Spontaneous Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 Finished nights 1 and 2 of this year's BOLA. I managed to mostly avoid spoilers except for who are the finalists. Best matches so far have been Orange Cassidy vs David Starr, Sekimoto vs Jeff Cobb and Jungle Boy vs Jake Atlas. Felt the first round was little bland, no surprise winners. Hated Joey Janela kicking out of a fire ball to the face, wiping his face and then winning 30 seconds later with a superkick. Might watch night 3 tonight. Hopefully it plays out better. Definitely hurt having so many newer, less experienced wrestlers debuting I felt. None looked bad but I never believed any of them were advancing past round 1. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 Intermission at Tetsujin. First half of tne show was incredible. The Young Guns almost killed one another. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 "There's a Starr man waiting in the sky, he'd like to come and meet us and he wants to unionize" was a chant I joined in with. David Starr was literally the first person I saw when I got into Fairfield Social Club, working the merch table. But he was only selling We The Independent stuff, not his own personal Merch. And I was already wearing my Unionize shirt, so he didn't try to sell me anything. Jordan Devlin was working the table next to him because OTT kayfabe only applies on Irish soil. The first half of the show, the Prospect matches, young a hungry guys looking to make a name, that was great. The second half, with the veteran presence, a bit more cagey and less blam blam sudden impact. It was also (from my perspective) hampered by sightline issues because loads of people the same height as me stood between me and the ring, so the matwork was obscured. But that sorted itself out in time for Starr vs A-Kid and Thatcher vs Devlin, which were both outstanding. Although a lot of the main event was more a story of Jordan, Don't Annoy The Large Angry Man than a this could go either way type of deal. All things considered, a hell of a show. Hopefully it shows up online somewhere soon. They were filming, and they did say if it sold out they'd put it up for free, so let's hope so. Looked very full, anyway. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 6 hours ago, Six String Orchestra said: Felt the first round was little bland, no surprise winners. Hated Joey Janela kicking out of a fire ball to the face, wiping his face and then winning 30 seconds later with a superkick. Joey Janela in PWG is the dirt worst and this is coming from somebody who generally enjoys him elsewhere, particularly his own promoted shows in GCW. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spontaneous Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 Finished bola 2019 tonight. Night 3 was much better than the first two. Without spoiling anything, a satisfying conclusion. I thought the ending was spoiled for me and I was wrong, great ending. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DangerMark Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 13 hours ago, AxB said: And I was already wearing my Unionize shirt, so he didn't try to sell me anything. Jeez, not sure if I saw you there then. I had a plain blue hoodie for the first half and a Joe Coffey Last Man Standing shirt for the second half, and I was hanging round with a My Name Is Earl extra. (Here's where I find out that we were the ones blocking your view.) Gotta agree with your assessment of the show; the Young Guns colliding was worth a t-shirt from me. I think there are a few from that first half who fit that UWF/Pancrase style that Tetsujin was going for than in the second half, which could also have played into it. Main Event was hella fun though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 Spoiled for size: Spoiler See the shaved head on the left side, back to camera? That's me. If they include entrances and exits on the video, I'll be all over it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DangerMark Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 (edited) I'm a little too short to be in that picture, but for the first half I was just behind the the cameraman standing in the corner on the right. If that picture was taken again for the second half, I probably would be in the middle somewhere. EDIT: My associate wishes it to be known that he is actually a Duck Dynasty reject. Edited November 23, 2019 by DangerMark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Sugar Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 On 11/23/2019 at 6:00 AM, AxB said: Spoiled for size: Hide contents See the shaved head on the left side, back to camera? That's me. If they include entrances and exits on the video, I'll be all over it. What venue is this? It's fucking amazing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 Fairfield Social Club, Manchester, England. It's built under a couple of Railway Arches. Has really great acoustics, the videos don't capture how loud the crowd sounded. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.K.o.S. Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 (edited) The opening match of last night's Uncharted Territory, which is Beyond Wrestling's live show on IWTV, was Brandon Thurston vs. Jay Freddie. Late in the match, both men were on the top rope and fell to the outside. I believe what happened is Freddie landed feet first on the ring steps, which he wasn't expecting to hit, and then fell to the floor from there without being able to protect himself. He was knocked out for a short time. Scary moment as the crowd went deathly silent, but everyone handled it as well as possible. They called the match immediately, paramedics came in, IWTV cut the feed and went to pre-taped bumper spots, Beyond gave an update on social media after a few minutes that Freddie was conscious and in good spirits, and Drew Cordeiro got on commentary to run down what happened when they went back live. They didn't show Freddie on camera again until he was back up on his feet. Edited December 6, 2019 by S.K.o.S. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 On 11/23/2019 at 1:06 PM, DangerMark said: Jeez, not sure if I saw you there then. I had a plain blue hoodie for the first half and a Joe Coffey Last Man Standing shirt for the second half, and I was hanging round with a My Name Is Earl extra. (Here's where I find out that we were the ones blocking your view.) Gotta agree with your assessment of the show; the Young Guns colliding was worth a t-shirt from me. I think there are a few from that first half who fit that UWF/Pancrase style that Tetsujin was going for than in the second half, which could also have played into it. Main Event was hella fun though. Show is up on YouTube already. And posted in the 2019 matches thread. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DangerMark Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 (edited) I'm the idiot grinning in the background when Luke Jacobs gets a rope break with his teeth. I'm going to have to watch this show properly and not just watch out for myself and my idiot mate in the crowd. Novelty hasn't worn off yet though. Edited December 7, 2019 by DangerMark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.K.o.S. Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Nick Gage's GCW title reign came to an end today at 722 days, just 8 days shy of 2 years. AJ Gray defeated Gage in the main event of GCW's Nashville show to win the title, then Rickey Shane Page immediately cashed in a title shot that Gage had promised him earlier in the night and pinned AJ to become the current champion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 Effy is definitely not playing around with his Wrestlemania weekend show 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 On the subject of which, December 4th: December 5th: 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimo Necro Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 ICW New York has a pretty ridiculous looking ‘No Holds Barred’ card on Jan 4th. Looks like it might be there equivalent to Josh Barnetts Bloodsport. ‘Interesting’ matches so far include: Low Ki v Takeda Killer Kross v Chris Dickinson Nick Gage v Tessa Blanchard and Shlak v Necro Butcher Cant deny I’m extremely curious to see this nonsense! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 1 hour ago, Ultimo Necro said: ICW New York has a pretty ridiculous looking ‘No Holds Barred’ card on Jan 4th. Looks like it might be there equivalent to Josh Barnetts Bloodsport. ‘Interesting’ matches so far include: Low Ki v Takeda Killer Kross v Chris Dickinson Nick Gage v Tessa Blanchard and Shlak v Necro Butcher Cant deny I’m extremely curious to see this nonsense! I just watched Necro vs Shadow WX from the other night in WX's MLW group. Necro... doesn't look good. At all. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikoBaltimore Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 11 hours ago, Pete said: I just watched Necro vs Shadow WX from the other night in WX's MLW group. Necro... doesn't look good. At all. I am all for more shows like Bloodsport but I may wait until reading what you folks think about it. If it's worthwhile I can always get the replay assuming it's on Fite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quackhell Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 Beyond Wrestling Uncharted Territory Episode 12 opens with a David Starr/Leyla Hirsch match that is worth seeking out. It's rough in spots, but it kind of works to put over it being a struggle. Having Eddie Kingston on commentary is an added bonus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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