A couple weeks back I had a chat with Che Monet to hype up his then-upcoming ‘I’m Coming Oot’ event as part of Pride celebrations in Glasgow. Saltire Digital Media were quick to get the show edited and the matches are already on YouTube waiting for me to find a minute and get it watched!

And watched I have!

VIP Match – Queer Crown Rumble Qualifier – Fatal Four Way – Jack Ripley defeated Drew Mercury, Tommy Lockhart, and Robbie Cardwell by pinfall to advance.

The VIP bonus match featured four wrestlers vying to get onto the main show as part of the Queer Crown Rumble. They traded handshakes but Drew Mercury was the first to show his aggression by throwing everyone together to get the upper hand in the opening minute.

For a match only going about 5 minutes in-ring there was plenty story told with Mercury being the one taking the match by the horns and showing his strength with hard clotheslines. Lockhart and Cardwell formed an alliance for the majority as they primarily fought with Ripley and Mercury respectively. Cardwell hit a stinging chop to Mercury, who repaid the favour minutes later.

Ripley gyrated and strutted about, landing two Bronco Busters to Drew Mercury, and landing Cardwell head first into Mercury’s crotch with a drop toehold in the interim. Lockhart busted out a Torture Rack Airplane Spin to Jack Ripley, while Mercury was treated to the traditional Fireman’s Carry variation.

Speaking of tradition, as expected the alliance of Tommy Lockhart and Robbie Cardwell fell apart when trying to decide on who was pinning a battered Drew Mercury, as they brawled to the outside Jack Ripley snuck in to land a Low Down Frog Splash to pick up the win.

A fun bonus bout, there were some misqueues and all that technical stuff but for the length of time and what was conveyed in the match it was an easy watch.

Visage defeated Colton Davis by pinfall.

For my first ever Visage experience I saw them take on the very tall Colton Davis, who was serenaded with a chant of six foot one despite his protests of being a lot taller. Davis relied on his superior height to overpower Visage in the early going while at the same time finding himself in some exploitive positions.

Visage threw the wig to cause a distraction long enough to ram the head of Davis on the turnbuckle but Colton pushed them off the top rope to the floor to get some space, seemingly accepting a count out victory.

The acceptance lasted for a moment as Davis decided to lay in punches, uppercuts, and kicks to Visage inside and outside of the ring, throwing him corner to corner like they were a wet trackie. Visage continued to fight back with some very flexible high kicks, and a very nice second rope spear for a near fall.

With momentum on their side, Visage went for a Cartwheel Alabama Slam looking move (there’s probably a way cooler name for it) but Davis pushed out, cracking them with a big boot and Fireman’s Carry Neckbreaker, sending Visage neck first over the knee of Davis for the closest of two counts.

Despite favouring their own knee, Visage broke out of a Chokeslam attempt to crack Davis with a headbutt and finish the match with an Air Raid Crash for the win.

Now seeing Visage wrestle, I can absolutely see why they and Che Monet are drawn to each other. Two wrestlers cut from the same cloth that aren’t afraid to be themselves but can back up any possible claims of tokenism with being tough and hitting hard. The crowd loved Visage, Colton Davis provided a very straight laced antagonist to make Visage stand out even more. A thoroughly entertaining match.

Kasey & The Young Team (Logan Smith & Jimmy Pierce) defeated Daisy Jenkins & Act Two (Benjamin Harland & Jack Knudsen) by pinfall.

Kasey and The Young Team (dibs on a band name) started off by jumping their opponents to start a brawl around ringside before Smith and Knudsen found their way into the ring, Act Two showed off their tag team prowess by sending The Young Team scurrying with quick Motor City Machine Guns-esque tandem offense.

Things started to settle down with Kasey and Daisy Jenkins squaring off, after an exchange Jenkins brought in Knudsen but following a counter to a vertical suplex Kasey sent him into the waiting corner of The Young Team as they cut off the ring to cause punishment.

