It's Rev Pros first show since high stakes 2017, which was tremendous and well worth a look. These Cockpit shows are getting a make over now and are must watch shows which you could argue they weren't before. Rev Pro are building them to seem more important as of late. Which in my opinion is only a good thing for the product. It can't continue to promote big shows every four months at the York Hall while the other shows really don't mean anything. So let's see if Rev Pro can follow up the success of its last Cockpit show which featured that stunning six man tag main event where Marty Scrull, Pete Dunne and Travis Banks beat Ryan Smile, Will Ospreay and Shane Strickland. A match that has received rave reviews and for good reason.
It's a cold open with a new ring announcer and commentary team can't say I caught anyone's names but it's a slight improvement. Singles Match: Zack Gibson Vs Dan Magee/with Rob Lias This was a quick match which existed only to establish Gibson and gain Gibson some traction going forward as he continues to get a push on these shows to ready him for his eventual debut on the York hall show. Magee is essentially a young lion or as they call them in Rev Pro: Contenders. So the result was pretty obvious. At least they are continuing the the on/off friendship feud with Magee and Lias. It was nothing special Gibson ended up winning with Shankley Gates. It was the right result in this reviewers opinion. Afterwards Gibson cuts his highly entertaining Zack Gibson number one promo which always gets tremendous heat as well as taking shots at the contenders Lias and Magee. After Gibson left Lias and Magee argued as Magee was hot at Lias for interjecting himself into his match. Basically Magee doesn't want Lias cheating on his behalf and Lias slapped Magee to leave him laying. Winner: Zack Gibson Singles Match: Timothy Thatcher Vs Lord Gideon Grey I like this new serious direction they are going in with Lord Gideon Grey. Here he was a lot less animated and did far fewer comedy routines to get over with the crowd and proved to this reviewer he's actually quiet a decent talent in ring when he wants to be. Early on, Grey held his own with the king of grapple fuck, Timothy Thatcher and was able to escape Thatcher's wrist lock, leg lock and Fujiwara arm bar. Grey targeted the leg and the knee and worked it over to good heat throughout the middle of the match. Thatcher came back against Grey, obviously, and trapped Grey in an ankle lock. Somehow Grey was able to fight out of it and nearly sent Thatcher into the referee Chris Roberts but Thatcher stopped just in time! Then Grey went back to his old bag of tricks and tried to low blow Thatcher, but Thatcher caught Grey and slapped him in a Fujiwara arm bar and Grey tapped out. Winner: Timothy Thatcher Tag Team Match: The London Riots (James Davis&Rob Lynch) Vs The Contenders team of Kurtis Chapman and Josh Wall They are building this as no easy challenge for the Riots, as Wall and Chapman had beaten the Revolutionists (Sha Samuels and James Castle) the previous time out in record time. In fact, Wall went for the quick roll up early, similar to the finish from the match with The Revolutionists. The Riots then proceeded to beat the holy hell out of Wall and Chapman only giving them a few hope spots here and there for the rest of the match. It ended after a few minutes of very one sided against with the Riots picking up the win when Lynch speared Wall for the one, two and three. Winners: The London Riots (Rob Lynch and James Davis) Afterwards one half of the Revolutionists James Castle beat up Wall and Chapman and left them laying. Sha had blamed Castle, his partner in The Revolutionists last time out hence why we got this beat down here. That was great attention to detail In my opinion Mr Quildan. Non Title Match: ROH World Television Champion 'The Villain' Marty Scurll Vs Luke 'Dragon' Phoenix It's good to see Luke back on the Brit Wres scene after a eight year absence. I didn't know he had retired to be honest as he always looked like a prospect when I followed FWA during its dying days over a decade ago, but that what happens when you finish following Brit Wres like I did! Early on Phoenix held his own with Marty and showed some solid ground game against 'The Villain'. The match went up into second gear as Phoenix nailed 'The Villain' with a hurricanrana and a dropkick. 'The Villain and 'Dragon' took it to the outside where both men faked dives which ended up with Marty poking Luke in the eye. On the outside Marty worked over Luke as the crowd cheered Marty on. Back in the ring Marty worked over Luke targeting the fingers by just stamping on Luke's hand. Marty just toyed with Luke, slapping him in the face and then mounted him and punched away at Luke's head. The Phoenix was starting to fire up (Get it?) and took the beating back to Marty. The Phoenix nailed a top rope flying headbutt for a near fall. Phoenix nailed Marty with a Superkick and then applied a bridging Indian Death Lock but Marty battled out. Dragon Suplex by Luke for another near fall then a crucifix pin for another near fall. Scurll fought back with his finger breaking spot and then went for the Chicken Wing but Phoenix countered into another nearfall. Phoenix went for anther top rope missile headbutt but Marty got his knees up and nailed Phoenix with a tombstone for a nearfall. Marty then nailed Phoenix with a gotch style Piledriver and the Phoenix kicked out again ( I had a bit of a problem with that as that move is a finisher and should be used as such). Then Phoenix kicked out of three superkicks. Marty then nailed Luke with a lariat, another gotch style piledriver and then another tombstone for another nearfall (FFS guys I get the story you're trying to tell but seriously your killing a bunch of finishers which don't need to be killed). Marty was in disbelief by now and then began to stomp on Luke over and over again. Marty applied a Chicken Wing and Luke tried to hang on but eventually had to tap out. So far it's match of the night but I have to say I did not appreciate the lack of psychology in this match. Yeah, Marty was trying to make someone he respects look like a star, but did he need to sacrifice a bunch of finishing moves in the process! Winner: 'The Villain' Marty Scurll Singles Match: 'The Kiwi Buzzsaw' Travis Banks Vs 'The All Day Star' Ryan Smile This was a match I was really looking forward to and for good reason. It was a hot start as both men went back and fourth. After a fancy crisscross Ryan hit a dropkick and then Trav nailed Ryan with a big running penalty kick. On the outside both men traded chops with one another as well as forearms and other strikes. Trav beat the hell out of Ryan back in the ring with a spine shattering Irish whip into the corner which sent Ryan upside down. Travis began to work over Ryan's back and arm in a very vicious manner indeed. Ryan began to fight back with open hand slaps to Travis but he brushed it off and nailed Ryan with a big wheel kick for a two count. Travis nailed Ryan over and over with vicious kicks and then a big suplex for another two count. The crowd began to get behind Ryan chanting his name. Ryan came back with some big elbow smashes and a top rope missile dropkick. Travis went to the outside but Ryan did his Ricochet dive over the ring post and to the outside. Back in the ring Ryan missed a double stomp and Travis nailed Ryan with another big kick for another two count. Cannonball splash (hey ain't that Dave Mastiff's move?) in the corner by Travis to Ryan for another two count. Travis and Ryan both go for a suplex but both men counter it. Travis nails Ryan with a Superkick and then Ryan nails Travis with one of his own. Running knee to the face by Travis to Ryan and then a big clothesline by Travis to Ryan for another two count. Travis continues to strike Ryan over and over again with forearm smashes while he mounts Ryan, but Ryan fires up with a jumping knee smash and a springboard cutter. Ryan goes back up top and hits Travis with a frog splash for the one, two and three. This match was tremendous I loved the strikes both men exchanged with one another and this match really wouldn't look out of place in NJPW. The story of the match was much better than the Phoenix and Scurll match. Because basically they didn't ruin it with psychology killing spots. Don't have enough time to put over this match how much I enjoyed it and hopefully we get it again in Rev Pro at York Hall again at some point. Yeah the finish came out of nowhere but it was really, really good in my opinion. Winner: 'The All Day Star' Ryan Smile Afterwards Travis Banks partner in #CCK Chris Brookes hit the ring and attacked Ryan. Chris grabbed a microphone and "Said him and Travis came here looking for two very specific people in the RPW British Tag Team Champions, Charlie Sterling and Joel Redman. Meanwhile Travis continued to beat down Ryan with forearms. Brooke's says "the champs choose not to be here to avoid us and then Brookes laid out a challenge to Redman and Sterling for the next Cockpit show with the titles on the line. After #CCK left the ring, Ryan pulled himself up and left under his own weight walking to the back. Singles Match: Dave Mastiff Vs Eddie Dennis The push for the big, bad Dave Mastiff continues as this time Dave dismantled Eddie Dennis in a match which was really nothing special. Dave dominated for most of the match by over powering Dennis and beating him. Dave used his body weight as well to inflict pain on the 'The Pride of Wales' Eddie Dennis. The finish saw Mastiff counter a big top rope splash and put Eddie into a Boston crab and Eddie quickly tapped out. This match didn't have a chance in hell of following Ryan smile vs Travis Banks. Winner: Dave Mastiff RPW Interim British Cruiserweight Title Match: Josh Bodom (Champion) Vs Oliver Carter Another good performance by Josh but again I'm still put off by him for his antics outside of the ring and still don't think he's a very reliable person to build your Cruiserweight division around. This is his third reign with the belt and still don't think he's the right guy to have won the belt at High Stakes. In my opinion it should have been put on Ryan Smile. Bodom has improve in the ring greatly but I'm still not sold on him. I've never heard of the Swiss wrestler Oliver Carter and I can't say I disliked him. He put on a more an acceptable performance here against Bodom. Bodom picked up the win with a lung blower powerbomb. I guess he ain't trying to get that bliss buster over anymore then? Winner: Josh Bodom (And still interim RPW British Cruiserweight Champion) Afterwards Bodom says "guess who's still the Cruiserweight champion?" He says he "doesn't care about the wrestlers in the back or the keyboard warriors on the Internet" and claims he's the true Cruiserweight champion. He adds Will Ospreay is walking around Japan with a fake title and playing games with that dick Shibata and says to Will "come at me bro!" Josh then drops the microphone and leaves. Main Event: Zack Sabre Jr. Vs 'Speedball' Mike Bailey Early on both men are trying to get the advantage on the other to no avail. Zack eventually takes down 'Speedball' and tries to tie him up with but 'Speedball' shows off his own ground skills by getting out of the hold. Both men grapple with one another on the mat but again neither man can get the upper hand early on. Zack slaps 'Speedball' which fires up the Canadian who unloads with kicks to Zack's upper body. Zack rallies back with slaps but 'Speedball' nails Zack with a dropsault (drop kick moonsault). 'Speedball' nails Zack over and over again in the corner with kicks but Zack catches 'Speedball's' leg and begins to work over 'Speedball's' knees. Zack applies a number of stretches to 'Speedball' to continue to inflict pain on him. Zack ties up 'Speedball' and does a Romero special but 'Speedball' refuses to tap so Zack lets the hold go. 'Speedball' does his karate kid kick which sends Zack to the outside. 'Speedball' works over Zack on the outside with kicks while selling his sore knee. Zack comes back with forearms and European uppercuts. Zack then applies a ankle lock on Bailey on the stairs of the cockpit theatre. Bailey tries to get up but can't and falls down the stairs. Sabre smells blood and rolls 'Speedball' into the ring and continues to zero in on the knee. Zack kicks away at Bailey's knee and then applies a heel hook. Both men try to kick one another in the hold but then Zack rolls over and reapplies the ankle lock. 'Speedball' reaches the ropes then Zack charges Bailey in the corner but Bailey gets his leg up and Zack runs into it. Bailey can barley stand but begins to fire strikes at Zack. Bailey nails Zack with a slice bread number two for a nearfall. Bailey misses with a big spin kick and Zack holds onto his leg and takes him down into a leg bar but again Bailey reaches the ropes. Both men get up and trade forearms, uppercuts and chops in the middle of the ring as the crowd comes to its feet. 'Speedball' nails Zack with a enzigiri and both men go down. Bailey gets back up and nails Zack with a knee strike. He goes for a second but Zack cuts him off with an uppercut. Bailey counters a second uppercut by Zack with a knee strike of his own. Bailey then follows it up with a sky twister press for another near fall. Bailey is in shock at Zack has kicked out and sends Zack to the outside and then dives up to the second rope and moonsualts out onto Zack. Bailey goes up top but Zack rolls out of the way. Bailey hoops off the top rope to the mat below and Zack charges him but Bailey nails Zack with a Spinning Roundhouse kick. Bailey goes back up top and goes for a Shooting Star knee drop but moves and Bailey lands on his feet. Zack grabs hold of Bailey and drops him with an Impaler DDT for a near fall. Zack then grabs Bailey's ankle and he's trapped in the ankle lock but somehow counters it and gives Zack another Roundhouse kick. Bailey then nails Zack with the Shooting Star knee drop but doesn't go for the pin. Bailey gets up and goes for another Roundhouse kick but Zack ducks and takes Bailey down. Zack stretches Bailey in a number of different positions then pulls Bailey's leg back over his head and Bailey is forced to tap out. Winner: Zack Sabre Jr Afterwards cocky Zack gives credit to Bailey but adds I still tapped you out mate. He then announces that he will face Shibata next week at NJPW 45th Anniversary show in Tokyo Japan for the RPW British Heavyweight Title. Overall it was another solid Cockpit show by Rev pro they should be proud with the fact they continued to push and establish Zack sabre Jr, Zack Gibson, Dave Mastiff, Ryan Smile, Marty Scurll etc while managing to keep everyone looking strong who was on the receiving end of a loss. In my opinion Rev Pro are doing a damn fine job of booking its talents going forward and are keeping its shows interesting by establishing all of its talents at current levels. Thanks again for reading my review and if this review has made you want to check out the show then head on over to Pivotshare and search RPW on demand to see this show. You won't regret it and I'll sign off as always by ripping off Bill Apter by saying "See you at the matches!" @Billy_Jay83
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