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IT'S been a long time since I’ve attended an Australian wrestling card…too long.
So it was nice to catch up with some of my old drinking mates at the UWA’s card on August 14 at the Merrylands RSL.
A small, enthusiastic crowd were on hand to see what was, essentially, a B card. UWA used several green Canberra guys on this card – including Crofty The Kambah Klepto and Rex – that dropped the match quality a tad.
Also, there were only two title matches and, to be frank, the Ultimate title main event was a glorified squash.
Some of the match results also had me scratching my head. Tag champs Devlin De Skyes and Salem both did jobs in singles bouts (to Crofty and Big J, respectively). That would be fine if this was leading to a tag title match in coming weeks with Crofty and Big J taking on the champs. But I was later told De Skyes & Salem will face Big J & H8rd (“Hatred”). So that was a perplexing booking move.
Billy Bob has an annoying hillbilly gimmick and Wayne Pickford rules so I was happy to see “Lofty” take the fall…with a sleeper no less. But I was surprised the UWA didn’t push the young fella over the grizzled veteran.
TJ Haze is now a face. Why? The guy’s a tailor-made heel – he has “bully” written all over him. His current role just doesn’t gel with me.
The Elite title match was a good even encounter between two charismatic performers, champ Bishop Sommers and Scarecrow. The champ hung on for the win, but it didn’t hurt Scarecrow’s popularity with the crowd.
Sommers was accompanied by his buddy Will Phoenix and the duo make a great heat-seeking heel combo.
Sommer accompanied Phoenix to ringside for the main event when the champ faced the diminutive challenger H8rd for his Ultimate title.
Like I said earlier, this was a fast-paced, one-sided affair, but a lotta fun to watch. H8rd is a bumping machine.
Phoenix has improved mightily over the years and he was pretty awesome here. His finishing move – a Falcon Arrow superplex thingy off the top rope – was simply sensational to watch.
OK. Ignore my whinging, ’cos I had a fantastic time.
And there’s no doubting the hard work put in by the wrestlers over an entertaining two hours.
14/8 Merrylands, Sydney (UWA – 150): Crofty The Kambah Klepto b Devlin De Skyes, Wayne “Punisher” Pickford b Billy Bob, TJ Haze b Rex, Big J b Salem UWA Elite title: Bishop Sommers b Scarecrow, UWA Ultimate title: Will Phoenix b H8rd
So it was nice to catch up with some of my old drinking mates at the UWA’s card on August 14 at the Merrylands RSL.
A small, enthusiastic crowd were on hand to see what was, essentially, a B card. UWA used several green Canberra guys on this card – including Crofty The Kambah Klepto and Rex – that dropped the match quality a tad.
Also, there were only two title matches and, to be frank, the Ultimate title main event was a glorified squash.
Some of the match results also had me scratching my head. Tag champs Devlin De Skyes and Salem both did jobs in singles bouts (to Crofty and Big J, respectively). That would be fine if this was leading to a tag title match in coming weeks with Crofty and Big J taking on the champs. But I was later told De Skyes & Salem will face Big J & H8rd (“Hatred”). So that was a perplexing booking move.
Billy Bob has an annoying hillbilly gimmick and Wayne Pickford rules so I was happy to see “Lofty” take the fall…with a sleeper no less. But I was surprised the UWA didn’t push the young fella over the grizzled veteran.
TJ Haze is now a face. Why? The guy’s a tailor-made heel – he has “bully” written all over him. His current role just doesn’t gel with me.
The Elite title match was a good even encounter between two charismatic performers, champ Bishop Sommers and Scarecrow. The champ hung on for the win, but it didn’t hurt Scarecrow’s popularity with the crowd.
Sommers was accompanied by his buddy Will Phoenix and the duo make a great heat-seeking heel combo.
Sommer accompanied Phoenix to ringside for the main event when the champ faced the diminutive challenger H8rd for his Ultimate title.
Like I said earlier, this was a fast-paced, one-sided affair, but a lotta fun to watch. H8rd is a bumping machine.
Phoenix has improved mightily over the years and he was pretty awesome here. His finishing move – a Falcon Arrow superplex thingy off the top rope – was simply sensational to watch.
OK. Ignore my whinging, ’cos I had a fantastic time.
And there’s no doubting the hard work put in by the wrestlers over an entertaining two hours.
14/8 Merrylands, Sydney (UWA – 150): Crofty The Kambah Klepto b Devlin De Skyes, Wayne “Punisher” Pickford b Billy Bob, TJ Haze b Rex, Big J b Salem UWA Elite title: Bishop Sommers b Scarecrow, UWA Ultimate title: Will Phoenix b H8rd
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