Episode 16 of This Is VALOR has just dropped. The previous episode ended with the expansion of The New Age Kliq. Several more matches from VALOR’s final show in Scotland for 2024, ‘Red Dead Wrestling II’ from Glasgow’s Grand Ole Opry were featured in this edition including an international title defence in the main event.

Two Out Of Three Falls – Daisy Jenkins defeated Kasey by two falls to one.

It was straight into the action with Daisy Jenkins and Kasey standing across the ring from each other once more. Kasey tried to sucker Daisy in early with a handshake but Jenkins was quick to scout the attempted deception to rapidly score the first fall with a crucifix pin.

There was no rest period with the second fall beginning in seconds, Kasey quickly evened up the score with a short arm clothesline to make it 1-1.

Kasey continued role pressure on Jenkins, targeting the back of her opponent with suplexes, kicks, and knees to punish the spine of Daisy.

Daisy continued to fight back with an uppercut, but Kasey struck with a straight right fist to keep Jenkins down. A spirited Daisy Jenkins kept coming back for more but a wily Kasey snapped her down with a neckbreaker.

A stunner gained Daisy a near fall as the action continued to fall a bit more into the favour of Kasey, as she slammed Daisy backwards with a German Suplex.

But Daisy wasn’t to be denied, a running knee was dodged which gave Jenkins the time to roll Kasey through to receive a knee of her own to the face then getting the elusive final fall with a basement flatliner.

The two shared a handshake to close off their chapter.

A good opening match. I’m not a fan of having a two out of three falls match then dismiss the first two falls so quickly. It negates the point of the stipulation in my mind. It cuts a lot of drama that could be built up for the third decision and leaves it all for the final section to pick up.

The bookending of the handshake was a nice touch, and with all that being said, Kasey and Daisy put on an entertaining match.

Kayleigh caught a word with Legends Never Die outside, who declared that God’s Country can’t claim VALOR as theirs because VALOR is for everyone.

Saqib Ali defeated Jordan Saeed by pinfall.

Ali and Saeed got the crowd pumped with a bit of collective dancing before a respectful collar and elbow tie up ended in a stalemate.

Saqib then tried to power down Saeed, Jordan stood his ground to absorb multiple shoulder blocks, and a forearm, to send Ali crashing to the mat with a shoulder block of his own.

Saeed continued to have control of the match, planting Ali with a stalling vertical suplex as the battle spilled to the ringside area. Jordan managed to keep on top of Saqib as the fight returned in-ring.

A headbutt gave Ali the space required to build some momentum with hiptosses and corner clotheslines, but a third clothesline attempt was countered by a back body drop for Saeed to swing the advantage his way.

The two fired strikes back and forth, with Jordan once again getting the best of the situation but an Oklahoma Slam could only get two. After breaking another Ali combo, Saeed tried to finish the match with a Death Valley Driver but Saqib rolled out of the ring upon impact.

Jordan retrieved Saqib and went for another Death Valley Driver, but Ali rolled through with a Sunset Flip that was kicked out of but Saqib was ready to go, driving a running knee into the face of Saeed to collect the victory.

A hug was shared after the match.

It’s always an uphill battle when a match is presented with two guys out to be fan favourites, and the crowd remained split throughout. The in-ring was solid but that 50-50 with the audience made for some quiet moments.

A video package played for the reinvention of Brodie Adler.

FIP World Championship – August Artois defeated Jonny Storm by pinfall to retain the FIP World Championship.

August Artois turned up with a see you Jimmy hat and in a Newcastle football shirt to maximise the negative crowd reaction to its fullest as hatred for Artois escalated with the middle fingers flying around from all corners.

The streamers flew into the ring for the challenger’s introduction with Storm looking to add the Full Impact Pro World Championship, a title held by the likes of Jon Moxley, Seth Rollins, and Bryan Danielson, to his trophy cabinet.

Artois marked his intent with a quick shot to the mid-section while releasing a tie up in the corner but Storm picked up the speed to send August retreating to the outside, then forcibly sending Artois outside to take the match up close and personal for the VALOR fans at ringside.

Jonny Storm continued to outsmart Artois with the veteran making August look quite the fool. Once the match returned to between the ropes, Artois finally took charge by wrenching Storm’s neck with a chin lock while simultaneously shouting that Scotland sucked to further make him the antagonist of the bout.

After August was sidetracked for a second to trash talk the referee, Storm once again gathered steam but a quick fireman’s carry slam put Jonny back to the mat and Artois jumping at the chance to slow down the pace to keep Storm at bay.

A well timed superkick from Jonny stopped a top rope double axe handle but Storm couldn’t capitalise as he was spiked with a DDT for a two count. Artois followed up with a lungblower from the corner that saw August break up his own fall to head to the top rope to finish the match in style.

Storm was soon sending Artois flying to the canvas, and a second rope Moonsault kept August Artois down for three as the camera panned over to show Artois’ foot draped over the bottom rope.

The referees deliberated with Sean Moran ultimately restarting the match. While Moran was making the call, Artois low blowed Storm and rolled him up to retain the FIP World Championship.

An excellent main event. August Artois being outmatched bell to bell with Jonny Storm having the answer to just about everything, leading to it ultimately being unsportsmanlike conduct amongst the confusion and fallout of the initial match decision that felled the veteran, was a great through-line for the match.

Speak about full fan service entertainment, August Artois made himself enemy number one at every given opportunity. He even had kids squaring up to him after the match.

In a world of cool bad guys who actually want cheered, Artois was a larger than life rock star in this that had the great look, the high quality in-ring slickness, but matched it with this deplorable narcissistic attitude that you couldn’t help but want to see him fall.

So when Jonny Storm was able to do some silly shenanigans like riding him like a horse, having Artois chop the ring post in error etc. it angered August into making more mistakes so you got to feast on this proper bad guy eating his words.

Then after all that to have Artois win by cheating made for a sweet tantrum from the VALOR crowd seeing all that work praying for this guy that was mocking them, and their country, all be for naught. Fantastic.

Jonny Storm continues to put in high quality matches, a true legend of British wrestling.

The episode presented three strong calibre matches with the main event being possibly one of the best bouts on This Is VALOR so far.

There is an issue at times when there is a grey area for combatants on whether they are to be collectively cheered or booed, it doesn’t always create a loud reaction for both wrestlers but the opposite effect of reservation to pick a side.

This definitely came into play for Ali-Saeed, and in part for Daisy-Kasey, the latter definitely had a go at making Kasey the aggressor to combat that problem which helped get that atmosphere raised for the conclusion.

No issues with that was needed in the main event which was made very clear from the outset who was the villain of the piece.

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