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  • AJ Styles faces Jay Lethal: last time in a long time?

    The following are 5 Star Wrestling results from the January 15th Liverpool, England, show, submitted by Jay O’Leary.

    5-Star Champion John Morrison vs. PJ Black

    Morrison pins Black in about 10 minutes after Starship Pain to retain his 5* title. Decent opening match to get the crowd going. 

    Big Damo vs. Zack Gibson

    Hometown boy and Liverpool’s number one Gibson is out next after challenging Nick Aldis for his GFW title in the local press. Few jeers from the blue half of Liverpool for Gibson who is in his usual Liverpool FC style t-shirt but otherwise a great reaction for Zack. Aldis comes out and talks down to the crowd before saying Gibson doesn’t deserve a shot at his GFW championship. He introduces Gibson’s opponent for the evening “The Beast of Belfast” Big Damo. Damo pinned Zack Gibson with a rollup after pulling the ref in the way of Gibsons attack. After the match, Gibson gets on the mic and challenges Damo to some sort of hardcore match to which Damo just walks off.

    Colt Cabana vs. Timm Wylie

    Fun match which saw Cabana pick up the win after hitting the GTS.

    Will Osprey, Zack Sabre Jr and Rey Mysterio vs. Marty Scurll, Jimmy Havoc and GFW champion Nick Aldis

    The kids (and adults to be fair) loved seeing Mysterio and when he hit the 619 and followed up with a frog splash on Jimmy Havoc for the pin the crowd went wild. After the match, Scurll attacked Mysterio but Rey countered. Marty ended up on the ropes primed for the 619 before Zack Sabre Jr stopped Rey from connecting. A confused crowd were stunned into silence when Osprey followed up with a superkick to Mysterio before the five british stars all attacked Mysterio together. They posed and left the ring.

    Joe Coffey vs. Carlito

    Cool ending when Carlito accidentally spat his apple into the face of referee Chris Roberts before Coffey rolled him up. Carlito’s shoulders came up at 2 but a partially sighted Roberts missed it, counted the 3 and called for the bell. 

    Zoe Lucus and Lou King Sharp beat Jamie Hayter and Kid Fyte in a mixed tag team match.

    AJ Styles vs. Jay Lethal

    A decent main event match ended when Lethal scored the pin with a handful of tights. They went back and forth on the mic after the match putting over 5* before they were laid out by Aldis, Osprey, Scurll, Sabre Jr and Havoc. Jimmy Havoc gets on the mic and says how sick they are of putting in the work week after week over here when the American guys come over, get paid ten times as much and all these people lap it up.

    The beatdown continued until Colt Cabana and Rey Mysterio run down for the save. The British guys scarper with the exception of Havoc who gets hit with a 619, GTS, Lethal Injection and a Styles Clash before the four babyfaces pose in the corners to send the crowd home happy.

    Notes:

    Really fun show. Credit to 5 Star Wrestling, their production team, and every single person on their roster for ending the tour on such a high. Great turnout in the Echo arena for the show with mainly families with young kids.

  • AJ Styles battles Rey Mysterio for the first time; John Morrison vs. Carlito

    These are 5 Star Wrestling results from Sheffield, England, submitted by Keith Harris

    – Crowd was a mix of hardcore fans and families.

    – Joe Coffey pinned Zack Sabre Jr with a discus clothesline in a good opener

    – Fun bantering segment with John Morrison and Carlito to set up the main event. Some humorous self deprecating wit with Carlito dead panning “What? I was on TV six years ago.”

    – Lou King Sharp & Martin Kirby beat Kid Fite & Timm Wylie in a fairly amusing comedy match. Dated cat fight spot by female seconds before the finishing stretch.

    – AJ Styles pinned Rey Mysterio with the Styles Clash after pulling the referee to stop Mysterio diving on him. Fine house show level match, but didn’t live up to the dream. 

    – Will Ospreay beats Jimmy Havoc & Marty Scurll in a triple threat match. Really well worked. Match of the night.

    – ROH Champion Jay Lethal pinned PJ Black with the Lethal Injection in a slow starter, but built to an enjoyable finishing stretch.

    – Grado & Colt Cabana pinned Big Damo & Nick “Magnus” Aldis after Grado pinned Damo clean in a comedy tag match. Grado came off as a star coming out to the Madonna “Like A Prayer” theme.

    -5 Star Champion John Morrison pinned Carlito after the latter accidentally spat apple in the ref’s eyes and the former used a low blow. So-so main event. Early in the match, Carlito sold for Morrison using a foam finger as a foreign object. They worked pretty hard, but they couldn’t follow Styles vs. Rey.

  • AJ Styles’ final indies run continues with John Morrison match, preps for Rey Mysterio match

    Submitted by Darren Hubbard

    Show was advertised for a 7.30pm start, but started at 8.05pm.

    The show kicked off with an contract signing angle for the AJ Styles/Rey Mysterio match the next night in Sheffield.  AJ Styles came out and challenged Rey Mysterio to a match that very evening.  A skinny Mysterio impersonator came out and Styles beat him up.  The real Mysterio came out, cleaned house, both signed contracts, and Mysterio wanted the match tonight, which got what little crowd that there was excited.  However, Mysterio signed the contract for the next night, meaning that the match couldn’t take placetonight.  A stupid angle which made Mysterio look like a dick for signing the contract, and even worse, pissing off the crowd who thought that they were going to get a Styles/Mysterio match.

    Joe Coffey beat Will Osprey

    Solid match, nothing outstanding though. Coffey had his fans from ICW, Osprey clearly holding back.

    Grado beat Carlito by DQ with a low blow

    Five minute comedy match, Carlito beat him up afterwards calling Grado a joke.  Was going to spit an apple in his face, but Carlito said he wasn’t even worth that.  Crowd seemed annoyed at the length of the match, justifiably so.

    Jamie Hayter beat Zoe Lucas

    Nobody knew who these were (I got the names via the Wrestle Ropes site) – apparently they were trainees from the Revolution Pro group here in the UK.  A terrible match – they just weren’t ready, and it felt insulting that half the crowd paid £50 ($72) for this.

    Rey Misterio beat ROH Champion Jay Lethal via DQ after a belt shot.

    Crowd pissed at the finish again. Both put a mild bit of effort in, Rey is still really over with the kids.  Lethal’s great, even when he coasts.  Lethal pulled Rey’s mask off afterwards, and Rey had to go back with his shirt pulled over his face.

    Magnus & Big Damo beat Lou King Sharp

    Sharp is literally under five foot tall, and they did an angle where Sharp is oblivious of his actual size and acted like he was a giant.  He demanded somebody to wrestle, and out came Magnus (with GFW belt), who towers over him.  Sharp, still deluded, said that this wasn’t a fair fight and Magnus should have a partner, so out came Demo.  Demo killed Sharp, and Magnus gave him a middle-rope elbow drop for the finish.  Demo and Magnus did a staredown post-match.

    Jimmy Havoc beat Marty Scurll & Zack Sabre Jr.

    Very good stuff, but too short. Crowd, hardcores and kids alike, enjoyed this, some really cool technical stuff from Zack, as per.

    UEWA Cruiserweight Championship: Kid Fite def. Jason Prime

    Scarlett from UK TV show Gogglebox was Kid Fite’s sidekick for the night – apparently she’s a massive wrestling fan.  Kid Fite’s manager (didn’t catch name) distracted the ref and Fite got the win with a belt shot.  Bog standard stuff.

    P.J. Black beat Colt Cabana with a top rope Asai moonsault

    Good match with some comedy spots.  Again, too short though, but we were running late.

    5 Star Champion John Morrison beat AJ Styles

    By this time it was 11pm, and lots of people had to leave to get public transport home.  So, again, short match where an average amount of effort was put in, but I wouldn’t bother making an effort in front of 600 people on a rainy night in the UK either so fair play.  Rey interfered, and Morrison won with a Starship Pain, which ended up with Morrison in a senton position on Styles, rather landing on his front, moonsault style.  Not sure whether that was a botch, to be honest.  Carlito challenged Morrison for the championship after the match.

    All in all, and I hate to say it, pretty depressing.  There was a great range of talent on the show, but there were tons of awful finishes, the show started late, overran, and hardly any atmosphere with 800 people in an arena.  Pretty grim stuff.  I’ve been to worse shows on a local level, but folk paid £35-£50 for this.

  • Two major names debut at tonight’s Lucha Underground TV taping

    Both Rey Mysterio Jr. and Dario Cueto’s mythical brother MATANZA debuted tonight at the Lucha Underground television tapings.

    Lucha Underground announced Mysterio’s expected signing today in a press release.

    “When it comes to in-ring performers, Rey Mysterio is among the elite and we are thrilled to welcome him and his skills to the ‘Lucha Underground’ franchise reinforcing our promise to bring US audiences the very best in lucha libre wrestling,” said Executive Producer and Showrunner, Eric Van Wagenen.

    Mysterio said:  “I am excited by the opportunity to join such an extraordinary group of athletes and be a part of the Lucha Underground family.  It is a privilege to be able to represent this sport and have a chance to share my love of Lucha with passionate wrestling fans around the globe.”

    Matanza Cueto is the new Lucha Underground champion. They had a 20-man Aztec Warfare match at the tapings, which is Lucha Underground’s modified version of the WWE Royal Rumble. Rey Mysterio showed up at #2 after the first entrant, Fenix. Matanza showed up at 21 after being introduced by Cueto. He pinned Fenix and it finally came down to Mantanza vs. Rey at the end, and Mantanza cleaned house and won the championship.

    Lucha Underground Season 2 premieres on El Rey Network on Wednesday, January 27 at 8pm ET/PT.

  • Figure Four Weekly (11/16/15): Rey Mysterio vs. Low-Ki and The Anatomy of a Dream Match

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