Signed Trading Cards: Josh Briggs, Leyla Hirsch, Davienne, and More

These signed cards I got recently in person at Let's Wrestling on October 12, 2019 and Limitless Wrestling on October 25, 2019.

Davienne
This card I got signed in Orono at Let's Wrestle it's from the Limitless Wrestling Series II card set released in 2019 

Perry Von Vicious
These cards I bought direct from Vicious at Let's Wrestling in Orono.  Both cards are self produced by Vicious, the one on the left I believe he said was made in 2012 or 2013.  The card on the right is from his 2019 set.

Josh Briggs
This card I got signed in Yarmouth at Limitless Wrestling, it is from the Limitless Wrestling Series II card set released in 2019 

Leyla Hirsch
I bought this card from Hirsch at Limitless Wrestling in Yarmouth.  I was released by Sabotage Wrestling 

Rich Palladino
I got this signed at the recent Limitless Wrestling show in Yarmouth, this is from the 2019 New England Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame set.

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Limitless Wrestling Live Report 10/25/2019

Friday October 25th Limitless Wrestling  returned to action, this time in a new venue, at the AMvets Hall Post 2 in Yarmouth, Maine.  Canaan rode down with me and we met Mikey, Josh, & Roy there.  Carolynn attended her second ever Limitless show, the first being last month's Expo event.  Also saw the usually cast of regulars, Phil, Jess, Megan, Alex, and many others.

I like the venue a lot, easy to find, right of 295, big parking lot.  The place was packed, leaving little room for the gimmick tables but we all make due the best we can.  I would wager it was basically a sell out.

Pres-show Let's Wrestle showcase

CJ Cruz pinned "The Prize" Alec Price

These guys have has some great matches in Let's Wrestle, and if you are going to showcase the promotion you couldn't pick two better guys to represent the brand.  They brought everything that they had tonight and absolutely killed it!  Honestly this match set a very high standard for the rest of the card to have to follow.  Cruz pinned Price after a wicked missile dropkick.

Main Card

Leyla Hirsch pinned John Silver

Hard hitting match that was fast paced at times.  Several times it appeared that Silver had completely wrecked Hirsch but she just kept coming.  At one point Silver hit her with an impressive helicopter style blue thunder bomb.  It wasn't enough though as in the end Leyla walked out with her hand raised in victor.  

Maine State Posse: Aiden Aggro & Danger Kid defeated Violence is Forever: Kevin Ku & Dominic Garrini

Excellent tag team match! My first time seeing Violence is Forever live, they work very well together and utilize quick tags and high impact offense.  At one point this match broke down into a slap fight, the most violent slap fight I have ever seen.  MSP continued their winning ways pinning Ku after their finish.  I'm excited to see who is next for MSP. 

Kris Statlander pinned Caleb Konley

This was a great match, no surprise with the competitors.  We've seen Konley here in Maine before with Big Time Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Experience, including this past August in Fairfield.  However this was his first time with Limitless and I'm guessing that he'll be back.

Awesome combination tonight as Konley reversed an avalanche hurricanrana rolling through and coming with with a powerbomb, bucklebomb, and variation of a sit-out powerbomb for a two count on Stat.  Stat picked up the win with her finisher.  

Kris Stat just keeps getting better and better every time I see her.  I've heard that she signed with WWE but doesn't start until January which is great for her but bad for us.  I had gotten my picture taken with her the night she debuted in Limitless and I got another one tonight.

Gangrel defeated DL Hurst, Alexander Lee with Joey Eastman, & Danhausen in an elimination match

This was a fun match!  Lee had a lot of heat with the crowd, rightfully so, and Eastman is just a natural at getting people to hate him.  It was super cool hearing Gangrel's music and seeing his entrance, he had his goblet of blood and spit it before the match.

At the bell DL Hurst hit a quick package piledriver on Lee causing him to roll to the floor.  Danhausen then stood on the ring apron as "Tequila" began to play and he did the Pee Wee Herman dance kicking Lee in the face a couple times.  Trying to get away Lee ran into Hurst who also did the dance and kicked Lee in the face.  Rolling back in the ring he had a double kick will the fans yelled Tequila, it was a pretty amazing moment that got even better when Gangrel started doing the Pee Wee Herman dance.

