What’s this? Where is the Scottish wrestling content that I have come to this website to consume?

In answer to those direct questions, Wrestling In Newcastle have been providing opportunities for Scottish wrestling talent to dive over the border to show their skills in front of a new audience. I’ve heard great things about WIN, so when the time arose to check out their recent YouTube upload ‘The Great North Rumble’ it sounded like a great place to start delving a little deeper.

Taking place at Forest Hall Social Club in Newcastle, featuring a stacked card along with a main event over-the-top rumble match.

Shreddy kicked off the show to call out his opponent, Rampage Brown, who quickly obliged.

Rampage Brown defeated Shreddy by pinfall.

A big beefy brawl opened the event, Shreddy treated Rampage like he weighed nothing with a back body drop and delayed vertical suplex, dominating the veteran. Shreddy took a little bit of time to soak in the crowd love which allowed for a lariat from Brown and for the action to be taken to the outside.

The fight continued around ringside with Rampage Brown coming out on top to the sound of jeers. Landing a top rope shoulder block to send Shreddy reeling, and smashing lumps out of his opponent, Brown continued the pressure with the hard hits, before driving the air out of Shreddy with a tight grounded headlock.

Shreddy fought back, dodging a dive off the turnbuckle to get his breath back. Hoisting Rampage with a German Suplex and a lariat of his own as the momentum starting gathering for Shreddy. A near fall off a T-Bone suplex looked to have it going his way but his spear was countered with a kick and Uranage but that wasn’t enough to keep Shreddy down for three.

The power moves were exchanged, Shreddy escaped a piledriver attempt into a powerslam. Shreddy got Brown onto his shoulders but an eye rake, clothesline to the back of the head, and finally a piledriver scored the win for Rampage Brown.

A heavy hitting opening contest. The WIN crowd fully supported Shreddy as he continued to come back but it was a shortcut that ultimately saw Rampage Brown manage to compress the neck of Shreddy to snatch victory. An entertaining match.

Kasey defeated Angel Hayze by pinfall.

Hayze and Kasey tried to get some momentum going as the holds were exchanged, with Kasey being able to use her height advantage to use the leverage to tower over Hayze. Angel picked up the speed to send Kasey crashing to the canvas onto her shoulder then used every part of the ring to keep Kasey moving around, flying about, and taking her down before Kasey decided a break was needed by rolling to the outside.

Angel soon followed, but a hair pull returned the advantage to Kasey, choking Hayze on the ropes and throwing her hard into the turnbuckle. Attempts at trying to swing the balance were evaded as Kasey continued to torture the back of The Young Lioness.

A single leg Codebreaker smashed the door open for Angel Hayze to start throwing the forearms, rattling The Mother of Chaos as she was sent to the mat with a Sling Blade. Hayze went for the superkick but it was stopped, a rush to the corner was also evaded by Kasey who countered by driving her knees to the back of the head of Hayze for a close near fall.

Hayze got the superkick but her neckbreaker couldn’t connect, Kasey aggressively grabbed Hayze for a reverse DDT for the win.

Two solid wrestlers put on a good match shocker. The crowd took a minute to get settled in but they certainly joined the journey for the near falls. Hayze was a spirited hero but the villain prevailed to cause more anguish for the WIN fans.

Henry Faust & Joe Wade defeated Yorkshire Tough (Reece & Rogan) by pinfall.

Reece and Rogan jumped Faust and Wade before the bell as the two teams threw hands back and forth. Joe Wade dived through the ropes but was brushed off by Reece and Rogan.

Henry Faust and Rogan got into the ring to finally get the bell rung, Reece and Rogan continued smashing about but the quickness of Joe Wade managed to get Reece neutralised for a moment with quick tags exchanged to keep them on top.

A sharp blind tag allowed Rogan to boot a running Wade, exercising his rough and ready strength to throw Joe Wade around. Yorkshire Tough punished Joe Wade, battering the lad, but Reece took too much time playing about which gave Wade the opening to get the space to bring in Henry Faust who ran wild until he was turned inside out by a Rogan lariat, with Faust barely kicking out of an assisted powerbomb.

Joe Wade returned, taking out Rogan and returning for a high-low to Reece, with a brainbuster-kick combo to finish the job.

Reece and Rogan looked like no nonsense killers, big scary bastards on a show that already contained Rampage Brown. Wade and Faust were a charismatic duo, and I think them overcoming the odds was elevated from the bad guys winning in the previous matches added a boost to the zealous cheers. Excellent.

Brady Phillips and Ramage Brown interrupted the celebrations to offer a handshake but was rejected by Faust and Wade. As they left, Kegstacker arrived, keg in hand. Phillips tried to give Kegstacker a dressing down with insults and name calling before their match.

WIN Undisputed Championship – Brady Phillips w/Rampage Brown defeated Kegstacker by pinfall to retain.

Brady Phillips outwrestled Kegstacker early on, arrogantly brushing at Kegstacker and inviting him to take him on by going into the referee’s position. Kegstacker wasn’t to be fooled twice, kicking Phillips up the arse get his momentum going with a string of offense, landing on Brady Phillips with a senton splash for a near fall before sending Phillips crashing to the outside, not once, but twice.

The battle spilled to ringside, a Rampage Brown distraction allowed Brady to smash a forearm into the face of Kegstacker to regain control. Phillips started to break down Kegstacker, stretching the joints and dismantling him with strikes to keep Kegstacker grounded.

But Kegstacker’s heart was still beating, muscling out of a pumphandle attempt and sending Phillips flying. Rampage tried to interfere and bring the WIN Championship into play but the distraction allowed Kegstacker to low blow Phillips and smash him with the belt for a long two count.

Kegstacker went for his own weapon, picking up his keg but Rampage Brown tried pull it away. The tussle allowed for Phillips to get his own low blow, a pumphandle slam, before adding the exclamation point of a piledriver to retain.

It wasn’t a fancy match but you could feel the groundswell of support for Kegstacker. Brady Phillips was a machine, systematically wearing down his opponent but showed weakness in his overconfidence, underestimating the power of the fans willing their guy on. Great simple story with a near fall that was bitten on so hard that there were teeth marks left afterwards. Fantastic stuff.

As the dust settled, Phillips and Brown ran back out to attack Kegstacker but were chased away by Alexander Henry and Henry Faust.

Rumble Advantage Match – Scotty Rawk defeated Ian Skinner by pinfall.

After a bit of posing, Skinner sweep Rawk’s legs off the second rope to strike first, all while still donning his fluffy jacket. Scotty Rawk weathered the storm and sent Skinner flying with a headscissor before overwhelming The Real Thing with a Bronco Buster.

Skinner sent Rawk on a chase, throwing his jacket at referee Katie Walker which was enough of a distraction to let him kick Scotty between the legs and send him to the outside. A little too much boasting about this cool guy status left him prone for Scotty Rawk to return to the ring and lay into Skinner.

A Swanton Bomb was missed by Rawk, Skinner responded with a release suplex-kick to the back combination but Rawk dodged some running knees to launch Ian with a German Suplex. The action went back and forth, Skinner kipping up for a lariat and locking in a Boston Crab.

It was a missed Dis-knee countered into a roundhouse kick from Rawk that lead to Skinner being finished off with a Swanton Bomb to lump him with the number one spot in The Great North Rumble.

This was a very quick match, packed in with action but felt more like a tease for a future epic. The immediate lead into The Great North Rumble as Ian Skinner woke up was hilarious.

20-Man Great North Rumble Match – Shreddy eliminated Alexander Henry to win The Great North Rumble.

As Ian Skinner woke up, he realised that it was Alexander Henry at number two staring at him from across the ring. Luck would have it that his WIN ally Vusyk entered third to save Skinner from excessive damage.

The ring filled up, with HT Drake making the first big impact, throwing Joe Sedgwick and Seb Mercer around before dispatching of Sedgwick for the first elimination. As Ian Skinner waited near the entrance, Henry Faust made his entrance to drag Skinner into the fray. A bit of miscommunication lead to Ian knocking Vusyk off the apron and out of the match. After a brief ragdolling by Vusyk, Skinner took refuge under the ring.

Joe Wade’s entrance was interrupted by Brady Phillips and Rampage Brown who attacked Wade and entered the ring to lay a beating to the combatants. Giving stereo piledrivers to Henry Faust and Alexander Henry in response to their actions earlier in the evening.

The next entrant Marc Mathers sent Wade and Faust out in quick succession as the field started to recover from the interruption. Entrant number 12, Zeo Knox, nabbed a quick elimination by sending Levi over the top rope as the entrants got bigger with Tim Strange out next to chuck out Jack Bandicoot.

Another familiar face arrived with Kez Evans picking his spot to throw out HT Drake. The formidable trio of Strange, Knox, and Mathers took control, gang beating Seb Mercer then taking turns to bully. Joshua Kodac.

Shreddy arrived to clear house taking out Mercer and Evans, with Henry throwing out Mathers. Mathers was soon replaced by Brennan who quickly took allegiance with Strange and Knox but was betrayed minutes later when he was left to deal with Kemper who chokeslammed him on the apron by way of elimination.

Following the entry of Scotty Rawk as the final man, Skinner emerged from his hiding spot to be almost immediately thrown out by Rawk who then added Zeo Knox to his tally but was powered out by Tim Strange to leave four men, Tim Strange, Kemper, Shreddy, and Alexander Henry.

Henry and Shreddy took out Strange but had little time to celebrate with them feeling a couple chokeslams from Kemper. Shreddy and Henry lifted Kemper over the top rope to make them the final two.

The two fought over the top and onto the apron but neither man could get the final blow as the match returned between the ropes. A crossbody was caught by Shreddy for a Fallaway Slam, two spears and a massive clothesline gave Shreddy victory.

A feel good winner, starting the show being carried out thanks to a Rampage Brown assault to end the night with his arms raised high. There wasn’t too much by way of tension throughout until the final two.

It was great to see some surprise faces pop up like Levi and Kez Evans that I’m very familiar with. The return of Brady Phillips and Rampage was a nice callback to the events earlier in the show, and the match starting while Ian Skinner was out cold was amazing, I’ve seen that happen live once and it’s one of my favourite little things in wrestling.

I feel like more could’ve been done with the beefy trio of Marc Mathers, Tim Strange, and Zeo Knox but the immediate replacing of Mathers with Brennan then betrayal to feed Brennan to Kemper was a fun moment.

This was an entertaining show from Wrestling In Newcastle. They packed a lot into a two hour event, and I’m looking forward to watching more in the future.

The full show is available on YouTube: