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8/1 WRESTLING OPEN IN WORCESTER, MA LIVE REPORT

Wrestling Open Week 135

8/1/24 - Worcester, MA

Spotlight Match: Brad Baylor vs Handyman Jake Gray

Baylor seems frustrated to be in this pre-show spot against what he feels is a lesser opponent. Baylor tosses Gray around with abandon. The handyman has a brief moment of light and hits a sliced bread for two. Brad bombs Jake and hits a top rope elbow for the dominant win. 

Match 1: Joe Keys vs Fancy Ryan Clancy

Clancy likes to do that old timey flex but Keys is a beast. Good back and forth techinal contest but Keys is more than happy to rake the eyes. Keys with a lot of power offense. Great press slam snake eyes but Clancy kicks out. Monkey flip to Joe. Big running flip senton for two! Clancy fires up and hits the KO Dropkick for the win! Clancy is so good but I always love it when Joe Keys comes around. 

 Match 2: Ricky Smokes (w/ Brad Baylor) vs Brett Mettro

Ricky is ALSO mad about being paired with a “student” tonight. However, Smokes is nowhere nearly as dominant against Mettro as his partner was earlier. Mettro is the epitome of “big strong boy” as he tosses Smokes around. Baylor with the distraction, huge cracking boot to the face. Smokes takes over but Mettro rallies with a huge shoulder tackle. Ricky catches Mettro charging with a jumping double stomp for the three. Good match. 

Baylor has the mic and he’s upset at the disrespect for putting Swipe Right against KIDS. They are top talents and shouldn’t be fighting rookies. Baylor goes to blast Mettro with a lacrosse stick. Julius Draeger and Jake Gray hit the ring to drive them off. Draeger is sick of these slights against Beyond Institute of Pro Wrestling. He may not always see eye to eye with Mettro and Gray but he won’t stand for this. Next week, Swipe Right faces BIOPro’s flag bearers. 

 Match 3: Tiara James & Ashley Vox vs Davienne & Paris Van Dale (w/ Lauren St James) 

Davienne definitely doesn’t trust Paris but she hopes Lauren St James’ instincts are right. Davienne starts heavy and Paris tags in. Paris ends up taking the heat and gives Davy the hot tag. Huge slams all around, James gets blasted right into top of Vox for two. Davienne gets rallied on, Vox goes for a tag but Tiara abandons her??? Paris tags in and rolls up Vox for the three. She didn’t CHEAT but it was definitely an opportunity she took. Davienne might be even more confused now.

Match 4: Bryce Donovan vs P.P. Piquano

It sure seems like Bryce’s mystery benefactor helped out with more than just finances recently. But the question remains, WHO IS IT? Bryce comes in the SLADE door directly from his car  as is his thing lately. PP is already a crowd favorite with his energy and dancing and quick somersault dodges. Bryce is clearly off balance but he finally catches him out of the air with a black hole slam. This should be over but Bryce has some work he wants to do. Big tosses across the ring. The crowd is getting under his skin but PP is paying for it. PP is hulking up?!? Bryce takes a little damage but the blasts an AA jackhammer for the win!

Bryce has the mic and says he has the most wins and the longest win streak on Open this year. Also, 3-0 against Fancy Ryan Clancy this year. He tried it the right way. He tried it “our way”. That didn’t work. This does. He’s gonna keep taking and taking and taking. 

 Match 5: Stetson Ranch (Danny Miles & Hammer Tunis) vs Jermaine Marbury (w/ Benny the Basketball) & ???

Who is the mystery partner to help Marbury fight the ranch? It’s THE BIG BOOFA DEZMOND COLE! NoSteven Stetson? The ranchhands are doomed. Marbury and Boofa just run through the ranch to start. Hammer and Miles with the gang up and start beating on Marbury. Good tagging from the ranch, Marbury with the ankle breaker and gets the tag to Cole! Rolling leg drop for two! Miles hits a blindside spear! Tunis off the top for two! Trouble in paradise to Miles! Marbury off the top for two! Tunis breaks up the pin and drops Boofa on the apron as we hit a minute left. A pair of near misses with the ref allows Tunis to rake the eyes of Marbury. Miles hits anworlds strongest slam for the win while Boofa is out on the floor. The ranch wins?!?

Boofa tries to save Marbury from further damages but Steven Stetson hits the ring and blindsided the rally. Boofa’s taken out. Marbury is held up for a north Jersey lariat. The ranch stands tall and the crowd goes mild. Booooooo. 

 It’s time for “Gal’s Motivation Station”. Oh no. He brings out Bobby Orlando to talk about how he offended Gal by interrupting the Rude & Lawless Residency. Bobby apparently needs motivation. Gal says he’s “weak and pale, ready to fail”. He makes Bobby hold the mic while he flexes for him. This does not have the intended effect. Bobby tries to motivate Gal with a big DAB! Gal is motivated to fight. Ref Tyler hits the ring and we have a match!

Match 6: Gal vs Bobby Orlando

They brawl briefly before Gal gets clotheslines over the top and he tries to leave. Bobby runs after him and brings him back through the curtain! Hard chop on the apron! Bobby splashes in the corner. Gal with a popup facebuster and a huge discus lariat for two! Long delay vertical suplex! Bobby with the split dodge and dusty punches! Spear! Gal kicks out! Bobby eats a body tackle and a chokeslam! Kick out! Gal too worried about what the crowd thinks….Bobby hits a AA! One minute left as Bobby hits a superplex!!! Both guys are staggering to their feet. Gal hits a big boot! Bobby slam! Dab elbow drop! Bobby tries to make the cover as the time expires. It’s a draw! Good match and this will definitely get run back. Gal wants a little more and Bobby hits a cutter to stand tall.

Main Event: Church of Greatness (Sammy Diaz & Tyree Taylor w/ Brother Greatness) vs Big Business (TJ Crawford & Love Doug w/ Big Bacon Brad Hollister) 

So Doug went full on into Big Business last week and the Church is looking for retribution. Brad with the distract at the bell and his boys blindside the church. Typical of them. Sammy fighting back and showing why he deserved to be in the main event last week. The numbers game doesn’t favor him though, Tyree is maneuvered to distract the ref and that is all the advantage BB needs to control the match. Brother Greatness abandons commentary to try to even the odds but Brad just decks him. Tyree gets the tag but the ref misses it, Sammy is in it DEEP. Finally he gets it! Big Man knocking tiny men around! Huge uranage for two! Sammy in with a running fireman’s carry cutter! Doug pulls the leg and Sammy eats buckles. Side slam stomp combo! Sitout tandem powerbomb but Tyree breaks up the pin! Big double clothesline! TJ avoids the Brooklyn zoo! Tyree sent to the floor! Sammy gets his hands on Doug! Huge flying knee! Doug with a sunset flip, he stacks Sammy and pulls the trunks to get the three! Booooooo!

Brad trying to stand tall but Brother Greatness rips his shirt off and decks the champ! Brad laughs it off. BG is allllll fired up!!! Greatness wants THIS fight?!! Next week….Brad says he gets it.