Friday 20 February
Another sellout show for BCW at East Kilbride. This time I had brought along a couple of friends as I had been raving about how good the BCW shows have been. Unfortunately when we arrived there was already a lot of people who had braved the rain and snow and we were unable to all sit together. I sat ringside with Janet and sent the boys off to sit together elsewhere!
First up was "Bad Boy" Liam Thomson against Wolfgang. Wolfgang started strong forcing Thomson to exit the ring to escape and endure the "chicken" chants but he was soon back in the ring and using his underhanded tactics to take the advantage such as using the ropes to choke his opponent before applying a camel clutch. The action spilled out of the ring and continued directly in front of me before returning to the ring for Thomson's second camel clutch attempt. Wolfgang does not go down easy though and he fought back to take the advantage and took a popular win after slingshotting Thomson into the turnbuckles and then rolling him up for the three count. A nice match to start the show!
Next up was an Openweight Championship match between Lou King Sharp and current champ, Noam Dar. Dar took control of the cocky Sharp and the action spilled outside of the ring. Returning to the ring Sharp tried to gain the advantage, hitting Dar with cracking kick before taking to the turnbuckles. Dar avoided and there followed some pin attempts by both guys before Sharp caught the leg of Dar and swung him round, only for Dar's foot to hit a lowblow on referee Sri Hari. Sharp then hit Dar with a lowblow, who returned the compliment, before all three hit the mat holding their "bits"! Sharp was the first to recover and went for a steel chair to attack Dar, however Dar had recovered sufficiently to thwart this plan and, taking the chair, hit a light blow to the back of the ref before tossing the chair back to Sharp. Dar then scoop-slammed Sharp but when going for another the referee pushed Dar aside and scoop-slammed Sharp himself! Dar then finished the job, taking the three count to retain his title and while Sharp crawled backstage, Dar set up the chair in the ring, sat ring announcer Simon Cassidy on it and draped his jacket and belt over him.
Next up was a tag team match to introduce some new trainees from the PBW Academy, Tony Martyns and Taylor Bellando, who would face the team of Switch & Saqib Ali. Once again Switch reduced a small child to tears during his entrance and Ali managed to rile the entire crowd. Martyns and Bellando got a great reception on their entrance however it was cut short as Switch and Ali attacked before the bell. The youngsters pulled off a cracking double team move almost immediately after the bell, combining a backbreaker and double footstomp and got a near pin but from then on they were the victims of Switch and Ali's experience and cheating tactics. They isolated Bellando for much of the match and antagonised Martyns into coming into the ring, forcing the ref to focus on keeping him out of the ring and allowing Switch and Ali to double team Bellando. Despite having all the heart and the support of the crowd, the youngsters were outclassed and Ali scored the pinfall victory over Bellando.
The first half main event saw Jack Jester face Davey Blaze in a No DQ match. With the glass still boarded from the encounter between Damo and Drew Galloway, who knew what destruction might result from this match! And what a match...Jester attacked Blaze before he even got in the ring and the two went at it hammer and tongs from start to finish. At one point the action spilled out of the ring and Jester tried to put Blaze through the windows before they ended up ringside in front of me, where Blaze had the upper hand, shoving Jester onto the guy sitting a couple of seats along from me and trying to grab another crowd member's walking stick to use as a weapon. Back in the ring a steel chair was brought into the mix with both guys using it to try to gain the advantage. Finally Jester nailed Blaze with a tombstone piledriver to take the win.
The second half started with Damo v Joe Coffey and this was a stormer. Each tried to knock the other down with shoulder blocks that rocked the ring with their impact but neither man would go down. The action spilled out of the ring and continued right at my feet, with Damo taking the advantage. Back in the ring, he continued to control things by working the back of Coffey using a camel clutch and then bear hugs! Coffey tried to come back but ended up on the canvas with Damo standing on his chest before dropping the senton on him. Once again, Coffey attempted a comeback with a cracking suplex but it was not to be his night as the big Irishman got Coffey up on his shoulder and drove him down to the mat before pinning him for the three count.
The penultimate match saw Aaron Echo face-off against Kenny Williams. I had only seen Echo once before in a pre-show match and I have to say that I saw a big improvement in his skills. While Williams dominated much of the match with his fast pace and aerial skills, Echo had a couple of cracking moments during the match, including a cracking suplex, and scored a couple of near pins. But as they say "Kenny is the bollocks" (loving the new ring gear) and it was Williams who took the victory in a really enjoyable match.
Main event time and BCW owner Graham McKay got into the ring to thank the fans for another sell-out show, before asking retired MC Tommy if he would do the honours, which he agreed to do. First out to the ring was Kid Fite, sporting a bit of a shiner and his usual bad attitude. BT Gunn then came out to a huge pop before both men were stunned by the announcement of a third participant, Gunn's tag team partner, Stevie Xavier. Now I love Just Uz, but I was really disappointed when this happened, as I was really looking forward to what would have been an amazing battle between Fite and Gunn. As Fite said himself before the match got underway, they might be tag partners but neither man was going to let the other win. The match itself was good, some great moves from all three and there was a moment when "Just Uz" appeared and hit Fite with that double kick to the head in the corner they do so well, but in the end Fite's prediction came true. Fite had Gunn down in an anklelock submission when Xavier made the save, however, with Gunn down rather than focus on Fite and take his chance for the title, he instead grabbed the ankle of Gunn, giving Fite the opportunity he required to roll him up for a pinfall. There appeared to be a bit of confusion however as it looked like the referee only made a two count but Fite left the ring, grabbed his belt and walked away, leaving Gunn and Xavier behind. What this means for the future of the tag team champions is yet to be seen.
The next BCW event will take place on 4 April in Kilmarnock Grand Hall and will feature TNA stars Angelina Love and Davey Richards, as well as Marty Scurll and Drew Galloway. Event and ticket information can be found on the
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