From The Shelf – Beyond Wrestling: Alive and Kicking

Beyond Wrestling Alive and Kicking
11-29-14
Providence, RI

Your hosts are a collection of Beyond wrestlers.

The Batiri (Obariyon and Kodama) vs. The Minute Men (Devin Blaze and Tommy Trainwreck) vs. EYFBO (Angel Ortiz and Mike Draztik) vs. The Osirian Portal (Amasis and Ophidian)
The Batiri attack to start and they catch Trainwreck with a drop toe hold/knee lift combo. Double Capo Kick off the top by Blazw and the Minute Men double team Kodama. Hurricanrana by Amasis to Draztik and Draztik comes back with a head scissors take over. Bicycle kick by Draztik and Ophidian comes in. Tilt-a-whirl DDT by Ophidian and Ortiz catches him with a cradle for 2. Spinning heel kick by Ophidian and Amasis tags in. Super kick/enzuigiri combo by the Portal and they hit a double bicycle kick. Amasis enzuigiri’s Trainwreck into a basement double knee strike from Ophidian. Miscommunication from the Batiri and the Portal hit an assisted Ace Crusher for 2 as Trainwreck saves. Exploder suplex onto the knees by the Minute Men to Kodama. Dropkick into a flatliner into the corner by the Minute Men to Amasis. Codebreaker/release Dragon Suplex combo on Draztik gets 2 as the Batiri saves. Cannonball in the corner by Draztik to Kodama and Ortiz hits a Northern lights suplex for 2 as Ophidian saves. Powerbomb/neck breaker combo by EYFBO to Ophidian gets 2 as Trainwreck saves. DVD/swinging neck breaker combo to Blaze by EYFBO. Shotgun dropkick by Kodama to Ortiz and the Batiri double team him in the corner for 2 as Blaze saves. Alabama Slam/knee lift combo to Blaze gets 2 as Amasis saves. Rapture to Amasis gets 2 as everyone saves!!!! Everyone creates a chain of holds on each other and Obariyon breaks it all up with a PURPLE NURPLE~!!!! The Batiri put Draztik on top and follow up but the Minute Men grab them. Double Blockbuster by Draztik to the Batiri!!! Suicide dive by Trainwreck to the Batiri. Head scissors takeover by Draztik to Trainwreck. Slingshot hurricanrana by Blaze to Draztik. Summersault plancha to the floor by Amasis as Ophidian hits the Lionsault in the ring to Draztik for 2 as the Batiri saves. Stereo dives by Ophidian and Draztik to the Batiri!!! The Portal and EYFBO enter the ring and they have a DANCE OFF~!!!! They lay each other out with their dance moves and Amasis ends that with a flying enzuigiri to Ortiz for 2. Double super kick and bicycle kick to Trainwreck. Tower superplex to Blaze gets 3!!!
Winners- The Osirian Portal ***1/4 (This match was chalk full of MOVEZ~!!! This was a wild scramble match with obviously no flow or attempt at psychology but it had a nice blend of goofiness and crazy action so it worked perfectly as an opener. )

John Silver vs. Colin Delaney
They battle for control to start and we reach a stalemate. Roll-up by Delaney gets 2 and Silver tosses Delaney out of the corner. Leg lariat by Delaney and he chops away on Silver. Silver returns the favor and again tosses Delaney out of the corner. Second rope ace crusher by Silver gets 2. Silver catches Delaney with an enzuigiri knocking him off the apron and Delaney evades a dive attempt from Silver. Springboard crossbody to the floor by Delaney!!! Back in, Delaney skins the cat into a back senton for 2. They trade forearms and Delaney fires away with chops. Silver slaps away on Delaney and hits a running uppercut. Delaney rolls him up for 2 and Silver gets the inside cradle for 2. Bicycle kick to the back by Silver and he hits a Deadlift German suplex for 2. Uppercuts by Silver and Delaney comes back with a pop up high kick. Rolling elbow by Delaney and Silver comes back with a HUGE lariat. 3 Seconds Around the World by Silver gets 3!!!
Winner- John Silver ***1/4 (This was a damn good little match. I haven’t watched Delaney work in ages and he has really developed into a proficient technical wrestler. Silver plays a fun role of little guy with freakiest strength and these two had a really fun contest with the intensity casually picking up as the match went along. I’d love to see them throw down again. )

