Fair City Wrestling have continued to upload their 2025 events so it would be rude not to check in with their latest offering with their developmental branch Dundee & Angus Pro Wrestling returning to The Queen’s Hotel in Dundee.

Euan G Mackie defeated Shaun Faegan by pinfall.

A despondent Euan G Mackie entered, not with his usual game face and confidence which he paid for by receiving a right hand to the face from Shaun Faegan to start proceedings. Faegan stood his crowd to brush off clothesline attempts but a quick dodge and running dropkick gave Mackie an opening.

Faegan bounced back with a clothesline of his own to put Euan back on defense. Shaun kept the pressure on with boots and slams, leaving Mackie crawling for some respite. Some evasive measures from Euan G Mackie caught Shaun Faegan with a triangle choke with a bottom rope assist but his joy was short lived when Faegan caught a diving Mackie and rammed him back first into the ring post.

The dominance of Shaun Faegan carried on, stopped Mackie from building momentum via a Samoan Drop and a standing spinebuster. A frustrated Faegan punched away but Euan still got back to his feet. A cunning dead drop dodged a swinging fist from Faegan gave Mackie a second wind to run his knee into the stomach of Faegan and land the Sliced Bread for a near fall.

Shaun fired back with a suplex that had Mackie’s feet tapping the ceiling but before Faegan could land a final blow, Euan wriggled out of a fireman’s carry for a roll up to collect the victory.

A nice opener, Euan G Mackie conveyed a rattled confidence well with Shaun Faegan showing plenty of dominance in turn. The in-ring was solid with the crowd soundly behind Euan and offered their unwavering support throughout.

As Valek, SAMUAL, and Eden emerged for the Red Gate civil war a wild Tommy Cross appeared with a chair and smashed Eden and SAMUEL at ringside. After a bit of awkwardness it was decided that it would be a singles match between Tommy Cross and Valek.

Tommy Cross defeated Valek by pinfall.

Cross admonished Valek with a slap to the face but Valek quickly fired back with a barrage of punches. Tommy took to the outside and suckered Valek into following by stopping a dive attempt to take control.

Tommy took his time to deconstruct Valek, dragging his face across the top rope, and landing big hard strikes. A straight boot to the face while Valek was on his knees kept him at bay but Valek wasn’t going down easy, a quick chop and attempt to build momentum was stopped with Tommy Cross planting Valek with a shaky TKO.

Valek used the momentum shift of his own to spin Tommy Cross for a sidewalk slam to finally regain some sort of control, slowly building up a sequence of strikes but again Cross had the peak scounted with a front facelock DDT. Valek dodged the fist Curb Stomp but he couldn’t stop a second with his face being driven into the canvas to lay him out and easily pinned.

As the echo of the bell sounded, Tommy hit a second Curb Stomp. While the dust settled Cross returned to strike with a third Curb Stomp to Valek.

It wasn’t a pretty one, the pre-match assault got a great reaction but once it got into the ring it lost some intensity. The crowd were hoping for the return of Eden with a loud chant for her during the bout. If had some glimpses of some solid stuff but I felt like there should have been more oomph in the strikes if we’re going on the basis of Tommy Cross punishing Valek for, in his own words, being useless.

We got a vignette with Retro Randy explaining why he believed Luke Matthews was the man that abducted Casey.

Retro Randy Valentine w/Ryan Roode defeated Luke Matthews by pinfall.

Randy Valentine wasn’t for waiting but ran into a big boot by Luke Matthews, with the match heading to the outside within seconds of the bell ringing. Thanks to an assist from Ryan Roode, Randy got the bum’s rush on Matthews… literally.

RetroMania started to cook with a vintage ten count corner punch and landing a second rope pointed elbow drop. Matthews weathered through to avoid a rerun of being hung up on the second rope and took control, even brushing at Ryan Roode at ringside to cause a distraction so that Matthews could choke Valentine on the bottom rope.

Matthews threw in some kicks, and once again needled at Roode to create more interruption from Daddy Filth with Luke taking full advantage to press his shin across the throat of Randy Valentine. Luke Matthews overplayed his hand for a third attempt but due to the referee tending to a tree of woe hung Randy, Roode saw it coming to land a right hand for Retro Randy to be revitalised.

Valentine cycled through his rolodex of moves but the Leg Drop of Doom and Warrior Splash couldn’t put away Matthews who returned with a pop up knee to the face. Luke went for a second but Retro Randy Valentine caught Matthews with a DDT to snatch the pin. Randy immediately grabbed a chair to try and get a confession from Luke Matthews who backed away as Ryan Roode played peacekeeper as he had found more footage surrounding the disappearance of Casey.

As the footage played it was revealed that it was Ryan Roode was the man behind the death of Casey. While Randy tried to make sense of it all, Ryan smacked Randy in the face and sent Valentine crashing onto the chair with a Michinoku Driver as roster members burst out from the behind the curtain to stop any further damage.

A dejected Retro Randy Valentine silently left The Queen’s Hotel. Patryk Peterski confronted Roode backstage.

A very good first half main event, Randy brought the fire of a man with nothing to lose in his quest to find justice while Luke Matthews was all about just getting past Retro Randy, all business. I want to just point out a wonderful subtly before the match even began in a throwback to the Sting-Lex Luger dynamic, when Randy and Ryan entered, Ryan didn’t start waving his hands until Randy glanced back to him. It was like that brief moment reminded Roode that he still needed to keep up the facade for a few minutes longer.

A minor criticism is MC Flash Gordo spelling it out to the crowd and not letting the betrayal sink in, by shouting “oh no Ryan Roode killed Casey” on the microphone it blew out some of the atmosphere as was announcing the wrestlers who came in to make the save. Moments like that should be left to breathe for a minute. Hindsight is great though as I understanding being in the moment that it affects decisions made.

Junior Heavyweight Invitational First Round – Triple Threat – Sami Sparx defeated RABU, and Lou King Sharp by pinfall to advance.

We returned with the second half with a Junior Heavyweight Invitational triple threat. Sami Sparx wanted to avoid any of the action, quickly exiting the ring before a marching Lou King Sharp could get a hold of him. There was an extended period before all three finally made it into the ring for the bell to sound but even then Sami delayed any start with time wasting while Lou King Sharp and RABU watched on.

A request for a triple test of strength from Sparx was denied with the action finally kicking off as Sharp and RABU took turns to catch Sami up with chops in the corner. With Sami Sparx taken care of for the time being it was down to one on one with a stalemate of counters. Sparx returned with a new game plan as the match took the outside as Sami took out both Lou and RABU with a senton off the apron.

The Chaotic Luchador took control, isolating Lou King Sharp and keeping RABU out of the ring. Double Zero took a gamble with shoulder barge to re-enter the bout and taking it to Sami Sparx, catching a near fall with a draping neckbreaker. It was only a two with Sami begging off RABU to pull him into the turnbuckle. Sparx had little time to celebrate as he walked into a Lou King Sharp cutter.

A trio of missed frog splashes reset the contest with a trio of low blows quickly sending everyone back to the mat. Lou King Sharp had enough and brought in a steel chair to swing about and exploit the no disqualification nature of a triple threat. Sharp couldn’t take advantage with the weapon in hand as the moves continued to be exchanged.

Lou lifted RABU onto his shoulders but turned around into a chair shot to the head from Sami Sparx who finished the match with a Pedigree to Sharp on the chair to advance.

The long opening stretch of nothing did feel like an eternity and certainly one of those in the room things that would have been more heated if you were live and in person but it didn’t translate to screen as well. There were some fun moments. For the competitors involved I would’ve expected this to be the plunder filled bout but it wasn’t the case with the chair coming late into play.

