Best of 2024

 

Top 10 Shows

1) ICW NHB Vol. 61

2) RPW: Miasma

3) RPW:King of the Kill 2

4) GCW: Nick Gage Invitational 9

5) RPW:Malignant

6) ICW NHB Vol. 63

7) GCW: The Aftermath

8) RPW: Scum of the Earth

9) Evil Ways: I Think of Demons

10) GCW: No Compadre

Top 10 Matches 

1) MM3 v. Drake Younger: RPW: Scum of the Earth

2)Effy v. Mance Warner GCW:Cage of Survival 3

3) Joel Bateman v. Danny Darko RPW:Miasma

4) Shlak v. Matt Tremont H20: Concrete Hell

5) Eric Ryan v. Yasaku Ito ICW NHB Vol. 61

6) Nick Gage v. Jun Kasai: GCW The Aftermath

7) Nick Gage v. Ryuji Ito: GCW Ashes To Ashes

8) Christian Napier, Alice Crowley and Vincent Nothing v. Zach Thomas, Otis Cogar and Gregory Iron RPW: Malignant

9) Dr. Redacted v. Matthew Justice ICW NHB Vol 67. 

10) Dr. Redacted v. John Wayne Murdoch GCW:Bad One

Male Wrestler of 2024: Drake Younger 

Female Wrestler of 2024: Mickie Knuckles 

Tag Team of 2024: 44OH Yelllow (Atticus Cogar, Otis Cogar, Bobby Beverly and Zach Thomas)

Promotion of 2024: RPW

SVN: King of the Death Matches 2024

 

Shlak v. Ninja Mack in a First-Round 200 Cuts Death Match 

This is he we started King of the Death Match 2024. The match started sloppy but picked up when Ninja Mack used throwing stars on Shlak. Ninja Mack shot Shlak with a Blow Dart Gun. This was an okay match but the thing that took away from it was how sloppy this was. There were many botches here.

Shlak advanced via pinfall 

1.75/5

Bestia 666 v. Big Fn Joe in a First-Round Doorway to Death Match.

This was our next First-Round Match. Bestia started the match off by attacking Joe before the match started. Big Fn Joe drove Bestia 666 through a barbed wire door. This had some nice brawling but this wasn't long enough for me. 

Big Fn Joe advanced via pinfall 

1.75/5

Judge Joe Dred v. Otis Cogar in a First-Round Dog Collar Match 

This was another First-Round Match. Judge Joe Dred used the gavel to jam a spike into Otis Cogar's eye. Otis Cogar pounced Judge Joe Dred through a pane of glass. Otis used his signature straight razor and gave Judge Joe Dred a really bad cut on his forehead. Otis Cogar hit a beautiful moonsault onto a bed of tacks. This was a nice behemoth fight, and Judge Joe Dred was cut well. I hope he's okay. 

Otis Cogar advanced via submission 

3.5/5

Jake Crist v. Masada in a First-Round Sticks and Stones Match

We had another First-Round Match. Masada stabbed Jake Crist with a jagged stick. Masada got beat with a sock full of rocks by Jake Crist. These two skewered each other then Jake Crist gave Masada a cutter. Jake Crist gave Masada a Frankensteiner onto a bed of rocks. Masada powerbombed and pildrove Jake Crist into a pile of sticks for the win. This was a very violent and hard-hitting match. I liked this one. 

Masada advanced via pinfall 

2.75/5

Aeroboy v. Journey Fatu in a First-Round Match 

Journey Fatu kneed Aeroboy with a tube bundle wrapped in Barbed Wire then threw Aeroboy through a door. Journey Fatu hit a devastating tope. Journey Fatu destroyed a door over Aeroboy's head. Multiple light tubes with barbed wire were used. This was an amazing hard-hitting fight. Great stuff. 

Journey Fatu advanced via pinfall 

4.5/5

Orin Veidt v. Hoodfoot in a First-Round Match 

We had our last First-Round Match. We had Tokyo Towers and a surplus of tubes used here. Orin Veidt threw a pane of glass at Hoodfoot. This was a good match, and they made good use of the tubes; my only complaint is nitpicky as fuck, but some of the spots with the tubes were a bit repetitive for me. But still a very good match. 

Hoodfoot advanced via pinfall 

3.5/5

Shlak v. Masada in a Semi-Final Match 

We had our first match of the Semi-Final next. Shlak took a face-first bump through a pane of glass. Shlak got cut vad behind the ear from going through another pane of glass. This match did feel short, but Shlak was bleeding severely, so that could have had something to do with it. 

Shlak advanced via pinfall 

2/5

Journey Fatu v. Otis Cogar in a Semi-Final Match 

We had our next Semi-Final Match. Otis used his straight razor and, this time, cut at Journey Fatu's leg. Otis Cogar finished the match by using a headshot with a chair. This was an okay match but this very slowly paced. 

Otis Cogar advanced via pinfall

2/5

Hoodfoot v. Big Fn Joe in a Semi-Final Match 

This was our last Semi-Final Match. Big Fn Joe usually wears a button-up shirt and tightly whities, except here he's just wearing tighty whities because his shirt was ripped off in the First Round. Joe fishhooked Hoddfoot with a coat hanger. A tube with Trump on it was used. This was a good match from two people I think the world of. 

Hoodfoot advanced via pinfall 

3.25/5

Bobby Beverly defended the Ultraviolent Championship against Alex Colon 

We had a nontournament match with 2 Death Match legends. The way Alex Colon dies that tope into his opponents and still can hit hard as fuck with a light tube amazes me. These two brawled into the crowd. Alex Colon used a table from the bar as a weapon. A guardrail with light tubes was used. Alex Colon gave Bobby a slam on the entrance stage. Bobby Beverly gave Alex Colon a fisherman's driver off of the stage through a glass pane structure. This was absolute insanity and I loved this match.

Bobby Beverly retained via pinfall 

4/5

Otis Cogar v. Shlak v. Hoodfoot in the Finals of King of the Death Matches

This one was for all the marbles. We had a bare board canvas for this one. Hoodfoot got caught in barbed wire diving through the ropes. A lot of tubes were broken here. Otis Cogar gave Hoodfoot some stiff chair shots. Shlak hit Hoodfoot with a flaming chair. Bobby Beverly came out and threw a Chair at Otis Cogar to continue the 44OH dissension storyline, and Shlak threw Otis off of the Scaffold through a glass and door pile below to eliminate Otis Cogar Then Shlak finished off Hoodfoot with a snow plow to become your king. This match was what it should have been and that's a brutal hoss fight. It sucks the door glass structure fell and the exploding chair went off early but this was still a great way to end the Tournament. 

Shlak won King of the Death Matches via pinfall

3.75/5

After the match, Shlak called out Jun Kasai and Bobby Beverly 

Overall

This show was enjoyable. Very long though. This was just like most tournaments: a lot of bangers, and some matches could have been better. If you've got some time on your hands check this out. 

6/10

GCW: Say You Will 2024

 

Bang and Matthews v. Griffin McCoy and Kerry Morton 

Kerry Morton and Griffin McCoy formed a new heel tag team so let's see what happens. I saw a lot of athletic and cool high spots from Bang and Matthews and nothing out of Morton and McCoy. This match was okay.

Griffin McCoy and Kerry Morton won via pinfall 

2.25/5

Brooke Havok v. Man Like Deriess 

This was another good wrestling match. Brooke Havok seems to be improving and Man Like Deriess was fun to watch.

Man Like Deriess won via pinfall 

2.5/5

Sydney Akeem v. Zachary Wentz 

Sydney Akeem wanted the best competition so they went out and got him TNA Superstar Zachary Wentz. This was a great athletic match with a lot of flips. 

Sydney Akeem won via pinfall

3.5/5

Shane Mercer v. Megan Bayne 

Megan Bayne was going power move for power move with Shane Mercer. Shane Mercer gave Megan Bayne a Falcon Arrow on the entrance ramp and bent the ramp. This was a very solid match.

Megan Bayne won via pinfall 

3.5/5

Violence is Forever defended the GCW Tag Team Championship against Soul Touchaz

The Soul Touchaz showed me something here but this match was very short so I don't feel like they got there full time to shine. But this was used to further the Violence is Forever/Gahbage Daddies storyline. Eh.

Violence is Forever retained via pinfall 

1.5/5

Gahbage Daddies v. Hot Commodity

After Gahbage Daddies called out Violence is Forever and they said now they sent out Hot Commodity. I love that Trevor Outlaw is getting that much heat at a GCW show, he kills it at Freelance as a heel. This was a nice fast paced tag match that picked the show back up. Hopefully they got room for Hot Commodity in the future.

Gahbage Daddies won via pinfall 

2.5/5

Matthew Justice v. Lou Nixon 

We had some strong strikes and then finally some violence with Matthew Justice throwing a chair at Lou Nixon. Matthew Justice got German suplexed through a door. Matthew Justice gave Lou Nixon a Death Valley driver through a door. And Matthew Justice finished the match with a Death Valley driver on a trash can. This was a solid match then after this Matthew Justice declared himself for the Ultraviolent Championship ladder match at Hammerstein.

Matthew Justice won via pinfall 

3.5/5

Gringo Loco v. Microman

This was a nice comedy and Lucha match with two of the best at it. This was fun minus the drunk asshole by me who was pushing people out of the way to get a picture of video of Gringo Loco.

Gringo Loco won via pinfall

2.75/5

Effy v. John Wayne Murdoch 

John Wayne Murdoch busted out a chair in this one. The finish was cool with Effy giving the TKO to JWM onto 2 chairs. It was cool to see John Wayne Murdoch show off his wrestling abilities here but this match was way too short. It was okay but once it got exciting it ended.

Effy won via pinfall 

2/5

After the match Effy cut a promo calling out Mance Warner and Mance Warner said no and the match started. 

Mance Warner defended the GCW Championship against Kylie Rae 

I had to watch this back because of some drunk idiots in my section getting into a fight. Mance attempted to use the screwdriver but Isais Valasquez got involved to help stand up for his wife Kylie Rae and kid. For a majority of the match this was slow and Boring. It picked up once Isais Valasquez got involved but this is a no from me dog.

Mance Warner retained via pinfall 

2/5

After the match Effy attacked Mance Warner and Mance Warner agreed to have Effy v. Allie Katch at Hammerstein and whoever wins faces Mance Warner in the main event. 

This was at best and average show. GCW isn't what it used to be and you will get good wrestling but most of it nowadays is boring matches with locals. The Wentz/ Akeem, Bayne/Mercer and Lou/ Justice matches were great but the rest was very average. 

4/10

ICW NHB Vol. 67

 

MM3 v. Orin Veidt 

After some chain wrestling MM3 busted out a gusset plate. We had a door used. MM3 hit a nice brain buster onto a chair. This was a nice wrestling match with a few door and chair spots and this was a good way to start the show.

MM3 won via pinfall 

3.75/5

Larry D v. Otis Cogar 

Larry D started off dragging Otis Cogar's ear against the chains. Otis gave Larry D a receipt with some stiff-ass chairshots. We had a water jug battle, and one of the water jugs flew off of the stick and into the crowd. It miraculously didn't hit anyone. We had a tackbat battle. Otis Cogar finished the match by hitting Larry D with a urinate through a door bridge with tacks on it and then doing his CTE shots. Even though I liked this match, and it had some hard-hitting spots, this was a bit slow for me. I get it these guys are bigger but I lost attention a few times. 

Otis Cogar won via pinfall 

2.75/5

Broski Jimmy v. Eric Dillinger 

Broski Jimmy was a replacement for Tommy Vendetta. No idea what happened to Tommy Vendetta. This was a fine match. It reminded me of a Rob Van Dam match in ECW with the way the chairs were used in a lot of Aerial spots and Eric Dillinger shined here and was the main focus of the match. My only gripe was I could have used more of this one and it could have been longer. 

Eric Dillinger won via pinfall 

2.5/5

Kaplan v. Hoodfoot 

Kaplan hit a flawless Tope and that's a big boy to be hitting that move. We had a tackbat exchange. Hoodfoot drove a gusset plate into Kaplan's head. Kaplan dove off of the stage onto Hoodfoot. In an insane spot, Kaplan speared Hoodfoot through the chains, and they went through a door bridge on the floor. The finish was great, too, with Hoodfoot hitting the brain buster onto a chair. This was a great match and man, was Kaplan athletic for a big boy.

Hoodfoot won via pinfall 

3.75/5

Lou Nixon v. Bobby Beverly 

Nobody throws a chair harder than Bobby Beverly. Lou got his hard kicks in and Bobby Beverly used a gusset plate on Lou. These two exchanged hard strikes. Lou Nixon kicked Bobby through a door. Bobby Beverly suplexed Lou Nixon through a door. Otis Cogar came out and interfered but Bobby Beverly refused his help. Lou Nixon kicked Bobby through the door bridge Otis Cogar set up. Then Otis Cogar turned on Bobby Beverly. This set up Bobby Beverly being kicked out of 44OH. This match was pretty good, but given the caliber of both men, I expected more, we will see where this goes because this is far from over.

