Before we get to watching and reviewing World Wide Wrestling League’s Wrestlution XVIII show, W3L uploaded their final stop on their road to the event that took place on Friday 13th June, the night before Wrestlution XVIII, in Musselburgh.

Hugo Harris strutted out to open the show, mirror in hand, and took his sweet time in making sure that everyone in the front row ended up with a good look to the self proclaimed most handsome man in all sports. Hugo ran down the crowd, Mike Musso, and demanded his opponent to come out on the microphone. Enter Rhoderick Jones.

Hugo Harris defeated Rhoderick Jones by pinfall.

Jones threatened to break the mirror of Harris as the crowd bayed for the glass to break but Rhoderick complied with the pleading to allow the referee to remove the item from the ring to get the match started.

Rhoderick Jones overpowered Hugo Harris in the early exchanges, sending Harris scurrying to the outside to avoid any further conflict. Jones followed for a bit of a skirmish, he avoided a chop against the ring post to land one of his own to take Hugo Harris to task. Harris rolled to the outside to sucker Jones in to hang him over the top rope.

Hugo Harris took control, putting the boots to Rhoderick Jones, using the referee’s five count to full effect and knocking Jones down with a stunning standing dropkick to keep his opponent down. Rhoderick managed to send Harris flying into the turnbuckle to counter a figure four leglock.

It was target acquired as Rhoderick Jones built up him momentum meter to send Hugo loopy, spinning him around for an Airplane Spin with the dizziness sending Jones head first into the crotch of Harris to do some consequential damage to the twins. A neckbreaker could only gain a two count as he threw everything at Hugo Harris.

Harris came back with a spinebuster but his curb stomp attempt was evaded for a protobomb for two. As they recovered, Hugo stomped the head of Jones to the mat. Harris broke his own fall to finish the match with Mike Musso’s own Blunt Force Trauma DDT.

Ever the sore winner, Hugo Harris tried to intimidate ring announcer Fi after the match but Mike Musso arrived to run off his Wrestlution opponent.

A steady opening match, Harris was throwing himself around like nobody’s business which made Rhoderick Jones look superhuman. Harris so sleazy and unlikable it ramps up the reactions the already popular Jones receives. The post-match scuffle was set up nicely with the opening promo. An effective bout.

Paul Hubris joined Kyle Wallace backstage to discuss the upcoming title versus mask match against Sami Sparx and his evenings opponent Taylor Bryden. Hubris showed plenty of confidence.

The Jackal w/Tate defeated Sami Sparx by pinfall.

The baldy chants were loudly directed at The Jackal which gave him reason to feign leaving Musselburgh before eventually getting into the ring only for Sami Sparx to join the chanting.

Chants aside, Sparx took it to The Jackal by smashing his skull off the top turnbuckle, sending him down to a knee with a low dropkick for The Jackal to roll out for a hasty exit to regroup with Tate at ringside.

Sparx followed, ducking a clothesline attempt by Tate to re-enter the ring all guns blazing. The Jackal caught a flying Sami to drive him to the mat for a near fall as the tide turned for The Commune. The Jackal provided the distraction to open the opportunity for Tate to get involved.

The Chaotic Luchador continued to fight back but was launched backwards for a German Suplex. A defiant Sami kept coming back. Tate tripped Sami off the second rope in front of the referee to no consequences but Sparx got a second wind to throw strikes, planting The Jackal with a flip over facebuster for two.

Luke Aldridge emerged to distract Sami as he was perched on the top turnbuckle as The Jackal pounced, throwing Sparx off the top and laying him out with an STO for the win.

The Commune attempted to harang Sparx but Irn Dru Marshall and TJ Rage rushed out to make the save.

A fine bout, The Jackal is always solid with Sami Sparx bringing the energy to kick up the tempo when required. The referee error was irksome and should of been done better but it didn’t kill the pace of the match overall. The post-match attack attempt and save got a good reaction.

Mike Musso had a chat with Kyle Wallace backstage, telling Hugo Harris that his was in big trouble (mister).

Taylor Bryden defeated Paul Hubris by pinfall.

Bryden and Hubris went back and forth early on, as they both tried to get a string of moves together to get some momentum. Paul Hurbis overwhelmed Taylor to keep him grounded with Bryden having to do all he could to regain his vertical base.

Taylor managed to dodge a corner splash to send Hubris over with arm drags and driving his knee to the side of the head to send Paul needing a rest on the outside with Bryden in pursuit. Hubris brought the uppercuts to slow down the action, methodically taking aim at the back of Taylor Bryden.

Hubris continued to cut off the comebacks from Bryden, with counters aplenty. An enziguri from Hurbis sent Bryden bouncing off the ropes to respond with a lariat as both men found themselves laying on the mat. As they got back to their feet the forearms were traded with Taylor Bryden getting the better of Paul Hubris.

A barrage of attacks ended with a crossbody from the top turnbuckle but it couldn’t seal the deal for Bryden. Hubris sidestepped a rush into the corner to twist the knee of Taylr Bryden’s knee with a dragon screw to lock in the half Boston Crab.

The fight continued, Hubris tried to end the match with a spiking DDT but Bryden managed to get his shoulder up with milliseconds to spare. A second DDT was attempted while hung on the second rope but Bryden countered to hoist Paul Hubris onto his shoulders to land the OTK for the win.

This was a great match showcasing both competitors really well. Hubris and Bryden bounced off each other smoothly with the match being fast paced and had a nice flow throughout.

Kyle Wallace caught up with Shawna Reed outside who listed off her accomplishments in her quest to become the first American W3L Women’s Champion.

Shawna Reed defeated Tate w/The Tormentor & The Jackal by pinfall.

Shawna had a little fun at the expense of The Jackal’s shiny dome with Tate providing a receipt with a hard slap that snapped Reed into action. Shawna battered Tate around the ring, snapping her back with a suplex and swinging her to the ground with a Gunnslinger spin out slam.

The Jackal dragged Tate out of harm’s way but it didn’t stop Shawna Reed diving off the apron to take out The Commune trio at ringside. The Tormentor provided a helping hand to interrupt Reed re-entering the ring to allow Tate to finally get some offense in.

A handspring back elbow had the confidence of Tate at a high but a bulldog was pushed out of to see Reed hit a Fisherman’s Buster for a near fall. Shawna crashed Tate down with a sit out electric chair drop but The Jackal and The Tormentor interrupted the fall. Tate ran into The Jackal to send him flying off the apron and turned around into a cutter to give Shawna Reed the win.

It was a quick match, Shawna Reed was a woman on a mission when she was going after Tate. I wasn’t too familiar with Shawna beforehand but she was impressive. Tate continues to show plenty potential, some of her positioning was off but the confidence is growing.

The refereeing was lackluster as attempts were made to distract and use the referee who wasn’t having any of it, but not out of stubborness, just not giving any body language that they had authority or an interest to be there.

TJ Rage & Irn Dru Marshall defeated Luke Aldridge & Lou King Sharp by disqualification.

Sharp insisted that he started off with TJ Rage because wrestling was a “thinking man’s game” and Rage didn’t have a thought in his big daft head, to paraphrase The Blood Tourist. A test of strength loss didn’t deter Lou from trying again but after some attempts to torture Rage with a wristlock, Rage backhanded Sharp to send him soaring to the canvas.

TJ continued to dominate, a trio of big splashes sent Lou into the front row as he reconsidered his options and wanted Irn Dru instead but faked out a test of strength to tag out for Luke Aldridge to take over the active in-ring duties.

The explosive Marshall ran his knees into the chest of Aldridge, following up with a kick to the spine that had the leader of The Commune need a break to reset. Rage tagged in to unleash another trio of splashes but his Fireman’s Carry to Aldridge was halted by Sharp, whose interference allowed for The Commune to isolate TJ on their side of the ring.

Rage managed to weather the storm and tag in Irn Dru who came in like a bat out hell, even superkicking The Tormentor outta knowhere when he appeared on the apron. That intervention from The Tormentor was enough for Sharp to grab Irn Dru and send him into the ring post to bring back the control to The Commune.

A rested TJ Rage tagged in to send Sharp and Aldridge flying, knocking The Jackal off the apron. As he set up for the spear Tate grabbed the leg of Rage which lead to Lou King Sharp smashing a chair off the back of TJ Rage for the disqualification.

The ending sparked off a brawl after the bell with fighting all over the venue with a chair flying around. The show cut off as TJ Rage rolled The Jackal into the ring during all the pandemonium.

It was main event mayhem with plenty moving parts, the crowd were hot for everything happening but that helps when there’s a charismatic juggernaut like Lou King Sharp showing a lot of character. The team of Irn Dru Marshall and TJ Rage made for an intense and no nonsense duo with the show ending mid-scrap leaves a cliffhanger to get people into checking out the Wrestlution event to see what happens next.

It was a consistent show, some things were a bit logic breaking but the in-ring content was at a decent level throughout, and most importantly the Musselburgh crowd were invested for every match and moment.

The full show is available on YouTube now: