Maximum Impact 2011 results and news

Maximum Impact 2011 results and news

Published by Ross Watson

On Saturday night PBW returned to the Magnum Centre for a fifth time as we presented Maximum Impact 2011 in front of just under 500 electric fans. What followed was one of the best live shows we have ever produced featuring the very best wrestling talent from the UK, Ireland and Germany. Full results were as follows * Lionheart & Wolfgang bt Project Ego(Martin Kirby & Kris Travis) to retain the PBW tag team titles. * Bad Bones bt James Scott to retain the UEWA Heavyweight title * Chris Rampage, Davey Blaze & Joe Coffey bt 'Old Skool' Colin Mckay, Jack Jester & Red Lightning * Prince Devitt bt 'Unstoppable' Andy Wild * Stevie Xavier bt Zack Sabre Jr, El Ligero, Liam Thomson, 'The Lightning Kid' Mark Andrews & Joey Hayes to become King Of Crusiers 2011 * TJ Rage & Scott Maverick with Charles Boddington bt JD Bravo & Jamie Feerick * BT Gunn bt Johnny Moss 2 falls to 1 to retain the PBW championship. The show started with a bang as the PBW tag team titles were on the line. The unpopular combination of Martin Kirby and Kris Travis known as Project Ego had arrived from England and had made it clear that they intended on taking the gold back down south. Wolfgang and Lionheart though had other ideas making their entrance through the masses of PBW fans this match was action packed from the start to the finish with the ever fantastic champions picking up the win after a combined swanton and frog splash on the challengers. Only at Maximum Impact would the first and second matches be title matches and thats exactly what happened as the next match featured the feared German heavyweight Bad Bones who defended his UEWA heavyweight title against fan favourite James Scott. With both men having made their debuts in Japan over the summer this was allways going to be a hard hitting encounter and that it was. It was Bones on the night though who would prevail meaning Bones will now take on fellow WXW star Tommy End later this year as he defends the title at the Spanish Wrestling Alliance in Barcelona. Up next was a grudge match that saw 3 of the most promising young stars in Scottish wrestling team up against the veteran combination of Red Lightning, 'Old Skool' Colin Mckay and Jack Jester. The tension for this one was electric as PBW fans are fully aware of Mckays underhand tactics in recent months towards Blaze & Rampage. As the match progressed into a full on 'fight' it had the fans on the edge of their seats with all the back and forth action until Blaze & Rampage delivered a double muscle buster on Mckay to secure the victory. If ever there was a sign that the younger stars in PBW were ready to step it up a level this was it and surely a tag team title match for Blaze & Rampage has to be something PBW management are looking at for a future show. Our first half main event saw yet another young PBW star 'Unstoppable' Andy Wild take on one of the very best in the world today in the form of New Japan Pro Wrestling star Prince Devitt. A brilliant back and forth match with Wild more that holding his own against the super talented Devitt had the whole audience engrossed from the very start. A profile raising performance from Wild wasnt enough though to stop Devitt who beat Wild with a devastating DDT to finish the first half. After the match in a true show of class, Devitt congradulated Wild for his efforts as the crowd showed their appreciation. The second half opened with the most anticipated match on the PBW calander as 6 of the best crusierweights in Europe today made their way to the ring to compete for the honour of becoming the PBW King Of Crusiers. As Liam Thomson, Mark Andrews, 2010 winner El Ligero, Stevie Xavier, Joey Hayes and Zack Sabre Jr stood in the ring waiting for the bell you could feel the excitement from the PBW fans. Just over 15 minutes later and after what many have already said was the best King Of Crusiers match ever young Stevie Xavier pinned British standout Zack Sabre Jr after a 450 splash to become King Of Crusiers 2011. There was so much happening in this match that you will need to watch the DVD at least 3 times. In a true show of courage and just how much he wanted to win the match Xavier continued to wrestle after suffering a serious shoulder injury after Sabre Jr moved out the way of a cork screw dive to the outside. To not only contine but to beat someone like Zack Sabre Jr, Stevie Xavier showed exactly why PBW management are so high on his abilities and we here at pbwwrestling.com cant wait to see what next year has in store of the new King Of Crusiers. As we approached the the end of the event we had just one more match leading us into our Maximum Impact 2011 main event and it was to be none other than an SPWA showcase match. With PBW stars Andy Wild, Davey Blaze, Chris Rampage and Stevie Xavier all having trained at the Scottish Pro Wrestling Academy and becoming such a huge part of PBW and Scottish wrestling in general PBW management decided to have a showcase tag team match that would feature JD Bravo and Jamie Feerick vs Scott Maverick and TJ Rage with Charles Boddington. Rage and Feerick are by no means rookies although on this occasion were paired with partners who made their debuts in wrestling this year. An entertaining match which eventually went in favour of Rage and Maverick due to help from Charles Boddington who had made it clear all along that he didnt think TJ should be in such a 'rubbish match'. He may have got his team the win but the feedback from the fans has been great and we would once again like to congradulate Maverick and Bravo on their hard work earning a spot on our biggest show of the year. It was now time for our main event as PBW champion BT Gunn would defend his title against the monster that is Johnny Moss in a 2 out of 3 falls match. The Scottish fans instantly got behind their hero as he and Moss went at it from the very start. A back and forth match until Moss would powerbomb Gunn from the ring apron to the outside leaving the champion in agony on the floor. The audience were in silence as PBW owner Ross Watson rushed to check on his champion as Moss ordered the referee to count to 10 at the same time. The look on Watson's face told the story that no one wanted to hear. As the referee reached 10 the first fall was awarded to Moss who then ordered the referee to start the count again. As the crowd watched on in silence and as the referee once again approached 10 it was a sudden burst of energy from Gunn that enabled him to jump back into the ring as the referee got to 9. Moss instantly got back on top of the injured Gunn showing even more aggression. Minutes later as Moss went for one of his trademark German suplexes Gunn managed to block and roll through pinning Moss to even things up. The match continued with both men leaving nothing behind. Gunn bringing kick after kick and Moss bringing an insane number of suplexes. As the fans in Irvine rallied behind their champion it eventually took a second codebreaker from Gunn to finally put Moss down for another 3 count. 3 hours after the show began BT Gunn had done what many thought was impossible and retained the PBW Championship against Johnny Moss in a truely worthy main event of such a grand show. PBW would just like to take this opportunity to thank all our great fans and also all our talented wrestlers for making Maximum Impact 2011 our best Maximum Impact yet. Also a huge thankyou to our event sponsors the Lo-Gy Centre and The Harbourside Hotel for their continued support. As allways Maximum Impact 2011 was filmed in HD by Strangworx for DVD and Blu Ray release and is expected to be ready sometime in December. Also on hand was PBW photographer David Wilson to once again capture all the magic and we will be posting Mr Wilsons pictures soon right here at www.pbwwrestling.com and also at www.facebook.com/pbwwrestling. Thankyou once again to all the fans who came out and supported us in Irvine and we hope to see you in Dumbarton on November 26th and at Barrhead on December the 3rd.