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Saturday, May 22, 2021

OVW SNS: Defiance 2021

This is the OVW Saturday Night Special Report for Defiance on Saturday, May 22, 2021.

Tonight, "Mr. Pec-Tacular" Jessie Godderz & "Shotgun" Tony Gunn defend the OVW Tag Team Titles against the Tate Twins!

The Legacy of Brutality is in action as Omar Amir faces Big Zo in another "test of brutality", plus OVW Heavyweight Champion Ca$h Flo faces Jordan Kage in a Kentucky Heavyweight Title Tournament first round matchup!

Luscious Lawrence faces the always unpredictable William Lutz in a Kentucky Heavyweight Title Tournament first round matchup!

Plus, Koda Jacobs vs. Tony Evans and Dustin Jackson vs. Facade in first round matchups, and much more!

Without further ado:

Here we go...

PRE-SHOW:
Eric Cornish is the ring announcer.

"The Complete Package"
 Tony Bizo vs. "Mr. Zero Gravity" AJ Daniels.
AJ leaps off the ropes with a cross body. Bizo throws him to the corner, but AJ flips over and kicks him in the head. AJ goes to leap off the ropes, but Bizo hits them and AJ falls to the mat. Bizo uppercuts him in the corner. He snapmares him out, then knees him in the face. AJ back with some chops and a kick to the midsection. AJ goes to leap off the ropes again, but Bizo catches him and hits a fall away slam. He chops AJ in the corner, then slams him. Bizo gets a chinbuster from AJ, but AJ catches a knee to the midsection as he charges at Bizo. Bizo hits him in the corner and delivers an uppercut. He throws AJ to the opposite corner, but AJ flips over him and trips him up. He hits the Countdown Kicks, and the Zero Gravity Kick. He goes up top for a moonsault, but Bizo moves. AJ tries to land on his feet, but hurts his leg. He gets up and limps into the Bizo Bomb for the 3.
WINNER: BIZO by pinfall.

DEFIANCE:
Bryan Kennison & Shannon the Dude are on commentary, Eric Cornish is the ring announcer.

KENTUCKY HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE TOURNAMENT 1ST ROUND: William Lutz (w/Dave Baker) vs. "Mr. Juicy" Luscious Lawrence (w/Kindly Myers).
Luscious takes Lutz down and spins on him. He locks Lutz up and Lutz continues rolling on the mat, before a drop toehold and Lutz spins around on top of Luscious also. Luscious with a butt butt and slams Lutz. Luscious clotheslines Lutz to the apron, then butt butts him to the floor. Lutz fires back and hits a flip onto Luscious on the floor. Lutz goes up top and moonsaults onto Luscious on the floor. Lutz tries to pin Luscious back inside, but Luscious gets his foot on the bottom rope. Luscious with a back body drop, then some clotheslines. He delivers a giant swing, then goes for a stinkface. Lutz pulls Baker in front of him and he gets the stinkface. Baker gets mad and leaves, then Lutz turns into the One Night Stand from Luscious for the 3.
WINNER: LUSCIOUS by pinfall.

In the back, Bruce Wayans says he is on the card against the Box Office Blonds. He says they are a couple of Louisville Suckas and will fall to him and the Iron Bear tonight. Tom Coffey says that Rex might be big, but Tom will show him who the biggest man around here is.

"The Box Office Blonds"
: "Hollywood" Adam Swayze & "Co-Star" Rex vs. "The Final Boss" Bruce Wayans & "The Iron Bear" Tom Coffey.
Tom grabs Adam by the throat and he gets caught in the wrong corner. Tom slams him and Bruce tags in and delivers a big splash. Rex makes a blind tag off the ropes and clubs Bruce down from behind. He chokes him in the ropes, then Adam does as Rex distracts the ref. Adam tags in and Rex drops him on top of Bruce. Adam goes for a sunset flip for 1. Bruce gets up firing away on both Blonds. He goes to make the tag to Tom, but Tom jumps off the apron and leaves him. Rex gets in and scoops him up, and the Blonds deliver the Director's Cut for the 3.
WINNERS: BLONDS by pinfall.

KENTUCKY HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE TOURNAMENT 1ST ROUND: 
"The Candidate for a Brighter Future in Wrestling" Koda Jacobs (w/Hayley Harmon & Lee Cruse) vs. "Superior" Tony Evans (w/Etta May).
Koda wants a handshake, then smacks Evans in the face. Evans fires away on him. Koda sends Evans to the apron, but Evans holds on. He gets in and hits Koda from behind, but Koda sends him into the turnbuckle. Koda tries a foot on the chest cover for 1. He misses an elbow drop and Evans fires back. Koda comes back with a DDT for 2. Koda can't believe Lee & Hayley won't help. They throw down their Koda campaign buttons and signs, then Evans hits Koda with his Superior Smackdown finisher for the 3.
WINNER: EVANS by pinfall.

Josh Ashcraft says Hy Zaya got placed into a gauntlet by the powers that be, but Star Rider has been warned.