Smith and Pierce continued to make quick tags with Kasey running a supervisor role, while also assisting in cause chaos when the referee was distracted. Smith flew too close to the sun by turning his attention to knocking Harland off the apron as Knudsen had one of the most heartbreaking tag misses as he threw himself towards the corner to Daisy Jenkins only to have his ankle grabbed by Logan Smith. Knudsen broke free with an enziguri to unleash the power of the Jenkins who swung for the fences with forearms and uppercuts.

An eye rake from Pierce set Daisy up to be the next victim of a three on one assault but she managed to escape to bring in Benjamin Harland to run wild but was grounded following a Side Effect from Kasey which let The Young Team recover to take back control.

The momentum swung back with Pierce eating a 619 from Jenkins as he fell into a Superkick/Angels Wings combo from Act Two, saved only by Smith and Kasey pushing Harland and Jenkins into the pin attempt.

The match broke down again with referee Chris Quinn having little option but to look on as all six hit big move after big move. Jenkins, with a helping hand from Harland, dived from the second rope onto the waiting mass of bodies on the outside.

It looked to be over with Act Two and Daisy setting up some sort of Megazord move, but The Young Team saved Kasey, took out Knudsen and Jenkins, before hitting Harland with a Zig Zag/Flying Kick combo for Kasey to pick up the pieces for the pin.

I’ve written a lot about this match because a lot happened and it was fantastic. Another first for me seeing Act Two and what a dynamic team to pair against The Young Team. I know what to expect from Kasey and Daisy but that didn’t mean I didn’t enjoy it with all six mixing it up, it kept the match flowing nicely. The Knudsen-Kasey exchanges, though brief, had me wanting to see those two maybe have a one on one match in the future. There were a lot of moving parts but the big moves were given their moment to breathe.

Joe Blazr defeated Luke Kyro by pinfall.

Joe Blazr entered with his own personal confetti guns. No further notes.

Kyro and Blazr started off evenly matched with Blazr getting the better of exchanges which looked to overwhelm Luke as it seemed that Joe had an answer for every attempt for Kyro to gain the upper hand.

After enduring the opening storm, Kyro found his chance, grabbing Blazr during a springboard attempt to hang him on the top rope, rolling him back into the ring for a slingshot spear to keep the momentum on his side before raining down punches to the head of Joe Blazr.

With the tables turned, Kyro was thwarting Blazr’s attempts to get back into the match. Fighting out of a Fireman’s Carry, evading a springboard crossbody, slamming Joe back to the mat with a back suplex but it was only good for a two count as Blazr managed to get his shoulder up.

Kyro added further punishment with a Bow and Arrow hold as the crowd rallied for Joe with his name chanted around the venue which was enough to aid the escape as Joe fired back with punches and chops, lifting Kyro up for an Airplane Spin, both clockwise and anti-clockwise before the Big Strong B l a z r squatted Kyro back up to land a Fireman’s Carry Slam for two.

With one last ditch effort, Kyro managed to sweep the legs of Blazr on the second rope to send him back first onto the turnbuckle but the follow up swing out facebuster couldn’t finish the job. As Blazr sprung off the ropes for a forearm it left Kyro prone to be lifted into an elevated cutter for the win.

Two very similarly matched competitors. The crowd loved them some Joe Blazr with his new attitude reminding me of a bit of a Kip Sabian coupled with the in-ring of a Tyler Bate. Plenty back and forth action, another top bout.

Queer Crown Rumble – Fraser Girvan (1) defeated Dylan Thorn (2), Denise (3), Hard Man Dan (4), Luca Romeo (5), Danny K (6), Zachary Swift (7), Martin MacAlistair (8), and Tommy Lockhart (9).

Fraser Girvan and Dylan Thorn kicked off the rumble, after a headbutt from Girvan to Thorn, Girvan then bounced off the ropes loopy before falling head first between the legs of Thorn for a rough night all round.

