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ZACK SABRE JR. VS. FANCY RYAN CLANCY & MORE: 2/26 BEYOND WRESTLING 'PERFECTION OR VANITY' LIVE REPORT FROM WORCESTER, MA

Beyond Wrestling “Perfection or Vanity”

2/26/23 - Worcester, MA

Beyond’s second supershow of 2023 brings Zack Sabre Jr back from Japan to Beyond for the first time in six years! We’re also going to settle the score between Miracle Generation and Violence is Forever (who claimed the inaugural IWTV tag belts in a handicap match against Kylon King at the WRESTIVAL). 

Wait…Why is Sidney Bakabella out here? Is…is he…announcing tonight? Oh thank god it’s just Channing Thomas kicking the night off. They are just holding the pose through more than one cycle of his entire theme. The crowd is VERY unhappy about this. Bakabella reminds us that World Class is Mr. Beyond and Thomas Santell doesn’t deserve to be training the future of Northeast Wrestling. So bring out the nerd.

Match 1: World Class Channing Thomas (w/ Sidney Bakabella) vs Thomas Santell

Channing tries to drop an elbow on the back of Santell’s head but the Ovaltine Dream takes him right down. Suplexes pops the crowd but Channing powers through. He starts working nerd over, big Gory Special but Santell rolls through it. Bakabella looks very happy when Santell is hurting and very worried when Channing eats the post on a slingshot. Santell going for the kill with a Boston Crab. The ref is out of position, Bakabella slaps Santell. Thomas rips the wig off Bakabella. He’s BALD?!? It looks like it’s gonna backfire but Channing reverses a suplex back into the ring and Bakabella holds the leg to steal the pin for his man.

Winner: Channing Thomas

Rich Palladino is here to officially welcome us to the show! We’re going right into the Fatal 4-way!!!

Match 2: Ichiban vs Bobby Orlando vs Aaron Rourke vs Big Boofa Dezmond Cole

This is a heck of a matchup. Rourke exploits the three faces early on but Boofa with a split dodge and capo kick! Suplex to Ichiban! He’s working over Ichiban but Rourke pulls the rope and Cole tumbles out! Bobby with a tope! Rourke with a moonsault to the floor! All the sick tricks! Dimepiece with a rana and German! Boofa breaks up the pin with a flying headbutt! Ichiban heating up with the handspring elbow and missile dropkick. Ichiban with a triple stack 1 punch ten times! High cross body to Rourke! Boofa saves the pin again! Bobby and Rourke with a doomsday meteora to Cole! Ichiban with a destroyer! Ichiban tossed to the floor and Orlando catches Rourke with a sick trick cutter for the win! 

Winner: Bobby Orlando

Match 3: Clara Carreras vs Shannon LaVangie

The match isn’t important. It truly isn’t. They do moves for like a minute before they fall down and MEGAN BAYNE’s music hits and Megasus is BACK. Huge pop from the crowd as she’s out to just destroy Clara and Shannon. No contest. Welcome back!

Winner: No Contest

Match 4: RICKEY SHANE PAGE vs Ray Jaz

Can RSP do what feels impossible? We very much hate Rayyyyyyymond. Rickey is playing with Ray but the Jersey “Legend” is trying to show off. Bad idea. RSP plays dirty and lands a back kick him in the Jazikoffs. Jaz weathers a huge storm of slams and atomic drops and chokes. But he hops the rope and chokes Page on the top. Senton in for two. He scrapes RSP’s eyes on the rope. He escapes a pop up into a shotgun. Big German to RSP. Kick out! Kaz tries to take Rickey outside? No, worlds strongest slam on the apron! Swanton! Jaz kicks out! RSP with the back drop to the head kick! Kick out! Wanna see a dead body? Is it Ray Jaz? Swinging cutter. It’s not enough and Ray gets a foot on the rope. Slingshot suplex toss! Page going for the win but Ray runs up the rope and gets the back slide on the big man for the win. Noooooooooooo!

