Sermon on the Mat (Oct. 4, 2018): MLW, wXw, CMLL, Glory Pro, & RevPro cards

Welcome back to the Sermon on the Mat, your weekly one-stop shop for news from the wider world of wrestling beyond the big cable TV monoliths that get all the coverage.

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MLW Fury Road (Oct. 4, 7PM Eastern)

1. Joey Ryan vs. Richard Holliday
2. Simon Gotch vs. ??? (Simon Gotch Prize Fight Challenge)
3. El Hijo de LA Park vs. Sammy Guevara
4. Brody King vs. Tommy Dreamer
5. ACH, Marko Stunt, & Rich Swann vs. Hart Foundation (Brian Pillman, Jr., Davey Boy Smith, Jr., & Teddy Hart)
6. Shane Strickland vs. Tom Lawlor
7. LA Park vs. Pierre Carl Ouellet
8. Jimmy Havoc vs. Sami Callihan (Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal Match)
9. Jason Cade vs. Jimmy Yuta vs. Maxwell Jacob Friedman (c) (MLW World Middleweight Championship)
10. Daga vs. Low-Ki (c) (MLW World Heavyweight Championship)

Just like Rael before he journeyed to the Chamber of 32 Doors, MLW are back in New York City and my job is easy today, folks. These happen from time to time, folks, and you can probably see it coming if you’ve been reading for a while, but...

LA Park.

Pierre Carl Ouellet.

Real life Godzilla fight.

’Nuff said.

Get your tickets here or check it out when it airs as episodes of MLW Fusion, whether on their YouTube channel or BeIN Sports, folks.

wXw Inner Circle / World Tag Team League / Femmes Fatales 2018 (Oct. 4-7)

—Inner Circle (Oct. 4, 7PM CET)—

1. Kris Wolf vs. LuFisto
2. Jay-FK (Francis Kaspin & Jay Skillet) vs. Okami (Daichi Hashimoto & Hideyoshi Kamitani)
3. Fred Yehi vs. Timothy Thatcher

—World Tag Team League Night One (Oct. 5, 8PM CET)—

1. Emil Sitoci vs. Fred Yehi vs. Julian Pace vs. Lucky Kid (wXw Shotgun Championship #1 Contender’s Match)
2. Lucha Brothers (Penta el Zero M & Rey Fenix) vs. Okami (Daichi Hashimoto & Hideyoshi Kamitani) (World Tag Team League Group A Match)
3. CCK (Chris Brookes & Jonathan Gresham) vs. Ringkampf (Timothy Thatcher & WALTER) (World Tag Team League Group A Match)
4. Jay-FK (Francis Kaspin & Jay Skillet) vs. Monster Consulting (Avalanche & Julian Nero) (World Tag Team League Group B Match)
5. Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis) vs. Team SPLX (Angelico & Jeff Cobb) (World Tag Team League Group B Match)
6. Meiko Satomura vs. Toni Storm
7. David Starr vs. Jurn Simmons (Hair vs. Hair Match)

—Femmes Fatales 2018 (Oct. 6, 2:30PM CET)—

1. Audrey Bride vs. Millie McKenzie (Femmes Fatales First Round Match)
2. Killer Kelly vs. Kris Wolf (Femmes Fatales First Round Match)
3. Meiko Satomura vs. Wesna (Femmes Fatales First Round Match)
4. LuFisto vs. Toni Storm (Femmes Fatales First Round Match)
5. Melanie Gray (c) vs. Session Moth Martina (wXw Women’s Championship)
6. Femmes Fatales Semifinals & Finals

—World Tag Team League Night Two (Oct. 6, 7PM CET)—

1. CCK (Chris Brookes & Jonathan Gresham) vs. Okami (Daichi Hashimoto & Hideyoshi Kamitani) (World Tag Team League Group A Match)
2. Lucha Brothers (Penta el Zero M & Rey Fenix) vs. Ringkampf (Timothy Thatcher & WALTER) (World Tag Team League Group A Match)
3. Jay-FK (Francis Kaspin & Jay Skillet) vs. Team SPLX (Angelico & Jeff Cobb) (World Tag Team League Group B Match)
4. Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis) vs. Monster Consulting (Avalanche & Julian Nero) (World Tag Team League Group B Match)
5. Toni Storm vs. Wesna
6. Marius Al-Ani vs. Winner of #1 Contender’s Match (wXw Shotgun Championship)
7. Absolute Andy (c) vs. Bobby Gunns vs. Ilja Dragunov (wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship)

—World Tag Team League Night Three (Oct. 7, 5PM CET)—

1. Okami (Daichi Hashimoto & Hideyoshi Kamitani) vs. Ringkampf (Timothy Thatcher & WALTER) (World Tag Team League Group A Match)
2. CCK (Chris Brookes & Jonathan Gresham) vs. Lucha Brothers (Penta el Zero M & Rey Fenix) (World Tag Team League Group A Match)
3. Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis) vs. Jay-FK (Francis Kaspin & Jay Skillet) (World Tag Team League Group B Match)
4. Monster Consulting (Avalanche & Julian Nero) vs. Team SPLX (Angelico & Jeff Cobb) (World Tag Team League Group B Match)
5. LuFisto vs. Wesna
6. Lucky Kid vs. Tarkan Aslan
7. Group A Winner vs. Group B Winner (World Tag Team League Finals)

Yes, folks, it’s time to head back to Oberhausen, Germany for wXw’s OTHER big three-day tournament of the year, the round robin extravaganza that is World Tag Team League! If I had to pick just one match to be excited for, it’d be Lucha Brothers vs. Ringkampf, but really there’s so much going on here it’s hard to start to narrow it down. Another Storm vs. Satomura? Don’t mind if I do! Yehi vs. Thatcher? Always great in Evolve! Starr vs. Simmons? At last their feud concludes! Three-way for the wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship? Things are either gonna look unbesiegbar again or we’re all about to take a smoking break, I bet.

Get your tickets here or check it out when it hits wXwNOW! (which now features content from eight other promotions, including CZW), folks.

CMLL Grand Prix 2018 (Oct. 5, 9:30PM Eastern)

1. Akuma, Camorra, & Star, Jr. vs. Hijo del Signo, Robin, & Yago
2. Avispa Dorada, La Jarochita, & Marcela vs. Dalys, Metalica, & Reyna Isis
3. El Valiente vs. Gran Guerrero (Lightning Match)
4. Barbaro Cavernario & El Cl4n (Ciber the Main Man & the Chris) vs. Hijo de LA Park, LA Park, & Mistico
5. Team International (Dark Magic, David Finlay, Flip Gordon, Gilbert el Boricua, Jay Briscoe, Mark Briscoe, Matt Taven, Michael Elgin, & Okumura) vs. Team Mexico (Caristico, Cuatrero, Diamante Azul, El Terrible, Euforia, Hechicero, Sanson, Ultimo Guerrero, & Volador, Jr.) (CMLL Grand Prix 2018)

CMLL are back in Mexico’s most legendary wrestling venue, Arena Mexico, for your usual Friday night dose of lucha libre action but this is no ordinary show, folks, it’s time for the international Grand Prix! Pitting a team of standouts from Ring of Honor and elsewhere against a team of home-grown CMLL talent, this is usually a damn good match and this year’s has blossomed to be an 18-man cibernetico.

Much like the anniversary show, this one is available both on iPPV through InternetTV, and at no additional cost through membership with HonorClub.

Glory Pro Horse Power (Oct. 7, 3PM Central)

1. Jordynne Grace vs. Savanna Stone
2. Eddie Kingston vs. PACO
3. Marko Stunt vs. Maxwell Jacob Friedman
4. Air Wolf vs. Sage Philips vs. Suge D (c) vs. Tyler Matrix (Tidal Championship)
5. Besties in the World (Davey Vega & Mat Fitchett) vs. No New Friends (Danny Adams & Mike Outlaw) vs. Riegel Twins (Logan & Sterling Riegel)
6. Kevin Lee Davidson vs. Pierre Carl Ouellet
7. Gary Jay vs. Joey Lynch
8. DJ Z & Everett Connors (c) vs. Myron Reed & Stephen Wolf (United Glory Championship)
9. Curt Stallion (c) vs. Jake Parnell (Crown of Glory Championship)

Glory Pro are in Collinsville, Indiana and they’ve got their trademark brand of indie wrestling chock full of midwestern up-and-comers bumping shoulders with established stars on full display again. Jordynne Grace makes her debut opposite Savanna Stone, Suge D defends the UK’s Tidal Championship in a four-way, KLD and PCO spells HOSS, we get to see if Wolf’s last-ditch alliance with Reed can claim him some gold, and a Warhorse steps up to battle a Stallion for the Crown of Glory Championship in the main event.

