Alpha-1 Wrestling presents Super Slam Sunday
Date: 2/3/2019
From: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Opening Contest: Zachary Wentz vs. Trey Miguel vs. Kody Lane: Lane nails Wentz with a boot to start the match. Wentz arm drags Lane and Miguel does the same to Wentz and Lane. Lane is met with a double dropkick and goes to the apron. Wentz sends Miguel to the floor. Lane head scissors Wentz and hits a dropkick to send Wentz to the floor, as well. Miguel head scissors Lane and delivers a double stomp. Wentz knee strikes and kicks Miguel followed by a German suplex. Wentz nails Miguel with a knee strike in the corner and a kick to the chest. Wentz hits a standing shooting star press for a two count on Miguel. Lane superkicks Wentz to the floor, but Miguel kicks a charging Lane. Miguel tries for a dive, but Wentz hits a cutter over the middle rope. Wentz leaps off Miguels’ back to dive onto Lane on the floor! Miguel hits a dive onto both men on the floor. Lane nails Miguel with a boot and hits a corkscrew dive to the floor. Lane sits Miguel on the top rope, but Wentz charges the corner and uppercuts Miguel. Lane kicks Wentz in the corner, but Miguel hits a blockbuster and Lane drives Wentz down to the mat with a DDT. All three men begin to trade strikes in the middle of the ring. Lane is nailed by a double superkick and they work over Lane with kicks. Wentz hits a double stomp on Lane’s back. Miguel superkicks Wentz, and Wentz superkicks Miguel. Miguel nails Wentz with a kick to the head. Lane nails Miguel with a kick and hits a rolling firman’s carry on Miguel. Lane drops Wentz onto Miguel for a near fall. Lane senton splashes both men for a two count on both men. Miguel dumps Lane to the floor and knee strikes Wentz. Miguel hits a springboard cutter on Wentz. Lane slingshots into the ring to hit a cutter on Miguel. Wentz hits a springboard cutter for a two count. Wentz heads to the top rope after kicking Miguel on the floor. Wentz misses a double stomp and Lane delivers a kick to Wentz. Lane drives Wentz down to the mat with the Wrong Lane to win the match. (***. A fine opener to start the match. The sequence of moves where they did several versions of a cutter made me feel like I was watching some backyard wrestling in a wrestling ring. Doing moves to just moves doesn’t tend to connect with me, but it’s a fine way to start the show and Lane winning is the right call. Always promote the local talent.)
It’s announced that Hornswoggle isn’t here due to weather in Chicago. However, Hornswoggle will be a regular in Alpha-1 for the rest of 2019 and he’ll be back in March. Willie Mack will also be competing in March for Alpha-1.
In the ring, Alessandro Del Bruno and Mark Wheeler are cutting a promo about how the fans don’t deserve to see them wrestle. That happens until Wheeler superkicks Del Bruno. Wheeler is accepting the open challenge essentially.
Second Contest: Alessandro Del Bruno vs. Mark Wheeler: Wheeler works over Del Bruno with several forearms in the corner. Del Bruno delivers a knee strike, but Wheeler hits a Falcon Arrow. Wheeler waits in the corner and forearms Del Bruno in the corner. Wheeler misses a splash in the corner. Wheeler decks Del Bruno on the apron. Wheeler nails Del Bruno with a dropkick to send Del Bruno to the floor. Wheeler misses a crossbody to the floor. Del Bruno spits water at Wheeler and delivers a kick followed by a flatliner for a two count. Del Bruno kicks Wheeler several times followed by chops against the ropes. Del Bruno kicks Wheeler a few times on the mat. Del Bruno kicks Wheeler and hits a snap suplex leading to a near fall. Del Bruno kneels on Wheeler’s back and locks in a submission, but Wheeler doesn’t submit. Del Bruno kicks Wheeler in the corner and hits a running dropkick for a two count. Del Bruno forearms Wheeler on the lower back, but Wheeler counters. Del Bruno manages a rollup for a two count. Wheeler almost wins with a handful of tights. Del Bruno tries for a rollup, but Wheeler kicks out at two. Del Bruno chops Wheeler in the corner, but runs into a boot. Del Bruno forearms Wheeler on the top turnbuckle and tries for a hurricanrana, but Wheeler fights back and hits a missile dropkick. Wheeler hits a leaping forearm in the corner and hits a DDT for a two count. Wheeler works over Del Bruno in the corner, but Del Bruno kicks Wheeler in the corner. Wheeler knee strikes Del Bruno and hits a middle rope elbow drop for a two count. Del Bruno blocks a punt kick and spin kicks Wheeler. Del Bruno hits a sit out slam, but Wheeler kicks out at two. Del Bruno runs out of the corner, but is met with a side walk slam for a near fall. Wheeler misses a springboard moonsault. Del Bruno tries for a cradle, but Wheeler countered for a two count. Wheeler superkicks Del Bruno a couple of times. Del Bruno hits a Pele kick, but Wheeler hits a reverse DDT and pins Del Bruno. (**. I haven’t seen much of Del Bruno, but the commentators made it seem as if Del Bruno is some great wrestler and that didn’t come across here at all. Wheeler seemed to be a more polished worker and held my interest more so than Del Bruno. It’s a completely forgettable match, really.)
Third Contest: The Savage Society (Holden Albright & Terrell Kenneth) vs. oVe (Dave & Jake Crist) vs. Sad Buds (Brett Michael David & Rickey Shane Page): All three teams start off the match brawling in the ring. Page is double teamed by oVe before going to the floor. oVe hit a double team knee strike off the ropes onto David for a two count. Kenneth splashes Jake in the corner and they hit a spinebuster/forearm combo. Page delivers a couple of kicks to Society. Jake kicks Page a couple of times. Jake hits a suicide dive onto Page on the floor. David leaps off the top to hit a somersault dive to the outside onto everyone. Jake slams Albright onto the apron. Page forearms Jake on the floor, but Dave makes the save. Kenneth dives over the ropes to hit a dive to the floor. David delivers a jawbreaker to Kenneth and slams David with a swinging side slam. Page pump kicks Kenneth and hits a twist of fate. Jake hits a Death Valley Driver on Page, but David hits a swinging slam. Dave hits a modified DDT for a two count. Albright nails Dave with a strike for a two count. Albright sits Dave on the top turnbuckle,. but Jake makes the save and delivers a kick to Albright. oVe hit the Drive By on Albright for a two count. Jake ducks a kick by Page and hits an exploder suplex. Dave shoulder rams Page in the corner and Jake delivers a kick. Dave sits Page on the top turnbuckle and oVe hit a superplex/powerbomb combo for a two count. David drives Jake down with a butterfly backbreaker. David delivers a gut buster to Dave and hits a running big boot in the corner. Albright chops David after a distraction by Eric Cairnie and Society hits End of Times on David to win the match. (**1/2. That went shorter than I expected, but it was fine for what it was. This was oVe return as a team since 2012. Savage Society seem to be a good big man team and I like their bulldozer type double team finisher.)
Fourth Contest: Impact World Champion Johnny Impact vs. Ethan Page vs. MJF: MJF bails to the floor as soon as the bell sounds to stall. MJF yanks Impact’s leg from the floor to stall the match for a few moments. Page kicks Impact to avoids a backdrop and forearms MJF off the apron to the floor. Impact dives over the ropes to take MJF out with a corkscrew dive. MJF gets in the ring and gets punched by both Impact and Page several times. They hit stereo right hands and MJF drops to the mat. MJF is dropped to the floor following a double boot and Impact taunts MJF from the ring. Page stomps Impact and gets a one count. Page drives Impact down with a tilt a whirl gut buster. Page connects with a backbreaker for another two count. Page rams Impact into the corner and continues with strikes. Impact boots Page in the corner a few times followed by forearms. Impact slides into the ring from the apron and goes back to the apron to kick Page. MJF yanks Impact off the apron to the floor. MJF kicks Page over the middle rope and tries for a piledriver, but is backdropped into the ring by Page. Page tosses MJF into Impact with a fallaway slam knocking Impact off the apron to the floor. MJF is claiming he broke his elbow in the corner. MJF eye pokes Page and sends Page into the post. MJF stomps on Page and delivers a back rake on the apron. MJF drops Page over the middle rope and catapults Page into the ropes throat first leading to a near fall.
MJF controls Page on the mat with a side headlock. Page elbows MJF a few times and tries to come off the ropes, but is yanked down by MJF. MJF decks Impact off the apron to the floor. MJF shoulder rams Page several times in the corner and taunts the fans by doing a strut. Page boots a charging MJF and delivers a chop to drop MJF to the mat followed by several strikes. Page clotheslines MJF and connects with a forearm in the corner. Page boots MJF in the corner and hits a vertical suplex for a two count. MJF sends Page to the floor, but Impact nails MJF with a heel kick. Impact hits a knee strike and a leg drop for a two count on MJF. Impact heads to the top rope and misses a corkscrew attempt. MJF strikes Impact, and all three men trade strikes. MJF eye pokes both men and runs into a double superkick. Impact runs into a boot by Page. Page grabs Impact, but Impact elbows a few times. Page lets go and plants MJF with a powerbomb, but Impact makes the save. Impact knee strikes Page and tries for Starship Pain, but Page gets his knees up to block it. MJF axe handles Impact and tosses Impact into Page in the corner. MJF locks in a figure four on Page, but. Impact makes the save. Impact puts an arm bar on MJF, but Page puts a dragon sleeper on Impact for a trifecta submission, but they all let go before there’s a submission.
They all begin to trade strikes in the middle of the ring. Page boots MJF and Impact hits a springboard kick. MJF spikes Page with a piledriver, but Page rolls to the floor. Impact hits a spinning slam out of a powerbomb position for a two count on MJF. Impact heads to the top rope, but MJF puts the referee in the way. MJF low blows Impact and nearly wins with a cradle. Page hits a cutter on MJF. Impact hits the Moonlight Drive on Page and hits the Starship Pain on MJF to win the match and retain the title. (***1/2. I was a bit worried about the potential effort put forth in this since it’s an Impact World Champion and Johnny could have mailed it in. Instead, it turned into a good triple threat match. I’m not surprised that MJF took the fall, at all.)
Fifth Contest: Western Med Connection (Dr. Daniel C. Rockingham & Jim Nye) & Eric Cairnie vs. Allie Kat, Gregory Iron & Jody Threat: Kat and Nye kickoff the six person tag match by doing a test of strength. Nye has a cat toy to distract Kat and almost steals the match with a cover attempt. Kat rakes Nye over the chest and back followed by a kick to gain control of the match. Iron tags into the match to try his luck with Nye. Nye wants to do a test of strength, but Iron delivers several strikes and a cutter for a two count. Threat tags into the match and Nye continues to want to do a test of strength. Threat overpowers Nye and delivers a knee strike. Threat slams Nye to the mat for a near fall. Rockingham tags in and is sent into the corner followed by a clothesline. Kat splashes Rockingham in the corner and Iron cleans house with forearms. Iron splashes Rockingham in the corner for a two count. Cairnie tags into the match and is chopped several times by Iron. Iron avoids Rockingham trying to dump Iron to the floor. Cairnie drops iron over the ropes chest first and delivers a neckbreaker. Cairine continues with a suplex and tags in Nye to deliver an uppercut to Iron for a two count. Nye rams Iron into the corner and delivers a few more shoulder rams. Nye nails Iron with an uppercut to the back.
Rockingham continues to work over Iron in the corner and causes a distraction to allow Iron to be worked over more in the corner. Rockingham stomps Iron in the corner a few times. Iron fights free with strikes in the corner and hits a middle rope head scissors to send Rockingham across the ring. Rockingham prevents Iron from tagging out and Nye enters to deliver a backbreaker on Iron, but Kat and Threat make the save. Cairnie knee lifts Iron and chokes Iron over the middle rope. Cairnie sends Iron into the corner, but runs into a boot. Iron spikes Cairnie with a DDT. Kat, Threat, Rockingham and Nye are all tagged into the match. The ladies hit splashes, but miss a second attempt. The ladies hit modified Thez Presses. The ladies hit senton splashes on Cairnie. Threat clotheslines Rockingham to the floor. Kat nails Nye with a clothesline. Cairnie elbows Kat and hits a German suplex. Threat hits a Falcon Arrow on Cairnie, but Rockingham makes the save. Iron gets involved and nails Rockingham with a Flatliner. Kat headbutts Rockingham and hits a cannonball splash in the corner. Threat splashes Rockingham over the middle rope and hits a German suplex. Cairnie and Nye make the save on the cover attempt. Cairnie and Nye are dumped to the floor. Kat heads to the top rope, but is shoved off by Cairnie. Rockingham drives Iron down to the mat. Nye hits an STO on Iron, who bails to the floor. Threat enters the match all by herself with the three opponents. Cairnie misses a strike and accidentally decks Nye. Threat cleans house, but is caught on a crossbody attempt by Rockingham, who sends Threat into the corner. Nye plants Threat with an Angle Slam. Cairnie hits a diving headbutt off the top and Threat is pinned. (**. I wasn’t expecting the heels to win here since the comedy early in the match tends to lead to a babyface victory. I thought it was a fine filler match for what it was. It didn’t feel like it overstayed its welcome.) After the match, Brett Michael David gets revenge with a running boot on Cairnie, as expected.
Sixth Contest: A1 Zero Gravity Champion Cheech vs. Shane Sabre: Cheech attacks Sabre before the bell and dumps Sabre to the floor. Cheech baseball slides Sabre and messes up a cartwheel. Sabre knee strikes Cheech in the corner and hits a dropkick. Sabre monkey flips Cheech out of the corner. Sabre takes Cheech out with a suicide dive to the floor. Sabre runs into a knee strike and Cheech hits a powerbomb to maintain control of the bout. Cheech chokes Sabre in the corner for a few moments. Cheech puts a Boston Crab on Sabre, but doesn’t get a submission. Cheech knee strikes Sabre a few times on the back followed by an elbow drop for a one count. Cheech rams Sabre in the corner and hits a neckbreaker for a two count. Sabre nails Cheech with a kick to the head, but Cheech elbows free. Sabre clotheslines Cheech against the ropes and tries for a slingshot from the apron, but is met with an forearm. Cheech hits a neckbreaker for a two count. Cheech chokes Sabre in the corner and taunts the crowd. Cheech plants Sabre with a back suplex leading to a near fall. Cheech locks in a stump puller and almost wins with a rollup. Cheech chops Sabre in the corner followed by a headbutt. Sabre blocks being sent into the corner and is met with a forearm. Sabre tries for a knee strike, but Cheech sits Sabre on the top turnbuckle. Cheech tries for a suplex, but Sabre tosses Cheech to the mat. Sabre hits a flying crossbody and a clothesline. Sabre uppercuts Cheech and manages to hit a clothesline with a leg sweep. Sabre hits a modified flatliner for another near fall.
Cheech rams Sabre into the corner face first and hits a tornado DDT. Cheech holds on and hits a brainbuster for a two count. Cheech heads to the top rope, but Sabre avoids it and hits a flatliner for a near fall. Sabre avoids a knee strik, but Cheech drives Sabre down to the mat for a near fall. Sabre plants Cheech with a powerbomb and hits the Rusty Nail for a near fall. Cheech shoulder rams Sabre on the apron and gets a rollup with his feet on the ropes to steal the match and retain the title. (*1/2. The finish was a little bit flat. I was mostly bored by this one.) After the match, Nye and Rockingham attack Sabre. Space Monkey is in Japan and not in the building. Nye says on March 10th they will wrestle in a best two out of three falls match for the tag titles. Nye promises they will leave the company forever if they lose the match. Sabre manages to toss them to the floor and stands tall in the ring.
Seventh Contest: A1 Outer Limits Champion Sami Callihan vs. Justin Sane vs. Josh Alexander vs. Kobe Durst: Callihan pump kicks Sane and Alexander tosses Durst to the floor. Callihan sends Sane to the floor. Alexander and Sami remain in the ring. They trade strikes in the middle of the ring until Alexander delivers an uppercut. Alexander shoulder rams Callihan from the apron and hits a top rope shoulder block. Durst comes off the top, but Alexander avoids the offense. Durst forearms Alexander from the apron and hits a missile dropkick to send Alexander to the floor. Sane enters and big boots Durst. Sane slams Durst and comes off the ropes to hit a springboard splash for a two count. Callihan chops Sane several times and avoids a crossbody attempt. Callihan decks Sane with a clothesline. Callihan springboard clotheslines Sane off the apron. Sami slides to the floor, but Sane hits a somersault dive onto Callihan on the floor. Sane misses a leg drop on the apron and Alexander knocks Sane to the floor. Durst is caught by Alexander, but delivers a kick on the apron. Durst hits a springboard moonsault to the floor. Durst hits a middle rope Codebreaker on Callihan for a two count.
Callihan decks Durst with a clothesline and powerbombs Durst. Callihan locks in a modified stretch muffler, but Sane strikes Callihan. Sami spits at Sane, but Sane kicks Sami several times to break the hold. Sane pump kicks Sami and kicks Alexander with Sami on his shoulders. Sane slams Sami onto Alexander leading to a near fall on both men. Sane chops Alexander several times. Alexander responds with a chop to drop Sane to the mat. Alexander rams Sane into Durst in the corner and has both men on his shoulders. Alexander hits a Death Valley Driver onto both men. Alexander covers Sane, but the referee is pulled out. Alexander sits Sane on the top turnbuckle and delivers a strike. Alexander is stopped by Sami from behind and has Alexander on his shoulders to hit a Shell Shock. Sane hits a top rope splash and pins Alexander to win the match and title.
Main Event: A1 Alpha Male Champion Kobe Durst vs. Sami Callihan vs. Josh Alexander vs. Justin Sane: All four men are in the ring trading strikes. Sami pump kicks Durst and strikes the other two. Durst nails Sami with a kick and forearms the other two in opposite corners. Durst ducks a clothesline by Alexander, but Alexander delivers a backbreaker to Durst. Alexander takes Sane down and locks in the ankle lock, but Sane doesn’t submit. Sane sends Alexander into the corner chest first. Sane misses a knee strike in the corner and Alexander hits another backbreaker. Alexander hits a tombstone after Sami kicks Alexander on the knee. Sami spikes Sane with a package tombstone, but Durst makes the save. Durst piledrives Sane and covers to pin Sane to win the match and retain the title. (**1/4. For both falls, it’s a disappointing match. The match felt rushed a little bit. I was expecting something longer and the guys getting more shine.)
Kobe Durst cuts a promo saying he’s not going to be a paper champion. It’s announced that Durst will defend against Josh Briggs, Chris Dickinson and Scott Steiner at their March show. The crowd loved the Scott Steiner announcement.
Final Thoughts:
I thought this was a solid show with a strong triple threat match, but the main event was a bit underwhelming. It’s probably best as an average show, but leaning towards a thumbs up. The runtime of barely two hours made it for a quick watch.
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