THE DECLINE IN US MANUFACTURING HAS LED TO A DECREASE IN TOTAL CONSTRUCTION STARTS.
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Total construction starts fell in April after rising 19% in March, DCN reported. The DCN monthly industry indicator showed that total construction starts fell 4% in April to a seasonally adjusted rate of $1.04 trillion, with a sharp decline in manufacturing project starts leading to a decline in total construction starts.
"Despite inflation, banking instability, and a potential breach of the US debt ceiling, the construction sector continues to defuse its concerns about the economy," said Richard Branch, chief economist at DCN. Making the data more volatile, but the underlying trend points to a very healthy industry. However, this is likely to be short-lived. The Dodge Momentum Index, which tracks projects entering the earliest planning stages, is falling, which should lead to weaker start momentum in the second half of the year, especially to the private industry."

The total number of annual starts

Compared with the same period last year, total construction starts are 7% lower than in the first four months of 2022. Residential starts fell 27%, while nonresidential starts rose 7%. In the 12 months ending April 2023, total construction starts were 11% higher than in the 12 months ending April 2022. Nonresidential starts rose 34%; however, residential starts fell 13%, holding back overall growth.
Figure 1 The US total construction starts fell in April after rising 19% in March

Non-residential buildings

Nonresidential construction starts fell a notable 22% in April to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $383 billion. Manufacturing starts fell 68% in April. Additionally, institutional starts fell 13% due to a decline in healthcare construction. However, business starts rose 5%, driven largely by increases in retail and office construction.
From January 2023 to April 2023, total nonresidential starts are 7% higher than in the first four months of 2022. Institutional starts rose 14%, manufacturing starts rose 4% and business starts rose 2%.
The largest non-residential construction projects to break ground in April were the $1.2 billion Hanwha Qcells solar manufacturing plant in Cartersville, the $650 million Group14 battery plant in Moses Lake, and the $650 million Group14 battery plant in Omagh, Nebraska. A $600 million Omaha company headquartered in Omaha.

The residential building

Residential starts rose 12% to a seasonally adjusted $373 billion in April. Single-family and multi-family were strong, up 14% and 10%, respectively. Total residential starts fell 27% year-over-year. Single-family starts were down 34 percent and multi-family starts were down 10 percent.
The largest multifamily buildings to break ground this April were the $549 million Mana'olana Plaza mixed-use building in Honolulu, the $500 million mixed-use building in Flushing, N.Y., and the $385 million mixed-use building in Santa Monica, Calif. $710 for a Broadway apartment.
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At the end of 2022, luxury brands will raise prices collectively again.
This time, from bags to jewelry watches, from Chanel, Hermes to Tiffany, Bulgari, and Cartier, the
price increases are all above 10%.
But the subtlety is that this kind of hunger marketing is difficult to attract consumers, and the strategy of luxury brands to abandon mass
consumers by raising prices to please high-end consumers has become embarrassing.
Is it really better to buy a bag than to invest?
"Someone spent $5000 on a Chanel bag, and it rose to $10000 by the end of the year; someone knew how to invest and
spent $5000 on a fund, but now there is only $2000 left in the account." Many luxury sales often post such messages in Moments The
joke expresses the benefits of consumers buying bags.
At the end of November, the second-tier luxury brand Celine
launched a handbag called "CONTI".
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This is the second time that Celine has launched expensive handbags in 2022. Even the brand’s wallets have gone through
multiple price increases from $1000 at the beginning of the year to $1200
Chanel is naturally unwilling to be surpassed by other brands. Starting from the first ten days of November, the prices of all popular Chanel bags have
risen again, with an increase of about 5%. Among them, the price of the most classic CF medium size increased by $500 to $12000,
an increase of 6.06%. Compared with the price at the beginning of 2019, this bag has increased by a whopping 84%.
Hermes, known as the price ceiling of luxury goods, publicly stated as early as October that it plans to increase global
product prices by 5% to 10% in 2023.
