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Just when you thought it was safe to sit ringside, Rob Black’s Xtreme Pro
Wrestling is back with another DVD release, Season Three of its TV show which is
now part of the Big Vision Entertainment library. I gave a history of XPW in my
review of season two so look it up if you have no clue what XPW is/was. Once
again it’s hosted by the very entertaining duo of Kris Kloss & Larry Rivera.
When we last left XPW TV, the World Champion Sabu was gearing up to face Rob
Black’s newest challenger the hardcore icon Terry Funk. That match in addition
to their roster made XPW a national name.
Well XPW owner Black (real name Rob Zicari) and his Black Army were not happy
with the outcome of the match. His crusade to take the championship off Sabu
leads to the arrival of one of the Japan’s feared wrestlers Onita for an
exploding ring title bout. I think the WWE & TNA writing staffs watched this set
because several soap opera style storylines are going at the same time including
Black’s issues with Sabu and his manager. Black’s assistant /VP of Operations
Kevin Kleinrock who appears to be everyone’s whipping boy is back along with the
bodyguard Kraq. They are joined by some interesting “people†namely a Santa
Claus doll called N.C., a teddy bear named Rollo and a small gift from Onita, a
doll called Sulu. These characters interact with Black and anyone who walks into
his office, no I am not kidding around.
The other storylines include Black’s lovely wife Lizzy Borden (Janet Romano) who
was kidnapped by two boneheads named Rocco & Jocco. Their uncle Pauley and
cousin Giuseppe hired them to get revenge on Black for stealing his car. Borden
has good comedic timing during these segments. The next one involves “White
Trash†Johnny Webb and his girlfriend Jessica Darlin going in search of their
friend Homeless Jimmy. Along the way they run into Darlin’s estranged husband
Luis Cypher (not to be confused with Florida based wrestler Lou Cypher) and his
masked buddy Tool (think the Gimp from Pulp Fiction.) Crap I forgot to mention
the arrival of former AWA World Tag Team champion “Playboy†Buddy Rose who
mentors “Gigolo†Steve Rizzono in his crusade to achieve superstar status. Plus
the never ending battle between Supreme & the Messiah for the King of the Death
Match championship which goes from a brawl outside the XPW offices and all over
California.
Like the season two set, it is good comedy combined with good work from Rivera/Kloss
who call competitive wrestling matches from XPW live events, not many but they
include an Exploding Ring match between Onita and Hyabushi which is off the
charts in violence plus matches featuring Sabu, Kid Kaos, Juventud Guerrera, Jon
Kronus, Christopher Daniels, Donovan Morgan and Big Dick Dudley. The matches are
in the episodes or you can access them through another menu. In addition there
are music videos and fan cam style footage from the XPW live events. The DVD is
available in stores plus on
www.bvdvd.com where you can check out the library of items that also include
the Sci-Fi Channel series Ghost Hunters. XPW can be found online
www.thexpw.com
