Undisputed British Cruiserweight Championship

Rev Pro – X Anniversary Night 2 21/08/22 – 4.5⭐

By the end of the night, this felt like a real celebration of Rev Pro and British wrestling as a whole. New stars made, old stars return and a massive passing of the torch moment! This was the perfect way to end the weekend.

Destination Everywhere Vs Greedy Souls – 3⭐

Mills finally turned, it had to happen tonight and they finally did it. The match began strong, with Oku and Mills hitting multiple dives to the outside, including a great middle rope moonsault to the floor from Mills.

Greedy Souls got the upper hand and began working Oku hard, to the point where it had to be Mills just leaving him to get beat up. Oku then hit my least favourite move bouncing of the middle rope to hit a clothesline, I hate it even when he does it.

There was an awesome looking back breaker from greedy souls, just before Oku managed to get the hit tag for Mills, when he booted Oku in the face, tagged him back in, and snotted on his body. This allowed greedy souls to pick up the win, finally allowing advancing the team split storyline. Great way to start the show and get the crowd hot.

Chantal Jordan Vs Kanji (c) – Southside Womens Championship – 2.5⭐

Sadly, the crowd died down to near silence for this match. The placement of this match didn’t help, but by the end of it, these two managed to get everyone invested.

They had a slow build to start, and Jordan’s strikes sounded and looked awesome. Kanji hit a nice move, jumping over the corner to land on Jordan tangled in the turnbuckles. But it really picked up in the last couple minutes, with a great sequence of the two exchanging kicks.

Kanji was able to lock in the triangle choke to make Jordan tap out, retaining her belt. A match that maybe could’ve lost the first 5 mins to be more punchy.

Luke Jacobs (c) Vs Tony Deppen – Undisputed British Cruiserweight Championship – 3.5⭐

Jacobs wants to be the best cruiserweight champion, and he’s on his way with title defences like this. He put his title on the line before the match, and then slapped the hell out of Deppen. All while Deppen manages to get all the heat from the crowd whenever he wants.

One miss chop into the ring post allows Deppen to work the hand and arm throughout the match. The two had great back and forth, including another huge coast to coast from Jacobs.

After a couple near falls and submission reversals from both men, Jacobs reverses a pin attempt into the sleeper, tapping Deppen out and adding another retention to his reign. I can’t wait to see Jacobs wrestle again.

Gideon Grey Vs Eddie Dennis – 2⭐

This was very much more angle than match, and yes Eddie Dennis is back in Rev Pro. Gideon came out interrupting Francesca, asking for an open challenge. For Mad Kurt to accept, on the behalf of Eddie Dennis for the crowd to erupt.

The two had a fine match, with Grey hitting a low blow and cane shot to the head, for Dennis to kick out very late. Dennis obviously got the win after a keyboard to the head, courtesy of Mad Kurt, and Dennis hitting the next stop driver.

After Dennis, Kurt and Shota all came out to celebrate, and beat up Grey some more.

Mike Bailey Vs Leon Slater – 4.5⭐

Show Stealer! Star Maker! This match was awesome, and made Leon Slater look like a huge deal. Both these guys tore it down, with pace and timing.

There was an awesome sequence ringside where it was reversal after reversal, finishing with Slater leaping over the guard rail. They then went on to hit some great dives, including Speedball hitting a middle rope moonsault from in the ring to outside, which I still don’t know how that happened.

Bailey’s double knee moonsault will always look painful, especially when he hits it on the Apron. Meanwhile Slater a top rope dive onto bailey, which I have no idea what to call, just all the flips and rotations. Which was then reversed into a Bailey pin attempt for a near fall. However bailey picked up the win later on to a great match, with the crowd giving Slater a standing ovation.

Sunshine Machine (c) Vs The Velocities – Undisputed British Tag Team Championship – 4⭐

I think it’s safe to say, a couple months ago if Sunshine Machine had a title match at York Hall people would feel underwhelmed, but now they are proving they’re one of the best British Tag teams out there and have earned that spot at the top of the tag division.

The start of the match was a slow beat down of the velocities, with TK and Chuck cutting the ring in half. This was good but lasted a bit too long for me, as I was ready for the next stage of the match. Once Silva made the hot tag, the match rocked.

