Revolution Pro Wrestling returned with yet another Live at the cockpit show on September 3rd. The show itself wasn't exactly "blow away" in terms of the card when it was announced. In fact, there was no Zack Sabre Jr the current RPW British Heavyweight Champion, no Josh Bodom the current RPW Undisputed British Cruiserweight Champion (are you noticing a trend here?) and no RPW British Tag Team Champions #CCK (Travis Banks & Chris Brookes), Will Ospreay or 'The Villain' Marty Scurll. They did, however, have Flip Gordan from ROH and NEW taking on Bubblegum. Also, Timothy Thatcher was scheduled to face Zack Gibson and our favourite loveable loser Eddie Dennis took on El Phantasmo.
The usual cold open with Andy Quildan in the ring introducing our first contest of the evening. On the plus side thankfully, RJ Singh is on commentary replacing the usually unbearable Andy Boy Simmons. Singles Match: Eddie Dennis Vs El Phantasmo So if your paying attention Eddie Dennis continues his losing gimmick in RPW as I've pointed out this gimmick is really working for him in RPW and he's getting more over as a lovable babyface because of it. No longer do fans pop for his Andrew WK theme - they pop for Eddie. Anyway, the losing gimmick was bound to continue as Rev Pro have announced that they will be holding their first event in Cardiff Wales on October and I would assume that will be his first big win and I can't wait to see the scenes when Eddie gets his first big win in Rev Pro. I have to wonder why Eddie was chosen to lose to El Phantasmo who, like I've said before, is nothing more than a cheap Poundland version of Angelico. Anyway, the win didn't really do anything for the Canadian as he wasn't any more over after his big win. Yep, I know I'm being negative but that was my take on it. and I want to like El Phantasmo, if he was to alter his look a little I would accept him more. The match was solid but nothing stood out as important. El Phantasmo won with an ankle lock and he didn't even work over Eddie's ankle in the match and Eddie tapped out clean. Winner: El Phantasmo Afterwards, the masked hooded man attacked El Phantasmo and sprayed a green strip down the middle of El Phantasmo hair. Andy Quildan said it looked like James Castle - a theory I pointed out on my last review. Singles Match: Zack Gibson Vs Timothy Thatcher So this one was rather good. I may take heat for this but I do enjoy Timothy Thatcher's grapple fuck contests and this didn't disappoint. As both men worked a very tight ground and pound style and exchanged hold for hold with one another. The only problem was the crowd was really quiet during this and seemed to switch off. It's disappointing but it's not everyone's cup of tea so I get it. The finish saw Gibson lock in the Shankley Gates and Thatcher was forced to tap out. The winning streak for Gibson continues and surely he's on course to a collision with either Will Ospreay or Zack Sabre Jr at either Global Wars or Uprising. Winner: Zack Gibson Singles Match: Dan Magee Vs Dave Mastiff This match existed basically to get Dave Mastiff's heat back up after months of losing on Cockpit and Live in Portsmouth shows. Magee had some nice hope spots but nothing came of it, of course. Dave won with his cannonball splash and now he heads into Global Wars facing Tomohiro Iishi or Minuro Suzuki hopefully. Winner: Dave Mastiff Singles Match: Ryan Smile Vs David Starr This was the fact back and forth match we needed after three storyline driven matches. There were lots of flips, dives and fast-paced action with plenty of near falls, which I enjoyed immensely. Both men slowed down towards the end but they needed to after going a 110mph the first ten minutes into the contest. Smile took Starr's head off with a spin kick and a double stomp. Then Starr nailed Ryan with a German into the corner. Starr followed it up with a spine shocking DDT onto the ring apron. Smile got a very near fall with a Revolution Kick but the fan base was just not behind him as a babyface hence why they barely reacted when Starr low blowed Smile and drilled him with the Tomorrow Driver to pick up the win. By far my favourite match of this entire card and it's not very often I'll put over Ryan Smile. Afterwards, Starr cut a promo but I could barely make out what he was saying as he didn't have a microphone. Winner: David Starr Sha Samuels came out to his wicked theme 'Sha Life' and cut a comical promo on the state of Rev Pro, Andy Quildan, and Rob Lias. Sha pointed out he deserved better in Rev Pro but Andy didn't agree so Sha grabbed him by the collar and got into Quildan's face. Rob Lias then jumped into the ring and attacked Sha. RICKY called Sha a joke and a fat piece shit and called himself the future. RICKY continued to beat down Sha but then Sha made his comeback. The two brawled until security came in and broke it up between the two. Tag Team Match: Aussie Open (Mark Davis & Kyle Fletcher) Vs The Contenders (Josh Wall & Kurtis Chapman) Finally Aussie Open are in Rev Pro after tearing it up for most of the summer in ATTACK and Fight Club: Pro they deserved their chance to work for Revolution Pro Wrestling. Davis has a tremendous upside in my opinion as a heel main eventer but for now, he's just fine teaming with the Aussie Arrow Kyle Fletcher. Aussie open made the contenders look like legit threats early on then Davis began to chop the shit out of the beanpole Wall. Wall and Fletcher then exchanged some decent looking chops then Kyle drilled him with a reverse DVD. The contenders battled back and the match broke down. Expect me to complain about the legal man syndrome here but I'm not going to dammit. The Contenders did that fucked up gravity-defying assisted swinging DDT. Aussie Open drilled Chapman with the assisted cutter for a near fall. Wall nailed Fletcher with a lung blower then out of nowhere Sha and Ricky were back with security in tow. Chapman interjected themselves while back in the ring, Wall was nailed by Lord Gideon Grey out of nowhere with his cane. Kyle then went for a brainbuster to Wall but he countered it into a small package for a near fall. Kyle cut off the returning Chapman with a big boot then Davis nailed Chapman with his incredible looking spike piledriver for the three count. I really enjoyed this match but didn't enjoy the overbooked nonsense with Lord Gideon Grey, Sha Samuels, and Rob Lias. Considering it was Aussie Open's debut match in Rev Pro, maybe that silliness wasn't needed. Winners: Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis) Singles Match: Jinny Vs Bea Priestley Jinny's strong heel push continues but now I'm starting to get a little bored with all of these meaningless wins. I think it's about time Rev Pro put together a women's title tournament. The match wasn't anything blow away but wasn't offensive at all. Bea is someone I think still needs a lot more work she can have an acceptable contest but isn't on the level of Jinny at this present moment in time. Jinny won clean with the Style Clash, like every other one of her matches in the Cockpit this year. Winner: Jinny MAIN EVENT Singles Match: Bubblegum Vs Flip Gordan This match may not have been a right match to headline this show. I'm sure Mr. Quildan stands by this choice to have Bubblegum replace Josh Bodom in this match who was apparently injured. Bubblegum a great in-ring worker and solid but he's not really a name who in this day and age is a draw in current BritWres. If it was me I would have chosen Dennis vs Mastiff as a headliner for this show instead and moved this further down the card or even had Aussie Open's debut in the headliner slot but I ain't the booker so I should probably shut up now. The match itself was a little bit of a letdown. I expected so much more from both considering what both can do in the ring. Yeah, they did some nice flippy stuff but nothing stood out as being amazing. Bubblegum countered an Alabama slam while flip countered a 619. The flip went for the 619 but bubblegum countered with a German. Then bubblegum finally nailed flip with an enziguri and a 619. Bubblegum then hocked up Flip into a Canadian Destroyer for the one, two and three. Afterwards Bubblegum cut a promo putting over Flip Gordon but then after he was done Dave Mastiff showed up and gave Bubblegum a big German suplex and nailed Flip with a big boot to end the show. Winner: Bubblegum Overall this was a rather disappointing Cockpit show. These shows have been so good this year that when one is a little disappointing you feel let down. Last year this show wouldn't have looked out of place in the Cockpit, but not this year. Probably the stand out match of the night was either Aussie Open vs the contenders or Starr vs Smile as both were genuinely exciting. It was slim pickings which doesn't really happen very often with these Cockpit shows. I'll wrap up there as I don't want to go off on one about this show. It's an easy watch but nothing really stood out as special (I think the title of this review should be that as I've used it quite a few times throughout this review). Thanks again for reading and head over to RPW on demand at Pivotshare and subscribe. I'll finish as always with thanks for reading and I'll see you at the matches.
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