Caleb Valhalla made his return to Dundee & Angus Pro Wrestling, using one of Midgard’s magical voice enhancers he offered an open challenge to anyone in the back. DE’s music hit with Sebastian Asher, Spike Tierney, and Duke making their way out. Duke tried to do some talking but Caleb wasn’t for waiting and wanted to fight.

Caleb Valhalla defeated Duke by disqualification.

Duke tried to muscle around Caleb Valhalla early on but a shoulder tackle quickly sent the FCW Tag Team Champion to regroup with the rest of DE. Asher jumped on the apron to distract Valhalla which allowed Duke to get the momentum back onto his side.

Valhalla fought back but the numbers weren’t in his favour with a dive through the ropes halted by Spike Tierney grabbed a mighty leg. Caleb kept finding a way back into the battle with a spear through Duke. As Duke lay on the mat DE tried to divide and conquer to low blow Valhalla but the referee Lex Loomis caught both Sebastian Asher’s and Spike Tierney’s attempts and sent them to the back. Duke tried one of his own but his arm was grabbed by the Caleb Valhalla before anything could connect.

An angered Valhalla bombarded Duke with clotheslines in the corner, throwing him to the opposite corner like he weighed nothing, and splashed him for good measure. An inverted release fireman’s carry slam got a close two count but Duke managed to escape a Helride attempt to whiz in a spinning back heel kick.

A missed bicycle kick from Duke was responded with a lurching Polish Hammer from Caleb as Tom Atlas made his way out. Atlas cracked Caleb with his knee brace as he prepared for another spear to cause the disqualification as the full force of DE congregated to the ring for a post match beat down.

This was a back and forth fight, there was nothing fancy about it and it was a struggle between the two before ultimately the numbers came into the equation.

DAPW Championship – Fulton King defeated Brodie Adler by pinfall to retain the DAPW Championship.

Fulton King had a similar idea to his Legends Never Die partner Sami Sparx and it seemed like Punk Tactics meant avoiding getting involved. Upon returning to the ring Fulton got the better of the tie up, bullying her into the corner with a patronising head tap to top it off.

Brodie got the better of a wrist lock with King getting a bit over dramatic as he scrambled to the ropes and insisted that Adler was pulling his hair and taking non-existent shortcuts. King continued to overpower Adler but a trip up had him on the back foot and Brodie made the most of the opening with a big leg drop for a two count.

The Juggernaut stepped out to avoid a corner splash and a lariat put Fulton King back in control, throwing his weight around to go after the back of The Dynamite which worked in his favour when Adler tried to get Fulton up on her shoulders. A rush of adrenaline managed to see her throw King back with an impressive Samoan Drop to create space.

An exhausted Adler hit strike after strike to send Fulton King wobbly legged. A diving crossbody from Brodie got another two count but her attempt to finish the match with a Black Hole Slam was stopped as King planted her to the mat with a full nelson slam.

Adler got her wish, countering a charging Fulton King to swing him around for the Black Hole Slam but as King lay out for the count referee Sean Moran stopped at two. As Brodie confronted the official, Fulton King smashed the DAPW Championship off the face of the challenger in full view of the referee and retained.

While Fulton King made his exit with the title still in his possession, Kevin Williams and John Young entered to send Sean Moran back into the ring for a public dressing down. Williams said the immortal words “YOU’RE FIRED” to the man in the stripes and Brodie Adler went about battering Moran pillar to post to close the show.

A strong main event, the finish was out of nowhere with no indications that it was going to go that way which garnered a naturally heated reaction. Much like the mixed tag from a while back Fulton King and Brodie Adler worked well and would benefit from an extended feud that would increase in violence.

It was a pretty solid show, there are some minor bits and pieces that were a pet peeve of mine but it didn’t hurt the overall product. The in-ring was generally decent with the half main events proving to be the best on the show for me.

The full show is available on YouTube: