shows. For the opening of the show, purple and pink pyrotechnics are used.

Theme music[]

Song title Written/performed by Dates used
"Something to Believe In" Young the Giant September 23, 2016–June 9, 2017
"Power" Little Mix July 6, 2017–December

21, 2017

"Salute" Little Mix January 11, 2018–June 14, 2018
"Girl Gang" Leikeli47 July 5, 2018–May 9, 2019
"Play Destroy" Poppy ft. Grimes May 9, 2019-June 13, 2019

On-air personalities[]

Authority figures[]

Authority Figure Dates Position
Cleopatra September 23, 2016–June 24, 2017 General Manager
Tarah Nova June 24, 2017–December 1, 2017 General Manager
Flannery McCoy December 21, 2017–January 2019 General Manager
Kendra Shamez January 2019-June 13, 2019 General Manager

Commentators[]

Commentary Team Dates
Starr Stan and SG1 September 23, 2016–June 9, 2017
SG1 and Gia Cervantes July 6, 2017–June 14, 2018
SG1 and Alicia Amby June 14, 2018-December 1, 2018
SG1 and Gavin Kirkland December 1, 2018-January 2019
Gavin Kirkland and CJ Hana January 2019-June 13, 2019

Ring announcers[]

Ring Announcer Dates
Jasmine Peyton July 6, 2017–June 14, 2018
Cori Simmons July 5, 2018–January 2019
Maria Del Rey January 2019-June 13, 2019

Backstage correspondents[]

Correspondent Dates
Monica Vaughan August 31, 2017–December 14, 2017
Cori Simmons December 21, 2017–December 2018
Kathy Kush December 2018-June 13, 2019

Referees[]

Referee Dates
Jesse Carlton December 10, 2017–December 2018
Marti Soto December 2018-June 13, 2019

Championships and accomplishments[]

Being that Empire is a Women's-centric program, it is considered the "home" show for both Women's exclusive belts contested in EAW: the Women's World Championship and Specialists Championship. In addition, the show features the winners of Empress of Elite and the Iconic Cup (formerly the Empire Cup and the Vixens Cup). The show was previously the home brand of the Vixens Championship, prior to it being retired in December 2016.

Championship Current champion Date won
EAW Unified Women's Championship Sienna Jade February 2, 2019
EAW Specialists Championship Andrea Valentine May 16, 2019
EAW Empire Tag Team Championship Heavenly Hell

(Constance Blevins & Minerva)

May 16, 2019

Other accomplishments[]

Accomplishment Current holder Date won
Empress of Elite Astraea Jordan August 18, 2018
Iconic Cup Kassidy Heart March 16, 2019
Women's Grand Rampage Winner Serena Bennett April 20, 2019

Broadcast[]

In addition to broadcasts on Fox in the United States, like the rest of EAW programming, Empire also airs internationally.

Canada[]

Empire airs at the same time in Canada that it does in the United States, and is on Sportsnet 360.

Asia-Pacific, Africa, and the Middle East[]

The series airs in Australia on Fox8. It also airs in Fiji on Sky Pacific and Sky Fiji. Empire airs in India, Pakistan, and Nepal on TEN Sports, and in Kenya on the Kenya Broadcast Corporation. In Malaysia, it is shown on TV3, in Malta on Melita Sports 1, in the Philippines on Fox, in Singapore on SuperSports, South Africa on e.tv, and Samoa on SBC. It airs across the Middle East and North Africa on OSN, and in Israel on Sport 5.

Europe[]

In the United Kingdom and Ireland, Empire airs on Sky Sports 3. In France, the series airs on AB1 and in Italy on Sky Sports 2. It is also shown in Germany on ProSieben MAXX.

Latin America[]

Empire airs live on Fox Sports Latinoamerica in Mexico and the rest of Central and South America.

Online streaming[]

As is the case with other EAW weekly shows, supershows and free-per-views, all episodes of Empire are available on the EAW Network paid streaming service.