Winner: Ray Jaz

Sam Laterna is here to interview the fallen RSP. He has some news…Ray Jaz? RSP is gonna see a lot more of him because, after 20 years, he is signing his first contract and will officially joining MLW! Lots of emotion from our favorite wrestler!

Match 5: Love Doug vs Allie Katch

This is awkward. After last month's standup, Allie isn’t thrilled to be in this match with F***boi Douglas. They go through a few holds and Allie is clearly conflicted. Doug tries to give her roses. She boots his head off and smacks him with the roses. Owwww. Allie has been hurt before and she’s just protecting her heart! Doug with a jawbreake, bulldog! Aloe with a seated senton and hip attack! Cannnnnnonball! Doug tries the rebound lariat but Allie kicks his head off. Kick out! Doug is flat and Allie looks down and smiles as she slowly puts his shoulder on the mat and gets a steamy slow three count!

Winner: Allie Katch

LMK and Teddy Goodz are out here! Doug is clearly a cheater! Doesn’t he want to get married?!? If he wants out of the engagement, he has to EARN IT. This is a TAG TEAM match!

Match 6: Love Doug & Allie Katch vs LMK and Teddy Goodz

The crowd is very much on the side of the jilted fiancée. Doug is trying to save Allie from doom. Huge pop for LMK running over the home wrecker! Doug tries to hit the rebound lariat but he wipes out Allie! Doug tossed! LMK with the Dudley dog! It’s the three on Allie! They’re getting married! It’s a WHITE EAGLE WEDDING!

Winners: LMK & Teddy Goodz

Match 7: SLADE vs Uptown Andy Brown

Time for a big hard hitting throwdown! Big faces, bigger forearms! SLADE with a huge powerslam for two. Trading suplexes! Are they trying to one hand choke each other out? Brown is wobbled, SLADE hits a chokeslam! Kick out! Andy hits a cutter! He goes for the flying forearm but SLADE wraps up a rear naked choke and Uptown goes to sleep. 

Winner: SLADE

Match 8: Mane Event (Ringleader Midas & Jay Lyon w/ Pedro Dones) vs Above the Rest (Tristan Thai & Gabe Skye) 

This was hot from the moment it was announced. Tristan Thai landing some heavy kicks but Mane an event is double teaming! Dones gets caught trying to push Thai off the ropes…THROWN OUT! NANANANANANANAHEYHEYHEYGOODBYE! Skye gets the tag! Hard kicks to the faces! Short hangman’s rana and Midas is flat on the outside! Falcon arrow to Lyon! Thai kicks his head off! Kick out! They go to kill Lyon but Midas cuts it off! Throwing knife to Skye for two. Swining uranage and a frog splash for two! Lyon rolls out to get the ringmaster cane! Ref get faked out…Midas has the cane! Skye dodges and sends Lyon to the floor. Midas monkey flipped into a flying knee for the win! Sick fight.

Winners: Above the rest 

Max apparently thinks he’s here to save the show.  Do we? 

Match 9: Max Caster vs CPA

Max immediately pokes the eye before the bell. CPA dodges a second one! SCISSOR ME DADDY TAX! Max is ruthless. Slingshot elbow drop to the back! Max almost gets his numbers crunched but he shoves CPA into the ref. He clocks him with his chain. He whips CPA with his own tie?!? CPA is angry! Rip the shirt, throw some tax credits! He rips his pants off?!? Missile kick off the top! Max sent out and CPA somersaults off the apron. Flying flatliner! Tax cuts! Elbow drop! Max kicks out! Back and forth pin attempts! Max tries to hold the tights but CPA shoots him off and hits the 1099! Max goes for the chain again but CPA gets the it. The ref takes the chain and of course Max uses it as a chance to pop CPA and kick him in the nards. Max taps the tax man out with a figure four. 

Winner: Max Caster

We have an OPEN CHALLENGE match?!? It’s Willow Nightingale! Who will answer the call?!? IT’S DAN BARRY!!!! This is a welcome surprise matchup!

