For the first time ever, Pro Wrestling Chaos streamed live on Internet pay-per-view via Powerbomb TV. A huge landmark for a promotion which started off as three mates setting up a small show in Yate, Bristol almost five years ago. Well done to absolutely everyone who has helped Pro Wrestling Chaos get to this stage. It does beg the question as to where they can go from here in terms of growth. If only Colston Hall wanted a wrestling show...
El Ligero vs. Josh Knott (Pre-iPPV Facebook exclusive dark match) Chaos veteran and former tag team champion El Ligero returned after missing last months The Wrestle Squanchers event as a surprise guest in this opening contest against a relatively unknown opponent (unknown at least to a portion of the Chaos roster) in Josh Knott. Knott has wrestled for promotions such as Pro Wrestling Pride (where he's one half of the current tag team champions alongside NXT alumni Joel Redman), Pro Evolution Wrestling and Plymouth Wrestling Association. This contest may have featured Junior Junior referee Huw Jenkins' finest moment in a wrestling ring when he was able to roll up Knott for a three count. A moment of comedy that fans of Ligero have come to expect over the years. It was Ligero who managed to pick up the win in this contest with a top rope splash. Both wrestlers, however, did a great job of introducing Josh Knott to this audience in Thornbury. Winner - El Ligero Onto the main show and once the cameras started rolling, ring announcer Rob Maltman called Eddie Dennis out to the ring. Eddie had a few words for Pro Wrestling Chaos who have guaranteed to honour his bookings, much like they've done with other wrestlers in the past, while he recovers from his injury. Eddie announced his operation will be on March 5th and on March 6th he'll be back in the gym working on his comeback. Eddie then took a seat on commentary for the opening contest. While Eddie is out injured, make sure you support him in any way you possibly can by picking up merchandise. If you're unable to afford it, a simple tweet to advertise would also go a long, long way. Keep up with Eddie's latest merchandise releases, as well as injury updates on Twitter - @EddieDennis1986 Alex Steele vs Chuck Mambo This had a very interesting pre-match dynamic as this was Eddie's former pal taking on one of his best buds. Alex, still sporting the crutch that he struck Eddie with in this same venue back in September, came out to seemingly mock his former tag team partner and Eddie looked ready to fight from the commentary table. Once the match got underway, the crowd was solidly behind the UK's Gnarliest Wrestler, although there were one or two people in the audience who would still consider themselves members of the Steele Section it would seem as voices were heard supporting the Bristol native. When Alex was unable to put Chuck away, he resorted to attempting to use the crutch that he'd brought to the ring with him. Mambo managed to block the attempted use of it before referee Paz took it away. With the referees back turned, Alex took a second crutch from under the ring and put it across Chuck's head to pick up the victory. Winner - Alex Steele After the match, Alex continued to beat down Chuck with the crutch before Eddie Dennis prevented Steele from inflicting further damage. Eddie had earlier vowed to get revenge on Alex so with this attack on his close friend Chuck Mambo, that's sure only added fuel to the raging fire that's burning within The Pride of Wales. Crazy Teacups (Eddie Ryan & Charlie Sterling) w/ Dr Pariah Khan vs Team H8 (Gideon & Jeckel) In a rematch from last month’s event The Wrestle Squanchers, Ryan and Sterling looked to pick up some much-needed momentum in the tag team division. However, the big question on minds of the Chaos Club was "Can these two now get along?" With Pari...sorry... Dr Pariah Khan making his return last month and aligning himself with The Crazy Teacups, there can only be positive things to come out of this for the two West-Country natives. Sterling and Ryan did manage pick up the win here despite having a few mishaps along the way in terms of communication. However, a win is a win and surely, they’re only moving onto bigger things as a team. Well, only if Eddie would stop superkicking Charlie like he did post-match here. They are starting to get on the same page so the rest of the tag teams in Chaos should beware that The Crazy Teacups are here to take on the division. Winners – Crazy Teacups (Charlie Sterling & Eddie Ryan) Jamie Hayter vs Session Moth Martina Both women were making their Pro Wrestling Chaos returns after their participation in October’s Maiden of Chaos tournament at Hanham Community Centre. In fact, this was one of the two semi-final contests from that tournament so we essentially had another rematch at Control, Alt, Delete. Martina, who left her 34 kids at home for the evening, came out with her signature can of lager. Just when it looked as though Jamie was going join her on a ‘sesh’, Hayter started pouring the can outside of the ring. Both Martina and the referee had to make sure that the can was OK as they checked for a pulse. When all was revealed to be OK, the match finally started. This match was hugely important, especially with champion Jinny sidelined with an injury, the winner of this would surely become the number one contender for her title once she’s cleared to compete? If the winner is to become the number one contender, it would be Session Moth Martina after she levelled Jamie with a devastating Tombstone Piledriver to pick up the three count. Surely, she’ll be gunning for Jinny and the Maiden of Chaos championship when the title holder is ready to return to the ring. Winner – Session Moth Martina National Wrestling Alliance Worlds Heavyweight Championship – Nick Aldis vs Big Grizzly If getting onto iPPV wasn’t enough for the fans of Pro Wrestling Chaos, there was the huge contest for the most historical championship in the history of this sport. NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion Nick Aldis was in Thornbury to defend his title. Aldis won the title back in December from Tim Storm at CZW’s Cage of Death and he wasn’t ready to drop the title here against the biggest, baddest Welshman in professional wrestling. The match seemed to be moving along nicely until referee Paz got caught in the wrong part of town and was subsequently squashed