{"id":12598,"date":"2019-05-20T18:10:46","date_gmt":"2019-05-20T17:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/?p=12598"},"modified":"2019-05-20T18:10:59","modified_gmt":"2019-05-20T17:10:59","slug":"wxw-true-colors-review-11-5-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/index.php\/2019\/05\/20\/wxw-true-colors-review-11-5-19\/","title":{"rendered":"wXw True Colors review (11.5.19)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

T<\/strong>Having stepped away from the promotion for a couple of\nshows, I return to watching wXw on a night where Bobby Gunns and Aussie Open\nwere set to defend their Unified World and Tag Team Championships respectively.\nWith Lucky Kid versus Absolute Andy on the show as well, it looked like a potentially\nstrong offering from the promotion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aussie Open versus\nJay-FK (wXw World Tag Title Match)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To me at least, it isn\u2019t entirely clear whether Aussie Open\nare supposed to be face or heel and the opening exchange almost sets things up\nas heel versus heel as both teams attempted to attack before the bell. After\ninitial double teaming deals with Kaspin and Skillet, illegal interference by\nKaspin from the apron allowed the ex-champs to cut Fletcher off and isolate\nhim. Heeling 101 followed in the form of stomps, chokes and the ref being\nmanipulated out of position. Playing into the \u2018Kyle is a heavyweight\u2019\nnarrative, he turned things around with a double suplex on Jay-FK. Davis showed\noff his own strength with a double complete shot and though a low-blow\/assisted\nroll-up nearly earned Jay-FK the win, a fidget spinner finished off Skillet. A\ndecent, if unspectacular opening contest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Veit Muller versus Oliver Carter<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carter appears to be getting more\nbookings with wXw now and was a guy who impressed me at Road to 16 Carat\nLondon. Early exchanges established that Carter can mix it up with Muller,\nthough the high flyer was soon grounded by a Muller deadlift gutwrench. Carter\nhad some neat offense as he grabbed a two with a leap through the middle ropes\ninto a backcracker. He also had some power to his game, sending Muller across\nthe ring with an exploder-style suplex. After avoiding Muller\u2019s capture\nfisherman, Carter earned nearfalls with a lionsault and a powerslam as the pace\nbegan to pick up. However, Muller laid Carter out with a clothesline and hit\nhis capture fisherman for the win. Took a little time to get going, but the\nfinishing stretch was good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Killer Kelly versus Amale Winchester versus Valkyrie<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a rematch from the Road\nto True Colors show, a match which Valkyrie won after Winchester was a late\naddition. A potential number one contender contest with Karsten Beck deciding\nwho will fight Toni Storm after this match, the match began quickly with all\nthree women laying in strikes at ringside and inside the ring. Valkyrie showed off\nsome impressive athleticism with a dropkick through the ropes and a back elbow\noff of the second rope after a flipping escape. Winchester was more no-nonsense\nwhen she took control, kicking Valkyrie about with ease until a fiery comeback\nfrom the smaller wrestler popped the crowd. Winchester\u2019s desire for a title\nshot is the narrative and she nailed a hip attack on Kelly and draping DDT on\nValkyrie as she pushed for the victory. Just as it looked like Valkyrie might\nwin once more with her top rope axe kick, Amale pushed Kelly into the\nturnbuckle, taking out Valkyrie and leading to an STO variation that gave\nWinchester the victory. Good to see other wrestlers promoted in the women\u2019s\ndivision and a pretty solid triple threat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Absolute Andy versus Lucky Kid<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A clash between the 2018 and 2019\nwinners of 16 Carat Gold as Kid looked for some measure of revenge after Andy\nhad been involved in RISE\/Schadenfreude business as of late. Early mind games\nhad both men taunting each other several times after successful moves, though a\ndive feint gave way to a proper dive from Kid as he took control. It was\nperhaps surprising that Kid was one step ahead for a prolonged period of time,\nyet Andy eventually outsmarted Kid with a clothesline to halt the skid. It wasn\u2019t\nfor long though as Kid landed a handspring back elbow and a superplex after a\nbrief grapple on the top turnbuckle. This sparked more back and forth as\nneither man was able to stay on top. A missed 450 and an Andy F5 could have been\nit, but Kid kicked out before the three. Unfortunately for Kid, a pinning\ncombination out of the corner saw Andy grab the rope to halt the move and pin\nKid using the added leverage. A good match in places, but expected Kid to fight\nfrom underneath a lot more considering their styles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Crown versus Julian Pace\/Wheeler Yuta<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having been bullied backstage by\nthe Crown, Pace chose Yuta to be his tag partner in an interesting clash of\nstyles. Yuta and Pace initially used their pace and technical acumen to take\nthe match to James and Simmons respectively, with some quick tags used to cut\nSimmons off in particular. It was Yuta who ended up getting controlled by the\nheel duo after an assisted pop-up European uppercut by James, leading to some\nbully boy punishment from the bigger team. Yuta finally managed to escape the\ncorner to get a tag to Pace, who entered with a double springboard dropkick to\nkick off a sequence that bamboozled the Crown with speed. An excellent spot saw\nthe Crown catch both Yuta and Pace\u2019s crossbody attempts and dump them with\nsimultaneous sitout gutwrench powerbombs. This signalled the beginning of the\nend for Pace and Yuta as Yuta was put away with the Royal Execution (assisted\ncurb stomp). A solid big men\/little men contest with the Crown becoming a\nreally solid heel duo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Avalanche is down in the ring to\ncomplain about Emil Sitoci not being here. However, Avalanche is ready to fight\nand had asked the wXw Academy to send their strongest fighter\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Avalanche versus Vinnie Vortex<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026the reigning wXw Academy Cup\nholder, Vinnie Vortex. Vortex is game, but the opening exchanges have Avalanche\nlargely shrugging off his offense and throwing Vortex around the ring. A slam\nand a big splash earned him an early two count, whilst a belly to belly slam\ncut off an attempted comeback by Vortex. Vortex cannot get anything going\noutside of avoiding a superplex off of the top, with Avalanche getting the\nvictory with the Boulder Dash. A real squash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bobby Gunns \u00a9 versus Ilja Dragunov versus Marius Al-Ani (wXw Unified\nWorld Title Match)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coming off the back of a brawl at\nthe end of Road to True Colours, Gunns found himself defending his title in the\nmain event against both Dragunov and Al-Ani. In his hometown, Dragunov started\nlike the proverbial house on fire, landing successive suicide dives before\ntaking the fight to both men in the ring. Al-Ani looked to up the ante with a\nDVD on the apron on Gunns as the fight spilled out of the ring, only to end up\ngetting sent through two chairs with a double suplex by Dragunov and Gunns.\nThis allowed the latter two to go at it in an attempt to recreate some of the\nmagic of their previous singles match (though with a less vociferous response\nif we\u2019re being honest), including a Konstantin Special for two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The momentum began to shift\nbetween all three men at this point after Al-Ani regrouped. Gunns managed to\napply the switch armbreaker on Al-Ani but to no avail, before \u2018The Body\u2019\nlaunched his trademark corner dive successfully on both of his opponents. A\ndouble German suplex showcased Gunns\u2019 impressive strength, though a lariat wasn\u2019t\nenough to take out Al-Ani. A chairshot and a modified slam should be, yet\nDragunov grabbed the referee from the ring at two. After a poorly thought out\nGerman suplex on Dragunov into a set of chairs, Gunns picked up the win with a\nsmall package on Al-Ani after Dragunov fought off an anklelock. A good main\nevent, though the fans were naturally unhappy with Dragunov coming out on the losing\nend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nothing was particularly blow\naway amazing, but the majority of it was at least solid. The best match of the\nnight was probably the main event, though the Tag Team Title match and the\nCrown\/Wheeler and Yuta contest both had their moments. As always, Superstars of\nWrestling looks interesting coming up in June \u2013 Ken Shamrock, Bob Holly, Brian\nCage and Joey Janela are all booked to appear. It should be wild.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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