Thankfully rather than a full on DVD review this one features a live and DVD retrospective as I was there this time on my own but it was an excellent afternoon out at the graps yet again courtesy of Fight Club: PRO. This show was just as stacked as the Manchester show as it featured the semi finals and finals of the DTTI and another big Fight Club: PRO title defence as Travis Banks took on PWG, Evolve and Rev Pro Champion Zack Sabre Jr aka Zacky three belts.
Five Way Match: Omari Vs Chuck Mambo Vs Splits Mcpins Vs InstaGraham Vs Killian Jacobs This was a decent dark match that did the job in getting the crowd warmed up and ready to go for the main show. It was nice to see Chuck Mambo on the show having seen him most of the weekend working as part of the ring crew. Chuck was over here as well but I did notice a few PROGRESS hoodies, caps and tees and as he predominantly works there it would make sense he was so over with this crowd. Splits Mcpins is one of my favourite gimmick wrestlers. So I was happy to see him back in Fight Club: PRO. Omari, who FCP see big things for, went over clean with his O zone. Unfortunately this match being a dark match did not make it onto the DVD which is a same because it was a genuinely hot opener. Winner: Omari It's your usual DVD open as its a long shot of the crowd as some familiar music hits and out come British Strong Style. Six Man Tag: British Strong Style (Tyler Bate, Trent Seven and Pete Dunne) Vs 'The Villain' Marty Scurll, Jimmy Havoc and Sami Callihan BSS come out to Triple H 2000 theme and all three are about to do the water spit spot when Jim Smallman's music hits...I mean Sami Callihan's music hits and he comes out he is joined by his mystery partners who are 'The Villain' Marty Scurll and 'The King of the Goths' Jimmy Havoc. Havoc, Callihan and Scurll all hit the ring, the bell sounds and all six men brawl. Trent, Tyler, Havoc and Sami all go to the outside as PETER and Marty battle it out in the ring. Pete drops Marty with an enziguri and Sami is in who drops Pete with a big clothesline. Trent nails Sami with his cricket chop then Jimmy enters and he nails Trent with a big lariat. Tyler and Jimmy go back and forth and Tyler drops Jimmy with a German. Marty is in and he gives Tyler a back and chest rake before the two brawl to the outside then Trent, Sami, Tyler and PETER all do dives to the outside. Trent does his Chop to the post spot missing Sami in the process. While Jimmy, Marty, Tyler and Pete brawl. Marty mocks the ten count then Sami, Jimmy and Marty do the run around the ring and face wash their opponents. Marty then used a small child and throws him into Trent. Seven then chops the post again as all six men continue to brawl as BSS then get the upper hand and finally do the Triple H water spitting spot. Then they try to take aim at the babyfaces but all three get umbrellas up to block the water and nail all three BSS members with their respective umbrellas. Marty inserts the umbrella in a place the sun does not shine. After the madness Pete nails Sami with an X-Plex then Jimmy gives both Tyler and Pete an Acid Rainmaker. Big boot by Sami to Trent then Marty does the superkick...just kidding spot. Tyler then gives Jimmy a deadlift German and a standing shooting star for a near fall. Marty teases the chicken wing but Tyler blocks it. Scurll then snaps Tyler fingers and Sami hoists up Tyler into a tombstone while Marty and Jimmy jump from the middle rope and Sami drops Tyler with the indy taker for a near fall which was just broken up by Pete and Trent nailing Sami with a pair of umbrellas. Then all three babyfaces do the superkick...just kidding spot and all three tease a Chicken Wing but BSS cut them off with a low blow and drill all three with a Pedigree for the win. Afterwards all six did an entertaining promo dropping in as many references to other wrestling promotions they could. Then all six shook hands then Jimmy, Sami and Marty kicked BSS low and BSS did the same back to them. This all lead to all six raising each other's hands for some strange reason. This was a very strong opener and was probably better watching it live than on DVD. From a live point of view I really got sucked into the action and popped for every big spot but watching it back on DVD I felt they did far too much and too much was going on for to really take in what was happening. Winners: British Strong Style (Pete Dunne, Tyler Bate & Trent Seven) DTTI 1st Semi Final Tournament Match: #CCK (Chris Brookes & Mondai Lykos) vs Hunter Brothers (Jim & Lee Hunter) This was a fun match which was worked well between the ropes and featured some very solid action. The crowd and myself ate up spots involving Lykos and the heat he got was insane at times. He seemed to be the most over man in the match in my opinion. Lots of people told him to "shut up" and chanted "Lykos is a shit wolf!" "if you all hate Lykos clap your hands!" as well as my favourite "na na na na na shit wolf!" (basically the Beatles Hey Jude). Brookes, Lykos and The Hunters were on top of their game here transitioning from spot to spot flawlessly. Their was some tremendous looking double team moves as well but then you wouldn't expect anything less from these four when it came to sick double team moves. The finish saw #CCK hit the assisted code breaker and seated senton to pick up the win. Winners: #CCK (Chris Brookes & Kid Lykos) DTTI 2nd Semi Final Tournament Match: Lucha Bros (Penta El Zero M & Fenix) Vs FSU (Eddie Dennis&Mark Andrews) The next DTTI semifinal was of course another good outing. Their was Some nice exchanges between all four men and I was really hyped live to see what Andrews and Fenix could do together and it was only a little tease but I really want to see a BritWres promoter book a one on one match between these two as I only got a little taster here and from what I saw I want to see more please! There was also a run in from Eddie Mysterio and I haven't seen that guy in a while. Eddie Mysterio never fails to entertain me and I bet Penta and Fenix got a kick out of it like myself and the crowd did. I suppose I had one gripe again and that was the over use of the Canadian Destroyer which reared its ugly head in this match as it was used three times and not once was it sold properly but then that happened all Easter weekend. After lots of back and forth and the over use of Canadian Destroyer and package piledriver for that matter were out of the way Penta and Fenix nailed Eddie with the package Piledriver double stomp combo to pick up the win. Winners: Lucha Bros (Penta El Zero M & Fenix) Fight Club:PRO Title Match: Travis Banks (Champion) Vs Zack Sabre Jr During the introductions both men are staring a hole into one another then square up to one another before the bell. When the bell rings both men grapple with one another on the mat trying to get an advantage over the other. Both men lock up and go down to the mat to work over the other. Both men stand up to applause from the crowd. They then go into a test of strength but Zack counters into a elbow lock. Zack takes down Travis and goes for a knee bar but Travis reaches the ropes. Zack works a headlock which Banks powers out of it and sends Zack Into the ropes and leapfrogs over Zack and goes for a buzzsaw kick but Zack gets out of the way. Both men trade stiff forearms and elbow shots and then Travis works over Sabre in the corner. A respectful hush falls over the crowd as they intently watch the action, much like a Japanese crowd. Both men trade chops then Zack gives Travis a single leg take down and applies a single leg crab. Travis again reaches the ropes to break the hold. Zack is called a tease unionist by someone in the crowd which even pops him. The challenger applies a headscissors and begins to work over Travis' ankle. Both men again