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The Wrestling REVOLVER was back live on TrillerTV and back in Grand Prairie, Texas for "WHATASHOW" (clever play off Texas based fast food fave, Whataburger, which is delicious), working with Metroplex Wrestling (MPX).
Veda Scott and Cody Cox on commentary. They were adequate. Nothing special but not really bad.
In a first time ever bout, "The Ultimate Finesser" Chris Bey, half of the TNA World tag champions the ABC with Ace Austin, defeated "The Bad Child" Lio Rush in a good opening match.
Athletic and fast paced with good solid striking and selling.
Match started off with both guys playing nice but Rush taking over as the heel as it went.
Bey won, avoiding the Midnight Hour frog splash and rolling Rush up for the win. Simple, effective finish.
Show of respect after with them doing the Too Sweet salute after.
Rush has smoke for a ringside fan.
"Player1" Vert Vixen faced the freshly heel but very aggressive Matthew Palmer, who was accompanied by REVOLVER champion Alex Shelley.
Palmer got in some hot promo work, insulting Vixen, rocking a "NO MA'AM" (National Organization of Men Against Amazonian Masterhood. HA!) t-shirt.
He promised to beat her quickly and got kicked in the head before the match started.
Good match.
Shelley must have felt his guy needed a little help and slid him the title belt, which Palmer used to hit Vixen in the face, getting himself disqualifed.
REVOLVER boss, Sami Callihan, comes out and restarts the match. Vixen gets the win using a nice looking top rope crossbody splash. Another simple finish. I like that.
As Vixen makes her way to the back, Palmer's wife, Ring of Honor Women's champion Athena comes out, backs Vixen into the ring and lays into her until Vixen fights back and Athena bails. Surprising appearance. Good angle. Hope it leads to a match.
Hoss Fight time as Jake Something, now of the Unit, faced "The World Breaker" Brick Savage.
Big men doing big man stuff.
It's REVOLVER so after some solid, physical action they went for chairs and doors.
Cool spot where Savage punches through a door but got his hand stuck.
Something hits a low blow on Savage behind the ref's back (they've been hitting each other with doors and chairs, why are you hiding stuff now?) and pulls the World Breaker into a Into the Void spinning Bossman slam for the win.
"Speedball" Mike Bailey got a big win over a very game and impressive Elijah (formerly Elias in WWE), in Elijah's first match on the independent scene in 10 yrs and making his REVOLVER debut.
Elijah came to show he was more than just muscles and a cool gimmick.
He had a noticeable size advantage and worked it, putting Bailey on the back foot and forcing him to fight from behind.
It was the best I've ever seen of Elijah.
Bailey hitting Ultimo Weapon and Elijah kicking up popped me but it worked because Elijah is so much bigger.
Elijah countering a Bailey flying attack with a kneesmash was awesome.
Bailey winning with a small package was almost a letdown. Longest and best match of the night.
Show of respect after t...nope, Elijah hits a stiff clothesline and beats Bailey down. Elijah is out here looking for trouble and the heels are smoking in REVOLVER.
The Rascalz (Trey Miguel and Zachary Wentz) faced Los Desperados (Gringo Loco and Arez). It was scheduled as a standard tag match but this is REVOLVER so Loco wanted it to be a no disqualification, no countout lucha street fight. I was hoping the Rascalz would heel it up and reject it but they didn't. Oh well.
Very exciting match with a ton of excess, as expected, as they fought around the arena, including some not-well lit sections, including both Rascalz diving on Los Desperados at different points.
I felt it got better once they got into the ring.
Entertaining bout the Rascalz getting the win, pinning Arez after a double stomp/reverse fireman's carry slam through a door in the ring.
Arez really shined here.
First match after the intermission saw Mansoor, making his REVOLVER debut, lose to "The Bounty Hunter" Bryan Keith.
Mansoor came out and told the crowd he was going to now be billed from Grand Prairie, Tx so that Texas can finally have a wrestler to be proud of. That was hilariously good heel heat.
Good match. They weren't out to "steal the show", just have a solid match to heat the crowd back up after intermission. I think they were successful. Good outing for both guys.
"The Problem" Marina Shafir and "Russian Dynamite" Masha Slamovich fought to a No Contest when the referee stopped the match when both women landed kicks and KO'ed the other.
There was a medical emergency during the match and that might have contributed to the extremely low energy the crowd had going and the completely bs finish. The ref didn't even count, just stopped the match.
Before that, they were having an excellent technical match with some stiff strikes and high level submission attempts and counters.
Slamovich asked for 5 more minutes, Shafir refused.
I could go for this again.
Zack Gibson and James Drake--REVOLVER tag champions the Grizzled Young Veterans (GYV)--retained the titles against the reunited team of "MonsterSauce"--"Murderhawk" Lance Archer and Alex Zayne.
Classic tag team style match with GYV isolating and beating down Zayne.
Callihan breaks in on commentary to inform the tv audience (but not the live crowd) that all GYV matches are contested under standard, traditional rules and not the more laxed (re: non-existent) REVOLVER rules.
That comes into play as Archer is hit with a chair by Drake while the referee is preventing Gibson from using a title belt as a weapon. Gibson turns the ref around so he catches Archer with the chair and Drake laying down, calling for the disqualification. I get what they were going for but that finish has passed its' expiration date.
MonsterSauce get a measure of revenge with a beatdown after the match.
Solid match, soft ending.
REVOLVER champion Alex Shelley successfully defended his title in a 4 Way match over "The Frontman" Alan Angels, Exodus Prime and JD Griffey (who has an excellent personal ring announcer), the latter two stars for MPX.
I thought this was nice main event. Not a fan of multi-person matches but this was laid out well where each guy had moments to shine and look like they could win the match.
Shelley was in trouble but Matthew Palmer had his back and got him out of trouble.
Shelley pinned Prime after a low blow and a roll up. Frankly, I think we've jumped the shark on low blow finishes but I don't own or book a wrestling company so what do I know?
Overall, one of the better wrestled, more focused REVOLVER shows even with some uninspired, convoluted finishes thrown in.
The Real Uncle Dave grade: B (90 out of 100)
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