Following our recent review from the final stop before Wrestlution (here), the show ended in the middle of an all out brawl involving The Commune, TJ Rage, and Irn Dru Marshall with chairs swinging and chaos ensuing. Musselburgh was the last chance for momentum to be built for the eighteenth edition of Wrestlution that took place at the Fife Ice Arena in Kirkcaldy.

W3L Women’s Championship – Moxie Malone defeated Shawna Reed by pinfall to retain the W3L Women’s Championship.

Speaking of momentum, Shawna Reed was dominant against her opponent Tate in Musselburgh as she headed into a W3L Women’s Championship match against the new champion Moxie Malone. Malone’s music hit to interrupt Shawna’s attempt to get on the microphone but Reed wasn’t to be deterred, looking relaxed and full of confidence.

Moxie tried to get the jump but Shawna was quick to turn it around with a nice spin kick, and suplexing Malone crashing to the mat for Three Amigos. Shawna continued to be one step ahead, avoiding an elbow drop as she re-entered the ring but Moxie dodged a corner attack to finally give The Misfit an opening to throw punches and tie up Shawna to administer some vicious elbows to the shoulder and neck of her opponent.

Reed ducked a clothesline to fire back with a spear to create some space, slamming Moxie with a spin out uranage. Malone broke out of a tie up to land a flatliner to level the playing field once again.

The battle went up to the second turnbuckle, Shawna managed to escape, rocking Moxie with a back kick and planting Malone with a sunset flip for a near fall. A cutter still couldn’t keep Moxie down as Shawna prepared to hit a superkick but the champion pulled referee Archie Williams into the path to stutter the run up of Reed, and with that Malone rolled up Shawna and used the ropes for added leverage to retain.

A really good opening match, Shawna Reed is incredibly charismatic and the crowd took to her quickly. Moxie held up her end of the personality bargain by barking arrogance throughout. The in-ring was of a high quality as these two worked well together.

Highlights were shown from the pre-show where Judge Jimmie James cost Irn Dru Marshall and TJ Rage their tag team match. Kayleigh was joined by an emotional Marshall who voiced his confusion on the whole situation.

W3L Breakout Championship vs Mask – Sami Sparx defeated Paul Hubris by pinfall to retain his mask and win the W3L Breakout Championship.

Hubris endured a baldy chant that he brushed off to get the match started with a lock up that Sparx got the better of in the early going, cracking some loud chops off the chest of Paul Hubris that left a mark.

The champion weathered the barrage, finding an opening to jar the knee of Sami Sparx with a dragon screw from the corner to keep the chaotic luchador grounded. Sparx continued to fight back, but his second rope moonsault attempt was avoided with Hubris regaining the upper hand with a lariat.

Sparx evaded a draping neckbreaker and managed to land a snap DDT followed by a standing moonsault for a two count. Hubris stopped Sami on the top turnbuckle for a superplex, a double foot stomp to the gut got a near fall of his own. Paul Hubris wasn’t done, sidestepping a 619 attempt and landing his draping neckbreaker but Sparx just got his shoulder up before the three.

The adrenaline coursed through Sami Sparx as he overwhelmed Hubris with knees into the corner, sending his opponent scurrying for a reprieve on the second rope but was prone for the 619 that landed. Sami Sparx finished the job with a frog splash to regain the W3L Breakout Championship.

Another good match, there was plenty of action back and forth. I would’ve liked to see Hubris have more attempts to take the mask, there were a few goes but with the stipulation involving the mask should have had more jeopardy with it. The in-ring was good, but there could have been a bigger story told.

W3L Heavyweight Championship – Stretcher Match – Luke Aldridge w/Lou King Sharp, The Jackal, The Tormentor, and Tate defeated Taylor Bryden to retain the W3L Heavyweight Championship.

The Commune arrived in numbers but Taylor Bryden marched out with the great equaliser of a steel chair with Luke Aldridge and The Commune written on it. Aldridge offered to have The Commune step back in return for the chair to be put down.

Bryden agreed to the truce but cottoned on that Aldridge would try a sneak attack and came back with sharp chops to send Aldridge out to regroup with his family. A trio of sacrifices had The Tormentor, The Jackal, and Lou King Sharp feel the steel until Aldridge returned to the ring behind the challenger to grab the chair and take control.

As Aldridge shouted orders at his Commune, Taylor tried to fight back but was beaten down for his troubles. Aldridge demanded the referee to get the stretcher as the pace slowed down. The Commune slid the stretcher in but watched their Father being suplexed onto it.

The matched spilled to the outside, Bryden ran off The Commune with a chair which gave time for Aldridge to recover and drive the knees into the stomach of the challenger. The Commune returned to surround Bryden, who fought them off and finally throwing Tate out of the ring onto the group at ringside to leave it back to one on one. Aldridge punched Taylor in the face to return the advantage to his camp.

