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The Wrestling REVOLVER kicked off 2025 with Vybe Check, live on TrillerTV from Calumet Center at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds in Dayton, Ohio
The very caffeinated pair of Bork Torkelson and Veda Scott on commentary.
Jake Something successfully retained the WR Remix title over former champion Gringo Loco. The Remix title allows the champion to pick the stipulation for each match and Something is going only for standard matches. Cool. Didn't seem to come together as you would expect. It was okay, at best.
In a non title match, TNA Knockouts World champion Masha Slamovich defeated Jessicka Havok, a former KO World champion in her own right. The Calumet crowd seemed cool to it but I thought this was a good, physical bout. Slamovich won by submission with a rear naked choke. They linger on a dejected Havok. Gia Miller comes out and offers her a hand, Havok accepts, possibly adding one more monster to her crew.
WR Tag champions Alpha Sigma Sigma were successful defending their titles in a 3 Way match against the Rascalz (Trey Miguel, Zachary Wentz) and rookie team, the Dub Club (KJ Reynolds, Ryan Matthias). All action, hyper athletic match. The Sigmas get the win after the Rascalz hit a double team stomp on Matthias. Some mutual love shown among all three teams after since the Rascalz took part in the training of both of their opponents.
"The Phenomenal" AJ Francis beat BDE, a podcaster, in a No Disqualification match. It took Francis, fresh off a world title match against Nic Nemeth in TNA, over 15 minutes to beat a guy in his debut.
One of those matches where I am clearly not the target audience. At least the wrestler won this time.
The first match after intermission saw WR favorite Crash Jaxon rebounded from losing a WR title match at Holiday Special in Dec, winning a 4 Corner Mayhem match over former X Division champion Rohit Raju, REVOLVER mainstay Damien Chambers (with Kayla Kassidy and John E. Bravo) and newcomer JJ Garrett. Garrett looked good as an athletic prospect as did Raju, who definitely had his working boots on. All four guys looked like they wanted to impress. Jaxon pinned Garrett, putting him in line for more title opportunities.
Gia Miller lead her team of Krule (MLW's Mads Krugger) and Dreadknot (the former Madman Fulton)--now known collectively as The Macabre (good name)--dominated former WR tag champions RED (Riches Equal Death)--Rickey Shane Page and Dark Pledge. RSP barely got in the ring and when he did, he missed a splash on Krule and hit his partner. After the match, Vincent Nothing attacks Dark Pledge. Page announces the dissolution of RED (which did include Steve Maclin, Alex Colon and Killer Kelly) and reforms his tag team from the 00s with Nothing, Faith in Nothing. I hope there is a response from at least Maclin. They lost the thread on RED a long time ago so this works and it was good, even though the mic continued doing the job, as it had all night. One less pointless heel faction but a good veteran tag team. A win.
"The Young GOAT" Myron Reed beat "The Inevitable" Ace Austin, retaining the REVOLVER title in Austin's mandatory rematch. Very good match, best of the show. Austin looked like he had Reed on the ropes when the Macabre show up. Austin was fighting them off when Reed hit a cutter on Austin on the floor from the apron, one of the most impressive moves in wrestling today. Reed leaves Austin to the tender mercies of the Macabre. The Sigmas try to make a save but can't stop the pair of giants. A chair wielding Damien Chambers--who promised Austin he would have his back, owing to their long standing personal relationship--runs in and turns the tide. That was an even more surprising face turn than the Sigmas last year.
Former ECW World champion Masato Tanaka defeated "Firestarter" Jake Crist in a Street Fight in his first match in Dayton since defeating Mike Awesome at the ECW Heat Wave 98 pay per view.
Good main event. I'm not sure why a first time ever encounter had to be a Street Fight but...REVOLVER. A lot of chairs and doors and plunder but for the most part, the only match with all that stuff and that's an improvement for them. I did not like Crist taking those unprotected headshots. I hate seeing these come back. There are other ways to learn besides "the hard way", gentlemen.
Also not a fan of how they feed their homegrown talent to everybody, especially Crist, their most beloved star. Tanaka with a sliding forearm shot that landed stiffly.
Overall, a better REVOLVER show, lighter on the blood and guts than normal so an easier show to watch and at least one wrestler there can beat a non-wrestler.
The Real Uncle Dave grade: B (86 out of 100)
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