Episode 8 went straight into the action with Glasgow Grindhouse being assaulted by The New Age Kliq, ending with Lou King Sharp being slammed onto a wooden pallet and bludgeoned by a metal pipe. A gnarly beginning as the Lou King Sharp feud with Chris Renfrew rages on.

Jan Islav w/Krobar defeated Buffa Aayooo w/tha Boombox by pinfall.

After weeks of Eastern Bloc becoming unpredicted fan favourites, Jan entered to a flood of boos. Maybe the key ingredient to the love of Eastern Bloc is Krobar? Buffa took his sweet time to get to the ring under the guise of dancing and exchanging high fives with the front row, clearly fearing the spokesman of Eastern Bloc.

Buffa dominated early, having an answer for Islav’s offense and throwing him hard into the corner with an Irish Whip. Buffa got cocky, as he posed on the top turnbuckle Jan was able to launch himself to the ropes to crotch Buffa and take some control.

The momentum swung all around with both showing a lot of intensity. Buffa got a near fall from a crane spin kick, his Full Nelson was countered into a small package but Buffa escaped. Jan planted Buffa with a flatliner for two. Islav exposed the turnbuckle to distract the referee before going for a Guerrero Special, throwing tha boombox to Buffa and throwing himself to the mat.

As referee Sean Moran tried to make sense of the situation, Buffa pleaded his innocence before turning around into another small package which was enough for the three. As Jan celebrated Buffa got into it with Moran enraged about the decision before throwing Sean to the ground.

An enjoyable encounter, what makes Jan Islav a compelling character is that he looks to fully believe in his cause and the propaganda for Eastern Bloc. It was interesting the reaction that Jan got coming out alone instead of the general positivity we’ve seen so far from the VALOR crowd when he is joined by his comrade Krobar. The cool and calm demeanour of Buffa dropping when he felt screwed out of the match was a great little extra layer on a well stacked match.

Seb Silvers defeated Jordan Saeed by pinfall.

Jordan Saeed was quickly accepted by the VALOR audience, maybe more in part because Seb Silvers has become a deplorable feature in the promotion. Saeed looked to have a little fun early on but after one too many sneaky knees and punches, Silvers felt the wrath of an Atomic Drop before finding his head being rammed against the top turnbuckle over and over and over again.

A 25 second vertical suplex could only get a one fall (one fall), as Silvers took a visit to the outside to recover. The match continued on the outside, Seb chopped the steal ring post before two big open hands slapped off his back made him decide that getting back in the ring was a better option.

Silvers continued to wear down Saeed, restricting the air with a headlock and driving the wind out of Jordan with targeted attacks to the stomach and neck. A suplex was countered which fired up Saed to run wild but an exclamation point powerslam was only good for two.

Seb Silvers wriggled out of a fireman’s carry to land a knee to the head but no luck, Saeed fired back with a big run up lariat but it couldn’t get the three. Eventually Silvers managed to land another knee to the skull of Saed and finishing off the match with an elbow drop from the heavens.

A great showcase for Jordan Saeed in his VALOR debut, the contempt that Seb Silvers showed for the fans was really prominent with little moments like deciding to roll Jordan back into the ring the second time they ended up on the outside as the audience bayed for the action to get closer to them really driving it home. Good match.

Glasgow Street Fight – Lou Nixon defeated BT Gunn by submission.

Nixon and Gunn were met with a split crowd as they tried to gain an early advantage with exchanges of headlocks. Gunn eventually broke the stalemate with a forearm to the face but it wouldn’t take long before Big Lou was sending The Oddity to the outside with a clothesline over the top rope to the floor.

Both attempted a suplex on the outside but after many attempts they both agreed to sack it and return back to the centre of the ring in a fun moment. BT Gunn got his first chop in as Nixon responded with a kick in the back. Nixon took a pause to negotiate a street fight as a straight one on one match could go on forever with them being so evenly matched under a standard rule set. Gunn agreed and the chaos was on!

After a flurry of offense between the two, a battle on the apron ended with Lou Nixon dropping Gunn back first onto the edge of the ring. Nixon tried to charge up a kick onto a seated Gunn but felt a drop toe hold onto the chair for his troubles.

Gunn threw out some hard strikes with a kick to the head that would make your toes curl as the fight continued into the second row. Nixon threw Gunn into a crowd of chairs… which was enough for Lou and BT to take a quick refreshment break at the bar. Gunn chucked his beer into the face of Nixon to continue the scrap.

A steel chair was brought into the fray with Nixon finding himself running into it shoulder first as it was wedged in the turnbuckle. An exchange of German Suplexes couldn’t keep either down. Nixon questioned what he needed to do… so brought out a little bag of thumb tacks, only to be backdropped onto them as Gunn sacrificed his body to deliver a flatliner onto the sharp pool but it still wasn’t enough. A trio of suplexes into the pile may’ve done the job but Gunn landing with his feet on the ropes saved him for the time being.

BT defiantly got to his feet but Nixon slapped on a rear naked choke, rolling through the tacks as Gunn eventually tapped out.

A wildly entertaining brawl, the finishing portion over the thumb tacks was brutal. Both rolling through them, seeing the lights shine off them stuck into the back and arms of Nixon and Gunn was mad. The two exchanged a fist bump of respect to cap of a crazy episode of This Is VALOR.

Three great matches with the in-ring and visual quality getting better and better with every episode. The opening bit with the NAK and Glasgow Grindhouse kept that story in mind and also marked the intent of the episode finishing with a wild street fight which contained a former, and very prolific, member of the original New Age Kliq in BT Gunn.

A fantastic episode.

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