Fight Club: PRO
Day Of The Dead 27.10.17 Wolverhampton Starworks Warehouse Fight Club: PRO returned on October 27th with its Day of the dead show with two big imports booked to compete on the show as Penta El Zero M challenged Fight Club: PRO champion Chris Brookes and Penta’s brother Rey Fenix tangled with Travis Banks. Also booked for the show was WWE UK Champion Pete Dunne taking on Omari as well your usual scramble, comedy and hardcore matches which have become a staple of this companies undercards. Eight Way Scramble Match: Jack Sexsmith vs Dan Moloney vs Stevie Boy vs El Phantasmo vs Eddie Dennis vs Kay Lee Ray vs Shay Purser vs Flash Morgan Webster Well, as usual, I'm just going to say this match was a hell of a lot of fun but then scrambles usually are. During Shay’s entrance, he was attacked from behind by Dan who gave him a big tombstone piledriver onto the entrance ramp. Then the utter madness began as all eight fighters battled back and forth with a ton of dives and big high spots. Mr Cocko arrived but that spot went nowhere, also they teased a terror of doom spot not once but twice. Then shay was reintroduced as he came out as Brock Lesnar with badly drawn on tattoo and all. Shay took everyone to suplex city until that wanker Dan Moloney broke up the fun and gave KLR and shay a deadlift at the same time. After more back and forth Jack emerged victorious after he nailed Dan with a Helter Skelter for a three. Winner: Jack Sexsmith Singles Match: David Starr vs Mark Haskins Early on both men displayed some quality chain wrestling which this reviewer appreciated. Then Starr began to get vicious lay into Haskins with some stiff strikes. Haskins battled back with some stiff strikes of his own then nailed Starr with his corner dropkick. Starr did his tope and covered mark for a two count. Starr targeted Haskins' arm and began to soften it up for an armbar. Joel got on Starr's case for this and he showed some heelish tendencies. Haskins battled back with some stiff kicks then some elbow strikes but Starr battled back as well. This was turning vicious fast and I was loving it. Hawkins began to work over the arm for his armbar but Starr made the ropes. Starr then nailed Haskins with a DDT onto the ring apron afterwards for a near fall. Again both men traded strikes then Hawkins picked Starr's leg and applied a Boston crab but again Starr made the ropes. Starr got a two count with a flat jack and followed it up with a knee smash for a near fall. Haskins then applied an ankle lock but Starr countered with a roll-up for a two count. Start battled back with a rolling forearm smash and a brainbuster for a near fall. Haskins went for his roll through DVD but start countered into a DDT for a near fall. Then Haskins battled back again and was able to take down Starr and apply a sharpshooter and this time Starr was forced to tap out. I really, really liked this match. It told a logical story of both men doing whatever they could to get the win and some of strikes and submission holds looked marvellous. Both men put on a clinic here and this match will go down on my Fight Club: PRO MOTY shortlist for sure. Winner: Mark Haskins Tag Team Match: Aussie Open (Mark Davis & Kyle Fletcher) vs Moustache Mountain (Tyler Bate & Trent Seven) Both teams received a tremendous reaction before the bell even rang with lots of duelling chants of moustache mountain, Aussie open and even Joel. Both teams, in fact, were really over throughout the entire match. I again liked this match it was probably the best tag team match in Fight Club: PRO this year as it had lots of near falls and some sick bumps in it but it seemed to be lacking something. I can't quite put my finger on it. Maybe it was too many kick outs which took me out of being able to suspend my disbelief after so many big moves and the lack of selling of big moves whatever it was I just didn't enjoy it as much as I thought I would. After ten to fifteen minutes of solid action, Tyler pinned Kyle clean with a piledriver. Winners: Moustache Mountain (Tyler Bate & Trent Seven) Singles Match: Travis Banks vs Rey Fenix Up next was another match I was really looking forward to and thankfully it delivered. No suspect selling after big highspots just another solid Travis Banks match he can add to his ever-growing list of great matches he's been in this year. Early on both traded some nice looking strikes and had a nice back and forth early on that lead to some logical two counts. They then did their dives and returned to the ring for another sizzling back and forth. Travis got a near fall with a brainbuster while Fenix got a near fall with a Sliced Bread Number Two. Travis did his cannonball splash in the corner for a two count but Fenix