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GRESHAM VS. NEWMAN: 6/20 IWTV SOUTHEAST FIRST UNCHARTED TERRITORY SEASON 4, EPISODE 7 REPORT

IWTV Southeast First Uncharted Territory Season 4, Episode 7

6/20/22 - Red Bank, TN

Streaming on IWTV.live

That “Southeast First” chant is going as we come on the air. Rip Byson is out for our opening match. Dylan Hales & Johnny Mosely are your commentators. Scott Hensley is your announcer. Let’s goooooo!

Match 1: “Iron” Rip Byson vs “The Bloodbath Behemoth” TANK 

Joe Black was Byson’s original opponent but can’t be here today…Tank is a hell of a replacement. They go right to the brawling, spills to the floor, testing their shoulders, trading heavy shots, Byson smashes Tank to the post repeatedly! Cactus Elbow! Tank back up and throwing hands! Byson hitting a series of headbutts, Tank loves this and fires back! Byson trying to choke Tank with his chain. Tank returns the favor, showing a front row of children the face of a frightened choking Byson. They take a seat and have a bar fight, trading punches and headbutt flurries. Booting Byson out of a chair…Byson blasts him back with it. Why are we constantly trying to break these chairs?!? Byson pulls Tank up by his beard as this fight finally gets back in the ring. Rip misses a lariat, Tank hits a backfists and blasts a saito for the three! Hell of a fight!

Winner: Tank

We’re on our first of two “Modern Age Grappling” matches and it features the “master of any style”. What ARE these rules? Well:

Match 2: Dave Stage vs Adam Priest

Priest gives up 7 inches and 50 lbs against his opponent but maybe he can use these five minute rounds to his advantage. Priest offers a Handshake at the start of round 1. He shoves Stage to the buckles and chops on the break. He locks up the head, Stage tries to break it…Priest with the takeover. Stage launches him off and hits a huge shoulder block. And another! And another! Priest needs a moment to recover. Priest throws a closed fist and the ref calls it. That’s his ONE. Priest lighting Stage up with chops but he’s walking through them. Stage catches a crossbody into a fallaway slam. Backbreaker for two. Pop up facebuster as the round ends. Priest is struggling to his feet before we start R2.

Stage throws Priest shoulder first into the buckles as round two starts. Delay vertical suplex! He gets the wrist but Priest pulls him into the DDT to get the flash win! Great showing from Dave Stage. Priest won without cheating!

Winner: Adam Priest

Match 3: Exotic Youth (Zach Mosley & Bryce Cannon) vs Violence is Forever (Kevin Ku & Dominic Garrini)(c) (for the SUP & ACTION tag team championships)

Surprise it’s a title defense! Exotic Youth ambush the champs, who are both off of singles losses yesterday at SUP! Double knees, dropkick, cannonball to Dom! Exotic Youth going hard on the Bone Collector! Hammerlock and they punch out the elbow. Exotic Youth displaying some excellent tag synergy against the Everywhere Champs. Double Russian sweep! Double superkick! They keep trying to take out Ku but he’s got it scouted and stays on the apron as Dom escapes to the tag! Ku in hot and takes Zach apart. Choo choo comes that Uncle Eric elbow. Tiger suplex! Cannon shot off the apron and eats a flying knee! Zach escapes the regal plex, Cannon with a disaster kick German! Exotic Youth try something big but it goes completely sideways. Dom dodges as Cannon swings his big paddle and cracks Mosely. Second rope spike piledriver to Cannon! Chasing the Dragon to Zach! That’s it!

Winners: Violence is Forever

ViF stakes their claim to win the IWTV Honor of Tag Team of the Year for the 4th year running. Ku says IWTV needs a Tag Team Title and they are the Final Bosses for that!

Mason Myles is out here. He’s supposed to have been fighting Ashton Starr but Starr is out. Who takes him on tonight? 

Match 4: Mason Myles vs Rico Gonzalez

Crowd is VERY happy to see Rico tonight. He comes into hot but Myles hangs him up on the ropes, big clubbing blows and a suplex for two. Rico escapes a STO…he flops on a springboard and Myles comes right in with a neckbreaker. Myles slapping the taste out of Rico’s mouth and shows him to the crowd. Rico starting to fire back up, heavy strikes! Rico with a headstand up and over! Flying clothesline crashes Myles to earth! Myles decks him coming into for a dive again. Springboard codebreaker spikes Rico for two! Springboard ddt can’t finish it either! Rico reverses a suplex! He hits the dive finally! Springboard knee back into the ring! Rico wins!

Winner: Rico Gonzalez

Match 5: The Last Laugh (Kenzie Paige, Hunter Drake & Nick Iggy w/ Dillion McQueen) vs Team Grind (Delmi Exo, Perry Von Vicious & Travis Huckabee) 

Team Grind might be from the Northeast but everyone HATES the Last Laugh. Drake wants Huckabee to start, instead of Perry. What a fool. Huckabee takes this ding dong apart. Drake asks for Delmi instead. Delmi beats the tar out of him. Kenzie in and the whole match breaks down. Last Laugh trying to land chops but Team Grind pummels them all with palm strikes. Wild spot. Kenzie stops Perry from press slamming her big strong man. Drake press slams her out to their opponents. However, Perry is still standing and throws him from on high to the floor. Drake back in out of nowhere and takes Delmi off her feet with a flying kick. Nick Iggy taunts Team Grind before he superkicks Delmi in the corner. Kenzie laying in hard on the God Queen. Exo rolls out of harms way…tag to Huckabee! He snaps the limbs of Iggy! European uppercut and stacks Iggy for two! Kenzie and Drake hit superkicks! Perry throwing hands! Drake sent flying! Kenzie yeeted! Air Iggy! He tries the Perry go round, ref distracted, Kenzie kicks low! Kick out! Travis with a facebuster to Drake! Package piledriver! Perry Go Round! McQueen pulls out the ref! The fights spills to the outside! Delmi goes for a package piledriver again but McQueen sweeps the legs and Drake gets the pin! Boooooooo!

Winners: The Last Laugh

Match 6: Alec Price(c) vs Billy Tipton (for the SUP Bonestorm Championship)

Price doesn’t have the SUP Bonestorm belt with him anymore as he destroyed it yesterday at SUP….he still have the face plate. The crowd pelts Price with so much toilet paper and chant GAHHHHBIDGE at him. This IS a title match but Price is just letting this crowd’s hate fuel him. Tipton out working Price early and hitting some

Big slams. Price is hurting but that doesn’t stop his mouth from running. Kick on the apron, float over ddt. What happened?!? Tornado faceplant for two! Price and Papa Hales get into it, Papa gets decked! Boooooo! Tipton with a couple of rollups. Powerbomb! The crowd wants Tipton to take this. Dylan Hales abandons commentary as Tipton turns Price inside out for two! Tipton hits a brain buster!  Buckle bomb! Disgusting sitout powerbomb for two! Price superkick! Reverse ddt! Suprize kick! Good night, Tennessee Sunshine. This crowd picks up more toilet paper and makes it rain. Dylan is furious. Referee’s holding people in the crowd back from getting at Price. Wow. Great match but holy hell, this is the level of heat magnet that I miss Alec Price being (you know, since he is quite beloved in Worcester). 

Winner: Alec Price

After that war, it’s time for the Discovery Gauntlet. You gotta win it to stay in it!

Match 7: Noah Hossman vs Chance Rizer

Rizer is trying to get Hossman to play by THE RULES. Noah is. Rizer sent for a gutwrench ride. Rizer tries taunting but Hossman blasts him. He comes running, Hossman yeets Rizer over the top. Apron slam! Rizer catches Noah coming into the ring and tries to grind the big man down.  The crowd chanting for Hoss as he gets back to his feet…suplex into the buckles put the hurt on the big man’s back. Rizer with a step up enziguri, huge lariat! Headbutts! Toss off the top! Running uppercut! Cannonball! Northern lights! Rizer escapes the doctor Bomb! Rizer tries a powerbomb? Hossman backdrops out. Rizer hotshots! Rizer trying to choke out Noah! Rope break! Rizer tries a head scissor but Hossman stops that and hits the doctor Bomb for the win!

Winner: Noah Hossman

Match 8: Damyan Tangra vs Suge D

Suge is finally getting in the Uncharted Territory ring for a real match. Dylan Hales is clearly upset that he is “rewarding” Suge for his terrible behavior…but Tangra wanted this fight bad. The tension is clear and they go right to brawling at the bell. Trading back elbows! Suge sent to the floor! Big dive! Suge takes control and Tangra’s head connects with the venue tv. Blasted to the wall and apron, Suge D says he’s Tangra’s father and it’s time for a lesson. Tangra rides it out, STF! Suge bites free! Tangra tossed! Spin out Michanoku driver! Suge crawls free to the floor! Tangra comes in but Suge boots him in the head. Tangra fights off going into the wall again,  he’s beating the hell out of Suge’s hand and arm. Tangra gets a cross armbar on the floor! Suge is tapping but they’re on the floor! Ref trying to pull Tangra off Suge in the corner. Suge with a closed fist! The ref tries to pull Suge off Tangra but he shoves her to the mat! Double clothesline, double down! Brawling on their knees! The locker room spills out to break them up as the ref is still down. Ring the bell! They call this one in favor of Tangra