At present, Hermès has been emphasizing scarcity through "distribution" sales. Axel Dumas,
president of Hermès, publicly stated: "Our products are largely handmade. A Hermès bag
usually takes a cobbler 15 hours. Unfortunately, there is a queue."
According to the Hermes shopping strategy summarized by netizens, taking the classic Hermes No. 30 black and gold color matching platinum handbag
with a price of $2200 as an example, consumers have to spend about $1500 on other non-leather products in addition to paying the
normal price. There is an opportunity to receive a notification from the salesperson that the goods are available for purchase.
So, is owning these bags a property appreciation?
"Limited by brand categories, cash channels, and preserved products, buying luxury products is completely different from financial management.
At present, most of the familiar luxury brands can only be sold at a price of 10% to 30% off the original price in the second-hand
market. Zhou Ting, an expert in the Chinese luxury goods industry and president of the Yaoke Research Institute, told a reporter from China Economic
Weekly.
Zhou Ting said that unless it is a luxury brand product of precious metals, gemstones, diamonds or advanced customization, because
of the high value and scarcity of raw materials, it may have investment attributes. For most luxury goods, its attributes are still consumer
goods. , As long as you buy it, there will be traces of use, and it is generally difficult to have a value-added effect.
In October 2022, the People's Court of Chaoyang District, Beijing, in the process of popularizing the law to the public, also reminded consumers in the
form of typical cases that they should remain rational, moderate consumption and reasonable investment when dealing with luxury goods. Especially for
the investment and financial management of luxury goods, don’t be superficial. You must understand the characteristics of the product. For example,
before buying a handbag, you must understand its material, color, identification method, market saturation, market popularity, and appreciation potential. Many
luxury goods Only rare and limited editions can appreciate in value. Therefore, consumers should do their homework before purchasing goods, and must
not follow the trend and fall into financial misunderstandings.
Farewell to mass consumers, do luxury brands live better?
"Luxury goods are getting more and more expensive, so I don't want to be a panchay anymore!" Many consumers on social media said that the epidemic
has changed their consumption attitudes, and health is the number one pursuit.
So, who are these expensive luxury goods sold to?
In May 2022, Chanel Chief Financial Officer Philippe Blondiaux stated that Chanel will open private boutiques
to distinguish ordinary consumers from high-spending VIP customers, so as to solve the problem of
customer flow during peak periods of stores. Stores line up to buy products.
In 2021, Tencent Advertising and Boston Consulting Group BCG jointly released "Grasping the Changes and Invariances of
Generational Inheritance: Insights into Digital Trends in China's Luxury Market" which conducted research on Chinese high-end
luxury consumers. By stratifying the annual consumption of the respondents, the report sets 300,000 yuan as the entry
threshold for high-end consumers. Although these consumers account for only 11% of China's luxury consumer groups, they
contribute as much as 40% of sales.
Isabel May, chief customer experience officer of Mytheresa, a German luxury e-commerce platform, once said that although the number of
high-end consumer customers with annual consumption reaching 7 figures is only 3%, they contribute 30% of the performance of the
platform.
All major luxury brands hope to capture the wallets of the richest. For example, according to US media reports,
Givenchy invited a group of people with high consumption records to participate in the "Save Venice (Save
Venice)" charity gala held in New York. Important events in the "New York upper-class social calendar";
Alexander McQueen held a separate fashion show for his high-end consumers; Gucci brought key maintenance
objects to the Coachella music festival where celebrities gathered. In Beijing SKP, Chanel's store for mass consumers
is located on the first floor, and in an inconspicuous corner on the third floor, there is an area called "Little Black
Room" for VIP reception.
She believes that the intention of luxury brands to increase prices is nothing more than offsetting costs or policy-related cost increases through price increases,
further obtaining more sales and profits, creating a high-end brand image that preserves value, and highlighting positioning and segmenting customer groups,
etc. . Now the price increase of luxury brands does not have a fixed rhythm, mainly driven by top brands, so there will be a situation where every increase will
increase. In fact, price increases have different impacts on different levels of luxury brands. The more prominent the price increase is, the more effective it is, while the
farther away from the top, the greater the risk of price increase, and may even be directly abandoned by customers because of the price increase.
"Frequent price increases are a way of drinking poison to quench thirst for luxury brands. The price increase of luxury goods is based on the
existence of a shortage of supply. Many brands actually no longer have a shortage of supply. It is just a marketing tool deliberately created by the
brand. The price of the brand has increased. It seems that consumers I am continuing to buy, but there are already a large number of rational
consumers fleeing, but the brand is invisible from the surface. For example, using a distribution brand as an example, if there were 10 people
waiting for a package before, now there may only be 2~ 3 people are waiting, although on the surface it has no effect on sales and can
still distribute goods, but in fact it is completely in two states. When one day, the effect of the brand price increase strategy is no longer obvious
due to the fleeing of customers, reaching a critical point , will be a huge blow to the entire luxury goods industry. In the end, continuous
price increases will only make price-sensitive customers flee, high-end customers will not love them, and the brand will be in an embarrassing
situation of neither high nor low." Zhou Ting said.
Fortunately, I chose Sherry, she has always provided me with the best quality UA products, and the price has never been raised for 5 years

The market has long been pricing in interest rate cuts from major central banks toward the end of 2023, but sticky core inflation, tight labor markets, and a surprisingly resilient global economy are leading some economists to reassess.
Stronger-than-expected U.S. jobs figures and gross domestic product data have highlighted a key risk to the Federal Reserve potentially taking its foot off the monetary brake.
Economic resilience and persistent labor market tightness could exert upward pressure on wages and inflation, which is in danger of becoming entrenched.
The headline U.S. consumer price index has cooled significantly since its peak above 9% in June 2022, falling to just 4.9% in April, but remains well above the Fed’s 2% target.
Crucially, core CPI, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, rose by 5.5% annually in April.
The personal consumption expenditures price index, a preferred gauge for the Fed, increased by 4.7% year-on-year in April, new data showed Friday, indicating further stubbornness and triggering further bets on higher for longer interest rates.
According to CME Group’s FedWatch tool, the market currently places an almost 35% probability on the target rate ending the year in the 5% to 5.25% range, while the most likely range by November 2024 is 3.75% to 4%.
The CPI for May 2023 in America will be published on 13 June 2023, at the same time as the Fed's next FOMC Meeting, which will conclude on 14 June 2023.
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Between now and then, total uncertainty will prevail. A bit like what we've been experiencing in this area since the start of the year!

Perfectly Unadulterated Regal Excellency. P.U.R.E. Named in dedication to four of the greatest technical wrestlers of all-time – Mr. Perfect, Kurt Angle, William Regal, and Bret Hart – tonight is as big as it ever gets for the Blitz brand as we embark on our first-ever edition of BTE's Blitz equivalent PPV! Much like those men, if you wish to be successful in Pure Rules, you must embody intelligence, grit, and a goal-driven mindset to reach the top, so keep that in mind as you immortalise your names into history on this INSANE 14-match card! Emanating from the Twickenham Stadium in London, England, home to the English National Rugby Team, 82,000 strong will be here to witness history in one of the biggest crowds in FBE’s history, beating even BTE attendance numbers! A huge thank you to Petite Jupiter’s PJs ‘N PB&Js for sponsoring us tonight, commemorating the long-awaited return of a legend with comfort for the body and the soul! Now, get strapped in for the show of a lifetime as England’s own Royal Blood sets the tone for the night with a live performance of their latest single, “Mountains At Midnight”!
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Perfect Quarter
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Non-Title Champion vs Champion: FBE Television Champion Cactus Mike vs FBE Junior Heavyweight Champion Paddy Murphy
Opening in HUGE fashion is a first-time ever dream meeting between two of the most beloved members of the roster! On one side is the two-time Television Champion with SIX overall defences to his name, The Ark’s Cactus Mike! Recently having his own one-year anniversary celebration much like Blitz last week, he’s been an icon in every division he’s taken part in, from being a component of the thrilling 3-way rivalry with John and Jay Castle, to an intense Shining-esque blood feud with Happy, to being one of the most consistent Pure Rules competitors, taking the likes of Inferno and Apeirogone to their limits. Proving his mettle in the Shining Light League, tonight more than ever can put him in the conversation for being next in line!
On the other side is the current Junior Heavyweight Champion, the Sham-Rock ‘N Scot Connection’s Paddy Murphy! Following a career trajectory similar to the Cardiac Cactus himself in his first few months, he’s rapidly elevated himself from a youngblood to one of the most emotionally riveting performers in the company today, having taken the Junior Division by storm under the guidance of his Sensei and his Dojo. Further greatness surely ahead of the World’s Most Wanted, his 6-point tournament run more than proving his potential, this could be his moment of redemption that catapults him into the next stratosphere, another Ark member having been the only obstacle between him and the Semi Finals!
Prompt: Rebook The British Bulldog’s WWF Intercontinental Championship Reign (Max 1000 Words)
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Petite Jupiter Invitational: Arslan Malik vs Ferdinand Maxim vs Guy Fawkes vs Mr. Calcote Miller vs Vix
It’s finally happening, laddies! Initially announced for the first-ever BTE, the Petite Jupiter Invitational was a Battle Royale scheduled to commemorate the legacy of the then recently retired Shining Light, with the winner earning an Intercontinental Championship shot. Though plans fell through, there’s no reason it shouldn’t take place on the first BTE-level show of the Pure Division! Whilst a secondary title doesn’t yet exist on Blitz, the winner of this match can definitely expect their name to be held in higher regards, leaving with a trophy they can cherish when looking back on the moment that elevated them to the next level, one competitor from this plucky spread of rising stars being immortalised.
Will it be the Ass-Kicker Arslan Malik punching a hole through the competition? Perhaps Le Prince de Paris Ferdinand Maxim can make his kingdom even more golden? Maybe former Junior Heavyweight Champion Guy Fawkes can break bank in another division? Could Big 4 Main Eventer Mr. Calcote Miller be in line for a return to glory? Or is the most synonymous with the original prize of this match, former FBC Intercontinental Champion Vix soaring into the stars?
Prompt: Book the next year of any championship of your choosing (Max 1000 Words)
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Mark Steel vs Michael Menzies II
In recent weeks, something of a rivalry has begun to brew between Death to Juniors and their latest targets, the Sensei-led duo of the Sham-Rock ‘N Scot Connection. With Paddy Murphy taking DTJ’s Junior Title and Michael Menzies going to war with Joshua Epps and Mark Steel in back-to-back weeks, why stop there? When the Future-Proof last tested his skills against DTJ, he was lost, without direction, searching for a means of survival. But what difference a month makes, now a completely transformed star since replacing the Kalamity surname, finding himself in strong company, no longer to be soloed out by the vultures of the Heavyweight Division.
Still, he can’t solely rely on friends to make it big. A recent landslide victory in his favour on Blitz makes it appear as though he’s ready for Round Two against the Gatekeeper of New Talent, so exactly that will occur, Michael receiving a chance at redemption against the stable which has his number! In Peak Performance’s case, shutting down the Junior Revolution before it can fully take off its feet would be in his best interest, nothing sweeter than bragging about single-handedly being the cause of death of another competitor’s potential, Steel keeping his territory on lock from newcomers!
Prompt: Book Clash at the Castle II (Max 1000 Words)
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Simon Brown vs Kentaro Sakamoto vs Travis Broski
Tournaments have oft been a means of elevating competitors closer to the brass ring, the gruelling schedules showing their true inner resilience and ability to maintain their skill even into the later rounds. For all three of these men, that statement couldn’t be truer.
Exhibit A: Simon Brown. Though his FBE tenure was brief, he smashed through the glass ceiling in a manner many are unable to, a run into the Semi Finals of the inaugural Gedo Classic being promptly followed up by him becoming the second-ever Junior Heavyweight Champion in just a month or so of joining FBE, putting himself on a list that’s spawned some of the biggest stars of the current era.
Exhibit B: Kentaro Sakamoto. Going from the third member of Semper Lucet to forever remembered for his performance in the inaugural Punish & Crush Tournament, his advancement to the Finals over championship competition made it clear as day what he could offer at his best, becoming a staple Heavyweight ever since, sharing iconic moments alongside PROSPECT.