by Aldis in the corner when Grizzly looked to use the World Championship as a weapon. With no referee, Grizzly’s huge powerbomb was seemingly in vein and as he looked to revive the ref, he spotted the Ten Pounds of Gold laying on top of Paz. Looking to use the belt as a weapon, Grizz was caught with a low blow which did not go down well with this Bristolian crowd. Aldis then clocked the big man with the title but Big Grizzly kicked out at two. Moments later, after missing a top rope manoeuvre, Grizzly seemed to tweak a knee and Aldis had his man right where he wanted him as he locked in the Kings Lynn Cloverleaf which the challenger had no choice but to submit to as the Aldis Crusade continues. Aldis’ tactics didn’t seem to go down too well with the audience, and Grizzly has every right to feel aggrieved, but the National Treasure is still the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion. Winner and still NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion – Nick Aldis Andrew Everett vs Dick Riley A match that should’ve taken place in Chaos twelve months ago finally happened. Unfortunately, Everett sustained an injury in February last year meaning he was unable to face Dick Riley in this same venue. However, Chaos management made the match that they’d promised fans a year ago and boy did it deliver! Unfortunately for Riley, he’s been on the wrong end of results over that twelve-month period. Dick hasn’t won a one-on-one contest (that’s excluding his sneaky pin on then ATTACK! 24/7 Champion Nixon Newell at Sweet Dreams in April). The Pro Wrestling Chaos 2017 wrestler of the year is never one to back down from a challenge and has continued to prove just how good he is with stellar matches against wrestlers such as Speedball Mike Bailey, WWE United Kingdom Champion Pete Dunne and IWGP Jr Heavyweight Champion Will Ospreay. Everett is not to be sold short though. Having held tag team gold in both AAW and PWG, as well as being a regular contender for the Impact Wrestling X Division Championship throughout 2016 and 2017, you could be forgiven for thinking that Everett was the heavy favourite in this contest given the level of experience the 25-year-old from Burlington, NC has. However, as valuable as that experience is, it wasn’t enough for ‘The Apex of Flight’ in this contest as Riley finally picked up the victory that has been eluding him over the past year. Congratulations, Dick! You deserved that moment! Winner – Dick Riley Mark Haskins vs Beano This was one of the more anticipated matches on this stacked card with Beano, fresh off his fantastic showing against James Drake last month facing one of the most talked about wrestlers in the entire world in Mark Haskins. Haskins C.V. speaks for itself winning championships in promotions across the globe while Beano is only a couple of years into his career but has showed fans of promotions such as Chaos, Dragon Pro and ATTACK! that he’s not to be taken lightly (as Big Grizzly found out in 2017). However, this is a new year and Beano is a more experienced and wiser wrestler than he was a year ago. He also seems determined to be recognised as a legitimate threat to anyone he steps into the ring with and that determination was what gave Mark Haskins a debut to remember in the land of Pro Wrestling Chaos. To his credit, Beano certainly brought his A-game to Thornbury as he looked to score the win in the biggest match of his career against one of the best wrestlers this country has ever produced. Many fans have called this the match of the night and it’d be hard to disagree with that as both men gave absolutely everything they had. Haskins learned a thing or two about Beano that night and even though he picked up the submission victory, he may even be tempted to return to Chaos down the line for a rematch with Man Like Beano! Winner – Mark Haskins The Brotherhood (James Drake, Joe Mezinger, ELIJAH and Nathan Bane) vs Mike Bird, Drew Parker and The Anti-Fun Police (Chief Deputy Dunne and Los Federales Santos Jr) Onto the least fun part of the show now and that’s because The Anti-Fun Police vowed to stop James Drake and his brothers’ brand of fun in Thornbury. Chief Deputy Dunne was making his in-ring return to Chaos after over 18 months away. Returning to the scene of his last Chaos contest, he, along with his teammates looked to take down the single most threatening faction to have ever graced the Chaos ring. Portions of the Chaos Club seemed glad to see the return of Dunne with supportive chants of “we hate fun” and “El Capitan” as well as “no fun, nada” when Santos got a taste of the action. Four men who weren’t happy to see them were The Brotherhood who looked as vicious as ever with their gang-like mentality of isolate and destroy. However, when the numbers are even, The Brotherhood must search for new ways to stay on top in contests like this. They showed their versatility, resilience and cunning to pick up a hard-earned victory in this main event – Albeit with ELIJAH’s use of the Knights of Chaos championship belt to the skull of Drew Parker as he looked to put James Drake away. Mr. Mayhem was then able to secure the pinfall and the victory for The Brotherhood. They weren’t done there however. Clearly not satisfied with winning, we almost saw a ‘return to the scene of the crime’ moment as Drake looked as though he was going to cut up the ring canvas again as he’d done back in September. Dave Mercy rushed to the ring to put a halt to it however was made to pay for his actions as Drake laid Mercy out with a huge forearm. The violence didn’t stop there, however, as Mezinger hit Dave with his own finishing move – the RKO – directly onto the Pro Wrestling Chaos logo on the canvas before Bane, Mezinger and ELIJAH finished the brutality with a devastating powerbomb. Winners – The Brotherhood How does this effect the landscape of Pro Wrestling Chaos leading into Total Chaos in March? There will surely be repercussions for The Brotherhood prior to that event…sorry…those events at Hanham Community Centre. Total Chaos will be a double event on March 24th. Hanham usually sells out so make sure you purchase tickets now if you wish to be a part of the most unpredictable date in the Chaos calendar! Tickets available now from www.prowrestlingchaos.com
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February 2018
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