There was an awesome dueling shooting star press with both teams hitting one at the same time, a massive Canadian destroyer on the apron, but the stand out was TK Cooper. TK’s headbutts sounded brutal!

The finish built up after Cooper was hit with a great shooting star DDT, which Mambo barely broke up throwing London into the pin. After more near falls, Sunshine Machine got the win after hitting a huge double team of the top rope. A fantastic match with a stand out performance from TK.

Will Ospreay (c) Vs Ricky Knight Jr – Undisputed British Heavyweight Championship – 4.5⭐

What A Match! There was a massive big fight feel and the crowd was deafening. These two went for about half an hour and it flew by. The second the bell rang the two charged at each other and just traded punches.

Spilling out the ring, the two chopped each other, Ospreay hit a huge sunset flip to the outside and powerbombed RKJ onto the ramp. The intensity didn’t let up, as RKJ then went head first into the turnbuckle, busting him open.

Suddenly there was a ref bump, for RKJ to hit a landslide tombstone. A second ref runs down and the match continues, Ospreay piledriving RKJ off the apron, to the outside, through a table! A second ref bump, which led to the only down side of this match for me.

Ospreay went to use the belt, RKJ reversed it, hit Ospreay but when the ref woke up Ricky jumped on the belt to hide it. Very sports entertainment and out of place sadly.

The ending saw RKJ kick out of a rainmaker, hidden blade, and reversed a one wing angel. For RKJ to hit Ospreay with a one wing angel, another landslide tombstone to became the NEW Undisputed British Heavyweight champion.

A fantastic main event for the end of a great weekend. The two shook hands and Ospreay gave a very passing if the torch promo thanking the fans, the locker room and Andy for keeping Rev Pro alive.

Rev Pro – X Anniversary Night 1 20/08/22 – 3.5⭐

A weekend of wrestling in York Hall, despite the train strikes we made it. Always excited to see Ospreay wrestle live, along with Jacobs, Aussie Open and Speedball this was a very fun show. It did well as a stand alone show and built towards tomorrow night’s show as well.

Connor Mills Vs Tony Deppen – 3.5⭐

The opening match was a great way to work the crowd. As much as I think Mills should lean more into the heel side, Deppen was near perfect.

From throwing a fans hat into the balcony, to distracting the ref he got great heat. The two shared the offence evenly, with Deppen hitting a sick looking stomp kick with mills caught up in the corner.

After a couple near falls, Mills got Deppen up on his shoulders hitting a torture rack drop to get the win. A fun match to get the crowd hot.

Maya Matthews Vs Chantel Jordan – 2.5⭐

The fight for the future, Matthews and Jordan put on a good match and showcased what they could do. I think Matthews could be a great struggling babyface fighting for a title.

They had a couple moments of miscommunication but recovered well. Both hit some nice reversals and back and forth.

Jordan won with a package tombstone piledriver. It was a good match and refreshing to see two new women. I still think they need to showcase the division more however.

Luke Jacobs (c) Vs Francesco Akira – Undisputed British Cruiserweight Championship – 4⭐

This was a great match! Jacobs gets better every time I see him. Akira also has improved his heel work in my opinion. The match started with Akira avoiding Luke’s chops and working the back.

Eventually Jacobs connected and his chops rock. Halfway through the match kicked into another great and didn’t slow down. There was a great top rope frankensteiner from Akira, which led into the two trading suplex variations.

Akira hit his running knees to a very near fall, building to the final. Jacobs caught him in mid air to hit a power bomb, locked in the sleeper hold and Akira passed out to get the win. A fantastic end sequence to a great match.

Yota Tsuji Vs Shota Umino – Strap Match – 2.5⭐

This to me was the only big misstep of the night. A very gimmicky match that was more angle than match. But the worst thing was Yota not coming out to the Legions music, just its intro. I hope they haven’t changed the theme.

Shota was rushed on stage by Lucian Phillips, hitting a DDT on him, then charged the ring to take down Yota. There were a couple of fun moments, including the two tug of war between the ring post, Shota pulling Yota and Gideon into the steel.

Yota carried Umino around while hitting each corner, as Shota would too hit the corners (shades of the Cryme Tyme strap match). As they got to the final corner, Shota pulled Tsuji away, to hit the final corner and win. The end saw Shota whipping Gideon, hopefully ending this feud now. I think one of the main issues was the strap whips weren’t loud enough, making it not seem that painful.

Destination Everywhere Vs Aussie Open – Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship – 3.5⭐

Once again, I love Aussie Open, and their ability to react to the crowd, whether they’re being cheered or booed. Destination Everywhere made their entrances separately, adding to their descension story.

Mills started the match, and got worked over by both Davis and Fletcher. Even avoiding tagging Oku at one point. After some more double teams, mills eventually got Oku in on a fantastic hot tag, and the crowd erupted.

The highlight for me was Davis hitting a massive top rope piledriver on Mills for a near fall. The end came after Oku tagged himself in, to get hit with a double superkick after a springboard into the ring. Aussie Open got the win after hitting the Cornelius effect on Oku. A great match and furthers the split story for destination Everywhere, but they need to pull the trigger on it soon as it’s gone on for a very long time now.

Will Ospreay Vs Mike Bailey – 4⭐

This crowd was HOT for Ospreay, with “F*** Okada” chants ringing around York Hall. These two soaked in all the chants before locking up, and receiving all the love, Ospreay didn’t go full heel (yet).

These two can move between the ropes! All the speed and reversals and … dives. The match felt like it was built around one move, speedballs moonsault double knees. He kept trying to hit it in different places, and Ospreay kept reversing it. One time bailey landed both his knees, onto Ospreay’s knees and bounced him off, this looked awesome. He finally hit it onto Ospreay from the top rope.

The match finished after Ospreay hitting a middle rope tombstone for a near fall, hidden blade for a near fall, and eventually stormbreaker to get the win. A fantastic match putting both guys over.

The post match had Ospreay address the Okada chants, saying we better give him that when he comes to the UK. Calling out RKJ for him to come out fully suited. This began a great beat down angle with Akira and Aussie Open all coming down, nailing RKJ in the face with their respective belts, busting him open.

A great show and first installment of the weekend!

Rev Pro – Summer Sizzler 23/07/22 – 4⭐

Saying I was excited for this event is an understatement, and it did not disappoint! It had some great action, star power, and story telling throughout.

The three standouts for me were Callum Newman, Like Jacobs and Mark Davis. But everyone put in a shift, and seeing PAC live again was awesome.

6 Man Scramble Match – AEW All Atlantic Championship #1 Contenders Match – 3⭐

The opening contest was a chaotic match to get the fans pumped up, and it did just that. It had Callum Newman, Robbie X, RKJ, Will Kroos, Dereiss and Connor Mills.

The main take-aways for me were Newman shone, and proved he can hang with the top stars like RKJ and Robbie X. Both Newman and Robbie X hit huge top rope dives to the outside, almost hitting the lighting grid on the way.

Also, RKJ was awesome and took most of the offence from the match. He hit a huge 3 man Samoan drop, before him and Will Kroos brawled to the back, I would assume to start a mini rivalry until Ospreay comes back to the UK.

The match finished after Mills pinned Newman, which surprised me, continuing Mills’ push in a big way. A fun match to start the show and get some of the lesser known guys some good experience in front of a big crowd.

Yota Tsuji Vs Shota Umino – 3⭐

A match between former best friends needed to start strong, and it did with them both firing head shots, almost hockey fighting. This was good intensity for the story.

Shota took control early, attacking Yota whilst avoiding Gideon Grey on the outside. But the numbers game caught up, Gideon grabbed the ankle and Yota took advantage. The middle part of this match was a tad too long for me, Yota just working over Shota slowly, being methodical.

There was a beautiful transition from Yota into a chicken wing, just before the finish of the match. We had a ref bump, leading Gideon to throw Yota the cane. Umino reversed the shot, grabbing the cane, giving it to Gideon and then hitting him to the ground. Shota was able to hit some big moves onto Yota but only managed some near falls. Yota hit a spear and picked up the win. A good match that lost intensity in the middle.

Lykos Gym Vs Sunshine Machine (c) – Undisputed British Tag Team Championship – 3.5⭐

The first talking point for me was that Sunshine Machine came out with the Progress Titles, I don’t know why this felt like a big deal to me. Anyway, this match was awesome, and I love Lykos Gym. They are my favourite team to boo right now.

Lykos gym tried to jump the champs as the bell rang, but sunshine Machine countered this. The two teams had a good back and forth, leading to the exercise band spot from Lykos gym. Sadly, the first attempt was botched as the band snapped. This was sold perfectly by Lykos. The second attempt had TK hold the band, and cut it in half.

After more great team moves and combinations from both sides, lykos were up to more heel shenanigans tying TK to the guard rail, and double teaming Mambo for a while. After 2 baking tray shots to the head, and 4 brainbusters, Mambo still kicked out. TK came back into the ring and Sunshine Machine picked up the win. The right result but I’m not sure they needed to hit 4 brainbusters on Mambo to kick out. It doesn’t help put that move, or even Lykos Gym, over at all. Still a fun match with fun spots.

Mike Bailey Vs Francesco Akira – 4⭐

This was one of my most anticipated matches for the night, and I loved it. Both these guys are two of the best cruiserweights in the world right now, and they had all the strikes and strike reversals in the match.

Two of the big highlights for me was Bailey’s double knee moonsault on the apron, which looked like it sucked to take. Followed up with a massive top rope hurricanrana from Akira. The pace of this match was awesome and kept the crowd into it throughout, with lots and lots of songs for speedball.

The final act had multiple near falls that I bought, but Akira managed to get the win with double knees to the back of the head. A well worked match that got the crowd invested, and whenever the United Empire wins I’m happy.

Alex Windsor (c) Vs Alexxis Falcon – Undisputed British Women’s Championship – 2.5⭐

Sadly, this match didn’t quite hit the mark for me. I think it being after the interval, and after the previous match the crowd was worn out. Another factor sadly is no one believed Falcon was going to win. At this point, Rev Pro haven’t built up anyone who could realistically beat Windsor. I think the smaller shows need to include more women matches if possible and more story telling to build up a realistic challenger.

The match was good though, it wasn’t bad it was just lacking any heat and momentum. Falcon was a good heel, back chatting to the crowd and getting some reactions.

Windsor was able to get the pin, and retain the belt. I hope we see more of Falcon in Rev Pro after this, and get more consistently booked women, again if it’s possible.

Luke Jacobs Vs Michael Oku (c) – Undisputed British Cruiserweight Championship – 4.5⭐

This was my match of the night. These two tore the house down. Jacobs was such a hometown hero, flanked by Ethan Allen, and it felt like if he lost there’d be a riot. Oku came to the stage with Amira and Mills, but Mills went back to prepare for his main event, creating more tension.

The match started with Oku ducking a Jacobs lariat, and the intensity did not let up from there. There were multiple hard chops and strikes, followed by some great reversals. The end began with another red bump, and Oscar sold it incredibly. Jacobs got a visual pin, and I really thought that meant Oku was going to retain here.

This led to Oku and Allen having a tug of war with the belt, and it finally collided with Jacobs head busting him open. Oku put him in the half crab, and this was an awesome visual of Jacobs fighting the pain with a crimson mask. Once he broke out, he hit two huge lariats for two very very near falls.

He finally won after hitting a piledriver, and the crowd erupted. This was a great match with a great atmosphere. Jacobs grabbed the mic to address the fans, which led to Akira coming back out, setting up Jacobs first defense possibly.

Oku was left in the ring, and received a standing ovation. He kissed the logo on the ring mat, and stood at the top of the ramp sobbing. This really felt like a goodbye so I’m excited to see what the future has for him. This year he has put on some of my favourite matches and hopefully this isn’t the last time he wrestles at Rev Pro.

Aussie Open Vs The Velocities – Great British Tag League Final – 4.5⭐

First things first, I preferred their match at Epic Encounters, and that’s still my favourite tag match ever. But this match still ruled. I truly believe Aussie Open are one of, if not, the best tag team in the world. I also become a bigger Velocities fan every timeI see them.

