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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