No cold open on this edition with the show featuring the VALOR affiliated matches from the joint promotion event with World Wide Wrestling League. It was Carnage In Carluke from St Athanasius Community Hall back in March with a devilishly low ceiling, it would stand no chance with MC Kyle Wallace’s booming tones.

Carluke Street Fight – Johnny Pressley defeated Lou King Sharp by pinfall.

Before any fisty cuffs could take place Lou King Sharp rolled back the years to bust out his sweet sexy dances moves to challenge Pressley. Pressley’s hip swivels must’ve caused some jealousy with a chair swinging Sharp driving the steel into the bread basket and getting the street fight under way.

Johnny had difficulty getting out the blocks with a Cactus Jack style elbow driving the wind out of the masked man. As the match returned to the ring Pressley got a couple jabs in but was sent into the corner to have his little Johnny’s jabbed by the boot of Lou King Sharp for some Shattered Dreams.

After losing his wind via the elbow drop earlier, Johnny found a second to get more jabs in and a cutter to create some space. A couple Rock N Roll Train splashes, the final with the aid of a chair got Pressley into the zone to begin getting a bit more footloose and fancy free on the canvas. A neckbreaker looked to have it but Sharp kicked out. Lou came back with a Finlay Roll but his second rope frog splash was missed, finding him crashing onto a folded chair.

While Sharp recovered from the harsh landing from the most dangerous rope in wrestling he was rolled up with the most dangerous move, the school boy, to give Johnny Pressley the win.

A little bit of mayhem to start the show with plenty of variety. A lot was crammed into the time but it got a good reaction. Pressley weathered the storm well into his comeback, and Sharp was made to pay following a rare hesitation while trying to navigate a lower ceiling for the splash.

Kayleigh caught up with Johnny Pressley outside as he aimed to make VALOR his dance floor.

The Eastern Bloc (Jan Islav & Patryk Peterski) defeated Legends Never Die (Sami Sparx & Fulton King) by pinfall.

Jan sent his personal Polski Owczarek Nizinny to rip up a fan sign upon entering, and was very happy to let Patryk start off against the juggernaut of Legends Never Die, Fulton King. It was a slugfest early on, thanks in part to the height restrictions, but once Fulton tagged in Sami Sparx the pace increased tenfold with quick double team moves to Peterski.

Sparx kept the tempo to send Islav trailing, with no rest for Jan on the outside with King ready to cause more damage. A Patryk Peterski brick wall sent Sami flying to the mat to give turn the tide into the Eastern Bloc’s favour. Isolating the chaotic luchador with hard strikes and stopping him making a tag to Fulton King.

Some shuckin’ and jivin’ later Sami tagged in King to rampage through the Eastern Bloc but again the logistical issues made for some difficulty to land Punk Tactics that allowed Jan Islav to steamroll Sami Sparx and in the chaos send Fulton King to the outside. Two running knees to the skull to extinguish Sparx.

A post-match attack was interrupted by Kairn Douglas with a chair in hand to send the Eastern Bloc scurrying. A street fight challenge was made to Patryk Peterski for Paisley.

Plenty of back and forth with it being another match where venue became a stumbling block for the more high impact and high flying competitor which benefited the ground based assault. It was a good bit of punches and kicks but the charisma of Legends Never Die and the bastardry of Eastern Bloc managed to keep it entertaining.

Lou King Sharp found a battered Big Mick outside as Chris Renfrew popped up from behind a bin to launch an attack on Sharp, telling him it didn’t matter who he picked as Renfrew’s opponent at the next event.

Kayleigh was joined by Kairn Douglas, who lamented about the betrayal of Patryk Peterski.

Daisy Jenkins & Amy The Ref defeated Penelope Grace & Brodie Adler by pinfall.

Adler and Grace tried a sneak attack from the off but Daisy and Amy were quick to turn it around to take the match to the outside with perfectly in sync uppercuts. A stereo missed chop to the ring post had Penelope and Brodie dragged around the outside to unwillingly give out high fives before the match settled back into the ring.

The hand based punishment continued with Brodie having her left hand and arm targeted. Adler finally had a enough and overpowered Jenkins into the ropes where Penelope Grace was waiting to drive her knee into Daisy’s back and for her to walk into a slam from Brodie Adler.

It was Daisy’s turn have the ring cut off as Grace and Adler had their way with her, putting the boots to Jenkins and keeping him in their corner. After much effort Daisy willed her way over to Amy to come in, sending Brodie over with a running headscissors.

Daisy and Amy hit stereo corner splashes before sending Brodie and Penelope stumbling into each other. A double knee to the face and a Daisy Jenkins basement flatliner left Brodie Adler out for the count.

If there was any proof that women are smarter it’s the third match in and seeing Daisy not lose a step when figuring out that using the turnbuckles just wasn’t going to be a thing as she pivoted with relentless positivity. I loved that Amy The Ref kept looking over at Daisy just to make sure she was doing the right thing because she is a referee and this was her first match. With that in mind any trepidations could be hand waved with that explanation but even with that she did a solid job with everything looking natural.

Penelope Grace looked very self assured in being a mean bitch, Brodie Adler was on good form with little subtleties like tagging with her right hand after having her left being the focus of the early offense from Amy and Daisy, the crowd were down for being part of the Daisy chain which elevated Jenkins into this bundle of excitement and joy. A great match.

Jan Islav stole Kayleigh’s microphone to reveal Patryk Peterski throttling Johnny Pressley. They called out Mike Musso and Kairn Douglas. Islav turned the camera away while Pressley continued to moan in pain.

Best Of Three Series – Match One – Stone Malone defeated Ozzy Michaels by pinfall.

Malone tried to muscle Michaels in the opening tie up but was taken off balance on the reset as Ozzy tried to keep the pace high and not giving Stone a moment of peace. A quick kick to the middle rope as Michaels re-entered soon put paid to that plan with Malone slowly breaking apart his opponent.

Stone was quick to stop the attempts to build momentum with hard lariats or simply pulling the hair of Ozzy to pull him back down to the canvas and laying in punches. A missed charge into the corner allowed for Ozzy to string a sequence of offense together, with a neck snap garnering a near fall.

A double arm lock was broken out of with Stone Malone landing a discuss lariat but Ozzy rolled his shoulder up. A second was countered but as they jostled near referee Sean Moran an out of sight low blow from Malone left Ozzy prone for a big spear to give the man from God’s Country the three count.

It was a fast paced match with little downtime but also left a lot on the table for the rest of the series. Ozzy was crisp against smashmouth Malone, these two had a great bit of chemistry.

Kayleigh caught up with Stone Malone and Ozzy Michaels outside separately to talk about the best of three series.

Charity Shield Battle Royale – Lou King Sharp defeated Big Mick, Sami Sparx, Kairn Douglas, Jan Islav, Bobby Asher, Amy The Ref, Sean Moran, Fulton King, Johnny Pressley, Rhoderick Jones, Patryk Peterski, Wullie Moonbeam, Penelope Grace, Luke Aldridge, Brodie Adler, Stone Malone, and Mike Musso.

Six wrestlers started the match with Bobby Asher, Jan Islav, Sean Moran, Sami Sparx, and Kairn Douglas all agreeing that Big Mick was going to be a big problem. Unfortunately their attempt to do something about it was overpowered with Mick sending Kairn Douglas and Jan Islav out in quick succession… who continued to brawl to the back.

Mick continued his tear by eliminating Sami Sparx, with Sean Moran dispatching Bobby Asher but was soon out thanks to Mick. The next wave of competitors entered, Rhoderick Jones, Fulton King, Amy The Ref, Johnny Pressley, Patryk Peterski, and referee Wullie Moonbeam. Mick added another to his tally by quickly sending Amy The Ref out that lead Wullie Moonbeam to try and defend his fellow zebra.

Johnny Pressley was dancing to the back thanks to Big Mick, Fulton sent Wullie out, and Patryk threw Rhoderick Jones out to leave three slabs of beef smashing into each other. Mick eliminated Peterski as the final wave of entrants arrived, Luke Aldridge, Lou King Sharp, Penelope Grace, Brodie Adler, Stone Malone (jumped by Ozzy Michaels), and Mike Musso.

Musso put the W3L Heavyweight Champion out, then assisted Big Mick to put Michaels and Malone away. Sharp and Adler had an exchange while Penelope Grace was awkwardly thrown out by Mike Musso, who continued his apparent vendetta against women but eliminating Brodie Adler. A Merchandise x Blood Tourist crossover got Big Mick over the ropes and a missed big boot left Mike Musso crotched on the ropes and sent crashing out by Lou King Sharp.

A fine battle royal, the wave concept in similar vein to AEW’s Casino Battle Royale. It was very random with the way it was broken down with the waves but at least we got some progression like Kairn scrapping with Jan Islav of Eastern Bloc, and Ozzy jumping Stone Malone as they entered. Otherwise it was a serviceable way to end the night.

While Sharp raised the Charity Shield, Chris Renfrew arrived and smashed Lou in the face with a chair as it was card subject to change.

Falls Count Anywhere – Lou King Sharp defeated Chris Renfrew by pinfall.

Renfrew battered Sharp around ringside but a timely throw of an inflatable microphone gave Lou King Sharp an opening, only to have a chair bounced off his skull.

The madness continued around the function room with all manner of items being thrown around. Renfrew lead Sharp back into the ring as he had to fend off a feral Lou King Sharp and a sidestep from the Sick Kick and resulting Stunner seemed to do the job. A second Stunner should have been the end but Renfrew broke his own count to stalk Sharp, but a third Stunner was turned into a roll up and a suspected fast count to put one over The Batman of Bedlam.

An exhausted Sharp got on the microphone and teased that he knew who he was picking to face Chris Renfrew but would make him wait a bit longer to close the show.

An encore to the night and a surprise appearance from Chris Renfrew who is in a renaissance period of his career, but the visceral ruthlessness remains. It wasn’t so much a match but a wild finale on top of the show.

Another well flowed episode of This Is VALOR, all the matches offered good action with the women’s tag team match being, for me, the stand out match. No commentary on this edition with each match having a strong vocal crowd reaction.

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