After the events of Wednesday at Hex, Breed returned to Abbeydale Picture House for their 5th event and it was another absolute banger of a show with a second half that had some of the best wrestling that I've ever seen live. A venue review isn't really necessary here because I've already done one for this venue (read my review on Sunday Night Yeet for that). All I'll say is that the Picture House is still an incredible place to watch wrestling and is still a little bit chilly. Right, onto the review!
The night started off with a semi final in the New Breed tournament with the ever popular Shay Purser taking on the hard hitting Connor Mills. Purser came out to his battle anthem of 'My Sacrifice' by Creed and then did an excellent job of lip syncing Mills music of choice 'Without Me' by Eminem. The match started with some fluid technical offence and eventually the action spilled to the outside with Purser demanding a beer because it was his birthday. After downing it like a true warrior, Purser appeared inebriated and Mills looked to take advantage but Purser appears to be versatile in drunken boxing and kept his chances of progression alive via this technique however, it wasn't to be for the master of Shay Fu who eventually succumbed to Mills impressive kick to the back out of a suplex. Mills advances to the final later on in the night. The second semi for the New Breed title/trophy was next with Joe Nelson taking on Omari in a real David vs Goliath match up. Nelson tried early on to take away Omari's vertical advantage by aiming for the legs however it was ineffective and Omari used his power and height to take control of the match. Nelson continued to battle though and looked to have the match done and dusted but Omari's mate Jack Ball ran in to make the distraction and momentum swung back to Omari who hit Nelson with wheelbarrow facebuster for a near fall. Despite having the disadvantage, Nelson prevailed with a tornado DDT being enough to put Omari away. Celebrations were short lived however with Omari and Ball attacking Nelson after the match leading to Nelson's friend JJ Barker coming out for the save with a kendo stick. So we have our final set, Joe Nelson vs Connor Mills, who will prevail? You'll find out later on... Next up was the Gene Munny "Bag Of Cans" Open Challenge. A little bit of context for those unfamiliar with why Munny was willing to fight someone over a bag of Fosters and Tesco's own Cider, Munny and Session Moth Martina are currently competing in the longest running wrestling match of all time with the two going at it for about 2 months. The match has spanned promotions around the world and at this point, Munny just wants it to end. So in a bid to draw out Martina, Munny bought some cans and issued an open challenge which he hoped would be answered by Martina. It wasn't. Instead the man who answered the challenge was none other than Big Guns Joe! After his defeat at the hands of Sugar Dunkerton on Wednesday, Joe was looking to record his first victory in Breed and saw the open challenge as a perfect way to get it. The man who has been tormented for months about his height looked to be on his way to victory after spraying Munny with his 'special juice' but it was all for naught as a blinded Munny managed to pick up the victory. Afterwards, as we serenaded him with Baker Street, Munny appeared to challenge Martina to finally finish the match at the upcoming Starrcave event in September. Whether Martina accepts the challenge or not is still unknown at the time of this article going live so we'll keep you updated on that when more information comes to light. The last match of the first half was a number one contenders match for the New Breed championship and would see Michael May take on More Than Hype's LJ Cleary. These two men know each other very well and matched each other almost hold for hold in the opening exchanges. After claiming a win over the referee, (does that count to his win-loss ratio?) Cleary could not pick up the win against May and it looks like whoever wins the New Breed championship later on in the night will have a tough first defence in the form of the technician, Michael May. The second half kicked off with a Women Of Steel last chance qualifier between two of Sheffield's own Ivy and Shax. These two have been at each others throats for a while now with this match being made official after the events of the triple threat at Never Fight A Man With A Perm. Ivy comes into this one on the back of a momentum boosting win on Wednesday against another local competitor in Taonga. This was a scrappy encounter with the action quickly spilling to the outside not long after the opening bell rang. It was a battle of pace vs power as both women left a mark on each other as they looked to book their ticket to the final of the Women Of Steel tournament on June 9th at This House Is A Circus. This hellacious contest came to an end with Shax proving too much for Ivy and booking her place in the tournament final. Next up was a battle of the tag teams with The N.I.C taking on The Anti-Fun Police. After serenading Santos with Happy Birthday the match got underway and both teams showed some exciting offence that made it look like this match would end in stalemate, but that wasn't the case with Chief Deputy Dunne making sure of the victory with a low blow behind the back of the distracted match official. It's a first win in Breed for the AFP and although they lost, The N.I.C shouldn't be too disheartened with their performance and I for one would love to see them compete in Breed again somewhere down the line. The returning Man Like Beano took on Breed newcomer MK McKinnan in the next matchup with Beano looking to get a first win on the board in Breed after his loss to TK Cooper in the Breed championship qualifier back at Sunday Night Yeet. The match started at a calculating pace with McKinnan edging the early stages. Beano made a comeback with the pick of his comeback probably being a suicide dive to the outside and although McKinnan looked to have the match under control, it was Beano who would pick up the win with a rope assisted twisting neck breaker. After securing his first Breed win, Beano offered a sporting handshake to the defeated McKinnan. McKinnan accepted but then proceeded to attack Beano as he left the ring. The penultimate match of the night was the final in the New Breed tournament with Joe Nelson taking on Connor Mills. Oh. My. God. This was incredible. Breed continues its streak of having a match of the year calibre type match happen every time they put on a card and its no surprise that it came from the New Breed division. Nelson and Mills put on an absolute barnstormer with both men switching it up from high octane, high flying action to hard hitting and gritty all within the space of about 25 minutes. The finish of this match was incredible and I won't spoil it because it needs to be seen to be believed. I will however spoil the winner and that honour goes to Joe Nelson and deservedly so. This had has never failed to not put on a bad match so far in his Breed career and he's a worthy first champion of the New Breed. I know I say this a lot but seriously, go and see this match. And finally, it's main event time with the team of Lucky Kid and Aussie Open taking on the trio of Chuck Mambo, TK Cooper and Spike Trivet AKA ETM. Coming off the back of a loss at the Colossal Tussle where Chris Ridgeway and Scotty Davis both earned future opportunities at his belt, Cooper was looking to bounce back however he would need eyes in the back of his head because if he was pinned in this encounter, he would lose his belt. This match started at a frenetic pace with all six competitors brawling all over the Abbeydale Picture House. Highlights have to be Mark Davis chucking Cooper through the fire escape and then proceeding to pull a knife on ETM! First question, where did he get it? Second, Where did it go once he was done with it? This is the second time a knife has been pulled on a Breed show and it does give me mini flashbacks to work but that's not a bad thing! Anyway, once all that was sorted, we were treated to a bloody good trios match with innovative offense aplenty. It looked like Kid had secured a victory over Cooper when he locked in his whirlwind cross face in the middle of the ring however before the ref could see the tap, he was pulled out by the rest of ETM. After this, another ref distraction led to Mambo hitting Kid with the belt and a pin from the self proclaimed 'Daddy of the North' meant that the belt stays with Cooper and ETM for now at least. Whew, what a show! I know I say this a lot as well but what a job Breed are doing. Not only are they putting on absolutely incredible shows but they're putting Sheffield back on the pro wrestling map. Out of everything that they've done so far, that has to be the thing they can be most proud of. They've given the people of Sheffield a product that we are lucky to have. I look forward to the next show guys, keep up the good work!
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Midweek wrestling is always cool. It's something to look forward to whilst you either work, go to college/uni or even school. So myself, along with many others, were very excited when the folks at Breed announced they were doing a midweek show at Hex nightclub in town centre. Not only was it a £5(!) to attend but there was some cracking matches on the card which made it look like it would be a brilliant night and by and large it was. So lets crack on with the review!
First off, lets start with the obligatory venue review. Hex nightclub is situated across the road from Grosvenor casino and is easily accessible by any means of transport with tram stops and bus stops located nearby so getting there was very easy. Once myself and my friend got to the venue we were greeted by a handshake from one of the owners of Breed which I thought was a really nice touch and another reason why this company has been so good so far. They've really created a family/community feel to the promotion and that has been really endearing. Hands have been shook and we took our seats. The view was good and the room was very spacious. The seats were a little bit uncomfortable to be sat in for a long period of time but that isn't a fault of Breed. another slight grumble that I had was the stickiness of the floor however, it's a club by trade, so again that isn't a fault of Breed's. All in all, the venue was a decent place to hold wrestling and I'd gladly go there again. Now onto the wrestling! The night started with debuting Adam Bolt vs the returning Alec Mikaels. The match itself was good with Bolt and Mikaels wrestling at a high pace and busting out springboards aplenty. The one downside was perhaps the crowd with very little noise being made, but that was just a small nit-pick. The match was won by Bolt after he hit a top rope diving stunner to Mikaels. This leaves Mikaels 0-3 in Breed so far however I believe that that crucial first win is just around the corner he just needs to keep on doing what he's doing and believe in himself because we all believe in him. Next up was triple threat action with all three competitors making their Breed debuts. It was Henry Faust vs Leon Blade (who has always been in and around the ring crew at previous events so its nice to see him get an opportunity here) vs Harry Peerpoint. For a big man, Peerpoint moves extremely quickly and he more than kept up with the two smaller men in the match. Blade and Faust were extremely entertaining to watch and bust out some jaw dropping moves. The match looked wrapped up for Blade when he took out Peerpoint but Faust rolled up Blade for the opportunistic win. Another debut next and this time it was a tag team with Young And Reckless coming out for their open challenge. Rumours were ripe about who they'd face. The Revival? The Young Bucks? Anti-Fun Police? It turned out it was none of those, it was the team of Joe Nelson (who is criminally young) and his best mate JJ Barker (who is also very young) this match was great and any chance to see Nelson and Barker wrestle again so soon after their barn burner at The Colossal Tussle is always welcome. Barker and Nelson were very fluid as a team and put away Young And Reckless with a roll up combination. After the match there was a show of respect between the two teams and although they lost, Young And Reckless were extremely entertaining to watch and I hope they get the chance to come back and wrestle again soon. The first half main event was an international dream match between Chris Ridgeway (congratulations on signing for Pro Wrestling NOAH!) and one half of Team Whitewolf Carlos Romo. This. Was. Sensational. It had technical wrestling, hard hitting strikes and some high octane stuff sprinkled in (a code red!). Ridgeway put away Romo with a submission and after the match there was a show of respect between the two competitors and that led nicely into the interval. I highly recommend that anyone reading this goes out of their way to see this match because it was excellent. It's becoming a pattern that a Breed card will have at least one match that is simply must see and that is nothing but good news for Breed going forward. Long may it continue. The second half kicked off with another debut with the absolutely sensational Matthew Brooks vs the returning Sandy Beach. Brooks showed off his opera lungs throughout the match, first during his entrance and then during the match as he flung Beach around. An opening night victory wasn't to be however as Sandy Beach picked up a contentious victory however, Brooks went home with his head held high as he imprinted himself on the minds of the Breed faithful. Women's action up next and it was a battle of Sheffield with Ivy taking on Taonga. Ivy was looking for a first win in Breed after her defeat in the triple threat at Never Fight A Man With A Perm and Taonga was looking to introduce herself to the Breed crowd with a victory. This was an entertaining encounter with both wrestlers putting on a slick and hard hitting encounter. Ivy built momentum for her match against Shax on Sunday at Out Of The Box as she put away Taonga and then declared Breed as her queendom afterword's and beating Shax on Sunday will be the first step to her capturing the Women Of Steel title. Our penultimate match of the night was the ever popular Sugar Dunkerton vs everyone's favourite body builder Big Joe. This was great. The clashing ideologies of Dunkerton and Joe led to a match that was a nice change of pace for the evening and left everyone with a big smile on their face. Dunkerton picked up the victory which has left Big Joe with a 0-2 record so far. Hopefully our Big boy will be able to get that big win soon Finally we come to the main event and it was unexpectedly Kyle Kingsley vs Sheffield's Mark Sanders in a hard hitting brawl that led to both men leaving it all out in the ring. Special mention must go to the third competitor in the match the chair that Kingsley took particular distaste to. Sanders picked up the victory with a powerbomb and celebrated with the chair as we filed out into the drizzly Sheffield night. In conclusion, for a £5, this was a top quality night of wrestling and has once again proved that Breed is creating something special in Sheffield and that if you get the opportunity to go to one of their events you really should. Next up is this Sunday's Out Of The Box which again, looks like a very tasty card. |
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