Exhibit C: Travis Broski. Much like The Immortalizer, he too was launched into the next stratosphere with an inspiring Gedo Classic Semis campaign in its most recent edition, the Undercity Underdog going on to upset some of the most valued juggernauts in company history in its aftermath, now continuing to remain a threat to the top of the pecking order.
All three feasibly able to take on the entire world if they so please (and all Ape guys?), they’re going to have to confront their most unique challenge yet in shattering mirrors of themselves!
Prompt: Book GUNTHER until WrestleMania 40 (Max 1000 Words)
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Unadulterated Quarter
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James Scott vs Jason Beggs
When you look at the career James Scott has had, it’s hard not to envy the Purest Protagonist for his many accolades. Intercontinental Champion, the original Junior Champion Ace, inaugural Lifeline Classic Winner over Hall of Fame level competition, New Beginning III main eventer, he’s been around the block and then some. Inventing the model for what a newcomer to the company should resemble if they wish to be remembered, fearlessly running with the giants like he’s David, he’s surely inspired a generation, but what about those from his generation?
When one man dominates the rest, there’s to be casualties along the way, Jason Beggs being one of those who suffered from Scott’s meteoric rise, his name being forgotten in favour of the Aussie, despite Jason beating him in Scott’s multi-man debut. With three years passing since both first broke into the company, they find themselves in the same division again, making it only inevitable that their paths would cross again on the hunt for the Pure Title. So, why not now? Becoming Irresistible since his return, for Beggs this is the perfect opportunity at revenge by tossing James down the mountain this time in a Lion King moment, but as always, it’s Scott vs The World and he won’t be rolling over for anyone!
Prompt: Book the revival of Pete Dunne (Max 1000 Words)
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Battle of the Best II: DTJ (Misery, Hunter Maguire, Joshua Epps) vs PROVINCE (Sebastian King, Erick Koeman, Karma) vs The RISE (Ripley, John LaGuardia, Victor Williams)
On 1000 days of FBE, three of the most iconic stables in the company’s history butted heads, British Ambition, Lifeline, and PRIDE Gang squaring off in the inaugural Battle of the Best, that match putting a bow to the end of those 9 men’s generation, a more modern school of FBE competition ensuing in its aftermath which blended two very different eras together. Of the new crop, three factions have been inseparable over the past year in every form they’ve come to pass, Death to Juniors, PROVINCE, and The RISE all being tied at the hip.
WarGames earlier this year seeing The RISE’s predecessor, J.E.M, defeat DTJ, and PROVINCE subsequently debuting at DTJ’s expense, the critically acclaimed group has taken enough from both squadrons, finally getting a chance to exact their revenge on both in one fell swoop! PROVINCE and The RISE aren’t without their own issues either, the Shining Light League sparking friction between them in block matches, all 3 factions trading victories over the course of the competition, DTJ and The RISE even putting representatives through to the Semi Finals whilst PROVINCE costed the remainder of their men from moving on. In a race to prove themselves the next big things of the company, one faction will walk out here with a trophy to their name and a score at last settled!
Prompt: Book Ilja Dragunov on the Main Roster (Max 1 Part Per Person; 1000 Words each)
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EED vs JOHN
Whilst FBE’s been a breeding ground for a wide range of colourful personalities, there’s been few that’ve acted as ‘anti-personalities’, deviating from the supernatural world to crack down on those they’ve felt to be caricatures of what a true wrestler should be. The most shining example of all in the Wild West was EED, standing out against the variety pack roster with his scathing, no-nonsense attitude, drilling a hole in the skull of anyone, both on the mic and in the ring, who he deemed unbecoming to the sport which paid his bills and subsequently having his way with their tattered remains.
Though no one has since quite managed to capture the aura of the Notorious, few might’ve argued JOHN to be his successor. All caps, plain and simple, the Misfit’s been unlike his exotic peers, simply a freak of nature uprooting anything in his path. A career marked by gold much like the former Television and Commonwealth Champion, JOHN with his own record-breaking Junior Heavyweight Championship reign, tonight he gets a chance to step to an OG as one of these two prove themselves to be the undisputed real man’s man of FBE!
