From Rob Brodhecker: It's been a few moons since I've visited the ProSouth Arena and I liked the improvements that they ha...
From Rob Brodhecker:
It's been a few moons since I've visited the ProSouth Arena and I liked the improvements that they have made to the place. Bell time is scheduled for 8:00 with 7 matches scheduled; 4 quarterfinal matches for the Trinity Cup, a Winner picks the Ref for a match on Saturday, A ladder match for the All out championship, and an I Quit match between former best friends turned bitter enemies. Trios rules for the Cup Challenge apply(If someone from a team leaves the ring, another member of the team can come in, no tag required.
The referees for tonight are "Mad Man" Mason, Noah Howell, Justin, Cowboy Troy and Decent Ref Bucky. Amy Haven is the ring announcer. Video commentator is Faith Dorn. The host is Brandon Collum.
Trinity quarter-final: Team Nightmare(Kyle Matthews/Kobald/Dylan Black) vs. Tricks of the Trade (Stupid/"Delicious" Dameon Ceretone/The Trickster)
Dameon starts off against Kolbold. A couple of back an forth and they tag out to Trick and Black. Trick get the better of Black and Black tags in Kyle. Kyle wants Stupid and he gets him. Stupid get the better of Kyle for a minute then falls to a neck breaker. Kolbald and Dameon back in, Kolbald bites Dameon and Dameon rolls out, Trick back in. Kolbald tries to bite and comes away yelling "That's disgusting!". Team Nightmare switching in and out on a fast pace on Trick. Trick and Black trading stiff blows. Dameon in against Kolbad. Spear takes Dameon down. Team Nightmare in firm control. Hot tag by Dameon to Stupid who cleans up. Goes for a pin on all 3 members of Team Nightmare. All 6 men trading finishers with the victims rolling out of the ring. Kyle v Dameon trading maneuvers. Kyle isolated for a brief moment, Trick tags in. Kyle gets Trick in a submission and makes Trick tap. Team Nightmare advances.
Trinity quarterfinal: Decent Club(Tyler Swagger/Dawson Devine/Daniel Devine w/James Hardy) vs. Tem O'Hagan (O'Hagan/JACS/Johnny Lerman)
Decent Club has a crooked ref in their group. JACS and Daniel start. Dawson and O'Hagan in, Hagan getting the better. The big men are in now and then both out. Both teams out on the floor and then start fighting out there. O'Hagan and Dawson back in the ring, then JACS and Dawson. A rake of the eyes gives the DC the advantage. , Tyler stomping JACS. Jacs avoiding double teams. , Johnny chokes slams Tyler, sets Dawson up on the top turnbuckle. Dawson tries a missile dropkick but hits Tyler instead. Johnny v Daniel, big mismatch. Decent Ref Bucky pulls the ref out of the ring and Noah punches him. Off the distraction, DC hits a combo on Johnny and then JACS. O'Hagan in and starts kicking everyone. Pins Danny. Team O'Hagan advances
Trinity quarterfinal: Featured Attraction (Donnie Primetime/Britt Jackson/Cameron Action) vs. Pro South Old School (Jed Johnson/Waylon Rhodes/Brian Alexander with Gene Jackson)
Gene cuts a promo on FA. Introduces his team to loads of cheers. Britt tries to hug it out with Gene, but Gene punches him out of the ring. Waylon and Jed double team Cam. My first time seeing Waylon in action. Britt in and everyone is attacking Jed. Triple team on Jed gives FA the win, very short match, Brian was hardly in it. Gene attacks Jed for losing the match and Waylon follows up. Huge elbow by Waylon and then Jed gets tossed out of the ring.
"Winner picks the referee" tag match: James Hardy (with Decent ref Bucky) and Brad Cash vs. Big Tomb and Logan Creed (with Rick Freeman)
Referee Cowboy Troy comes out to the ring wearing a black cowboy hat. James and Logan start. crowd yelling at James to put his shirt back on, dude is hairy. James trying to get Logan on his side, holding up the Decent Club hand sign. Logan teases it but then grabs his hand and brings James to his knees. Logan then starts throwing James around the ring. Huge chest slap by Creed. Crowd yelling for another and Logan delivers it. Tags in Tomb. Cash in. Slugfest begins. Tomb slams Cash and tags in Logan. Logan slingshots Tomb into Cash. Decent ref Bucky distraction gives Cash the advantage. A ringside granny almost hopped over the barricade to get to Bucky. She gets removed to the bleachers as punishment. Meanwhile, Tomb is getting punished. Both Tomb and James try for a cross body and smash together. Logan and Cash in, then Logan and James. After a chokeslam backbreaker by Logan, Bucky pulls out the ref. Rick Freeman slugs Bucky. Cash hits logan with a foreign object for a two count. Tomb slams Cash. Logan from the second rope with a splash for the 3 count.
Intermission
Ladder match for the All Out Championship: Scott Morgan vs. Kevin Ryan vs. Champion Alister Crowe
I like Crowe's entrance outfit. Very eerie. Everyone heads out of the ring to get a ladder then decides against it and head back into the ring to start beating each other up. Crowe grabs a 4 step later and hits Scott and Ryan with it. He then grabs a 5 step-er and set it in the corner and rams Scott into it. Kevin brings a bigger ladder into the ring but runs into Crowe who slams him into the ladder. Alister tries to climb but is stopped, Kevin and Scott take turns punching Crowe, Crow down, Kevin throws Scott into a ladder, then Crowe does the same to Kevin. some amazing hard shots with the ladders. Hard to write down the action. Kevin and Scott have some lacerations. One ladder set up from the ring to the barricade. Kevin plants Scott on it. Another ladder is set up as a platform between the turnbuckle and another ladder. Crowe locks in a tarantula style submission on Kevin on the ropes. 2 tall ladders set up side by side. Kevin grabs Crowe and pulls his legs out so he is crotched on a rung. all 3 men climb up and meet at the top. Ring around the rosy punching. Kev grabs the title but Scott grabs it from him and falls down with it. Scott new champ. "You deserve it " chant from the crowd.
Trinity quarterfinal: Team CHIKARA (Officer Warren Barksdale/Cornelius Crummels/Sonny Defarge)vs. Team Total Justice(Scott Spade/Charles Zanders/Ace Haven w/Amy Haven)
Spade starts off against Barksdale. Barksdale insisting on doing the prematch checking. tries to do an old-school roll-up pin, but Spade ain't playing that and just throws Barksdale around the ring. Barksdale tags Sonny in. Charles is in, tries to run the other guy down. doesn't work. Cornelius in as is Ace. Sonny beating on Charles. Spade hitting Cornelius. Charles and Spade hit twin dropkicks on Corn and Sonny, Barksdale tries to stop a double plunge but gets hip tossed into the ring. Sneak attack by Sonny and Cornelius. Isolation on Z, the double team on the ref distraction. They keep shoving Charles's head into their armpits. Granny is begging for Barksdale to come over and put the handcuffs on her. Nive counter from Charles but cut off from the tag. Splashes from Barksdale and Cornelius, Sonny tries for an elbow drop but Charles rolls out of the way and makes the tag to Ace. Ace cleaning up and isolated Barksdale then Sonny. Tries for a suplex on Sonny and Sonny blocks it. tiple team on Ace in the corner. somewhat awkward double team by Sonny and Cornelius on Ace. ace trying to fight back. Missed double teams leads to the hot tag to spade. Spade trying to suplex Sonny and Sonny blocks it again. weird exchange leads Sonny to accidentally clotheslining Mason. Spade has Sonny covered but no ref. ref Justin comes in for a 2 count. Spade setting up for a move but Barksdale pulls Sonny out. All three members of Total Justice try for a triple team on Barksdale but ref Justin gets hit. Barksdale hits a finisher but there's no ref. They roll Mason back in but Spade kicks out at 2. Sonny tosses Mason out then eats a double superkick, Cornelius flies from the top into another double superkick. Ref Troy now in. Barksdale eats a 3D From Ace and Charles for the 3 count. Winner Total justice.
Final Encounter: I Quit - "Savage Youth" Shean Christopher vs. "Serpent Dragon" Brandon Whatley
Former best friends and tag team partners face off for the final time. This has been building since October of 2017 when Brandon turned on Shean after a failed attempt to capture singles gold. Crowd yelling "B-what" at Brandon. action starts off at a fast pace with Shean tossing B out of the ring. Shean tries for a plunge through the ropes but gets a face full of a steel chair. Shean busted open. Shean fires back and then goes and gets a bottle of Kerosene fluid and doses Brandon with it. teases setting Brandon on fire but the ref stops that. Brandon fires back and doses Shean. The ref grabs the lighter. I can smell the kerosene from where I'm at. Shean hit Brandon with a wrench and starts undoing a bottom turnbuckle and grabs part of it. Tries to hit Brandon with it and Brandon ducks and hits a spinning back kick. Shean grabs the rope and tries to choke out Brandon. Brandon escapes and delivers another kick to the back of the head. Shean has a kendo stick. Borke it with the first swing. Shean does a Russian leg sweep with the stick and then tries a cross face with it. Brandon grabs the mic from the red and hit Shean with it. chair shots by Brandon followed by a type of Spicoli driver onto the chair. Brandon chocking Shean with the chair. Shean reverses and hits Brandon with the chair. Double arm DDT by Shean onto the chair. shots to the midsection by Shean. Now shots to the back of Brandon with the chair. After about a dozen shots to the back, Brandon says that he quits. Shean wins. Shean then ducktapes Brandon's arms around the ring post and delivers a final chair shot to Brandon's head and declares "Now it's over!" Takes 4 people to get Brandon to the back.
