Saturday 31 January 2015
Our trip to Dundee was a little longer than normal, as this time we were travelling from Manchester, having gone down there for the TNA show (which was pretty damn good but I am not blogging it as they did TV tapings which will air in March).
The first match of the night saw Scotty Riccio put the Future Division title on the line against Rawlins. This was a cracking match with Rawlins going all out to take the belt and Riccio doing everything he could to hang onto it. With the action spilling outside the ring, Rawlins smashed Riccio into the railings directly in front of us before returning to the ring to continue the punishment. Riccio dodged the flying headbutt and managed to gain some momentum until he went for the 619 where Rawlins managed to grab his legs and went for a sharpshooter. Unable to get the win, Rawlins went for another flying headbutt before using the crossface submission hold. Somehow Riccio managed to manoeuvre this into a pin attempt and the hold was broken. Suddenly Riccio had the upper hand and a successful 619 ended with Riccio scoring the pin to retain the belt. Rawlins appeared to be irate, going to the commentary table to grab the belt, however he returned to the ring, handed the belt to the champion before shaking his hand. Seems Rawlins ain't all bad after all!
Next out to the ring was Bravehart accompanied by Jam O'Malley, The Trident (minus Saint-George) and Scott Renwick, followed by Chaz Phoenix. After a war of words between Bravehart and Phoenix, Bravehart stated that it was 5 on 1 and Phoenix wouldn't stand a chance as they attacked en-masse. Felix Fortune appeared but rather than helping Phoenix, much to the crowd's surprise, he joined Bravehart's crew in the attack. Bravehart was attempting to put the sharpshooter on Phoenix when Bobby Roberts appeared and cleared the ring - prompting me to shout that "in the face of 100% pure Scottish beef, they all turned into chickens". Phoenix then announced that Fortune would face Roberts one on one....
Roberts wasted no time in dishing out some punishment to the former fan favourite, however Fortune was not going down as easily as expected. Although Roberts dominated most of the match, Fortune managed a few good moves and tried to keep Roberts down using headlocks on the canvas. Roberts is a very hard man to keep down though and rallied to punish Fortune some more, however Fortune lived up to his name when he managed to move out of the corner as Roberts came at him and instead hit the ringpost, Fortune grabbed the opportunity to roll up the big guy, pulling the tights for leverage and scored the three count.
The first half main event was an absolute corker of a match between "The Butcher" Scott Renwick and LJT, who has become the big fan favourite in Dundee in recent months. From the outset, these guys just went all out to impress the crowd. LJT started off the match with a stunning dropkick and looked to have Renwick well in hand until Renwick caught the crossbody attempt and dropped for the backbreaker. The match continued in spectacular fashion, with near falls for both men. The end was equally as spectacular as Renwick attempted the Angel Wings, hoisting LJT into the air only for LJT to somehow manage to flip his legs over the back of Renwick, unbalancing him until he dropped and as soon as LJT's feet hit the mat he bridged to take an awesome pinfall, which the crowd loved. LJT then addressed the crowd, stating that he was the only man to have pinned current champ Ian Ambrose in the 371 days since he took the title and he deserved a title shot. He ended his speech by saying his mother taught him "If someone hits you, you hit back. If someone pushes you, you push back. If someone fights you, you fight back" and that he would be taking part in the Battle Royal and walking out with the No 1 contendership for the heavyweight title.
After the interval the action continued with a 20 Man Battle Royal. As always, chaos ensued and it was difficult to keep track of all the action. Conor Frost made his wrestling debut as Big Bad Bundy and became the immediate target for Rawlins to the extent that after "Bundy" was eliminated, Rawlins dived between the ropes to continue his assault on the man who had plagued him with poor decisions as a referee, but eventually returned to the ring and was one of the final men to be eliminated. JJ Russell was an easy elimination for Scott Renwick, who gave him a push as Russell stood on the ropes in the corner calling out his "geez a chance" catchphrase to the fans. Eventually it came down to Scott Renwick and LJT and the crowd were going nuts. Unfortunately, Bravehart decided to interfere and as LJT delivered a kick to the SWE co-owner, Renwick took the opportunity to hit a clothesline and put LJT over the top rope.
The next match saw Massimo Italiano make his SWE debut against Jay The Jackal, who was accompanied to the ring by his "Associate". Italiano had the advantage for the early part of the match until The Jackal's "Associate" caused a distraction allowing Jay to take upper hand for a short time. Italiano was able to power through to retake the advantage so The Jackal feigned an injury outside of the ring and distracted the referee while his Associate entered the ring behind the big Italian and struck with a boot to the face. The Jackal then crawled back into the ring and scored the three count.
The penultimate match featured the return of Euan Mackie against his former Z-List comrade Jam O'Malley. This was not the usual comedy offering seen when these two enter a ring and there was a real feeling of bad blood between them. With Bravehart accompanying O'Malley to the ring, Chaz Phoenix came out with Mackie to ensure a fair match. Added to the mix was referee Edith Summer who had slapped O'Malley at Hell for Lycra. Mackie sprayed Jam with the red mist, Jam retaliated with punches and slams. Mackie put on a good show and appeared to have the match in his grasp. As Mackie was on the turnbuckles, Bravehart grabbed his leg and attempted to pull him outside the ring. Phoenix grabbed Bravehart but the distraction had given O'Malley time to gather himself. O'Malley was disqualified after whacking Mackie with what appeared to be an inflatable gym ball, then continued his attack using a tricycle. He then turned his attention to the referee and attacked Summer, slamming her to the canvas. After a final attack on Mackie with the trike, he left the ring area, pausing to attack the timekeeper on his way backstage.
The final match - and most definitely match of the night - was the SWE Heavyweight match between Champion #scumbag Ian Ambrose and Mikey. With each determined to outdo the other and leave the ring holding the belt, there were no holds barred. The match went back and forth with some tremendous moves however the action came to a halt when the lights went down and (after a few technical problems) the screen displayed the name "Stallyon". The crowd then expected to see Stallyon make an appearance but this was not to be. Mikey hoisted Ambrose on his shoulders and while turning Ambrose kicked the referee in the head, knocking him out. Mikey then made several successful pinfalls but there was no referee to make the count. Rousing the referee, Mikey made another pinfall attempt but the dazed ref made an extremely slow count, allowing Ambrose to kick out on 2. Ambrose then turned the tables and caught Mikey in a submission hold and made the challenger tap out in order to retain the title. The crowd were furious but the result stands. I really hope to see a rematch between these two in the future.
Both the Future Division match between Riccio and Rawlins and the Heavyweight Title match between Ian Ambrose and Mikey are available to view online in SWEOnlineTV episode 3 - I totally recommend you watch them now by clicking
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