As I am months behind on Community Pro Wrestling reviews, I’m doing the smart thing by covering their event from a couple weeks back in Barmulloch instead. Former ECW and WWE superstar Super Crazy was in town for a bit of the wrestling, with CPW once again packing the card full of matches.

Pre-show – E-Town defeated Jack Bizarre by pinfall.

A handful were in attendance for the VIP portion of the show to see Jack Bizarre tangle with E-Town. It was small but vocally behind E-Town. After being unimpressed with E-Town’s gyrating, Bizarre got the first knockdown but was soon being flung with hip tosses and looking up while E-Town drop kicked him from the skies.

E-Town’s ten count punch was interrupted with a sweep off the second rope to give Jack some offense by ramming his knees into a seated E-Town which was brutal, a missed elbow drop opened up space for E-Town but he was brought back to the mat with Bizarre doing all he could to keep E-Town grounded by targeting the back.

The knees missed on the second time of asking as E-Town fought back with a neckbreaker and Boom Drop, Bizarre fought out of a hooked suplex to return to targeting the back of E-Town. Jack re-entered the ring with a bottom rope springboard but was met with a Codebreaker to notch a win in the column for The Vicious Lad.

Even if it was just over 15 folk in the crowd, Bizarre continues to show plenty of confidence, and was more than willing to get into the faces of people to garner the desired reaction. He is showing a lot of promise with E-Town being a well matched opponent to showcase that. It was a simple back and forth match but sometimes simple is all that’s needed when you have a sugar-fueled audience giving so much loud feedback in real time.

The Big Strong Man defeated Hard Man Dan by pinfall.

Barmulloch Residents Centre filled up for the main show with The Big Strong Man almost tearing down the entrance way on his third trip through the curtain. A “who are ya” chant broke out for Hard Man Dan which BSM was happy to encourage.

A big headlock got under the skin of Hard Man Dan with BSM taking control early on until a thumb to the eye released Dan, who avoided a leapfrog by pushing BSM backwards while he was in the big strong air. BSM came back with a single leg dropkick with the momentum shifting between both men.

HMD continued to have the answers to The Big Strong Man, halting build ups effectively. BSM had to bamboozle Hard Man Dan with standing switches and constant moving around in order to unleash a lariat to take down his opponent. BSM fired up, throwing HMD overhead with an array of suplexes, German, T-Bone, Belly To Back, but HMD rolled a shoulder up before referee Steven could slap his hand down a third time.

The Big Strong Man’s big strong spear endeavours were countered, but HMD’s massive top rope Frog Splash couldn’t score the fall. A forearm in the corner left BSM with his eyes rolling, as HMD set up the final killshot he ran into a last gasp big strong spear to give The Big Strong Man the big strong win.

Another crowd pleaser, the in-ring was solid, Hard Man Dan brought some night brute offense to the table, the image of him just pushing a mid-leapfrogging Big Strong Man was cool. A well received opening match.

Before the eight man tag, Jack Carter got on the microphone to run down Barmulloch, announcing that Mr Wanderer would not be wrestling later in the event due to a back injury because he has been carrying CPW for over two years. Good line.

Team Justice (Nick Justice, RABU, Mikey Devine, & Jack Carter) defeated Team Kayden (Kayden Cross, Big Ross Hauser, Thorin, & Dougie James) by pinfall.

After much delay, order was restored with all eight men on the apron. A blind tag from Kayden Cross to Big Ross Hauser caused a brief stare down between the two. Cross proceeded to have his way with Jack Carter, who going get out of the blocks before having to tag in Mikey Devine, who ran into a Kayden Cross sized brick wall.

Dougie James was brought in to take over but was victim to a Casino Brutale double team to put Team Justice into the driver’s seat. James scrambled his way out of the bind to get Thorin in on the action, but after a wee run at RABU, Mikey Devine was quickly causing a distraction to give his tag team partner the upper hand.