Taylor Bryden showed resilience, powerbombing Aldridge and setting up a one man con-chair-to but The Commune once against came into play, Sharp low blowed Bryden as each member got their licks in with Luke Aldridge bludgeoning his opponent with the goblet to strap him to the stretcher to complete the ten count.

It was a marathon and not a sprint in this one. The ten count addition to the stretcher stipulation didn’t get the desired reaction from the crowd when it was finally employed as there was a strong case of fatigue because of the length of the match and multiple instances of interference and chasing away. I think the stipulation held back the potential of the match.

On a positive note it showed the never say die spirit of Taylor Bryden, even if the match could’ve been streamlined more.

Hugo Harris defeated Mike Musso by pinfall.

Musso overpowered the younger Hugo Harris from the opening lock up to send him flying. ‘The Merchandise’ squeezed on a headlock while giving Hugo a telling off for all his recent bullying antics.

Harris managed to get out of the hold but Mike was right on him, whipping Harris into the ropes for a big shoulder block. Hugo found his opening to dropkick Musso to send him to the outside to have his head slammed against the ring apron, a hard Irish Whip jarred the back of his opponent with stomps to cause further punishment.

The assault continued with Mike Musso managing to swing a clothesline at the same time has Harris to send both to the mat. A second lariat from Mike went unanswered to send Hugo Harris spinning inside out. Musso landed a top rope elbow drop to get the momentum all on his side as he called for the end, he hoisted up Hugo for a Blunt Force Trauma DDT but his slippery opponent was able to spin himself up onto the shoulders of Musso and roll through into a pin for the three count.

Musso offered a handshake after the match which Harris accepted before swinging his leg for a low blow which connected.

It was a short match but paced really well, it put across the experience advantage that Mike Musso held, along with this height and power being a factor in putting the pressure onto his leaner opponent. Harris getting the win with no tricks, just outsmarting the veteran with a quick roll up, was well done as it followed a recent interaction that had him spiked with a Blunt Force Trauma DDT so he had a counter ready to go that worked.

The post-match respect handshake came across genuine that garnered a solid reaction with the swerve landing effectively. One more chapter to go perhaps but I can certainly see Hugo Harris as a strong heavyweight title contender over the back end of the year into 2026 whether he has the fans on side or not as he is immensely talented. Musso looked to be invigorated against Harris for a fun bout.

Eugene defeated Lou King Sharp w/The Jackal, The Tormentor, and Tate by pinfall.

Lou King Sharp stalled all he could to avoid getting into involved with Eugene but finally puffed his chest to offer a knuckle lock… to be powered down to the ground with ease. The Tormentor tried to get involved but a quick acting Eugene almost ripped the mask off the mysterious competitor. Archie Williams threw out The Jackal and The Tormentor in response to leave Tate being the lone ringside spectator for The Commune.

Eugene set up a criss cross situation that left Sharp running the ropes on his own that drained his stamina meter. The former World Tag Team Champion offered some help with some CPR to revive The Blood Tourist.

They locked up again with Sharp trying to con the referee into thinking Eugene was taking a cheap shot but was quickly found out when he tried the gambit a second time. Lou then headed under the ring with Eugene in pursuit with the ring shaking from the titanic war happening underneath.

The action returned to the ring with Sharp managing to get the upper hand, using plenty of referee distractions for Tate to lay in the attacks at ringside. Eugene started to power up, absorbing the punches from Lou King Sharp to fire back haymakers and a big boot, with an Atomic Leg Drop connecting for a close two count.

Archie Williams suffered a two errant splashes in the corner from Sharp and Eugene which opened the floodgates for The Jackal and The Tormentor to arrive for a beat down. A massive Tyson Fury looking fella arrived to punch out The Commune with Eugene dispatching Tate. Sharp ran at Eugene with the Singapore Cane but it was dodged with Sharp being giving a Stunner to wrap up the match and get the win for the former WWE superstar in the main event of Wrestlution XVIII.

An entertaining main event to close out the night. The crowd in the Ice Arena loved Eugene and were on board for all the shenanigans that came with him. We were getting used to the feral side of Lou King Sharp in World Wide Wrestling League so it was quite a nice throwback to have the silliness ramped up for maximum effect.

Overall a fun event from W3L. The crowd didn’t look particularly large but the noise echoed to create a good atmosphere for the most part. The opener and the last two matches were really strong, while the others were good but had the potential to be great with some slight adjustments which is easy to point out with hindsight.

I’ll be heading to their next Box Office event, Summer Spectacular, on July 31st at the New Elgin Hall, which will be a new venue in Moray for World Wide Wrestling League.

The full show is available on Demand PROGRESS Plus now to check out for yourself.