The action picked up with Gangrel hitting is patented double arm suplex on Hurst.  A bit later Hurst had the upperhand on Lee but after being distracted by Eastman, Lee chop blocked Hurst and rolled him up for a three count holding the tights.

Danhausen was the next to be eliminated also by Lee after being hit with a low blow and what I'm going to call a reverse pedigree.  Not before Danhausen poured his jar of teeth down Lee's throat.

Eastman attempted to help Lee but got blood spit in his face from Gangrel who then pinned Lee after a wicked implant DDT.  For a guy that is 50 years old Gangrel looked awesome. 

Anything Goes: Dan Maff pinned Mathew Justice

WOW!  I'm not even going to try just go find this match and watch the hell out of it!  They beat the piss out of each other in and out of the ring first with just their first and then brought in tables and doors.  When the match was over the ring was a mess of broken door debris.

I'm a HUGE fan of Mathew Justice now and I want him at every Limitless show going forward.  The matches he could have with Ace Romero, Briggs, Greene, and basically everyone. 

Women's Scramble Match
Ashley Vox defeated Masha Slamovich, Jody Threat, Allie Kat, & Skylar with Jeremy Leary

This was the first match back after intermission and it got the crowd back up.  Got to see Slamovich with a sweet wheelbarrow suplex on Vox and Saito suplex on Kat.  Threat was irish whipped by Kat on her skateboard into Slamovich spearing her into the chairs.  Vox got the win when she submitted Slamovich.

Post match Kris Stat came out to celebrate with Vox, who got up on Stat's shoulders.  Stat then cut a promo stating that they were a team and proposed they take on MSP.  Then she said they should challenge the winner of Greene vs. Briggs in a triple threat match.  But ultimately she decided "How about I finish what I started and fucking murder you" dropping Vox on her face.

After a pull apart brawl Statlander challenged Vox to a Last Creature Standing Match.

"Red Death" Daniel Garcia submitted Fred Yehi

And now for something completely different.  This match was an excellent mat based encounter with striking, reversals, and submissions.  I friggin loved it!  So glad to see Yehi back and I hope he doesn't take so long to comeback next time.

Garcia submitted Yehi with a modified sharpshooter.

JT Dunn, Christian Casanova, & Joshua Bishop defeated Kevin Blackwood & The Butcher and The Blade

This was a wild and fast paced match.  One sick spot the Butcher had Casanova in a Texas cloverleaf, he picked him up and slammed him back down into a powerbomb and right back into a cloverleaf, it was friggin brilliant!

Blackwood had Casanova up in a fireman's carry and wiggled out, Dunn then appeared to accidentally hit Blackwood with death by elbow getting the pin. 

Limitless Wrestling World Champion: Anthony Greene pinned Josh Briggs 

Solid main event Glad to see Briggs back, it's been a long time since he was last in Limitless since his hip injury.  These two guys brought it for a solid match that saw Greene retain with his super tomikazi.

Post match Greene cut a promo challenging Teddy Hart, which everyone seemed to really like the idea of Greene vs. Hart one on one.  But then he said to bring Davey Boy with him and he would get Ace to be his partner.  Still an awesome match, but I hope we get Greene vs. Hart down the line. 

It was another great show from top to bottom for Limitless.  Through-out the night they announced their return to this venue on Black Friday November 29th for what will presumably be their last show of the year.

Warhorse returns, AG & Ace vs. The New Hart Foundation, the return of JD Drake, and Last Creature Standing Kris Statlander vs. Ashley Vox.  I think tickets go on sale on November 11th at www.limitlesswrestling.com

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Signed Trading Cards: Tommy Dreamer, Teddy Hart, Retro AG, & more

On Saturday March 9th I attended Limitless Wrestling "Welcome to the Dance" where I got these trading cards signed.  You can read my report about the show here.

