PWR PRO recently returned to the Corn Exchange in Haddington, and thanks to the fast working editors at Lock Up Productions the full show is already available on YouTube in stunning 4K quality.

The recent events have been outstanding from PWR PRO with, what feels like, a heavy influence taken from the touring family events to bring spectacle and put the “entertainment” into sports entertainment. The venue had a good sized audience, that sounded ready for a bit of wrestling.

Ray Calix defeated Andy Roberts by pinfall.

Ray Calix hesitated to get involved with Andy Roberts from the opening bell by taking a breather on the outside. He was soon regretting his choices with a journey to chop country, with a retaliatory slap across the chest in return being met with irritation.

Andy kept the pressure on, clubbing the torso of Calix to loud “easy” chants, but his aim to squash Ray with a Vader Bomb from the second rope had his legs swept from under him for Calix to begin a burst of offence including a nice standing dropkick and a nasty hard Irish whip into the turnbuckle.

Roberts struck back but Ray Calix brought him back to the canvas, adding a little mirror check for some flair. Andy kept evading to halt his challenger getting the momentum which frustrated Calix into making a mistake to be sent out of the ring.

It seemed to fluster Calix, and Andy used it to send him around the ring then down for a belly to belly slam but couldn’t capitalise and fell victim to a several kicks. Roberts landed a sit out Tiger Bomb for a near fall, as Ray sought refuge on the apron with a stomping Andy Roberts in pursuit. The referee intervened to break up the skirmish, and in the chaos Ray used a skoosh of hairspray to blind Roberts for the pin.

A classic hero versus villain dynamic that the Haddington crowd where hot for it from the get go. Ray Calix got himself across with confidence and made the most of the audience being so engaged with the match by making them wait for the consequences of his early cowardice, and when it came it was electric. To turn that into such expressed hatred with the cheating to win was fantastic. There’s some tightening when it comes to in-ring flow, but Calix has the character part nailed on.

There’s no surprise to note that Andy Roberts was a solid hand in keeping that investment to keep the noise going with comebacks and having the people in the palm of his hands for support.

A well put together opening match.

PWR PRO Tag Team Championships – Modern Culture (Umar Mohammed & Zachary Swift) defeated Sawyer Adams & Ethan Armstrong by pinfall to retain.

Modern Culture entered to some incredible custom entrance music. What was just caught on camera was Zachary Swift almost suffering from a mild case of deadsies with the entrance stage falling, luckily the referee showed his zebra-like reflexes and saved the day.

Umar and Zachary ran down Haddington until they were interrupted by Sawyer Adams and Ethan Armstrong who took up Modern Culture’s contractual obligation to defend the PWR PRO Tag Team Championships.

Adams and Armstrong where quick to take it to Swift and Mohammed, showing a lot of fire. However, once Zachary Swift got his bearings he levelled Ethan, bringing in Umar to join in on isolating Armstrong with quick tags and viciousness.

Armstrong fought out of a Zachary Swift suplex for one of his own, getting Sawyer Adams back involved and a back suplex/neckbreaker combo gave the champions a scare. Swift caused a ruckus with Sawyer Adams to take him out at ringside and Umar used the distraction to land a Thundergunn Express to the spine of Ethan Armstrong.

Umar lifted Ethan high in an elevated high cross Gory Bomb position, landing it with the added flying forearm from Zachary Swift just as an exclamation point to retain, it was like they were making an example of Armstrong.

It was a quick match but made Modern Culture look like absolute killers. The grandeur of their entrance music coupled with the cohesive nature of how they divided then dismantled their eager opponents made for a deadly blend.

Patty defeated Robert Balfour by pinfall.

Balfour and Patty started by trying to jockey for position, mirroring each others offense for a slick back and forth. Patty got the best of the opening exchange but was caught on a second turnbuckle crossbody with Robert slamming him to the mat and taking charge.

The change in tactic from Balfour put concentration on punishment over athleticism, throwing Patty with force into the corners and choking him on the ropes much to the dismay of the crowd. Patty used the rebounds to try and create space but Balfour was rapid in re-establishing the order of things.

A Pedigree from Robert Balfour had Patty weakened but it wasn’t enough to seal the match in his favour. Patty was defiant, taking Balfour off his feet with a superkick only for his moonsault to not reach it’s intended target with Patty landing on his feet and looking up to see the sole of Balfour’s boot connect with his face, then landing face first to the mat with an inverted leg sweep.

Robert went for a step up second turnbuckle cutter which was beautifully countered by Patty for a cutter of his own, Balfour wisely rolled to the apron for respite. The former PWR PRO Tag Team Champion had enough, a second leg sweep still couldn’t keep Patty down so he fetched a chair from the stage. A swing and a miss saw the metal bounce off the top rope and collide with Balfour’s face to leave him prone for a cutter, Patty ended the contest with a moonsault double knee to the stomach that was enough for the count.

I really like the story of Patty and Robert Balfour being so similar and their move set having a lot of crossover, it meant that they had an idea of how to combat it to create the swings in momentum. It was highly competitive, with Patty continuing to present an endearing character that you can easily get behind for a quality journey to a satisfying conclusion with the victory. Balfour having to try and go down the cheap route but Patty staying the morally pure course to overcome his more experienced adversary was great.

Daisy Jenkins & Aerin Taylor defeated Kate Calloway & Maisie Briggs by pinfall.

Aerin Taylor entered to Busted’s Falling For You, so it’s an automatic five stars… if I were to do such a thing.

Briggs and Calloway took advantage of Jenkins and Taylor hyping the crowd with a sneak attack, but the storm was weathered for Daisy and Aerin to retaliate and take the match to the outside. A missed stereo chop at the ring post had Kate and Maisie being dragged around the front row for a round of painful high fives.

Kate Calloway put an end to the fun, standing her ground to overpower Daisy Jenkins, catching a flying Starlight and driving her to the canvas to begin picking apart the PWR PRO Women’s Champion with the help of Briggs. Maisie and Kate kept Daisy in their corner, and kept Aerin Taylor as far away from a tag as possible.

Jenkins scrapped her way to reach for Aerin to run wild, landing corner splashes to send Calloway and Briggs in all sorts of disarray. The match broke down with a momentary miscommunication that caused a pause and reset that was a little awkward but was brushed past to carry on.

Calloway landed a snappy Black Hole Slam to Jenkins but was bundled out of the ring by Aerin who had Maisie on the ropes, a blind tag from Daisy caught Aerin by surprise with Jenkins landing an Oblivion to Maisie Briggs for the three count.

There was a lot to unpack in that final seconds, the sudden and unexpected tag from Daisy was conveyed by Aerin brilliantly, and Maisie clearly having her foot under the rope for the match winning pin leaves a thread dangling for story advancement.

The lingering tension of Daisy Jenkins in PWR PRO is fascinating. On the surface she is sweet, the ultimate crowd favourite, but you can see the cracks showing. It’s like she is trying to convince herself that everything is okay, which in turn is making her more manic in her actions. She has beguiled Aerin into being her support network in PWR PRO, though you can see that she isn’t totally on board with what’s happening. The layers here and revelations that could stem from the Starlight going supernova is engrossing.

Despite some missteps and a couple moves looking a little performative, Maisie Briggs was cool, calm, and collected in the ring for a solid main show debut. She has bags of potential and I’m looking forward to seeing her grow more confident and comfortable over the next wee while. Kate Calloway has become a dependable powerhouse which makes for a great antagonist against the her plucky foes.

PWR PRO Heavyweight Championship – Tommy Kartel defeated Ross Hunter by pinfall to retain.

Ross Hunter wasn’t intimidated by the title opportunity, shoving the champion and not getting suckered into the mind games that Tommy Kartel enjoys using to undermine his opponents. The opening exchange ended with Kartel on his backside from a hip toss needing to rethink his game plan.

Hunter continued to have one over on Tommy by having a counter prepared for anything The Heartbreaker had in mind. A flurry of offense sent Tommy to the outside but Ross was quickly chasing him down for a scrap.

Once back in the ring, Ross continued to bombard Kartel, who did his best to try and escape any further punishment. A wise roll out to the apron had Ross drawn in to be hung off the top rope with Tommy finally getting a look in and slowing down the match, targeting the joints of the challenger with stomps.

From the tide turning it had Tommy relishing in his work, and he wasn’t shy about telling the crowd, a nice catch off a springboard back elbow attempt from Hunter saw him being thrown backwards for a German Suplex to keep Ross at bay.

The former PWR PRO Tag Team Champion continued to try and get the pace to his liking but Tommy was sharp in narrowing the space to put a stop to it. A superplex instigated by Kartel seemed to rattle the champion to level the playing field once more, which Ross was quick to try and use to his advantage by landing the springboard back elbow that eluded him earlier in the bout.

Tommy planted Hunter with a spinebuster for a near fall, with Ross locking in a triangle choke while Kartel processed the kick out. The battle went back to the turnbuckles, Ross knocked Tommy to the canvas and landed a top rope splash which caught another two count.

With the encouragement of Haddington, Ross went for a springboard clothesline, Tommy pull the referee into the path to see Hunter collide with the man in the stripes. Ross showed plenty of fight to keep Kartel on defence, but with the referee still recovering The Heartbreaker became the ballbreaker, stopping a second springboard clothesline with a kick between the legs of Hunter, adding a second for the inconvenience. The referee stirred just in time to count the three.

Kartel is ridiculously charismatic, the never ending slew of insults ready to be dished out to those in the crowd and his opponent was remarkable. The vocal nature of Tommy Kartel makes you unable to take your eyes off him for a second, and him being so deplorable and over the top made it very easy for the audience to throw everything into Ross Hunter. I’ve said it before but Ross reminds me so much of Zach Dynamite, an explosive energy, hits hard, and gives a little to the crowd to let them in but his in-ring work does more of the talking.

A top quality title match that exhibited what both Tommy and Ross can do.

PWR Grab Rumble – Andy Roberts defeated Hades, Ray Calix, Ross Hunter, Rossko, Greig Avernus, Sawyer Adams, Ethan Armstrong, Maisie Briggs, and Kate Calloway.

It was a heavyweight number one and two, as Hades and Andy Roberts started the match off. Roberts tried to wear down the demon, but every strike just seemed to make the monster more angry. Ray Calix entering third had Andy turn his attention away from Hades, who struck Roberts while Calix directed traffic.

Ross Hunter provided a relief for Andy to separate Hades and Calix for the time being. Rossko was out for some brawling, giving the four in the ring a taste of The Bayview Brawler’s forearms, while the ring started to get beefier when Grieg Avernus was added to the anarchy.

Sawyer Adams, the seventh man, added some energy, driving Rossko down with an Air Raid Crash to introduce himself into the rumble. Avernus registered the first elimination to pile more misery onto Ross Hunter’s night, while Ethan Armstrong joined the fray to save Adams from Hades.

The penultimate entrant Maisie Briggs gave her Absolute ally Grieg Avernus some back up, landing a lovely step up moonsault to Sawyer Adams thanks to the lift from Avernus. Kate Calloway rounded off the entrants, and showed off her power to throw Ethan Armstrong and Rossko before turning her attention to Maisie Briggs, Maisie’s stablemate tried to intervene but Kate hoisted and chucked Greig Avernus for a Calloway Slam which was amazing. Calloway dumped out Briggs shortly afterwards.

Avernus got a measure of revenge to send out Calloway, only to walk into a reawakened Hades who had some chokeslams on offer for anyone that entered his orbit. A double dropkick from Armstrong and Adams had Hades sent backwards over the ropes as Avernus went about clearing the ring to throw out Ethan Armstrong and Rossko to leave four remaining.

Ray Calix twisted Sawyer Adams with a neckbreaker which Avernus pounced on to take his elimination tally to four. Roberts sidestepped Greig to sent him flying over the top rope, which Avernus didn’t take it well, returning to hold Andy back for Calix to use the hairspray once more, but Roberts ducked and Greig got blinded, a shocked Ray Calix was then given his marching orders to the floor for Andy Roberts to win the first PWR Grab Rumble.

It was a nice little rumble to end the evening, I loved that stories from the night were given some conclusions, like Kate Calloway going after Maisie Briggs because she got pinned earlier to lose them the match, Ethan Armstrong and Sawyer Adams showed a bit more of their tag team offence, and of course Andy Roberts avoided a second blinding to win the match, a well bookended show that paid off the earlier chicanery.

Hades, Kate Calloway, and Grieg Avernus got a strong showing with the latter putting out a Ross Hunter, a former champion in PWR PRO, to raise his stock, Rossko was a bit more under the radar but, thanks to the Lock Up team for the keen camera work, I did catch him pulling himself back into the ring over the top rope which is always cool in pro wrestling.

Overall another high standard event from PWR PRO, this one leaned more into the family friendly crowd, offering one night stories, but sprinkling some more long term bits for returning fans. It’s a little different from the Truth events that have some bigger overarching lore behind matches to add weight to the moments.

The full show is available on YouTube: