For the first time PWR PRO have released a full show online for our eyes to consume. Teaming with with Lock Up Productions, PWR PRO put out their most recent event, Truth Or Dare 3. A night of mystery was on the cards, which teased the in-ring returns of Joe Coffey and Wolfgang for the first time since their WWE release, along with Mark Coffey who returned to action just days beforehand in Glasgow for Insane Championship Wrestling. It had all the making of a Ghàlus evening at Truth Nightclub in Leven.

Outside of a couple hard cam match releases available on YouTube with the occasional live stream here and there, if you wanted to witness what PWR PRO had to offer you had to be there so for a full event to be put online for all to see marks the incredible faith that the team at PWR PRO had in this event being a fantastic advertisement for the promotion as a whole.

Truth Or Dare as a concept is a mystery show wrapped in a spin the wheel, make the deal kind of dynamic. Wrestlers declare for the show in the build up but will not necessarily be used on the show itself, and going back to that faith, the trust PWR PRO has in their brand to put this kind of concept forward with no matches confirmed, no preconceived notions of what could happen, and just waiting for the wheel to stop spinning.

A Canadian Tuxedo wearing Coren Childs hosted the event, looking like the love child of Hangman Page and Frank Gallo, and had a good presence. Childs explained the rules to hype up the crowd, and they were buzzing for some professional wrestling action.

PWR PRO Tag Team Championships – Meat Factory (Craig Berry & John Kerr) defeated Pure Filth (DD Crooks & Sage Valentine) by pinfall to retain the PWR PRO Tag Team Championships.

Northern Irish tag team Pure Filth were the first to be chosen on the wheel with the PWR PRO Tag Team Champions Meat Factory next up. Coren Childs revealed that the stipulation would be Truth, so no additional stipulations. Craig Berry requested the microphone to declare that the would gladly put up the PWR PRO Tag Team Championships if Pure Filth dared to challenge for them.

Crooks and Valentine jumped Berry and Kerr before Childs could finish confirming the title bout but even with the sneak attack deployed, Meat Factory weren’t to be moved by conventional means, countering a Northern Irish Whip in stereo and knocking down Pure Filth to the delight of the Leven crowd.

Sage Valentine got the stuffing knocked out of him with Craig Berry and John Kerr taking control early. DD Crooks provided a timely knee to the back of Kerr for Pure Filth to get some traction going, isolating Kerr and taunting Berry while causing punishment.

As the MEAT chants got louder, an overzealous DD Crooks tried his best to slam John Kerr who was not for being lifted. A change in tactic, and sweeping Berry off the apron, allowed Pure Filth to remain with the upper hand with quick strikes. John Kerr held on but the tank was getting empty with constant offense heading his way.

A smooth counter out of a double team back suplex gave Kerr his chance to tag in Craig Berry who took Pure Filth to task. Some Meat Factory tandem offense was thwarted as Valentine and Crooks once again took advantage of a weakened John Kerr.

Kerr wriggled off the shoulder of Sage Valentine to send him crashing into a perched DD Crooks which left Sage to turnaround into a 3D for Meat Factory to retain the PWR PRO Tag Team Championships.

A hot opening contest, the crowd were electric for Meat Factory with Pure Filth being great spoilers. Beefy brawlers against speed and agility with a touch of a nefarious nature was a spot on combination to start off with, and a great match to introduce the audience to Sage Valentine and DD Crooks.

Aerin Taylor caught up with both teams backstage and it sounded like Pure Filth didn’t look to be done with PWR PRO.

Leven Street Fight – Robert Balfour defeated Ross Hunter by pinfall.

In an unfortunate turn of events, for Robert Balfour, his former tag team partner turned vicious rival Ross Hunter was chosen, who came with a golf club in hand, the stipulation was revealed to be a Leven Street Fight.

Balfour made a dive for the driver but Hunter was quick to stop that thought as the fight went outside the ring for some plunder to be discovered under the ring. Ross found a Singapore Cane but was met with a baking tray across the face to allow Balfour to take the cane and ricochet the wooden off the back of his former best friend.

The fight continued to the merch area, Hunter stopped Balfour rattling a chair off his skull to take back the momentum, whipping weapons off the back of Robert as the match returned to between the ropes. Balfour once again showed his intelligence and penchant for baking by smacking a tray across the face of Ross Hunter again to take charge.

The pressure was kept on Hunter with Balfour taking aim in breaking down the back of his opponent, using the cane to wrench the neck and put as much torque as possible onto the spine. In a call back to earlier in the match, Balfour retrieve the chair from merch to use but some fast acting from Hunter landed a quick DDT to get some breathing room.

Both men continued to feel the pain that the Singapore Cane possesses, Hunter bombarded Balfour with shots, while Balfour stopped a springboard back elbow with a swing of his own. Ross peppered Robert with baking tray smacks of the skull, landing the springboard back elbow. The golf club caught his eye but as he went to land the killing blow, Balfour begged off a further assault. Hunter hesitated, only to be low blowed then feeling the iron driven into the back of his neck to see him looking up at the lights.

I loved the structure of the match bringing in the weapons and calling them back, the club that Ross brought in was his ultimate downfall, him using the baking tray that Robert used to get the initial upper hand to get his final burst of momentum, Balfour making sure he used the chair after being stopped earlier by Hunter. It was excellent escalation and didn’t leave too many loose ends but also gave you the will to see justice prevail in the near future. Great work.

Aerin grabbed a word with both separately post-match backstage with Ross Hunter putting out the challenge for Trouble In Tilly 2, which Robert Balfour gladly accepted.

Wolfgang defeated Hunter Samson by pinfall.

In the first half main event, the hardest wrestler in the Fife, Hunter Samson, met the big bad wolf, Wolfgang, in a straight up singles match much to the dismay of the Truth crowd.

Despite coming in against a Scottish wrestling legend, former NXT and NXT UK Tag Team Champion, it was Hunter Samson that was getting the adulation from a crowd that had seen him rise through the ranks of PWR PRO, from dealing with Tommy Kartel to earning The Hardest Wrestler In Fife moniker.

Two raging bulls squared off, both looking to gain any early advantage as raw power met experience with Hunter proving his metal by throttling Wolfgang over the top rope to have The Big Yin having to recalibrate his options. The tussle for control continued at ringside, with Wolfgang showing his veteran instinct to step away from a shoulder charge that sent Samson into the ring post but the damage was done and Wolfgang smelled blood.

Samson battled through the pain but favoured his shoulder, with the hesitations to aid recovery being pounced on. The Leven crowd roared in support while Wolfgang did all he could to keep Samson on defense. A cavalcade of double axe handles from Wolfgang was stopped emphatically with a chokeslam but with everything already endured Samson couldn’t capitalise, a lariat caught a near fall, as Hunter continued to absorb high chops to the chest and left shoulder joint.

Meaty forearms were traded back and forth, with Wolfgang getting the best of the situation again to bounce Samson off the ropes and carry the momentum over for a Samoan Drop. Hunter tried to meet Wolfgang up the turnbuckles for a superplex by Wolfie once again targeted the left shoulder with a vice like grip to knock the balance off and send Samson down to the mat, as Hunter crawled, Wolfgang delivered a Swanton Bomb off the back to further jarr the shoulder blades of Samson and put the big man down for three.

A fantastic match. It really drove home that experience edge that Wolfgang came in with and the resilience and resolve that Hunter Samson had. After the initial deflation of the Truth envelope being opened, it didn’t take long for crowd to get fully invested in the action. The love showed by the PWR PRO audience, and respect shown by Wolfgang after the match has surely fired Hunter on a one way trip to heavyweight title contention, which will conveniently put him back in the ring with Tommy Kartel, and this time a little wiser.

Aerin Taylor once again had post-match thoughts from the competitors, Hunter Samson goes off to reset while Wolfgang continues to roll on with his first match since April under his belt.

PWR PRO Women’s Championship – No Disqualification – Daisy Jenkins defeated Kate Calloway by pinfall to win the PWR PRO Women’s Championship.

Kate Calloway decided leaving Leven was her best course of action after the No Disqualification reveal but she was stopped by Andy Roberts who decided that the match would also be a PWR PRO Women’s Championship match to boot.

Daisy Jenkins was hot on Kate’s tail, dragging her back to the ring to offer a barrage of attacks, locking Calloway into a Dragon Sleeper. The champion muscled Jenkins off her, stun gunned her off the top rope and tried to slow down The Starlight. A plucky Jenkins came back time after time, with Kate Calloway get down and dirty with hair pulls.

Just when Calloway thought she had all the answers, Daisy was back with forearms, knocking Kate down with a second rope flying European uppercut while those in attendance made their allegiance very well known. Jenkins went back to the Dragon Sleeper but Calloway fought it off, but there was no rest of her as she leaned on ropes to eat an Oblivion.

Calloway swung the PWR PRO Women’s Championship but Jenkins avoided it, Kate stopped Daisy gathering momentum, planting her with a Black Hole Slam but a second attempt to drive the title through the skull of Jenkins was stopped again with the title finding itself in the hands of the challenger who struck, only for Kate Calloway to roll a shoulder up at the final call.

Jenkins went for another Oblivion but Calloway dropped her down for a pin, using the ropes for leverage but it wasn’t enough. A straight knee to the temple and roll up, with the aid of the bottom rope, gave Daisy Jenkins the win and PWR PRO Women’s Championship. Aerin Taylor celebrated with the champion as Jenkins soaked in the achievement.

A proper barnburner title match, the no disqualification aspect came into play but not in a traditional sense with the weapons being used willy-nilly but more having that extra flexibility to ignore rope breaks. I loved that Daisy only retaliated, if Kate tried to crack her with the belt, then it became fair game to do in return, if Kate used the ropes to try and assist a pin attempt, then how about a taste of your own medicine.

One of the absolute breakout stars from PWR PRO, time and time again Daisy Jenkins shows unwavering tenacity. She provides such positivity to the wrestling scene to see her get a rousing reception for the three count to lift her first title in professional wrestling was well deserved.

The growth of Kate Calloway as she came in as, perhaps, the surprise inaugural champion into carrying the title with pride, bordering arrogance when in the PWR PRO environment shouldn’t be dismissed. She proved why she had that title for so long, this is one of those match combinations that will come around again and again with every year passing just make the matches even slicker and more incredible.

Backstage Aerin congratulated Daisy on her victory, who shared some poignant words of wisdom. As Aerin talking about maybe one day earning a shot at the title, there was this very pregnant pause before Daisy finally said “you’ll get there”. That is a moment that will come back in future events. Heavy is the crown, and that little moment showed that we may seen a corruption of The Starlight in the future. A title she took so long to earn, she won’t be dropping it without a fight.

Kate Calloway stirred the pot in her backstage chat, pointing out that Aerin had never had the title to know how it felt to lose it. Oh this is going to get juicy.

10 Minute Time Limit – Andy Roberts vs Patty ended in a time limit draw.

The Levenites were in great form, putting their support loudly behind Patty as the timer was set. A feeling out process started the match with Patty bamboozling Roberts with some quick thinking to send him to the outside with a headscissor.

Roberts tried to cut off the Patty momentum with a cross chop that caught some oohs from the crowd. Andy slowed the match down to his preferred pace, taking his time to pick apart Patty while showing his strength to throw the young lad around.

Some corner chops fired up Patty that had Andy wide eyed in shock but he soon adjusted and sent Patty overhead with a back body drop, adding an exclamation hard knife edge chop for good measure. It was almost over in sub-five minutes with a sit out Tiger Bomb but Patty got a shoulder up before referee Chris Quinn could slap the three. The crowd started to split evenly with both men getting a good portion of the fans on their bandwagon.

Patty fired back with kicks, knocking Roberts down with a superkick as the time continued to count down. Andy went for the Tiger Bomb again but Patty evaded it as both men tried to land that final blow. Patty rolled out the way of a Vader Bomb to quickly snap up to the second rope to land a Panama Sunrise aka Scottish Destroyer, with twenty seconds left Patty scaled to the top turnbuckle and landed a moonsault, he dragged his way across the ring to drape an arm over Andy but the time elapsed before Chris Quinn could make the count.

