(all images courtesy of Rob Brazier)
All Star Wrestling promotions of Merseyside keeps up its streak of selling out venues all over the UK. Last night was no exception as 1,500 people jam packed the Cliffs Pavilion in Southend to watch one of the best wrestling shows ever performed in the UK.
1 – Julio Torres beat Frankie Sloan
2 – The Metal Master (Chad Collyer) beat Robbie Dynamite
3 – Broady Steele beat Doug Williams
4 – Gangrel beat James Mason
5 – Elimination match: Kid Cool & Dean "2Xtreme" Allmark & Frankie Sloan & Mikey Whiplash defeated "American Dragon" Bryan Danielson & Rene Dupree & Pierre Lafitte (Carl Ouellette) & 'Cry-baby' Chad Collyer
Mikey Whiplash the sole survivor of the 8 man tag.
All Star has 3 shows coming up this weekend in Telford, Ashton, and Dorking. All 3 promise to be outstanding shows. If you live in the area, check out the All Star Wrestling site for ticket availability - and don't forget to send us you report/photos from the shows!!!
The Quebec Connection - Rene Dupree and PC Oulette
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Bitch slap for an English punk....
UK wrestlers FLEE the Montreal Phenom
.....or FALL BEFORE HIS MIGHT....
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First Reviews
from Metal Master's on-the-road blog -
Last night in Southend was one of the best shows I've been on in years. ....The crowd of over 1,500 was electric all night long for the show which is how wrestling SHOWS are supposed to be..... I hope word gets out soon on the style of shows that All Star Promotions puts on because alot can be learned from them and hopefully help the business over here and in the states...The wrestling business is hotter over here than it has been since 2001. I think this is the year the business is going begin going through another surge. WWE, Mexico, and here in Europe is noticing larger crowds and better business. Hopefully Japan can pick it up soon again as well.
(from UKFF - UK Fan Forum)
Awesome show. Amazing crowd. Best show I've seen this year by far, and best show I've seen in a few months. For the people who doubt TNA can draw 1000 people, just look at All Star. 1,500 people on a school night.
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Interestingly there was also a big football match in Southend going on at the same time and yet still the show drew big numbers despite lesser promoters using this as an excuse for attendances in the past. It will be interesting to see if the return show in June can outdraw the TNA show just down the road in Brentwood.
As Dart said, a really good show with the crowd not letting up at any point with fans and workers all seeming to be enjoying themselves. Dixon continues to have the strongest roster in the UK at the moment by some way and I would think the Master/Dynamite match was as good a match as anything we'll see live in the UK this year.
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Loaded roster there by the looks of things - hope we get something similar up here in Hull in a few weeks as that looks like a REALLY strong show on paper.
As has been said, if Dixon can draw 1,500 on a school night while a footie match is going on with Gangrel and Rene Dupree then TNA should have no problem with Kurt Angle, Booker T and Christian Cage.
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Best matches of 2008
1. Gail Kim vs. Amazing Kong – No DQs (TNA Final Resolution)
2. Jeff Hardy vs. Umaga – Steel Cage (Raw 7/1/08)
3. Shohei Taniguchi vs. Kensuke Sasaki (NOAH 20/1/08)
4. Nigel McGuiness vs. Go Shiozaki (NOAH 20/1/08)
5. Masato Tanaka vs. Daisuke Sekimoto (Zero One 1/1/08)
6. Ikuto Hidaka and Dick Togo vs. Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin (Zero One 1/1/08)
7. John Morrison and The Miz vs. Jimmy Wang Yang and Shannon Moore – 15 Min Ironman (ECW 8/1/08)
8. Davey Richards vs. Atsushi Aoki (NOAH 6/1/08)
9. Tajiri & Kushida vs. Rene Bonaparte & Giant Vabo (Hustle House 32, 17/1/08)
10. KENTA and Taiji Ishimori vs. Yoshinari Ogawa and Kotaro Suzuki (NOAH 6/1/08
