WAW returned to the Town Hall in Hunstanton for the latest in their series of shows in the Norfolk seaside resort. Hunstanton has become one of the company's most recent venues in the past year, and tonight's matches were played out in front of another sold out crowd.
"BIG" DAVE WATERS v MATT SKILLZ
The Sheringham strongman was the man selected to face one of the graduates of Jake Roberts' training school in the youngster's WAW debut, in a match fought under traditional British rules, with the rookie impressing in this opening encounter, as did the man mountain.
The first fall occurred in the second round, with Waters delivering a good looking full-nelson slam onto Skillz to get the three count. Two rounds later, Skillz scored the equalising fall after Waters missed a shoulder charge while Skillz slumped in the corner, the rookie gaining the pin with a roll-up. The third fall went to the big man in the penultimate round, as Waters showed his wrestling skill, working over his opponent before making him tap using a single leg Boston Crab, the only blight on the proceedings being the fact that Waters used the ropes to assist him in this move, the only downside to an otherwise entertaining opener.
SWEET SARAYA v DESTINY
The second contest of the evening to be fought under the rounds system, with my first chance to see Saraya in action following her elbow injury, and a chance to see Destiny, who seems to be improving as a wrestler with each and every match.
The first fall went to Saraya in the second round. After what had been a pretty even contest, Saraya caught Destiny with a cross body-block to go ahead. Two rounds later, Destiny drew level, catching Saraya with a twilt-a-whirl slam while she came off the ropes. However, despite giving her all, Destiny was unable to secure the victory, as Saraya gained the third and deciding fall after a big splash off the top rope. An impressive outing from both women, with Saraya impressive as always, and Destiny showing she has come on leaps and bounds since her debut almost two years ago.
THE BULK v KARL KRAGIOUS v HOT STUFF
A triple threat elimination match to finish off the first half of the show, with Karl Kragious, in only his third ever match, and returning to the ring after an absence of almost eighteen months, going at it with two of WAW's veterans.
Although this was an elimination match, this stipulation seemed to be forgotten on a number of occasions, as Kragious and Hot Stuff constantly broke up each other's pin attempts, which seemed all the more confusing because it looked like they had the Bulk pinned on a number of occasions. If they hadn't done this, either one of them may have secured the victory.
But the spoils went to the big man. First he eliminated Kragious with his massive leg drop. But what made this move more impressive was the fact that as he delivered the leg drop, he delivered a stunner to Hot Stuff at the same time.
After some hard fought exchanges between Bulk and Hot Stuff, Bulk's, Big Dave, came out to cheer his brother, and his distraction led to Bulk gaining the advantage and taking Hot Stuff down with his trademark finishing move, the Bulkishi Driver. As Bulk left the ring after gaining his victory, an enraged Hot Stuff grabbed the microphone and challenged the Pitbulls to a tag match that evening. Having both engaged in hard fought encounters that evening, the big men declined Hot Stuff's offer.
"ROWDY" RICKY KNIGHT and THE ZEBRA KID v "THE DARK ANGEL" ASHE and JAKE "THE SNAKE" ROBERTS
The main event of the evening featured local boy Ashe teaming with the former WWF legend against two of the hardest hitters in British wrestling in a match which, although good, left this reporter wanting just a little more.
Knight & Zebra were very reluctant to get in the ring with Roberts, and seemed more than happy to dish out a beating to Ashe, although the youngster showed why he is considered one of the brightest young talents in Britain at the moment by mounting several impressive comebacks. Roberts' appearances in the ring were unfortunately very brief, as his opponent's reluctance to face him, and the referee's stringent enforcement of the rules led to the Snake Man spending most of the time standing on the ring apron watching his partner take a beating.
However, when Roberts did get into the ring, he was effective, and showed he was still capable of taking his opponents down. This offence was enough for the Sweet Saraya to interject herself into the proceedings, as she broke up a pin attempt by Roberts. A short time later, she became more physically involved, getting into the ring and temporarily blinding Roberts after throwing powder into his eyes. However, this move was the ending of Saraya, as a blinded Roberts came down on Saraya with an awesome looking DDT. But the effects of the powder dazed Roberts, as, thinking he had attacked one of his proper opponents, he went for the cover, but the cover meant nothing because he was covering Saraya. As the referee tried to make him aware of this error on his part, Knight connected with an elbow drop to gain the pin.
Afterwards, an enraged Knight, upset that his wife had to be virtually carried away from the ring, challenged Roberts to a contest at the next Hunstanton show in August.
ROCK WEILER v THE KRAFT
The third of their series of matches in Hunstanton. Both men had asked for this rematch after the top rope had broken during their last match here three months ago.
Both men once again gave their all in this contest, but sadly this wasn't the best bout I'd seen from these two wrestlers. It was entertaining in it's own right, but nowhere near as good as their match last November.
After escaping Weiler's moonsault attempt, the Kraft gained the victory with a good looking Samoan Driver, something I had seen him practice in training some time ago, but probably the first time I had seen him use it in a match. An impressive finish to a match which lacked a little fizz.
In conclusion, another good night of wrestling in Hunstanton, and good to see another packed crowd in a venue which welcomes professional wrestling with open arms. Although a couple of the matches lacked spark at times, overall it was still a good night.
Match of the night goes to the three way elimination match. It was good to see Karl Kragious back on the scene. I said after his debut matches in 2002 that he could go a long way if he stuck at it. Hot Stuff was impressive again, while the Bulk showed that he's just as perhaps even more impressive in singles action than he is in the tag-team division.
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