battled back with a breathtaking looking moonsault for a two count. They followed it up with some nice exchange of strike then the lights went out for a second when they returned Fenix and Travis continued beating the crap out of one another. Fenix gave Travis a double stomp for a near fall then Travis did the same to him connecting with the move to back of Felix's head. That spot looked brutal and was brilliantly executed by Travis. Travis then Fenix with a slice of heaven but Fenix turned it into a cross face but the Kiwi Buzzsaw found the ropes. Fenix went for a swinging DDT but Travis countered it into a K Crusher. Travis then applied a crossface of his own but Fenix battled out. Both men ended up on the top rope and Fenix gave Travis a Spanish fly for the two count. Travis nailed Fenix with another Slice of Heaven and Kiwi Crusher and this time got the one, two and three. Another great Travis Banks match it was similar to the Haskins\Starr match that told a logical story with some logical high spots leading to near falls. This match along with Haskins and Starr is well worth the £7.50 for the VOD or £10 for the DVD. Winner: Travis Banks Singles Match: Pete Dunne vs Omari Yet another big match I was looking forward going into watching this show and yet again this match delivered. I could piss and moan about who went over as Omari was in the midst of a big push but that didn't happen it made even less sense after the promo Pete cut on Omari before match where he called him pathetic. I suppose Omari looked strong in defeat but a win here really could have made him into an even bigger star in Fight Club: PRO in my opinion. Early on the two brawled on the outside with The Bruiserweight gaining the advantage. Back in the ring, Pete continued his beatdown of Omari with some Low Ki esque kicks. Omari fired up and began to take it to PETER so Dunne began to get dirty. He was building his heat nicely by working over the knee. This was all done obviously so Omari could make the big babyface comeback which both executed to perfection. PETER continued to take shortcuts as the crowd got behind their local hero. Omari battled back with a top rope suplex and a big knee smash. Omari went for the O-Zone but Pete countered and began to chomp on Omari's hand. Omari nailed Pete with a gut wrench sit down powerbomb for a near fall and followed it up with some big shoulder tackles in the corner. Pete took advantage of Omari's inexperience and nailed him with an X-Plex for the two count. Pete continued to act like a dick by slapping Omari but the youngster battled back with some slaps of his own. Pete took advantage with a stiff elbow smash and an enziguri. The two traded false finishes then Omari nailed Pete with the O-Zone out of nowhere but somehow Pete grabbed the ropes on two to broke the three count. Pete got Omari in a Hells Gate and began to work over his opponent with some elbow strikes but Omari made the ropes. Pete gave Omari a big backdrop off the top and nailed him with the bitter end for a near fall. Pete nailed Omari with a second bitter end and this time Omari couldn't kick out and Pete was declared the winner. Winner: Pete Dunne Four on Three Handicap Match: Anti Fun Police (Chief Deputy Dunne, Los Federales Santos Jr, James Obstruction and Leigh Obstruction) vs The Session Goth Martina, Jimmy Havoc and Clint Margera Please don't hate for this Damien but this match was hell of a lot of fun. It featured some good hardcore spots including the customary walking brawl as well as a tone of FUNNAH comedy spots including Session Goth doing old school to chief deputy Dunne with assistance from Jimmy and Clint of course. After so many serious matches a bit of FUNNAH was needed here with this match. Martina introduced some hard candy and a Toberlone and thankfully they were used. The finish saw Martina hoist Dunne up into a tombstone position to add the explanation point they shoved Dunne’s head into Martina’s pants and she drilled Dunne for the one, two and three. Afterwards, Martina hugged Jimmy who couldn't help but crack a smile then she partied to some Avril Lavigne which didn't sit well with Jimmy to end this FUNNAH little match. Winners: Jimmy Havoc, The Session Goth Martina and Clint Margera MAIN EVENT Fight Club: PRO Title Match: Chris Brookes (Champion) w/ Kid Lykos Vs Penta El Zero M It was time for your main event next as Chris Brookes put in another strong showing here this time against Lucha star Penta El Zero M. Yes I've been negative on Brookes reign in the past but after two strong performances at Project Mayhem, this title reign is really starting to grow on me. However, if Lykos wasn't injured, would Brookes have had as many title defences? Probably not, but his