We’re back to the cold opens on episode 21 of This Is VALOR, Kayleigh caught up with UEWA European Heavyweight Champion BT Gunn talking about him being the busiest wrestler in the world, he issued an open challenge for the next event.

Once again the episode hailed from The Grand Ole Opry in Glasgow for the second half of ‘Superslam’ and the crowd was buzzing for a bit of professional wrestling.

Irn Dru Marshall defeated Eli Hush by pinfall.

Chris Renfrew made his way out with Irn Dru but after a scan of Eli Hush he decided that Marshall would be fine going solo. There were some miming shenanigans early on that had Dru concerned about the intentions of Hush with the hand signage not looking to have him sitting well if all went the way of the mime.

Marshall snapped out of the trance with a hard superkick, which woke up Hush who fought back with a nice handstand hurricanrana and Sling Blade to Irn Dru. Dru stepped out of the way of a second rope crossbody dive to regain control.

Despite getting the upper hand Marshall still got suckered into Eli Hush’s world by being caught in a criss cross rope run situation and falling into a look up trap for a punch to the chin. Marshall tried one of his own but was made to look down only to get jabbed again. On the outside Hush used a child to chop Marshall who responded by low blowing Eli. There were calls for a disqualification but Dru argued successfully that he got attacked by a child so it all cancelled out, fair enough.

Dru’s dominance was broken with a nice slingshot cutter, but an errant dive saw Hush crash into referee Sean Moran. Marshall tried to introduce a chair but Eli tried a Guerrero lie, cheat, and steal special. Before Hush could take advantage Dru kicked low while Moran dealt with disposing of the chair and finished Eli with a superkick to pick up the win.

This was my second Eli Hush match that I’ve seen and it certainly offered more from the mime aspect than last time. I still want more as the potential of it is vast. However, the disdain towards the antics is very much in the wheelhouse of The New Age Kliq’s Irn Dru Marshall so it struck a good enough balance. It was a solid match, with Marshall having a large amount of offense.

Kayleigh was joined by Uncle Mike Musso, in a fabulous shirt, and Taylor Bryden to talk Eastern Bloc.

Best of Three Series – Ozzy Michaels defeated Stone Malone w/Frank of the Cross by pinfall to make the series one win each.

There was no time wasted with Stone and Ozzy throwing punches immediately. Ozzy got the better of the exchange to send Malone to the outside. Michaels continued to bombard Stone Malone but the presence of Frank of the Cross was enough to cause a distraction to give his fellow God’s Countryman an opening.

The aggression of Ozzy continued to be on show with referee Amy having to step in as the punches rained in the corner. It was enough for Stone to once again get back into the fight and imposing his power to ground Michaels. Taking him down to the mat with a back suplex.

A ducked discus lariat sparked Ozzy’s second wind, landing an enziguri followed up a snap suplex into a back suplex of his own for a near fall. A slippery Ozzy continued with the counters but eventually Stone Malone connected with the discus lariat. A striking spear still wasn’t enough for Malone to get the three who tried for a second but Ozzy jumped over a rampaging Stone and grabbing him for an Angel’s Wings double underhook facebuster to keep Malone down for three.

Following on from their opening of the series this was a worthy successor with Ozzy bringing the anger from losing the first match in the run out. I liked there was a clear shift in game plan and Ozzy had better scouted Malone, who didn’t offer a lot by way of counters so was coming in confident that it was going to be a clean sweep after winning the first match. Interestingly Frank of the Cross was there and outside of a brief bit of eye contact with Ozzy near the start didn’t offer any assistance to Stone Malone with the cracks starting to form in the foundations of God’s Country.

Kayleigh found Fulton King on a stairwell who put his claim in for a potential shot at BT Gunn’s UEWA European Heavyweight Championship.

Eastern Bloc (Jan Islav & Patryk Peterski) defeated Kirkcaldy Vice (Mike Musso & Taylor Bryden) by pinfall.

Eastern Bloc tried to get the jump when Bryden and Musso entered the ring but Mike stopped a double team attack to get Kirkcaldy Vice off to a good start. Peterski bulldozed his way into Taylor Bryden after stopping a corner charge with a big Polish boot and flinging Taylor hard into the turnbuckles with a hip toss.

