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Wednesday, July 11, 2018

OVW TV #986: Not So Smooth Sacrifice

This is the OVW Report for Wednesday, July 11, 2018. This episode can be seen on WBNA-21 in the Louisville area on Saturday at 11AM and 9PM, and online at www.ovwrestling.com/ovw-media.html. In this episode, Sam Thompson defends the TV Title against Randall Floyd, Ryan Howe & Justin Smooth square up once again in a best 2 out of 3 falls match, plus more!

Without further ado:

Here we go...

Pre-Show Dark Matches:

Eddie Knight & William Lutz defeat "The Courteous Upstanding Men": Big Daddy Deroy & Brooklyn Foot. Eddie locks Foot in an armbar. Lutz tags in and hits a hip toss and a dropkick. Lutz hits a cross body out of the corner for 2. Big Daddy makes a blind tag and knees Lutz in the head and hits a big slam for 2. He throws him into the corner and tags Foot back in. Foot takes Lutz down for 2. Lutz tries to elbow out of a chinlock, but Foot pulls him down by the hair. Big Daddy comes back in and hits a big suplex, then a spinebuster. Foot tags in and Lutz gets the knees up on a splash. Eddie tags in and fires away. Lutz comes in and they double suplex Big Daddy. Eddie goes up and hits the flying elbow drop on Foot for the 3.


"The Empire State Goliath" Cardinal defeats "Livewire" KTD. Cardinal locks him up into the corner, then heaves him out. He misses a charge, and KTD fires away. Cardinal comes back with some clubbing shots and chops KTD hard. Off the ropes, KTD ducks a clothesline and goes for a cross body. Cardinal catches him and hits a spinning backbreaker. He hits KTD on the outside, but misses a chop and hits the ringpost. KTD tries to fire away again as Cardinal rolls back in, but Cardinal again is too much and overpowers him. He hits two vertical suplexes and a German suplex for 2 as he pulls KTD up. He hits KTD with a spinning cutter for the 3.


"Shotgun" Tony Gunn defeats Dimes. Before the match begins, Brittany asks him where Dapper Dan got the dress he wore, because she thought it was really cute. Gunn gets mad and tells her to get out of the ring. Gunn with a clinic early. Dimes comes back with a quick rollup, then a dropkick. Gunn knees him in the gut and stomps him on the mat. He pounds away on him. Gunn with a single leg takedown, then an inverted sharpshooter for the tapout.

That concludes tonight's pre-show dark matches. I always recommend watching the episode first on TV or online before reading the rest of the report. Again, you can check it out on WBNA-21 in the Louisville area Saturdays at 11AM and 9PM (check local listings) and on OVW's official website Mondays at www.ovwrestling.com/ovw-media.html.

Gilbert Corsey & Shannon the Dude are on commentary, and Brittany & Mercy are the ring announcers.

OVW SOUTHERN TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH: "The Bro Godz": Dustin Jackson & Colton Cage defeat DL3 & Shiloh Jonze (c). DL3 works the arm of Colton. Colton fires back and DL3 tags out to Shiloh. Dustin wants in. Shiloh knees Dustin in the gut and fires back with a big forearm and a dropkick. Dustin locks the arm and tags Colton. They hit a double back el-bro, then Shiloh headbutts the injured arm of Colton. DL3 tags in, but runs into a side slam. Dustin tags in and they hit a double bro-plex for 2. Colton tags back in and hits a spinning kick off the ropes. He clotheslines Shiloh who runs in, then shoulders DL3 in the corner. Colton is run into the ringpost by Shiloh, then DL3 hits an armbreaker. DL3 kicks the bad arm, then wraps it up in the ropes. Shiloh tags in and karate chops it. He throws Colton to the floor and DL3 attacks him on the outside while Shiloh distracts the ref. Shiloh continues to work over the arm. DL3 causes a distraction as Colton tries to work his way out. He rolls up Shiloh for 2, but Shiloh goes right back after the arm. They continue to work him over in their corner. Shiloh with a spin kick followed by an elbow drop from DL3 for 2. They work the arm some more and Shiloh tries a rollup for 2. Colton fires out of an armbar from DL3 and hits the sideburn effect. Both men tag. Dustin fires away with clotheslines and a big slam to Shiloh, then a big slam to DL3. He hits the running clotheslines to both men in the corners, then DL3 & Shiloh hit a double team for 2. All 4 men are in and hit DL3 & Shiloh into each other. They clothesline DL3 to the outside, then hit the Snapshot on Shiloh for the 3!
After the match, the War Kings return and demolish the Bros from behind. They leave both of them laying. Jax Dane grabs the mic and says he has god news and bad news.
The good news is they're back at OVW like they said they would be, the bad news is they're back at OVW and the Bro Godz have something they want. Crimson says the OVW Southern Tag Team Titles are theirs and it will be off with their heads!

Gilbert Corsey brings out the new OVW Heavyweight Champion Amon. He wants his thoughts. Gilbert gets scared out of the ring. Amon says up to this point, the title has meant nothing, but tonight he has prepared the most holy sacrifice to bring the title from the ground to glory!

Apollo comes out to put OVW on notice. He's tired of being in the background and all the young guys getting spots ahead of him. The Vet is here and is going to bring old school back!

OVW TELEVISION TITLE MATCH: "The Boy Wonder" Sam Thompson (c) defeats Ted McNaler (w/Adam Revolver). Adam distracts Sam, and Ted hits him from behind. He chops him in the corner. Sam chops back, but gets dumped outside by Ted. Adam hits him on the floor and rolls him in for 2. Ted with a running clothesline for 2. He kicks Sam and hits a double underhook suplex for 2. He chokes Sam, then locks in the sleeper hold. Sam elbows out and knees Ted in the face. Sam then dives out on both Ted & Adam. He goes up top, and Adam gets on the apron. Ted grabs a pair of brass knucks with Adam distracting the ref and Sam. Eddie Knight runs out and pulls Adam off  the apron. Ted loads up for a super kick, but runs into one from Sam for the 3.

The War Kings are out and say they made an example out of the Bro Godz earlier and they will make an example out of some more chumps later after intermission.

FUTURE TV TITLE SHOT: "The Leading Man & Star of the Show" Billy O defeats Big Zo. Zo launches Billy across the ring and hits the Are You Serious legdrop for 2. He slams Billy and hits the cartwheel butt bump in the corner with back elbows. He splashes Billy for 2 as Billy grabs the ropes. He catches Billy for a big slam, but rolls out of the way of the Zo bomb. He comes back and hits Zo and delivers the running high knee for the 3.

Jaylee comes out and says the title is back where it belongs. She says Cali had her armbreaker for over a year, and she had hers for a month and totally demolished Cali's arm. There was nothing like hearing her screams and she didn't have to have a friend throw in the towel for her!

Amon comes out and says from ground to glory. He says the offering is here. The Void brings out a casket. They move around it and open it to reveal Damion! Amon says it's such a beautiful sacrifice.
Justin Smooth runs out and takes out Amon and the Void. He hits the bicycle kick on Amon and grabs the mic. He says the only thing Amon will be sacrificing is the title to him!

This ended the TV taping.

DARK MATCH: "The War Kings": Crimson & Jax Dane defeat BGB & Christian Hernandez. BGB & Crimson lock up. Crimson gets him in the corner. He catches a cross body attempt and dumps BGB out of the ring. He then dumps Hernandez into the ring and throws him into a forearm shot from Jax. They take him down and out as BGB tries to shoulder his way in on Jax. He goes up top, but Jax grabs him and flings him across the ring. Jax puts him on his shoulders and launches him into a cutter from Crimson for the 3.

DARK MATCH: Jaylee defeats Valerie Vermin. Jaylee offers a handshake, then smacks her in the face. She works the arm, until Val comes back and hits Jaylee and stretches her in the ropes. She kicks her, but Jaylee comes back and locks in the armbreaker for the tapout.

DARK MATCH: "The Trinidad Titan" Justin Smooth defeats "The Real Deal" Randall Floyd. A quick opening with several mat takedowns and quick pin attempts. Floyd gets in Smooth's face saying that #1 contendership has been his this whole time. Smooth shoves him, and they start to exchange blows. Floyd with an uppercut, then Smooth slams him. Smooth hits a high back body drop for 2. Smooth clotheslines him in the corner, then misses an elbow drop. Floyd with a back elbow and slam. He hits a nice dropkick on the mark. He hits a powerslam off the ropes for 2. Floyd goes up top, but Smooth gets up and slams him off the top. He hits the running bicycle kick for the 3.

*AS ALWAYS, THANKS FOR READING!

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