Alan Angels and AC Mack headline in a Last Man Standing match, as ACTION Wrestling celebrated their third anniversary.<\/p>\n
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Quick Results<\/strong> We\u2019re back at the Roger Spencer Community Center in Tyrone, Georgia for this one\u2026 If you have IWTV, this show\u2019s up as part of your subscription – otherwise, you can sign-up at iwtv.live using promo code ACTION to send them a little kickback.<\/p>\n Coming out of WrestleMania weekend, there was a fair amount of buzz around ACTION (and SUP) as they put on one of the more talked about indie shows of the weekend\u2026 yet strangely, looking at the card tonight, neither their champion Arik Royal, nor the Good Hand of Kevin Ryan & Suge D were invited to the party. Meanies.<\/p>\n BK Westbrook vs. Cabana Man Dan<\/strong> Dan was the early aggressor, taking Westbrook into the corner before BK celebrated hitting a forearm to the back. On the mat, Dan nicks a cradle for a two-count, before a faked-out armdrag led to a backslide for a two-count. A Cobra Twist from Dan\u2019s resisted as Westbrook had a little too much height, before Westbrook charged Dan into the ropes, throat-first.<\/p>\n Knees to the back catch Dan in the ropes for a two-count, before he caught Dan in the corner with an Electric Chair\u2026 but it\u2019s countered into a Victory roll for a near-fall. Westbrook chops back before dropping Dan across the buckles. An ankle lock variant looks to get a submission on Dan, before a springboard and a roll through gets Westbrook in for a TKO\u2026 then a Dragon sleeper.<\/p>\n Westbrook loses grip though and is quickly on the defensive as Dan paintbrushes him with a slap. A leaping mule kick drops BK, with a Code Red nearly getting the win\u2026 only for Westbrook to run in with a twisting Sliced Bread for a near-fall. Westbrook misses a springboard moonsault from the outside in, and quickly ends up getting rolled through as Dan finds a way in with a seatbelt pin for the win. A lovely opener, with Westbrook trying to find an opening with some big moves, but ultimately came up short to the veteran. ***<\/p>\n Ring announcer Scott Hensley introduces Matt Sells – who\u2019s currently on the shelf with a knee injury.<\/p>\n Brandon Williams vs. Alex Kane<\/strong> Williams looks to try and out-wrestle Kane, taking him to the mat as they neutralise each other early on. Kane manages to find a way through with gator rolls, but Williams escapes and comes back in with an overhead armbar\u2026 but going to the arm just leads to our first suplex, as Kane hits a back suplex to free himself.<\/p>\n Kane takes it back to ground as he cradled Williams on the mat for a pinning attempt\u2026 before Williams cradled his way out of an X-Plex for a two-count. A forearm from Williams just leads to Kane waffling him ahead of a suplex, before Williams\u2019 attempt at a Fujiwara armbar ended in the ropes.<\/p>\n Williams\u2019 rebound armdrag out of the corner gets him ahead, but an attempt to suplex Kane just earned him an X-Plex. A gutwrench suplex follows, then another, before Kane uncorked German suplexes to take us up to eight for the day. Williams mouths off, and countered another suplex with an ankle lock, but Kane quickly got to the ropes. He\u2019s pulled away, but manages to roll Williams into the corner to break free.<\/p>\n Forearms and chops from Williams keep him ahead, but he runs into a corner death valley driver as Kane just killed him. From there, the Mark of Kane cradle cravat suplex lands for suplex number nine\u2026 and that\u2019s the win. Alex Kane grabs your attention with the suplexes, but he\u2019s starting to show here there\u2019s more to him than that – and why he should be a name you ought to be following in 2021! ***\u00bc<\/p>\n Jaden Newman came out for a promo next – he\u2019s supposedly banned from ACTION, but was out as a representative of one of the show\u2019s sponsors. Newman rags on Matt Sells – who was on commentary – for his loss to Arik Royal last time out, and that raised Sells\u2019 ire\u2026 even more so when Newman brought up Sells\u2019 past forays in ROH and AEW. That led to Sells demanding that Newman be reinstated\u2026 so that after Sells\u2019 injury was healed, he could beat Newman again.