Roy's Review: Beyond Wrestling New England Mania/Midas Touch 10/2/2016

Here are the results from Beyond Wrestling this past Sunday in Somerville, MA:

New England Mania

Match 1: The American Destroyers (Donovan Dijak and Mikey Webb) defeated Team Lovelee (Kimber Lee and Heidi Lovelace). A solid match, better than I expected. The women took a wicked beating, especially when Dijak was in. Some goods spots in this one. Not necessarily my choice to open up the day but a decent match none the less.
7/10

Match 2: Brian Fury defeated Dave Cole.  It was really short maybe 5 minutes long. Cole looked the best I have seen him but I still don't like him.
4/10

Match 3: The Crusade for Change (Darius Carter, TJ Marconi, Anthony Gangone, Devin Blaze and Tommy Trainwreck) defeated Biff's Kids (Ace Romero, Xavier Bell, Sully Banger, Chuck O'Neil and Flip Gordon). Before the match O'Neil dogged everyone on his team. This a decent match but nothing really spectacular. About 5 minutes in O'Neil bailed on his team turning it into a 5 on 4 handicap match. Biff's Kids fought hard but couldn't overcome the odds. With this win The Crusade for Change improved to 10-0 in Beyond Wrestling.
6/10

Match 4: Jordynn Grace defeated Alexxis. Nothing really special here. It wasn't a horrible match but it wasn't really great either. Grace used her strength advantage like always. After the match Taeler Hendrix came out and attacked Grace along with Anthony Stone and Davey Cash. Apparently they are all a stable because they are from New Bedford. Hendrix attacked Grace's leg with a bat.
5/10

Match 5: Keith Lee defeated Brian Milonas. This was way better than I expected. Milonas is really good for a 400+ pound guy. There were a few botched spots just because of how massive both guys are, but overall a really solid big guy match.
7.5/10

Midas Touch

Match 1: Tracy Williams defeated Chris Dickinson by Reverse Decision. These two beat the hell out of each other. A good hard hitting battle. Dickinson originally got the win with a Rings of Saturn but he wouldn't let go so the referee reversed the decision.
7.5/10

Match 2: Team Pazuzu (Pinkie Sanchez, Angel Ortiz and Mike Draztik) defeated Massage NV (NSK and Dorian Graves) and Joey Ryan. This was the comedy match that you would expect. If your into that kind of match it was great but I'm not really into that sort of thing anymore.
5.5/10

Match 3: Matthew Riddle defeated Jaka. These two beat the hell out of each other in a good match. Lots of suplexes. Just a really good hard hitting match. Riddle got the win when Jaka passed out in a submission hold.
7.75/10

Match 4: Tessa Blanchard defeated Ricochet. This was a good match but it was kinda weird. They were playing it up as boyfriend vs. girlfriend which I didn't really care for.  Despite this it was a solid really hard hitting match.
7/10

Match 5: Deonna Purrazzo defeated Sonya Strong. Good match here. Strong continues to improve. There were a few botches but nothing really terrible. After the match Strong refused to shake hands with Purrazzo. Kimber Lee then comes out and tells her that she stuck up for her and she needs to show some respect. Strong the turns heel and slaps Lee in the face. Then flips them both off.
7/10

Match 6: Joey Janela w/Penelope Ford defeated Jonathan Gresham. This match was good but it seemed a little off at times because they are so opposite when it comes to styles. Despite this a good solid match.
7/10

Match 7: War Machine (Warbeard Hanson and Raymond Rowe) defeated Da Hit Squad (Monsta Mack and Dan Maff). Great hard hitting match. These guys were really trying to destroy each other. Check this one out. When the battle spilled to the floor a guy in the VIP section jumped up and started screaming "FIGHT! FUCKING FIGHT!" It was funny as hell. Hopefully they will do a rematch and have it be no DQ or something like that.
8.28/10

Match 8: Jon Silver defeated Michael Elgin. Great match. Must be seen. These guys tore the house down. Tons of power moves. Check this one out.
9.5/10

Overall a good day of wrestling and a great way to cap off and excellent weekend of wrestling. Especially since Mikey got free tickets. 

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Limitless Wrestling "Under Fire" Results

Limitless Wrestling returned to the Limitless Arena January 30th for their 3rd event "Under Fire" headlined by Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Chris Hero.

Mikey and I rode up to Orono parking at the venue and walking to the Orono House of Pizza for dinner.  There we met up with Roy, Josh, Jesse and others before heading over to wait in line for the show to start. 

Once inside I got my photo taken with Zack Sabre Jr. and he signed a card for me.  Chris Hero also signed a card for me.  Mikey and I secured our front row seats in the same spot Canaan and I sat in at Killin' & Thrillin' in November. 

The opening match was AR Fox vs. Ace Romero in a fast paced and hard hitting match up.  Fox nailed Romero with so many of his aerial moves including his ultra impressive dive over the corner post to the floor.  Ace got the win in one his best matches I have ever seen.

Honestly when I first saw Ace in 2013 he was in a tag team and I didn't think much of him and wasn't impressed at all.  That all changed when I saw Ace in a singles match July 2014 against Graves.  Then in September in a losing effort against Scott Wild I became a fan.  I have to give him all the credit in the world for busting his ass to improve and now he's one of the guys I look forward to seeing the most, and he killed it this night with AR Fox. 

The Fatal Four way match for the House of Glory Tag Team Championships was my favorite kind, an elimination match with Lucha Rules.  Alexander Lee was forced to team with Danger Kid and after being eliminated first Lee blamed Kid and the two battled to the back.  No doubt we will see a singles match between them in the future.  Next eliminated was the Herbal Corps.  In a very impressive move JGeorge nailed a swinging full nelson, I love it when someone busts out classic never seen moves.  Private Party retained, Isiah Kassidy is young and is wicked good, can't wait to see more of him.

House of Glory Elite Champion: Anthony Gangone successfully defended his championship against a very game Sonya Strong.  This is only the second time I have seen Sonya and she is fantastic.  Not only that but she is one tough lady.  Gangone won with what looked a combination of a cobra clutch and cattle mutilation, the referee stopped the match after Sonya's had dropped 3 times.  I would love to see Sonya at future shows against the likes of Heidi Lovelace, Tessa Blanchard, Kimber Lee and others.

"Firebrand" Brian Fury waged war with Xavier Bell submitting bell with a vicious Boston crab.  This match spent more time on the floor than in the ring and the welts and bruised on both men showed this.  Fury has been around a long time and has always delivered in the ring.  He is finally getting some much deserved attention from Ring of Honor advancing in the Top Prospects tournament.  Bell is, I believe, a student of Biff Busick and he demonstrates a level of intensity reflecting this.  I'm anxious to see Bell in more singles matches.

The Influence vs. M1nute Men was the first match back from intermission.  These two teams just didn't click for me tonight.  The match wasn't bad it just wasn't that good.  The timing which made it not flow very well. 

Scott Wild picked up a win coming out on top of a wild 1 fall Fatal Four Way match that also featured Christian Casanova, Kris Pyro, & Ken Broadway.

"The Carnivore" Alex Mason continued his losing ways, his record now 0 - 3 in Limitless after Brick Mastone got the pin.  After the mach Mason snapped beating down Mastone with a chair and even attacking the referee post match for counting the fall.

The main event of the evening could be a main event on any card around the world as Zack Sabre Jr. wrestled Chris Hero in the greatest matches I have ever seen in person.  Being in Maine I'm used to "names" coming in and going through the motions of a match and this was not the case at all.  They seemed to hold nothing back battling in and out of the ring hitting each other some very stiff shots and painful looking holds.  After 24 minutes and 10 seconds of competition Sabre scored the pin for the win.  Both wrestlers received a much deserved standing ovation for their efforts.

After the show I got my photo taken with Hero & Sabre to commemorate the awesomeness of the match.

The event was recorded by TC Tapes, so you know it's going to look good, and live commentary was done throughout the night mostly with Steve "The Turtle" Weiner and one of the wrestlers.  For instance Chris Hero during the Ace Romero vs. AR Fox match.

Limitless Wrestling returns March 19th in Orono with Brian Meyers, Chris Dickinson, Donovan Dijark, Anthony Greene, Sonya Strong and more.

It started snowing and the interstate sucked.  It took Mikey and I over an hour to go 35 miles then suddenly the snow just stopped and the roads were drive.  I got to work about 1am, it was a fantastic evening!

Quick Results

Announcer: Rich Palladino

Attendance: 250

Ace Romero pinned AR Fox

Fatal 4-Way Elimination Match: House of Glory Tag Team Champions: Private Party: Marq Quen & Isiah Kassidy defeated Cuban Rum Crisis: “Top Shelf” Troy Nelson & JGeorge, Alexander Lee & Danger Kid, and Herbal Corps: Rembrandt Lewis & Adam Falcon last eliminating Cuban Rum Crisis

House of Glory Elite Champion: Anthony Gangone defeated Sonya Strong

“Firebrand” Brian Fury submitted Xavier Bell

The Influence: Mike Montero & Jason Devine defeated M1nute Men: Devin Blaze & Tommy Trainwreck

Fatal Four Way: “White Delight” Scott Wild defeated Kris Pyro, Christian Casanova, & Ken Broadway

Brick Mastone pinned “Carnivore” Alex Mason

Zack Sabre Jr. pinned Chris Hero in 24 minutes 10 seconds

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