Lou Nixon won via submission 

2.75/5

Matthew Justice v. Dr. Redacted 

These maniacs started off throwing chairs and doors into the ring. These two then proceeded to beat each other in the head with everything in that ring. Matthew Justice used a taxidermy fish wrapped in Barbed Wire. Matthew Justice used a gusset plate. Matthew Justice chokeslammed Dr. Redacted off the stage through a Door bridge below. Matthew Justice throws a guardrail into the ring. Dr. Redacted finished this with a dive off the top chain with a forkboard, and he went through a door bridge with Matthew Justice on it. This match was pure chaos, and it was great, to be honest; this is one of the best live matches I've ever seen.

Dr. Redacted won via pinfall 

5/5

Atticus Cogar defended the American Death Match Championship against Crazy King 

We will see here if Atticus's reign of terror ends. Atticus got his Skewer spot in. These two went off of the stage and crashed through a table. These two went back and forth on repeating suplexes. Crazy King powerbombed. Atticus onto two chairs. Atticus Cogar gave Crazy King an air raid crash through a door. Atticus hit the brain hemorrhage from a wheelbarrow position. Otis Cogar came out to distract Crazy King after interference from Otis. Atticus won, and after the match, Bobby Beverly came out and attacked Atticus and Otis for his revenge and called his shot for the American Death Match Championship. This match was great. It started slow, but after it picked up and Otis interfered, it got really interesting. This plot thickened in the 44OH storyline. 

Atticus Cogar retained via pinfall 

3.5/5

Overall

For this being at a venue that didn't allow glass, this was a solid show. You got 4 solid bangers and the rest weren't bad at all. Plus, like I said, the Redacted/Justice match has to be up there in the best live matches I've seen.

7/10

ICW NHB: 66

 

Jeff King v. Dr. Redacted

Dr. Redacted came out with a taxidermy fish wrapped in Barbed Wire. We had some stiff tube shots to start. These two brawled outside of the building. Jeff King hit Dr. Redacted with the taxidermy fish. This was an awesome match and Jeff King bled like crazy. What a great way to start the show

Dr. Redacted won via pinfall
3/5

Tommy Vendetta v. DBA

This is Michigan Legend v. Michigan Legend.
These two started with a Staple Gunfight. DBA did the flaming elbow to Tommy Vendetta. This was a decent match. It got kind of slow for my liking towards the end though.

Tommy Vendetta won via pinfall
2.5/5

Breyer Wellington v. JJ Allin

JJ Allin got his head set on fire. Also, why is it 2 against 1? We had a Weedwacker spot and JJ Allin got his elbows nail-gunned to a board. Then the lights went out and Violent J came out.  This was a weird match with cool spots. I still don't know why it was 2 against 1.

JJ Allin won via pinfall
2/5

Otis Cogar v. Tommy Trainwreck

We got a battle of the behemoths here. Tommy Trainwreck hit a tope through the chains. These two had a Thumbtack Bat battle. Otis did his straight razor spot.  Otis Cogar poured Rubbing Alcohol on Tommy Trainwreck then used a paint roller with Thumbtacks. Tommy Trainwreck did a flaming knee to Otis Cogar. Otis Cogar pushed Tommy Trainwreck off the apron through a structure outside of the ring with light tubes plugged in. Otis Cogar finished it off with him doing a CTE chair shot. This match was amazing, and I have a feeling after this weekend, we will see Tommy Trainwreck back in the chains.

Otis Cogar won via pinfall
3.75/5

Chuck Stein v. Hoodfoot

Hoodfoot used a gusset plate on Chuck Stein. Hoodfoot needs a megaphone every match. Chuck Stein used syringes on Hoodfoot. Chuck Stein suplexed Hoodfoot from the ring to the outside through a barbed wire door board. This was a decent match.

Hoodfoot won via pinfall
2.75/5

Crazy King v. Bobby Beverly

We had some light tubes broken. For real, find me a person who swings or throws a tube harder than Bobby Beverly.  This was a simple but very good match. These two made the most out of only using 1 weapon. That's the mark of 2 professionals.

Crazy King won via pinfall
3/5

Atticus Cogar defended the American Death Match Championship against MM3

We are going to find out if Atticus can continue his reign of terror. This was a pretty straight forward wrestling match for awhile until Otis Cogar interfered and Tommy Vendetta interfered. MM3 won the title but then they did the Dusty finish because Tommy Vendetta isn't a referee. Then after Danny Demanto interfered but after all the Atticus choked out MM3. The match was good and Atticus holding the belt up story is even better.

Atticus Cogar retained via submission
3/5

This was another banger from ICW. The story with Atticus continued and we got a certified banger in Tommy Trainwreck and Otis Cogar

8/10