The winner of this match gets to choose their first round 16\nCarat Gold opponent, and it is Starr and Avalanche who had all the early\nmomentum as they controlled both Simmons and Thatcher. It took a distraction\nfrom Simmons on the apron for Thatcher to hit Starr with a belly to belly\nsuplex and turn the tide in the favour of the odd bedfellows, though Simmons\u2019\nbehaviour raised the ire of Thatcher more than once and inevitably cost them\nthe match. A Vader splash by Avalanche on Simmons should have been enough, but\nStarr tagged himself in to win with the Blackheart Buster and earn himself the\nright to choose his first round opponent. The crowd wanted Starr to choose\nWALTER as they chant his name, whilst Starr eventually gets a handshake from an\nangry Avalanche. A fun opener due to the interesting duos involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Killer Kelly versus\nToni Storm versus Faye Jackson (non-title match)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Pre-match, we revisit the simmering tension between Kelly\nand Storm over Kelly\u2019s reaction to Melanie Gray\u2019s departure. Interestingly, it\nwas Storm who attacked Kelly to begin the match and deposit her at ringside.\nJackson is a newcomer to the promotion but got the crowd behind her with a\ndouble hip attack and a teased suicide dive that turned into an elbow off of\nthe ring apron instead. The fans in the arena were very pro-Kelly in the strike\nexchanges with Storm, whilst there was a real heel streak to Storm\u2019s attacks on\nKelly. A nearfall for each woman added to the drama, before Kelly grabbed the\nwin over Jackson with an impressive Samoan drop. The continuing issues between\nKelly and Storm made this watchable, whilst a slap around the face as a\nresponse to a handshake offer post-match seemed to confirm Storm\u2019s heel turn.\nwXw Women\u2019s Title match for 16 Carat Gold, anyone?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jay-FK versus RISE\n(wXw World Tag Team Title Match)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n After the fans give them a less then positive welcome,\nJay-FK looked to regain the wXw World Tag Team Titles against RISE. An attack\nbefore the bell rung backfired though, with RISE managing to isolate Jay\nSkillet in the early going. A superkick\/DDT combination should see RISE retain\neasily, but shenanigans with the title belts by Francis Kaspin distracted the\nreferee and Jay-FK took over with a springboard bulldog. The challengers\neffectively cut the ring in half, leading to an effective house on fire\nsequence with Ivan Kiev taking out both members of Jay-FK. The two teams trade\nsome big offense, including Jay-FK\u2019s superkick\/DVD, but it was RISE who picked\nup the win with Bouncer\u2019s DDT. Probably one of RISE\u2019s better recent tag team\nmatches, though I do wonder who gets positioned to take them on next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n WALTER versus Veit\nMuller<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n After a recap of how WALTER fell out with Muller in recent\nmonths, we get what happens to be a rematch from a 2018 Shotgun episode.\nHowever, Muller has risen up the ranks since then and this was hotly\nanticipated coming in. The opening exchanges saw Muller outwork and\noutmanoeuvre WALTER, including a bodyslam that had everyone popping. Naturally,\nWALTER controlled the match for the bulk and was great playing subtle dick heel\nas he beat on the hometown boy mercilessly with strikes. Muller\u2019s powerful\nbursts of offense worked great to give him hope, yet also generally trigger a\nbrutal chop or kick to halt his momentum. WALTER wasn\u2019t holding back \u2013 a\nclothesline to the back of the head followed by a backdrop driver a particular\nhighlight. The finishing stretch was very \u2018RINGKAMPF\u2019 insomuch as all about the\nstruggle as Muller stayed in the contest until WALTER hit a variation on a\ntombstone for the finish. Deserved the \u2018this is awesome\u2019 chants it received;\nstar making match for Muller perhaps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mid-tug of war over whether to give Muller a handshake,\nWALTER is interrupted by David Starr with three words \u201916 Carat \u2013 WALTER\u2019.\nStarr apparently has made his choice, yet WALTER just walked out without even\nacknowledging Starr. He also didn\u2019t seemingly give Muller the handshake either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lucky Kid versus Da\nMack<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Considering this is Da Mack\u2019s first match in Hamburg for two\nyears at the behest of Lucky Kid who wanted revenge for Mack costing him the\nShotgun Title, Kid\u2019s \u2018mind games\u2019 don\u2019t really fit what should be a heated\ncontest all around. This does at least lead to a concerted attack by Mack whose\noverall demeanour exudes a lack of emotion in a good way as he took his time to\nwork over Kid. As Kid managed to work his way back into the contest, the match\nimproved as the fans also got to their feet to support Kid. Kid still felt like\nhe was fighting from underneath as he kicked out of Mack Magic off the top\nbefore hitting a top con hilo. The finish saw Mack pass out in Kid\u2019s crossface\nsubmission, a finish that felt a little anticlimactic, though I guess it gives\nMack an excuse for the loss. The match itself got better as it progressed, but\nI\u2019d probably expected more if I\u2019m being honest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bobby Gunns and Ilja\nDragunov versus Absolute Andy and Marius Al-Ani<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n With the winning team deciding whether Gunns or Al-Ani goes\nto 16 Carat in order to face Andy for the wXw Unified World Heavyweight Title,\nthis main event had big repercussions going forward. As is often the case with\nwXw main event tags, there wasn\u2019t much of a nod given to actual tag teaming in\nthe opening exchanges as all four men brawled in and around the ring. As things\nsettled down, it was Dragunov who found himself in danger as the former A4\nworked him over utilising some of their old tag team nous, as well as keeping\nGunns out of the corner at opportune times. Gunns managed to clean house when\nhe did come in, leading to Al-Ani taking a beating for a short while before\nthings pretty much broke down once more. Showing how far he is willing to go to\nwin a match, Andy rang the bell as if to indicate that Al-Ani had given up in a\nsubmission, only to subsequently attack. However, following a DOUBLE German\nsuplex on Andy and Al-Ani, Gunns got the huge win with a jacknife pin on the\nchampion. We have our Night Two main event! A good main event that was as\naction packed as you might expect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Andy had the last laugh as he hit a superkick on Vinny\nVortex, Gunns\u2019 brother. However, the die had been cast and the right decision\nmade \u2013 Gunns against Andy was the match to make for Night Two of 16 Carat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A strong offering and a hot crowd only continues to build\nthe momentum for the promotion en route to the biggest weekender in European\nwrestling. The matches that are being set up for 16 Carat (Starr\/WALTER,\nStorm\/Kelly, Gunns\/Andy) are all exciting offerings (if only potential thus\nfar), whilst we still have a few other notable names that aren\u2019t yet booked.\nThe pieces will continue to fall into place as we approach 16 Carat Gold \u2013 I,\nfor one, can\u2019t wait.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" With 16 Carat inching closer, Dead End was one of the last opportunities for wXw to get their main matches outside of the tournament itself sorted. 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