Tommy Dreamer

This card is from the ECW set that was released in 2000 as an accompaniment with the Original San Francisco Toymakers ECW Bash of the Brawlers Action figures.

I'm not sure how many cards are in this set but I have cards signed by Dreamer, Lance Storm, Jerry Lynn, Steve Corino, and Super Crazy.  Other unsigned cards that I have are Tajiri, Rob Van Dam, Sandman, & Sabu.  Other cards that I have seen are Chris Candido, Axl Rotten, Nova, Balls Mahoney, Little Guido, Rhino, Justin Credible, Mike Awesome, & New Jack.  Each wrestler has two cards.

These cards and the NWA Wonderama cards are my two favorite sets to get signed because it represents my two favorite times in wrestling to go back and watch.

"Retro" Antony Greene

This card was released in the Highspots crate in the month of March 2019.  I got this card direct from AG as he had extras.  Above is the front of the card which is signed by the Platinum Hunnies and below is the back of the card signed by Greene. Typically I don't like getting the back of cards signed but the set up of the back of this card is wicked cool.  These HighSpots cards are really nice and I've managed to get a few direct from the wrestlers, it would be nice if Highspots sold them apart from the subscription box.

Teddy Hart

I have searched thoroughly in the past for a Teddy Hart trading card and as far as I know this is the only trading card out there that he is featured on.  This card is from the Limitless Wrestling Moments set that was released after the Limitless Wrestling Series I set.  This moment is from September 2017 when Josh Briggs accepted Teddy Hart's open challenge for the next show.  I got it signed by Briggs back in December at Limitless Wrestling No Control in December 2018.

Brett Domino

This card is from the Limitless Wrestling Series I released in 2018.  I had the card signed by DL Hurst at Let's Wrestle Rumble in January 2019.  You can pre-order Domino's first t-shirt via his twitter @brett_domino

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Signed Trading Cards: MSP, Josh Briggs, Anthony Greene

These cards I got signed at the Limitless Wrestling "No Control" event that took place on November 30, 2018 at the Portland Club.  You can read my report about it here.

Anthony Greene
The first card is a limited edition hologram to go along with his original set.  The card was made by Todd Graham of Proving Ground Brand where you to can get your own custom trading cards made.  Following the link above of catch him on Facebook.  The second card is AG's Limitless card.  I got the hologram card by trading with AG as I had an extra Limitless card.

Josh Briggs
The first card is from the Limitless Series 1 set.  The second card was from a limited edition 9 card Limitless Wrestling Moments set.  I was very fortunate to get a set of these.  This card features the moment from September 22, 2017 when Teddy Hart issued an open challenger that was answered by Briggs.  The match was delayed but eventually happened at "Feed the Need" on May 11, 2018, Briggs defeated Hart.

Maine State Posse
The fist card featuring all three members of MSP: Alexander Lee, Danger Kid, & Aiden Aggro, the second card is also from the Limited Edition set.  The moment is from September 14, 2016 "Past Your Bedtime" in Orono, Maine.  This show featured the birth of the Maine State Posse, albeit in a losing effort to Christian Casanova & Brick Mastone.

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Roy's Review: Limitless Wrestling May 11, 2018

Here is my review of Limitless Wrestling's Feed the Need in Portland, Maine at Club Portland on May 11, 2018

All photos are courtesy of Harry Aaron you can view his entire album on his flickr page.

Match 1: Green Ant, Thief Ant and Nytehawk defeated Hermit Crab, Cajun Crawdad and The Whisper

Going in I didn't really expect much from this match but I was very surprised with it. This was a throwback Chikara match. All the guys worked hard and it showed. If Chikara had more matches like this I might actually watch some of their shows.
7/10

Match 2: Brody King defeated Eli Everfly

Brody beat the piss out of Everfly. Everfly did get some really cool high flying spots in but in the end he lost to a sick piledriver.
7.5/10

In Ring: Ace Romero comes out and says he wants to know who his opponent is right now. Anthony Greene comes out. This causes enough of a distraction for Brett Domino to come out and attack Ace Romero, which leads to

Match 3: Ace Romero defeated Brett Domino w/Anthony Greene
Ace squashed him in about a minute.
2/10

In Ring: Anthony Greene says that Brett Domino wasn't Ace's opponent. Then AR Fox comes out.

Match 3: Ace Romero defeated AR Fox

They started the fight in the entryway and beat the hell out of each other for a good 10 minutes. Ace hit a sick pounce on Fox blowing him out of the ring.
7.75/10

Match 4: The Dream Team: Austin Theory & Christian Cassanova w/Stokely Hathaway defeated The Workhorsemen: Anthony Henry & James Drake and The Rascals: Trey Miguel & Myron Reed

Great match with tons of crazy action. I was very impressed with The Rascals and I'm hoping they come back. In the end The Dream Team got, in my opinion, a surprise win.
8/10

Match 5: Ashley Vox defeated Rachel Ellering

This match was ok but it was very clear that Rachel Ellering was on a completely different level than Ashley Vox. She may have even been holding some back. The ending was very quick and unexpected. I didn't see it coming.
6/10

In Ring: Ashley Vox says she has qualified for the Vacationland Cup.

In Ring: The Maine State Posse and Joey Eastman are in the ring for their 5 minutes. Jon Alba was there to kinda be a moderator. Aidan Aggro and Alexander Lee basically tell Joey Eastman to pound sand but Danger Kid teases some dissension among the ranks of MSP. Joey Eastman says that he wants to be the father he can't be to his son to MSP. Danger Kid then slaps Eastman. Eastman then says that he guarantees and MSP victory in July because they will be facing each other in a Triple Threat Match in the Vacationland Cup.

Match 6: Anthony Greene defeated JT Dunn in a Street Fight

Sick match. Very brutal. Anthony Greene got slammed on tacks, took a tombstone on a chair and fell through a table from the top rope but somehow still won. Dunn set up what looked like a chair table and went to slam Greene off the top through it but Brett Domino came out and helped Greene slam Dunn through it instead. Check this out it was really awesome
9/10

In Ring: Ace Romero comes out and tells Anthony Greene that in July they will fight each other in a Steel Cage Match.

Match 7: Darby Allin defeated Zachary Wentz

Crazy fast paced match. I don't understand how these guys weren't blown up. The end was very quick with Allin getting Wentz in a neat trapping pin. I would have like to see this match go another 5 minutes.
8/10

Match 8: Skylar defeated Kimber Lee

Very good match here. The best Skylar match I've ever seen. She has improved a ton in her time away from Limitless Wrestling. They beat the hell out of each other for a good 10-15 minutes until Skylar got a surprise roll up for the win.
8.75/10

Match 9: Ace Austin defeated AJ Gray, Jake Parnell, Tony Deppen, Bolt Brady and Kevin Ku in a 6 Man Scramble

This may have been the best 6 man scramble in Limitless Wrestling history. Fast paced with tons of action. All of the guys impressed especially Kevin Ku. I saw him wrestle his first few matches 4 or 5 years ago and he has improved drastically. With the win it seems that Ace Austin will become a regular.
8/10

Match 10: Free to Think: Jeff Cannonball & Brandon Kirk defeated The Thick Boys: Jon Silver & Jay Freddie

They battled all over ringside for a good 5 minutes before the bell even rang. Once the action got into the ring it settled into a solid tag match. I was surprised to see The Thick Boys lose since they are the top tag team in Limitless Wrestling right now.
7/10

Match 11: Josh Briggs defeated Teddy Hart

Absolutely sick match. How these guys were able to walk afterwards is beyond me. They hit at least a dozen sick, backbreaker type moves. In the end Briggs got the win after a chokeslam backstabber. Check this match out. Its great.
9/10

In Ring: Teddy Hart puts over the fans, Indy wrestling and Josh Briggs.

In Ring: Josh Briggs says he will win the Vacationland Cup.

This show scored an 88 out of 110 for an overall score of 80.00%. This was an awesome show. Especially the street fight and the main event. Those 4 guys gave everything they had. I was also very impressed with Skylar vs. Kimber Lee. This was the best women's match in Limitless Wrestling history. Check this show out you won't be disappointed.

Limitless Wrestling returns to Westbrook Friday July 27th featuring the Vactionland Cup and Anthony Greene vs. Ace Romero inside a steel cage

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Limitless Wrestling 1/19/2018 "The World Is Ours" Live Report

On Friday night January the 19th Limitless Wrestling brought their brand of professional wrestling to the Westbrook Armory with "The World Is Ours" and they did not disappoint!  Alex made the drive with me and we met Mikey, Roy, Derek, Bradford, Phil, and many many more compatriots taking in eleven matches, ten on the main card and one YouTube pre-show contest.

Pre-Show

Kalvin Strange & Xavier Bell defeated Mark Sterling & Jaxon Stone

Glad to see Bell back on the card, it was odd not having him on the show in November.  My first time seeing Jaxon Stone and I hope he comes back I'd like to see more of him.  To me this match highlighted Kalvin Strange a native Mainer making his Limitless debut.  He trained with Lance Storm and I've seen him on a few IWE shows in hte past.  This was his best outing and I was surprised to see him get the submission victor on Stone for his team.  Sterling took a couple nasty bumps on his neck I hope he's okay.

Main Show

Darby Allen pinned Jeff Cobb

Second show in a row for Allen, Cobb's first in quite a while.  Cobb is a big powerhouse and Allen is so fast flying around the ring and yet their styles meshed tremendously.  Allen got the surprise, dare I say upset win with a unique pinning combination.  He stepped through like he was going to go for a sharpshooter but them fell forward tying up Cobb's legs and using his own body weight against him.  Three count came out of nowhere for a big pop and shocking finish.

Triple Threat Match: Martin Stone defeated David Starr and Fred Yehi

This was Stone's and Yehi's debuts with the returning Starr rounding out this Triple Threat Match.  In his 15th year Stone might be better known from NXT and the WWE UK Tournament as Danny Burch.  All three of these guys are fantastic mat based wrestlers that have some high flying in there repertoire.

This is the first time I have ever seen and three way Greco-Roman knuckle lock and it was tremendous.  It was unique seeing three guys applying and reverse mat based holds and submissions with such ease.  Stone submitted Yehi and per the stipulation of the match he gets to chose his opponent on March 30th.  I'm hoping Zack Sabre Jr, after their match at Beyond this is one I want to see in person.

Allie Kat, Kris Stadtlander, & Ashley Vox defeated The Maine State Posse: Danger Kid, Alexander Lee, & Aidan Aggro

Limitless keeps bringing new female talent and I hope it continues.  This match was very entertaining and gave us some great comedy and great action.  My first time seeing Allie Kat and Stadtlander and I hope it's not the last.

It really seemed to me like the Posse was holding back in this match but the ladies sure as hell weren't.  Both Allie Kat and Stadtlander connected with some sick kicks including Stadtlander's scissor kick.  Allie Kat got the pin on Danger Kid after a sick looking piledriver.

In March Limitless should bring back Allie Kat & Stadtlander to team up against Willow Nightingale & Skylar.

In Ring: Joey Eastman came out offering his services to the Posse and if they are not interested as a team then maybe just one of them would be.  After much deliberation Danger Kid accepted Eastman's offer and left the ring with him leaving Aggro and Alexander in disbelief.

Whiskey Dick: "Top Shelf" Troy Nelson & Dick Justice defeated Brett Domino & DL Hurst

I'm not a Dick Justice fan, I am a Troy Nelson fan.  Brett Domino is an asshole and I love it.  His facial expressions and over the top behavior is excellent, I look forward to seeing more.

Maxwell Jacob Friedman submitted Matt Cross

Another impressive showing by MJF who is my favorite heel on the independents.  For me I wasn't very impressed with Matt Cross vs. Petey Williams last November in Portland.  Tonight I got to see the Matt Cross that I was expecting last time.  MJF got the surprise submission victory after Cross missed a 450 splash.

In Ring: Stokely Hathaway came out inviting MJF to join the Dream Team.  MJF seemingly accepted but then Darby Allen came out and attempted a dive from the top rope onto MJF who pushed Hathaway into the oncoming Allen saving himself.  Not sure if Hathaway rescinded his offer or not.

Tessa Blanchard pinned Deonna Purrazzo

A truly fantastic match!  We got a little bit of everything, mat wrestling, submissions, high flying, and I finally got to see Tessa win a match in person!  Talking with her before the show she said she was done with Stardom for now, she felt she had gone as far as they were going to push her.  She'd love to go back to Japan but she was plenty busy at the moment.  I hope she finds time to comeback to Limitless and this time not take a year to do so.

"Dirty Daddy" Chris Dickinson pinned Eddie Kingston

I was not disappointed with this match, but it was not the match I was expecting.  The promo that Dickinson cut in November was so scathing that I figured these guys would jump start the bell and just start throwing hands.  Instead it was a feeling out process that eventually lead to some stiff back and forth blows.  Eventually Dickinson landed the pazuzu bomb for the three count.

"All Ego" Ethan Page and The Thick Boys: Jay Freddie & John Silver defeated The Dream Team: Mr. Grimm, Christian Casanova, & Austin Theory with Stokley Hathaway

A good match but the big story coming out of this was near the end of the match the bottom rope broke.  They finish came when the Thick Boys nailed their finish on Casanova for the double pin.  I will continue to point out that this is an illegal pin and the referee should not count the fall.

Massage NV: Dorian Graves & VSK defeated The Work Horsemen: "New Age Enforcer" James Drake & Anthony Henry

This was my favorite match of the night!  We got some fantastic tag team wrestling from two teams and not guys thrown together.  Limitless had brought Henry and Drake in before but this was the first time as a tag team.

Even with the bottom rope missing these two teams delivered.  Sincerely you need to watch this match when you have the chance.  Limitless Wrestling needs more of the Work Horsemen.

Fatal Four Way: Anthony Greene defeated Ace Romero, JT Dunn, & Josh Briggs

The match that was billed to discover the Ace of Limitless Wrestling.  This match was exactly what you would expect from these four.  It quickly spilled to the floor with all four working their way to the back of the venue where Dunn jumped off the top of the lockers onto the other three.

The four then battled back towards the ring past the merchandise tables where among all the chaos Jeff Cobb calmly sat eating his dinner unfazed by everything going on around him.  It was hilarious.  Greene eventually made his may back to the ring throwing eight steel chairs in a pile in the center.  His intention was to splash a prone JT Dunn from the top rope, however Dunn superplexed them both onto the debris it was pretty sick!

The finish came when everyone hit there finishers and Greene rolled up Dunn for the three count with a handful of trunks to win the match officially becoming the Ace of Limitless Wrestling.  However this was over shadowed by what came next.

In Ring: Teddy Hart made his surprise return to the pop of the night.  He cut a promo on Briggs, Romero, & Dunn challenging them to a six man tag team match on March 30th with his partners AR Fox and Sami Callihan!

There was some changes to the show tonight that I really liked a lot.  The doors opened on time, the pre-show and main show started as advertised.  The quickly started the next match after the previous one finished.  Intermission did not run excessively long and in the end the show finished up at just about 11pm.

I applaud the final two matches where the wrestlers didn't seem to let the fact there was no bottom rope stop them from doing their best in the ring.  The only thing missing from the show was the staple six way scramble match.

Limitless returns March 30th and when tickets go on sale February 5th I can't throw my money at them fast enough!  Already advertised:

Teddy Hart, AR Fox, & Sami Callihan vs. Josh Briggs, Ace Romero & JT Dunn

Dabry Allen vs. Maxwell Jacob Friedman

Martin Stone vs. An Opponent of his choosing

Danger Kid with Joey Eastman will face an opponent to be determined by Mr. Eastman

also appearing Joey Janela, Brian Cage, and Chase Owens of the Bullet Club plus more

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