TK Cooper stepped into the biggest match of his RevPro career, aiming to deliver a shocking end to Michael Oku’s incredible reign.
Quick Results
Nino Bryant pinned Will Kaven to win the Rev Pro Undisputed British Cruiserweight Championship in 12:02 (***¼)
Kanji submitted Emersyn Jayne in 16:27 (***)
Connor Mills defeated 1 Called Manders via referee stoppage in 12:59 (***¾)
Luke Jacobs & Ethan Allen submitted Joe Lando & Danny Black to retain the Rev Pro Undisputed British Tag Team Championships in 29:41 (***)
Michael Oku submitted TK Cooper to retain the Rev Pro Undisputed British Heavyweight Championship in 20:03 (***¾)
Sha Samuels won the Revolution Rumble in 1:10:53 (***)
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We’re coming live via stream from a sweltering York Hall in Bethnal Green. At least this show wasn’t yesterday! Commentary comes from Dave Bradshaw and Gideon Grey, getting showered in pyro…
Rev Pro Undisputed British Cruiserweight Championship: Nino Bryant vs. Will Kaven (c)
Will Kaven’s just crossed the 300-day mark as champion, while Nino’s British J Cup win last weekend in Stevenage earned him this shot – originally destined for Leon Cage before injury struck…
Kaven bullied Bryant into the corner to start us off, but that plan backfires as Nino came back in with headscissors to trade places ahead of a flip dive off the top rope. A frog splash back inside almost wins it in under a minute, before a second frog splash saw Nino jam his knee… Kaven pounces on that, taking Nino’s leg between the ropes for a knee drop to the knee.
A lofty German suplex out of the corner gets Kaven a two-count, before a dropkick cut off Nino as he went for a springboard moonsault. Kaven stays on Bryant from there with a butterfly suplex into the buckles, before Bryant fought out of a tombstone piledriver as a series of inside cradles almost caused the upset.
Bryant’s enziguiri keeps him ahead, as did a hobbling dropkick into the corner, while a diving kick after the shoulder rebound by the ropes took him closer to the win. Nino adds a wacky floating tornado DDT as well, but Kaven’s able to smash back in with a snap Dragon suplex. Another crack at the tombstone’s blocked, so Kaven turns it into an inverted Cloverleaf, but Bryant’s easily able to get to the ropes.
A kick-out from a piledriver shocks Kaven, prompting another series of pinning attempts from Bryant… leading to a brainbuster, before Kaven took things back down to the mat for a calf crusher. Somehow, Nino rolls free and adds a small package driver, but it’s still not enough, so Bryant adds a Burning Hammer. That also doesn’t get the job done, before Kaven pushed the referee aside… so he could punt Bryant in the balls as he came off the top.
We’ve another kickout as Nino didn’t stay down after a trapped-leg tombstone, so Kaven heads up for an avalanche tombstone… which is countered into a tornado DDT! A crushing Bryant Splash follows off the top, but he heads back up again, and this time a second splash gets the job done as Nino Bryant capped off a winning June with some gold. Not bad given that Nino hadn’t won in Rev Pro before this month, eh? Some of the kick-outs after head drops may have you rolling your eyes, but this was a pretty decent opener. ***¼
Emersyn Jayne vs. Kanji
Kanji’s still smarting from losing to Mercedes Moné in Doncaster earlier this year – and with Rev Pro releasing a money-themed image for Summer Sizzler in Wolverhampton next month, you do wonder if this is not a de-facto number one contender’s match?
This one started off hot with both Jayne and Kanji charging into each other at the bell, leading to a trade-off of German suplexes before duelling forearms left them both stunned. Jayne’s running dropkick in the corner isn’t added to as Kanji struck right back, sinking Emersyn into the corner for a hesitation dropkick.
A snapmare and a kick to the back seemingly wound up the Scot, who returned by pulling Kanji into a backbreaker, only to get booted in the face again seconds later. Powdering outside, Jayne’s forced to put the brakes on as Kanji went to post her… turning it into a spinning backbreaker as the match turned on its head.