RUSH TITLE GAUNTLET MATCH: "Wild Thing" Jace Karr vs. Gustavo vs. "The Nephilim" D'mone Solavino vs. "The Hood Ninja" Hy Zaya (w/"The East End Villain" Josh Ashcraft) 
vs. Star Rider (c).
It starts with Jace & Star. Star dropkicks Jace, takes him down in the corner, and hits a cannonball. He hits a curb stomp and quickly takes care of eliminating Jace with the pinfall!
Next out is Gustavo. Quick back and forth offense. Gustavo with a flying cross body and the Three Amigos. He covers for 2. Off the ropes, Star catches him with a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. Star goes for another stomp. Gustavo moves and hits a reverse hurricanrana. He covers for 2. Gustavo goes up, but Star catches him and throws him off. He hits the Five Star Frog Splash for the 3.
Hy Zaya is out next. Hy immediately hits a leg lariat. He throws Star in the corner and hits a running double knee. Hy drops down across the back of Star's legs. Hy clubs him acorss the back and kicks him. Hy picks him up and throws him off the ropes. Star comes back with a sunset bomb for the 3! Hy attacks Star after the pin, pounding away on him in the corner. Hy hits an inverted piledriver.
It's down to Star & D'mone with Star laid out in the middle of the ring. D'mone goes to pick him up, but Star with a quick school boy for the 3!
WINNER and STILL RUSH CHAMPION: STAR by pinfall.

KENTUCKY HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE TOURNAMENT 1ST ROUND: "Picture Perfect" Jordan Kage (w/Scott Davenport) vs. OVW Heavyweight Champion Ca$h Flo (w/Kash Daniel & "The East End Villain" Josh Ashcraft).
Kage shoves Ca$h and pokes him in the chest. Ca$h acts like he's going to chop him and Kage rolls out of the ring. Ca$h chases Kage and Kage stomps on his hand. Kage leaps at Ca$h and Kash catches him. He puts him down and acts like he will hit him, but Kage turns around into a Ca$h chop. Ca$h goes for another, but Kage moves and hits the ringpost. Kage works over the chop hand. Back inside, Ca$h catches Kage with a forearm off the ropes. Kage claps the earsand delivers a facebuster off the knee. Kage goes up top and hits the flying elbow drop for only 1! Kage goes up again and hits a second flying elbow for 2. Kage thinks third time's the charm and goes up again, but Ca$h catches him in a bearhug and delivers a belly to back suplex. Off the ropes, Kage spins through on Ca$h and locks in an armbreaker submission. Ca$h rolls on top of him and gets a 2. Ca$h back with a chop. He goes up top and goes for the Payload, but Davenport pulls Kage out of the way. He throws a chain in. Kage picks it up, but the ref pulls it away. Meanwhile, Kash gets in the ring and delivers a stunner to Kage. Ca$h goes up top and hits Payload for the 3.
WINNER: CA$H by pinfall.

WOMEN'S TRIPLE THREAT: "The Demon" Lilith Grimm vs. Dani Mo vs. "Double A" Arie Alexander.
Dani & Arie try to double team Grimm, but Grimm takes them both down with a double shoulder block, then double clothesline. She delivers a meeting of the minds between them. She gutwrench slams Dani, hitting her on the outside. She rolls back in and takes Arie down, pounding her on the mat. Arie & Dani deliver simultaneous kicks to Grimm, taking her down. They both try to pin at the same time. Grimm rolls out, then Arie & Dani exchange shoves, kicks, and forearms. Arie fires up on her into the corner. She drops down across Dani draped in the ropes. Grimm is on the apron. Arie pushes Dani into Grimm and hits a German suplex. Dani hits Arie with a monkey flip. Arie with a snapmare and a kick to the head. Grimm is back in again and clubs Arie. Dani takes Arie down and kicks her. She hits a cross body and goes for the pin, but Grimm pulls her off. Dani with kicks to Arie & Grimm. She hits a double facebuster, then hits a codebreaker on Grimm while falling on Arie at the same time. Grimm takes Dani down and chokes both women. Grimm takes Dani down again, but Arie comes back with an x-factor out of nowhere and gets the 3 on Grimm.
WINNER: ARIE by pinfall.

Omar Amir is in the back. He says he has to go through the Legacy of Brutality one by one. He took on the Ninja Thursday and heard on commentary that if he goes through each member, he gets to pick the stipulation for the rematch against Ca$h Flo for the OVW Heavyweight Title. He won't say what it is yet, but he accepts.

TEST of BRUTALITY: Big Zo (w/"The East End Villain" Josh Ashcraft) vs. Omar Amir.
Omar goes in and they immediately exchange shots. Omar tosses Zo to the floor and gets tripped by Josh off the ropes and Zo hits him from behind. Omar tries to lock in a sleeper. Zo regains control and hits the Are You Serious? legdrop. Omar fires up with chops and hits, but Zo with a hard clothesline off the ropes. Zo drops a headbutt and cranks the neck of Omar in a submission. Omar works his way up and chops Zo. He delivers some big haymakers, but Zo hits a belly to back suplex. Omar leaps over a charge as Zo crashes into the ringpost. Omar splashes him and drives him to the mat. Omar goes for the finisher, but Zo slams him and goes for the Zo bomb. Omar kicks him in the face and delivers the spinebuster slam for the 3.
WINNER: OMAR by pinfall.
After the match, Ca$h Flo comes out and jaws with Omar from the ramp, holding up his Heavyweight Championship.
KENTUCKY HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE TOURNAMENT 1ST ROUND: "The Neon Ninja" Facade (w/Daniel "DH" Harrison) vs. "The Original Bro God" Dustin Jackson (w/Eddie Montgomery).
Side headlock by Dustin. Reversal by Facade. They lock up again. Facade locks him up from behind, Dustin reverses. Facade with a hurricanrana. He kicks, then uppercuts Dustin in the corner. He hits a dropkick off the ropes. Dustin with some arm drags, but Facade with a springboard moonsault off the ropes. Facade locks in a sleeper. Dustin works up, but Facade kicks him in the chest. Dustin knees him and lays him across the top turnbuckle and hits a running knee to the stomach. Dustin misses the running boot, and Facade kicks him in the head to the floor. Dustin back in with a takedown and cover for 2. Facade with a kick to the back of the head and Dustin is on the floor. Facade leaps out with a flipping dive and rolls Dustin back in. Facade leaps in and takes Dustin down for 2. They exchange blows in the middle of the ring. Facade with a spinning kick to the midsection, then one to the face. Facade goes up top, but Dustin rolls away from a flipping dive. He hits Facade with a neckbreaker off his knee for the 3.
WINNER: DUSTIN by pinfall.
AJ Daniels comes out and says they are out here shaking hands while people like him are being overlooked in the back. He wasn't even put in the Kentucky Title Tournament. Eddie Montgomery says this is his ring and his town and this will be a Kentucky Beatdown if he doesn't get out. AJ says this is his outer space district. Eddie takes his jacket off. AJ gets hit by Dustin & Facade. Eddie slams AJ and drops an elbow. DH makes the 3 count.

OVW TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH: "The Tate Twins"
: Brandon & Brent vs. "Shotgun" Tony Gunn & National Champion "Mr. Pec-Tacular" Jessie Godderz (w/Shannon the Dude) (c).
Jessie with a side headlock to Brandon. Brandon reverses into an armbar. The Tates make quick tags and take Jessie down with a dropkick off the ropes. Jessie with a knee to Brent and he tags Gunn in. Gunn & Jessie work over Brent in their corner, but a cocky Gunn gets a baseball slide into him on the floor after he tripped Brent in the ring. The Tates back to their quick tags and hits the leap off the back elbow drop to Gunn for 2. Jessie gets the tag back in and Brandon takes him down with a monkey flip. STD grabs him off the ropes and Gunn trips him up and hits him on the apron. Brandon gets triple teamed by STD, Gunn, & Jessie on the outside. Jessie goes for the press slam inside, but Brandon slides off and tags Brent. Brent fires away and knocks Gunn off the apron. He tries to pin Jessie. The Tates with a double team to Jessie. Gunn runs in and gets a double reverse hip toss. Brandon dives out on Gunn. Brent goes for a baseball slide on Jessie, but the camera man gets pulled in front of Jessie. Jessie attacks Brent from behind and rolls him in. Kal Herro takes over as the new camera man. He covers for 2. He chokes Brent in the ropes. Gunn tags in and works over the leg of Brent and knocks Brandon off the apron. Jessie & Gunn keep him isolated on their side of the ring and work him over. They double team him and keep him from the tag to Brandon. Brent misses an enziguri to Jessie after Gunn goes flying out of the ring. Jessie chokes Brent in his corner with his knee across the throat. Brent fires out of the opposing corner and super kicks Jessie. He kicks Gunn in the head. Jessie grabs him for a powerbomb, but Brent rolls through with a facebuster. Both men tag. Brandon leaps in and kicks Gunn in the head and back elbows him in the corner. Clotheslines off the ropes. He covers, but Jessie breaks the pin. Jessie & Gunn go for a double suplex, but Brandon slides out. Brent with a flying body press. Double eat de-feet on Gunn, but Jessie pulls Brandon out and STD hits Brandon from behind. Bradnon gets hit with a double team cutter. Gunn covers, but Brent breaks it up. Jessie throws him in the corner and charges, but hits the ringpost as Brent moves. Brent leaps out on Jessie on the floor. Gunn hits the reverse DDT on Brandon for 2. He stomps him and goes up top for the flying knee, but notices Kal as the camera man. Brandon rolls Gunn up from behind and gets the 3!
WINNERS and NEW TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS: TATES by pinfall.

*AS ALWAYS, THANKS FOR READING!

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