VALOR shows are gaining a reputation for a wild night of professional wrestling, throwing back to early-mid 2010 wild west atmosphere of unpredictability with an underground mentality.

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The episode opened up with Jan Islav and Krobar, who was hobbling out on crutches, from Eastern Bloc demanding for some respect, before eventually calling everyone lazy. Krobar got on the microphone and was drowned out from commentary talking over the top of, me struggling to hear, and eventually the chants for Lou King Sharp, a triple whammy, following the chanting the music hit and Glasgow Grindhouse made their way to the ring.

Street Fight – Eastern Bloc (Jan Islav & Krobar) defeated Glasgow Grindhouse (Lou King Sharp & Krieger) by pinfall.

Krobar played everyone for fools, it was a ruse, a flimflam, a shenanigan, as he used one of his crutches to assault Lou King Sharp with his back turned, Islav used a chair to knock down Krieger as the bell rang.

The brawl went around the hall, Krobar tried to decapitate Sharp with a chair but ‘The Blood Tourist’ got out of dodge which had Krobar bouncing the chair off the ropes right into his skull. The chaos continued with Sharp bringing his trusty Singapore Cane into matters, cracking it off the back of Krobar before rattling it off the head of Jan Islav.

Islav found an opening to swing the momentum back into the Eastern Bloc camp, punishing Lou King Sharp as the chants of Scotland got louder, they cut off the ring to stop Krieger from re-entering. They attempted to bludgeon Sharp with a crutch and chair but didn’t account for a straight fist to the Southern area for both members of Eastern Bloc.

Sharp went wild with a chair, a Van-Terminator to Jan, followed up with a Coast To Coast dropkick to put Glasgow Grindhouse firmly into the driver’s seat. The drive was short with Islav pushing Krieger into a top rope perched Sharp before cracking him in the head with a chair for Krobar to pick up the scraps.

A match that set the tone for what VALOR would become known for, chaotic. Barring maybe one or two voices, the crowd were wanting to see Glasgow Grindhouse batter Eastern Bloc all over and were furious when the three count was made.

My experiences of Krobar have been the silent biker and it hasn’t set my world on fire to be honest, seeing him yap and rile up a crowd though, I’ll go with that Krobar. He didn’t do an awful lot as it looked like the crutches weren’t all for show but the chair bounce is always a great bit. Islav did a lot of the work to compensate and he has a maniac energy about him. This could be a fun act to keep an eye on for This Is VALOR episodes.

Glasgow Grindhouse settle in nicely when the standard rules get lifted, a great team.

Rubi Roberts defeated Ellie Armstrong by submission.

Roberts and Armstrong started the feeling out process with Ellie getting shaken up by the barrage of verbal abuse directed to her by the vocal crowd. Roberts took advantage with a multitude of kicks to knock down The Plant Based Powerhouse.

Ellie managed to sweep Roberts off the second rope to take control, slowing down the pace to torture Rubi Roberts. Roberts fought back to hit a second rope front dropkick, a big leg drop for a kick out.

The match continued to be back and forth, Armstrong hit the Bayley to Belly but couldn’t get the win. Roberts pushed out of a Boston Crab attempt and managed to lock in a Dragon Sleeper for the submission.

The I liked that there was a couple moments where Rubi couldn’t get her dropkick off the Bret’s Rope, first time Ellie sweeped the leg, the second was a missed attempt, the third was almost stopped by Roberts slipping on the ropes but eventually made it third time lucky and landed the dropkick which ultimately filled out her power meter that would see her gain victory a few minutes later.

I don’t know what Ellie Armstrong did for the VALOR audience to be so vehemently against her they were loud and Ellie looked to gladly soak it in and stoke the fire.

A fine match.

Fatal Four Way – Colton Davis defeated Sebastian Day, Seb Silvers, and Ozzy Michaels by pinfall.

Seb Silvers tried to take the early initiative to get a cheap shot on his opponents but was sent packing with a Colton Davis big boot. Sebastian Day and Ozzy Michaels managed to double team Colton to send him to the outside so it was down to two for the opening exchange.

Silvers returned sporadically to break up pinfalls until his intervention found him back face to chest with Colton Davis. The body parts were flying around with all four brawling around ringside, with Davis sending Michaels chest first into the ring post before rolling Ozzy back into the ring to chop the soul out him.

There was a brief alliance between Colton Davis and Seb Silvers as they beat down Michaels. Silvers switched immediately to team with Sebastian Day when there was a chance to take out Davis which is scumbaggery at it’s finest. As the duo tried to suplex the big lad Ozzy Michaels dived from the top to sunset flip Davis and send Day and Silvers flying.

The lights went out as the shadows of two men appeared and attacked Seb Silvers and Sebastian Day. As the lights came back on they had disappeared and it was Colton Davis and Ozzy Michaels left in the ring. Michaels fought hard but a big boot from Davis had a chokeslam be the exclamation point gave ‘Sky High’ the win.

A constantly moving main event. Seb Silvers stood out throughout with his sly tactics and slick moveset. Everyone got a flurry of offense with Ozzy Michaels, despite representing England in this international four way being at the centre of a lot of the action and was adored by the crowd the whole match as he attempted to overcome the numbers disadvantage. His last stand attempt to take down Colton Davis was effectively punctured by a killer Big Boot from Davis.

It’s hard not to stand out when you’re as big as Colton Davis but he isn’t afraid to show a little bit of more than a typical tall man repotaire with a standing senton splash to a prone Ozzy Michaels having plenty impact.

The episode had the hook of the mystery attackers, and if you know what’s to come then it’s time to buckle up because I’m very much on board for episode two.

There wasn’t too much frills production-wise but the multi-camera set up allowed for a more gonzo style in among the brawls which always adds something. Jimmy The Ref and Charlie Anderson provided fine commentary, providing nuggets of information to convey the story in the ring, it neither excited nor offended and that’s the way I like it.

A solid debut episode.

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