It’s a quiet evening, the nights are drawing in, so I’ve ventured back onto YouTube to find a show to watch. Community Pro Wrestling have uploaded a few shows recently including their two night championship tournament. Two meaty near three hour shows that will certainly get checked out soon.

For now though I’ve headed back to March for CPW’s trip to Drumchapel.

SBX defeated Martin MacAlistair by pinfall.

There was some artistic editing in the opening portion of the match with pin attempts from Martin cut like a compilation of near falls.

That aside, SBX is comfortable being ruthless, punishing the plucky MacAlistair with an attitude befitting of man who shuns knee pads. He continued to cut off momentum with bodyslams, including a neat snap variation.

The crowd were solidly behind MacAlistair, erupting for every escape and surviving shoulder up.

Martin showed his hustle, loyalty and even some respect with a shoulder charge or two, hitting a nice fisherman’s suplex, and even Eat Defeat but SBX wasn’t to be denied.

MacAlistair hoisted SBX up to adjust his attitude but a rake to the eyes of while in the fireman’s carry gained the advantage to SBX and a sealed the three count.

A good bit of momentum shifting with Martin showing that underdog spirit that he’s becoming known for. The action was really good, plenty of fire from both with SBX ultimately having to be underhanded to defeat his unlucky opponent.

Jason Reed defeated The Wanderer by pinfall.

Jason Reed got on the microphone and immediately undermined and disrespected Drumchapel, setting up his own downfall by requesting the audience not to chant that he looked like Donald Trump.

The Wanderer tried to start a singalong but was jumped by Reed and that was him wandering into a beat down. It was a mugging with Reed picking apart his opponent as the crowd willed for a comeback.

A couple uppercuts got The Wanderer back in the game for a moment but a running big boot that would make the late Test proud wrapped it up for Jason Reed who then unceremoniously kicked The Wanderer out of the ring before being assaulted by inflatable hammer wielding kids.

You can be on either side of the fence about Jason Reed whether you love him or hate him, the boy carries himself like a big deal. He clearly relishes being an absolute smarmy bastard but isn’t afraid to be the fool when there’s children with blow up weaponry about. That ability and commitment always elevates matches.

The Wanderer is beloved by the Community Pro Wrestling fans, we didn’t get to see a lot of what he can do as the majority was just being bullied by his more experienced opponent but it didn’t stop him getting the support from those in attendance.

Termination Z (Big Ross Hauser & Daro) defeated Thatcher Wright & Eli Bulwark by pinfall.

I recently saw Thatcher wrestle live and noted that a chill sets in as soon as he enters, turns out it also happens when he appears on my tv screen. Maybe it’s his entrance music, maybe the thought of looking at a Tory, possibly the spirit of Margaret Thatcher just sets me on edge, I don’t know.

Thatcher and Daro had a fun opening exchange but people were really there for two big blokes laying lumps into each other which Eli Bulwark and Big Ross Hauser provided like King Kong and Godzilla clashing.

Daro provided the high energy, another strong fan favourite in Community Pro Wrestling but it’s difficult not to be when a greasy Maggie lover is kicking you while you’re down.

A errant corner dropkick almost saw Daro knock himself out with the landing which allowed Wright and Bulwark to maintain control.

Big Ross got back in to slam bodies, a distraction from Thatcher trying to introduce the book of SatanMargaret Thatcher into the match saw Eli smack him with a nightstick, then laying out Daro with a beautiful Boss Man Slam. Ross returned to chokeslam Eli.

A lariat from Ross and a frog splash from Daro saw Bulwark kept down for the pin.

It wasn’t the smoothest match of the night which I mark down was a lot to do with Ross and Eli clearly being conscious of the height of a portion of the ceiling being being about the same height as them, if not slightly lower. There was a lot of energy throughout with a clear excitement to wrestle displayed by all, plus Thatcher lost so nothing bad about that.

Nicole Jasmin & Soldato defeated Ellie Armstrong & The Renegade Wrex by pinfall.

Armstrong bullied Jasmin in the opening exchanges but Jasmin fought back to send Ellie to her corner to tag in big Wrex.

Soldato discombobulated The Renegade for a bit with some speedy manoeuvres before Armstrong played spoiler to shift the momentum back to their side.

Wrex did his best Goldar impression by battering a Power Ranger while Ellie cheered on like Rita Repulsa. The masked man created some space to bring Nicole back into the match to land some kicks to a charging Armstrong. An Ellie to Belly Suplex almost got the three but Jasmin held on.

A heap of miscommunication saw Soldato hit a Shining Wizard to Wrex and a handspring cutter to the big man to pick up the win.

It got a little clunky towards the conclusion but a popular outcome.

Ellie Armstrong continues to be one of my underrated favourites right now, the swagger she comes with as a villain is fantastic, a big character with huge potential.

Xero defeated Judas Grey by submission.

My criticism of Xero in the past is not 100% committing to the bit of being an Inhuman monster. This Xero had more of a serial killer creep vibe which seems like it’s way easier to keep in control of. Even when he entered to kids swinging inflatable hammers as his face.

This being the first time seeing a Judas Grey match I was definitely keen to see what he was about. The Jeff Hardy influence was absolutely clear from his style and even down to his crumple physics when taking a beating.

Xero targeted the back of Judas with wild stomps and clawing. Grey fought back, throwing his body into harms way to knock down Xero. A stunning standing Moonsault leading into a Calf Crusher from Judas certainly got me hyped.

The match ended suddenly with Xero locking in a sleeper hold to put Judas limp as a kid in the crowd sadly exclaimed that it was a Coquina Clutch.

It was something a bit different. The ending came out of nowhere but I appreciated this evolution of Xero, and as an introduction to Judas Grey he showed a lot of flair even if his offense was brief.

The Govan Team (Ravie Davie, Cousin Zander, & Steg) defeated The Purge (Stevie James & Krobar), & ‘The Prospect’ Dustin Alexander by pinfall.

CPW are becoming fairly synonymous for a chaotic fight to conclude the evening and this was no different. Ravie Davie received a God-like reaction along with the rest of The Govan Team.

This was no different with dafty chants, kids battering the baddies, fighting in among the audience, bodies all over the place.

A highlight was the camera cutting to Zander in the middle of giving Stevie James an Airplane Spin with the speed that could’ve conceivably lifted him off the ground.

Krobar and Stevie forced Alexander to try a suicide dive which was successful but an overzealous Alexander tried a second time which ended up with him crashing into The Purge.

The match finally got back into the ring, Zander avoided a piledriver to lay out Stevie James with a lariat. Davie almost ended it with a second rope Blockbuster but James kicked out. Steg wasn’t so lucky and got hit with an aided piledriver but managed to kick out to a roar from the crowd.

With James trapped under a chair weighted by multiple children, and Krobar disposed of, it eventually came down to The Govan Team and Dustin Alexander who suffered a turnbuckle 619 from Davie, big spinebuster from Zander, and finished with a splash from Steg.

Pure chaos and the crowd adored every second.

The little moments with The Purge directing their prospect Dustin Alexander was fun like pulling him back when he emerged from behind the entrance curtain first, pressuring him into doing moves, just good stuff adding some story beats to an otherwise rowdy brawl.

A fine showing from Community Pro Wrestling who keep their shows nice and simple to cast a wide net from those attending their first wrestling event to those that have been around a queue once or twice by offering a couple hours of entertainment for their eyeballs.

Sure there’s things that could be nitpicked on, but the majority of the crowd don’t notice or care if there’s some miscommunication, some timing issues or any other thing that the internet has decided is an important thing to look out for while watching wrestling. The emotion was there, the moments of excitement were there, and the noise was there and you can’t ask for much more than that.