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This past Friday I attended my first ever Community Pro Wrestling event, this one was taking place at Peterhead Football Club. It’s been a while since I went to Peterhead with only memories of Tango Ice Blasts and a big bag of Dr Pepper flavoured cola bottles from previous visits.

After arriving way too early though it was clear… there’s not much to do in Peterhead. After a trip to Bon Bon, bankrupted, a dive into a couple charity shops (one of which had WrestleMania 30 and Bragging Rights 09 on DVD for £1 each if anyone is interested…), I got a belly full and headed back to Peterhead Football Club for some wrasslin’ and some wrasslin’ I got!

VIP Bonus Match – The Renegade Wrex w/JTT defeated Thorin Thermite by pinfall.

I dived into the room just in time to see Thorin Thermite hit a cracking enziguri onto Wrex, but it wasn’t enough with Wrex swiftly disposing of his opponent. I didn’t see the whole match so can’t judge it completely but from what I saw it looked solid, the crowd weren’t quite sugar fuelled yet so they weren’t as loud as they would eventually get.

After the match JTT and Wrex dragged Thermite away saying that he was theirs now. Ominous.

A lot more people piled in once the general ticket holders were allowed to enter. The Wanderer was wandering around, word play is fun.

It was a proper relaxed atmosphere as the main show was about to begin, Ravie Davie was near the merch desk, the odd wrestler would appear to help out. It really put the community into Community Pro Wrestling as everyone mucked in.

Big Ross Hauser defeated Charlie Watson by pinfall.

The main show kicked off with Charlie Watson, a last minute replacement for The Big Strong Man Ewan O’Raw, Big Ross Hauser entered, cool glasses and snazzy leather jacket, ready to terminate his opponent.

Charlie got some licks in but ultimately fell at the hands, and big boot, of Big Ross. From what I can gather it was one of, if not his first, match and you wouldn’t have guessed it, he didn’t look lost, nothing to panic about, and kept the crowd engaged when he had some offence. He got chopped a belter though, that had to sting.

I really enjoyed watching Big Ross get into the groove, he has these ticks that has him look so excited to be battering opponents that he can’t quite control. It’s like we’re seeing one of the kids in the crowd if they visited a Zoltar machine, I’m big now get me a cool leather jacket and I’m going to go leather someone.

I’d never appreciated how tall Ross is, this being the first time seeing him live, there’s no hyperbole when it comes to the “Big” part of his name and yet he’s quick on his feet. A big fan favourite but Charlie Watson held up his end of the bargain by being a great foil.

Nicole Jasmin defeated Ellie Armstrong by pinfall.

Since seeing her on the WWE Network, and getting to chat with her for the podcast, Ellie Armstrong has been high on my list of wrestlers that I wanted to see live. Coupled with seeing the journey Nicole Jasmin has been on to finally fulfil a dream to be a wrestler I was in a feel good mood when this match started.

Ellie was quick to chastise the crowd at any given opportunity, which only had them support Nicole all the more. From previous outings I’ve seen of Nicole Jasmin, there seemed to be a confidence issue that just made things a little soft or unsteady, I’m very glad to write that wasn’t the case in this match.

Jasmin nailed the handspring elbow, and always looked to be in control, she wasn’t being dragged along for the ride against a more experienced opponent.

Armstrong’s gabbing eventually saw her rolled up for a three count, though she maintains that it was only a two… rematch?

A fun match, both in put in a great showing. Ellie Armstrong will always get comparisons to Piper Niven/Viper due to her body shape, but she matches it with in-ring talent. Jasmin is ascending, and the more reps she gets, the more confident she’ll become.

CPW Heavyweight Championship – Four Way – Thatcher Wright defeated SBX, Daro, and Meyhem Brooks by pinfall to retain the CPW Heavyweight Championship.

The first half main event saw Thatcher Wright defends the CPW Heavyweight Championship, and I can’t explain how, but when Thatcher entered last the function hall got cold. There was an atmospheric shift when that Margaret Thatchers loving, milk stealing, mine closing, Tory bas- I’m calm, I’m calm… eh hem, when Wright entered. An anomaly, like his dear Margaret was haunting Peterhead Football Club for one night only.

The match was pure chaos as you’d imagine a four way to be, Brooks and Daro had a great exchange of counters with Wright and SBX happy to be horrid to interrupt and to get any sneaky dig they could.

As horrid as SBX was, he did get a good laugh by responding to a “hi Barbie” heckle with “hi Ken”… you had to be be there.

SBX almost had it when he hit Daro with a Pedigree, in fact, just about everyone had their moment of “will they?” but it was ultimately dashed thanks to a book.

Wright smashed, I think it was Meyhem Brooks, with the devil book to pick up the win much to the dismay of everyone.

It was a wild one, all four got involved, there were twists and turns with the action never letting up. There’s definitely more CPW could explore with Daro and Brooks, I wonder if Meyhem has any big tall pals and get to scrapping with Termination Z…

The interval offered plenty opportunities to meet the wrestlers, and the kids in the crowd weren’t scared to let the bad guys know what’s what (which made a couple of my interviews needing heavy edits… damn them and damn them investing in characters).

Ryan Richards defeated The Wanderer by pinfall.

We returned from the interval with Ryan Richards swaggering out to the ring, his smugness turned to disgust when The Wanderer entered with the intent on singing a song, an offer of £10k to shut up from Richards almost swayed him, but The Wanderer starting wailing that 1961 Dion DiMucci classic.

Richards repaid in kind with a boot to the stomach and went to work. The Wanderer fought back, fuelled by sugar and Ice Lolly flavoured Prime infused encouragement in the hall, Richards almost wrapped it up with a Hangman’s Elbow but got cocky and went for another that was countered with an wKo outta nowhere.

Now my memory is a little hazy about the conclusion but I think Ryan Richards eventually had enough of The Wanderer and aimed a swift kick between the legs to pick up a tainted victory. This is all speculation though so if Mr Richards’ team wishes for this to be redacted I will draft an apology.

The Wanderer was a big favourite in Peterhead, from kids and adults alike trying to remember the lyrics to that song, so supporting him against the arrogant, smug, yet a very polished wrestler in Ryan Richards. An exciting match.

Lee MacRae defeated Martin MacAlistair by pinfall.

In a wee change to the card, Lee MacRae faced Martin MacAlistair, which ticked another wrestler of my list to see do the wrestling live. MacAlistair entered all smiles with his light up boots, which were snazzy, not sure I could pull it off without looking like a fancy bowling pin but that’s not important to this review.

MacRae was very impressive, assured in his offence, and hit a nice suicide dive close to the corner of the ring to the outside. MacAlistair weathered the storm, managed to get his shoulder blocks in to fire himself up, but ultimately fell to MacRae to mark loss #44 in a row.

A tough night for MacAlistair, the crowd were wholly behind Martin trying to get that win and made sure MacRae knew that they weren’t going to give him any support despite him showing plenty of talent.

Although it was tough for MacAlistair, MacRae was impressive in victory. There’s a few fighters about right now that would be a good fit as a team, I wrote about Meyhem Brooks maybe needing to find a tall tag team partner to scrap with Termination Z… Brooks and MacRae?

A good match, very entertained.

5 on 5 Elimination Tag Team Peterhead Street Fight – The Govan Team (Ravie Davie & Cousin Zander), The Vicious Lads (Rocky Ross & E-Town), & Leyton Buzzard defeated The Pack (JTT, Draven, The Renegade Wrex, Nathan Oliver w/Mullet, & Thorin Thermite).

In the main event of the evening, Ravie Davie filled in for a lost Steg so it was still a Govan Team invitational. Out entered all five members of The Pack, including new member Thorin Thermite who was dragged away and seemingly inducted a couple hours before by Renegade Wrex and JTT.

After Zander well pointed out that there was five of them, Davie put out the call to anyone to team with them, first out it was Leyton Buzzard to a big reaction. Three on five, still a bit of a handicap until Rocky Ross and E-Town, a couple of VLs, danced out to the ring to even the numbers. A five on five elimination bout was agreed and the shmoz was on.

It started out civil enough, Rocky Ross and E-Town were quickly eliminated, as were Thorin Thermite and Draven to leave to three men on each team. The match broke down into a scrap in the audience, with weapons brought into play. Davie made the remaining portion of the match a Peterhead Street Fight and it was on.

Inflatable hammers, chairs, just about anything that wasn’t screwed down was thrown about as the battle raged on. The rest of The Pack returned to mount an assault. Eventually it was down to Leyton Buzzard facing off with Wrex and JTT, with some ducking and dodging Buzzard nabbed victory to the roar of the crowd.

This was wild, chaotic, and all over the place with bodies thrown around along with the aforementioned weapons. Zander even used a child and their Dad to cause punishment to Nathan Oliver right in front of me. I like Zander, he’s got that Jim Neidhart unpredictability about him as he trods around the ringside area.

We got glimpses of Leyton Buzzard being a fantastic wrestler but this wasn’t the match for too much of that, it was a brawl, a shenanigan filled riot.

After the match Ravie Davie gave a tribute to Leyton Buzzard before he embarks on the next stage of his career in Japan, before The Vicious Lads returned and there was a boogie to close the show.

This is what the kids paid to see, Ravie Davie along with a bunch of good guys batter a crew of villains, the heroes victorious and they got to smack someone with their inflatable hammer. It was simple and a lot of fun.

Ravie Davie has something very special with Community Pro Wrestling, it’s like he has brought the Govan atmosphere with him as they kids get rabid into the characters.

I mentioned the word community being apt earlier, as the main event began the face wrestlers had slowly started to make their way to the back of the hall to watch the main event, get involved with the chants themselves and helped drive the atmosphere, not that they needed to as the kids were following Ravie Davie like he was the Pied Piper. It was a team effort and they operated like one, pose for a photo, shake hands, scowl if the kids chant chicken at them, they were the entertainment and they didn’t forget that.

A great night in Peterhead, until next time!