More backbreakers follow back inside as Jayne tried to stretch Kanji, only to catch her in almost a Kirifuda clutch seconds later as Kanji charged back. Kanji again escapes, grapevining the leg before Jayne went back to the backbreakers. Forearms from above keep Jayne ahead, but an Octopus stretch from Kanji breaks up that momentum ahead of a pumphandle armbar on the mat.
Kanji tries to pop out the shoulder with an armbar, before a neck twist and a clothesline to the back of the head dropped Jayne for a two-count. More forearms to the back of the head looked to lead Kanji into a Dragon sleeper, but it’s escaped as Emersyn just launched Kanji into the buckles for the Shadowfax baseball slide German suplex.
A rebound back suplex into a facebuster nearly does it seconds later, before a moonsault off the top came up short. That opened the door for Kanji, who wheelbarrowed Jayne into the seated surfboard a la Liger… which morphs into a Dragon sleeper for a brief moment, before Emersyn rolled up into a Tower of London for a near-fall.
We resume with a strike exchange that Kanji edged out in as a diving elbow smash ended up earning her a German suplex from Jayne’s knees. A quick response sees Kanji add a flying armbar, but Jayne counters out into a Jig ‘n’ Tonic, spiking Kanji for a near-fall… before a spinning back elbow offered a brief respite for Kanji.
Jayne rolled onto the apron as Kanji just slingshotted onto her back… the exchange almost goes sour, but Kanji hits a German suplex onto the side of the ring, before a sliding elbow wiped out Jayne in the corner… with a Dragon sleeper seconds later forcing the quick submission. This was a good outing to get Kanji back ahead after her loss to Jayne a few weeks ago – but it leaves us with no new face for that Moné match… ***
Fantasticamania is in Wolverhampton on October 18, for those who like the Midlands…
Connor Mills vs. 1 Called Manders
This one was added to the card just before the weekend – “for the hell of it.” That I’ve got no issue with, but it feels like a missed opportunity to make this a “winner goes in last” match of some sort…
A slap from Mills just pissed off Manders early on, whose attempts to chop back were thwarted… so he just POUNCES Mills into the ropes instead. Those chops have more luck seconds later as Manders tested out the acoustics of York Hall – and the chest of Mills at the same time.
Manders continued to steamroll over Mills, but a Stampede’s escaped as Mills instead tied up Manders in the ropes for a Dragon screw. Our second hesitation dropkick of the night crashes into Manders for a near-fall as more Dragon screws looked to take out the cowboy’s knees.
Slaps from Mills just fire up Manders, whose elbow took Mills into the corner for more chops – but the knee work has done the trick as Manders was barely able to canter across the ring. It didn’t stop him from launching Mills into the ropes with a front suplex, dumping him into the top rope, before more chops gave Mills a rather different tan in the corner.
From there, Manders tees up for a lariat, but Mills ducks… only to get caught with a Doctor Bomb for a near-fall. A second lariat’s countered into a backslide by Mills, before a trip up top saw Manders tease an avalanche Stampede… only to get wrenched down with an avalanche Dragon screw.
A quick Ki Krusher’s next from Mills, but Manders’ strikes are able to break up submission attempts – and take us back to another strike exchange. Both men have a nibble, before a rebound lariat attempt just got him walloped with a lariat from Manders’ knees! A missed chop block allows Manders to push on with a Stampede, while another lariat almost put Mills away… off comes the shoulder pad as a Boss lariat looked to follow, but Manders’ knee stops him as Mills comes right back with a PK.
Mills heads up top for a double stomp to the knee… then added a rebound lariat to that for just a one-count as Manders’ kick-out woke up York Hall. Mills doesn’t get down though, and goes right back to the knee and ankle, and the ref waves this one off as Manders passed out.
