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8/18 WRESTLING OPEN LIVE REPORT FROM WORCESTER, MA

Wrestling Open Week 33

8/18/22 - Worcester, MA

Streaming on IWTV.live

Its GOOD TO BE BACK at the World Famous White Eagle after two weeks away! This Sunday is the No Respect/Americanrana double-header and we have a LOT of stuff to set up. Can Ichiban beat the clock and punch his ticket to a second shot at the Max Caster 10k challenge? Can Shook Crew beat the Graysons and get Bobby Orlando a show at shutting World Class down for good? Can I escape this show without losing my voice booing Ray Jaz? But first, you know we have our pre-show Spotlight Match!

Spotlight Match: Blaxstrom & Skyros vs Fancy Nerds (Thomas Santell & Fancy Ryan Clancy)

WHAT A SPOTLIGHT MATCH! Skyros and Blaxstrom really need a NAME but this is a good prep match for the Nerds ahead of their match with The Foundation this Sunday. Tentative start are Santell wants to find a way to the graps through Blaxstrom’s standup. Santell with the takedown and good tags back and forth with Clancy to keep him down. The crowd is really into this spinning arm wringers. Blaxstrom finally out with a deadlift German and gets Skyros into the fight. Clancy taking the punishment with hard shots and kicks. Skyros eats up the boos as he drops Clancy with a short clothesline. Clancy with a jawbreaker and German to escape! Santell in while the ref is distracted with Blaxstrom, saves Clancy from a brain buster and lets Ryan hits the side Russian leg sweep for the win!

Winners: Fancy Nerds

And we’re live on IWTV! Rich Palladino is your announcer! Paul Crockett and Drew Cordeiro are your announcers! It’s time for the go home show! Let’s goooooo!

Match 1: Locked & Loaded (50 Cal & Dan Barry) vs Hispanic Mechanics (Jos A & Jos B)

The winners of this match will face the winners of the Open Challenge Tag Team Drawing this Sunday at No Respect! As much as we love Locked and Loaded, the crowd is fire for the party antics of the Mechanics. But they make sure the crowd sings alongs for their opponents tonight! Dan Barry starts wrestling…but he’s a fun guy and we get a few dance breaks with A. 50 in with B and they wanna go power for power….but first? B has a half shirt too! Now we’re ripping shirts off! It’s the ultimate pose down! B with a slick pin, countering a drop down and almost ends the night early. A thrown into 50 and we dance out of the corner. 50 taking the heat, assisted suplex using A as a weapon again! B whiffs an assist back drop, Barry is in! A tossed out and Barry tells a weary 50 to dive out at him! Dan caught trying a moonsault and B hits a damn F5! 50 saves the pin! Big shots, everyone’s down! Dan and B rise and slug it out…B almost caught with an Alabama slam but B rams Dan into 50…magic killer? Dan Barry intercepts with a super kick! 50 jackhammers and a Dan Barry swantons on A ends the night for the Hispanic Mechanics!

Winners: Locked & Loaded

We’re setting up the bingo roller for Locked & Loaded to draw their opponents for this Sunday….who’s it gonna be??? KINGS OF THE DISTRICT!!!! Hell yeah!!!

Match 2: Primal Fear (Gabriel Hodder & Matthew Omen) vs Teddy Goodz & Little Mean Kathleen

Brother Greatness is here on commentary as Primal Fear goes on the attack right away. LMK isolated and taking the brunt of their tag attacks. Goodz baited into distracting the ref but LMK double suplexes them and gets Teddy in there! Double noggin’ knocker! Flying corner elbows! Primal Fear clotheslines themselves! Goodz caught looking away and dropped hard. LMK eats a double press slam. She looks done and They try the same on Goodz but he kicks off, Primal Fear collides and Teddy gets the roll up for the win! 

Winners: Teddy Goodz & LMK

Primal Fear immediately attacks Goodz and LMK and stomps them out as Brother Greatness comes to the ring, gives them a handshake and pay envelope. They were church Mercs?!? BG trying to rub it but the Hispanic Mechanics hit the ring and drive him off. Teddy Goodz says the Church of Greatness should face the Church of Goodz this Sunday. BG is upset that he has to work on a Sunday…his day of REST…but he’ll bring the church to Worcester and Theodore will get the message!

Match 3: Adrian Soriano vs Tyree Taylor

The third member of Primal Fear has a big test in the big boy from Brooklyn, who is on his way to a clash with Brad Hollister this Sunday. Soriano preening after his display of technique that did absolutely nothing. Tyree ain’t having it and tries to go for the finish quick. Adrian is running and evading but gets leveled with a shoulder block hard. Soriano tries a poisonrana…nope…he escapes the big slam and missiles off the top to finally get Tyree off his feet for a moment. Soriano staying evasive…and runs into a discus lariat. One sky high powerbomb later, that’s all she wrote.

