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Wednesday 13 March 2019

DAM Promotions, Weybourne, August 2004 - Live Show Review

DAM Promotions continued their expansion with a show in a new venue for them in front of a sold out crowd, headlined by a match for the now vacant DAM Open title (more details on this situation later.)

ETHAN MOORE v ZAK ZODIAC
The opening match was billed as a WAW Academy match, with two of the hottest young talents going at it in a fast paced match that was a great way to start the show.

In fact at times the action was so fast that it was difficult to follow, as Moore and Zodiac went at it tooth and nail.

The victory went to the young masked star. Despite some impressive moves, Moore stared at the ceiling after Zodiac rolled him up. A good bout from the youngsters here.

SABOTAGE v BIG DAVE WATERS
A battle of pure power here, and my first look at Sabotage, as he went up against the Sheringham strongman.

At times this battle of the brutes was good to watch, but for some reason Sabotage, who seems to be a hybrid of various Undertaker gimmicks, just didn't impress me in this first outing.

Big Dave secured the pin with a school boy roll-up after Sabotage missed a corner attack.

BASH v THE BULK
It had been a while since the former WAW British Champion had been in the ring, and he would face tough opposition in his return match against Britain's heaviest wrestler.

The Bulk dominated the early parts of the bout, using his size advantage well, but time and time again Bash bent the rules to gain the upper hand.

Towards the end of the bout, Sabotage emerged from the back, confronting referee Charlie Frary about his defeat in the previous contest. This was all that Bash needed as he levelled the Bulk with his trusty baseball bat to gain the pin.

Vacant DAM Open Championship - best of three falls
CONSCIENCE v THE ZEBRA KID
At the beginning of the evening it was announced that Ricky Knight had been stripped of the DAM title for his refusal to defend the belt against the Zebra Kid, so the promoters made this bout, fought over three falls, for the vacant title, pitting the WAW British Champion against the Scottish Heavyweight Champion.

Conscience, whose religious gimmick seemed to borrow a great deal from Mordecai (or perhaps it's the other way round), simply overpowered Zebra at first, but the Kid soon fought back with his superior speed.

The first fall went to the Zebra Kid, who pinned Conscience after a top rope elbow. Conscience fought back to equalise after a spinning sidewalk slam. The third fall, victory and championship went to the Zebra Kid. Conscience had exposed the top turnbuckle, but this proved to be his undoing, Zebra sending him crashing into the exposed metal.

Sadly, not the best Zebra Kid match I've seen, but this may have been down to the quality of his opponent.

ROYAL RUMBLE
I don't think I need to say why I hate reporting on these kind of matches. Just look at some of my previous show reports to find out why.

The Bulk won the rumble after some fast paced and hard hitting action, eliminating Sabotage before finishing off Bash with a choke slam.

In conclusion - after the enjoyable tag-team tournament at the last DAM Promotions show, I couldn't help but feel a little disappointed with this show, possibly because there were only four regular matches, and no tag-team encounter.

Match of the night goes to the opening encounter between Zak Zodiac and Ethan Moore. A good showcase of today's up and coming talent.

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