ProSouth followed up on the Trinity Challenge Cup with some new wrinkles in the storylines on this week's episode called Trinity Toxin.
One of the Havens' goals with is to develop talent. ProSouth is getting to where they have a core group of young wrestlers showing improvement and a good group of veterans in the mix.
Dave "Slim" Thomas was the official for all five matches.
Noah Howell and Faith Dorn were the announcers.
Midas has the gift of gab. Whatley is becoming a much better promo.
Super Chicken appears. Howell said "the feathered fighter" was returning from the broken win he suffered last week. Howell deciphered the Chicken's clucks as a challenge for a match. Midas said not happening. Whatley said if the Chicken wants to die, the Chicken will die and accepted the match.
(1) Brandon Whatley defeated Super Chicken via referee stoppage in 1:58. Whatley had the Chicken pinned with the ax kick but pulled him up at the count of two. Whatley delivered those devastating Kawada kicks until the Chicken lapsed into unconsciousness and referee Slim stopped the match.
This worked -- a quick, brutal win for Whatley by knockout. Howell acting as interpreter for the Chicken makes me laugh every time.
(2) Roma Miller (with Tyrese Murphy) defeated the debuting Terry Yaki in 7:47. Miller was in disbelief after Yaki kicked out of his superkick. Yaki hit the Teriyyaki Twister, a draping variation of a Phantom Driver but Miller rolled out of to the floor. Murphy laid down in the middle of the ring claiming to be Miller. Referee Slim and Yaki couldn't get Murphy to budge. Miller sneaked back into the ring and rolled Yaki up.
Yaki is another in the line of WWA4/Nightmare Factory trainees to appear for ProSouth. He's athletic and sells really well. Not much size but he has something going for him besides the most indytastic name imaginable. Miller's offense looks so much better than it used to but he still can't run the ropes worth a damn. What a dumb finish. It was to supposed to make Miller and Murphy look clever. I thought MIller came across heelish -- Yaki kicked out of his best move so he resorts to this?
Ringside Chats with new Youtube Champion Dorian hosted by Noah Howell -- Dorian said it wasn't easy. He was hurting after being in the ring with Dameon Ceretone and Cameron Keast but it finally happened (winning a singles title in ProSouth).
"Mr. Dynamite Soul" Eric "The World" Walker interrupted to formally introduce himself to ProSouth. He listed off his accomplishments during 4 years of traveling the world -- bringing wrestling back to South Korea, winning match of the year in Portugal (of all places), etc. Walker was there because ProSouth needed better, the Youtube championship needed better and he was that better. The crowd was getting on him. Dorian said come take it. Walker said he operated on his own terms. There was no money or views in impromptu matches. Dorian said let me know when your ready.
Dorian needs to speak up, hold the mic closer to his mouth, something. The crowd hushed so they could hear him. This Walker is a colorful and totall obnoxious character. The crowd gave him the "who are you?" treatment at first but he had them hating him before it was over.
(3) "Mr. 1985" Bubba Cagle & Ace Haven (with Amy Haven) defeated Tyler Sutton & Marcus Eriks in 11:12. "Mr. 1985" is back to being Bubba instead of Ricky. Sutton got abused. He's good at that. The heels isolated Ace for a long time with Sutton working the leg with submissions. A heel misfire led to the hot tag. Nice feed and bump by Eriks and Sutton. Cagle gave Sutton a giant wheelbarrow swing into a facebuster. Ace hit the Jimmy Rave STO on Eriks for a near fall and caught Sutton flush in the face with a superkick. backstabber falling in reverse near fall but Cagle broke up the pin. Cagle gave Eriks the TKO and konked Sutton in the back of head with Eriks' feet as he hit the move.
Solid match with a strong finishing sequence and the best heat of the show. Ace looked inspired. ProSouth is in need of tag teams and I like the pairing of Sutton and Eriks.
Noah Howell announced that Amy Haven's father was back at the ProSouth Arena, 100% cancer free. Big pop for that.
(4) Trinity Challenge Cup Rematch: Jay Lucas & Jose Manuel & Shoota Gabe) defeated Supreme Primacy (Brandon Whatley & Tony Midas & Brother Azriel) in 10:48. Supreme Primacy attacked Team A4 before the bell. Slim called for the bell with all six men in. A4 tried to clear the ring with a triple dropkick but the heels foiled it! SP tried for their triple team finisher on Lucas but Gabe spoiled that. A4 got offense against Midas. Whatley interfered to set up a blue thunder backbreaker by Midas. Lucas took a load of punishment and sold his ass off with nary a hope spot. Nawfside double teamed Whatley. after hot tag was made. Midas entered the ring illegally (as Howell noted on commentary) for a pumphandle driver on Manuel to start a sequence of big moves and saves. Lucas kicked out of Whatley's spinkick of doom so Whatley started pounding him into submission and called for one of Primacy's tag belts to finish the job. Miller and Murphy attacked Azriel and Midas. The commotion distracted Whatley. A4 blitzed Whatley with triple superkicks, a spear by Gabe, a Manuel frogsplash and a 450 by Lucas for the win.
It's fun to watch these guys get better and add dimension to their respective games. I loved the opening with the swerve on the babyfaces-clear-the-ring cliche. Referee Slim was playing it really fast and loose with the rules. I usually hate that shit but he made the right call here because it allowed the match to flow. Lucas is a natural with body language and facial expressions in his selling. I'm starting to like Manuel who looks like Kyle O'Reilly Jr. Now if could only wrestle like him. The finishing sequence had a lot of moving parts and took full advantage of the lucha rules. Re: the finish -- Whatley's sell for Gabe's spear was tremendous. Lucas switched to a 450 instead of the top rope elbow drop he used last week. Looked good but the ring positioning was off.
Commissioner Amy announced Primacy vs. Miller and Murphy for the Members Only match to be taped after the show went off the air. It didn't get much of a reaction from the crowd.
(5) Champion vs. Champion: ProSouth Champion Cameron Keast (with Harley Haven) defeated Aaron Dallas in 11:21 in a non-title match. They wrestled. It had been a minute since I'd seen a battle of top wristlocks. Dallas hit a flapjack. Harley feigned an ankle injury. The camera missed the spot but she must have done a good job because Dallas was duped into checking on her. Keast capitalized on the subterfuge by flinging Dallas into the ringpost. They battled outside the ring long enough that Slim should ruled a double count out. Back inside, Keast went to his playbook of signature moves but Dallas kept kicking out. Both men down after a Dallas spinebuster and it was comeback time. Dallas had a busted lip. Dallas got close near fall with the AAD (his version of the Attitude Adjustment), a new move in his arsenal. Keast dodges Dallas' steel toe finisher and beat him clean with Bloody Tears (headlock driver).
A decent match, very unlike the typical Dallas match at ProSouth in that this one had zero heat. It was weird. I was surprised to see Keast pin Dallas clean in the middle, though that certainly strengthened Keast on the heels of being pinned by Dorian last week. Dallas' new gear is a major improvement. He's projecting himself like championship material. He still learning now to play to the camara. I'm a fan of the coordinated color scheme Keast and Harley's new look.
Howell headed into the ring to get words from Keast. This was highly out of the ordinary. Howell congratulated Keast on his shocking victory. Keast was incredulous. He was sick of being discounted. He had beaten Ace, Austin Towers and Dorian. Howell said only with Harley's help. Keast was getting pissed. He said Howell deserved to have hell beaten out of him but wasn't worth it. Harley whispered something to Keast, who then decked Howell as the screen faded to black.
Howell going to the ring after the match was the tell that something was up.
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