Winner: Damyan Tangra (by DQ)

Main Event: “Ichiban” Jaden Newman (w/ Violence is Forever) vs “The Octopus” Jonathan Gresham

We’re back to the five minute rounds. Code of Honor! Good grap chess match in the opening minutes. Trading leverage points on the wrists, Gresham rolls free. They are being cautious but still friendly. Gresham wants to prove how good he is and offered his arm to Jaden just so he can reverse him and send him back. Newman won’t be outdone and offers the same…Newman flips free and offers his hand. Gresham with a slap and they go face to face as the round 1 bells rings.

Big heavy lockup as Round 2 starts. They lock into the ropes and the ref has to break them up. Newman with a quick La magistral. Kick out! Again, kick out! Gresham stunned by this quickness and Jaden offers his hand again. Gresham getting dragged, he tries to reverse but Newman keeps the pressure on and Gresham has to vacate to the floor. He takes his time getting back in. Gresham is frustrated and throws his cornerman into the trash. Gresham rides out the clock and forces Newman to disengage. 

Round 3 kicks off, Gresham kicks to the gut. Stomping in the corner as Modern Age Grappling seems to go out the window a bit. Gresham stomping out the ankle and gets an ankle lock. Transition to a double arm lock! Gresham pulling back on the leg. This is a GROSS sub. Newman kicks out of a pin, tries a crucifix! Gresham still wrapping him up. Twist that wrist. Painful twist up down to a pin attempt. This has been a bad five minutes for Jaden, who is in pure survival mode and hitting this pain out. Gresham has a figure eight as we get the bell. Gresham refuses to break the lock for several seconds after the bell. He CLAIMS he was stuck. 

Round 4: Jaden comes in but Gresham is still holding the rope. Not QUITE a rope break. Gresham with a toe hold…twist up the arm, crucifix! Newman out and blasts a dropkick! Flying forearm! He’s hurting from the arm! Newman flurrying! German bridge for two! Corner dropkick! He wants the Ricola bomb but his arm is trash. Back and forth rocking pin attempts! Newman with a drop toe hold….HANGMAN’S CLUTCH! Gresham fighting long and hard and uses a rope break. Two left! Both guys hesitating as their arms are both hurting. Gresham with a cheap shot on the ref break as the round ends. Newman is flustered.

The bell for round five kicks off. Newman tries for the ankle….roll up! Gresham goes for the octopus stretch! Newman gets the rope! Gresham pummels him limp with hammerfists as the ref pulls him off. It still counts as a rope break. Gresham takes the wrist, Newman throws a hard forearm. Gresham snaps off the wrist. Gresham picks the ankle off a Dropkick. Gresham flips out of a piledriver….Newman hits the Ricola bomb! Transition to the Hangman’s Clutch!!!!! Gresham is trying to climb the ref to get to his second rope break. Booooooo says the crowd. Gresham is furious and Newman is right in his face. Trading European uppercuts. Pump kick from Newman! Hangman’s clutch!!!! Gresham clawing at the mat to the rope! Thats’a his third rope break. He has no chances left! Ring the bell, we’re going to the final round!

The crowd chanting Fight Forever as we enter round six. Hard chops back and forth as these guys are tired and swinging for the fences. Firing up and trading for a solid minute! Fast rebound off the rope, diving sunset flip and Jaden is rolled up for the three! The Octopus takes it but my god, Jaden Newman acquitted himself amazingly tonight against one of the best wrestlers in the world. 

Winner: Jonathan Gresham

Gresham on the mic. Modern Age Grappling is what he thinks professional wrestling is supposed to be. This is his passion, British Rounds mixed with ROH Pure Rounds. But he needs pure professional wrestlers to help champion this style…and he is going to be scouting Uncharted Territory for more people who embody his dream of professional wrestling. He offers that handshake to Newman and thanks his profusely for the contest as we go to black. 

This was a great main. I know this rule set is Gresham’s passion project. I’ve covered two full Terminus shows and THIS execution was I think the closest to what he’s been looking for all along. The Modern Age Grappling Ruleset definitely requires understanding from both sides, the ref and the commentators. On this night, it definitely seemed like it finally all came together. 

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