trade forearm and elbow smashes then Travis drills Zack with a German. Both men again battle back and fourth and then Travis does his cannonball onto Zack in the corner. Sabre comes back with a kick to Travis' knee and then a penalty kick for a near fall. Zack goes for an armbar but Travis again reaches the ropes. Travis takes down Zack with a front face slam but Zack rolls through and has the arm bar back on. This time Travis escapes the hold. Banks comes back with a buzzsaw kick but then Zack comes back with another penalty kick and a sit down powerbomb for a near fall. Zack connects with a third penalty kick but from out of nowhere Travis nails his challenger with a cradle powerbomb for a near fall. Zack counters a bridging Suplex into an arm bar but again Travis battles out this time with a powerbomb. Both men stare at the other and while sitting down open hand slap the shit out of one another! Zack resorts to stomping on Travis over and we again. Travis battles back with a lariat for a one count to utter bewilderment of Travis who then counters a penalty kick and nails Zack with a tridal kick and applies the crossface and Zack is forced to tap out. Another really good outing by Travis and by both men who brought there a game. I was shocked that Travis won by tap out as well but then Zack has always been known to do what's right for business. In fact I would say it was by far my favourite match from Travis Banks that Easter weekend and that includes his tag match on the Thursday in Rev Pro and his outing in Lucha Forever against Shane Strickland. Winner: Travis Banks (And Still Fight Club:PRO Champion) Intermission Thankfully this intermission was much shorter than the Wolverhampton intermission. It was brisk only going 20 minutes or so. Giving me enough time to get a beer and look at the quality merch on sale upstairs. Triple Threat Match: Shane Strickland Vs Mark Haskins Vs Angelico What is the best way to get the crowd back up after a intermission? Well the answer is obvious. Give them a three way which was spot heavy, contained a shit load of dives, sickening bumps and all your usual tricks to get the crowd fired back up and Fight Club: PRO couldn't have chosen three better men to do it. Strickland looked the best he had all Easter weekend here (note his match the next day with Travis Banks at Lucha Forever was by far his best match on these shores and proved to this reviewer he can do a lot more than spot heavy multi man matches), Angelico excels in these types of matches and Haskins is such a solid performer. He can do these types of matches in his sleep. Yes in my opinion there no one more well rounded than him in BritWres at the moment. In fact it was no surprise Haskins went over clean with his arm bar yet again and Strickland was the man who was forced to tap out this time. Winner: Mark Haskins Singles Match: Will Ospreay Vs Jack Evans This was a surprise addition to the card basically the entire show had a mystery vortex fill it with no matches expect the DTTI matches, BSS v Callihan and two mystery partners and the FCP title match being announced ahead of time and what a surprise it was. I was actually quite hyped when Jack Evans came out and insulted Vicky Haskins and Will Ospreay. Being a big fan of Jack's style for almost a decade, I was pretty hyped to see this match. It was a dream match for me personally and the moment Jack started to talk shit about Will I was already marking out at the prospect of what these two could do with one another in that ring. After the trash talk Will sneaked out and then Jack began to back paddle on his comments. After lots of back and fourth early on. Vicky even got in on the action chopping Jack for insulting her earlier on. But something was off about this match maybe it was the fact I expected so much from these two that I was going to feel short changed after watching this even though it was a solid match. After going through their usual spots it all lead to Jack getting in the face of referee Shay Purser. TThey teased a confrontation then Shay unloaded on Jack which sent the crowd crazy. Shay nailed Jack with a twist fate then missed a swanton bomb but Jack didn't move when will caught him in mid ring off of a spring board with a Oscutter to pick up the win. That finish was something different and this crowd and reviewer ate it up! Afterwards an upset Jack challenged Will to a dance off and the DJ hit the Uptown Funkers tune and the dance off was underway. After the two served one another with some fancy break dancing moves. Will then went and grabbed the locker room who all came out to partake in a conga line around the ring. Also some fans got in on the act to end this crazy dance off! Winner: Will Ospreay MAIN EVENT DTTI Final Tournament Match: Lucha Bros (Fenix & Penta El Zero M) Vs #CCK (Chris Brookes & Mondai Lykos) Brookes came out throwing his water and spitting everywhere and boy do I hate this guy for getting me soaking wet as I wasn't paying attention as I was Tweeting results on @BritWresReview. I guess that will teach me won't it! To start out the match both teams square up to one another then out of nowhere #CCK throw powder into the eyes of Penta and Fenix. Brookes and Lykos then hit the ropes and run into a pair of superkicks by the brothers and it sends #CCK to the outside. Back in the ring, Penta works over Brookes while Fenix works over Lykos. Next Fenix nails Brookes with another pair of superkicks then hits a rolling thunder to Brookes. More double team by the Lucha Brothers who drill Lykos with a wheelbarrow code breaker. Lykos comes back with a Spanish Fly and then Magic Killer by #CCK to Fenix. Penta is back and he walks into a swinging DDT by Lykos. Brookes hoists his partner up into a powerbomb position and Lykos moonsualts off of Brookes down onto Penta for a two count. Lykos then does a sky twister press out onto the Lucha Brothers. Back in the ring Fenix ties Lykos in the tree of woe and Penta German suplexes his brother into Lykos. Brookes tosses Fenix to the outside and then drills Penta with a springboard cutter for a two count. Fenix returns with a superkick and a spin kick in the corner to Brookes for a two count. Lykos and Fenix trade elbow and forearm smashes in the middle of the ring. Then Lykos scores with a dragonrana for a two count. Penta returns and superkicks Lykos. Mondai mocks Penta and gets drilled with another superkick and package piledriver but Brookes just breaks up the fall at two. Enziguri by Fenix to Brookes then Penta nails Lykos with a Canadian Destroyer onto the ring apron. Back in the ring Penta hoists Brooke's up into a Gory Guerrero special and at the same time picks up Lykos into a package piledriver. Then Fenix holds onto Brookes and drops down while his brother does at the same time for a near fall. This Match is turning into something special. Another superkick by Fenix then the Lucha Brothers suffer from some miscommunication and Penta accidentally drills his brother with a Destroyer. Lykos dives out onto Penta while Brookes directs traffic in the ring. Brooke's calls for Lykos and they do their sick assisted code breaker senton combo spot for another near fall. Lykos nails another sky twister out onto Penta to knock him down again as Brookes hoists Fenix into the Gory Guerrero special position. Lykos springboards to the top rope and comes off with a neckbreaker to Fenix as Brookes drives Fenix into the mat for the one, two and three and #CCK are the first ever DTTI champions. Afterwards things get a little bit emotional as Brookes and Lykos are close to tears. Referee Joel Allen then presents them with the DTTI trophy and #CCK celebrate. Then both teams shake hands to the delight of the crowd and before Penta and Fenix handover the trophy to Brookes and Lykos. To end the show #CCK get to celebrate some more as the crowd cheer their favourite villains. This was one hell of a match to cap off a long Easter weekend of Fight Club: PRO shows. It was a worthy main event to end all of the insane action we had seen that Easter. I have to applaud Chris Brookes and Mondai Lykos for stepping up to the plate and delivering with a home run. After this match they really elevated themselves as stars. For instance the next day at Lucha Forever they were treated like stars and I was at IPWUK two weeks later and again even though they were heels were treated as stars and got a babyface reaction in there match against DND and I for one couldn't be happier for both of them. As much as I like to tell Lykos to shut up I now respect him and as much as I like to chant "If you all hate Chris Brookes clap your hands" I respect him even more now after these stand out performances. I can only see good things for both men going forward as a team or as singles stars. I must also applaud Penta and Fenix for getting playing big shots and refusing to lose to a team who was actually not their level but was brought up to their level. Thanks Penta and Fenix. Those two are smart and understand they have a built in rematch with #CCK anywhere around the world as every promoter will be scrambling to book this match now. Winners: #CCK (Chris Brookes & Kid Lykos) So after three long days the question you have to ask yourself is was Fight Club: PRO successful and did it draw a new fan base over the three shows? I would answer yes they did because as recently announced FCP is moving to a new home due to overwhelming support they were able to achieve not just that weekend, but over the last 15 months. This company has only grown stronger and stronger with consistent booking and making its shows feel special each and every show they promote now. Some people have compared FCP to the PROGRESS and I can see why they would say that but in my eyes it's FCP and it will continue to grow and grow as long as the booking remains consistent and they are able to maintain the buzz they've so far been able to gain over the last 15 months. As for this show it was another quality show. Yes I could moan about overkill of certain spots but then I would just sound like Rip Rodgers and I think I've pointed out enough times move the last three reviews why I don't like it. This show had a lot of good on it and every match delivered. So if you're still on the fence about buying these shows then go over to fightclubpro.bigcartel.com and order the DVDs or even easier, go to Vimeo and pay the low, low price of ten pounds to see it. Honestly you won't regret it. As always I'll thank you for reading my review and encourage you to leave a comment and tell me how wrong I am and will as always by ripping off my favourite wrestling writer Bill Apter by saying see you at matches. @Billy_Jay83
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Fight Club: PRO was back for night two of the DTTI and this time it was onto Manchester which was another sell out. This time out its a full DVD review as unfortunately I couldn't make this show, so don't expect any live notes from myself on this review. This show featured two big first round matches of the ongoing DTTI and another big Fight Club: PRO title match as defending champion Travis Banks took on former Progress champion and one half of the Rev Pro British tag team champions Mark Haskins. So let's get into the review itself shell we?
Dark Match: Drew Parker Vs Killian Jacobs This did not make the cut on the DVD. So I can't really tell you anything about it but it ended in a non contest. Winner: No Contest 2nd Dark Match Tag Team Match: Jimmy Havoc and Clint Margera Vs The Hunter Brothers (Jim & Lee Hunter) Another match that did not make the cut. Which I was a bit upset about. Clint Margera an FCP regular since its early days deserved to be showcased at least once on DTTI DVD but alas he wasn't. Personally felt bad for Clint as it was his birthday on the day of the show and that was probably why he got booked. Anyway the Hunter's won which makes sense as they were still alive in the DTTI at this point. Winners: The Hunter Brothers (Jim & Lee Hunter) Singles Match: Zack Sabre Jr Vs Angelico This was the official opener on the DVD and was actually rather good. Both men seemed to click and worked a tight solid little match together. I do enjoy seeing Zack in there against flyers he really knows how to work guys who like to leave their feet. Early on Zack worked over Angelico with a variety of submission holds including a headscissors, knee bars and arm bars. The crowd were super hot for Zack's offence as well. Angelico proved he was no slouch when it came to mat based offence as he went to work on Zack's knee with a variety of holds. Angelico continued the ground work by targeting Zack's arm but that didn't lead to much. Zack came back with a snapmare and rubbed his elbow into Angelico's face. Zack then began to work over Angelico's neck before the two then traded forearms and elbow smashes. Zack followed it up by stomping and standing on Angelico elbow and then hand. Zack continued to target Angelico's elbow then the South African made a comeback with a dragon screw leg whip and began to kick Zack over and over again in the back. Angelico targeted the knee again and applied a variation of an Indian death lock but Zack reached the ropes to break the hold. Angelico worked over Zack's knee some more which fired Sabre up to come back with a penalty kick. Zack went back to work on Angelico elbow by kicking him over and over again. Angelico came back with some more Eric Bischoff friendly roundhouse kicks then nailed Zack with a big roundhouse kick for a near fall. Angelico went for splash mountain but Zack countered it with a roll up and the two did a bunch of false finishes. Zack eventually went back to work on the elbow and kept trying to cinch in the arm bar but Angelico had enough in him to battle out of the hold. Zack slapped Angelico hard in the face and then the two traded slaps with one another. Sabre began to work over Angelico with elbow smashes in the corner and toyed with Angelico by kicking him while he was down which fired up the Lucha Underground regular. Angelico went for the mount splashmore again but Zack countered again with a headscissors take down but Angelico was able to reach the ropes. Angelico got in a knee bar but then Zack was able to reach the ropes. More trading of stiff strikes and then Angelico finally hit his mount splashmore (razors edge buckle Bomb) but only got a near fall. Angelico went up top and flew off but Zack caught him in a arm bar and Angelico was forced to tap out. Afterwards the two SPLX sponsored wrestlers shook hands and posed with the SPLX flag. Winner: Zack Sabre Jr Singles Match: 'Remorseless' Dan Moloney Vs 'White Lighting' Mark Andrews w/ Eddie Dennis It was time to see my favourite asshole DAN as he was going up against fellow BritWres WWE superstar 'White Lighting' Mark Andrews aka Mandrews for you TNA fans. Mark came out first on his own with his usual theme. He then went to the back and brought out Dennis to the Andrew WK theme but again the music stopped and when it returned it was Limp Bizkit's 'Rollin' playing. After a few minutes Eddie was on a bicycle with Andrews on the back of it. The Welsh badasses if you will! DAN had seen enough and attacked both members of FSU knocking them off the bike. The two brawled around ringside for a bit after that and then returned to the ring. Once there the two traded big moves as DAN got a near fall by giving Mark a gut buster onto the ring apron. Andrews battled back with a hurricanrana and a standing shooting star for a near fall. DAN then nailed mark with a big running knee smash for a two count. Andrews