Post by adamclark52 on Aug 30, 2020 22:09:03 GMT -5
Alpha-1 Wrestling “Escape From Your Basement”
August 29th, 2020
From the Loyal Order of Moose in Oshawa, Ontario
Winners receive a shot at the Alpha-1 Tag Team Championships
Space Pirates vs. Fight or Flight
I’ve always thought the one guy in Fight or Flight was Joey Janela but it’s clearly not. He’s just “Bearded Manbun Wrestler #236”. This match was surprising. Space Monkey and Shane Sabre have never impressed me in any way but they were both really good today. The other two guys were good too.
Winners: Space Pirate (receive a shot at the Alpha-1 Tag Team Championships)
Alpha Male champion Mark Wheeler came out to fill the void left by MJF. He has a new muscle body guard type guy who I thinks name is Jesse Lee and he called anyone to come out and face Lee.
Jesse Lee vs. ?
I never caught the guys name but he was about 120lbs and looked about eleven years old.
Winner: Jesse Lee
Wheeler called anyone else to come out and face Lee.
Jesse Lee vs. Mike Forte
Mike Forte looked like ?’s older brother.
Winner: Jesse Lee
Wheeler yelled some more and left.
If Kobe Durst wins he gets a shot at the Alpha Male Championship
Kobe Durst vs. Ethan Page
Ho-boy, this match made me sad. The match itself was fine but Kobe Dursts COVID body broke our hearts. He’s playing a different character now; sort-of a washed-up Randy “the Ram” Robinson (of the Wrestler) character, even going as far as using the Ram Jam. He looked like he’s packed on at least sixty pounds since life stopped in March and all of it fat. I don’t know if he was playing that character before the pandemic and is extremely committed to it or if he saw himself letting himself go during the time off and decided to play off it…but it was a harsh check. He does look like Randy “the Ram” but you saw his pictures on the posters from before and then now…
Winner: Ethan Page
After the match Page dug into Durst pretty hard for how he’s let himself go. It was obviously a work but based in truths.
Hardcore Match for the Outer Limits Championship
Holden Albright vs. BMD vs. Jody Threat vs. “Bonecrusher” Steve Brown (champion)
I’ve always HATED BMD but he reworked his character in the time off too and was so much better. He got rid of the fucking horrid Beastie Boys music and transitioned into a stereotypical Canadian Boy character and that’s so much better than before when he was just “guy whose family was always sitting in the front row”. The match was okay. Being outdoors and behind a bar I was having flashbacks to that Mark Briscoe verses Jay Briscoe match but I knew it wouldn’t ever reach anywhere near those levels.
Winner: “Bonecrusher” Steve Brown
No Time Limit Match for the Alpha Male Championship
Josh Alexander vs. Mark Wheeler (champion) w/Jesse Lee
This was a really good fucking match. I’ve come to expect that from Josh Alexander but I was really surprised by Mark Wheeler. He sucks so I was expecting him to play the chickenshit heel and Jesse Lee to get involved a lot. But it ended up being a very even match and while Lee did get involved it was only at the end (obviously)
Winner: Mark Wheeler
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They did what they could with what little they had at this show and my wife and I had a great time. It was outdoors and probably the only venue they could get for super cheap and they had to rely on guys from their roster that were local wrestlers only, hence the small number of matches. But those guys they could get all brought their A-games and the show ended up a great return to live wrestling. I don’t expect to see another Alpha-1 show for a time now (since outdoor shows are only good in Ontario for another two or so weeks before it starts snowing) but coming to this was a great step in getting life back on track.