On 4th July, I travelled all the way to Livingston for my first ever Reckless Intent show. I will be totally honest, I was apprehensive about the show. It's a smaller company than the ones I am used to going to and was frightened that I would not enjoy it.
THE SHOW
Enter Davey Blaze with the 'manager of
champions' Charles Boddington, proclaiming he was only here for one reason and
that was to become Reckless Intent Champion.
This statement then brought out current champion 'Local Hero' Joe
Hendry. Joe tried to reason with Davey,
explaining that he is aware of his talents and that he doesn't need a leech
like Boddington to get to the top and could get there on his own merit. Blaze took umbridge to this and attacked
Hendry, which then set up the main event of the night - Blaze vs Hendry for the
Reckless Intent Championship.
LIONHEART VS RAWLINS
I found this quite amusing that one of the
participants had to tell us he was a bad guy right at the start so I made the
quickest face turn in a century and was cheering for Rawlins. This was the first time I had seen Rawlins
wrestle and was impressed, he could possibly fit in with the events I normally
attend. Lionheart was doing a little
parading around the ring and in the process managed to make a young fan
cry. After an entertaining match that
could have went either way, Lionheart pinned Rawlins for the win. After the match, Lionheart went over to the
young fan which I thought was to console him but ever the typical heel, he made
the fan cry even more!
LEWIS GIRVAN'S OPEN CHALLENGE
The self-proclaimed 'best young wrestler in
the world' Lewis Girvan comes to ring with a chair, stating that there is no young wrestler that
could beat him and he wasn't leaving the ring until he gets to prove it. Venym answers his call. As with Rawlins, this was the first time
seeing Venym and the first thing I noticed about him was his beaming smile. This was another match that could have went
either way with both men showing good technical ability and Lewis even took Venym
on a walk around the ring and kindly placed him on my knee then hit him with an
almighty chop which I felt right through from Venym. After some more too-ing and fro-ing, Lewis
pinned Venym for the win and it added more fuel to his fire that he is the
'best young wrestler in the world.
CHRIS RENFREW VS SAINT GEORGE
For me, this match, first half main event,
was Match Of The Night. A street fight
between Chris Renfrew, a man I have a lot of admiration for, and Saint
George. Even though I have never seen
Saint George, he is what us Scots call a bawbag especially after waving that
English flag over my face! This match
was intense from start to finish. Renfrew took it to Saint George right from the
bell. Both men knocking lumps out of each
other and even had a little trip outside which saw both men being rattled off
the fence and round the side of the Scout Hall was a broken toilet, which
Renfrew sat Saint George on and hit him with a few chops that could probably have
been heard in Edinburgh then grabbed him and stuck his head down it and pretended
to flush. The fight then returns to the
ring where Darren Lewis's music plays and Saint George tries to take advantage but
fails and Chris Renfrew seals the win. Renfrew
then issues Lewis with a warning saying he will be defending his UK title
against Renfrew at Cruel Summer.
SIX MAN TAG MATCH
This match sees Scott Renwick, Theo Doros
and Sweet Johnny vs Jam O'Malley, Matt Daly and Rob Mills accompanied by Wee
Jimmy dressed as an Ompah Loompah. Sorry
to say, this match didn't light my fire. I was ecstatic that I finally got to
see Rob wrestle but Sweet Johnny annoyed the hell out of me! I did try to get into the fight but my heart
couldn't get into it. After the
wrestling, the team of Scott Renwick, Theo Doros and Sweet Johnny secured the
win. Jam turned his attention to his
team mates and blamed them for the defeat. Both Matt Daly and Rob Mills walk away
leaving Jam in the hall with the winning team.
After the match, the GM came out and advised Jam that he now had to defend
his Hardcore Championship at any time and any place. This brought The Westler and Jackie Grady to the
ring to try to win the title from Jam but they got into a fight with Theo Doros
and Sweet Johnny leaving Jam and Scott in the ring. Scott defeats Jam to win the Hardcore
Championship, that brings Saint George out who distracts Scott for Jam to win the
title back. Chris Renfrew was hot on
Saint George's heels that caused some members of the audience to run outside in
case the scrap from earlier continued.
MIKEY VS KENNY WILLIAMS
I was looking forward to this match, Kenny is
someone who I have seen on several occasions and has impressed me each time. I have only seen Mikey on YouTube but liked what
I saw. Both men lived up to expectations,
had a great mix of high flying and technical ability. Even though Kenny reminded me that it was a family
show after yelling 'Kenny is the bollocks' which then started the girls sitting
next to me to shout 'Mikey is the mutts nutts'.
After some more fantastic wrestling, Mikey beat Kenny by pinfall. After the match Mikey said that he has defeated
some excellent competitors since returning from knee surgery but at Cruel Summer
he will face none other than the 'Beast of Belfast' Damian O'Connor.
JOE HENDRY (C) VS DAVEY BLAZE
This was the night's main event, these two men
looked equals when in the ring the only difference is the small person standing
at ringside. Of course, without fail, I
managed to get the standard 'baldy midget' chant ringing round the hall plus
the poor girls next to me took some abuse from Blaze, think he was scared to
abuse me! Once the match began the two men
in the ring were definitely equals and above average technical wrestlers. This was another match that you could not tell
the eventual outcome. It was move after move,
countermove after countermove, it was an excellent match for first timers to watch. You could tell Blaze was getting frustrated with
the near falls. Joe's resilience was
second to none, he knew what was at stake.
In the end it came down to the little person who got involved but was not
sly enough and was caught by the referee so Joe Hendry won by disqualification to
retain the title. After the match, Blaze
took his anger out on Joe Hendry and started to beat him down only for Scott Renwick
to come and save the Reckless Intent Champion and issue Davey Blaze with a match
at Cruel Summer.
As I stated at the start of the blog, I was
apprehensive about this show but I clearly had nothing to be apprehensive about. It was an excellent show and I hope the
crowd at Reckless continues to grow. I
do hope to return at some point but at this moment I can't say when!
P.S. I do believe some of the gang may be
there in September!
A huge Thank You! to Claire for her comments and look forward to your next visit to Livingston.
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