then nailed DAN with another hurricanrana for another near fall then out of nowhere DAN dropped Andrews with his electric chair sit down powerbomb to pick up the win. Short but sweet outing from these two which was more an enough for these two to do. It continued to push DAN and kept his winning streak alive as well. So didn't have as much as some people might have hoped who might complain it was two short blah blah. Winner: 'Remorseless' DAN Moloney Fight Club:Pro Title Match: Travis Banks (Champion) Vs Mark Haskins Up next was the big title match and a match I'm really looking forward to seeing. Early on the two lock Up and go back and forth trying to apply an arm bar. The two trade holds on the floor with Haskins and Banks both trying to get an arm bar on the other. Both men get up to applause as they square up to one another. Mark then takes down Travis with a arm bar but Travis reaches the ropes. Headlock by Travis but mark is able to battle out of the hold and nails Banks with a dropkick to the knees. Haskins works over Banks' knees with a dragon screw leg whip and stomps on Travis' knee over and over again. Haskins catches Travis with a big lift sending the Kiwi Buzzsaw to the outside and Mark dives out onto him. On the outside the two trade stiff strikes with one another then Travis kicks Haskins' head off with a big kick and does a dive of his own out onto Haskins. The two continue to fight on the outside and then both try to suplex the other on the ring apron. Eventually Mark hoists Travis up onto his shoulders and drills him with a DVD onto the ring apron. Mark rolls a dead Travis into the ring and covers him for a near fall. Mark stalks his pray and kicks Travis over and over again then gives him a snap suplex for a two count. Mark continues to work over the champ but he refuses to stay down. Mark goes for a back drop but Travis battle out. Mark sweeps the leg of Travis and applies a leg lock but then champion valiantly grabs the bottom rope to break the hold. The champion and challenger trade more strikes with one another then Travis hits his running cannonball splash to Haskins for a two count. The crowd is very much split still at this point of the match. Haskins hits a quick snap powerslam for a two count then applies a crossface but the Banks battles out of it. Haskins begins to go the Sabre route and stomp on Travis's arm over and over again. Both men nail the other with running knee smashes then Haskins drops banks with another DVD for another near fall. Banks then nails Haskins with a Michinoku driver for a near fall before going for the tridal kick but Haskins catches him in ankle lock. Banks counters it into a cross face but Haskins counters that into a arm bar. Banks then re-counters it back Into the crossface. Haskins battles out and applies his arm bar to Travis who works his way out of the hold to only get dropped with a cradle bomb by the challenger. Haskins covers Banks for another near fall and this time the challenger cannot believe his luck. Mark begins to get desperate and drops his knee into Travis' ribs over and over again then applies the sharpshooter to Banks but the champ battles out and rolls up Haskins for a near fall. Banks then nails Haskins with a tridal kick for another near fall. Travis then traps Haskins in the middle of the ring out of nowhere in another crossface and this time Haskins is forced to tap out. Afterwards Zack Sabre Jr. came out and squared up to Travis shoving his three belts in the face of the champ. This upset Travis and this crowd and the two began to trade elbows back and forth until Joel and shay came in to break it up. It was made official later on Twitter that the two would meet the next night in London with the Fight Club: PRO title on the line. Another quality contest from Travis that Easter weekend. This story was simple which was that Mark was clearly the favourite and had the edge over the less experienced champ but Travis overcame all the odds to beat the battle tested vet in Haskins. It's simple but effective story telling in my book and I couldn't have enjoyed it more. In fact that was the story Fight Club: PRO tried and successfully told with Travis that weekend. If you enjoy story telling with a bunch of near falls and big bumps then this match is for you. Winner: Travis Banks (And Still Fight Club:Pro Champion) DTTI First Round Tournament Match: Moustache Mountain (Trent Seven & Tyler Bate) Vs #CCK (Chris Brookes & Mondai Lykos) Early on their is lots of hijinks with a towel, fans telling Lykos to shut up and both teams spitting water. After the hijinks they got down to doing Hunter and DX inspired poses. #CCK then had enough and attacked Trent and Tyler and the bell rang. After the comedy Trent and Tyler passed Lykos around in a vertical suplex then Tyler powerslammed his partner onto Lykos and then did the same to Brookes powerslamming him on top of Lykos. They tried to do the same with ring announcers but were cut off by Shay. #CCK did some sick double team moves including the assisted code breaker. Brookes gave Trent his sickening wet willy spot and Lykos then gave Trent a noogie. #CCK worked over Seven in their corner. Lykos went for a brain buster but Trent countered it into a small package for a two count. #CCK then went for double brain buster but Trent countered it by suplexing Lykos and Brookes. Trent tagged Tyler who cleared house. Tyler got a two count on Brookes after his dead lift German. Tyler then got cut off with a swinging ddt by Lykos. #CCK went for the assisted code breaker but Tyler caught him and threw Lykos back into Brookes who caught the shit wolf. Tyler then KO'd Lykos with a short punch and then did the same to Brookes who fell backwards while German suplexing Lykos at the same time. Tyler gave Brookes and Lykos the aeroplane spin/big swing at the same time then Trent gave Lykos a short piledriver but only got a two count as Chris broke up the pin. Brookes battled back with some roundhouse kicks and a dragon screw leg whip (this spot is being as over done as the reverse rana's and Canadian destroyer's from the previous evening). Anyway Tyler fired up and dropped both Lykos and Brookes with a double clothesline and all four men were out. Trent recovered and went up top and came off with a foot stomp to Lykos but he cut him off with a boot to Trent's face. #CCK then nailed Seven with the magic killer for a two as Bate broke that up. Tyler and Lykos exchanged big kicks and forearm smashes before Tyler unloaded on Lykos with punches dropping the shit wolf in the process. Brooke's returned and he and Lykos gave both Trent and Tyler a pair of superkicks. Trent then gave both #CCK members a German suplex at the same time and went for a dive to the outside but got cut off by Lykos. Back in the ring Lykos nailed Tyler with swinging DDT and went for another brain buster which Tyler countered with one of his own for a near fall. Trent and Tyler went for a devastation device but Lykos countered and spring boarded over the top rope and moonsaulted out onto Tyler. Back in the ring Brookes returned and nailed Trent with a big boot before going up top and Lykos joined him. Brooke's pushed Lykos off the top and he nailed Trent with a sloppy looking code breaker (but I'll forgive you Lykos) and held onto Trent. Brooke's then came off the top landing on top of Trent's back. Lykos then pinned Trent for the one, two and three and #CCK got the upset win over the favourites. Another really good outing between these four with a surprising finish. Actually that weekend I didn't expect that results and I'm sure that was what they were aiming for. This win really gave the rub to #CCK and would set them up nicely for the next night in London. Winners: #CCK (Chris Brookes & Mondai Lykos) Singles Match: Shane Strickland Vs