The match started fast again, but there was a scary botch early on. Paris de Silva was whipped into the corner and did a handstand on the top rope, but his momentum kept him going to the outside, Davis ran to grab him and saved him enough. Silva had a nasty looking mark on his back from the top of the post. The next sequence was a bit shaky but they managed to get back on track after.

After this the match was near flawless, with great team moves and combinations. Silva and London are so quick between the ropes, and the arrogance and charisma Aussie open have just made this match feel very big time.

Davis for me was the stand out of this match though, with an awesome 1 on 2 sequence, beating up both Velocities at once. He also hit a HUGE European uppercut on London during a shooting star press. Another highlight for me was London hitting an awesome looking avalanche double hurricanrana on both Davis and Fletcher.

The match came to an end, after multiple near falls from Aussie Open. Velocities got the upper hand, and Silva got the win after a shooting star of the top rope into a double DDT. An awesome match that I wished had 5 more mins. Velocities win the Tag League and will challenge Sunshine Machine down the line, which I think could be a lot of fun. This also sets up a rubber match, as it’s 1-1 now and surely they’ll complete the trilogy.

PAC (c) Vs Connor Mills – AEW All Atlantic Championship – 4⭐

The main event, and technically my first love AEW match. PAC is a star, and it was great to see him wrestle live. I also had doubts when Mills won the #1 contenders match, but he did step up and did not feel out of place during this. He worked more of a heel, and I think Mills has to be more heel in future I think it fits him much better.

Just before the match, Kip Sabian sat front row and I am so excited for him to un box. And for the first time I’ve seen, he was referenced with PAC standing face to face with him.

The match was great, Mills has some great kicks and I absolutely love the way PAC moves around the ring. The two worked well together but the result was never in doubt. Mills had some near falls towards the end but PAC managed to get the win with the black arrow.

This match was made for PAC to feel like a star, Mills’ push to continue, and keep the intrigue of Sabian going and all the above was achieved. A great end to a fantastic show, Rev Pro continues to be my favourite promotion here in the UK.

Purpose Wrestling – Lightspeed 10/06/22 – 2.5⭐

First time seeing a Purpose show live, and it was pretty great. A small crowd in the middle of a library is just a crazy and amazing place for some wrestling.

Teens with Attitude Vs Cali Gray & Harry Sefton – 2⭐

The opener was a fun tag match that told the classic story of heel Vs baby-face. TWA came out with a lot of energy and that lifted the crowd for the entire show.

Gray and Sefton took most of the offence for this (Gray’s look was pretty cool too) as they built for the faces hot tag. They was a nice suicide dive sequence and the finish came when TWA hit a top rope crossbody, with the other on his hands and knees behind, similar to the school yard push over position.

The match had its clunky moments but all 4 guys are great and I can see them having more and bigger matches in the future. I’m not sure if Seftons face was injured or the Cody Rhodes-esque mask was a gimmick, but this definitely got a “meme” reaction from the fans.

Skye Smitson Vs Laura Dimatteo – 2.5⭐

First impressions of Smitson, loved her look and she had an awesome move set. Dimatteo is also a fantastic baby-face.

The two worked a fun match, as the crowd was easily split 50/50. Smitson hit an awesome gutwrench powerbomb style move. There was a great springboard reversal by her too, as Laura hopped onto the middle rope, Smitson kicked the top rope throwing her balance off.

After a few comebacks by Laura, she locked in her submission and got the win. A fun match that got the crowd more into the show.

Armstrong & Lynch Vs Easy City Sovereigns – Losing team must disband – 3⭐

High stakes for this match, and good heel work from both Saeed and Singh made this match feel big. As Armstrong and Lynch made their entrance, the Sovereigns attacked them from behind.

There was an injury angle as JJ’s knee was taken out, leaving a 2 on 1 as it was building to the inevitable return. When Rex finally made the tag, the pace picked up.

There were some great near falls from both teams, the ending came when Rex was held in the corner, and JJ was hit by a DDT and pinned. This was a good match with big stakes, the end I felt took a while to get too and the momentum was drained. Also JJ’s leg should’ve been sold a bit more whilst doing some moves, to really put over why he couldn’t be there at the start.

Connor Mills Vs Nino Bryant – Championship Semi Final – 3⭐

This was my first time seeing a heel Mills, and it worked very well. Also seeing Nino for the first time, and he was awesome. The match started slow and Mills took the majority of the offence.

The match picked up when Nino had Mills down for a pin, for Oku to run out and put a leg on the rope, keeping him safe. Again, first time seeing a fully heel Oku and I think it worked well.

After a ref bump and a couple low blows, Mills managed to get the cheap victory and advance to the final. They both started attacking Nino which led to a lights out reveal for Solomon Lamb.

Nino chased Mills off and the Last Man Standing match began.

Michael Oku Vs Solomon Lamb – Last Man Standing – 3.5⭐

This match started off very sports entertainment, with empty drink cans being used, Oku ran out with a big soft play thing, library books to the heads. They moved round the ring and fought to the stage, Lamb threw Oku into a box on wheels and pushed him into the ring post. It then went from 0-100 real quick.

After Oku hit a springboard moonsault onto a empty chair (sat up), Lamb went to the back and brought out a 2×4 piece of wood, with barbed wire wrapped round. BARBIE!!!

A couple shots with that to Oku, and this match shifted gear dramatically. Lamb took barbed wire to the head and busted him open. Oku climbed one of the book shelves to jump into Solomon’s arm wrapped in barbed wire.

Then the thumbtacks came out. Oku took a huge bump off the top rope onto them, Lamb then took a bulldog head first into them. The match began to come to an end as Oku grabbed something from under the ring, and hit Lamb in the face with his Rev Pro Cruiserweight belt.

Oku hit a huge frog splash whilst wearing the belt, onto Lamb with a chair lying on him. The ref began the count and Oku rolled out the ring to get to his feet on the count of 9.

An unexpectedly violent match, but a great one. Last man standing matches for me always seem to have the full periods while waiting for the ref to count, but I feel these two work around this well. After the match Lamb stood up and yelled at Oku “I’m still standing”. Hopefully suggesting another match between the two down the line.

David Francisco Vs Jordon Breaks – Championship Semi Final – 3⭐

After the ring got cleaned up, it was time for the main event, semi final match. It was always going to be tough to follow that match, but after a quiet and slow start, both men worked the crowd back into the match.

Throughout the match they had some good back and forth, with hard slaps and nice reversals. Breaks worked on Francisco’s left arm and fingers during it, putting his Kimora style finisher on multiple times.

Francisco hit a Gotch piledriver for Banks to kick out at 2.9, as he managed to lock his submission on Francisco again to make him tap out. Banks will face Mills in the final in August.

A good main event with high stakes and kept the crowd guessing the outcome.

Rev Pro – Epic Encounter 2022 22/05/22 – 4⭐

Epic Encounter was indeed just that, EPIC! After the last minute changes due to Jeff Cobb’s injury and Will Ospreay’s kidney infection, there was an odd feeling heading into the show. But that was quickly proved wrong after the first match.

Michael Oku (c) Vs Connor Mills – Undisputed British Cruiserweight Championship – 4⭐

As openers go, this was near perfect. The combination of the long term story being told, and the last match in York Hall was Oku Vs Ospreay, there was a big match feel to this.

The two began slow, showing respect for each other, with Oku having slight arrogant moments. This boiled over into a fun fast paced match. I think Connor showed alot of people (including me) that he can go up against main event guys and not look out of place. The highlight for me, catching Oku’s springboard on the outside, then using the apron to hit a massive TKO.

As the match came to an end, Mills had a massive kick out at 1, there was a false finish for Mills, picking up a visual win while Oku had his leg under the ropes. This allowed Oku to pick up the win of the distraction with a roll up Frankensteiner.

The post match saw Mills walking out on Oku, and a promo where Michael Oku calls out Suzuki setting up the new Main Event. Oku is proving he is one of the best in British wrestling.

Yota Tsuji, Shota Umino & Sunshine Machine Vs Smokin’ Aces and Lykos Gym – 3.5⭐

These 8 men put on a show! Organised chaos is the best way to describe it, and a welcomed debut for the Smokin’ Aces.