With both men down, number three entered with Denise, who informed everyone she had a bit of a hangover so if everyone could be quiet. Queue a venue erupting with noise. She entered, poked the eye of Fraser and turned around to eat a bicycle kick from Thorn which may have killed her. Girvan and Thorn tried to lift Denise but she was just dead weight. They eventually rolled her to the apron as Hard Man Dan made his entrance.

Dan offered a fist bump to Girvan and Thorn with Dylan’s hesitation being enough for Dan to lay him out and lay in punches before turning his attention to Fraser. Dan wouldn’t last long with Thorn wriggling out of a Razor’s Edge to send Dan to the ropes and in an easy position to be elevated over the top.

The entry of Luca Romeo seemed to revive Denise as she tried to stop Girvan and Thorn from trading punches, only received a double elbow to the head. As they celebrated their good work with a bit of strutting, Romeo gave them a cheeky poke up the arse before presenting a rose to Denise.

Danny K arrived and formed a brief team with Luca Romeo that had Luca present him with the rose, which created a little bit of jealousy as Denise returned to beat down Danny and throwing him out.

Zachary Swift was next to make his way to the ring, playing into Thorn’s early hesitation he offered a handshake that Dylan accepted but got a low blow in return. The man is never going to trust again. Swift locked in a single leg Boston Crab to Dylan Thorn as Romeo continued the attack to Fraser Girvan on the outside with Denise in tow.

Martin MacAlistair entered which saw Swift break the hold, but after getting clocked with Eat Defeat, Zachary was more than comfortable taking the Road Dogg method of gripping the bottom rope for dear life as Tommy Lockhart returned, driving his cane into the guts of Thorn and MacAlistair. His showboating came back to haunt him with the duo throwing him over the top to the apron with Thorn landing the killer blow via a bicycle kick to eliminate Lockhart.

After a brief collusion as a trio, Romeo and Denise left Swift to run at Thorn and MacAlistair who sidestepped to leave Zachary to go over the top rope to the floor. They tried to dispatch Romeo but Denise made the save to get two eliminations under belt in quick succession. Denise then betrayed Romeo and threw him out of the ring. As she celebrated, thinking she had won the match, Fraser Girvan emerged, he threw her over the top rope but it was Luca Romeo that would have the last laugh by tripping Denise off the apron and spitting water in her face.

Fraser Girvan went coast to coast to win the Queer Crown Rumble in a bit of an odd one. Jack Ripley won the VIP bout to earn his way into the Queer Crown Rumble but it was Tommy Lockhart, who was also in that match, that took his place, at least MC Simon Cassidy did announce that Lockhart was the replacement for Ripley but if Ripley couldn’t be in it why not have Lockhart attack him on the stage or drag out his lifeless body to create a bit of a reaction? I know hindsight is a wonderful thing eh. There were only nine wrestlers in the advertised “10 Wrestler” match, then only five of the confirmed names on the match graphic were actually in the match.

This match may’ve been a bit snake bit by issues with Zachary Swift initially due to face Luke Kyro and BT Gunn in a triple threat which was changed.

After all that grumbling, it was an acceptable rumble match I guess but got more disjointed as it wore on, and in the weirdest turn of events I think everyone got eliminated on the same side of the ring.

Austin Brookes defeated Landon Riley by pinfall.

There was a lot of love for Landon Riley in the venue which irked Austin Brookes who tried to kick start the match early with a running dropkick which Riley sidestepped and gave Brookes a barrage of punches. An Irish Whip counter that saw Riley land a springboard crossbody was enough for Austin to take an early time out on the outside.

Brookes grabbed the leg of Riley to pull him to the outside before launching himself off the apron with a senton, all the while jaw jacking with the front row. That jaw jacking lead Brookes to take his eye off the ball and found himself in the path of a Suicide Dive from Landon Riley.

After more crowd pleasing aerobatics, Brookes found an opening to chop the back of Riley’s knees on the middle rope to send him crashing to the mat where Brookes put the boots to his opponent. Riley rolled out of the way of a seated splash to get back on top the forearms flying, a slingblade, and a running Shooting Star Press for a near fall.