Nick Justice strode in to pick up what Casino Brutale put down, wearing down Thorin with clubs to the back and a silky smooth suplex while Thorin’s team mates willed him on. It worked, with Big Ross Hauser accepting the hand to steamroll through Casino Brutale with a double chokeslam, and booting Nick Justice to the ground.

As it Ross set up a big lariat, Kayden Cross once again tagged in. Cross set up for a clothesline of his own but Justice moved in time to see Kayden knocked Hauser off the apron which was enough for Big Ross to call it a day, shoving a pleading Dougie James to the ground. James followed Ross to the back which left Kayden Cross to the wolves.

A low blow from Nick Justice, and double team from Casino Brutale, all while Jack Carter had the referee’s attention sealed the match for Team Justice.

With Nick Justice all alone after the match The Big Strong Man rushed out to smash him with two big strong spears and rolled Justice out of the venue.

The match struck a nice balance which can get a bit chaotic when there’s eight wrestlers all looking to get stuck in. Casino Brutale were really the only combatants to show an extensive range of tag team offense which put across well that they are an established team that are able to adapt and work together seamlessly. You could see at points where RABU would just shoot a split second glance over to Devine and Mikey was immediately set loose in causing an issue at ringside. Top work.

I’m interested to see where this problem between Kayden Cross and Big Ross Hauser goes though. Big Ross would be well suited as no frills bad guy, but the route of going down with Kayden Cross starting to get a bit too big for his boots and chasing the spotlight, wanting to be front and centre at all times and leading to an egotistical turn would be curious, with him taking his local celebrity status to the dark side. Enter to Christina Aguilera or something to counterbalance his current Britney Spears entrance theme, black and gold gear. There could be some legs to it.

There wasn’t a whole lot of Jack Carter but he’s definitely someone who carries himself well so I’m looking forward to seeing what he does.

HWFG JBD Hardcore Championship – Manky Frankie Richards defeated Max Power by pinfall to win the HWFG JBD Hardcore Championship.

Max Power tried to start hot with the HWFG belt swinging but Frankie ducked and sent Max to the canvas with a scoop slam. Frankie smashed Power with a beer can to the head that sent Max loopy while he retrieved some plunder from under the ring.

Unfortunately for Frankie, Power waited for Richards to re-enter the ring to crack a kendo stick off his back, and brought in more chairs, peppering a shot off the hip of Manky Frankie. Max wasn’t done, constructing a scaffold with three chairs. Richards fought out of a superplex off the second rope but as the struggle returned to the mat Frankie was thrown overhead and went back first through the steel.

Richards came back, suplexing Max onto the steel debris along with a spinebuster for a two count. Frankie took a swig of beer only to turn back and feel another chair shot. Max wedged the chair into the corner but his spear was evaded to send him head first into it. Manky Frankie lifted Power up for a Manky Bomb to pick up the HWFG JBD Hardcore Championship.

It was a sprint. Max Power didn’t really interact with the crowd, it felt like he was just a placeholder to have Frankie come in and win the belt. The match was fine, the chair set up and pay off was good, and Manky Frankie was a juggernaut. Max looked competent though, even if his offense was brief.

CPW Tag Team Championships – The Freshnas (Martin Steers & Fabio) defeated The Division (Jay Barker & Max Milby) by pinfall to retain the CPW Tag Team Championships.

Barker and Steers came up with a stalemate from the opening exchanges, leaving both to tag in their respective tag team partners. Fabio picked up the pace against Milby but was caught and slammed to the mat to allow for The Division to get a train of offense going with a Hart Attack, and quickfire leg drops, leading to Fabio escaping to the outside to regroup.

The reset worked well, with The Freshnas double teaming Barker, taking him down with a leg sweep/neckbreaker combo, Steers landed a standing moonsault with Fabio following with a nice second rope variation to keep Barker down. The quick tags continued but Barker broke free to get Milby in. A barrage of barges was hampered by an awkward Irish Whip, but they recovered with Milby launching himself with a Whisper In The Wind from the top turnbuckle to both members of The Freshnas.

As the match broke down, The Freshnas overwhelmed The Division. A pop out sit out powerbomb got two, with cartwheel cutter again only getting a near fall. Milby threw Steers off the second top to accidentally give Fabio a Canadian Destroyer but Martin returned to break up the resulting pin attempt.

A pop up sit out powerbomb followed by a Big Ending/handspring cutter to Milby ended the night for The Division with The Freshnas retaining.

This was a weird one. The Division were presented as the bad guys from the start but somewhere in the midst of the match they started acting like the plucky underdogs, and fighting back the more experienced team.

The Freshnas were this cool cocky team that came in fresh off beating The Govan Team for the CPW Tag Team Championships in Ireland, all dancing, having a laugh, and as the match went on they got more aggressive but there was no noticeable change to the reactions from the fans. It’s like there was supposed to be a double turn but the audience didn’t get the memo. The vibe was off here which left me feeling a bit flat coming out of the bout.

Max Milby hit a smooth Whisper In The Wind though, that was cracking.

Super Crazy vs Bryan Mojo ended in a no contest.

Sixth match in, fifth on the main show, it was time for the marquee match. Super Crazy versus Bryan Mojo in the first half main event.

Super Crazy ambled his way out, but before he and Mojo could lock up Mr Wanderer arrived to jump the Mexican to start a beatdown courtesy of himself and Bryan Mojo. Ravie Davie wasn’t far behind to chase Wanderer and Bryan away. Davie made the main event a tag team match, adding an extreme rules stipulation. Super Crazy called Wanderer a “perrito caliente manchado” aka a specky hotdog.

Martin MacAlistair informed everyone that Abbie wasn’t there so the tag team match couldn’t take place. Hannah Grande challenged Martin take her place, with Grande and Sykes dragging both into the ring.

Natalie Sykes & Hannah Grande defeated Planet A (Ellie Armstrong & Martin MacAlistair) by pinfall.

Hannah sent Martin around the houses early doors, landing a basement crossbody for a near fall before tagging in Natalie Sykes. MacAlistair caught the leg of Sykes but his attempt to send her to the canvas was countered by Natalie doing the splits, Martin got his leg caught but his version of the splits didn’t land as comfortably, with his two veg in tatters MacAlistair tagged in Ellie Armstrong.

Grande and Sykes continued their momentum with quick tags, but some intervention from Martin MacAlistair had Hannah flailing from a dropkick and prone for a harsh elbow drop for Planet A to take control and isolate Hannah Grande.

A tornado DDT sent MacAlistair to la la land, with Natalie getting tagged in to take it to Planet A. A Codebreaker to MacAlistair, followed by a Fisherman’s Suplex to Armstrong caught a two count with Sykes bringing Grande back in. A double team suplex had a horrible landing, seeing Ellie spiked on her head. Thankfully she got back up with little visible damage.

Planet A tried to suplex Hannah but Natalie returned for the rescue. The match fell apart, Sykes’ step up unprettier to MacAlistair didn’t go well like there was too short of a run up to get the proper height for the landing, then the wheelbarrow stunner/cutter from Grande to Armstrong had an awkward end to put the match to bed.

It was going well but after the double suplex error it was panic stations, which was a shame because you can still see the growth from Hannah Grande with every match but that was a rattler and you could tell from her face after the match that there was disappointment. On a positive note that exchanges between Martin MacAlistair and Natalie Sykes were crisp and I’d like to see that ran back.

Monstrum defeated Kemper by pinfall.

The two big lads couldn’t settle who was stronger with a tie up, shoulder blocks didn’t provide any further answers so Monstrum just started throwing hands. Monstrum and Kemper had their first flying with Kemper diving into the agility well to jump over Monstrum and boot him in the face to send the match to the outside.

It was a brawl at ringside, Monstrum got the upper hand by sending Kemper into the ring post with the advantage continuing back in the ring with big splashes into the corner to slow down his opponent. One too many face brushes reawakened Kemper to fire back with punches and a massive lariat to put Monstrum on his back but only for a two count.

Kemper sized up Monstrum for a fireman’s carry but didn’t have the strength to lift the monster. Monstrum leveled Kemper but again toyed a bit too much with his food which let Kemper come back again, swinging out of a Black Hole Slam and getting Monstrum onto his shoulders for a wild F-5 that got a near fall. A Tour of the Islands from Monstrum couldn’t keep Kemper down with both men just throwing bombs at the other.

A stereo clothesline put both down in the battle of Godzilla versus King Kong. Monstrum sat up at an eight count to once again go back and forth with punches. Kemper seemed to get the better of it, only for his lariat to be countered into a Black Hole Slam. A Vader Bomb follow up gave Monstrum the win.

The Barmulloch crowd didn’t know quite what to make of two colossal individuals hammering at each other for an extended period. It was the epitome of two meaty men slapping meat. Was it pretty? No. Was it a spectacle? Absolutely. The height and air time of Kemper hitting the F-5 was a sight to behold.

Extreme Rules – Ravie Davie & Super Crazy defeated Mr Wanderer & Bryan Mojo by pinfall.

Jack Carter provided the introductions for Mr Wanderer and “Main Event” Bryan Mojo who snuck in from behind with a kendo stick and chair respectively to start the scrap with Davie and Super Crazy.

The four went around the hall, Davie swung Mojo about at the entrance way while Super Crazy pottered about with Mr Wanderer. Once it got back in the ring Wanderer launched a chair at a held back Super Crazy but it was slowly dodged with the metal clashing off the skull of Bryan Mojo. Super Crazy decked Wanderer with the chair, setting it up and dropkicking it into the face of Wanderer as he sought some rest.

While this was going on, Davie was leathering Mojo with an inflatable hammer at ringside. Super Crazy came back out with the chair to smack Mojo. It was mayhem. Wanderer did a suicide dive, Ravie Davie did a moonsault to the outside to Mojo and Wanderer. The villains got back on top and kept Super Crazy from getting back in the ring. After all the outside shenanigans, the match suddenly adhered to standard tag team rules.

Wanderer and Mojo isolated Ravie Davie, a missed superkick from Wanderer allowed for Super Crazy to tag in and take it to The Entourage. Bryan Mojo stopped a Tarantula from doing too much damage by basement dropkicking Super Crazy in the face. At some point during the melee Mr Wanderer’s nose got bloodied.

Ravie Davie returned to Pele Kick Wanderer to set him up for a Lisbon Lionsault. Jack Carter returned but was spun around with an Aye Of The Storm. It was left down to Bryan Mojo and Super Crazy who powerbombed Mojo to take the win for his team.

There were points where Super Crazy was doing a Steven Seagal impression, countering moves in slow motion while looking knackered. Ravie Davie, Mr Wanderer, and Bryan Mojo were in overdrive with the amount they put into the match to cover for how little Super Crazy actually did, Wanderer in particular was so over the top to make any bit of offense look devastating. I might be expecting too much but Super Crazy was famed for his moonsaults and wildness, his performance delivered neither. While is provided a nostalgic pop, from the age of the crowd, they weren’t likely born when Super Crazy left WWE… which has made me feel extremely old.

As a match goes, barring the logistics of an Extreme Rules match having a standing tag ruleset, it was a bit of silly chaos that the younger fans ate up and were requesting seconds.

A mixed bag of a show with the Barmulloch crowd having it’s moments of pure adulation for everything happening but also a collective confusion at times. The first half had some really good moments, with some muddying the waters the longer the show went on. There were some unfortunate errors that didn’t look great but it didn’t spoil the show.

The full show is available on Community Pro Wrestling’s Patreon: