{"id":12662,"date":"2019-05-30T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-30T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/?p=12662"},"modified":"2019-05-30T04:36:04","modified_gmt":"2019-05-30T03:36:04","slug":"ott-belfast-banjaxed-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/index.php\/2019\/05\/30\/ott-belfast-banjaxed-review\/","title":{"rendered":"OTT Belfast Banjaxed Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OTT\nproduced another hit show in what has been a great year for the promotion so\nfar. As always, Belfast provided a killer atmosphere for what ended up being a\ngreat night of wrestling, setting the table for WrestleRama next month, which\nis one of the biggest shows of the year. Let\u2019s get into it<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Notes from the undercard<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Scotty\nDavis &amp; Calum Black def. The Mongrels and Michael May &amp; Liam Royal in a\nhot opener<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Black looked like a destroyer of worlds in his\nmain show debut<\/li><li>There was a lot of tension between Davis and\nMay. Expect them to have a big singles match down the line, maybe at the next\ncontenders show<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Club Tropicana def. Sammy D, Justy and Renee Dupree<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Standard Club Tropicana comedy early on<\/li><li>Dupree brought baguettes and there was a dual between\nthe baguettes and Tropicana\u2019s padals.<\/li><li>After all the comedy, it broke down into a\nstandard six-man tag, which ended up being very good by the end<\/li><li>Captain Sexsea pinned Justy after Careless\nWhisper (a double-team blockbuster)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>David Starr vs Sean\nMaxer Guinness<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is the type of match that only David Starr could pull\noff. The story is, Starr is still fighting to get back at his former best\nfriend and current OTT champion Jordan Devlin. To do that, he needs to run\nthrough one of Devlin\u2019s closest allies in Guinness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It started as a standard technical wrestling match. They\nwere relatively even when grappling on the mat, but once Guinness could pick up\nthe pace he took control. That is, until he tumbled to the outside and appeared\nto blow out his knee. For the next few minutes, Starr brought out his brutal\nside, tearing away at the knee, culminating in a long figure-four leglock hold.\nVery few wrestlers in the world can stay in a submission for so long and not\nmake it boring (Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kota Ibushi and Minoru Suzuki are a few),\nbut the combination of Starr\u2019s brutality in adding torque to the submission,\ncoupled with Maxer\u2019s brilliant selling made this whole thing compelling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maxer fought to the ropes, and rolled out of the ring. At\nthis point, Starr knows the match is over. Maxer\u2019s knee has been brutalized so\nmuch that he can barely stand. Starr rolls him back in the ring, and starts\nbarking at him about how Devlin never cared about him, and that Devlin only\ncares about his WWE contract. Referee Foxy rings the bell after Maxer still\ncannot stand because of his injury. Starr wins. As he leaves, the crowd chants \u201cYou\u2019re\nnever beating WALTER.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Raven Creed \u00a9 vs\nValkyrie \u2013 OTT Women\u2019s Championship<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Valkyrie is accompanied to the ring by the other half of the\nWoke Queens Debbie Keitel and CT Flexor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Creed comes out all fired up, but that costs her early on,\nas Valkyrie is able to keep her cool and dictate the pace of the match. They go\nback-and-forth for a while, with no one being able to sustain too much offense.\nCreed tries to lock in the ankle lock a couple of times, but to little success.\nThe third time, however, she manages to get Valkyrie into the center of the\nring, and it looks like it is over. But then, Keitel grabs her hand as she\nreaches for the ropes and gives her an assist in getting the rope break. Creed\ndoes not take kindly to this, as she goes outside the ring and beats up Keitel,\nramming her into the ring post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Back in the ring, Valkyrie capitalizes on the distraction,\nhitting an enziguri and a roundhouse kick for a near fall. Creed fires up, but\nKeitel spits something in her face as Flexor distracts the referee. Valkyrie\nagain capitalizes, hitting an enziguri and a flying axe kick, and wins the\nmatch and the championship. This rivalry between Creed and the Woke Queens is\nfar from over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Moustache Mountain\n(Tyler Bate &amp; Trent Seven) \u00a9 vs Besties in the World (Matt Flitchett &amp;\nDavey Vega) \u2013 OTT Tag Team Championships<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is weird seeing Moustache Mountain wrestling as heels,\nbut the Besties are so easy to root for that it had to be done. And you know what?\nIt worked perfectly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The early part of the match felt kind of dull, with Seven\nworking over Vega for a very long time. They teased a hot tag to Flitchett for\na long, long time. When he finally got the tag, only one thing went through my\nhead: Matt. Flitchett. Is. Incredible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At no point did I think the Besties had a chance of winning,\nbut then the match kept going. It broke down into both teams in the ring\nhitting all their tag team moves on each other, with the Besties somehow\nmanaging to stay on top for most of it. Eventually, they took too long in\nsetting up a tombstone combination on Bate, and Bate manages to hit his own\ntombstone for a nearfall. The crowd is going nuts at this point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bate and Seven hit a bunch of double team moves on\nFlitchett, but he keeps kicking out. Everyone wants to see the Besties pull\nthis one out, and Flitchett will not stay down. Finally, they hit him with a\ndouble-team Burning Hammer and he stays down for the three count. An excellent\nmatch that everyone should go out of their way to watch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>WALTER vs Tucker<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A video package plays beforehand, with Tucker talking about\nhow he was signed to WWE UK but suffered a major concussion and was released.\nNow he is back and is fighting for redemption, and WALTER is his first target.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Early on this was a standard WALTER match, just with slightly\nless chops. The best part about these shows in Belfast is that no matter what\nhappens in the match, the crowd is going to be alive and add to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The whole story of this match is that Tucker is ready to be\na big time competitor in OTT again, but he is still not on WALTER\u2019s level.\nWALTER beat him up for a long time, with him getting in short spurts of offense\nin every once-in-a-while.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tucker finally built up some steam, and managed to hit his\nfinisher, the SDK (a jumping side kick). Unfortunately, WALTER tumbled out of\nthe ring to avoid getting pinned. Tucker, with the help of a few fans, rolled\nhim back in the ring, but too much time had passed. WALTER recovers, hits\nTucker with a powerbomb and a big lariat for the win. The finish felt a little\nabrupt, but it worked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is chapter one of Tucker\u2019s redemption arc. He will be\nback. He proved that here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jordan Devlin \u00a9 vs\nJake Atlas \u2013 OTT World Championship<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Atlas has yet to break through to that next level on the\nAmerican independent scene, so this was a good platform for him to show off his\ntalents. For a while, it worked very well. He displayed quickness and\nathleticism, along with some innovative offense that allowed him to win the\ncrowd over early on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The match slowed down considerably, however, when Starr made\nhis way to the ring to watch on. This whole Starr-Devlin storyline will presumably\nlead to a big title match down the line, maybe at the 5<sup>th<\/sup>\nAnniversary Show, so that is fine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This match suffered from this point forward, however. It\ncould have been the anticipation that Starr would get involved, or the fact\nthat this had been a very hot show up to this point, but the crowd did not seem\nsuper invested in the match. The cherry on top was when Atlas messed up the\nLGBDDT, which he was visibly frustrated with himself over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Overall, it was a fine athletic showcase for both men, with\nDevlin, of course, coming out on top and retaining the championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the match, Starr hits the ring to cut a promo. He\nbelieves he has earned an OTT Championship match. Devlin says that Starr never\nbeat him, which Starr counters that the last time they wrestled (in the finals\nof PROGRESS\u2019s Super Strong-Style 16 tournament), he won. Devlin says that to\nearn a shot, he has to go through WALTER, and walks off. But, just as Devlin is\nabout to go to the back, he is laid out by Sean Maxer Guinness. Evidently Starr\u2019s\nmessage earlier in the night got through to him. It looks like Maxer may get\nthe next title match, maybe at WrestleRama on June 23.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The next show on the OTT calendar is WrestleRama. So far,\ntwo matches have been officially announced:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WALTER vs David Starr<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mark Haskins \u00a9 vs Terry Thatcher \u2013 GN Championship<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OTT produced another hit show in what has been a great year for the promotion so far. 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