Manders gets right back up after the stoppage though as This Fight Must Continue, prompting the Contenders to flood the ring to break them up. For a match that was initially seen as throwaway, this was a fantastic bit of business – and opens up many rematches down the line. ***¾
No Disqualification Match for Rev Pro Undisputed British Tag Team Championship: CPF (Danny Black & Joe Lando) vs. Young Guns (Luke Jacobs & Ethan Allen) (c)
Having come up short to the Young Guns two months ago, CPF’s cashed in one of their trios tournament trophies to get themselves a rematch – under no DQ rules… and everyone’s got new music here, with the Young Guns just wanting to be adored…
I do question the smartness of everyone here dressed head to toe in black. C’mon lads, in this heat? Let the fans make that mistake…
Everyone’s scrapping at the bell, but CPF’s attempts to dip into their playbook early were nullified by Ethan Allen, who’d done his homework. We’re quickly going out for plunder as Luke Jacobs threw some chairs and Kendo sticks into the ring, but CPF’s got their mitts on the weaponry first as a stand-off led to Lando and Jacobs clashing chairs.
A wild Kappo kick from Danny Black sparks a wild series that ended with Luke Jacobs using a Kendo stick to stop an Out of the Black tope stunner on Ethan Allen as the champions systematically looked to wear down Lando and Black in 2-on-1 situations. Jacobs grabs one of the trios trophies and smashes it into Danny Black’s head… before the point on the trophy was used to draw blood.
Out comes a ladder next, but first the Young Guns just launch a bin into Joe Lando before Luke put on a glove full of drawing pins… which was missed by the ringside camera crew as it was eventually used on Black, before they turned their sights back on Joe Lando. Lando’s backflipped into that ladder that was bridged in the corner, complete with a horrific landing,
Things get worse for Lando as a top rope elbow drop Conchairto to Lando’s elbow gets a two-count… before Danny Black popped up from the dead to wreck a baking tray against Jacobs’ head. Another chair’s brought out as Danny opens it up to put Ethan onto… so he could deliver an Out of the Black onto it, which looked like it caught Danny more than it did Allen.
Back inside, Luke charges into CPF… and gets back body dropped into it. More baking tray goodness is just about caught on camera as Luke’s left laying… only to return by Sabu’ing his way back, launching the chair into Black. That baking tray’s thrown at Black again as Luke called for a lariat, only to get caught with a C4 onto an open chair for a near-fall.
We cross the 15 minute mark with even more plunder coming out – and someone’s paid for tables! Allen pounces on CPF to stop the tables from being used, leading to a double draping DDT, then an Allen Slam as the pendulum swung some more. Now we get the table as the Young Guns set it up to do something to Danny Black… in the form of an avalanche Batista Bomb.
Lando chucks a bin on Ethan Allen to break up a delayed pin as all four men waited to get back to their feet before resuming. CPF looked to pull ahead, throwing Allen into the ropes for a Kendo stick shot to the back ahead of the back cracker/moonsault combo. Out comes another table, which got set up by the ring as Allen gets draped onto it… ahead of a 450 splash through it.
Back inside, Black overshoots on a moonsault, allowing Jacobs to punt him low in return. That bought him time to set up a crash pad made out of chairs… which was used to land Black on with a package piledriver for a near-fall. That felt like a step too far, as Luke then cleared the ring and grabbed a bag from under the ring. You know what that means…
Drawing pins!
Luke spills them on the mat and sets up to superplex Black through them… but it’s countered with a double stomp as Jacobs got put through them instead, before the FIJ ended with Ethan Allen yanking the ref out of the ring. You didn’t need there to be no ref, but Allen lays out Black with a belt shot, while another low blow from Luke took out Lando as a Doomsday Device saw Lando land on his knees for a near-fall. The kick-assisted piledriver is next, but Danny Black pulls out the ref as we’re still not done.
