We’re on the final part of Dundee & Angus Pro Wrestling hailing from The Queen’s Hotel in Dundee this past June as the stops before ArdlerMania become fewer and fewer. It was full speed ahead with a return to Perth for No Sleep ‘Til Ardler on the horizon, this was a chance for the wrestlers to put their best foot forward and pencil their name onto the ArdlerMania card.
Duke Cannon & Spike Tierney vs Red Gate (Valek & SAMUEL) ended in a no contest.
Duke Cannon and Valek started off things, with Cannon imposing his will in the early lock up. A couple hesitant strikes from Duke had Valek ricocheted into the Red Gate corner to tag SAMUEL who had eyes on Spike Tierney, maybe it was his red singlet and mask that drew SAMUEL to Tierney. Spike grabbed a headlock and kept SAMUEL grounded until an eye rake gave Red Gate’s maniac all the opening required to assault Spike, with his target being the left arm and shoulder. The isolation begun as Valek continued putting the boots to their adversary.
Spike tried to halt the attack by tangling himself into the ropes only to be met with a stomp to the chest from SAMUEL to send Tierney crashing to the floor. Duke stopped an attempted punt from Valek on the apron as the two met again in the ring shortly afterwards for a brawl following a tag from their respective tag team partners. The scrap was enough for Spike Tierney to recover and run wild, 619 to Red Gate, rolling neckbreaker to Valek, and an Abra-Kebabra to SAMUEL which only got a count of two. Tierney and Cannon wasted no time and connected with a two man Pina Collider to SAMUEL with victory all but secured, referee Lex Loomis was pulled out of the ring and JD Wilde turned Spike inside out with a lariat as the match was called off.
Soon the Red Gate numbers increased, Moonshine joined the fight with Sam McMillan and William MacLeod heading out to even the numbers. Tommy Cross was the last to arrive as he and Spike Tierney fought out of The Queen’s Hotel.
The match was fine, there were some sluggish moments that made the flow get interrupted, but nothing egregious. SAMUEL once again shone, I feel like he has a good ring awareness to keep his movements within the character he presents, an old school horror movie serial killer vibe. The brawl was a bit of chaos but it carried on the events from May which I appreciated for continuity.
FCW Heavyweight Championship – Retro Randy defeated Sebastian Asher by pinfall to retain.
A fair tie up almost had me fooled that Sebastian Asher was playing by the rules but one open handed slap put that thought to rest. Randy went hell for leather to dominate Asher, as MC Gordo reminded fans to remain seated unless they needed to go to the toilet. Vocal interruption aside, Retro Randy was giving Sebastian Asher a retro-sized battering as Sebastian sought refuge in the crowd. Randy followed and received an eye rake for his troubles, Retro Randy brushed it off to bring Asher back to ringside with his head thudded against the edge of the apron.
Asher managed to send Randy head first into the ring post, and bounced the spine of the FCW Heavyweight Champion off the floor via a suplex to finally turn the tables on the match dynamic. Sebastian headed back to the ring and gloated with the championship before breaking referee Sean Moran’s ten count and slamming Randy back onto the hard floor. It was Asher’s time to dominate everything by giving Randy little space and a lot of disrespect as he put focus on the back of Retro Randy. A spinebuster from Sebastian unlocked the dreaded Retro Rage, Randy fired off the haymakers and a big boot of doom, with a leg drop of doooom next. An elbow drop of doooooom didn’t quite land flush with Asher raising a shoulder up to keep his championship hopes alive.
Sebastian rolled out, using Randy’s impatience and shove of the referee to clock Retro Randy with brass knuckles. Randy kicked out and swiped the weapon while Moran confronted Asher. While the referee had his eyes away from the action it was Randy who unleashed the power of the punch and retained the FCW Heavyweight Championship.
As Randy celebrated, he offered and received a fist bump, it was like Asher was like “aye fair enough you beat me at my own game there”. A wild Patryk Peterski was spotted in the crowd to give Randy a standing ovation as their potential showdown at ArdlerMania looking all but confirmed.
It was a good main event. Randy getting the better of his younger opponent before shenanigans put stock into him being the top champion in Fair City Wrestling, Asher had to get sneaky with his go-to method backfiring. It worked well. As the build up was heated I would’ve liked more intensity from the get-go, Asher sprung an attack by bursting through a banner to drive a spear through Randy to kick off what would become this match but the beginning of this match was a standard collar and elbow which didn’t quite fit what proceeded it in my opinion.
Before the episode ended we saw a video from backstage with Duke Cannon and Spike Tierney comforting a dejected Asher, who matter-of-facts refused their support and left.
As an episode it ticked things along nicely with the ongoing stories adding some additional chapters, there’s a reason why every match is on the show, obviously there will be exceptions, but overall each match provides part of a bigger picture that gives enough of a thread to be pulled upon to keep an eye on the development.
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