1. Ladder Matches In WrestleZone Are Chaos.

At Aberdeen Anarchy 2014 we had a ladder match for the WrestleZone Tag Team Titles between Sterling Oil and The Granite City Hotshots. I thought that was brutal but somehow they’ve completely outdone themselves with this one.

Mr P, Kaden Garrick and Johnny Lions went to war with Sterling Oil. This match had everything; backdrops onto ladders, flips to the outside, even Richard R Russell taking a Lion Cutter from the top of a ladder. How these men were able to walk out of the building is beyond me.

2. Aspen Faith, Lewis Girvan, Sammii Jayne And Viper Are Incredible.

Recently in WrestleZone we have been treated to Aspen Faith and Lewis Girvan sharing the ring. A few times now it has been Faith and Sammii Jayne versus Girvan and Debbie Sharp, however Debbie was unable to compete at this show so instead Girvan enlisted the help of one of the top names in women’s wrestling, the world-travelled, Viper!

There was a part of me that was worried as to whether or not adding Viper to this match would take away from the fantastic chemistry we had already seen. Oh boy was I wrong. From watching this match, you would think that these four have wrestled together every night for the past 5 years. It’s honestly difficult to convey just how in tune these athletes were. Everything was fantastic and I can’t rave about these four enough.

3. Bingo Ballance Needs To Be Booked In Scotland A Lot More.

When I was hyping up this show to other wrestling fans who weren’t familiar with WrestleZone, I was quick to tell them that Bingo Ballance was going to be in action. This wasn’t met with the reaction I was expecting, for some reason Bingo isn’t widely known throughout the UK which I thought was bizarre.

Ballance has been wrestling for 11 years now and has faced some of the biggest names in the business, putting on incredible matches every time he steps inside the squared circle. After looking more in depth into him, it appears that for some reason a lot of promotions in Scotland haven’t had him over in a while. I feel like this is a huge mistake as he is one of the best and is a clear wealth of knowledge.

Scotland needs more Ballance.

4. Lou King Sharp Is Hilarious.

The penultimate match of the evening saw Lou King Sharp teaming with The Rejected to take on the team of Bull James, The Hurricane and Carlito. Now you really need to see this one to realise just how hilarious it was. Lou must be at least half the size of all three of his opponents, making for an amusing visual, but what he lacks in stature he certainly makes up for in charisma.

When Bull made his way into the Ballroom, Lou dived out of the ring and ran away over the barrier and into the crowd… at this point he got on the microphone and declared that the couldn’t wrestle that “ape” as he is just a wee boy. To which Hurricane made reference to Lou’s little ‘nugget’ in his tights, sending him into a full blown tantrum.

By now the whole crowd were dying laughing, and he had everyone in the palm of his hand for the entire match. He is truly one of the most charismatic wrestlers in the UK at the moment.

5. The WrestleZone Crowd Are No Longer On Team Swift?

This one really did catch me by surprise. For years now Scotty Swift has been the face of WrestleZone. The ‘Red Haired Warrior’ is loved by everyone… that was until this show. For some reason, when Swift made his entrance he got the usual fanfare, however, there was a small amount of boos from throughout the Ballroom. I thought nothing of this as you always get a few people who like to boo the good guys, it happens at almost every show you go to.

It wasn’t until later in the show that I realised this crowd were starting to turn on Scotty. The chants of “Let’s Go Crusher” were drowning out any support for Swift.

I would like to put this down to just Crusher being so good that they wanted him to succeed as I am a huge advocate for Scotty Swift and think he does fantastic work, but you have to wonder if the fans are finally done with Swift…

6. The Beach Ballroom Is My Favourite Wrestling Venue.

Now this show was presented live from The Beach Ballroom in Aberdeen. This has been the home of Aberdeen Anarchy for the past 4 years and I have to say it is the pinnacle of wrestling venues. I’ve been to wrestling shows in the AECC, the SECC, the Hydro, The Barrowlands, even AT&T Stadium… But nothing quite compares to the feeling you get from sitting in the 90 year old building that is bursting with history.

Not only does the history of the building help build a fantastic atmosphere, the rounded shape of the venue makes it so that no one has a bad view of the action. The architecture also creates a fantastic backdrop to the show. All round my favourite venue to watch wrestling in by far.

7. WrestleZone Is The Most Underrated Promotion In The UK.

Anyone who follows me on Twitter, @_dec0y (cheap plug), would have seen on Saturday night that I went into a rant about how underrated WrestleZone is as a promotion. Now that the dust has settled and I can look back at the event, I am most definitely sticking by my words.

This year’s event was held in front of a SOLD OUT Beach Ballroom for the 4th year in a row. To put that in perspective, that is on par with some of the biggest independent promotions in the world.

Yes, they may run smaller venues throughout the rest of the year… but they are consistently selling out those venues and putting fantastic shows that make fans clamber for tickets to their next show.

They also have one of the most unique rosters in the UK as a lot of these guys, for some reason, don’t get picked up by a lot of other promotions. These guys are so talented yet rarely get to showcase it out with Aberdeen, it’s a travesty. Guys like Damien, Scotty Swift, Chris Archer, Shawn Johnson, Johnny Lions, just to name a few, should be on shows all over the country in prime positions.

I don’t worry though, as Macho Man once said “the cream will rise to the top” and WrestleZone are the cream of the crop.

– Kyle Watt