We keep going as Black’s powerbombed onto the apron… then piledriven in the aisle, leaving Lando on his own. A Kendo stick helps him out briefly, but a turnaround led to him having a chair chucked at him, before a half crab/Kendo stick-aided crossface finally forced the stoppage. At almost half an hour long, this could have done with some tightening up, especially in the points where you were arranging furniture – and at points felt like the definition of the “Rev Pro Excess” at times, particularly going into the home stretch. There’ll be plenty of highlights to feed into video packages, but unless CPF burn any more of those trophies, that’ll be it for this rivalry. ***
Rev Pro Undisputed British Heavyweight Championship: TK Cooper vs. Michael Oku (c)
TK won a number one contender’s tournament to get this title shot – and has been a thorn in Oku’s side ever since. I doubt many seriously expect a title change here, but weirder things have happened. There’s no Tag Music Cooper here as we’ve got a smart remix of Keep It 100 and the Sunshine Machine theme into a new song.
We’ve got a 50-50 crowd for this one during the introductions as TK looked comfortable in the early going, blocking headscissors before an early attempt at a ripcord headbutt led to TK landing a leaping leg lariat.
Oku’s headscissors and dropkick out of the corner stifle that, before TK just unceremoniously dumped Oku through the ropes for a rapid-fire tope. Amira got between Oku and TK, but Oku nudges her aside… only for TK to get in Amira’s face anyway as Oku recovered on the floor.
A crosschop to the throat stopped Oku though as Cooper booted Oku, then launched him with an Exploder out of the corner. Wearing down Oku, TK’s camel clutch led to a Dodon lift into a knee for a near-fall, before Oku hit back with a Pele kick in the corner… that’s not followed up on as TK headbutted him to the mat, before a switching moonsault off the top came up short.
Elbows from Oku looked to start a comeback, as a DDT stacks up Cooper ahead of a froggy crossbody for a near-fall. A boot from the apron has Oku down as TK measured up for… what the hell?! A slingshot corkscrew moonsault from the outside in… before a torpedo headbutt almost got the win.
A second torpedo headbutt sees TK get nothing but the bottom turnbuckle as Oku ducked… then hit back with a reverse ‘rana to take things outside. Cue a Fosbury flop, which takes out TK, and seemingly also injured Oku’s right arm. Back inside, and on the top rope, Oku’s able to shake that off… but took too long as his top rope ‘rana’s countered with a one man Spanish Fly for a near-fall.
TK keeps going, but we have to go all meta with the 2005 CM Punk stuff, as he called for a Go 2 Sleep… which Oku blocks and turns into a half crab. See-saw pins follow from there, but TK hooks the ropes… and with Amira screaming at the referee, the count’s stopped in the nick of time. TK gets wound up by that, before he turned around into a series of superkicks that led to a leaping DDT.
Another crack at a reverse ‘rana’s countered into a reverse Styles Clash as TK added a shooting star press… but Oku’s right back in with a half crab as a vocal York Hall rained down boos. The hold’s pushed away by TK, but Oku’s dropkick and frog splash to the back looked to set the stage… with a second frog splash almost getting the win. From the kick-out, it’s back to the half crab, but Oku pulls him away from the ropes before leaning back for the submission. This was really good, with the pro-TK crowd just about making you think he had a shot of winning. Cooper’s got an out here, since the referee didn’t call for a break despite having being in the ropes – but despite the initial boos, the threatened “If Oku Wins We Riot” dissent didn’t immediately come to pass. ***¾
Post-match, Oku gets the mic as he tried to drown out the chants of “bullshit” – he proclaimed that while this was TK’s first singles match at York Hall, it’d not be his last. As for Oku, he recounted his history at York Hall, calling it “his wrestling home” – and in the same week it was reported that he’d gotten his American visa, there’s fresh speculation there.
Oku calls out Nino Bryant to have their version of the 2020 High Stakes “all the new champions” moment… calling for Nino’s music to be played as they celebrated, only for Ricky Knight Jr. to run out from the back to lay out the pair. Ricky grabs Oku’s belt and drills the champion with it, before dropping Nino with a pair of Fire Thunder Drivers. I mean, it’s a little bizarre to do this right before the Rumble – which RKJ is in, right?