Jack Evans Early on Jack cut a promo on Man City, Man Utd and the city of Manchester and to cut a long story short, Jack embraced Liverpool and got Zack Gibson levels of heat for this. Jack followed up all this Manchester bashing by singing You'll Never Walk Alone until Shane grabbed the microphone from him. Shane then challenged Jack to a dance off because why not? Jack did some insane break dance moves (like he's been doing for years), Shane followed it up with some pop and locking then Jack cut him off and the match began. Well this Match was what you'd expect it too be. It was a proper flippy do match. Psychology wise you could argue this match made no sense but then who cares when these guys can do these things as athletically gifted as these two can. After lots of spots you'd expect like dives, high flying moves etc they did something you wouldn't expect as Jack did a silly spot were he allowed fans to chop him. Obviously he's a tough guy if he's allowing marks to chop him. Jack followed this up with my favourite PWG spot involving him as he downed a punters drink and pretended to be shit faced. After some back and fourth spots, Shane nailed Jack with the roll through Os-cutter then a 450 splash and a double stomp to pick up the win. Winner: Shane Strickland MAIN EVENT DTTI First Round Tournament Match: The Bruiser Cats (Sami Callihan & Pete Dunne) Vs The Lucha Bros (Fenix & Penta El Zero M) It's now main event and the final match of the first round of the DTTI. Early on all four men brawl with one another as Fenix and Callihan work over one another in the ring. Dunne brawls on the outside with Penta. Back in the ring Dunne gives Penta a drop toe hold Into Fenix's groin. Penta then nails Dunne with a superkick sending the cat to the outside. Penta goes to work on Sami with a superkick. Sami comes back with a big European uppercut and works over Penta and Fenix. Both teams do some sick looking dives. The pick of the bunch was Fenix's sky twister press out onto everyone. Back on the outside all four men brawl around ringside. The Bruiser Cats run around ringside as Sami nails Penta with a big boot and Pete nails Fenix with an elbow smash. The crowd chant "meow" as Fenix and Penta have time to recover and nail the Cats with another pair of superkicks. Still on the outside the four continue to brawl as the crowd goes mental. Finally Fenix and Pete get back in the ring only for Pete to send Fenix to the outside. Penta comes in and the two trade chops then Pete nails Penta with a Canadian destroyer and a Pedigree for a near fall. Fenix hits Pete with a reverse rana for a near fall and Sami gives Fenix a tusion fusion for a two count. Callihan follows it up with a face wash but then gets cut off a second time with a big chop from Penta. Penta nails The Space Cat with a cradle bomb for a two count then the brothers double superkick both Pete and Sami for another near fall. All four men trade strikes including superkicks, forearm smashes, running knee smashes and big boots. Pete nails Fenix with the Bitter End out of nowhere for a near fall. Pete and Sami work over Fenix now and give him a version of the indytaker for another near fall. Sami and Pete continue to work over Fenix then they do the tower of doom spot. After no selling that Penta puts Pete in the package piledriver spot as Fenix goes up top. Penta holds Pete upside down as Fenix comes off with a double stomp and Penta drills Pete at the same time with a package piledriver for a near fall. Sami then rolls up Penta out of nowhere for a two count then Sami gets cut off with a superkick. Penta then grabs a groggy Sami and drills him with a package piledriver and Fenix then grabs Sami and drills him with a Canadian destroyer for the win. Afterwards Penta and Fenix cut a promo putting over the Bruiser Cats and all four men hug and shake hands. Sami then thanks the Lucha Bros and puts over Pete Dunne. All four men then go to raise each other's hands and out of nowhere Pete kicks Sami low and turns on him. Then after Sami recovers he challenges Pete to a six man no DQ match tomorrow night in London. To end the show Sami and the Lucha Lros hug. Penta and Fenix celebrate as we fade to black. This Match actually annoyed me in places. Yeah they went out there to have a really good match and delivered but like the previous night I had to question the selling and overkill of spots which were once finishers. It's a gripe I have about modern wrestling not others just mine so that hurt my opinion of this match. You would either love it or hate and I think I was in the middle when it came to this match. Winners: The Lucha Bros (Fenix & Penta El Zero M) Night two was nowhere as good a night one obviously and wasn't going to be to be now was it? I really enjoyed the whole card and thought it achieved three things: 1) Making the DTTI look important by letting one of the maybes headline the show. 2) Travis Banks' ongoing story and building of Travis's character in FCP. 3)The angle to set up Travis' title defence the next night against Zack Sabre Jr. I would add that this show was another solid outing for FCP that Easter weekend and had some really good matches on it and would be well worth a watch on DVD (available from fight club:pro page on Big Cartel) or from Fight Club: PRO's Vimeo account. So onto night three then and the final stop in the big Fight Club: PRO Easter weekend shows. @Billy_Jay83 Fight Club returned for its biggest show to date in its short eight year history for the first of three nights of wrestling action which they called Fight Club: PRO Dream Tag Team Invitational. The company had throughout its existence primarily run smaller venues like the Fixxion, the Planet and a scout hut in Wolverhampton. So moving over the road to the 1,200 Diamond Banqueting Suite was a massive deal indeed for its owners Martin Zaki and Trent Seven but not just them of course as well its loyal fan base.
Having been a fan of Fight Club: PRO for the last 14 months I was eager to see this little promotion that could run a bigger venue especially one of this size. Would moving the show over the road from the Fixxion ruin the ambience of the interment setting these shows are set in? Would the dark and dingy (that makes sense as it's called Fight Club:PRO of course) look that is so appealing to fans of FC:P and myself be ruined in a bigger venue? In all honestly no I felt it did not and I was happy to see Fight Club be able to make the transition over the road from its home the Fixxion to the Diamond Banqueting Suite. I also have my fingers crossed FC:P run that venue again maybe next year for the DTTI 2. In all honestly It was very similar situation which PROGRESS faced in London last year when they ran outside of Electric Ballroom for the first time in two and a half years by doing a bigger show in Brixton at the O2 Academy and that show did not look out of place from a regular chapter show. Thankfully I was there along with BritWres review head honcho Darren Dyer to see the action unfold for ourselves that night in Wolverhampton. Now you're probably asking with such a big venue surely Fight Club: PRO would need a big match to fill the 1,200 seats and thankfully again they had just that as they booked British Strong Style (Pete Dunne, Trent Seven and WWE UK Champion Tyler Bate) to wrestle the incredibly popular (over) Elite (The Young Bucks and Mr six stars himself Kenny Omega). Essentially it was WWE vs NJPW. Well sort of. Not surprisingly the show sold out fairly quickly and caught the wrestling worlds attention with that match announcement. For the first time in it's history all eyes were on Wolverhampton for this historic show. So rather than me keep going on about it lets get right into the review. From here on out I'm not going to be relying just on memory of