In a wee pre-Backlash surprise drop, VALOR added episode 14 of This Is VALOR, opening with an eerie declaration from Chris Renfrew teasing a fourth member of The New Age Kliq.

BT Gunn defeated Dan Evans by pinfall.

Dan Evans didn’t endear himself to the crowd in the Venue, Paisley by tapping into the England versus Scotland rivalry.

A move that may have been cliche considering it’s difficult for anyone to get cheered over a Scottish wrestling living legend like BT Gunn so he was likely to get booed without opening his mouth.

But his mouth was open as he continued being vocal with BT Gunn upstaging him in the early exchanges by sending Evans packing with several big shoves.

Following a reset, Gunn had an answer to just about everything that Evans had in mind, keeping him neutralised in holds to frustrate ‘The Merseyside Mercenary’. That frustration came to a head when BT’s handshake offer was turned into Dan Evans throwing Gunn shoulder first into the ring post to create a target.

It was BT Gunn’s turn to fight from behind, Evans hit a great crossbody while Gunn was in a tree of woe position that was nice.

Following an exchange of pin attempts, Gunn struck with a spinning kick to the skull of Dan Evans to pick up the victory.

A lively opening contest, BT Gunn is so crisp in his movements with Dan Evans matching his level with an added intensity.

Kayleigh Watt was joined by Dan Evans post-match who promised a return to Scotland to prove why England was better.

Frank of the Cross riled up the crowd with his sermon but before Stone Malone could get a word out Legends Never Die arrived to interrupt to accept a Texas Tornado tag team match.

Texas Tornado Tag Team Match – God’s Country (Frank of the Cross & Stone Malone) w/Sister Veronica defeated Legends Never Die (Fulton King & Sami Sparx) by pinfall.

Sparx and King took control early on with a bit of chaos, with some divine intervention allowing Malone and Cross to dodge a diving Sami, driving him head first into the ring post, to gain the numbers advantage over Fulton King.

With Fulton isolated, Stone Malone put the boots to ‘The Juggernaut’ while Frank of the Cross ran interference.

An ill-attempted bit of RODEO TIME, in tribute to the absent big hoss Tim Strange by Stone Malone, allowed Sami Sparx to return with a top rope dropkick, and landing his dive as some redemption for his earlier miss.

The brawl went in among the VALOR fans, with Sami Sparx diving from the balcony to take out everyone, which looked crazy but LND’s attempt to capitalise saw Malone kick out of a Full Nelson into a Frog Splash double team.

All four men returned to the ring, and stereo low blows from Malone and Cross to kept down Sparx and King for three.

Post-match, Sparx threw out the challenge of a Texas Deathmatch in The Grand Ole Opry.

It was definitely a bit wild with little rest time. The Sami Sparx reveal on the balcony was shot fantastically with Sparx teleporting from a doorway he was thrown through to being up high within minutes to take the crowd by surprise. A powerful match.

God’s Country accepted the challenge backstage with Sister Veronica being the promo powerhouse as usual.

Triple Threat – Irn Dru Marshall defeated Jimmy Pierce, and Tommy Lockhart by pinfall.

Lockhart tied Jimmy Pierce in knots to open the match, countering an Irish Whip with a headstand on the top turnbuckle. A bit more loops and pulls left Pierce in a ball with a swift kick in the arse being the best way to release Jimmy from his fate.

Just as Tommy was firing on all cylinders, Irn Dru Marshall arrived to declare it was card subject to change and it was now a triple threat match, quickly throwing Jimmy Pierce out of the ring.

Lockhart and Marshall hit a stalemate of hip tosses to stereo dropkicks but Irn Dru wasted no time taking advantage of Tommy turning his back and pounced to beat down Lockhart.

Pierce tried to get back into the bout but was soon getting slammed to the canvas by Marshall, who was relentless. A brief alliance from Tommy Lockhart and Jimmy Pierce to take out Irn Dru fell apart quickly with Dru smashing Pierce with a Glasgow Kiss to get the pinfall.

The exchanges between Tommy Lockhart and Irn Dru Marshall were outstanding albeit brief. Jimmy Pierce is consistently solid in the ring so throwing all three into a match was going to produce some very good action, and very good action we got.

The whole New Age Kliq versus VALOR, Lou King Sharp specifically, ongoing drama made this match very interesting. On episode 13, Kavero interrupted a match that involved Sharp’s Glasgow Grindhouse brother Krieger though came up short to ‘Scudmaster Sexy’, on this occasion Marshall interrupted a match involving Sharp’s cousin Jimmy Pierce, picking up a win and pinning Pierce on behalf of The New Age Kliq. There was mind games aplenty with all of it centred around ‘The Blood Tourist’.

Legends Never Die shared their thoughts on God’s Country with Kayleigh backstage with a proper shouty 90’s style promo.

Daisy Jenkins defeated Kasey by pinfall.

Jenkins had to pick up the pace early, managing to find her way through to send Kasey out of the ring to take a breather, with Daisy’s exuberance being her downfall as Kasey suckered her in to be hung up on the top rope to lead ‘The Mother of Chaos’ to get on top.

Kasey drove her knees into the face of Jenkins in the corner, before using those knees to drive Daisy’s face into the mat with an inverted Meteora for a near fall.

The momentum swung back and forth, with both running at each other with a clotheslines to send them crashing to the canvas, they fought back to a vertical base with Daisy landing some hard forearms and a second rope European Uppercut but Kasey got her shoulder up when the pin was attempted.

A guillotine hold was broken up with Kasey landing a lovely Northern Lights Suplex, but Kasey still couldn’t put away Daisy Jenkins who came back with a combo ending in a basement flatliner that only mustered a two.

Daisy sent Kasey into the ropes which opened a chance to land an Oblivion flatliner to finally put Kasey out for the count.

Kasey showed her appreciation once the dust had settled, noting it was now one win apiece, and challenged Daisy to one final match, two out of three falls that looked to be accepted with a handshake.

An excellent main event to episode, it was a tepid start for Daisy Jenkins as far as crowd reactions go in her VALOR journey but with each passing match it has allowed her to find her groove and let the audience see why she is so highly rated in Scottish wrestling.

What can I say about Kasey that hasn’t been written already, an outstanding wrestler who just makes it look easy. A great showcase for what these two can do with more on the horizon.

Variety is the spice of life and with the previous episode being of mixed bag for my personal tastes, however, this one hit the sweet spot with great matches, a little bit of story advancement, and fast paced action, plus the backstage segment additions continue to tie the episodes with a nice bow.

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