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Rebbie's Wrestling Show Reviews - RevPro: Live in Southampton 28 (11/2/2024)

For the first time since I started this whole blog, I went to a live wrestling show! So I thought, why not give a brief review. This was one of RevPro’s weekly shows, and the go-home before High Stakes in Crystal Palace (which I am also attending!!!), so for those unfamiliar with these bigger indies, it's essentially their version of a tv taping. These shows and their big shows are all available on RevPro OnDemand. The company is known for a strong relationship with New Japan Pro Wrestling, being where they send trainees on excursion and in the past frequently seeing major NJPW stars hold the British Heavyweight Title.

Pre-Show

These shows are a breeze for me to reach down at The 1865 in Southampton, and always feature a pretty lairy crowd. It's a music venue, with the stage featuring some chairs with a few more on most sides of the ring. Wrestlers enter through a small walkway in the far corner of the building with a projected screen on the stage. It's an intimate and ever so slightly awkward venue, but I absolutely love it, and it's so easy to attend. Without further ado, let's get into the show, as the ever wonderful Francesca introduced the action.

Robbie X def. Joshua James by pinfall in 11:54

This was a really hot match to start things off. Robbie X is really popular with this RevPro crowd, and he earns it by always putting on a show. He’s facing Mustafa Ali in Crystal Palace, which is sure to be a highlight. On this night though, he was up against Joshua James, one of the Contenders. These are essentially the RevPro own guys. Something I love about RevPro crowds is how much they get behind the Contenders. They’re one of our own! Both men got a great reaction, and this was an awesome big vs small match. Josh James had a great power game on display, and Robbie is an awesome seller, so this went really well. It was never slow, just all action, and maybe my favourite match of the night in the end. Robbie is able to get the win when he hits the Handspring Cutter out of a James pounce, which was a counter of a previous handspring cutter attempt. That was pretty fun! The night is off to a great start!

3.5 STARS OUT OF 5

I feel it pertinent to mention it here as James sported the memorial armband and t-shirt, but this is the first show I’ve seen since Mad Kurt sadly passed away late last year. Mad Kurt was on the first few shows I saw in The 1865, and made an immediate impression. I’d known him from Twitter and had no idea what to expect from his wrestling, and I was charmed by his mixture of silly comedy and serious wrestling acumen. I was heartbroken by the news, and I’m so sorry to all those who knew him for their loss. There were multiple tributes to him throughout, and he is extremely missed. Mad Kurt Forever. If you want to support his family monetarily for the various costs in this trying time, you can do so via the GoFundMe here.

“Flash” Morgan Webster def. Will Kaven via pinfall in 10:12

The Modfather, one half of the British Tag Team Champions with Mark Andrews/Dani Luna, takes on Will Kaven of… PORTSMOUTH?! For those unaware, Portsmouth is the next city over from Southampton, so Kaven always gets a strong reaction from us Southampton fans… Portsmouth is actually more local to me originally than Southampton but shhh don't tell anyone!! This is another good match, a pair of guys who can mix high flying with a more grounded game, and we see all sides of that in this one. Webster is highly popular, and Kaven is highly unpopular, and it makes for a fun match. I think the crowd may have been a smidge tired here, but they still had plenty of energy! Webster gets the win with the Shadows Over Malice swanton bomb.

3 STARS OUT OF 5

Anthony Ogogo def. David Francisco by TKO in 14:52

Speaking of loving the Contenders, here’s David Francisco! We love David in RevPro, and the big man from Portugal was just as popular on this night. There was even a great chant I don't think I’d heard before of “Francisco” replacing “You are gold” in Spandau Ballet’s Gold. That’s inspired! His opponent was AEW’s Anthony Ogogo, the former Olympic bronze medallist boxer. For some reason, he still has The Factory’s logo on his jacket despite the group disbanding almost a year ago. This one was all about Ogogo, and he worked well as a heel, jibing back and forth with the crowd who had lots of banter for the “Pound Shop David Haye” as they chanted. He had a pretty good match with Francisco, who was predictably over like rover, and had a few nearfalls that could have been an upset. In the end though, despite showing resilient including a subtle rope break that fooled Ogogo, Francisco was knocked out, with the Union Jack being draped on him by the olympian. Fun if unremarkable match.

3 STARS OUT OF 5

Post-match, Ogogo got on the mic, bragging about his big American house, fighting with the crowd (including a passing fan and his middle finger), and most importantly, deriding Ricky Knight Jr. for being “cocky”. However, RKJ was actually here, and he met Ogogo in the ring! They had a war of words, with RKJ again challenging Ogogo for High Stakes. He promises to take all the vision in Ogogo’s damaged eye. Both men invoke the names of each other's families, and it’s when Ogogo says RKJ’s newborn daughter takes after him in being “butters, mate” as he put it that we get a big brawl. The backstage area clears out to seperate them, with great difficulty, but they are eventually split, with Ogogo seemingly going out the wrong door. I say this because during the next match, he quietly trots from there to the entrance way and heads to the back. 

Luke Jacobs def. Yuto Nakashima by pinfall in 12:17

Beef! This is a clash of two big men, and the crowd were excited. We have here the first wrestler on the card that I’ve never seen in any capacity, that being Yuto Nakashima! One half of Young Blood passed me a few times pre-show and he is a big guy! Off the bat, love his vibe! A lot of personality and aura from him, as he enters with a big chain and wild hair. Jacobs also heads to the ring and looks in great shape! These two started a little slow in my opinion, but they ramped up and this one got pretty good by the end! Big strikes, and the highlights were some gnarly headbutts as these two had a colossal tussle. This also saw one of my favourite spots they do at these RevPro shows, as they cleared the chairs in front of me for Yuto to throw Jacobs clattering through them. Jacobs is able to secure the win in the end though, hitting Yuto with a great lariat. I was even further sold on Yuto with his post match sell, as he stumbled wildly all the way to the back, falling into the crowd and ring multiple times. He was also prone to a dance any chance he got the whole show long, and I love him for that.

3.5 STARS OUT OF 5

Intermission

This brought an end to the first half of the show, bringing a short intermission. Ogogo made conversation near the bar and took a few photos with fans, and Sha Samuels & Morgan Webster joined the merch table, taking photos and selling their wares. I was able to meet them both, and bought a shirt and print from Webster, despite some hassle with my card! I forgot to get a photo though, so I’ll have to see them again at another show! Both were lovely and shortly after that, our second half began.

Oskar Leube vs. JJ Gale ended in a no contest in 9:57

We came back with the other half of Young Blood taking on the other half of the High Stakes match between Luke Jacobs and JJ Gale. This match was really fun! This was my first time seeing Leube, and I was extremely impressed with his work. The man walked past me a couple times during the show and he is TALL. He uses that size well in the ring but is really smooth with everything he does. JJ Gale was a great opponent for him too, using his quickness to build a pretty cool match. Sadly, this one ended pretty quickly with a no contest, as Mark Trew & Kieron Lacey attacked both men, even wielding chairs. Yuto returns to help his partner, but he’s overwhelmed by the tag team. In the end, it’s Luke Jacobs who clears the way, wanting Gale at his best for the big show the following week. They end up brawling anyway though, as Young Blood stand off with Trew & Lacey.

3 STARS OUT OF 5

Mark Trew & Kieron Lacey def. Harry Milligan & Michael Oku (w/ Amira) by pinfall in 13:42

Trew & Lacey are already in the ring as the following match gets announced, with their opponents meeting them for their match. There’s a big “Mad Kurt” chant to start this one, which was touching. This was a decently fun match, with the champion and his younger ally contesting with the nefarious Trew & Lacey. Trew losing his beanie also elicits a big reaction from this crowd. This one is moving along decently enough, until Trew & Lacey bring Amira into the path of Oku’s shooting star press over the top rope to the outside. Amira’s down, and a distraught Oku carries her to the back for attention… Bit of an odd move to choose for that spot if you ask me, but who am I to judge? But Trew & Lacey capitalised off this numbers advantage to get the win over Milligan. Post-match, Young Blood take their chance to strike as Trew & Lacey continue to beat up Milligan. This brings out Oku, who’s keeping an eye on Young Blood. Leube gets on the mic and demands a tag team match at High Stakes! Exciting stuff.

3 STARS OUT OF 5

Cameron Khai def. Richard Holliday by pinfall in 12:59

We were breathing rarefied air next, when Richard Holliday from Connecticut, America came to the ring. He grabbed the mic from Francesca and began to introduce himself. He says he’s familiar with our game as a UK crowd, and said if we want to get ourselves over, we have to make a chant for him. He isn’t pleased with the crowd’s chants of “Dick”, saying he thought we were more original than that, as he finds one fan willing to sing his praises in song form. Sadly, I can’t for the life of me recall what the song is called, so you’ll just have to imagine the tune. It’s here that Holliday’s foe comes out: Cameron Khai! Khai is a really talented young wrestler who I’ve seen a couple times now, and he has had some absolutely great matches. One to watch for the future as he develops further! This is a decent match, but I think it’s pretty heavily overrun by fan chants. They were certainly entertaining though! Chants of “Dick Vacation” anger Holliday, as well as “You’ve got one fan, and he’s shit!” chants. There’s a fun moment as Holliday does some corner strikes, each punctuated by a call of “You’re not shit” directed at his loyal fan. What a heel! Not all of the chants were great though, you can imagine some of the humour derived from Richard’s first name. The chants really did distract from the in-ring action though, which I can’t imagine was desired. The finish comes when Khai is able to roll up Holliday with a small package pin for the win. Holliday sulks in the ring post-match, refusing to leave, which is a thread we’ll come back to shortly. 

3 STARS OUT OF 5

Seeing Holliday for the first time, I was pretty impressed with his charisma. You can definitely see the comparisons to his former tag partner MJF in his promo skills. He was solid in the ring too, definitely doing his part for the match. Sadly, his promo riling up got out of hand. Excited to see what more he can do though!

Spike Trivet def. Sha Samuels by pinfall in 14:17

Richard Holliday is still in the ring as Francesca announces our main event, which comes with a small video package and everything! How fancy! It’s Sha Samuels intervention that ousts Holliday, with the East End Butcher clearing him from the ring with his entrance. Holliday lingers outside, seeming unhappy with this from Samuels. Trivet is out next, being understandably booed for being Spike Trivet. This grudge match, built from Trivet’s general attitude and attacking Samuels at Uprising, is a decent match! A fun spot is Samuels going to use his scarf, which the referee takes away, but Samuels using this chance to use his braces on Trivet. He gets as good as he gives! There’s some back and forth decent stuff, until Holliday returns to the ring side area. Samuels takes exception to this, as does the referee, which allows Trivet the chance to grab a weapon from the earlier discovered toolbox, and get the win over Samuels. 

3 STARS OUT OF 5

Post match, Holliday and Trivet argue over beating up Samuels, before they decide to both do it. This brings out Cameron Khai and Flash Morgan Webster to even the odds, with all 5 men brawling all over the place! Right in front of me, Webster and Trivet went flying into the merch section! I couldn’t follow it all! It was a pretty fun ending after a few matches with a little less pizazz. Samuels ends the show on the mic cursing out his enemies.

Post-Show

With our show over, I went over to the merch table once again, this time getting a signed print from JJ Gale, where I had to get his PayPal for payment as I had no cash, as well as meeting Young Blood. The pair of them were lovely, and I actually remembered to get a selfie with them! I also bought a signed print of Yuto, as they only took cash and I only had £5. They better come back to Southampton so I can get a signed print with Oskar!

Final Thoughts

Overall, this was a pretty fun show. I’ve certainly seen bigger barnburners on these Southampton live shows, but this was good fun ahead of High Stakes. There wasn’t too much build to the big show, but look, I had fun. What more do you want from me? I think this show gets a high 3 STARS OUT OF 5 from me!

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Fluffvember 2024

𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐭 #𝟗: 𝐈 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐏𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐱 𝐅𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐎𝐟:

.✽✦✽.◦.✽✦✽..✽✦✽.◦.✽✦✽..✽✦✽.◦.✽✦✽..✽✦✽.◦.✽✦✽..✽✦✽.◦.✽

The injury bug had certainly gotten around recently, and even though Morgan Webster had felt its bitter sting, there was no feeling quite like seeing his partner get hurt. It hurt Morgan knowing that Mark was alone in his flat struggling with a shoulder injury more than the fact that he was struggling with an ankle injury of his own. So, despite the crutch that he found himself leaning on, Morgan had decided to pick up a nice dinner for the two to surprise his tag and romantic partner with.

Holding the bag of Thai food on one arm while he leaned against his crutch, Morgan knocked on the door of the flat. It was entirely too quiet for his partner's floor, no tell tale sound of 2000's pop punk echoing from within. Morgan had been ready to cut his loss and leave when the door opened up, revealing Mark whose arm was in a sling. His soft blue eyes lit up when he saw Morgan, that bright smile that had lifted Morgan's spirits so many times crossing his lips, "Flash! Whattya doing here, mate?"

"Figured ya could use the company cause I could use the company," Morgan beamed as he hobbled into the living room, placing the bag of food down on the coffee table lined with different magazines, all about music. Morgan wondered if Mark was able to play guitar with his wrist in the state it was in, "How's your wrist holding up?"

"Bout as good as your leg," Mark moved one of the throw pillows off of the couch, patting it for Morgan to sit down, "C'mon. I'll see if ya brought anything worth eating."

Morgan propped his crutch against the back of the wall before sitting on the couch, propping his feet up on the coffee table in front of him. The two sat together in a comfortable silence as they dug into their meal. Morgan had once read a quote about the silence between two friends never being an uncomfortable one and he had to agree. Silence between himself and Mark was never a bad silence. "I missed this," he grinned gently, "I missed ya, Mark."

Mark pushed a fork around his plate of pad thai, the look on his normally jovial face undecipherable for once, "Ya know, Morgan...I been thinkin'..."

"That's what I smell," Morgan leaned back on the couch, crunching into a piece of gyoza, "your brain is burnin'."

"Hardy har har," Mark rolled his eyes, "but...uh...ya got one good leg and I got one good arm right now. What if...uh..."

Morgan 𝑘𝑛𝑒𝑤 what Mark was trying to get at, there was no other reason he would be bringing it up. And yet, he wanted to hear it. He 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑒𝑑 to hear it, "Go on, Mark."

"It's hard to miss someone when ya live with them," Mark chewed his lower lip nervously, "so I guess what I'm askin' is...move in with me?"

Morgan leaned forward, taking the good hand of his partner, "I thought ya'd never ask."

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Colin Morgan as John Webster in The Killing Kind

Colin looking gorgeous as always

[atdawn]

“As if I would mistake you for anyone, Ingrid.”

The Killing Kind : Episode 2

[orange-catsidy]

intergender wrestling is good because you get dani luna being the power base for her 2 twinks

[lovesicklobotomy]

Colin Morgan as John Webster in The Killing Kind

[h50europe]

Trailer No. 2 for The Boy That Never Was. It's a bit longer and has many new scenes in it. The beginning is gorgeous!

Thanks to @godmerlin for pointing me in the right direction

[dreams-hopes-lies14]

people who are angry that Max and Tristan are idiots for not wanting to be together are gonna be even more upset when the throuple struggles because of Avery’s deep DEEP-seated issues with trust, abandonment, and commitment

just let the slow burn keep burning slow and hopefully everything works out

[frentique]

[pixeldolly]

Walden BACC

Eleanor: "Mom, c'mere. How are you feeling?"

Abby: "Oh you know...could be better, could be worse."

Eleanor: "I can't believe Snaggles is gone. She was the sweetest kitty."

Abby: "She was, and I miss her."

Eleanor: "At least you have Sunny to keep you company! And Louis, of course, and me! I'm always just one phonecall away, you know that."

Abby appreciated her daughter's attempts to make her feel better. She wasn't exactly a hermit; she had a high-powered, public-facing job, but that didn't mean she wasn't lonely.

Perhaps that was why she hadn't tried too hard to get Louis to move out.

It was Louis who had suggested throwing a casual house party for family and friends.

An opportunity to catch up with people they might otherwise not see very much of, given everyone's busy lives.

Louis: "I've been thinking about buying a guitar. What d'you think? You could be looking at a future rock god!"

Evelyn: "Yeah...I've heard you sing. I don't think it's happening, Lou."

Louis: "Playing an instrument is not the same as singing!"

Evelyn: "Do you have any idea how much work learning to play an instrument is?"

Fiona: "So. You're the good little witchling my brother is dating. It's a beautiful night. Shouldn't you be out frolicking in the moonlight, communing with your goddess?"

Hannah: "Shouldn't you be skulking in a swamp, sacrificing babies to the dark gods or something?"

Fiona: "Oh, I don't do that. Virgin sacrifices are more my thing."

Hannah: "Good luck finding one of those. Now, are we playing or what?"

Hah! She was feisty, Fiona had to give her that. Maybe Rowan didn't have such terrible taste in romantic partners after all.

[regulusrules]

oh my fuck, he does know how to play an obsessive lover, doesn't he?

[cherryroan]

mutuals with similar interests? ᖭ༏ᖫ

HII !! I'm bug, I'm 16, sapphic, and obsessed with chappell roan.

i have other interests too, but most recently I've been hyperfixated on chappell roan and boygenius.

some of my other interests / music I like rn would consist of;

clairo

faye webster

billie eilish

jeff buckley

charli xcx

the last dinner party

adrianne lenker

boygenius' solo works

red dead redemption 2

the last of us, part one and two

psychological horror

romance films

... ermmm I think that's just about it for now !! ♡ / ⟲ for moots!

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2023 in Impact Tag Team Champions

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[atdawn]

THE KILLING KIND Season 1, Episode 4

[wrestler-smash-or-pass]

Could you do Subculture (Dani Luna, Flash Morgan Webster and Mark Andrews)