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MANE EVENT PAY TRIBUTE TO JAY BRISCOE AND MORE: 1/19 WRESTLING OPEN IN WORCESTER, MA LIVE REPORT

Wrestling Open Week 55

Match 1: Pedro Dones & The Mane Event (Jay Lyon & Midas Black) vs Rex Lawless & Mutually Assured Destruction (Perry Von Vicious & Rip Byson)

This is a big boy circus, ain’t it? Pedro thinks he can throw hands into the abs but he is just bouncing off. Rex tossing everyone around and the Shot Caller and his carny friends need to regroup. Dones wants Rip? Rip with the chop flurry and big slam for two. Perry’s in. This is going poorly but a little well timed chaos gets Perry to eat some running back elbows. But it doesn’t last long. Rip is tearing up Lyon and slams Midas on his body. Dones breaks up the double chokeslam and we have an all out brawl. Lyon escapes a Perry Go Round but unmasks Lyon in the process. Perry is shocked and the ref is distracted by getting the mask back to Lyon…and Midas blasts Perry with the ringmaster’s cane and a remasked Lyon steals the pin LAAAAAMMMMMMME EVENT!!!

Winners: Dones & Main Event

Match 2: Bronson vs “Da Big Boofa” Dezmond Cole 

Bronson showing the early power but Boofa is slipping the grip. Rolling legdrop! Bronson with a huge lariat and senton. Bronson just mugging for the camera as he is in full control of Cole. Big boot…fa! Split leg jawbreaker! Capo kick! Rock bottom! Kick out! Bronson doesn’t know what to do right now. This is more fight than he expected. Trading blows, bicycle kick! Bronson catches the hand spring into a back suplex for the win. Bronson wants the mic. He calls Wrestling Open the hottest indie promotion on the planet right now. Bronson says he’s here to squash all of our top guys. Things have changed here AND for him. He’s here to elevate HIMSELF. 

Winner: Bronson

CPA is back to try to do his tax review segment. He says when he has problems with match…he would turn to…his mom!

Match 3: Stetson Ranch (Steven Stetson & BRG) vs CPA & Bobby Orlando

Bobby Jr is decked out like CPA! BRG tries to wear the crowd out early but we…ain’t going down this early. It’s shirt ripping time. BRG’s second shirt suggests his boss DOES have prowess with the ladies. Haha no. CPA & Bobby with the double flapjack. Stetson in to fight our mom. Orlando gives out the knee, shotgun to the corner! Sick trick?!? BRG with the distract and that’s why Stetson pays him. The ranch unloading on Orlando. BRG just into a boot! Sick trick cutter! Tag to CPA! Stetson’s in…crunch some numbers avoided! Stetson eats a missile dropkick! It’s numbers time for real! Stetson fights out again, CPA ducks the northern lariat! BRG tries to interfere but He gets stacked on the rope for a double Form-1099. Crunch some numbers on BRG, Stetson with the northern lariat and the ranch picks up another win. 

Winners: Stetson Ranch

Bronson is out here and wipes out a fallen CPA and Orlando. He says Bobby is first on the list, kicks him in the nards and hits a big back suplex. The refs get Bobby too safety as Bronson storms out,

Match 4: Tina San Antonio vs Layla Luciano

Layla has unfinished business after Tina got herself DQ’d to avoid the giant swing. Layla takes the legs and goes for it RIGHT AWAY and Tina scrambles to the rope. Layla comes in and pokes her in the eye. Of course she did. Tina would take the count out win but Layla makes it back. Tina just mauling Layla. She’s trying every pin she can but Layla’s legs are too strong to be kept down. Layla with a huge pump handle powerslam. 20 rotations of the giant swing later and Tina is stumbled out to the apron. Layla tries to pull her in but Tina blatantly goes for the eyes and chokes her on the ropes The ref gives her the five count but Tina doesn’t let go again. DQ her again.

Winner: Layla Luciano (by DQ)

Match 5: Mike Skyros vs Alec Price

Oh, is this match in doubt? Skyros tries to drop the Ace but Price is kipping up and running the Moonlight Son through his paces. Skyros with a big lariat out of the corner, hard chops and he’s asking WHO is the Northeast Beast. Price with the high knees…Skyros bites Alex before he can finish the sequence and drops him hard for a two. Price decides Mike’s punches aint s*** and fires back. Huge enziguri. Let’s do the knees right this time! Springboard moonsault aside comes running…Skyos reverses the Suprize kick but can’t finish it. Running codebreaker…Price hits the flying bulldog and flying leg lariat for the win!

Winner: Alec Price

Stetson is back out here for a spelling lesson…and to confront Alec Price. Does he have a different answer for his proposition last week? Alec has gone from No…to Hell No. Price tries to leave but Stetson says he KNOWS ABOUT HIS GRANDFATHER AND THE BILLS THAT ARE STACKING UP. What. Price is back in. Stetson says he’s trying to HELP him and gives him another week to reconsider. Price is noticeably shook by this. Hm. 