reign is really growing on me. I've never had a problem with Brookes as a performer, in fact, I would suggest he is one of the more consistent performers in Fight Club: PRO. My only problem was him winning the belt when he did as there was no build or epic story to him taking the belt the way he did from Travis in June. Anyway to the match. Early the two brawled on the outside as both men bumped off the guardrail. They brawled into the crowd as Penta took advantage of Brookes on the outside even Jesus got involved (go and watch you'll see what I mean). Penta continued to work over Brookes on the outside with chops. Eventually, the two made it back to the ring where Penta worked over Brookes' arm until Lykos interfered but Penta cut him off by giving him his arm breaker spot. Brookes grabbed a baking tray and nailed Penta with it and now had the upper hand on Brookes. Penta battled back with a lung blower for a two count and began to work over Brookes' knee with a number of kicks. Brookes came back with a knee smash and spinning neckbreaker for a two count. Brookes nailed Penta with a slingshot RKO but Penta came back with a powerbomb to the knee for a two count. Penta followed it up with a Canadian destroyer and got the 1, 2...no as Lykos pulled out Allen of the ring. Fenix came out and destroyed Lykos with a superkick and Penta drilled Lykos with package piledriver onto the ring apron, back in the ring Brookes rolled up Penta but Penta reversed out and drilled Brookes with a package piledriver but somehow Brookes kicked out at two. The two then went back and forth eventually Brookes rolled up Penta again and this time held on for the three count. Winner: Chris Brookes (And Still Fight Club: PRO Champion) Overall this was another quality show of high standard from Fight Club: PRO. I did and I mean this enjoy this show. OK maybe I was a bit mean on Aussie open vs Moustache Mountain but I stand by what I said above. The rest of card was well worth the £7.50 I paid to watch it on Vimeo and should check it out too as everything was very good and too a high standard which we've become accustomed to from Fight Club: PO. Once again thanks for reading my review and be sure to head over to Fight Club: PRO on Big Cartel and buy a DVD, shirt, hoodie or whatever to show your support and love for one of the best UK indy groups out there (that's my opinion anyway) or go to Vimeo and purchase one of the fine VOD's they have to offer. You can't go wrong and as always I'll end with I'll see you at the matches. @Billy_Jay83
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Fight Club:Pro
Project Mayhem VI 2017 Night Two Star works Warehouse Wolverhampton 23/11/17 Fight Club: PRO returned for its annual Project Mayhem show on September 22nd and 23rd which had a stacked line up with Dragon Gate and Pro Wrestling Revolver guys present along with some of the best BritWres regulars we've all know and love. This show featured an insane deathmatch as well British Strong Style (Pete Dunne, Trent Seven and Tyler Bate) taking on Team Dragon Gate (CIMA, Masaaki Mochizuki and Eita) on night one and Team Pro Wrestling Revolver (Sami Callihan, Jake and Dave Crist) on night two. So now the hype is out of the way let's delve into the shows. This will be coming from a live and DVD perspective as myself and our fearless leader Darren were in attendance for both of these shows. Night Two Fight Club: PRO Title Match: Chris Brookes (Champion) w/ Kid Lykos Vs Eita Similar to the previous nights show Chris Brooke's comes out to open the show. He cuts a promo on Martin Zaki making him defend his title the previous night and he calls himself a fighting champion and calls out anyone in the world to challenge him for his title. The challenge is accepted by Eita who comes out with a dog neck cone and he threatens to put on Lykos but that shitty little wolf avoids him somehow. This was a solid opener as both men put on a good match but nothing really stood out as great here. After several minutes of good action which lead to a clean pinfall from Eita over Brookes. Lykos predictably interfered and Eita put the cone on Lykos to stop any more interference from that shitty little wolf. Rita did three topes out onto Brookes which really got the crowd behind him. Eita got a near fall with a top rope missile dropkick but no one believed it was the finish. Eita ten elbow smashes into Brookes then Brookes recovered and drilled Eita with a brainbuster for a near fall. Eita battled back but Lykos interfered again so Eita nailed him with a baking tray then Brooke's like a thief in the night sneaked in and rolled up Eita for the three count. Winner: Chris Brookes (And still Fight Club: PRO champion) Tag Team Match: Callous Hearts (Jimmy Havoc & Clint Margera) Vs Scarlet & Graves (Desmond Xavier & Zachary Wentz) Callous Hearts received a standing ovation for their quality death house match the previous night and both rightly deserved this. Scarlet and Graves were out next and Desmond Xavier decided to dress up as Jimmy Havoc which didn't sit well with the king of goths. Desmond cut a promo on Jimmy and Clint saying they are in CZW and Jimmy and Clint were in the tournament of death so let's make this a and Wentz cut him off with his best Zandig impression and said CZW style. This match on the night didn't stand out to me at the time at all but watching it back it was actually a fun little walking brawl with some sick bumps, dives and chair shots. Yeah again it wasn't the greatest thing in Wolverhampton that weekend but this on its own wasn't a bad match at all, in fact, it was funnah. Jimmy did his paper cut spot to Zachary which always looks brutal. They introduced a good ole British industrial ladder and both Clint and Jimmy took bumps off of it. Clint and Jimmy did a dodgy looking 3D to Zachary then Desmond asked fans for their chairs at ringside and people were only too happy to hand them over to him. It backfired as Jimmy used them on Desmond. Desmond battled back by suplexing Jimmy onto a pile of chairs then Clint gave Zachary a DVD from the top onto Desmond and the chairs. Jimmy headed up top and gave both men a double stomp. Jimmy then picked up a prone desmond and drilled him with an Acid Rainmaker for the one, two and three. Winners: Callous Hearts (Jimmy Havoc & Clint Margera) Singles Match: Omari Vs Shane Strickland The strong push of Omari continued next as claimed another big scalp this time by beating then Wrestle Circus Ringmaster champion, CZW World Heavyweight champion and current DEFY wrestling champion the International King of Swerve Shane Strickland. Well, I would have been saying it as it was the logical outcome but that didn't happen for some reason. Again Omari showed that he belonged and was warranting his big push in Fight Club: PRO by just hanging with Strickland. Omari has grown into his role as the company's next top guy this year brilliantly and he was someone I wasn't so high on when I first saw him. Both men went back and forth early on then Strickland took advantage with a rolling diamond cutter for a near fall. Strickland continued to try and put away Omari with a double stomp but Omari battled back with a top rope hurricanrana for the nearest of near falls. Omari then stuck Strickland with the O-Zone but again only got a two count to the horror of the crowd. Both men traded strikes then Strickland targeted Omari's arm and applied an armbar but Omari didn't tap and countered the hold into a pinning attempt. Strickland then nailed Omari with a reverse full nelson driver for the three. It looked like a botch as Omari kicked out too late in my opinion whatever it was it didn't matter as this match was really rather good. Winner: Shane Strickland Singles Match: Travis Banks Vs Masaaki Mochizuki This was the match I really enjoyed watching live but not so much on DVD. It was my favourite kind of style as both men got as stiff as possible with their strikes, forearm smashes and kicks but for me, the one thing that bothered me most was the sudden ending to it. As Massaki just nailed Travis with a slice of heaven nowhere to pick up the win. I get it Massaki is the current Open the Dream Gate champion and wasn't going to be booked anything less than strong but I kind of feel it yet again devalued Banks as that company's MVP. Winner: Masaaki Mochizuki No Funnah Chief Deputy Dunne made his way out to the ring and stopped all the fun in Wolverhampton almost immediately and closed the bar. At the time you just knew where this was heading. As it brought out Session Moth Martina who flirted with Dunne as Dunne claimed she had too much funnah. Dunne asked her to get on her knees and Martina was more than willing to comply. Dunne was irate at Martina not taking her seriously and attacked her. Martina did a dick punch to Dunne and broke his hand with a vag lock (yep I just wrote that). Shay ran out but was taken down with a spear it brought out Jack Sexsmith who pulled out Mr Cocko along with Martina and Shay and they rammed Mr Cocko down Dunne's throat to the delight of the crowd. Seven Way Scramble Match: CIMA Vs Millie McKenzie Vs Mark Davis Vs Kyle Fletcher Vs David Starr Vs Jordan Devlin Vs Mark Haskins Another match that was good but nothing really stood out here as great. You get what you get with seven-way scrambles they are a lot of fun live but it's normally just a spot fest which doesn't really mean too much just a chance to get everyone on the card who isn't booked. It did its job but I still stand by my thinking that it really wasn't anything great. It got the crowd warmed back up after the break so there was that. Haskins seems to have gone heel in Fight Club: PRO with his new lame music but fans still treated him like a face. The exchange between Millie and CIMA was a lot of fun early on then that big head wanker Jordan Devlin went and spoiled all the fun. Davis and Fletcher had a nice exchange as well early on but then you expect it from those two. The most rememberable spot from this one was Millie taking everyone to suplex city and thankfully she's working that spot into her matches now. It worked here so why not use it. The finishing sequence where everyone hit their finishers was well excited and timed to perfection but it was kind of obvious who was going over as CIMA nailed his old Dragon Gate UK bubby Mark Haskins with a double stomp to pick up the win. Winner: CIMA Woman's Match: Jessika Havok Vs Kay Lee Ray I really didn't enjoy this match. I found it to be dull and had very little going for it. Maybe It was its spot on the card as I felt watching it live and in person that this spot should have gone to tag team match or Travis vs Mochizuki match but they chose this spot and could never really get into it. I also found that Jessika really didn't go out and give us that grudge match she had promised after claiming the previous night she was going to kill Kay Lee Ray. Anyway, Jessika picked up the unpopular win with a second rope tombstone. Afterwards, she claimed she loved KLR which sounded odd considering 24 hours earlier she wanted to fucking kill her. Winner: Jessika Havok MAIN EVENT: Six Man Tag: British Strong Style (Trent Seven, Pete Dunne and Tyler Bate) Vs Sami Callihan and OI4k (Jake and Dave Crist) Well, what to say about this one other than it was really rather good which more than delivered from a live perspective and watching it back on DVD. Early on Sami talked about being in Fight Club: PRO since project mayhem 1 then talked some trash about BSS being in WWE. With the fighting talk out of the way, BSS made their way out to the ring and the fighting started almost immediately. There were some nice exchanges early on between Sami and Tyler then Pete did that picture perfect Flosberry flop out onto all five men on the outside. Jake and Pete had a nice exchange of strikes which popped this reviewer then applied a sharpshooter. Sami broke it up with a kiss to Pete then Sami got a near fall with his double undertook tombstone. Tyler came in and nailed Sami with a deadlift German. Jake nailed Trent with a DVD for a two count then flipped out of a German and him and his Irish brother nailed Trent with Steiner screwdriver for a near fall. Trent battles back with a piledriver to Sami for a near fall. OI4k and Sami then nailed all the members of BSS with a tombstone in stereo for a two count. The action spilled to the outside as Trent gave Jake an exploder onto the apron and Tyler dived out onto them. Dave went to the back as all five brawled on the outside. Dave then appeared on top of the scaffolding on the entrance aisle and dived onto all five men just avoiding some of the structure set up on entrance aisle. It was a scary moment but that crazy bastard was OK. Back in the ring, Pete drilled Sami with the bitter end for a two count. Then both Tyler and Jake climbed to the top rope on opposite ends of one another. Tyler and Jake both dived off and for the life of me don't how Jake did this but caught Tyler in mid-air with a cutter. It looked just as impressive as you might think it did by reading this. If I didn't do it justice and probably didn't go and check a GIF out of it now already. Jake pinned Tyler but only got a two count bizarrely. Trent then gave crazy Jake a top rope spike piledriver to pick up the win for his team. That bump was crazier than the mid-air cutter. Afterwards, all six men received standing ovations and showed one another respect to end the show. Winners: British Strong Style (Trent Seven, Pete Dunne and Tyler Bate) Overall this was an OK show but again I said this a lot in the review above not a lot stood out as anything great or special. Night one was far superior to night two but thankfully the main event delivered. There really isn't much else to add. It isn't a show I would say is something you must go out of your way to see but buy the double DVD and just watch the six man tag, tag team and both singles matches avoid the rest. Thanks again for reading this review and sorry if it was too negative for you that's just the old bitter and twisted mark in me. I'll end as always with I'll see you at the matches. @Billy_Jay83 |
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