the show as I've got my hands on the DVD of the event so the review will mostly be from me sitting watching at home retrospective rather than as a live experience. Basically due to me not taking notes on the night due to me wanting to enjoy the show for its live experience but I will drop in a few notes from a live retrospective every now and then. On the night Trent Seven came out to cut a thank you promo to the crowd and had his usual banter with the punters in the crowd before we got into the action. On the DVD the opening is right into the action as we got a shot of the larger than normal crowd and Chris Brookes makes his way out to the ring for tonight's opener. Fatal Four Way Match: Chris Brookes/with Mondai Lykos Vs 'The Big O' Omari Vs 'Remorseless' Dan Maloney Vs Mark Haskins After the ring announcements Jimmy Havoc's music hits and the 'King of the Goths' makes his way out to the ring. Jimmy grabs a microphone and says how can Fight Club: PRO have its biggest show to date without Jimmy fucking Havoc and this is now a five way. This was actually not much of a surprise as Jimmy had been spotted earlier that day in Wolverhampton but the next surprise was a genuine surprise. Five Way Match: Jimmy Havoc Vs Chris Brookes/with Mondai Lykos Vs Omari Vs Dan Maloney Vs Mark Haskins After Havoc promo finished some familiar music hit as the First Female of Fight Club Nixon Newell made her way out to the ring and this was now a six way. Six Way Match: Nixon Newell Vs Jimmy Havoc Vs Chris Brookes/with Mondai Lykos Vs Omari Vs Remorseless Dan Maloney Vs Mark Haskins This was probably the best way to kick off a show like this for Fight Club: PRO as it was basically the six person cluster fuck that used to be so prominent with indy wrestling in mid-to-late noughties. Early on there was a nice exchange between Haskins and DAN Moloney that got sick when they enough spat on each other. Nixon Newell and Chris Brookes did some great call back spots to their near two year feud which went down well with longtime Fight Club: PRO fans and newer ones. Omari thankfully didn't look out of place. Yes he wasn't asked to do to much but what he did looked solid. Haskins was the first one to take to the sky's as he dived out onto first Havoc, then Moloney, then Brookes and Lykos and finally Omari. Nixon followed that up with an insane looking shooting star press out onto all the five men on the outside. Back in the ring Havoc and Haskins trapped Moloney and Brookes in a pair of sharpshooters respectively. Then they began exchanging elbow smashes with one another while they had the holds on Brookes and Moloney. Omari then came in a applied to two arm bars to Haskins and Havoc as they still had the holds on Brookes and Moloney. Nixon joined in the fun and jumped on Omari's back and locked the youngster in a sleeper hold. Meanwhile Brookes broke free and did his sickening wet willy spot to the First Female of Fight Club Nixon Newell. After lots of back and forth and everyone hitting kicks to the other, Haskins did his roll through Death Valley Driver to Havoc for a near fall. Brookes took out Haskins with a swinging neckbreaker. Nixon entered the fray and gave Brookes a reverse rana. Havoc came in and gave Brookes an Acid Rainmaker. He went for the same thing on Nixon but she countered and gave Jimmy a Canadian Destroyer. Omari came in and caught Nixon, who was going for a crossbody, and gave her his big move the O zone. Omari went for the same thing on Moloney but he countered with an electric chair into a powerbomb. Haskins was back and he gave Dan a big pump handle cradle Bomb. Omari was back in but he got caught in the sharpshooter by Haskins and Omari was forced to tap out. Logical outcome to this match as Haskins was going up against the Fight Club: PRO champion the next night in Manchester, whomever that would be after champion Travis Banks took on Will Ospreay on this show. Winner: Mark Haskins DTTI First Round Tournament Match: Los Gueros Del Cielo (Jack Evans & Angelico) Vs FSU (Eddie Dennis & Mark Andrews) This was the weakest match on the show in my opinion and that is underselling just how good this match was. It was simply due to the fact this show had so many good matches on it and that was why in my opinion it was the weakest of the bunch (sorry Eddie). It was highlighted by two balcony dives by Andrews and Angelico which really popped this crowd. There was a sweet near fall towards during the closing stages of this match as Jack missed his 630 splash and then walked into a reverse rana by Andrews. Eddie then drilled Jack with a reverse impaler DDT for the nearest of near falls. FSU then hoisted Jack up for the emerald flowison and that was all she wrote and FSU were through to the next round. Winners: FSU (Eddie Dennis & Mark Andrews) Triple Threat Match: Shane Strickland Vs Sami Callihan Vs Lio Rush This was a much better match to watch live than on dvd. It just felt like watching a very typical indy match from any other promotion. On the night I really enjoyed it but on DVD I didn't as much If im honest. Sami worked his socks off to keep this match from falling apart and kept the match from becoming a cluster. Say If sami wasn't there then and someone less experienced then I believe this match would have suffered. As good as Shane and Lio are, they still aren't good enough in my opinion to carry a coherent match without it falling apart. There was some sweet looking innovative spots early on which all lead to a ton of dives. Sami gave Lio a sick looking powerbomb on the apron as well. Back in the ring Sami nailed Shane with a tusion fusion for a nearfall. Lio came back into the match with a sick looking spin kick for a two count. Sami then gave shane a German onto Lio who was in the corner. All three men's strikes looked incredibly impressive late on in the match. No one throws a knee like Sami Callihan in my opinion and Lio does a hell of a back kick and Shane's wheel kick and headbutt strikes are damn near perfect at times. Lio hit a reverse rana and 450 splash for the near fall late on. Then shane nailed Lio with a jumping RKO and double foot stomp. Sami was back and he whipped out Shane with a GTS then a tombstone to Lio for the three count. Winner: Sami Callihan Fight Club: PRO Title Match: Travis Banks (Champion) Vs Will Ospreay To start out both men lock up and then get into a shoving match with one another. Will knocks the champ on his ass but the Banks is back up and applies a headlock. Will tosses Travis into the ropes and Travis rolls over will with a shoulder tackle. Will goes for an arm drag but Travis cartwheels out of it. Will gives Travis a headscissors take down and follows it up with a big dropkick sending Travis to the outside. Travis comes back in and mows down Will with the Daniel Bryan running knee smash. Travis works over Will in the corner with chops then will fires back with a running dropkick. On the outside the two trade strikes then Will does a head spring moonsault out onto Travis. The two trade strikes around ringside an on top of punters. Back in the ring Will covers Travis for a one count. Travis chops OSpreay back but then gets dropped with a double under hook DDT for a two count. Will begins to get some heat when he winds up some of the regulars at ringside then drops Banks with a corkscrew neck breaker. Will applies a chin lock but The Kiwi Buzzsaw eventually fights back. Ospreay cuts him off with a knee to the gut. Both men jockey for position in a suplex. 'The Aerial Assassin' then gets dropped with a big roundhouse kick by Travis who comes back with a number of elbow strikes and a cannonball to the challenger in the corner. Travis scores with a brain buster for the two count. Will comes back with his handspring spin kick and then works over Travis with some elbows of his own which gets big heat. The champion fires up but gets off and Will follows it up with a phenomenal forearm smash. Will goes for a Rainmaker but Travis no sells it and takes down Ospreay and begins to stomp on his head. Travis leaps up to the second rope and goes for the tridal kick but Will catches him in an Oscutter for a near fall. Will misses a moonsualt but not a standing shooting star and goes back up top for another attempt at a Moonsault but Travis catches him in a cross face this time. Will rolls out of it and drills Travis with a reverse rana (Yep another one but I have a feeling that won't be the last time I'll see that move this Easter or on this show in fact). Will goes for another Oscutter but Travis catches him and German suplexes the Aerial Assassin. Will is back up quickly and drills Banks with a German but he pops right back up and the two trade strikes with one another. A Big lariat and brain buster by Travis gets him a near fall on the challenger. Will crawls to the outside as Travis hits the ropes and dives out onto Will. Back in the ring Travis goes up top but Ospreay jumps up to the top rope and nails Travis with a damn fine looking Spanish fly for a near fall. Will goes up top and nails travis with a 450 splash for a nearfall. Will can't believe it and begins to kick at the champs head. Both men trade strikes again then both men jump up to the middle rope and come off in doing so Travis nails Will with a tridal kick (holy shit that spot ruled) and applies the crossface to Will and tries to teach the ropes but Travis blocks him. Will eventually counters but Travis hoists him up for the rarely seen these days spinning E. coli Bomb (I haven't seen anyone use that since the days of Swiss money holding). Travis gets a two count but goes straight into a crossface and the Aerial Assassin is forced to tap out. That was a great match. Both men flowed effortlessly from spot to spot and made it a pure joy to watch live and back on DVD. Honestly my blow for blow account can't do that match justice. So go and buy the DVD or Vimeo video now to check this match out now. Winner: Travis Banks (And Still Fight Club: PRO Champion) DTTI First Round Tournament Match: LDRS (Zack Sabre Jr & Marty Scurll) Vs The Hunter Brothers (Lee & Jim Hunter) It was actually before this match I expected it to be a intermission after a match of that high calibre and to be honest the crowd probably needed it. So I decided to rush to the bar as I was a little thirsty and got my two Corona's. I then quickly hit the streets of Wolverhampton like many others for a quick cigarette break and talked to some local Wolverhampton wrestling fans who were attending their first Fight Club: PRO show. After the quick chat, cigarette and drinking my beer I returned to found out the Hunters successfully putting away Marty and Zack to my surprise. Yeah I was a little annoyed by the fact that I had missed the match and the fact it was now time for intermission. But thankfully I've now seen the match back on DVD obviously and I can tell you this was actually quite a decent effort. I have to applaud Zack and Marty giving the rub to Midlands BritWres regulars in the Hunter Brothers. At the time I wondered why the Hunters were chosen to go over but then seeing Marty working OTT the next night it kind of made sense. The highlight before the match was Marty cutting a great heel promo by shooting on the fans and how shit England was compared to the States. Marty then calls it a squash match and tells Zack "let's beat these two and get out of here!" Then Marty and Zack did their best e&c tribute by offering to do a 5 second pose with all the gold belts they had with them (Marty holds the ROH world TV title and Zack is the current PWG, EVOLVE and Rev Pro champion) which got them quiet a bit of heat from this crowd. I heard someone shout on the DVD "fuck you Zack you fucking belt mark!" which made me laugh. Early on Zack and Marty did their best Bob Mortimer tributes by Rubbing there legs and acted like complete goofs in general but it was needed after a number of serious bouts. The Hunter's were unfortunately out classed here but the LDRS tried there best to make Jim and Lee look like a serious threat. After some solid action but nothing special Jim rolled up Zack out of nowhere and pinned him clean for the win. Afterwards the LDRS got very comical over their lose towards the crowd. Going as far as stealing someones walker as well referee joel allen. Which popped the crowd and this reviewer. Winners: The Hunter Brothers (Jim & Lee Hunter) Intermission This intermission was long very long in fact as it went well over an hour but it did give me the chance to have another two tasty cold beverages and hit the merch tables. After the show starting almost an hour late it was almost 11pm before the restart and after working a 12 hour night shift the previous night I was beginning to feel it to be honest with you. Brother Vs Brother Match: Fenix Vs Penta El Zero M For this match I have to be honest really wasn't up for it on the night and was starting to feel really rather tired. Maybe if the intermission wasn't so long I would have been more up for this match but alas it wasn't. Both men got rather decent reactions coming out. Which was no surprise considering there was a few Penta and Fenix shirts in the crowd. Early on both brothers go back and fourth hitting kicks, arm drags, small packages, topes and hurricanranas among many other lucha things which this crowd really eats up. On the outside the two brothers brawl around ringside with one another. Back in the ring Penta works over Fenix's knee which goes nowhere and doesn't have a impact on the finish whatsoever. Penta chops the shit out of Fenix's chest over and over. Fenix comes back with a rolling cutter for the two. Fenix and Penta trade elbow strikes and kicks in the middle of the ring. Penta then nails Fenix with a sling blade for a two count. Penta hits the canadian destroyer for a nearfall that no one believed would be the finish and why would they? This move is so over used these days and is just a set up spot. Fenix battles back with a superkick and a hurricanrana. Penta then catches his brother and drills him with a pump handle bomb for another near fall. Both brothers nail one another with a big kick and now both men are down. Both men get up and Fenix drills Penta with a reverse rana and another fucking Canadian Destroyer for, you guessed it, a nearfall. Penta and Fenix then battle on the ring apron and Penta whips out his brother with a package piledriver on the ring apron. After a few seconds Penta rolls his brother in the ring and covers him for another fucking two count! Hey remember when that was a finish as well? Penta the hits his brother with a superkick and a normal package piledriver for the three count. For fuck sake that match was fun but really pissed me off in places especially the ending. I'm still sticking to my guns that they did far too much and it was a bit unbelievable in places. The package piledriver on the apron spot should have been the finisher. Hell either one of the Canadian Destroyers could have been the finish. You could also argue when Fenix did the over used Canadian Destroyer and reverse rana spot that could have been the finish but these moves are so over used it has been become meaningless and ain't used properly in this reviewers opinion. It's just something that in modern wrestling that guys use too much and are killing once meaningful spots or finishers to send fans home happy. Anyway that's my gripe out of the way about modern wrestling and this match. I get it. The business evolves and moves on. So I'll just say I liked this match. Honest I really did watching it back on DVD, but not really on the night. But then that was because I was so