The crowd chanted for five more minutes but their request was quietly denied with Andy acknowledging how close Patty was, sharing a hug, and leaving to lick his wounds.

A great high drama singles match that was kept in the ring for the majority of the ten minutes. The youthful exuberance from Patty to not only stay in the match, but catching Roberts off guard more than once, was an excellent thread in there. That dynamic of youth challenging the established, the last British heavyweight against the next generation. That’s a tasty road to go down.

Aerin was joined by Patty who didn’t commit to an extra three seconds being the difference but he made sure that Andy Roberts knew that he was a whisker from being beaten by the PWR PRO Prodigy.

Back to the ring, Tommy Kartel interrupted Coren Childs saying that he wasn’t there to play silly games so put out the challenge to anyone to face him in the main event. Childs reminded Kartel that the spin of the wheel chooses the competitors with Frank Gallo being picked. Just as it looked like it would be one on one, the wheel started spinning again to bring out a mean mugging Zachary Swift.

The wheel spun again with the crowd going wild each time, TV’s Umar Mohammed was next to make his way out. The envelope was opened to reveal it would be a six man tag team match, as the wheel was spun one more time for Ghàlus to join Frank Gallo.

Ghàlus (Mark Coffey & Joe Coffey) & Frank Gallo defeated Zachary Swift, Tommy Kartel, & TV’s Umar Mohammed by submission.

Zachary Swift tried to direct traffic, and despite the bluster of Tommy leading from the front he immediately tagged in Swift who became the victim of the Coffey brothers. Swift made a hasty exit to tag out to Umar Mohammed who got twisted like a halal pretzel by Joe Coffey, an open hand slap from Mohammed got him enough space to bring Tommy Kartel back in, who demanded Frank Gallo who was happy to go after the PWR PRO Heavyweight Champion.

Thanks to some number based shenanigans, it was Mark Coffey that found himself at the mercy of the villainous trio as they traded tags to not give Mark a second to blink without a boot or elbow going his way, isolating him in their corner. The beatdown to Mark was chaotic, with all three just trying to keep the Power Forward at bay, wearing him down.

Mark adhered to the five D’s of dodgeball (Dodge, Duck, Dip, Dive, and Dodge) to make his way to the right corner to tag in Joe who sent Umar Mohammed and Tommy Kartel for a spin around the ring, and Zachary Swift out of it. Kartel stopped an Aw Ra Best For The Bells with a crescent kick, but couldn’t stop a Finlay Roll from Joe which was after Coffey drove his arm through the chest of Mohammed with a pop up European uppercut.

As the match broke down, Frank Gallo threw around Umar, and trapping him in the Crossface Chicken Wing, Joe stopped an interruption from the champion and forced Kartel into a Boston Crab, with Mark not wanting to be left out and putting Zachary Swift into a Full Nelson for a triple submission.

Before any celebrations could take place Pure Filth rushed out to attack which only drew out the third man of Ghàlus, Wolfgang, to even the score to leave Frank Gallo and Ghàlus standing tall. Joe Coffey invited Frank to join a four way handshake to close the night.

An excellent main event where the excitement was palpable even through the computer screen. Kartel, Mohammed, and Swift got plenty of offense in against the mega power trio. Umar Mohammed’s boneless physics when he gets rattled is always a highlight and that pop up uppercut towards the end looked gnarly because of it. There was a small moment that I have to note because it caught me in the funny bone when Tommy Kartel entered, he insisted in the second rope being lowered only to then step over the top rope to get into the ring, just a little thing that tells you everything about Kartel as a manipulator, wonderful.

I really enjoyed that there was very little tandem cohesion from the Tommy, Umar, and Zachary team who may’ve had a common goal to win but not the chemistry to really work together as a unit so it became a mad dash to stay in control, with their only real plan is to keep a fresh man in which was working to keep Mark Coffey down but as soon as an amped up Joe Coffey entered they scrambled.

It’s no surprise why this was the first full show that PWR PRO has released, six brilliant matches with a great flow, a nuclear crowd that were invested in every moment, a well received title change, a heated street fight, there was so many positive aspects that you could spend a lot more time dissecting it. So to stop my rambling, I suggest sitting down and watching the show.

The full show is available on YouTube: