| Road to Redemption (2016) | |
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| Promotion | Elite Answers Wrestling |
| Date | December 17th, 2016 |
| Venue | Lucas Oil Stadium |
| City | Indianapolis, Indiana |
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| Last Event | EAW Shock Value (2016) |
| Next Event | EAW King of Elite (2017) |
Road to Redemption will feature the professional wrestling matches that involved wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds or storylines that play out on EAW's primary brands, Showdown, Dynasty, and Voltage. Wrestlers will portray heroes or villains as they follow a series of events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches. The main attraction of the event is the Elimination Chamber Match.
After Jacob Senn was crowned the new EAW World Heavyweight Champion at House of Glass, he would kick off the Dynasty right after with his own personal victory speech. However, it wouldn't last long as the man that assaulted him in The Heart Break Boy after his World Heavyweight Championship Match would interrupt him, stating that he returned for one reason: The EAW World Heavyweight Championship. After a few shared words between the two, Lucian Black (now going under the alias of Orion Vileheart) returned and stated that he was coming for Jacob Senn. After that, Sebastian Monroe would arrive before anything violent could happen. He would announce that he would hold a qualifying match each week for the chamber and the following week would host Orion Vileheart and The Mexican Samurai in the first match, while Monroe announced that The Heart Break Boy would have his match the following week with an opponent of his choosing. In the first qualifier match in a Buried Alive Match in celebration of Halloween, The Mexican Samurai defeated Orion Vileheart for the first spot in the chamber. On the following Dynasty, Jacob Senn would be confronted by The Mexican Samurai and it would lead to a match between the two to be made for the next week. In the main event, The Heart Break Boy would come out victorious against Hades, even with an interference from Jacob Senn unable to stop him to qualify for the match. In the match between The Mexican Samurai and Jacob Senn, The Heart Break Boy would be outside the ring. During a moment in the match when Jacob Senn attempted to get Mexican Samurai back into the ring, Jacob took a cheap shot elbow strike against The Heart Break Boy at the announce table before returning to the match. In an attempt to get retribution, The Heart Break Boy would cost The Mexican Samurai his match against Jacob Senn. Both men would argue about the result with Mexican Samurai wanting to take him out with The Mexican Maelstrom before The Heart Break Boy shoved him away and dropped him with The Goldprint. In the main event, Scott Oasis would defeat Atiliano Castillos in a qualifying match to place himself into the Elimination Chamber Match. The following week, The Heart Break Boy would be defeated Drake Jaeger and The Mexican Samurai would be defeated by TLA in singles competition. In the main event under Extreme Rules, Methuselah would earn his spot in the chamber match by defeating Tig Kelly. After tensions flared between The Mexican Samurai and The Heart Break Boy, a meeting was made between the two men to get through their problems. However, The Mexican Samurai would do most of the talking between the two, but The Heart Break Boy would lay him out with the Goldprint and set up a match between the two. The main event would host an Elimination Chamber Redemption Match for two men who failed in their qualifiers to gain the final entry between Lucian Black and Tig Kelly. Lucian would gain the victory over Tig through disqualification due to the interference of Jacob Senn, doing this to gain the final pod in the title match. Sebastian Monroe would be called out and the two would argue until a deal was made between the two: If Jacob Senn defeated Lucian Black, he would gain the pod that opened last. However, if he failed to win his match, he would be first to enter the Elimination Chamber.
Ares Vendetta retained his EAW Answers World Championship at Showdown: Rite of Passage, making him the champion leading into Road to Redemption. A day after the event, it was announced that Devan Dubian and Tiberius Jones would face each other in a qualifying match for the Elimination Chamber Match for the world championship at Road to Redemption. In the match, Devan Dubian would win the match through some very concerning circumstances. After being Devan was knocked into the referee, Tiberius Jones would be assaulted by Lannister to cause the count-out victory for Devan to qualify into the match. The following week, EAW National Elite Champion Nico Borg would face Rex McAllister and Ryan Marx in a triple threat qualifying match, coming out victorious and earning his spot. Ares Vendetta and The Pizza Boy would battle in the main event, with a victory for Pizza Boy meaning that he would be inserted into the Elimination Chamber Match. The two did battle, but the match would be interrupted by a message that was focused on Ares Vendetta, causing him to leave the ring with his Answers World Championship, and The Pizza Boy getting the count-out victory to qualify.
At Shock Value, Y2Impact became the new EAW Champion after defeating Aren Mstislav and Matt Miles inside of High Voltage. It would be announced that Y2Impact would be defending his championship inside of the Elimination Chamber Match, with the first qualifier set to be Nathan Fiora going up against Nasir Capitani.
At House of Glass, TLA would retain his EAW Interwire Championship and Drake Jaeger would be deemed the number one contender to the championship after being victorious in the Glass Gauntlet Match. On the Halloween edition of Dynasty, TLA would make his move on one of the harem women of Drake's, starting this rivalry for the championship with disdain made between the two. After a meeting inside The Poon Palace between the two, the championship match would be made between the two at Road to Redemption in a Lumberjack Match where the harem and TLA's "ladies of The Poon Palace" would serve as the Lumberjacks. The following week, Drake Jaeger would defeat The Heart Break Boy and TLA would go on to defeat The Mexican Samurai in singles competition. TLA would continue to make his advances towards this harem woman, much to the distaste of Drake Jaeger, as he confronted him and blasted him with a huge knee strike to the jaw for it.
With the EAW Tag Team Championship left to be vacated at House of Glass, a tournament was set into place to crown a new champion. Deemed the EAW Tag Team Grand Prix, it would be announced that the finals would be held at Road to Redemption and the winners would be crowned the new champions. In the first match of the tournament, Jakob DeLion and Danny Noxx of World's Most Wanted pulled off a major upset against The Pizza Boy and Erica Ford, known as Dead Pizza.
On an episode of Empire, it was revealed that Sheridan Müller would defend her EAW Vixens Championship against the current Vixens Cup winner, Cailin Dillon at Road to Redemption.
In his qualifying match to get inserted into the Elimination Chamber, Tiberius Jones failed on behalf of Lannister assaulting him to cause a count-out. Tiberius Jones would appear the following week with a chip on his shoulder, demanding that Damien Murrow do one of the following: insert him in the Elimination Chamber match, hand him Lioncross' Cash in the Vault briefcase, suspend Lannister for his actions against him, or all of the above. Damien Murrow would arrive and not give into any of those demands, but create another proposition for him. Lioncross would interrupt to try and stop him, but Damien Murrow would not listen as he gave him his option. He said that there would be a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match at Road to Redemption for the Cash in the Vault briefcase that the two would be involved in. However, a third member of the match would be placed into it to their disappointment, revealed to be the man that cost Tiberius Jones his title opportunity, Lannister.
Matches
| Match | Stipulation |
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| Jacob Senn (c) vs. The Mexican Samurai vs. The Heart Break Boy vs. Scott Oasis vs. Methuselah vs. Lucian Black | EAW World Heavyweight Championship Elimination Chamber Match |
| Ares Vendetta (c) vs. Devan Dubian vs. Nico Borg vs. The Pizza Boy vs. TBA vs. TBA | EAW Answers World Championship Elimination Chamber Match |
| Y2Impact (c) vs. TBA vs. TBA vs. TBA vs. TBA vs. TBA | EAW World Championship Elimination Chamber Match |
| Sheridan Müller (c) vs. Cailin Dillon | EAW Vixens Championship Match |
| TLA (c) vs. Drake Jaeger | EAW Interwire Championship Lumberjack Match (Lumberjacks: TLA's "Poon Palace" Girls and Drake Jaeger's Harem Girls) |
| TBA vs. TBA | Tag Team Grand Prix Finals for the vacant EAW Tag Team Championship |
| Lioncross (c) vs. Tiberius Jones vs. Lannister | EAW Cash in the Vault Briefcase Tables, Ladders, and Chairs Match |