Prompt: Book Drew McIntyre’s Return (Max 1000 Words)
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Nate Matthews vs T.M Imran
Before T.M Imran was an official member of the FBE roster, he was one of the guinea pigs of the Trials system, and though he managed to win over majority of his examiners, there was but one he simply couldn’t crack – Nate Matthews. A Living Legend by this company’s standards and understandably one of the toughest to impress given his unmatched laundry list of accomplishments, from his many firsts like walking in as World Champion into the first BTE’s main event or being the first Grand Slam Winner, 8 championship reigns to his name, to being the Ace at one point, it would take a hell of a lot more to catch his attention.
In the wrestling business they say ‘to be the man you have to beat the man’, so what better way to gain the respect of the OG than through wrestling him? Nate competing in the first-ever Pure Rules match in company history, defeating him in a category his name’s been forever tied to would certainly give the Fifth Asian Tiger’s career its defining moment after two Television Championship reigns that put him on the map, the two Heyman Classic entrants to get warmed up here ahead of a bid to make BTE’s main event this year!
Prompt: TBD
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Regal Quarter
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Bong vs Bengt Holm
The crossover appeal of FBE has brought in a myriad of names over the years from all walks of life, but above all perhaps the most influential is Bong. A staunch anti-racism campaigner from the world of LLR, he’s considered royalty in his home promotion, a G1 Climax Winner among other lauded accomplishments living the unemployed life of raising two families yet still sparing the time to whoop anyone who gives him grief. He’s Scottish, he’s unhinged, and he’ll rawdog you back to wherever you came from, no expenses paid.
If you hold a popularity contest, Bong would take the crown, but someone who’s rapidly been gaining recognition since joining in the last couple months is the one they call KillKill, Bengt Holm accruing quite the name on both Firestorm and Blitz, most recently putting up a valiant effort against the Junior Champion. With Kojot in his ear and a Bong-like affinity to deal with his problems using his fists, this Thai-tanic could be the one they warn the icebergs about, the unsinkable Bengt headed to the helm of his division if he can outshine the sheer star power of his adversary here!
Prompt: Book the push of Maximum Male Models (Max 1000 Words)
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Code Blue vs Jay Castle III
Resistance III was supposed to be the greatest night of Code Blue’s life until it wasn’t. Mugged by The Aether Aces before the match could even begin and having his eye stabbed by their latest recruit, former PROSPECT member Jay Castle, he was taken out of commission that night, though it had him return even more driven, and this time with a vengeance. The issues between these two extend long before that night however, butting heads all the way back in the main event of Blitz III one year ago, where the Hometown Hero narrowly upset the now shared longest reigning champion in FBE history.
Proceeding to cross paths again as part of the famed Ark/PROSPECT rivalry, Blue getting his win back in an Intercontinental Championship Eliminator that kickstarted his recent meteoric rise, they’ve never been ones to see eye to eye, and especially after what Jay did to Blue, the chance of it ever happening is dead in the water. They say an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind, but that’s the least of the Pasadena Paralyser’s concerns, not letting Castle slip by him this time as he hunts down his rival only days removed from his first-ever singles World Heavyweight Championship match, fatigued yet with the drive of an army of 1000 men to strike down with furious anger to settle their score once and for all!
Prompt: Book a Nigel McGuinness Return Run (Max 1000 Words)
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Atlas Rogue vs Ethan Fadely VII
When it comes to utterly personal rivalries, Atlas Rogue and Ethan Fadely’s is very much up there. Stretching all the way back to 2020, when Sol Ace took the Son of the Roses’ World Heavyweight Championship, a mutual hatred was sparked between the polar opposites, Fadely eventually having his revenge in his unstoppable 2022 return, taking Rogue to mercy at New Beginning IV. After a bloody WarGames between Infinite POWER and REVOLT, the two met again late last year, trading victories, Atlas besting Fadely at his own game, and Ethan getting the Godfather of Pure Rules back under his district. Once Ethan formed The Aether Aces with Atlas’s former partner, the siren began to sing her song, luring the two to one more match, one year on from their previous NB encounter. And once again, it was Fadely callousing his foe, leaving him with horrific injuries to tie up their saga 3-3.