Lykos Gym continue to grow on me, with a horrific looking spot, stretching an exercise band from the ropes to the second row. Pinging back and slapping Mambo in the face with a huge sound.

Multiple big dives from almost everyone later, another exercise band to TK blinded him enough to headbutt Yota. This caused the team to implode, with Umino and Tsuji walking to the back. Sunshine Machine fought hard but the Smokin’ Aces picked up the win.

RKJ Vs Aaron Henare – 3⭐

The first late change of the night, and it did not disappoint. Henare came out in full blade cosplay and looked awesome. The match started with a bang, as the two brawled around the ring and crashed through the ringside fences, and the wall of York hall.

Once back in the ring it was a lot of back and fourth power moves, including the two trading punt kicks to the back. As it was heading towards the end, RKJ won with a quick roll up. It was very out of nowhere and I personally would’ve preferred seeing RKJ winning strong building up to Ospreay.

After the match, Ricky called out Ospreay. I would love to see this be the start of RKJ having to beat multiple or all the United Empire members just to get to Ospreay.

Robbie X Vs Luke Jacobs – 3.5⭐

I love Robbie X’s move set, he moves so fast around the ring. Luke Jacobs came out with his tag mate Ethan Allen.

The match started with a ridiculous bump for Robbie X, has Jacobs hit a snake eyes like move into the crowd. What followed were some good sequences of Jacobs strong style against Robbie’s high flying speed.

Jacobs hit a huge lariat and pined Robbie X. A fun match but I felt it lacked stakes compared to the other matches on the card.

Dan Moloney Vs Gabriel Kidd – 3.5⭐

Gabriel Kidd is BACK! Both he and Moloney showed off their new hair which was lovely. Moloney cut a promo to be answered by a returning Kidd.

These two men slapped the crap out of each other, and I bloody loved it. Moloney is one of my favourite heels and I think it’s a matter of time before he becomes more well known outside the UK.

After trading big moves, Kidd hit the corkscrew tombstone and got the win. The two traded one more slap each and shook hands to show respect. Kidd gestures for the belt, placing another target on Ospreays back.

Alex Windsor (c) Vs Kylie Rae – Undisputed British Women’s Championship – 3.5⭐

Alex Windsor keeps getting better, I’ve really enjoyed her matches recently and her move set looks great. Up against a big name like Kylie made her look like a proper star. But after a while, I found myself getting annoyed at the smiley gimmick, it’s just not for me.

The match began with a good slow build, both women in a feeling out process. It gradually built with moves getting bigger and some lovely transitions into submissions.

After Windsor survived the cross face multiple times, she locked in the sharpshooter and picked up the win. Windsor’s reign has been great and continues to get better. This will really put over whoever ends up taking the belt off her.

Aussie Open Vs The Velocities – 5⭐

Go watch this match, and watch it again. This was awesome and one of my favourite tag matches ever. Both teams came out to huge pops and it felt like the show hit that main event period.

The show started in 3rd gear with both members of velocities hitting avalanche Frankensteiners on both Kyle and Mark. From there it just continued to get faster, harder and bigger. With multiple dives, and a gruesome spot with Davis throwing one of the Velocities boys into the ring post head first.

The final 5 mins had multiple false finishes and near falls, I bought a few of them. The end came after Aussie Open hit their finisher from the middle rope, and a standing ovation for both teams.

Minoru Suzuki Vs Michael Oku – 4⭐

Seeing Suzuki live was freaking awesome, hearing 1,500 people singing KAZE NI NARE gave me goosebumps. The two faced off and both ripped off their hoods simultaneously to a huge pop.

The match began with Oku doing his test of strength, switch hands before Suzuki could take hold. This led to a brutal chop exchange which Suzuki definitely won.

Suzuki continued to take most of the offence with Oku brilliantly selling everything. He managed to attack Suzuki’s knee which played into a few spots, including Minoru trying to run on it and pulling up short.

The end came with a combination of power moves from Suzuki, and picking up the victory after hitting the Gotch piledriver. A great main event, made better knowing how last minute this match would’ve been put together.

Afterwards Suzuki called out Ospreay, and Connor Mills came out to embrace Oku, setting them up for the British Tag League.