Winner: Tyree Taylor

Taylor wants the mic. He has words for Brad Hollister and while Big Bacon doesn’t come down for a confrontation, Tyree promises to put him in the morgue. The crowd actually turned on this a little for a poorly conceived line in this promo. 

Match 4: Victor Chase vs Dustin “Flash” Waller

We’re doing the other singles combo for this Sunday’s Eliminator Cup Finals. Can Brick City rebound this week after their two losses at the hands of the Miracle Generation? The early word is…no, as Waller leaves Chase on his back. A sudden Blue Thunder bomb catching Waller out of his cutter puts the advantage back in his court. Waller takes a beatdown but he’s resilient.   Waller fights out of the fireman’s carry…Springboard elbow! Chase is out at two! Waller tries the cutter…caught but Waller reverses the Blue Thunder into a rana! Springboard cutter connects! Kickout! Flash to the top…Chase hits the rope and crotches Waller on the buckles! air raid crash! An emphatic win for Chase!

Winner: Victor Chase

Match 5: “The Shot Caller” Pedro Dones vs “Iron” Rip Byson

Byson wants payback for Perry Von Vicious. Dones is offended at being called out. HE calls the shots…and he’s going for the knee. Dones running his mouth and Byson blasts him down. Dones takes a poster after a shoulder tackle gets swatted away. Byson yeets him out of the corner. Dones caught out of the air, big slam! Dones with a chop block…here we go… Rip with a spine buster! Byson has him up and marching Dones around…Pedro starts biting the ear and refuses the let go. The ref calls for the bell and it takes another ref to help pull Dones off of Rip’s head.

Winner: Rip Byson (by DQ)

Byson holding a towel to the side of his head and says this isn’t done. This Sunday? Dones is gonna die.

We have the lottery roller back out here? Rich Palladino brings out Steven Stetson. Why is he here? He’s still mad about how he lost to Tyree Taylor last week. He threatened to sue Wrestling Open…and the crowd tell him repeatedly to STFU…but anyways, he is ALSO getting an Open Challenge from the lottery roller. Who will he face? Uptown Andy Brown!

Match 6: Big Bacon Brad Hollister vs “The American Sumo” Mike Gamble

American Sumo is here at Wrestling Open! Hollister clearly needs a big test ahead of this Sunday. Gamble powers him right into the corner. Bacon is upset at the  “disrespect” and unloads on Sumo. Brad unloading with knees and headbutts. Big boot and a senton almost ends it. Sumo may have the power but Hollister is very motivated tonight. Huge lariat from Sumo. The tremors of a jump drop Bacon in the corner. Big hip attack! Bacon fights out of a powerslam and tries a sleeper. Sumo fights out. Brad tries the jackhammer but Sumo’s out! Brad fights off a banzai drop! Powerbomb out of the corner and a jackhammer puts Gamble away!

Winner: Brad Hollister

Hollister on the mic. He admits that Tyree’s been right. He HAS been afraid of him. But he gave himself a pep talk. He’s BIG BACON. He’s coming in Sunday to Beat That A**. 

Match 7: JCruz vs Kylon King

One last preview for the Eliminator Cup finals and it’s on Cruz to even up the singles stats. As an aside, Little Mean Kathleen is back here screaming “F*** HIM UP KYLON!” ahahahahaha. Cruz blasts him down but King is right back with a high speed rana and flying back elbow! Cruz catches him out of the air with a powerbomb! Hard suplex but Kylon isn’t even close to down yet. Discus lariat turns King inside out. King reverses with a snap German! Crowd cheering him hard as he explodes with a lariat. Cruz thinks he’s out of trouble but turns into a missile dropkick! Cruz flinches in the corner but uses the moment break to poke the eye of Kylon. A big back suplex later and Cruz gets the three. 

Winner: JCruZ

Victor Chase is out here trying to pick the bones but Dustin Waller is right behind him. They battle out of the ring, through the front row and to the back. This Sunday is going to be a WAR.

Match 8: The Amazing Graysons (JP & Tommy Grayson w/ Sidney Bakabella) vs Shook Crew (Bobby Orlando & Bryce Donovan w/ Bobby Junior)

Bakabella invades commentary. He does that. JP thinks he’s gonna out “take shirt off” Donovan so Bryce puts his shirt right back on him and makes the crowd happy. JP tasting buckles and the elbow part of an Orlando dab. JP blocks the dusty punches and the Graysons start to unload on Orlando. Bryce baited into a distraction and Bobby is just getting double teamed hard. Double suplex! Kick out! Double axe handle to the back. Bobby escapes another suplex…roll to the tag! Donovan going wild as Bakabella screams for the Graysons to “hit him in the lung”! Lol. Tommy swung with a can opener but he’s not down. JP in quick Al with a superkick to a side Russian for two! The crowd willing Orlando back to his feet on the outside as Bryce chokeslams Tommy into JP’s back. OW. Bobby tags in! Double cross body! JP tries to leverage a rollup for Tommy but the ref catches it! Bryce intercepts a gory bomb heart attack with a black hole slam. Sick trick cutter! Suplex dropkick combo to Tommy and Shook Crew picks up the W!