<\/p>\n Kavron Kanyon vs. Orion Bishop<\/strong> Kanyon tries to leap off the top, but Bishop caught the crossbody before he had to block bodyslam attempts. Bishop continues to frustrate Kanyon before hitting an Exploder suplex, as Kanyon threw some right hands to keep him in the game. A misdirection POUNCE drops Kanyon, as Bishop then misses a Vader bomb\u2026 that allows Kanyon to finally hit a slam, before a double-jump springboard elbow almost ended things. Bishop blocks a package piledriver attempt, then quickly dumps Kanyon with a Fire Thunder driver for the win. This wasn\u2019t long, but it didn\u2019t need to be as they continue to establish Bishop as a monster with this almost-squash. **<\/p>\n After the match, Bishop called out Alex Kane for ACTION\u2019s May show.<\/p>\n Brogan Finlay vs. Bobby Flaco<\/strong> Flaco cradles Finlay early on for a two-count, before he ran into some strikes before a step-up springboard armdrag took Finlay to the floor. Back inside, Finlay eats a crossbody for a two-count, before he uppercut\u2019d away Flaco\u2019s springboard attempt. A suplex keeps Finlay ahead, as did a back senton and another suplex, with Finlay gradually chipping away on Flaco.<\/p>\n Of course, Brogan busts out a Finlay roll for a two-count, but he misses on another back senton as Flaco looked to force his way back in with chops and forearms. A facebuster out of the corner and a roll-through Flatliner gets Flaco a two-count before he misses a dropkick through the ropes\u2026 and gets planted on the apron with a back suplex.<\/p>\n Finlay picks up back inside with a Blue Thunder bomb for a near-fall, before Flaco knocked Finlay back outside for the through-the-ropes dropkick, as a crossbody back inside gets Flaco the win. A pretty good match for the newcomer Finlay – it\u2019s very early days for him, but there\u2019s a whole lot of promise here, as there is with Flaco, who looked good back as a singles here. **\u00be<\/p>\n Ben Buchanan vs. Logan Creed<\/strong> Buchanan fakes out a handshake to start, but is on the defensive as Creed works a wristlock\u2026 but Buchanan manages to clothesline him out of the ring as the youngster opted to show off with some push-ups. Eventually Creed chops back as he got fed up of Buchanan\u2019s attitude, taking him to the corner for some right hands before Buchanan charged his way free.<\/p>\n Creed returns the favour, only to get booted down as Buchanan pulled his way up top for a flying legdrop\u2026 but it\u2019s only enough for a one-count. A flying bulldog facebuster has Creed back in it, before his attempt to take out the leg earned him a modified STO. Buchanan comes in with a short arm scissors on Creed to try and force a stoppage, switching into a cross armbar that Creed manages to elbow his way out of.<\/p>\n A powerslam puts Buchanan right back in it, before he tried to choke out Creed with his bootlaces. Creed responds with a chokebreaker, before he kicked out of a spinebuster and pulled Buchanan into a triangle armbar choke. The ropes save Buchanan, who\u2019s then tossed with a fallaway slam, before a superplex took us to a strike battle. Buchanan ends it with a dropkick, which sets up for some elbow drops\u2026 but Buchanan milks it too much as a third one\u2019s caught, with Creed taking out the knee ahead of a push-down stomp.<\/p>\n Creed tries to boot Buchanan out of the ring, but he\u2019s hung up in the ropes as a flying clothesline has Creed in trouble\u2026 allowing Buchanan to set up for a clothesline, only for Creed to duck it and counter with the Scorched Earth for the win. This was a nice change of pace – Buchanan played to the crowd a lot, which is something that may well divide folks, but there\u2019s something in Buchanan, even if it is early days for him. ***\u00bc<\/p>\n The Skulk (Adrian Alanis & Liam Gray) vs. King Garuda & Takuri<\/strong> Takuri and Gray start off with wristlocks early as the Skulk were on the defensive to start, before Gray tried to come back with headscissors\u2026 but Takuri cartwheels away before Gray returned the favour. Gray\u2019s wheelbarrow attempt gets countered into a modified Giant Swing that ended with a facebuster, before tags led to Garuda\u2019s headscissors on Alanis getting blocked.