The Influence (Mike Montero and Jason Devine) vs. Da Hoodz (Davey Cash and Kris Pyro)
Montero attacks Pyro to start and he hits a neck breaker for 2. Tag to Devine and they hit a double hip toss. Devine presses Montero into a splash on Pyro for 2. Montero tags in and they hit a tilt-a-whirl slam/knee drop combo for 2. Jawbreaker by Pyro and Cash tags in. Face buster into a shining wizard by Da Hoodz. Devine tags in and Da Hoodz double team him for 2. Tag to Pyro and he hits a basement dropkick for 2. Sliding D by Pyro gets 2. Tag to Cash and he puts Devine on top. Devine shoves Cashg off and he hits a second rope dropkick. Tag to Montero and he hits a basement high kick to Pyro. Enzuigiri by Devine into a super kick by Montero gets 2. Double Air Raid Crash to Pyro gets 2 as Cash saves. Cash pulls Devine to the floor and Pyro hits a standing double stomp off the apron. Cash hits the Alabama Slam on Montero and Da Hoodz hit the Hood Stomp for 2!!! Tandem Tombstone to Montero gets 3.
Winners- Da Hoodz **1/2 (Fun little sprint. Da Hoodz surprisingly gave The Influence a ton of offense here but still got the strong win heading into their tournament match with the Young Bucks the next night. )

Silver Ant vs. Matt Tremont
Cravat by Silver Ant and he attempts to work the arm but Tremont goes to the ropes to break. Tremont overpowers Silver Ant and he catches Silver Ant with a Samoan Drop for 2. Tremont dumps Silver Ant to the floor and they begin to brawl. Silver Ant catches Tremont with a Cross Arm breaker from the apron and he hits a flying knee strike off the apron. Back senton on the floor by Silver Ant and he misses an elbow drop on the floor. Head butts by Silver Ant and back in, he covers for 2. Tremont charges in the corner but Silver Ant catches him with an enzuigiri from the apron. Suicide dive to the floor by Silver Ant. Silver Ant works over Tremont on the floor and Silver Ant grabs a Triangle Choke on the apron. TREMONT BREAKS IT UP WITH A POWERBOMB INTO THE SUPPORT BEAM!!!! Back in, Tremont covers for 2. They trade head butts and Silver Ant grabs the short arm scissors. Tremont rolls Silver Ant up to force the break and Silver Ant throws more head butts. Shotgun dropkick by Silver Ant and he goes up. Double stomp onto the apron by Silver Ant!!! Back in, Silver Ant goes up for a flying splash but he eats knees. DVD by Tremont gets 2. Saito suplex by Silver Ant gets 2. Omaplata by Silver Ant but Tremont again rolls Silver up for 2. Exploder suplex by Tremont gets 2. Tremont puts Silver on top and follows up. Silver Ant fights him off and he hits the Frog Splash for 2. Inside cradle off of the bad arm by Silver Ant gets 3!!!!
Winner- Silver Ant ***1/2 (On paper, this looked like the weirdest combination I’ve ever seen in the ring. However, in execution this was outstanding. Silver Ant used his technical prowess, especially his use of arm work to dominant the brawler Tremont and made Tremont work HIS match and all the arm work paid off with a win. Props to these two as this went way beyond my expectations going in. )

Pepper Parks and Cherry Bomb vs. Drew Gulak and Kimber Lee
Parks and Gulak start. Parks decides to pose instead of engaging and Bomb tags in. She doesn’t want Gulak so she tags back out to Parks. Gulak repeatedly tosses Parks to the mat and throws some dropkicks. Slam by Gulak and Lee tags in along with Cherry. They battle for positioning on the mat and we reach a stalemate. Parks tags in and Lee catches him with a jaw breaker. Tag to Gulak and he controls Parks on the mat. Lee tags in and she suplexes Gulak onto Parks. Cherry tags in and Gulak catches her with a back breaker for 1. Gulak stretches Cherry and Cherry drop toe holds him into the corner to come back. Dropkick to the ass by Cherry Bomb and Parks tags in. Garvin stomps by Parks and he chokes Gulak with the curl band. Airplane spin by Parks and Cherry Bomb tags in. AIRPLANE SPIN BY CHERRY BOMB!!!! Tag to Parks and Gulak catches him with a back suplex to come back. Tags to Lee and Cherry. They trade roll-ups for near falls and Lee delivers the rolling small package for 2. Tag to Parks and he hits a snap powerslam for 2 as Gulak saves. Avalanche by Parks and he suplexes Lee into the corner for 2. Tag to Cherry Bomb and Gulak. Forearms by Cherry but Gulak slams her into the ropes to end that for 2. Tag to Lee and they hit a double release atomic drop for 2. Tag to Parks and hwe delivers the Airplane spin. Gulak saves and Lee catches Parks with the Alligator Clutch for 3!!!
Winners- Drew Gulak and Kimber Lee **3/4 (Solid mixed tag match. Gulak’s grappling style really didn’t work in this type of match as it made for a weird dynamic with the more character oriented Parks. The Lee/Cherry Bomb weren’t all that special either and they had better exchanges with their male counterparts. Again, the match was decent but it wasn’t at the quality these four are capable of. )

Two out of Three Falls- Dave Cole vs. Anthony Stone
Fall 1: Stone catches Cole with corner dropkicks to start and he hits a bulldog into the turnbuckle. Springboard forearm by Stone gets 2. Stone throws some knees and he gets a tilt-a-whirl small package for 2 as Cole rolls through for 2 count of his own. Reverse Three Amigos by Cole with the third one putting Stone onto the top rope. Cole goes up and hits a double stomp off the top to the back for 2. O’Connor roll by Stone gets 2 as Cole rolls through again for a near fall. They enzuigiri each other and both men are down. Stone misses a corner dropkick and Cole puts him on top. Chops by Cole and Stone attempts a Frankenstiner but Cole rolls through for 3!!! Cole 1-0.

Fall 2: Stone blocks a Wheelbarrow roll-up attempt for 3!!! Tied 1-1.

Fall 3: Corner seated sentons by Cole and they head to the floor. Stone attempts a double knee strike from the apron but Cole blocks and hot shots him onto the apron. Stone dropkicks Cole off the apron and he hits the Suicide Dive into a DDT on the floor!!! Back in, Stone goes up for a flying splash but eats knees. Cole covers for 2. Pele by Stone and Cole comes back with a lariat. Release double underhook powerbomb by Cole gets 2. They go up and Cole blocks the Frankensteiner. He leaps but Stone catches him with a dropkick on the way down. Stone puts Cole in the tree of woe and he hits the Coast to Coast. They fight on the apron and they head up top. Stone botches a spot and crashes to the floor. Back in, they head back up and Cole hits the Dave Cole Bomb off the top for 3!!!
Winner- Dave Cole ***1/2 (Man, these two through caution to the wind and had an insanely paced two out of three falls match. They didn’t hold anything back and went a mile a minute for the duration. There were certain spots that weren’t crisp and Stone was a tad bit reckless but this was a blast and I would have loved to see how good this could have been if they had more time to develop a story to go along with the action. )