Winners: Shook Crew

Sidney is VERY upset. This win means Bobby gets his match with Channing Thomas next week and gets to pick the stipulation! Orlando wants to make sure Bakabella is a non factor….he says the stipulation is Bryce Donovan vs Bakabella before their match! BAKABELLA SCREAMS IN HORROR AND PEES HIMSELF. THIS IS SHOOT PEE. OMG. AHHHHHHHHH. NOOOOOOO. THE CROWD IS CHANTING P*** AT HIM!!! “See you next Thursday, p***boy” says Donovan. Wowwwwwwwww.

Match 9: “The Dream Killer” Danny Miles vs Ichiban (Beat the Clock Challenge)

Max Caster joins Crockett at commentary. He looks a little more reversed than this video I just saw. Ichiban needs to dispatch Miles in 5:24! Miles is right on the attack but Ichiban only staying down for one counts. Miles just unloading on Ichiban for the first two minutes of this bout and taunting the crowd. Ichiban finally dodges and starting to get back into it…but Miles catches a crossbody into a spinning uranage. This is a two count. Ichiban is getting tired. Four minutes down and this is ALL Miles. Cannonball! He goes for a F5 but Ichiban counters to the flatliner and gets the pin at about 4:24! 

Winner: Ichiban

Max Caster can’t believe it and hits the ring to beat Ichiban down. Caster says he beat the clock, now he has to beat the best. Caster wants to do it RIGHT NOW. Ichiban is coming back to life but he looks best to hell. But this is happening!!!

Match 10: “Platinum” Max Caster vs Ichiban (platinum 10k Challenge)

This is our main event!!! Can Ichiban last 10 more minutes…or win??? Ichiban with a rollup. Two count! High cross body caught to a powerslam from Max! Caster trying to swarm but Ichiban throwing hands! Caster stunned and staggered but he kicks the ankle and drives the leg into the mat. Caster putting on knee pads? Is there something sinister in there or was this match just a truly impulse move? Caster drops and elbow but he has no pads there. He calls for some and starts getting one of those on in the ring too. But only one. McMaster complaining that his ankles hurt now and demands that someone get his wrestling boots from the back. Ichiban baited into a back suplex and Max heads to the top for a mic drop…Ichiban catches him up there and hits a superplex at the five minute mark!!! Ichiban throwing punches from everywhere. Caster catches a slringboard but Ichiban almost gets the rollup! Ichiban firing up as Caster is barely able to stay standing. Ichiban flips out of a DVD and hits a swinging DDT! Kick out! Ichiban raining shots, Caster drops him down for a figure four…roll up for two! Ichiban shotguns him into the buckles! High cross body for two! Ichiban has the case but the ref talks him down! Caster blasts him with a boot! He tosses away the evidence but Ichiban kicks out!!! Huge pops! Caster puts on the figure four….Ichiban is screaming but we just crossed the 9 minute mark! Head scissor! Max kicks out! Dragon screw from caster! Figure four back on! We have less than 20 seconds…. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1!!!!!!! Ichiban lasted 10 minutes!!! He wins the $10k!!!! The crowd goes wild!

Winner: Ichiban (reached the 10min time limit)

Max kicks the briefcase away and stomps out Ichiban. He doesn’t want to give up the cash. He loads up and blasts Number One with the case. Max on the mic as the crowd chants YOU LOST! Max says this Sunday, if Ichiban thinks he’s All Elite like Max then they fight again this Sunday at No Respect. Double or Nothing! 20 min and $20k. Ichiban’s knee is looking shot as the ref and Rich Palladino try to help him out of there. Can he do double time this Sunday?!?

Drew Cordeiro hits the ring and asks for the room to let him talk. He talks about how they threw a lot of stuff at the wall during the pandemic and a lot didn’t work but it led to THIS. Wrestling Open. Drew said he doesn’t deserve the praise he gets every week. The love goes to the people who makes sure the show is running. The people who run the cameras and sound and stream. The love goes to the people lighting the show up online. The people who perform and announce and make sure everything happens. The people who show up every week for THIRTY THREE WEEKS IN A ROW. Baseball is going away when it gets cold but Wrestling Open? EVERY THURSDAY UNTIL FOREVER! But this Sunday? We got NO RESPECT! We got AMERICANRANA! Let’s pack the house starting at 2pm! Until then!

 

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