tired and exhausted by this point. Winner: Penta El Zero M MAIN EVENT Six Man Tag: British Strong Style (Bruiserweight Pete Dunne, Tyler Bate and Trent Seven) Vs The Elite (Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks Matt&Nick Jackson) British Strong Style get a standing ovation for obvious reasons and by GAWD they deserved it. They really are the hardest working guys in BritWres at the moment last year all three were three hard working guys who were considered good hands but now they've become stars thanks to their heel turn in PROGRESS, great matches in both PROGRESS and Fight Club: PRO as well as exposure on the award winning WWE Network. During their entrance they did the Triple H water spitting spot which this crowd and reviewer loves. The Elite got a good reaction especially Mr six stars Kenny Omega. Pete locks up with Matt and both work a arm bar as the crowd chant Kenny give us a wave and he doesn't. They then start the same chant for Tyler to give them a wave and after a few seconds he gives us a wave. Meanwhile Pete and matt continue to work the bar arm spot and the chant of kenny give us a wave starts up again and again Kenny ignores his fans. Matt then pokes Pete in the eyes and matt then gets clothes lined out his boots and gets given a suck it crotch chop by Pete. Trent comes in and matt tags his brother Nick. Nick holds up the "too sweet" but Trent whips him off the ropes and applies a headlock. Nick drops down onto his back as does a "suck it" crotch chop of his own which Trent seems puzzled by. They continue this for a few moments as the crowd eat it up. Nick then teases a superkick and tags in Kenny while Trent tags in Tyler. The crowd sing "Na na na na Tyler Bate" and then Tyler waves out to the crowd and then the crowd chant "Kenny give us a wave" and he finally musters up a shit wave to the crowd. The crowd continue to be hot chanting "fuck him up Tyler!" and "be Elite" while the two circle one another. The crowd goes mental with a test of strength spot. It's actually a testament to how over these two are to get a reaction like that for one of simplest spots in wrestling. After the test of strength both men go back and forth missing kicks and elbow drops then kenny grabs a microphone. Kenny takes a while to talk as the crowd chant for both teams. Well, that was what happened on the DVD. In actual fact Kenny and the Elite pretty much shot on British Strong Style's WWE contracts and said that they probably made more at the merch table today than those WWE deals pay. That was a brutal insult but probably all too real as well. Hence why I believe it got left off the DVD version of this show. Then all six men square up to one another as The Elite "too sweet" one another and then offer BSS a "too sweet". After considering it they give The Elite a trio of Pedigrees. The Elite roll to the outside and Pete then moonsaults out onto them from the second rope. Back in the ring Tyler gives Kenny a German suplex and then Trent is tagged in. Kenny drops Trent with a big European uppercut. Kenny tags the bucks who double team both Trent and Tyler. The Elite the do the Terminator dive spot out onto all of BSS. Kenny rolls Pete onto the ring and drops a Great Muta elbow drop onto Dunne. Nick is tagged in and he works over Pete to boos and chants of "fuck The Young Bucks". Kenny is back in and he chops Pete's chest over and over. Kenny then drives Pete into Matt and Nick's boots in the corner then the crowd chant for "four boots" and they do the spot again. This spot was perfect as The Elite did it every night of there mini UK tour and got the right reaction each and every time. It just goes to show you how good these guys are at working the crowd and getting the desired reaction. Kenny then teases a brain buster but Pete cuts him off with an elbow smash. All of The Elite do this spot with Pete. Then all three go for the move on BSS but they counter it as give The Elite the brain buster spot. Meanwhile Tyler gives Kenny an aeroplane spin and Matt a big swing at the same time. Tyler, Trent and Pete give Matt a vertical suplex by passing him from member to member. BSS do a bunch of quick tags while working over Matt. Tyler gives matt a sick looking European uppercut then Matt counters a back drop and tags in 'The Cleaner'. Omega nails Tyler and Trent with a running bulldog and then a pair of running elbow smashes. The Bucks come in and do some sick double team moves to BSS including a double stomp powerbomb combo move for a near fall. Then The Bucks nail Trent and Pete with superkicks. Kenny then drills all three members of BSS with a explosive quick release German suplex. Then The Elite have a disagreement and begin to slap one another (they also did this same spot in Rev pro and OTT) then out of nowhere Matt superkicks Pete for a near fall. All six men square up to one another and the Elite nail BSS with a superkick each but BSS no sell this and give their opponents the short punch each which rocks The Elite. Pete gets set to the outside and then Nick gives Trent a springboard face buster. Nick follows that up with a moonsault out onto the floor as Pete moves out of the way and then dives out onto Nick but along with Kenny they catch Pete and Nick hoists him up into the tombstone position. Kenny then does the same to Seven while Matt gets ready to dive but Tyler cuts him off. Meanwhile Trent and Pete reverse Kenny and Nick and Tyler then does a dive out onto all four and BSS drill Nick and Kenny with indytakers. Back in the ring Pete drills Nick with the Bitter End while Tyler nails him with a deadlift German for a near fall. Then the Bucks come back with a pair of superkicks. Nick dives right into an elbow smash by Pete. Matt comes in and superkicks Pete. Trent is in and he nails Matt with a short Gotch style piledriver. Kenny gives Trent a gut wrench powerbomb for a two which Tyler breaks it up by lifting up Kenny and drilling him with a German. Nick breaks up the pin attempt with a Swanton Bomb. Pete then nails Kenny and Nick with a number of superkicks but they don't go down. 'The Bruiserweight' gets caught and is back dropped into matt who holds Pete in a tombstone position and the Bucks do the indytaker to Pete. Kenny then grabs Pete who's upside down and still being held onto by matt and hoists Pete up onto his shoulders for the One Winged Angel for the one, two and three. This was a worthy main event in my opinion which the crowd and this reviewer were on the each of their seat to see. I must admit like everyone else at this show I marked out big time for the big spots, goofy comedy spots, the near falls and superkicks. Obviously I could moan about BBS not going over but I ain't because that was secondary on my mind to seeing how this match unfolded and the story it told. Winners: The Elite (Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks Matt & Nick Jackson) Overall this was a tremendous show to watch back on DVD and see live and in person that day. It was a long old day but certainly worth it and a show I will never forget. Every match was actually good and I couldn't really moan. Maybe a few things like the overkill of once meaningful spots but hey, I didn't do that on the night. Seriously if you're sitting on fence about this show, go out of your way to see it and pay the cheap as chips £35 for all three nights on DVD from Fight Club: PRO's website now or even go to Vimeo and search Fight Club: PRO and pay £15 for the VOD of the show you won't be disappointed. Even if you're familiar with the product or unfamiliar with it you will love this show. Thanks again for reading my review and I'll finish as always by ripping off Bill Apter with see you at the matches. @Billy_Jay83 Part two and three coming next week |
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