<\/p>\n Alanis continues to block the flippy stuff, but when he did get caught he\u2019s quickly back, throwing strikes before Takuri came in to help with a double dropkick. The Skulk sidestep a dive attempt, so we get a quick brawl in the crowd, ending with Takuri getting booted in the head. A senton bomb back inside gets Gray a two-count, before the Skulk started to interfere behind the ref\u2019s back.<\/p>\n Takuri walks through some chops, but Alanis just rakes the eyes instead ahead of a suplex before Takuri tried to fight back with elbows\u2026 but Liam Gray nicks in to stop a tag and land a pumphandle\u2019d suplex for a two-count. A nice double-team flying neckbreaker over Alanis\u2019 knee gets another two-count for the Skulk, before Takuri hit a double DDT.<\/p>\n That bought him enough time to make the tag out, with Garuda hitting a nice armdrag\/headscissor combo before clocking Alanis with Gray\u2019s redirected kick. An O\u2019Connor roll nearly gets the win, as did a German suplex, but Gray rolls outside and gets caught with a Tornillo as Garuda took to the skies. Back inside, Gray kicks out at two, then again after a double-team wheelbarrow cutter, before Alanis came in to clear house\u2026 building to a suplex\/splash combo from Gray\u2026 but Garuda isn\u2019t legal. Takuri is, and he breaks up that pin with a frog splash, only for Alanis to attack to prevent any follow-up. Alanis is quickly sent outside, where he gets dived on and got into it with a kid in the crowd\u2026 and that distraction costs them as Liam Gray returned and instantly got rolled up by Takuri for the win. It\u2019s the same kid who\u2019s mocked the Skulk by way of posters in the past – and it\u2019s a bit of crowd participation that kinda worked well as this match got over its early jitters and became quite the outing for both teams. ***<\/p>\n Ashton Starr vs. CT Keys<\/strong> Starr backs off of Keys\u2019 early lock-up attempt, as things head to the mat early on before a side headlock from Starr looked to subdue Keys. A quick roll-up gets Starr a one-count, before Keys returned with a big shoulder tackle. Keys aborts a dive to the outside as Starr hid\u2026 and gets caught with a diving knee off the apron.<\/p>\n Keys gets posted as Starr hits a lap of honour for a big boot that we don\u2019t see, before Starr returned to the ring to trade strikes. Keys hoists up Starr for a neckbreaker that gets a two-count, only to get caught with a big boot for a near-fall, before a Boston crab ends up being powered out of. Keys hits back, elbowing Starr in the corner before a flying lariat and a Michinoku driver almost ended things, only for Starr to return with a Northern Lights for a near-fall. A split-legged moonsault comes up short for Starr, as Keys dumps him with a pump-handled Last Shot, then a sliding lariat\u2026 but it\u2019s not enough to get CT the three.<\/p>\n Starr ducks as Keys went for a leaping cannonball\u2026 then finished him off with a scissors kick for the win. This was a brief, but decent match, with Starr getting back in the winning column as he managed to outlast Keys\u2019 hard-hitting offence. ***<\/p>\n Last Man Standing: AC Mack vs. Alan Angels<\/strong> This one starts off hot with Angels running in to hit a standing Spanish Fly as I thought his music was going to play all the way through the match a la New Jack. Sadly, it did not. Mack\u2019s taken outside and onto the stage as Angels pulls a table out from under the ring, but Mack hits a flying knee off the stage before Angels could do anything.<\/p>\n Mack, who has his gear on under his ripped streetfight jeans, slingshots Angels into the ring post, before throwing him into the wall at the back of the room. A drop toe hold takes Angels into the ring steps, before he placed Angels across them ahead of a running boot after a lap of honour around the ring.<\/p>\n Grabbing a chair, Mack jabs Angels in the ribs before Robin Renegade hit the ring to help double-team Mack with a Hart Attack Slingblade. Robin\u2019s handed a belt that she punched out Mack with, before it\u2019s used to aid a camel clutch\u2026 with a clothesline out of the corner from Renegade dropping Mack to start another count.<\/p>\n Angels continues to call the shots, but gets involved as Renegade placed a chair on Mack\u2019s back for a double stomp. A crutch gets worn out over Mack\u2019s back, but he sidesteps some more knees from Renegade before a leg lariat began a flurry that dispatches Robin. Mack spinaroonies up and superplexes Angels off of his perch on the top rope\u2026 rolling through for a DDT that gets us a standing eight count out of Angels. Now the chair\u2019s back in as Mack gets revenge, dropping Angels in the corner with a RVD-like chair-assisted hesitation dropkick.<\/p>\n Angels counters out of a Mack 10 and hits a superkick, before he swiped at Mack\u2019s left knee with a chair shot. A fireman\u2019s carry slam is next ahead of a single-leg Billy Goat\u2019s Curse, before he rolled into a half crab, using the crutch for extra torque. Mack gets up to beat the ten count, but Angels chop blocks the leg away and unloads with some more kicks to the leg as Mack gets tossed outside.<\/p>\n The pair head back up onto the stage as Angels responded to commentary\u2019s criticisms of him\u2026 before Angels got planted with a piledriver on the stage. Mack rolls off the stage to technically beat the ten-count, with Angels joining him to keep the match alive. Back inside, another boot from Mack keeps Angels down, then another, before Angels targeted the leg with a Dragon screw\u2026 he flips out of a German suplex attempt, before a Quebrada from Angels was cut-off in mid-air with a superkick.<\/p>\n Both men narrowly beat the ten-count, but collapse to the mat almost as soon as the ref stops. They trade right hands as they fought on their knees, back to their feet as Angels teases a Wing Snapper\u2026 before Mack countered out and into a Mack 10. Both men roll to the floor to beat the count – but Angels needs Robin Renegade\u2019s help to stand\u2026 and she\u2019s quickly left laying as a spear from Mack charged her through the table that Angels had set up earlier.<\/p>\n They again beat the count as Mack returned to the ring\u2026 but he walks into a low blow from Angels. A powerbomb attempt from Angels is countered out with a back body drop, before Mack hits a Mack 10\u2026 then pulled Angels up to hit a second one onto a chair, and with Angels falling as he tries to prop himself up on a chair, that\u2019s all she wrote as AC Mack took home the win. They didn\u2019t go overboard on the \u201cmove – ten-count attempt\u201d formula that we\u2019ve seen in other promotions, as this felt like a suitable blow-off match to close out the show\u2026 but where does Mack go next? A title rematch? ***\u00be<\/p>\n My own personal buffering issues with IWTV aside, this was an enjoyable show with ACTION again delivering in every match up and down the card. 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\nCabana Man Dan pinned BK Westbrook in 9:37 (***)
\nAlex Kane pinned Brandon Williams in 9:18 (***\u00bc)
\nOrion Bishop pinned Kavron Kanyon in 4:13 (**)
\nBobby Flaco pinned Brogan Finlay in 8:33 (**\u00be)
\nLogan Creed pinned Ben Buchanan in 11:31 (***\u00bc)
\nTakuri & King Garuda pinned Liam Gray & Adrian Alanis in 16:07 (***)
\nAshton Starr pinned CT Keys in 8:27 (***)
\nAC Mack defeats Alan Angels in a Last Man Standing match at 21:13 (***\u00be)<\/p>\n
\nCabana Man Dan came out of \u2018Mania weekend having opened a lot of eyes to his \u201cnew\u201d look\u2026 and with that catchy as hell theme.<\/p>\n
\nIt\u2019s an ACTION debut for Williams, but the Tyrone crowd are all here to count the suplexes\u2026<\/p>\n
\nKanyon pokes fun at Bishop\u2019s size, and gets charged into the corner to start.<\/p>\n
\nYep. THAT Finlay. Son of Fit and brother of David, we\u2019ve a debut for the hotly-tipped Brogan Finlay…<\/p>\n
\nBuchanan – who came out to Nickelback\u2019s Rockstar – is the son of Bull Buchanan, so I guess that\u2019ll make him B-cubed?<\/p>\n
\nWe\u2019ve an all-WWA4 match here as the shiny Takuri and King Garuda look to get their first win as a team in ACTION.<\/p>\n
\nStarr\u2019s back after losing last time out in Georgia to Cabana Man Dan – and he\u2019s facing a CT Keys who\u2019s in similar form in ACTION.<\/p>\n
\nWe\u2019ve got this match after Angels was proven to be instrumental in costing Mack the ACTION title earlier in the year – paying off Graham Bell to do the dirty work\u2026<\/p>\n