Napoleon Blownapart

Pride - Critical Countdown 2004. The unseen cut

Added 2025-12-30 19:30:12 +0000 UTC

Good evening gang!

As promised earlier, here is the full cut of FC 2004 using the unseen footage provided to me by the former cameraman for Pride. (I haven't named him as I'm not sure if he could get into legal trouble for giving this footage to me, but you know who you are, and if you want just let me know and I'll give you proper credit!)

This is 3 hours and 26 minutes long and encompasses not just the even itself, but the warm ups in the morning (for both the ring girls and the fighters), some outdoor and BTS footage, the opening ceremony, the fights themselves, and even some post show footage. Needless to say, if you're a pride fan, this is an incredible find. But it does come with a caveat:

This is not a replacement for the original events video, it was never intended to be aired so there is a lot of random footage in there, footage that would've been left on the cutting room floor, but in the interest of preservation, I've uploaded it all here almost entirely unedited.

For my own end I've only added some colour correction, obviously i compiled all the separate videos into one, edited out some bits of footage that were essentially "the camera zoomed in on a neon sign for 5 minutes" kinda thing. I've also added some title cards between segments but that's about it.

Because this footage was given to me for free, I'm not gonna paywall this post, and will open it up to the public once I put it on YouTube either tomorrow or New Years day, as all Pride fans deserve to see this. I'm just making it a Patreon exclusive for a day or two so you guys can be smug af about it for a little bit.

So yeah, if you got 3 hours and change to spare, and want to experience one of Prides best events in a way you haven't seen before, please enjoy.