3 months have passed since and Rogue hasn’t been able to forget, the scars he sees in the mirror each morning reminding him of what must be done. Now, fully healed up, King Blitz is back for one final dance with his career rival to break the tie between them, adamant to round out his incredible Pure Rules run by beating the one that got away! In Ethan’s case however, it’s all about ending Atlas for good this time, the Portlander wanting to add to The Aether Aces stretch of top-billing stars they’ve buried in a ditch, a tiebreaking victory the most crucial one available! Will Atlas start the Summer with a dead rose, or can Ethan crush the King’s crown under his boot? Ladies and Gentlemen, it’s the Final Rodeo between Rogue and Fadely!
Prompt: Book Forbidden Door II (Max 1000 Words)
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Excellence Quarter
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British Rounds: Desmond Caid vs Capital STEEZ VIII
Unlike the consistent hatred brimming between the last two, the saga between Desmond Caid and Capital STEEZ has followed a rather different trajectory. Though seesawing between mutual loathing and respect, at the centre of it all has always lain a consistent power struggle between two of the elite in their quests to prove themselves the undisputed best. Starting with the opener of the first-ever Carnage Tour – which has gone on to become a tradition between the two – their story has served as a timeline of King Capital’s growing stardom against the first Ace of FBE. The first year resulting in constant failures for STEEZ, from Carnage to an Intercontinental Championship match to WarGames to the Heyman Classic to BTE II’s main event, the winds of change finally blew in his direction come 2021, Steelo scoring his first win over the Maestro in the Lifeline Classic.
Marking the start of STEEZ’s rise into the Ace spot once occupied by Caid, the narrative began to shift in his favour, coming back from a 4-0 deficit to best him each subsequent year at Carnage, with tag team victories in the Battle of the Best and Three Stages of Hell along the way, this year putting him up to 4-3. Now, they’re set to meet yet again as STEEZ receives his chance to tie up the saga, whilst Desmond looks to break his dry spell against his iconic foe. What makes this match so unique compared to the rest however is the stipulation in place. Always known for their lengthy classics against each other, for the very first time they’re going to meet under an entirely different ruleset, the British Rounds system testing their ability to work a much, much quicker pace! Caid on home turf much like he was back at Unbreakable II, if there’s anytime to cut STEEZ off, it’s here, whilst for the Bossman, writing over the crushing memories of London would be in his best interest in finally cementing himself as having Desmond’s number!
Prompt: Book Hideo Itami if he skipped NXT and went directly to the Main Roster (Max 3 Parts; 1000 Words each)
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Non-Title: FBE World Heavyweight Champion Inferno vs Petite Jupiter III
After years of grinding yet being forced to settle for second best, 2023 has undisputedly been Inferno’s year, ruling the roost with an iron fist from the jump, a Booker in the Bank cash-in mere weeks in making him Double Champion alongside his X Division (Pure) Championship reign. Embarking on a murderous run with the support of The Aether Aces, he’s crushed old and new faces alike week after week in everything from a draining 90-Minute Iron Man match to a thrilling British Rounds showdown to an emotional Title vs Career classic, diving further and further past the point of no return with his bastardly streak. Sitting atop the Pure ruleset with the most matches and wins in history, using it as a means to stomp out fledgling talent and address unfinished business, it seems as though there’s no one who can stop Baba Blitz.
…That is, no one that’d been currently active. Making a bombshell return after over a year of being sidelined with injury, appearing on Blitz’s one-year anniversary to present the trophy to the Shining Light League Winner, a tournament named in his honour, Petite Jupiter whipped Buckingham Palace into a frenzy with his appearance, London giving him the perfect homecoming. One of only 2 people the Aether Ace has never beaten in his career, Inferno was quick to interrupt his British Ambition brother, though seeming more like strangers with how much has changed between them since their last meeting. Goading him into one more match by pushing his buttons like the master manipulator he’s proven to be, citing the Shining Light’s lack of victories over reigning World Champions despite his Hall of Fame career, the ever-valiant PJ accepted, setting the stage for a long-awaited blockbuster end to their trilogy!