Match 10: Willow Nightingale vs Dan Barry

Willow knows the right strat…Dan is ticklish! Dan  with a quick pin attempt, he almost gets her! This is some fun back and forth. Willow drops Dan on the apron. Big uranage! She tries a senton but eats knees. Double clothesline. Trading forearms! Willow unloading forearms! Cannonball! Kick out! Willow tries a pounce but eats a superkick…lariat! Backbreaker! Swanton! Willow kicks out! Dan tries a lariat…Willow hits the pounce! Doctor Bomb! Dan is done!

Winner: Willow Nightingale

Match 11: Fancy Ryan Clancy vs Zack Sabre JR

Wow, it has been so long since I’ve seen ZSJ in the flesh. This is officially a NON-TITLE match! Zack works Clancy to the ropes. Clancy right back with a reversal and out working ZSJ. This is an early chess match but Zack knows Clancy’s shoulder is a huge target tonight. Zack is clearly enjoying this back and forth clash. This isn’t the slow technical matches we’d seen here before. Zack is even more ruthless. He kicks out the arm of Clancy on an up and over…slam that limb to the mat and twist it! Hard kicks to the abs. Zack is tearing at the arm, Clancy forearms free with his good hand. Big swinging uppercut! Sabre throws a big back elbow but Clancy is standing tall. Knee drop to the lower back! Atomic drop! Hard whip! ZSJ kicks out! He kicks the arm but fancy is furious. Shoulder block! Senton! Kick out! ZSJ with a takedown to an armbreaker! Clancy flips into the ropes for the break! Zack kicking the arm! Clancy still coming! Trading pins, Clancy ALLLLLLMOST gets! ZSJ with his sick bridge pin. It’s ov—CLANCY KICKS OUT!!! He’s got an abdominal stretch on Zack! Clancy goes for the side Russian!!!! Zack roll through to an armbreaker. Clancy is fighting it but Zack rolls through a couple of variations and Clancy HAS TO tap once ZSJ just leans back on it. Awesome match. Clancy more than stepped up to this fight. Great to see Zack but damn, some of these falls are SO CLOSE.

Winner: Zack Sabre JR

Brad Hollister ambushes Clancy as he tries to leave. He tries to take the ring but Bacon FORGOT ZSJ was in there. He gets run out and Zack does the Fancy pose with Clancy. We give the ol’ Please Come Back and ZSJ assures us he WILL be back. Yes!

Main Event: Violence is Forever(c) (Kevin Ku & Dominic Garrini) vs Miracle Generation (Dustin Waller & Kylon King) (for the IWTV Tag Team Championships)

This is it. Miracle Generation has the chance. Violence is Forever is in a MUST WIN situation to prove they actually earned this belt. Ku attacks Kylon before the bell and super plexes him! Now we see why they wanted to be introduced first!? Dustin is still in and and sends Ku flying. Double teaming Dom but he throws King in the past of the Dustin handspring cutter. The champs isolate Kylon and rakes the eyes. This is WRESTIVAL all over again! Ku chokes Kylon with his shirt. Dustin is back to the apron but there’s nothing he can do to save the King. Dom with a gutwrench flapjack. Ku gets posted! Flash tags in! He slams Ku on Dom! Kick out! Powerslam bomb combo to Ku! Kick out! This is getting wild. Kylon with a DVD to KU to break Dom subbing Flash! Double northern lights! Dom and Kylon slapping chest meat. Dustin in to throw hands with Ku! It’s out of control! Ku sent to the floor! Chasing the Dragon on Dom!!!!! 450!  Ku with a double stomp break up! Dustin eats a gutbuster to lariat! Total Elimination! Dustin kicks out! Dom piledrives Kylon into the apron! Nooooo! Dustin with the handspring cutter! Kick out! Dustin eats a muscle buster/double stomp! Jeeeesus. Kylon off the top and breaks up the pin! Lyon with a high knee! Dom sent flying! Powerplex to Ku!!!! It’s over! It’s the Miracle on Green Street!!!

Winners: Miracle Generation

What a match! What an outpouring of emotion from the crowd and the new champs! Mane event and Pedro Dones hit the ring but they are quickly run off by Above the Rest. They shake on it but it’s clear ATR wants a shot at the belts too. Any of these will be an instant classic!

 

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