Islav and Peterski went about isolating Tier Zero but a timely counter out of a Code Red allowed for Bryden to tag in Musso to let MussoMania run wild with bit splashes in the corner. The numbers caught up with The Merchandise with a barrage of Polish Hammers to the back until Taylor Bryden dived off the top turnbuckle to swing the momentum back to Kirkcaldy Vice.

Patryk Peterski got the better of Musso at ringside with a deep rake to the eyes and a launch into the ring post. The extra man advantage for Eastern Bloc paid dividends with a Gory Special into a knee to the face by Peterski quickly followed by a running knee to the side of the head from Jan Islav to a victory for the east.

Post-match saw Eastern Bloc Pillmanise Taylor Bryden’s ankle while Musso was laid out at ringside.

A little by the numbers but nothing egregious. I’m digging the buldożer Patryk Peterski as this no flash big bastard coming in while Jan picks up the pieces leftover. There’s definitely a lot to explore there once we have passed the Mike Musso vortex of thrown together tag teams. The crowd were hot for seeing Eastern Bloc get a doing, for a good bit on the early This Is VALOR episodes there was a decidedly mixed, almost positive, reaction towards Eastern Bloc but they stayed the course and true to their mission statement which has earned that overall hatred from the VALOR crowd.

Kayleigh tried to catch a word with Eastern Bloc outside but Islav was quick enough to grab the microphone and send her on her way. A defiant Jan Islav declared that it didn’t matter who Mike Musso brought because they can’t break the Eastern Bloc brotherhood.

Tables, Ladders, and Chairs – Lou King Sharp defeated Chris Renfrew.

Sharp snuck a shot in early to catch Irn Dru with a Singapore Cane rap off the knuckles to mark his intent as Marshall made a hasty exit after it. The Singapore Cane was soon exploding off the skull of Chris Renfrew, leaving a taped up handle and splinters. The violence escalated almost immediately with Renfrew stapling a beer coaster to the forehead of Sharp, then driving a chair off the dome of The Blood Tourist.

As the crimson mask formed over the face of Lou King Sharp, a confident Chris Renfrew bathed in the blood, pooling it into his hands to wipe across his white cut off t-shirt, biting at the wound, and dragging his boot across the cut. A burst of energy from Sharp tried to take advantage of Renfrew’s occupation of a ladder but he was soon seeing the weapon colliding with his cranium.

For every adrenaline fueled forearm from Lou King Sharp, Renfrew came back with an increasing level of viciousness. After being beaten from pillar to post, Sharp reversed an Irish Whip to send Renfrew flying into a ladder, and brought in a chair to make up for the punishment he had suffered already.

While Sharp scaled the ladder, he stopped for a moment to wipe the blood from his eyes but that was all the time that Chris Renfrew needed, pushing the ladder over and immediately going back to sinking his teeth into the flowing forehead of his opponent.

Tables, ladders, and chairs weren’t enough for Renfrew as he brought out a canvas covered in mousetraps and littered the ring with as much plunder that could be found around and under the Opry. An attempted powerbomb to the mousetraps was countered with a back body drop, and Renfrew was the cheese.

It looked like that was it, but Irn Dru Marshall stopped the climb but pushing Sharp off the ladder through a table set up in the corner then superkicking Sean Moran out of his stripes. Big Mick emerged from the entrance curtain to send Marshall running to leave it one on one again.

A low blow from Renfrew left Lou prone for a T-Virus double underhook piledriver onto a chair. It looked to be over but Sean Moran swung a chair off the back of Chris Renfrew to exact a measure of revenge from previous attacks. Renfrew set Moran up for a piledriver but was turned into a Stunner from Sharp, a cavalcade of offense later left Renfrew only being able to watch on as Lou King Sharp unhooked the briefcase.

An impassioned Lou King Sharp declared that Chris Renfrew would be facing Big F’N Joe at the next event.

Absolute carnage. The underground nature of the venue makes these kinds of matches more down and dirty. Lou King Sharp came in, as he always does (especially in VALOR), with this unbridled passion and feral aura that you can’t help but find yourself rooting for him in every comeback because you believe in what he puts forward with every movement of his body.

The war between Sharp and The New Age Kliq has been going on for a while yet due to the barbaric nature of the matches it keeps it fresh. It’s one of those feuds that will always simmer regardless of the direction that either go in while they’re both in the promotion.

Another well paced episode with the stories ticking over nicely. The episode offered a good bit of variety with the little bit of comedic shenanigans in the opener and the aggravation in the follow up matches peaked well with a bloody main event.

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