The House was indeed burned down. Cameron Keast defeated Harley Haven in the ladder match for the masks. It was the wild and crazy roller coaster ride it had to be since they couldn't do a real match. Harley is developing into a great manager but she's not a wrestler. Hence ProSouth's creative minds had to work overtime.
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No promotion thinks in threes quite like ProSouth.
Three more teams were revealed for the Trinity Challenge Cup trios tournament which takes place next weekend, April 26 and April 27. The tournament is back to traditional two night format with a better build than last year.
For the third straight week, Ace Haven and Shean Christopher went at it outside the bounds of an actual match.
Chris Kamikaze got screwed out of the YouTube Championship just like he got screwed out of the GWH Power Rankings.
The All-Out Championship has thus far eluded KJ Impala and he was pinned by champion Ayden Andrews in a tag match this week. But the chase is not over.
Brandon Whatley had a new disciple in the Serpent Ninja Academy.
Wicked Nemesis and Mathias Darkthorne on commentary. Referees: Adam Hunter, Gavin Peel and Kevin Tubbs. Katie Lindsey and Joseph Void as the ring announcers and rover camera people.
Chris Kamikaze promo. Kamikaze said he had been the top guy everywhere he'd been but lately, his confidence was a little shook and he was feeling disrespected. He hadn't won a title since coming to ProSouth. People are making lists and guess who's name isn't on them? Kamikaze said if he didn't win a championship in ProSouth be the end of the year, it was time to hang it up. He had a match with Caeden Ooten for the YouTube Championship tonight and he knew House of Harley would get involved.
Ooten led HOH into the ring and clocked Kamikaze with the title belt. Ooten gave Kamikaze repeated shots to the back with the belt and laid him out for good with a Loaded Gun Complex on the belt. Kamikaze needed help from ProSouth personnel to get to the dressing room.
Kamikaze's promo certainly rang of truth and those are best kind.
Nick Halen video promo. Halen said there wasn't time enough to run through his accolades and why he was the best wrestler on the planet. "The Blue Collar Rock Star" Aaron Dallas had been impressive since winning the ProSouth Championship but none of his opponents had pushed him to the limit. It was time to find out what Dallas was really made of, if he could swim in the deep end and hang with the great whites.
A wonderful surprise and feather in ProSouth's cap to get one of Georgia'a best to Piedmont for a title match.
(1) ProSouth Champion Aaron Dallas defeated "Urban Cowboy" Julius Pryor in non-title match. (4 minutes). Pryor jumped Dallas as he was contemplating Halen's words. Dallas delivered a phenomenal spinning TKO and called for the Steel Toe. Pryor countered with a spinwheel kick. Darkthorne made the point he's made many times: your opponent can hear you calling it. Dallas got his feet up on Pryor's quebrada and pinned him with a Steel Toe.
Precisely the match the Dallas needed to have heading into the match with a wrestler of Halen's caliber.
Dallas promo. He accepted Halen's challenge. Nick was right. It was time for him to take Halen's test. When they got in the deep end, he would out swim Halen and push his shoulder underneath the water and only let him up after he heard 1,2,3. When Halen gasped for air as AD raised the title above his head, he would know what Aaron Dallas was made of.
Dallas is adding and nuance to his character. He showed great fire and I liked how he extended Halen's deep sea metaphor.
Brandon Whatley initiates Pryor into the Serpent Ninja Academy. Whatley told Pryor him being an urban cowboy didn't work at all. Pryor should be the martial arts killer Whatley knew he could be. No way Pryor should be losing match after match. The only time Pryor was successful was when he was with Whatley and they were tag team champions at New Era. Whatley laid claim to being the most dominant ProSouth Champion of the last decade. Whatley threw Pryor's cowboy hat on the mat and told him he had a decision to make: Keep losing or roll with Whatley in the Serpent Ninja Academy. Pryor stomped on his cowboy hat.
Whatley made a cogent, logical argument that Pryor smartly did not resist. I liked Whatley putting over Pryor's legit feats of strength. The guy has talent. Teaming up with Whatley just might be the ticket and certainly makes SNA a more formidable team.
Flashback Friday sponsored by the RobBrod Report: How a new trios team was formed during the heat of battle leading to...
Trinity Challenge Cup Team Reveal: Jake Ass DIKs (Jake Franklin & Brother Azriel & KJ Impala)
(2) Jake Franklin defeated Christian Garrett (with Harley Haven & Caeden Ooten & Ozzy Owens) in 6:01. Katie Lindsey announced Kamikaze as being medically disqualified from the YouTube title match later tonight. Therefore, Owens would get the title shot because he was the runner up in the four-way qualifying match. Ooten said this would be like a night off for him. Owens took exception to that remark.
Ooten and Owens continued to jaw at each at ringside during the match and ended up in a shoving match. Garrett got distracted by his partners' problems and Franklin rolled him up.
HOH was in disarray. Garrett was pissed and walked to the back ahead of the rest.
All about setting up the main event and an opportunity for HOH to use facial expressions and emotional reactions to develop as performers.
(3) Wright Cats "the women love them and so do the men" (Saul Wright & Bobcat) defeated Big Ass DIKs (Brother Azriel & KJ Impala) and Atonement (Dameon Ceretone & All-Out Champion Ayden Andrews) in an elimination match to retain the ProSouth Tag Team Championship in 11:10. Yes, Katie introduced Big Ass DIKs as such. Atonement jumped the champions from behind to jump start the match. Az hit an impressive double choke slam on Atonement. Ceretone's chops were wicked stiff. A train of big moves built to Impala's F5 on Ceretone but Andrews was lying in wait with a Stamp of Atonement for Impala to eliminate Big Ass DIKs at 8:48. On the outside, Bobcat sent Andrews into the post with a a huracatrana. Referee Hunter inexplicably left the ring to check on them. Franklin hit the ring with his tag title belt and labeled Ceretone's forehead with the belt. Wright gave Ceretone the Johnny Paycheck lariat for the three count.
What had gotten into Ceretone? His vicious side is expressing itself. Good stuff early in the match, sloppy towards the end. I hate finishes where the ref leaves the ring so as not to see interference. Why would a real official do that?
Trinity Challenge Cup Team Reveals:
House of Harley Atonement Wright Cats & Kamikaze
(4) Caeden Ooten defeated Ozzy Owens to retain the YouTube Championship in 1:10. The dissension between Ooten and Owens was a swerve. Ooten poked Owens in the eyes and Ozzy let Ooten pin him.
(5) Caeden Ooten (with Ozzy Owens) defeated Chris Kamikaze to retain the YouTube Championship in 7:53. Kamikaze's was clearly not 100%. Kamikaze hit the 450 but was in excruciating pain and could not immediately make the cover. Owens pulled referee Hunter out of the ring and leveled him with the CTE as Kamikaze scored a visual three count on the champion. Kamikaze attacked Owens. Garrett ran out and gave Kamikaze a shot in the kidneys with the YouTube belt. Ooten hit Loaded Gun Complex on Kamikaze and second referee Pell showed up to make the three count. Garrett tossed the belt to Ooten and left.
Kamikaze should have been easy pickings for Ooten after the opening segment. Thanks to Ooten's cronies, he remains a top guy without a title but for how long? Wouldn't have been a title change either way but how the hell did the ref getting pulled out and killed not an automatic DQ win for Kamikaze?
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Shean (with Ravenna Vein) admitted Ace had turned the tables on him. Shean begged to fight him. Ace said he couldn't do that because that would be like fighting his son. He was ready to take this kingdom off of Ace's hands and now Ace wanted to fight him every single week. Shean wanted to know what changed?
Great promos back-to-back. if only they somehow could have ended it at that...
Christopher sucker punched Ace. They brawled. Ace took the Jimmy Rave bump over the top rope to the floor. They fought into the seating area until both were down.
In the ring, Ravenna told Amy she never wanted to be this person towards her. This was Shean and Ace's fight, so why are we part of it? As soon as Amy lowered her guard, Ravenna knocked her down with a forearm shot and pounded lumps on her head. Ace grabbed Ravenna by the hair and went for the Endgame but Ravenna socked him in the groin. Christopher then laid Ace out with the Endgame.
Round three goes to Shean and Ravenna. I felt like they should have let it marinate a before more physicality. It went on too long and the Ravenna vs. Amy detour was counterproductive. Why on earth would Amy believe one word of what Ravenna said? This was the woman who said she and Shean got tired of waiting for Ace to die.
(6) Cameron Keast defeated Harley Haven (with Caeden Ooten & Christian Garrett & Ozzy Owens) in a ladder match for the Kids of Keast masks (16:55). Harley had HOH beat Keast to a pulp. Harley did the Terry Funk ladder spot but it backfired and all of HOH got knocked down. Keast pulled out three sets of handcuffs. Dissension within HOH continued allowing Keast to temporarily put them down. Keast squared off with Harley. She did a lucha arm drag. HOH beat Keast down again. Harley gave Keast the Keyblade. Rather than climbing the ladder, HOH set up an iron coffin. Ace hit the ring and brought Owens off the ladder with a springboard Ace cutter. Ozzy was toast. Ooten gave Ace a backbreaker with his finisher and Ace was done. Garrett turned on Ooten and sent him crashing through the Iron coffin. Keast handcuffed Ooten to one of the ring posts. Keast hugged Garrett...and handcuffed him to another ring post. Harley and Keast climbed opposite sides of the ladder. Keast couldn't bring himself to give Harley the finger snap. Harley snapped Cam's fingers and threw a fireball in his face. As Harley went for the masks, they were mysteriously raised out of her reach. Amy Haven came into the ring. Harley hugged her mom...and gave her the finger snap, then handcuffed Amy to the ringpost. Harley and Keast climbed opposite sides of the ladder again. Keast snapped Harley's fingers and shoved a fireball in her face. Harley fell off the ladder. Keast paused before grabbing the masks to win the match.
For Keast, it had been a long and incredibly hard road to travel. Cam had done what he had to do and appeared to take no pleasure in moment of triumph.
A lot to like and lot of ridiculousness about this match. They kitchen sinked it -- ladders, handcuffs, fireballs, Ace and Amy. Suspension of disbelief was stretched to the breaking point. There were multiple instances when the masks were in easy reach. of HOH. Viewers had to buy they were solely interested in destroying Keast. Garrett's change of heart I could buy. The groundwork had been laid earlier in the show and he was Keast's first kid. The physical demands of the match were way beyond anything Harley had done in her short career. Her use of Keast's signature moves was a nice touch, the running knees not so much. The literal burning was the icing on the cake.
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