Saturday 28 February 2015
Last Saturday of the month so I would be found in Dundee! After an afternoon of shopping and a visit to Dr Noodles, Janet and I headed to the Ardler Complex for SWE's monthly Uprising show.
There was a pre-show match for advance ticket holders featuring two of the trainees from Hart & Soul Wrestling School, Alec Xander (sorry if this is spelled wrong) and Conor Frost. Frost has recently made a few waves in both the SWE and Reckless Intent ring as a "renegade referee", making some very dubious decisions and feuding with Rawlins, which had him already set up as the heel. The crowd were a bit quiet but that didn't stop me cheering and encouraging Xander who hit Frost with a massive elbow drop to take the win. Both guys did well for their first match and I was pleased to see that Frost can wrestle better than he can ref!!!
After a short break to allow the rest of the crowd in, the main show began with a 10 bell salute to the late Drew McDonald. The entire roster surrounded the ring and the crowd stood as Chris Duke tolled the bell. A nice mark of respect which I was glad to be a small part of.
The first match of the main show saw Rawlins & Venym take on Scott "The Butcher" Renwick & Trident member Steven "Air" Myles. Using the superhero theme, Rawlins came out as The Punisher and Venym had his hammer... which he placed in the centre of the ring and everyone had a go at lifting, including Rawlins, and failed before he moved it himself. (Still not sure about this hammer gimmick) The match itself was good with some very nice double team moves by Rawlins and Venym and the obligatory cheating from Renwick and Myles. Myles went for his 450 splash on Rawlins only to find the mat empty when he landed which was the beginning of the end for the bad guys. With Rawlins doing a suicide dive on Renwick, Venym pinned Myles and took a very popular win.
With the celebrations still going in the ring, Bravehart appeared with Jam O'Malley and Nikki Storm. Surprisingly they allowed Rawlins and Venym to leave ringside untouched and joined their comrades in the ring. After consoling the losers on "being cheated out of the win" Bravehart turned his attention to SWE Co-Owner Chaz Phoenix, labelling him a coward. Jam O'Malley then took the microphone and challenged Phoenix to face him in "Jam O'Malley's Fun House of Horrors". Phoenix came out to ringside and Bravehart accused him of trying to back out of the match and said he either wrestled O'Malley or give up his shares in SWE. Phoenix said giving up his shares was not an option and accepted the challenge to face O'Malley. Bravehart then announced that this would be a 2-on-1 handicap match but did not reveal who would be partnering O'Malley.
Jay The Jackal and his "associate" appeared to join the commentary team as the first half main event was announced, Scotty Riccio would be defending the Future Division title against Felix Fortune. After a cracking start by Riccio, Fortune took the upper hand and dominated much of the match, focusing on the knee of Riccio. AS Riccio fought back, Fortune caught the 619 attempt but Riccio managed to nail his opponent with a crossbody from the top turnbuckle to score the pinfall and retain the title. At this point The Jackal and his "associate" came to the ring. Riccio knocked The Jackal from the ring apron while his "associate" attacked Riccio from behind, allowing the Jackal to return to the ring and the two beat Riccio down before The Jackal held up the belt, making it clear that he wanted it back.
The second half started with the 2-on-1 handicap match in which Conor Frost made his second appearance of the night, teaming with Jam O'Malley to face Chaz Phoenix. With both Bravehart and Nikki Storm also at ringside, this was never going to be easy for Phoenix. O'Malley started the match and soon tagged in Frost, who was pretty much left in the ring to get on with it. He made a good show against a slightly rusty Phoenix, however Phoenix soon started to get back into the swing of things and began to show the trainee who was boss. As Phoenix went for the pin, Bravehart got up on the apron to distract the referee from the count and to allow O'Malley to get in and assist his partner. The referee saw this and stopped O'Malley, while Phoenix continued his assault on Frost. Unfortunately while the referee was busy with O'Malley, Bravehart grabbed the foot of Phoenix, bringing him down. Frost hit with a splash, O'Malley let go the ref and Frost pinned Phoenix for the three count with Bravehart holding onto his feet. With the match over, Bravehart, O'Malley and Frost began to beat on Phoenix until a rescue was made by the most unlikely of people, Chris Duke, who got into the ring and decked Bravehart, sending him and his cronies scattering. The crowd went nuts as Duke assisted Phoenix back to his feet and Phoenix grabbed the microphone to tell Bravehart that "This is not over" and insinuating there would be a match at Hell For Lycra for outright control of SWE.
Nikki Storm made yet another appearance, having disappeared backstage at sometime during the previous match. This was announced as a match, but actually came across more like a promo slot. She took the microphone and starting telling everyone how wonderful she was before having a pop at SWE referee Edith Summer, who she had beaten a few months before at Seasons Beating. Summer then came to the ring and told Storm how upset she was, that she had looked up to her and wanted to be like her, bursting into tears while Storm laughed. Storm attacked Summer, then watched as her friend Jam O'Malley arrived and slammed Summer to the canvas before other referees put a stop to their antics.
Chris Duke and Doctor Grue took to the ring to do their first ever live Bell 2 Bell podcast segment. First they interviewed Mikey who was supposed to be part of the evening's main event but he had surgery on his knee brought forward and was unable to compete. Mikey promised that as soon as he was cleared to wrestle again, he would be back and it didn't matter whether it was Ian Ambrose, LJT or Joe Hendry who held the belt at the time, he would be coming for his shot at that title. Then came the announcement regarding the two WWE Hall of Famers who will be appearing at Hell For Lycra. A video montage played about the event and there was a picture at the end, which if you blinked you might have missed it...showing them to be Ted DiBiase and Terry Funk. Great names but a bit disappointed in the reveal.
Finally it was time for the main event. On Day 400 of his title reign, current SWE Heavyweight Champion Ian Ambrose would put the title on the line in a triple threat match against LJT and Joe Hendry. There was action aplenty in this match, LJT went straight for Ambrose, then Ambrose and Hendry appeared to work together against LJT before finally turning on each other. With the battle raging in the ring, a Martyn Stallyon promo appeared on the video screen which distracted Ambrose in particular. As he stood at the ropes, screaming at the curtains for Stallyon to come out and face him, Stallyon appeared from the crowd and attacked from behind. Joe Hendry went for the pin but Ambrose was not done yet. LJT then attempted to capitalise, springing from the ropes to kick Hendry in the face but he was unable to make the pin. Ambrose attempted to pin Hendry but was instead picked up and driven into the mat and this time Hendry was successful in scoring the pinfall to become the new SWE Heavyweight Champion.
So another Uprising came to a close. A good show, although I felt it was a little heavy on the promo side this time with only 4 matches on the main show, however the quality of the main event made up for it and it was great to see the title change hands....even though the crowd would have preferred to see LJT with the belt.
The next SWE Uprising is on 28 March at the Ardler Complex with advance ticket holders getting early entry to the venue. Check out SWE on
Facebook for information on upcoming events, including their annual Hell For Lycra show in August, and ticket information.
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