Match 6: Teddy Goodz & Little Mean Kathleen vs Best Bros (Mei Seruga & Baliyan Akki)

We are TORN. Mei and LMK decide they are the biggest competitors in this contest and get into a power lock up and full brawl. They arm drag and bite each others hands and stumble to their corners in pain. The crowd goes wild for this sequence. Teddy and Akki in, Team Flavortown looks to have the upper hand but Best Bros with the do si do big boots. and Teddy is taking some big combos. Teddy hits an atomic drop, LMK with the running stomps and Flavor bomb. Akki with a back suplex and gets Mei in there. Second rope double stomp but LMK kicks out! Akki tries to get in there but Teddy runs interference. Double slam! Akki trips up LMK! In the chaos that ensures, we get a chicken fight and LMK is used as a weapon to wipe out Teddy. Big Akki package shoulder breaker and he flips splashes Seruga into her for the win! This may have been Face v Face but the crowd just ate it up.

Winners: Best Bros

Match 7: Mortar vs Fancy Ryan Clancy (w/ TJ Crawford)

Ok, I know TJ decided to show Clancy respect last week but he’s cornering him tonight? I don’t buy it. Mortar hates how the crowd is saying his name so he hits a HUGE slam. Mortar does a fancy pose? I love that heels are doing this bit. Mortar is just unloading and tossing Fancy at will. Mortar getting in TJ’s face too but Crawford is fancy now. Clancy unloading in a distracted mortar. You did this to yourself, big man. Flapjack! Mortar fights off the side Russian…he tries the F5, Clancy slips it, brief scuffle and the side Russian hits this time. Count him down!

Winner: Fancy Ryan Clancy

Match 8: B3CCA vs Notorious Mimi

Good opening scramble as Mimi is definitely holding her own against the international pop star. Good pins attempts back and forth. Becca beating her in the corner. Mimi with a cross body. Mimi eats buckles. Fisherman’s suplex! Mimi won’t give up. Big boot, double axe handles, face buster! X factor! Kick out! Becca hits a back suplex, kick out. Becca comes and eats a big boot. Not enough. Becca with a head kick off the apron…450 splash and Mimi is done! Liked this a lot. 

Winner: B3CCA

Match 9: Aaron Rourke vs Marcus Mathers

Marcus wants a handshake, the Dimepiece kisses the hand. Feeling out in the early minutes. Quick pins. This is very even until Marcus gets shotgunned facefirst into the buckles. The vicious side of Rourke comes out as he slaps at the young prodigy’s head. Rourke just dumps Marcus on the back of his head but he doesn’t quit. Rourke just running his mouth and Marcus leapfrogs with a stiff back kick to the face. Big flurry of kicks and elbows, cutter to a German! Big PK but Rourke kicks out. Hard chops back and forth…mathers tries a rollup but Rourke Germans him again. Back and forth , Mathers with a destroyer! Sitout powerbomb! Kick out! We have to be close to the time limit. Marcus gonna fly? Rourke catches him up there, head scissor down! Double underhook face buster! Marcus with a quick scramble and traps Rourke’s shoulders and leg for the seatbelt pin! This ruled. 

Winner: Marcus Mathers

Main Event: Miracle Generation(c) vs Brick City Boyz (Victor Chase & JCruz) (for the Eliminator Cup Tag Team Championships) 

Kylon grabs the mic. He acknowledges these two teams have history AND hate each other. But in honor of Jay Briscoe (RIP), king asks for no BS tonight. Just a clean straight-up tag team clash to honor him. Brick City seems to agree for this and we have our main event! Dustin starts off and shows he’s recovered from his injuries a few weeks back, dodging and posing and generally annoying Cruz. Kylon’s in, Chase with the distract but he goes flying. Double team head scissors on Cruz! Kylon with a powerslam. Miracle with the splash combos and Cruz has to kick out. Chase pulls Cruz to safety and Julio starts gets some back on Flash. Chase with some big suplexes. Ref Bill keeps getting distracted and the Brick Boys keep sneaking some double teams in their corner. Cruz with an apron rock bottom! Dustin reverses to a ddt! Tag to Kylon! King going wild! Double northern lights! Cruz escapes the brain busssssstah and cuts king in half. Dustin cuts off the double powerslam and Kylon Germans Chase into the corner. Brick City with a Super Collider! Back stabber slam! Double worlds strongest slam! Doooooooooomsday Device to Dustin! Kylon makes the save! Both teams are exhausted from this war but they are still swinging. Brick City comes running. Handspring cutter and a dvd drop the Boyz! Kylon with a moonsault and Dustin hits the flash splash for the win!

Winners: Miracle Generation

Mane Event is back out here to pay tribute to Jay Briscoe. Everyone is out from the back as the crowd chants for Briscoe. Mane Event talks about how the three matches they had with the Briscoes did so much for their careers. The Briscoes put their egos aside and elevated them as true professionals would through a series of three matches. Jay and Mark didn’t have to do that for them…but they did. Midas is breaking up and Lyon says they taught them everything they apply here in Worcester. Mane Event has a message to every tag team in wrestling: Look at the Briscoes as the tag team to model yourself after, in skill and attitude. Big hugs all around as these teams put their differences aside for this one moment and the crowd chants Thank You Jay. 

A good show and a truly special moment at the end. That’s all I got. This is gonna sit with me.

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