ARCO Arena

EPW Rise From The Ashes will be live from The ARCO Arena in Sacramento, California on Sunday, May 18, 2008.

Shinedown - "Begin Again"

The theme song for EPW Rise From The Ashes is "Begin Again" by Shinedown from the album, Us and Them.

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It all started off with Jesse Jamester vs. Upton Osgood in the first match of the tournament to crown the new EPW World Champion. After a hard fought battle, Jesse Jamester came out the victor, but the celebration was cut short when former EPW World Champion, John "The Prophet" Adams ruined the fun for everyone by coming out with the title and claiming to already be the champion. The controversy created over the title stretched out over the course of the next week when it was finally announced that John Adams was in fact the rightful owner of the title, but would be facing Jesse Jamester at Rise From The Ashes in his first title defense.

It all started on the May 7, 2008 episode of RiOT where a number of the American Gladiators were in attendance. Oliver Ranken finished off his opponent, Will The Thrill in a brutal manner and despite the referee's pleas, continued to assault his opponent after the closing bell. Michael O'Hearn(Gladiator Titan) took exception to this as he proceeded to jump over the guard rail and separate the two men.

The following week on RiOT, the stage was set for Oliver Ranken and O'Hearn to settle their differences, but due to a dispute with network, the match was pulled from the card and will now take place at Rise From The Ashes.

Due to the controversy over the EPW World Championship, EPW Executive Chairman, Stephen Cardin announced the creation of a new title, the EPW Evolution Championship. The controversy continued as the first match in the tournament had a questionable finish as Ciaran Kennedy was counted out of the three-way match, and both Glyn Cognito and Christian Roman were announced co-winners of the match. It was announced soon after that both men would in fact advance in the EPW Evolution Title Tournament.

Harley Grimm advanced in the tournament on the May 7, 2008 edition of RiOT as he defeated Thaddeus Walker and Shawn Singleton in a 3-Way Match.

Upton Osgood advanced in the tournament on the May 14, 2008 edition of RiOT as he defeated Justice and Gabriel Kael in a 3-Way Match. Upton Osgood's victory came in a time quicker than Harley Grimm's and thus Upton Osgood will be the last entrance into the match at the pay-per-view.

At Rise From The Ashes, a 4-Man Gauntlet Match will take place to determine the new champion, starting of with Christian Roman vs. Glyn Cognito.

Two newcomers to EPW make their debut in an Exhibition Match.

On the May 14, 2008 episode of RiOT, the team of Alex Grey and the debuting B-Boy took on the already established duo of Jayson Mayne and Connor Banks. In controversial fashion, Mayne and Banks picked up the win. However, the new Senior Official of EPW, Jack Wolf stepped in and ordered that the match be restarted due to Jayson Mayne not being the legal man when he pinned Alex Grey. The match was restarted and the team of Grey and B-Boy came out victorious.

Following their match, Jayson Mayne and Connor Banks tracked down EPW Executive Chairman, Stephen Cardin to complain about the way that their match ended. Asking for a rematch with Grey and B-Boy, they got more than they bargained for as Mr. Cardin added The Cromartie Brothers to the mix.