Brookes got a punch in to create some separation before attempting a Canadian Destroyer on the apron, only to find himself being DDT’d instead as the action spilled back to the outside. When they returned it was a case of stringing a couple moves together, Brookes countering a springboard into a German Suplex, Riley countering out of a Gory Bomb with a Superkick, Brookes replying with one of his own. Austin found the moment when Riley missed a dropkick, pouncing with a basement driveby kick and finished up with a Gory Bomb.

A short match but another that had plenty of content. I loved Austin Brookes bursting with character, chastising the fans for cheering for Landon Riley more, adding little comments here and there to keep the crowd interacting. Landon Riley is an impressive talent, he pulled off some tremendous moves that justifiably got people invested in him. Great stuff.

Che Monet & Angel Hayze defeated Allie Katch & Liam Slater by pinfall.

Speaking of matches being snake bit, this one was the headache Che Monet had to deal with on the run up to his first solo show. The match was initially due to be Che Monet and Angel Hayze taking on the Cheeky Little Buggers aka Charles Crowley and Alexxis Falcon. However, Alexxis Falcon got injured so Liam Slater stepped in to team with Crowley.

THEN, 10 days after announcing Liam Slater stepping in for Falcon, due to his extended excursion in Japan, Charles Crowley was no longer able to attend, delaying his Scottish debut further. Monet drafted in one half of BUSSY to make their own Scottish debut with Allie Katch coming in to save the main event.

The match opened with Monet and Slater going at it, with Allie Katch providing some assistance to get Slater out of a hammerlock by getting he and Monet to switch positions. Monet returned the favour a little later but Katch was quite happy to be put in a headscissors by Hayze that she would stay despite Hayze cranking on the neck further. It was only when Slater finally broke it, having to remind Katch that she should wrestle if they were going to win.

Monet and Hayze showed off some tandem offense on Katch but Allie stopped the Monet-mentum with a hard elbow drop while Che dropped to the mat during an Irish Whip which gave her and Slater a chance to show off some tag team moves of their own by bringing Angel back in for a rowing boat sequence to hyper extend the hips of Monet and Hayze.

Che found himself at the wrong side of the ring with Slater and Katch making sure he couldn’t escape with quick tags, Slater locking in an Indian Death Lock and Single Leg Boston Crab to punish the well documented fragile knees of Monet. He finally got the tag for Angel Hayze to run wild.

As the momentum swung back and forth again, Monet and Slater found themselves trading forearms before deciding, despite the interruptions from Hayze and Katch, to say fuck it and go for a lip lock that had the crowd go bananas.

The match continued with dives to the outside, Monet with a senton off the apron and Hayze going from the top rope to the floor to topple the bodies below. The bodies everywhere motif continued back in the ring with Allie Katch throwing both her opponents overhead for a Northern Lights Suplex, Monet fired back with a double spear to Katch and Slater, but it was Hayze’s superkicks that were the difference maker, cracking Liam Slater in the skull to break up a Single Leg, then followed up with one to Allie Katch, a neckbreaker left Slater prone for Che to end the match.

A wild main event that hit all the right notes, want some silly shenanigans? Check. Some wrestling? Check. Kissing? You got that too. The longest match on the show really breezed by as there was always something happening. I loved that it was in chapters so once a big moment/move arrived it then reset for a moment with wrestling to build to the next crescendo.

This featured another new face for me, I’d heard of BUSSY and Allie Katch via the interweb and her reputation was great but I’d yet to find the time to actually watch an actual Allie Katch match. What a treat I got. She exuded so much aura. I need to check out more Allie Katch.

This was a spectacle main event to close out the night, all four knocked it out the park.

The whole event gave me an underground Fierce Females vibe when the shows were at Walkabout. Only one match didn’t do it for me, being the Queer Crown Rumble, but the other matches more than made up for it with particular highlights being the tag team bouts.

I’ve written a whole lot about the matches but give them a watch as there was plenty to enjoy. What a show.