By Melissa Antoinette Garza
Pioneer Valley Pro-Wrestling brought their biggest show of the year to Western New England University, and it was marvelous. My sister and I were able to watch the kings of indie wrestling shine like the stars they are.
There is something incredibly special and unique about indie shows. It’s the energy, the atmosphere and the love of the sport shown by these rock star athletes. It brings a euphoric high to the fans and it remains long after the show ends.
At every event, the PVP roster gives their all, takes no prisoners and creates compelling storylines that are light-years ahead of WWE. Vince can keep his SURVIVOR SERIES. COLLISION ON CAMPUS entertained more in the first ten minutes than WWE has in the last ten years.
The show opened with Slade and Dr. Reginald Heresy taking on Evil Kip Stevens and Zachary Pierre Beaulieu. Stevens and Beaulieu came out trashing Springfield MA and the Western New England University, in true heel fashion. The doc was ready to take both of the bad boys on himself, but Slade came down to help him out. It was a fun opening bout with a lot of action and great performances all around. Slade took the pin and in typical badass fashion looked super serious doing it. Slade is a fucking monster with a great bod. I usually am on the side of the heels, but that dude’s got my number. He’s an aggressive sexy beast! RAWR RAWR Slade.
Surprisingly, I rooted for the babyface in the next match, too. Don’t worry! I was rooting for the bad boyz by the end of the night.
It was my first time seeing Hippy Dicky Moon, and I adore him. He came out in sunflower bellbottoms rockin’ the peace sign. I need those bellbottoms in my life. Sadly, peace did not have a chance tonight and he lost the Strength Championship match to reigning champ and heel, Dan De Man. Both men had stellar moves and were fabulous in ring. Dan also had an amazing robe that I want. Yes, I love wrestling but imma girl and I’m gonna talk about fashion. These dudes have great taste in clothes.
De Man did tell some kid in the front row that Fortnite sucked. I laughed at that for about five minutes. Poor kid – but hi-fucking-larious!
Next up was the woman’s championship. Now, Davienne is a fan favorite. Before she took back her title, Smart Mark Sterling held it for awhile. He was fighting sexism by opening up the women’s division to men. I love that dude! He cracks me up. Sadly, he lost it to Davienne, and as a result she was facing bad girl Ariela Nyx. It was my second time seeing Nyx and both times she impressed the hell out of me. Both women are experts at their craft. Nyx has some killer charisma and constantly was claiming Davienne was giving up, despite her yelling “NOOOOO.” Some people call that cheating. I call it creative winning! I was actually shocked that the title changed hands. Nyx pulled off a victory and walked away as Regional Women’s Champion.
The title matches kept coming with Dexter Loux going against Wrecking Ball Legursky. Wrecking Ball is another huge dude with killer moves, but Dex rock and rolled his way to victory. Loux may have had some help when his manager Alex Cypher feigned an injury and Chuck O’Neil interfered behind the ref’s back.
Nah- let’s just say Dex won, fair and square! I love Dex. He’s got great technique, a quick wit and is far from bad on the eyes. I’d love to see him and his manager Alex Cypher get picked up by AEW. Send some scouts, Cody! What are you waiting for?
The Western Mass Wrestling Championship was also up for grabs when reigning champ and babyface Scotty Wild took on The Don Chris Benne. I’ve seen both men perform before and they owned the ring and the match. Benne’s got a kickass gimmick of a Mafioso Godfather type. It’s one that isn’t used often, but it’s actually pretty genius. It totally makes sense in the realm of pro-wrestling. He’s an enforcer, a brawler, an old school mobster with a chip on his shoulder. He’s the muscle and he owns it.
Wild has a Chris Jericho/Shawn Michaels vibe but it’s authentic to his personality and he makes it his own. That’s one thing I adore about indie wrestling. These guys love everything about the sport and perfect their craft, up to and including their personas. They’re not carbon copies. They do this because they love it and it fucking shows! Wild took the victory and kept his belt, but I have a feeling gold is in Benne’s future. I could see him leading a stable called The Family and expanding this gangster gimmick out.
We then saw Bryce Donovan up against his best friend and Blitzkreig Pro Bedlam Champion Bobby Orlando. This was a hilarious match where neither guy wanted to win. Every move they tried was an attempt to get the other man to pin. In the end, Orlando kept the belt as both men were knocked out with Orlando having ended up on top.
The last match is something fans dream about! It was tremendous. Oh my lord, it was tremendous! It was a 5 on 5 Elimination Match where my boyz PVP (Pioneer Valley Pro-Wrestling) took on WMW (Western Mass Wrestling). The winner was able to decide who the commissioner was for the other federation. Now, the audience was definitely rooting for WMW. My sis and I were the only ones cheering on PVP. Admittedly, they were the villains.
On WMW’s side we saw DL Hurst, the Main State Posse trio consisting of DangerKid, Aiden Aggro and Alexander Lee with WMW’s commissioner Matthew James going against PVP’s American Sumo Mike Gamble, former MMA fighter and all around badass Chuck O’Neil, the East Coast Bastard Crew of Logan Black and Jeremy Leary and the bravest man in professional wrestling today/PVP’s commissioner Alex Cypher. Cypher is my favorite. He’s fucking phenomenal.
Outside the ring to keep everything on the up and up, were The Closers (Sexy Jesus and Big Bacon).
This match was crazy carnage, insane twists and an ending that will make me smile for days! Every single performer did amazing! It felt like old school NWO vs. WCW and I loved it. PVP has such a rogue feel to it. They’re the bad boyz and there’s something spectacular when it’s sold so well. PVP has the best heels in the biz.
It was beautiful. So much went down! Logan Black turned on Jeremy Leary when he was eliminated which resulted in Leary getting pinned. In the end, we were left with Alex Cypher vs. Matthew James.
Now, Cypher had already made a pin. Some may say that others did the work for him and he just got the victory, but fuck those cats. Cypher rocks! I was certain WMW was walking away winners, and so was everyone in the audience. They were happy about it. I wasn’t. I didn’t want to see Cypher lose – and I didn’t fucking have to! WOOT motherfucking WOOT! Cypher won! That’s right, bitches! Cypher fucking won!
Big Bacon and Sexy Jesus turned on Matthew James, and laid him the fuck out! OMFG, that shocked me! I was cheering so fucking hard. The sis and I were the only two celebrating this. We were both on our feet giving standing o’s. The audience may have hated us, but we don’t give a fuck. Gypsy girls don’t care about that shit!
I felt like I was watching Rowdy Piper and Cowboy Bob Orton fuck with Hogan again – only this time, Piper got to win! The kid in me was just like, “FINALLY! Fucking YES! FINALLY!”
I become a giddy girl when the guys I like win – and Alex Cypher is the best. He wrestled in a suit. He had a lot of emotion going on in the match. Some may say it was fear, but it wasn’t. Like I said earlier, Cypher is the bravest man in pro-wrestling. Fight me, bitches! He got two pins tonight, motherfuckers! Ha! Take that WMW. Oh God, does that make me happy. To see Sexy Jesus and Alex Cypher on the same side was just insane.
Cypher is like Bobby Heenan in a lot of ways and Heenan is my favorite of all time. I used to buy WWF/WWE magazine when I was a kid just for Heenan’s column. I beat the shit out of my cousin when she called him a weasel. I also punched my cousin in the head when she wouldn’t stand (in my living room) for Nikolai Volkoff singing the Russian National Anthem. I had anger management problems as a kid, and I always loved my bad boyz. I enjoy rooting for the cat everyone is booing, but they have to be amazing at their job for it to work – and Cypher is fucking amazing. Did I mention he won tonight, because he did. He fucking won! To quote Daniel Bryan, “YES! YES! YES!”
As Thin Lizzy famously sang, the boys are back in town – December 1st, 2019 at 3PM at the Eastfield Mall. If you are local to Western Mass, check PVP out. The shows there are always lit and crazy. The atmosphere is always kickass. It’s cheap to get in, you get great seats and you’ll never see the WWE put on a better show. Indie and AEW is where wrestling is at right now and PVP are still the Kings of Indie.
For the record, WMW kicks ass hard and I love them too. I have my favorite obviously, but give both federations some love. Seek their shows out and support your local talent as they are kicking it old school with a modern twist. Eat it WWE.
Also…..
ALEX CYPHER WON, bitches!