Get your tickets here or check it out on iPPV through FITE, folks.

RPW Live at the Cockpit 33 (Oct. 7, 5:30PM GMT)

1. Gnarly Neon Explosion (Cassius & Chuck Mambo) vs. Legion of Lords (Gideon Grey & No Fun Dunne)
2. Bobbi Tyler vs. Zoe Lucas
3. HxC (Dan Head & James Castle) vs. Team White Wolf (A-Kid & Carlos Romo)
4. Chris Ridgeway vs. Josh Bodom
5. David Starr vs. MK McKinnan
6. El Phantasmo vs. Jody Fleisch

RevPro are back in the Cockpit in London, England and I gotta admit, this isn’t a show that leaps out at me for the most part, but Phantasmo/Fleisch? That’s the good stuff, right there.

Tickets are sold out, but you can check this bad boy out as always on RPW On Demand, folks.

Free matches here!

Toru Yano vs. Zack Gibson

From the good folks at RevPro, we revisit their Free Match Friday series with an instant comedy classic from last year’s edition of Global Wars UK. The Sublime Master Thief meets Liverpool’s Number One, don’t miss it!

Aramis vs. Dragon Bane vs. Freelance

From the good folks over at +Lucha and courtesy of IWRG, we’ve got three exciting luchadors who you may be familiar with from AAA undercard action. It’s three-way mayhem as Aramis, Dragon Bane, and Freelance meet, check it out!

Free to Think (Brandon Kirk & Jeff Cannonball) vs. Whiskey Dick (“Supercop” Dick Justice & Troy Nelson)

Cards on the table, folks, I am one hundred percent posting this match (from the lovely folks over at Limitless in Maine) just because the cover pic on the video is of Kirk kissing Nelson in the middle of a sitdown bar brawl spot. Enjoy!

Results

AAW Jim Lynam Memorial Tournament 2018 (Sept. 28-29)

—Night One (Sept. 28)—

1. DJ Z over Ace Romero (Jim Lynam Memorial Tournament First Round Match)
2. Sammy Guevara over Trey Miguel (Jim Lynam Memorial Tournament First Round Match)
3. Rich Swann over Trevor Lee (Jim Lynam Memorial Tournament First Round Match)
4. Myron Reed over AR Fox (Jim Lynam Memorial Tournament First Round Match)
5. Darby Allin over Jimmy Jacobs (Jim Lynam Memorial Tournament First Round Match)
6. Sami Callihan over Moose (Jim Lynam Memorial Tournament First Round Match)
7. Besties in the World (Davey Vega & Mat Fitchett) over Deonn Rusman & Joe Asa
8. WRSTLING (David Starr & Eddie Kingston) (c) over Curt Stallion & Jake Something to retain the AAW Tag Team Championship
9. ACH over Maxwell Jacob Friedman (Jim Lynam Memorial Tournament First Round Match)
10. Rey Fenix over Shane Strickland (Jim Lynam Memorial Tournament First Round Match)
11. Brody King (c) over Penta el Zero M to retain the AAW Heavyweight Championship

—Night Two (Sept. 29)—

1. ACH over Myron Reed (Jim Lynam Memorial Tournament Quarterfinal Match)
2. DJ Z over Rey Fenix (Jim Lynam Memorial Tournament Quarterfinal Match)
3. Sami Callihan over Rich Swann (Jim Lynam Memorial Tournament Quarterfinal Match)
4. Sammy Guevara over Darby Allin (Jim Lynam Memorial Tournament Quarterfinal Match)
5. Besties in the World (Davey Vega & Mat Fitchett) & Trey Miguel over WRSTLING (David Starr, Eddie Kingston, & Jeff Cobb)
6. Kylie Rae over Scarlett Bordeaux
7. ACH over DJ Z (Jim Lynam Memorial Tournament Semifinal Match)
8. Sami Callihan over Sammy Guevara (Jim Lynam Memorial Tournament Semifinal Match)
9. AR Fox over Ace Romero, Maxwell Jacob Friedman, Moose, PACO, and Stephen Wolf (Scramble Match)
10. Brody King & Jimmy Jacobs over Jake Crist & Shane Strickland
11. Sami Callihan over ACH (Jim Lynam Memorial Tournament Finals)

Well that’s a tournament winner that can’t make AAW management too happy but how can you argue with results? Well, for one, you can point out that ACH was increasingly banged up as the tournament went on, heading into night two taped up like Tutankhamun, but the fact is Callihan tore through his opponents (including a TWENTY-EIGHT SECOND victory over Sammy Guevara, shutting him up but good after Guevara cut a promo claiming to be the Donald Trump of pro wrestling) and even so, ACH took twenty minutes to fall in the main event, so certainly, a victory well-earned.

Plus Trey Miguel snapped the upset win off over WRSTLING, and Darby Allin aligned with the Crist brothers against King & Jacobs when they beat Jake down after their victory.

Check it out when it hits Smart Mark Video and Highspots, folks.

Beyond Please Come Back (Sept. 30)

1. Kevin Lee Davidson over Vinny Pacifico
2. LuFisto over Trixie Tash
3. EYFBO (Angel Ortiz & Mike “Santana” Draztik) over Amazing Graysons (JP & Tommy Grayson), Project Generation (Evander James & Mantequilla), and Zoltan (Kris Kage & Whiplash)
4. Wheeler YUTA over Jaxon Stone
5. Doom Patrol (Chris Dickinson & Jaka) over Devil’s Reject & Teddy Goodz
6. ”Hot Sauce” Tracy Williams (c) over Travis Huckabee to retain the Powerbomb.tv Independent Wrestling Championship
7. Coach Mammone over Mick Moretti
8. Kris Stadtlander over John Silver
9. Josh Briggs over Curt Stallion
10. Orange Cassidy over Marko Stunt
11. AR Fox over Tony Deppen

As you can see, so many folks impressed on the tryout show that came before this that Beyond decided to have not just one, but two matches with tryout talent on Please Come Back! As expected, upsets were rare, with only Kris Stadtlander (herself a regular at Beyond’s sister promotion Women’s Wrestling Revolution Pro) upending a Beyond roster member in the form of John Silver, but all the new talent went hard to impress all the same. I was only able to actually watch the first half or so of the show, but as always, this kinda thing is the perfect opportunity to sit down and scrape yourself a few new favorites, folks!

You can do so on Powerbomb.tv, naturally.

Progress Chapter 76: Hello Wembley! (Sept. 30)

1. Mark Haskins over Matt Riddle
2. Jinny (c) over Millie McKenzie and Toni Storm to retain the Progress World Women’s Championship
3. Trent Seven over Doug Williams (c) to win the Progress Atlas Division Championship
4. Jimmy Havoc over Paul Robinson (No Disqualification Match)
5. Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis) over Anti-Fun Police (Chief Deputy Dunne & Los Federales Santos, Jr.), Bandido & Flamita (c), Chris Brookes & Timothy Thatcher, Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake & Zack Gibson), M&M (Connor Mills & Maverick Mayhew), Sexy Starr (David Starr & Jack Sexsmith), and the 198 (“Flash” Morgan Webster & Wild Boar) to win the Progress World Tag Team Championship (Thunderbastard Match)
6. Pete Dunne over Ilja Dragunov
7. Eddie Dennis over Mark Andrews to become #1 contender to the Progress World Championship (Tables, Ladders, & Chairs Match)
8. WALTER (c) over Tyler Bate to retain the Progress World Championship

As always with a show I’ll be recapping (just two chapters to go before I’m caught up, folks, we’ll be there in time for the next one at worst!), I’m gonna keep it short and sweet here, but it’s worth noting that this is the first time since September became the annual “big room, biggest show” event on Progress’ calendar that the Progress Champion has retained his title. WALTER’s the real deal, baby!

Check it out when it hits Demand Progress, folks.

As always...

Remember folks, no matter what type of wrestling you like, no matter how down you feel about the state of WWE, Impact, ROH, or any other “big-time” pro wrestling, there’s something out there for you. There’s a pro wrestling product that can hit you in the right spot and make you love wrestling like you thought you’d never be able to love it again. It’s there, I promise. You just gotta reach out and find it, and that, my friends, is what the Sermon on the Mat is all about.