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EAW Roster
DynastyLogo Adam Lucas · Andre Walker · Chris Elite · Donovan Duke · Dray Fontana · Eris LeCava · Harper Lee · Impact · Jake Smith · Komatsu Ogawa · Lethal Consequences · Limmy Monaghan · Mary S. Atlas · Maxwell · Mike Murphy · MITSUBACHI · Mr. DEDEDE · Nina Bravo · Riley McCray · SEBAS · Serena Bennett · The Fallen Angel · Veena Adams · Visual Prophet · Xander Payne
ShowdownLogo Alexis Chambers · Andrea Valentine · Bashar Jackson · Bronson Daniels · Consuela Rose Ava · Dr. Bethany Blue · Harlow Reichert · Jack Ripley · James Ranger · Jamie O'Hara · Jon Kelton · Justin Windgate · Kassidy Heart · Kid Ohio · Lucas Johnson · Mike Shot · Raven Roberts · Ronan Malosi · Ryan Wilson · Sierra Bradford · Strawberry Steve · The Woogieman · Xavier Williams
VoltageLogo2 Ahren Fournier · Azrael · Constance Blevins · Darcy May Morgan · Drake King · Hikari Kanno · Holly Arrow · Honor Guard · Kasey Kaos · Kensington Calhoun-Astor · Lisa Wren · Malcolm Jones · Miku Sakai · Minerva · Ms. Extreme · Myles · Rex McAllister · Shane Gates · Sienna Jade · SOSA Henderson · Terry Chambers · SEBAS
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EAW Championships
Newshwodown EAW Answers World Championship · EAW Interwire Championship
Dynasty EAW World Heavyweight Championship · EAW Pure Championship
Voltage EAW World Championship · EAW National Elite Championship
Interbranded EAW Universal Women's Championship · EAW New Breed Championship · EAW Unified Tag Team Championships · EAW Specialists Championship
Inactive EAW Hall of Fame Championship · EAW Openweight Championship · EAW Vixens Championship
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EAW Events
EAW
Active Interbranded Events
Grand Rampage 2008 · 2009 · 2010 · 2011 · 2012 · 2013 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018 · 2019 · 2020· 2021 ·2022
King of Elite 2008 · 2010 · 2011 · 2012 · 2013 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018 · 2019 · 2020 · 2021 · 2022
Pain For Pride I · II · III · IV · V · VI · VII · VIII · IX · X · XI · XII · XIII· XIV· XV
Road to Redemption 2007 · 2009 · 2009 · 2010 · 2011 · 2012 · 2013 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018 · 2019 · 2020 ·2021
Territorial Invasion 2009 · 2010 · 2011 · 2012 · 2013 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018 · 2019 · 2020 · 2021
Battle of Egypt 2019 · 2021
ShowdownLogo
Showdown Events
Midsummer Massacre 2008 · 2010 · 2011 · 2012 · 2013 · 2014 · 2015 · 2018 · 2019 · 2020 ·2021
Reasonable Doubt 2009 · 2010 · 2011 · 2012 · 2013 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018 · 2019 · 2020 ·2021
Under Siege 2019 · 2020· 2021
DynastyLogo
Dynasty Events
House of Glass 2011 · 2012 · 2013· 2014 · 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2019 · 2020 ·2021
Reckless Wiring 2009 · 2010 · 2011 · 2012 · 2013 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018 · 2018· 2020· 2021 · 2022
Operation Doomsday 2018 · 2019 · 2020 · 2021
VoltageLogo2
Voltage Events
Bloodsport 2019 · 2020 ·2021
Shock Value
2013 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2020 · 2021 · 2022
Wicked Games 2018 · 2019 · 2020 · 2021
EAW
Inactive Events
EAW 3 Year Anniversary
2010
EAW NEO: Frontline
2017
EAW NEO: Uprising
2017
Brooklyn Heights
2018
Burning Desire
2017
Culture Crisis
2018
Defiance
2012 · 2013
Dia Del Diablo 2014 · 2016 · 2017 · 2022
Ground Zero
2017
Homecoming
2014
Justified Reckoning
2011 · 2012
Kingsroad 2017
Malicious Intentions
2017
No Regards 2010 · 2011 · 2012 · 2013 · 2018
Redemption 2015
Rite of Passage 2016
Triple Threat 2011 · 2015 · 2016
Wrath of the Dragon 2018 · 2019
Gateway to Glory
2019 · 2020
Ides of March 2019
Revolution 2018
Crossfire 2018
Fighting Spirit 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018 · 2019
Tempest 2019
Bloodletter
2017 · 2018
The Iconic Cup
2018 · 2019
Manifest Destiny 2017 · 2018
Terminus 2017 · 2018 · 2019
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