They re-announce the Summer Sizzler for Friday July 25 in Wolverhampton – with Mercedes Moné confirmed for that, alongside Tetsuya Naito’s music (Los Tranquilos de Japon – Naito and BUSHI – were announced to the live crowd) I say that, because whoever was directing didn’t show the screens or any further information to the streaming audience. Interesting that they’re keeping Moné away from London…
Revolution Rumble
The winner of this gets a match of their choosing… Liam Slater and JJ Gale start us off… but Liam rolls outside at the bell, only to get dived onto by Gale.
Gale keeps on with a dropkick as he stood tall, before Slater’s misdirection confused Gale ahead of a shoulder tackle. Ender Kara is in at three and hits the ropes to take out JJ with a tijeras, while a leg sweep and a double stomp left Slater laying. More hesitation dropkicks follow from Ender, whose manjigatame to Slater was countered into a sitout powerbomb as we counted down to the entry of Zander Bryant.
Zander’s Quebradas target Slater, ahead of a Chaos Theory to Gale and a kneeling powerbomb to Liam. Taylor James is next in, making his not-Southampton debut, taking out Gale with a tornado DDT before the pop-up Taylor Made slam laid out Slater. James powers out of a guillotine choke from Kara before a second Taylor Made took out Zander.
Cameron Khai is in at six, and he’s quickly working well with Liam Slater for a double-team ushigoroshi before Taylor James was clotheslined out at the 8:00 mark. Khai and Slater trade blows from there, but Liam looked to tweak his knee… Khai doesn’t pounce on him though as time stood still in that corner. Slater’s taken out under the bottom rope at 9:13 for a presumed injury elimination as Gideon Grey left the commentary table – cane in hand – to join the fray.
Hockey stick, my arse.
The cane’s used to eliminate Zander at 10:20, before Cameron Khai got kicked in the balls by Gideon. Eugene of all people is in next, but Gideon clotheslines him so Eugene can Hulk up and chuck out Gideon at 12:10. Jay Joshua is next to try and take a shot at Eugene, landing a torpedo headbutt before throwing him out at 13:20. Thanks for coming…
Joshua flapjacks and ragdolls Ender Kara like he were nothing, before Jordon Breaks entered at number 10. Breaks evaded Khai early on, then monkey flipped Gale around the ring for the hell of it. Joshua’s double back suplex chucks Khai and Gale as Gin el Libertario came in to renew his rivalry with Joshua from last month.
Gin sprays a drink at Joshua as he went after the Welshman with chops and a diving uppercut, but a back body drop dumps Gin on his arse to start a turnaround. Zozaya is the next entrant to go after Joshua, but Jay meets him in the aisle, fighting on the walkway and up to the stage with Zozaya diving from the entrance way with a flip dive that could have gone a LOT better.
Zozaya hits the ring with a missile dropkick to Khai… only to eat a Gale Force seconds later. Joshua’s back in the ring to calm things down, but Connor Mills is in at 13 to double-team Gin with Joshua ahead of the elimination at 20:46. The double-teaming focuses on Breaks next, with Joshua breaking a Boston crab before he was caught in a Sharpshooter. Mills kicks that apart, before he PK’d Breaks off the apron at 21:45 for the elimination.
Mark Trew runs in next but is instantly met with the Dental Plan from Mills and Joshua… Joshua heads outside to chuck Zozaya into the barriers, before he threw out Khai at 23:25. Mills and Joshua look to eliminate Kara next, but he’s knocked out at 24:08 as David Francisco came in at number 15. Southampton will be happy.
Francisco takes his time to enter the ring, instead choosing to do a lap and wait it out rather than help JJ Gale. A quick turnaround brings in Kieron Lacey… Francisco fakes out storming the ring with Lacey… but Mark Trew’s flying Wiggum headbutt helps out before Joshua just dumped Trew with a gutwrench suplex.
Mills and Joshua focus on Gale, which draws Francisco into the match to help out… some double-teaming from the Sons of Southampton laid out Mills, but Trew and Lacey swarm the Dell Ends, only to get clotheslined down seconds later as the remnants of the Rev Pro tag division were given an extended run here.
We’re back to counting down as 1 Called Manders joins at number 17 – he’s got a taped-up knee and joins Zozaya in the aisle to make a charge at Mills and Joshua. Everyone’s laid out briefly as we resume the tag-based warfare, with Trew and Lacey squashing Francisco ahead of the entry of Trent Seven.
Trew and Lacey try to take out Trent with a clothesline, but to no avail as a back body drop and piledriver combo took them out. A rebound German suplex from Gale looks to stop Trent, but a Gale Force is chopped away before David Francisco got involved… and got low bridged onto the apron before he was knocked off at 33:33 by an errant JJ Gale.
Ricky Knight Jr. is in at 19 to square off with Trent… a stacked up Samoan drop from RKJ takes out Trew AND Lacey, before a Jackhammer to Joshua and a Styles Clash to Gale looked to clear the decks. The AJ Styles stuff continues from RKJ with a moonsault into a DDT to Mills, before Ricky backed into Manders to start a chop and headbutt battle.
It quickly morphs into a hockey fight as the counter introduces Robert Dreissker, to tee off with RKJ. A fallway slam flings RKJ as Joshua and Zozaya continued to brawl around ringside, giving the director some bother as they struggled to keep up. Things go a little flat for a spell, as RKJ sets up Joshua for a running elbow drop off the stage, and it’s just a little… unfocused at this point?
Harry Milligan is out to try his luck, but he’s too gunshy to even enter the ring, let alone pick a downed body. He initially goes for Mark Trew, landing a Sega Mega Driver before turning around to RKJ… who stops Harry from eliminating himself, before Manders lariat’d Ricky. Harry goes up top but bounced off of Manders as the ticker brings in Sha Samuels.
Sha’s not happy with the latest mess Harry’s gotten himself into, but goes for Manders with a spinebuster before Dreissker took aim at Sha with a springboard crossbody out of the corner. Dreissker’s tossed by Sha at 44:18 though, before Trent Seven tried to do the Tyler Bate bop/bang punch to Sha.
Trew and Lacey swarm Trent, only for Harry to save him as the ring remained full, but Trew and Lacey are chucked out by Harry and Sha at 45:15. I think the next entrant is expected as another flurry of punches took Zozaya and Joshua outside to the back before Leland Bryant hit the ring… only to be cracked on the stage with a ripcord headbutt from TK Cooper.
Mills and Manders have also brawled to the back it seems… a headbutt to RKJ looked to have him out, but Ricky saves himself before JJ Gale dragged TK onto the apron, trading shots before a Gale Force on the aprons as pushed off for the elimination at 48:15. Self-elimination!
Chris Ridgeway is in next, punting JJ Gale in the back as he went… that prompts Gale to charge Ridgeway as he tried to get into the ring. Sha and Harry intervene as Ridgeway’s yet to get in the ring, but Harry just got kicked into the crowd before Ridgeway hit the ring and traded shots with Trent.
A Seven Star lariat takes TK Cooper out at 50:40… TK attacks some Contenders before he went all Sid and dragged out Hulk Seven at 51:15. Chuck Mambo is out to try and calm down TK… TK went to punch Mambo, but cooler heads prevailed as Mambo joined the match, only to get met with a diving knee from RKJ. A Fire Thunder Driver spikes Mambo, who’s chucked at 52:35, landing in the feet of an uncaring Cooper, who just walked to the back.
Ridgeway and Cooper are on the apron – the only ones left in the ring, but not the only ones left live – before Joshua James came in at 26. James made a beeline for Sha Samuels, but was stopped by RKJ… a POUNCE takes care of RKJ, before Ridgeway stopped James’ zombie-like march towards Sha. Ridgeway’s sent out and knocked to the floor by James at 54:29, as Maverick Mayhew came in next.
Mayhew’s enziguiri to James stuns the big man… but James breaks free and heads outside to slam Sha on the floor. Harry tries to intervene, but his chairshot just pisses off James, who chops Harry, then threw him into the ring. A lariat spins down Mayhew a la Rikishi, before James’ chokeslam laid out Harry, ahead of a series of splashes off the top… only for Sha to shove him down to the floor at 56:58 because he’d gotten too predictable.
Sha can’t capitalise as RKJ just punts him in the balls before a Fire Thunder Driver was the prelude to launching Harry out of the match at 57:33. Michael Oku is next to stop RKJ – Ricky gives Oku some free shots before a reverse ‘rana and a Cactus clothesline eliminated the pair at 58:33, with the two brawling to the back. You think they’re going to be up next in Wolverhampton?
Zozaya and Jay Joshua finally re-emerge from the back, brawling back to the ring as Sha’s clothesline dumps Maverick again. Mills and Manders are back on the stage too, brawling towards the ring as number 29 came out as Robbie X, full of gas and fresh off a plane from Mexico.
An X-Claimation took out Zozaya, while a squatting Finlay roll took down Joshua. The Beyblade kick and standing shooting star press out of the corner takes out Mills, before Maverick Mayhew was thrown out and knocked down at 1:02:20. Number 30 finally comes out as Luke Jacobs, who’s got a chair with him to lay out Sha, then Robbie X. Manders gets similar treatment, before Jacobs chucked out Manders at 1:04:08.
Jacobs turns around and tries his luck 1-on-2 against Joshua and Mills, only to get clotheslined out at 1:04:35… he and Manders pick up on the floor where they left off… a double-team X-Claimation to Mills and Joshua’s caught as Robbie’s headbutted to the floor by Joshua at 1:05:29… leaving us with Sha Samuels, Jay Joshua, Zozaya and Connor Mills as the final four.
The four start out with a hockey fight, but low blows put Mills and Joshua ahead, before Sha’s thrown over the top rope. He hangs on as Zozaya’s double Northern Lights suplex threw Mills and Joshua away… but the double-team overwhelms the Spaniard, who’s thrown over onto the apron. This times, Sha makes the save, before Zozaya lifted Mills over onto the apron… a superkick takes Mills back inside, before a second one from Zozaya sent Mills out at 1:08:14.
Jay Joshua goes back for Zozaya, but he’s thrown away… Zozaya runs into a Jay Joshua scoop slam on the apron at 1:08:50 to get our latest “you saw it coming” elimination, leaving us with Sha and Joshua. Those two trade shots as we headed towards the home stretch, but Joshua’s torpedo headbutt stopped Sha… who recovered to hit an East End Destroyer, then chuck out Joshua for the win?
NO! LIAM SLATER WASN’T ELIMINATED! The fake injury fooled us all, as he returned to take down Sha… only to lose out in a back-and-forth as Sha Samuels withstood that last challenge and won out. Sha Samuels has gotten his dream match, and his one last shot at the title, you’d assume. Sha celebrates with everyone at ringside, then paid Gideon a visit on commentary, throwing a shot his way before getting the pyro celebrations to close out the night. ***
So… as a match, I had some major issues with the Revolution Rumble. They’re a challenge to put together, but this one relied way too much on having active feuds spilling outside of the ring for brawling on the floor, to the back, and beyond. While ONE of those could have been used to artificially thin-down the numbers, doing it so often kind of killed the match’s momentum at several points – and while I did roll my eyes at Liam Slater’s injury withdrawal and return, at least it was only a fake out. This time.
This wasn’t a bad show, but a lot of the ongoing complaints about 2025 Rev Pro persisted here – and it’s at the point where it’s got to be a “it’s not them, it’s me” deal. Wrestling fandom in 2025 is a much different beast than it was back in the recent heyday of the scene – standards have changed, fans pop for different things than they did even a few years ago. That’s not a bad thing, but I think I’d be able to forgive a lot of these excesses if the roster wasn’t feeling so one-dimensional in places – as witnessed by Kanji somehow remaining the only person in position for the anticipated Moné match next month.