{"id":12074,"date":"2019-04-08T18:35:43","date_gmt":"2019-04-08T17:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/?p=12074"},"modified":"2019-04-08T18:35:57","modified_gmt":"2019-04-08T17:35:57","slug":"hope-evolution-83-you-cant-fix-the-world-if-all-you-have-is-a-hammer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/index.php\/2019\/04\/08\/hope-evolution-83-you-cant-fix-the-world-if-all-you-have-is-a-hammer\/","title":{"rendered":"HOPE Evolution 83: You can’t fix the world, if all you have is a hammer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Jake\nClarke @JakeCCK<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

HOPE\nEvolution 83: You can\u2019t fix the world if all you have is a hammer!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

06\/4\/19\nWest End Working mens club, Leicester <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On this day, I returned to this working men’s club, one of the many in Leicester for my 11th<\/sup> show of the year HOPE 83. This was a highly anticipated show, with the Leicester debut of Chris Ridgeway as he took on a returning Cara Noir. This show looked like it was going to be a special one and it definitely delivered. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Diamond\u2019\nDave Andrews defeats Tommy Kyle<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was the debut match of Tommy Kyle in HOPE and the former UBW champion looked to defeat the former Kings of Flight champion DDA. This was DDA\u2019s first match since losing the Kings of Flight title against his former tag partner Danny Chase and DDA looked focus. I\u2019m not the biggest DDA fan but he put a shift in in this match so fair play. The match began with a feeling out process ending in DDA coming out on top and taking control. Tommy Kyle then took control and taunted the crowd for supporting the DDA. The crowd were hot for this show. The match eventually ended with DDA countering a springboard maneuver into an RKO. Solid match to kick the show off. Was quite pantomime in places but overall it was fine but nothing memorable. This may lead to DDA getting his title rematch in the near future. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joe\nNelson defeats Nico Angelo to retain the HOPE Young Guns title<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This match was a major show stealer. I knew this match was\ngoing to be good but I didn\u2019t expect this. Nico was replacing an injured Ethan\nAllen, Ethan get better soon mate. I believe this was Nico\u2019s first match back\nfrom injury and he looked great. From the get go, the match was fast paced and\nhard hitting. Both men displayed great technical capabilities despite being\nknown for their high flying prowess. There were so many great near falls,\nincluding a Nico shooting star press which Joe kicked out off. Both men pulled\nout everything and the kitchen sink. Something that was interesting during this\nwas Joe Nelson embracing a cocky side, seemingly being quite confident.\nEventually, after trying for it all match, Nelson hit a tilt a whirl DDT to put\nNico away. The guys embraced after the match and the crowd applauded, amazed by\nwhat a great match that was. If Joe and Nico want to have a rematch, wherever\nit is, I will happily come and watch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kai\nPayne defeats NIWA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This match was interesting as it was the returning Kai\nPayne taking on a debuting NIWA. NIWA himself said he was surprised by the pop he\ngot from the crowd, some of the crowd members went genuinely wild. NIWA was\nreplacing the sick Jack Cave, this was a great replacement, this was probably\nway better than the advertised match would have been, sorry Jack, I like you,\njust NIWA innit. Kai has a lot of potential and it showed in this match as he\nput a great shift in against a current Progress roster member. I own some Kai\nPayne merch so I am a big fan. Anyway, the match began with NIWA displaying his\npower, punishing Kai with some hard chops and Kai fired back but to no avail.\nKai then took control and hit his really cool spinny elbow drop thing that he\ndoes. He then eventually finished off NIWA with the Payne killer. Great\nfinishing move name, rate that. Overall, solid stuff all around, NIWA impressed\nin his debut. It was nothing too memorable but it was a fine match. NIWA got a\nplease come back chant, so hopefully we do see him back in the future. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tim\nLee defeats Drew Parker to win the Hardcore championship<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The result was obvious going into this. Drew had already announced his impending departure to Japan so there was no way he was winning this. The match was brutal nevertheless. Tim bought out a toy gun and began this match by shooting Drew with it, the bullets where like little pins that stuck into Drew when they were shot at him. Drew then got the chairs and punished Tim before getting a ladder from underneath the ring. He then proceeded to power slam Tim through the ladder. Next, Drew shot those bullets into both cheeks of Tim\u2019s bottom. Drew got more chairs and tried to put Tim through them but Tim countered. What followed was nuts. They stuffed straws into each other\u2019s heads and Tim dropped Parker on his head with the straws on. Crikey! After this Tim finished Parker off with the snowplow on some thumbtacks to get a huge win. Lee and Parker embraced post match and Parker got a standing ovation and a huge thank you Drew chant. Truly, thank you Drew. Has been an honor to watch you perform over the last year and a half. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the interval, I got some chips from the lovely food area\nin the club. Lovely woman and cheap chips, not complaining. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chief\nDeputy Dunne defeats Chris Tyler by DQ<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We kicked off the second half of the show with the Chief\ncoming out ready for a match with Chris Tyler. Chris came out and said that\nthere was a new clause in his contract that said he did not have to compete if\nhis bodyguard Alexander Hyde was absent, which he was this evening. Chris was\nthen greeted with chicken chants which lead to him getting on the apron. As\nDunne was distracted, out came Chris Ridgeway who choked Dunne out from behind.\nIf the two Chris\u2019 are forming an alliance I\u2019m definitely not complaining. Dunne\nthen challenged the two to a tag team main event which was greeted by Santos\nchants, it would be the returning Cara Noir that would be Dunne\u2019s partner.\nChris Tyler\u2019s heel work was fantastic all night, he\u2019s finally starting to look\nconfident as a heel. The fact that two advertised singles matches that could\nhave been great turned into a tag match was frustrating but the end product was\nfantastic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nothing\nto Prove (Elijah and L.K Mezinger) defeat Team MAD (Hustle Malone and Jayde) to\nretain the HOPE tag team championships<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jayde replaced the Warren Banks here and I was delighted as\nI\u2019m a huge Jayde fan and she is currently in the lead in terms of people I have\nseen the most so far this year. I was surprised how dominant MAD were here.\nThey really took it to the champs. After a fiery start, it was Elijah that took\ncontrol, beating down Jayde whilst L.K mocked her from the outside. Eventually,\nHustle made the hot tag, taking down both men and getting some great near\nfalls. MAD hit Elijah with double headbutts and a double DDT which lead to a\nvery convincing near fall but it was a bit messy aswell. Essentially what was\nsupposed to happen was L.K should\u2019ve pulled the ref out from counting the three\nbut L.K was on the other side of the ring so the referee just stopped counting\nand waited to get pulled out. When it did happen, Elijah finished off Hustle to\nget the win for Nothing to Prove. This really killed the match and almost all\nthe audience noticed it which put them off. Otherwise fine match but nothing\nspecial. I\u2019m not sure who will beat Nothing to Prove at this point. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kyle\nKingsley defeats Rene Dupree<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was better than it had any right to be. I thought it\nwould be quite sluggish but it was the opposite of that. Kingsley attacked\nDupree as he was making his entrance and threw him into some chairs. Kingsley\ncontrolled a huge portion of this match and really impressed me, I thought he\nlooked really great. He has come on leaps and bounds. Rene went for a splash\nmultiple times but Kyle kept halting him and staying on top. Eventually, Kyle\nwould win getting his feet on the ropes from a roll up. Hugely entertaining\nstuff, exceeded expectations massively. After the match, Dupree laid Kingsley\nout and finally hit him with the splash. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cara\nNoir and Chief Deputy Dunne defeat Chris Tyler and Chris Ridgeway<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This match was absolutely class and might be one of the best\nmatches I\u2019ve seen live this year so far. From the start, all 4 men just went at\nit. The match began with Ridgeway dominating Dunne on the mat and hitting him\nwith large kicks. A thing that did make me laugh was when Chris was making his\nentrance, my mate shouted hard as and Chris put his finger on his lip, telling\nhim to be quiet as it was a PG show. Anyways, Tyler and Noir were next in and\ndespite Noir having a month away, he looked better than ever. This match then\nturned into a complete spotfest. Big move after big move, some incredible\nsequences and some excellent near falls with all 4 men hitting their best hits\nalong the way. Everything was timed to perfection and I would kill to watch\nthat match again. It was so amazing. After teasing it all match, Dunne and Noir\nfinished Tyler off with a spike package piledriver. They then kissed after the\nmatch and both me got a huge pop to send the crowd home happy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall:\n<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Great show, probably the best HOPE show of the year so far.\nEvery match delivered in some capacity and that\u2019s what you want from a match\nlike this. If you can make it, their next show is April 19th<\/sup> in\nMansfield at the Forest town arena. Looks a promising card so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Matches\nto check out: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chief Deputy Dunne and Cara Noir vs Chris Ridgeway and\nChris Tyler<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joe Nelson vs Nico Angelo <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Follow @JakeCCk on twitter for discussions, live coverage\nof shows I go to and much more. Cheers. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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