Jay Freddie vs. Brian Fury
Feeling out process to start and we reach a stale mate. They continue to grapple without anyone gaining an advantage and Fury gets a small package for 2. They trade chops and forearms and we reach another stalemate. Fury presses Freddie into a sit-out powerbomb for 2. Second rope hurricanrana by Freddie and he dropkicks Fury to the floor. Suicide dive by Freddie and back in, he hits a missile dropkick for 2. Freddie works over Fury and Fury comes back with the Regal Slam. One armed sit-out slam by Fury gets 2. Enzuigiri by Fury and Freddie comes back with a roaring elbow. Sick Kick by Freddie and both men are down. Roll-up into the corner by Fury gets 2. Fury puts Freddie on top and he follows up. Freddie fights him off and he catches Fury with a powerbomb for 2. He converts it into the Boston Crab but Fury counters into a small package for 2. Sharpshooter by Fury but Freddie makes the ropes to break. They botch a roll-up sequence and Fury hits Diamond Dust. Pump handle suplex by Fury driving Freddie into the corner!!! They go up and Freddie catches Fury with a DDT off the top for 2!!! Freddie goes up and leaps but Fury catches him with a Codebreaker on the way down. Boston Crab by Fury and but Freddie is able to counter into the Sharpshooter. Fury taps.
Winner- Jay Freddie *** (The work in this match was really good but the problem was they were attempting an epic but I wasn’t feeling the energy or the atmosphere as being at the level they were looking for. It just didn’t click in the way they probably wanted but the action was solid despite some slip ups. It was just a case of trying too hard instead of differentiating themselves from the rest of the card. )

Mike Bailey vs. Biff Busick
Enzuigiri by Bailey and he hits a tilt-a-whirl head scissors. Chops by Bailey and they trade big boots. Reverse hurricanrana takes Busick to the floor and he throws a flying kick at Busick. Busick comes back with en exploder suplex onto the apron!!! Back in, Busick covers Bailey for 2. Spin kick by Bailey gets 2. PK Kick by Bailey gets 2. Slingshot basement dropkick by Bailey gets 2. Gordbuster into the ropes by Busick and he hits some running back elbows into the corner. Reverse suplex into the ropes by Busick and Bailey hits a hurricanrana. Blockbuster by Busick gets 2. They go up and Busick catches Bailey with a Sunset Flip Bomb. He powers Bailey into a second power bomb for 2 and Busick grabs an inverted Crossface but Bailey quickly goes to the ropes. Enzuigiri from the apron by Bailey and he goes up. SHOOTING STAR DOUBLE KNEE DROP TO THE BACK BY BAILEY GETS 2!!!! They trade strikes and Busick throws some slaps. They go up and Bailey snaps Busick’s neck off the ropes to bring him down. DEAD LIFT HALF AND HALF SUPLEX BY BUSICK. Lariat by Busick gets 2 and he goes to the inverted Crossface. Bailey taps!!!
Winner- Biff Busick ***3/4 (Damn, what a crazy matchl. There was such intense striking in this match and both of these men at Fete Music rocking for the duration. Busick is quickly becoming one of the best on the independent scene and it’s no wonder Bailey has gotten more looks in recent months, he’s going to be something special. )

Elimination Match- David Starr, JT Dunn, Chris Dickinson, Jaka, and Dan Berry vs. Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson, Chuck Taylor, Brian Cage-Taylor, and Trevor Lee
Dunn and Taylor start. Feeling out process and Dunn targets the arm of Taylor. Taylor stomps away on Dunn in the corner and Lee tags in along with Berry. Berry trips up Lee and he hits a springboard back elbow. Berry begins interrogating Lee but Lee catches him with a dropkick. Tag to Matt and the Bucks hit the gutbuster/swinging neck breaker/back breaker combo. The Doom Patrol attack from behind and Jaka hits a face buster on Matt into an enzuigiri from Dickinson. Starr comes in and Matt fires back on the opposing squad. Tag to Cage-Taylor and he slams everyone. He slams his own partners!!!! HE GRABS THE REF AND HITS A FALL-A-WAY SLAM SENDING ONTO EVERYONE ON THE FLOOR!!!! Starr gopes up and leaps into A FIVE MAN SUPERKICK!!!!! Everyone brawls on the floor and back in, Taylor throws some jabs at Dunn. Starr pokes the eye of Taylor and Taylor comes back with an overhead belly to belly suplex driving Dunn into Starr in the corner. Double missile dropkick by Taylor to Juice Product but he eats a power bomb from Jaka. Flacon Arrow by Dickinson to Taylor gets 3. Chuck Taylor is eliminated.

Summersault plancha by Lee to Doom Patrol on the floor. Cage-Taylor catches Berry with a lariat and Dunn hits a guillotine leg drop to Matt who was hanging from the stage!!! CAGE-TAYLOR HITS A DELAYED SUPLEX OFF THE STAGE ONTO EVERYONE ON THE FLOOR!!!! Back in, Cage-Taylor hits a DVD on Dunn. Power bomb to Starr and he catches Jaka diving in. Jaka rakes the back of Cage-Taylor and throws some strikes. Discus lariat by Cage-Taylor and he hits a pumphandle sitout facebuster for 3. Jaka is eliminated.

Lariat to Dickinson and Cage-Taylor hits an F5 for 2. Spinning enzuigiri by Dickinson and he hits the sit-out DVD for 3. Brian Cage-Taylor is eliminated.

Lee almost kills himself attempting a hurricanrana off the top to Dickinson!!! Dickinson covers for 2 and Dunn catches him with a face buster. Wheelbarrow suplex by Dickinson gets 2. Arabian press by Berry to Lee gets 2. Starr tags in and he works over Lee in the corner. Dropkick to the back by Dunn gets 2 and Dickinson tags in. Surfboard by Dickinson but Lee fights out. Enzuigiri by Lee and Dunn gets a cheap shot on the Bucks to prevent the tag. Standing double stomp by Lee to Dunn and Matt tags in. He cleans house and delivers the handspring back rake to Dunn. The Bucks deliver punches in the corner to Dunn and Dickinson. Assisted Sliced Bread by the Bucks to Dickinson and Nick hits a basement knee strike for 2 as Starr saves. Enzuigiri by Dickinson to Matt and Starr hits an Air Raid Back breaker. Starr goes up but NICK SHOVES HIM INTO THE SUPPORT BEAM OUTSIDE!!! Spiked Tombstone to Dickinson gets 3!!! Chris Dickinson is eliminated.

Orange Crush by Lee to Starr gets 3. David Starr is eliminated.

Dunn begins to fight back and he hits a spin kick to Lee. Slingshot lung blower by Dunn gets 2. Dunn hits the Canadian Destroyer on Matt but Nick super kicks him allowing Matt to roll on top for 3. JT Dunn is eliminated.

Berry begins to fight back and he suplexes Nick. Suicide dive by Berry to Matt and then one to Nick!!! Lee catches Berry with the moonsault powerslam for 2. Tag to Nick and he stomps away on Berry. Tag to Matt and he continues to work over Berry. Tag to Lee and he sends Berry hard into the corner. Berry begins to fight out of the corner and he catches Lee with a sunset flip for 3!!! Trevor Lee is eliminated.

The Bucks stomp away on Berry and double team him in the corner. Repeat corner knee strikes by Nick gets 2. Assisted sliced bread by the Bucks and Matt hits a basement super kick for 2. Standing moonsault/frog splash combo gets 2. O’Connor roll by Berry to Matt gets 2. Spiked Tombstone by the Bucks to Berry gets 2!!! Berry blocks a double super kick and he hits a double clothesline. Neck breaker to Matt and he hits a reverse DDT on Nick. Super kick by Matt and Nick holds Berry hostage for three more. Super kick/Package Piledriver combo gets 3.
Winners- Young Bucks ***1/2 (This was as entertaining and fun as you expected coming into this. It just lacked a good story in the middle of the match, as they only had a heat segment on Lee off of his botched spot. The Berry underdog story at the end of the match was solid but once it came down to him and the Bucks, it was hard to believe Berry really had a chance. Again, super fun main event and the Bucks continue to put on quality performances wherever they go.)

7.0

The final score: review Good

The 411

This was Beyond's return to Fete after having to cancel their show the month prior due to a shooting at the venue the night before and they came back with a bang. This was a damn good, consistent wrestling show. It lacks a really great match, but what I love about this promotions is that every match gets time and the wrestlers appreciated the freedom that the promotion gives them. Certain matches probably didn't need as much time as they were given, but the level of effort and hard worked is seen across the board. This show has a collection of really good matches and that Busick/Bailey match represents the future of independent wrestling. This is show is a breeze to sit through and I highly recommend checking it out. You can buy the show at these links: DVD MP4