Ultimate Wrestling Federation -- Colbert on October 2

From Rob Brodhecker: My first visit to UWF, which was born from the ashes of All-Star Wrestling @ the Gray-Bell promotion that was in Roys...

From Rob Brodhecker:

My first visit to UWF, which was born from the ashes of All-Star Wrestling @ the Gray-Bell promotion that was in Royston, Ga. Operating since April of 2022, UWF’s twice-a-month Sunday shows have the opportunity of wrestlers completing a 3-day tour in Georgia. An eclectic mix of veterans (Nick Halen, Stevie Ray Frost, Vary Morales) and younger talent (Hunter James, Jaden Vain, and Luka Daniels) will be in the building tonight.

The UWF building itself is a bit “hole-in-the-wall” being attached to a furniture shop, but not detrimentally so, IMO. They can fit 100 in here quite easily; today’s show looks to be 40-45 with a 4:30 bell time. Shows are streamed on the UWF YouTube page.

Billy Bell starts the show, greeting the crowd. He introduces a young child who has won some wrestling titles. The next show will be on Oct 16^th. Bell brings out Rick Page who will be the ring announcer. Ref Slim and Brandon Todd are the referees

1^st. match: Unsanctioned Capitol Punishment match: DC Washington vs. Jaden Vain.

Washington hails from Washington, DC, so instant animosity with this crowd. Vain is the UWF Heritage Champion, he goes right after DC, DC escapes to the floor, Vain follows and they fight ringside. Back in the ring, a Thez press by DC allows him some shots. Vain does the 14 punches of Doom and DC does the Flair Flop. DC dives through the ropes onto Vain and they fight ringside again; Vain dumps DC into the laps of a couple of fans and they dump DC right back over the barricade. DC introduces a folding chair, and sets it up in the middle of the ring, Vain reverses what DC was planning and gives DC a shining wizard with DC sitting on the chair. Vain has the chair, DC’s begging him to use it, Vain tosses the chair to the side, I’m guessing he wants a more personal attack. DC leg trips Vain face first onto the chair and uses the chair to choke Vain. DC exposes a top turnbuckle, Vain blocks the first attempt, but DC Irish whips him into it. Leg sweep by DC then he ties Vain up. A “let’s go Brandon” chant starts. DC uses athletic tape to choke Vain. Vain whips DC chest first into the exposed turnbuckle and stomps away. They are fighting in the ropes, and Vain gives DC the Sheamus forearms. Eye poke by DC and he drags Vain’s face across the ring apron. Vain’s tied up in the ropes, DC pounds away and then grabs the chair. DC swings but Vain frees himself and the chair hits the rope and rebounds onto DC for a near fall. Figure four by Vain, DC pounds away at the leg of Vain to release the hold. DC goes for a second rope senton but misses. Vain monkey flips DC into the x-turnbuckle for a near fall. Vain has the chair, and DC's calling for a time-out. Vain goes to hit, DC low blows him, and locks in what looks to be a Tazmision variant. Vain tries to fight out of it but passes out. Winner by submission: DC Washington at 17:03

2^nd match: Luka Daniels vs. Dynamic Dexter with Justin Insane.

Usual unicorn antics with Dexter involving Justin and Daniels and a baseball bat, or was it a cricket bat or a ping-pong paddle. Anyway, the match starts with Dexter trying to do a handstand in the corner and Daniels hitting him in the stomach with a forearm. Dexter strikes back, throwing hooves, but misses a corner splash. Dexter shoves a piece of his gear into the mouth of Daniels and then plants him with a front codebreaker and gets a near fall. Nice combo of three rolling senton for a near fall. Daniels goes for his bat and brings it into the ring, this brings Justin up on the apron, grabbing the bat. Daniels and Justin play tug of war with the bat and the bat hits Justin. The bat goes flying and lands in the hands of Dexter. Daniels plays dead when the ref turns around and sees Dexter with the bat and calls for the DQ at 7:09.

Justin runs Daniels out of the ring and then holds up Dexter. Daniels attacks them from behind, using the bat on Dexter.

Page brings out Crystal Rose who is making her UWF debut. She gets a good pop from the crowd. Before she can even say a word, Hunter James comes out saying that he wasn’t going to let a woman speak before him. James says that Rose needs to leave and make him a sammich because he’s absolutely varsity and can go all night long. Rose slaps the taste out of his mouth.  Arian Locklear comes out, the Authority Figure here at UWF. He’s the wolf and he doesn’t concern himself with the opinions of sheep. As the authority figure, Adrian Locklear aka Pops the Wolf, he’s looking for great talent. He believes that the Natural Born Legend, Rose can beat James and makes the match. James doesn’t want to wrestle a woman. Wolf doesn’t care and we have a match.

3^rd match: Natural Born Legend Crystal Rose vs "Absolutely Varsity" Hunter James.

James gets a crybaby chant and a JV chant, and someone even yells out Pee-Wee. James's showing off and Crystal shows out and sends James out of the ring. Back in the ring, James lands a drop kick and puts Rose in a headlock, still complaining about food not being ready. James gives Rose a front atomic drop to absolutely no effect. James realizes his mistake but Rose gives him a front atomic drop to the delight of the crowd. James goes up top but lands face first into the boot of Rose. Rose tees off and body slams James for a near fall. Rose pulls James’s arms behind him, looking for a stomp, but James rolls through and plants Rose for the win.

4^th match: Caleb Crocker vs. Vary Morales.

Crocker gets a Betty Crocker chant directed at him. Vary all over Crocker like Crocker’s chest hair, Crocker has to grab the ropes to get relief. Crocker pulls Vary’s hair to try to gain an advantage, but that doesn't work out too well as Vary sends Crocker outside and then dives on him. Fireman’s carry into a neck breaker by Crocker. Monkey flip by Crocker and then chokes Vary with his leg while talking to the ref. Crocker is yelling about taking Vary to whole ‘notha level: A falcon’s arrow only gets a near fall, though. Vary lands a few strikes but Crocker knocks him out of the ring. Crocker follows and they fight ringside. Back in the ring, Crocker lands a leg lariat from behind for a near fall. Vary lands a drop kick from the middle turnbuckle to leave both men down. A beautiful kick by Vary stuns Crocker. Vary sets up but Crocker reverses and gets a near fall. Crocker going up top, Vary catches him and they fight up top. Vary gets knocked down, Crocker goes for a splash, and Vary moves out of the way. One suplex and under-hook piledriver-ish move later, Vary pins Crocker at 12:11.

Crocker stumbles his way to the back with the crowd giving their encouragement.

Intermission.

5th match: Austin Thorne vs. Marcus Adams.

Not familiar with either man, the crowd immediately gets on Thorne’s case. Thought Page introduced Thorne as Hot Tropic but it was Hot Topic. Thorne’s got a couple of inches in height and fairly slim, Adams is built like a powerlifter. Might be a student/teacher sitch happening. Adams holds the arms of Thorne while crowd members chop Thorne’s chest. Some good back and forth in the middle minutes of the match. A body scissor chin lock by Thorne gets turned into a jaw jack. A corner splash by Adams misses but a big boot by Thorne doesn’t. Body shots by Adams into a power slam; Adams sets up in the corner for a lariat and nails it. Adams goes up top, and Thorne shoves Slim into the ropes to crotch Adams. Thorne goes to plant Adams, but Adams reverses it and wins at 11:14 after planting Thorne.

6th match: For the NCW Tag Team Championship: The Grapplers (with Austin Thorne) vs. NCW Tag Champions Alex Kytel and Eli Smiles(c).

Grappler #1 confronts Papa Wolf, asking why Xander Seabolt was banned from the building. Wolf agreed to the match being held at UWF only if Seabolt was banned. Also, if the Grapplers want this to be a title match, Thorne must leave as well. Thorne leaves, albeit rather gingerly from the previous match. Kytel and Smiles get the heroes' welcome from the crowd. It’s going to be next to impossible to tell which Grappler is which at any particular time: they are covered head to toe and can only see their eyes. One is a bit more vocal than the other, don’t know why. Smiles and Kytel frustrate the Grapplers early and often. Smiles takes the heat for his team after some Grappler shenanigans, they are really putting him through the wringer. Hope spot for Smiles after an enziguri, and he makes the tag. A quick double team by Kytel and Smiles, but one of the Grapplers punches Kytel in the face with some knucks when Ref Todd was getting Smiles of the ring. Kytel gets pinned from that at 10:22. New NCW Tag Champions: The Grapplers.

Main Event: Stevie Ray Frost (c) vs. Nick Halen for the UWF Heavyweight Championship. Referee Bill Banks.

Frost doesn’t want anything to do with Halen in the opening minutes and stalls outside. Halen drop kicks Frost through the ropes and rolls him back inside, Frost rolls out the other side. Halen goes for another baseball slide dropkick, but Frost opens up the ring skirt and traps Halen. Halen recovers and delivers several hip tosses then locks in an arm bar. Both men trade hair pulls, then head butts, knocking each other down. Frost doing some dirty work with Halen draped off the ring apron. Frost and the crowd have some good back and forth while Frost is doing damage to Halen, good stuff. Frost had words for the ref, Halen almost school boys him. Frost wears Halen down with a chin lock, Halen tries to get up, but Frost pulls him back down. Frost stomps his way around Halen’s body while yelling Who’s the best. Halen punches his way up, Frost punching along with him and they knocked each other back down. Halen kips up and starts throwing lariats on Frost. Halen does some trash-talking of his own. Frost tries for a pile driver, Halen flips it around, Halen up top, and lands the elbow. The Grapplers come out along with Curtis Coleman, who pulls the ref out of the ring and engages with the ref, while the Grapplers do damage to Halen. With the Grapplers out of the ring, Frost pins Halen at 12:15 to retain the UWF Heavyweight Championship. Everyone is Forewarned that there is a new stable in Georgia.

A fun show: they aren’t trying to re-create the wheel here, just entertaining the crowd. The wrestlers have some form of circuit going, with stops at NCW, Anarchy, SFCW, Platinum, and other promotions. UWF is on the lookout for a building of their own, where they have a bit more space to operate.

My first time seeing some of the talents in action: DC Washington, Eli Smiles, Justin Sane, Austin Thorne, and Marcus Adams. Other talents I'm more familiar with after seeing them in action throughout the years. I was told that Smiles was in a car accident not too long ago, I’m sure he was feeling that in his match.

Always good to see Crystal in action; the atomic drop bit was about as perfect as it can get.

Use the damn chair, Jaden!

IMO, Vary is often overlooked for what he brings to the Georgia scene. He can work everywhere and everyone.

Who are those masked men?

If I say anything else good about either Hunter James or Luka Daniels, I might get sued for palimony.