This Is VALOR returned after a wee hiatus to give us episode 17, hailing from Kirkintilloch and we are officially into the 2025 footage with matches from this past February’s ‘Appetite For Destruction’ event. The episode kicked off with a very happy New Age Kliq backstage but an encounter with referee Sean Moran wiped the smile off the face of Chris Renfrew. Tod Gordon signed the order and if Renfrew assaulted any of the officials in VALOR then he would be sent packing.

‘The Soulman’ Kyle Wallace’s booming voice was just about heard over the loud crowd at St Ninians Church Hall in Kirkintilloch as he welcomed a tightly packed audience to VALOR. Jan Islav joined Tom Atlas on commentary for the first match.

Legends Never Die (Fulton King & Sami Sparx) defeated Not Safe For Mums (Patryk Peterski & Kairn Douglas) by pinfall.

Fulton King and Patryk Peterski started off with a beefy tie up as the two heavyweights suffered a stalemate of shoulder tackles. A blind tag from both teammates picked up the pace exponentially for another stand-off.

A headbutt from Peterski finally got the juggernaut rocked with NSFM making the quick tags to keep Fulton King on the back foot. It only took a second for King to swing his arm to smash Kairn Douglas and get Sami Sparx back into the action.

Sparx tried a ZigZag but there was an awkward landing that looked to jar the neck of Douglas which was shook off. Sami continued the pressure to keep Kairn grounded but an errant dive from the top turnbuckle allowed Douglas to run over with a discus lariat to tag in Big Paddy Cool for another meaty collision with Fulton King. A nice snapping tied up lariat got a near fall for Peterski, King came back with a full nelson release slam for a two count of his own.

The match broke down with bodies all around, NSFM planted Fulton with a spinebuster/neckbreaker but King wasn’t ready to stay down. A malfunction in the junction had Kairn knock Fulton King into Patryk to send him off the apron to leave Douglas to feel some Punk Tactics to end the bout.

There were some dicey moments with some scary landings. The Patryk Peterski-Fulton King back and forth was a good bit of hoss-ness. It wasn’t pretty but you could feel it was a fight between them.

Krobar and Jan Islav made their way to the ring to stand toe to toe with NSFM, Krobar offered Patryk to join the Eastern Bloc and with very little hesitation, Peterski delivered a big forearm to Douglas and threw up the E, an Eastern Bloc style beatdown left Kairn Douglas laying.

This match, and post-match, was really enhanced by having Jan on the commentary desk vocalising his admiration for Patryk Peterski, and when Patryk wasn’t in the match he was still making positive comments about him which lead nicely into the offer of joining the Eastern Bloc. It made it better that the offer came within minutes of miscommunication between NSFM so that feeling of Douglas being the reason for the loss and potential to be the deadweight of the team just clicked.

The crowd were invested in the turn that lead a chorus of boos as the Eastern Bloc made their exit.

Eastern Bloc interrupted Kayleigh’s backstage interview with Taylor Bryden to rip away the microphone and give a moment for Patryk Peterski to unleash bile and venom to explain his actions. He explained that Douglas mocked his heritage at ‘Red Dead Wrestling’ by laughing along to Mike Musso’s comments towards Jan Islav in previous exchanges.

Penelope Grace joined Tom Atlas on commentary for the next match.

Daisy Jenkins defeated Brodie Adler by pinfall.

A mean looking Brodie Adler overpowered Daisy Jenkins early on, making light work of the collar and elbow tie ups. Jenkins tried to build up a head of steam but ran into a brick wall called Brodie. A peppering of forearms rocked Adler for a moment as she took a breather to the outside.

Daisy didn’t waste time, dropkicking Brodie through the ropes and immediately rolling Adler back into the ring for the pin but could only gain a one count. Brodie got back to her feet to bully Daisy Jenkins around the ring. A big sternum first Irish Whip had Daisy trying to cling to the ropes but felt the leg of Brodie press her neck across those very ropes.

Adler kept throwing her weight, Daisy avoided a corner splash but her crossbody attempt was caught for a big slam to garner a two count. Jenkins kept fighting with forearms and uppercuts, sending Adler into the corner with a stunner. Brodie tried to stand her ground but kept getting forearmed to the face with a diving European uppercut finally putting Brodie Adler to the mat.

Brodie got a hold of Daisy again with a Samoan Drop getting two, a second was wriggled out of as Penelope Grace left the commentary table to “get a selfie” to distract Jenkins. Daisy side stepped a spear from Brodie who knocked Grace off the apron to leave her prone for a roll up to give Daisy Jenkins the victory.

The fall out between Penelope Grace and Brodie Adler put the blame on referee Amy and shoved her down but Daisy returned to send the villainous alliance packing. Daisy put the challenge out for a tag team match to the pair with her tag team partner, Amy!

A good match, Brodie Adler thrives when she is this bully that menaces around and batters her victims with Daisy Jenkins being a top quality protagonist as she tries to overcome the advantages that her opponent possesses over her. Penelope Grace was a riot on commentary, blatantly ignoring Tom’s questions just to talk about herself but the progression of her taking a shine towards Brodie Adler as the match continued was very well done. I think Penelope Grace is going to shine on these episodes going forward.

Amy being announced as Daisy’s tag team partner was met with overwhelming positivity as the Kirkintilloch crowd were up for being entertained.

An erratically positive Daisy Jenkins ran into Kayleigh backstage all fired up about their upcoming tag team match as a timid Amy the ref looked slightly scared to be there. Kayleigh asked if Amy was okay with it as she left to get a whimpered out “I don’t know” in response which was hilarious.

This Daisy Jenkins has the makings of something very special, I’ve said that before about Daisy as she is just incredible especially considering her only being a few years in the game and what she has rightly earned and accomplished during that time, but this energetic starlight of positivity looks to be a ticking time bomb, the overwhelming need to please people and stand up for what is right and trying to keep some kind of control has all the makings of this explosive moment where everything is not coming up Daisy Jenkins, a red mist descends. seeing her tearing through every person that is stopping her reach her happy place without blinking. It’s a fine balance to pull off if that is the direction but if anyone could make it must see it’s Daisy.

Irn Dru Marshall read out a list of rules for Chris Renfrew’s open challenge which included not calling him “bald”, “baldy”, or “fat baldy” (which Dru added just incase), Renfrew’s tattoos were not rubbish, and that he did not buy his jeans from Zara. After all that shenanigans it was officially open challenge time which was answered by ‘The Very Good’ Mr Euan G Mackie.

Vocal barbs were thrown as Renfrew suckered Mackie in with a handshake only to drive him to the canvas with a short armed lariat as the bell rung.

Open Challenge – Chris Renfrew w/Irn Dru Marshall defeated Euan G Mackie by pinfall.

It wasn’t long before Renfrew used the additional body of Irn Dru to his advantage, distracting Sean Moran to give Marshall a chance to get his licks in. Renfrew tried to send the match early with a second rope stunner but was pushed off as Euan dived with a dropkick to send Renfrew to the outside to regroup with Irn Dru but a flying Mackie was hot on their tails with a crossbody from the top turnbuckle to the outside.

Mackie rolled Renfrew back into the ring but Marshall grabbed the leg to put Euan into the path of a running boot to the skull. Euan ducked a wild swing of a lariat, a Shining Wizard got a two count as Irn Dru once again made his presence felt, jumping onto the apron which was enough for Chris Renfrew to take advantage and hit the second rope stunner to dispatch Mr Euan G Mackie.

Irn Dru put the boots to Mackie post match until Lou King Sharp ran out with a Singapore Cane with eyes on Chris Renfrew. As Renfrew took cover on the outside Marshall struck with a superkick. While Dru continued the beat down Renfrew announced that Irn Dru and Lou King Sharp would face off in a street fight with the winner deciding the stipulation for a future Renfrew versus Sharp match.

It wasn’t so much a match and more a segment that put The New Age Kliq across as this force that is undermining VALOR so they can just do what they want. It served as an introduction to Euan G Mackie for the VALOR crowd who put in a spirited display but ultimately was undone by the numbers game, and it set up Lou King Sharp and Irn Dru Marshall that will be on the next episode. It accomplished a lot in the 10 minutes or so that it had.

One of the best flowing episodes of This Is VALOR, the commentary was on point with Tom Atlas balancing the calls well, the in-ring was good, with the backstage segments with Kayleigh adding so much into the episodic nature of the show. A lot of positives came out of this one.

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