No shortage of Pure Rules experience himself, PJ the Grandfather to Blitz if Inferno’s its Baba, he holds a win over the Brummie Bastard under the ruleset, having faced off under it at the first FBE Anniversary Show after a despaired Inferno had turned his back on his brothers, feeling abandoned by them in his time of need, PJ subsequently bringing him back to the light. Later also sullying Inferno’s first BITB cash-in, which he’s since perfected, keeping his prized Intercontinental Championship from him, he’s held his former World Tag Team Championship partner’s number for the past 3 years, but now, it remains to be seen if the story will be any different, the two Britons colliding one final time in their home country as all their experiences craft the perfect closing chapter to their tale!
Prompt: Book a main event push for PAC (Max 1000 Words)
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FBE Pure Championship: Shining Light League Winner FBE World Tag Team Champion Dr. Logan Wright (c) vs Apeirogone 3rd Defence
The term ‘Final Boss’ isn’t thrown about lightly. Throughout FBE history, only one man’s been truly synonymous with the term. They say it’s anyone’s season until this man comes around. They claim he’s the type of guy to fly down to Hell and come back with gift shop souvenirs. World Championships, two-hour Gauntlets, Three Stages of Hell, he’s been there and won them all. Wins over damn near every single person that’s come to matter throughout the company’s history, he’s that guy. Legendary factions, shows named after him, an entire cult of personality backing him as the company’s Commissioner, what more could you want out of a person’s resume? Well, it’s not about what the people want, or what he himself wants, but rather, what another man yearns for. The chance to immortalise his name into wrestling history. The chance to join only four others in their abilities to beat this man. The chance to cement themselves as a Final Boss forever.
Dr. Logan Wright, reigning two-time FBE Pure Champion off the back of being one of only two to pin the current World Champion this year, reigning FBE World Tag Team Champion via ending the longest championship reign of any title in company history after winning 2023’s Punish & Crush, inaugural Shining Light League Winner by sweeping through 6 matches front-to-back, and the man that will carry his title into the first-ever BTE-equivalent Blitz show, P.U.R.E, has selected none other than Apeirogone to be the third challenger to his Pure Title!
For months, the Medicinal Magician has silently watched as people have lauded the accomplishments of his Ark brethren against the Infinity Ace. Cactus Mike almost taking the man to a draw. Code Blue ending his 1347-day undefeated singles streak. Kaze Tanaka sending him into retirement. But what about him? What about the final member of The Ark? What about the licensed medical practitioner that’s on the best run of his entire life despite the constant demons rattling around inside his brain? They’ve all had their chance, so why can’t he? Forced to wrestled with the “can never beat a veteran legend” stigma for years, he’s decided to put down his stethoscope and declare no longer! Even after there’s no reading on his ECG and 0 of his 206 bones have been reduced to dust, he wants to the world to remember his name!
So, it begs the question – What happens when one of the greatest of all-time steps outside his comfort zone and into the kingdom of another man to fight for only one of two championships he doesn’t have hung up on his wall? Will Apeirogone avenge his previous losses to The Ark by taking away the prize that breathed life back into the soul of the Doctor in his first-ever BTE-style main event? Or will Logan Wright silence the critics until the end of time, keeping his undefeated streak extending back to January, keeping his unbeaten Blitz Big 4 streak, and keeping his Pure Championship by felling a legend? It’s the Final Boss of Blitz versus the Final Boss of FB to close out P.U.R.E!
Prompt: Book Kenny Omega until Double or Nothing 2024 (Max 1000 Words)
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All bookings are due on June 3rd at 11PM EST, so don’t delay on those. Fourteen star-studded matches on the card featuring 39 unique competitors – the most there’s ever been on any FBE show in history – let’s make this a memorable first P.U.R.E, lads! Pure rules.