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Wrestling REVOLVER held their annual Season Finale event in a sold out Horizon Events Center in one of their home markets of Clive, Iowa.
5 big title matches, 2 from other companies.
Bork Torkelson and Veda Scott on commentary. Their normal, very loud work.
Representing The System (but getting a split reaction), Moose successfully retained the TNA X Division title against the tough challenge of "The Young GOAT" Myron Reed of the Rascalz, a guy having a pretty good year. Reed holds the Golden Ticket, which guarantees him a shot at any REVOLVER title whenever he wants but that wasn't on the line here. Mooses pins Reed after countering a springboard maneuver with a spear and then followed up for a second for the victory. Very good, fast paced opener. Moose puts over REVOLVER, Clive and Reed on the mic. He's a nice guy outside TNA lol.
He goes to shake Reed's hand and Reed walks off. Oh.
Former WR champion "Firestarter" Jake Crist tagged with Dante Leon to challenge Sunshine Machine (Chuck Mambo and TK Cooper) for the RevPro Undisputed British Tag titles, their third US match since 12/1 (losing to Russ Jones and SCHAFF at the Defy/Progress event on 12/1 in Chicago and beating the Philly Marino Experience in Amherst, Ohio on 12/5). Good, high speed tag match. Mambo pinned Leon after a Cooper Shooting Star Press.
Jake Something, apparently no longer of the heel group The Unit won his first WR title, beating out Lince Dorado (c), Crash Jaxon, Damien Chambers (w/ Kayla Cassidy), JJ Garrett and Ryan Mathias in an Open Scramble match for the WR Remix title. Dorado, as incumbent champion, gets to set the stipulations and, apparently, asked for a match against 5 other guys andmade it a Loser Leave WR match, though this was announced on commentary, not to the live crowd (weird. As weird as Something no longer being heel with no explanation). All action match with everyone having their moments. Something pinned Dorado with a middle rope powerbomb for the win and the title, forcing Dorado out of WR.
Vega Scott took time from commentary for a reunion with her husband, "Speedball" Mike Bailey (known as Bird Law), falling in defeat in an Iowa Street Fight to The Crew--Matthew Palmer and Rich Swann--who have terrorized/victimized them for months. To the credit of everyone, there is a lot of hard work, with Veda--a part time wrestler at best, who's had about a half dozen matches this year--taking some tough bumps and delivering a Bastawful spear. But when they started fighting with husks of corn, I was out. This nonsense went on nearly 18 min. Even the photographer got involved. Throw in some terrible camera work that repeatedly missed big moves and it's a disaster. GTFOH. Not how I would want Bailey to be finishing up his dates before starting with AEW.
This is why Sami Callihan will never get the book in TNA or any major promotion, at least not one desperate AF. Something interesting does happen after as Palmer brutalizes Swann, who had stopped him from attacking the referee and photographer. Thorough destruction here until security finally intervenes and WR VP Phil Stamper suspends Palmer indefinitely. That was good. First the Unit and now the Crew, I appreciate WR eliminating pointless heel groups. Take note AEW and WWE.
Coming out of intermission, we got a special match as TNA Knockouts World champion Masha Slamovich lost a No Disqualification match to the massive "The Atrocity" Krule (Mads Kruegger of MLW) in a non title match (obviously) A lot of the normal plunder and violent stuff you get with one of these in WR: lots of chairs and doors and big bumps. It was fine but... seen it. Slamovich had the advantage, smashing Krule in the head (some clever head movement to keep from taking it directly on the head by the big man) with a chair when a now-mask wearing "The Main Event Monster" Fulton hits the ring and, with Krule gives Masha a double chokeslam with Krule getting the pin. Not sure why a near 7 fter needs help against a much smaller foe but it's a good introduction to a new problem in REVOLVER and it's something new.
"The Inevitable" Ace Austin (w/ Gia Miller, channeling Audrey Hepburn) retained the Wrestling REVOLVER title against Matt Cardona in a good match. Cardona did more work and less stalling and it helped this match. He focused on Austin's legs to short circuit his high flying offense. Interesting moment as Miller tried to pass Austin Cardona's Internet title belt and Austin refused. Austin puts Cardona away with The Fold neckbreaker. Cardona immediately attacks Austin after the match, being a bad sport.
That's when Myron Reed punched his Golden Ticket and got his title shot, winning with help from...Gia Miller!! Austin didn't even know what happened until she told him. Then she called out Krule and Fulton, who deliver a double chokeslam to him as they did Slamovich earlier. That was a great angle, reminiscent of Baby Doll turning on Dusty Rhodes in '87.
The main event was a No Ropes Barbed Wire match (with scaffolding pushed ringside so someone can jump off it) where Alpha Sigma Sigma (Brent Oakley and KC Jacobs), the big surprise faces of the year for WR, winning their first Wrestling REVOLVER tag titles from their months long rivals, RED (Riches Equal Death)--Alex Colon and former Sigma member, the Dark Pledge. This felt long. Lots of barbed wire and tables and doors (third match of the night, second since intermission with doors) and a bunch of other stuff and some serious bloodletting by Colon. Oakley pinned Pledge with a side slam off the scaffolding through a door in the ring. Horrifying bump. This wasn't for me but all those guys did the most out there and they're alright.
Some of the normal REVOLVER excess but kept to a reasonable amount (for them) with a lot of very good wrestling and a pair of hot angles, which effectively hit RESET for 2025.
The Real Uncle Dave grade: B (87 out of 100)
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