Wrestling Open RI
Cranston, RI 6/39/25
Spotlight Match: JGeorge vs BIG RIZZ Victor Chase
Rizz alone won’t win you a match and JGeorge goes right for the legs of Chase. He stays right on Victor, trying to break him down. Chase back with a fisherman’s suplex and a gross pumphandle neckbreaker. Jgeorge eats a spinning powerbomb and stays down for the three!
Match 1: Pedro Dones, Jake Gray & Eye Black Jack vs Gal, Nick Battee & Jose Zamora (Von Erich 6-man Tag Tournament Semi Final)
Pedro and the BIOPro crew are ready for WAR! They are easily overwhelming Teen Gal Squad in the opening chaos. The heels finally get one up on the young EBJ and start working him over. Bring out the Handyman! The hot tag turns into a
Giant brawl of finishing shots! This is awesome! Nick Battee with a scissor kick to a stunned Jake Gray sends them to the finals! This absolutely ruled.
Match 2: DJ Powers vs Bear Bronson (#1 contender match for the Wrestling Open Championship)
Bear is ready to maul but DJ is…well…very slippery. That fails to get in Bear’s head. He can’t overpower him. He can’t get a leg up by poking him in the eye. He tries to run for cover but Bronson chases him down and chops him silly. This is wonderful to watch. Bear tosses him back in with a press slam over the top. DJ finally kicks the rope in Bear’s nethers and THAT finally gives him the edge he wanted. To his credit, Powers doesn’t let up on his assault. He cannot let Bronson recover. He TRIES to get a countout but that isn’t happening. They drop each other and THIS is the recovery Bear needs. Ring shaking corner clotheslines! He hits a black hole slam while giving an eye to Wrestling Open championship Bryce Donovan, who is at commentary for this one. DJ almost steals it with some feet in the ropes but Bear powers out! DJ off the top but Bear catches him into the chokebomb! Bear is the number one contender!!!!
Bryce hits the ring to talk down to Bear. Bronson rips the mic right out of his hand. The legit Americanrana main eventer is the number one contender and he says Bryce’s reign is coming to an end NEXT WEEK! Open runs against Monday Night Raw next week with a HUGE title match!
Match 3: Davienne vs Liviyah
Davienne blindsided Liv a couple weeks ago. She’s a bad person again, as the universe demands. Liviyah doesn’t even wait for the bell and charges right into this grudge match. Thing is: Davienne is well versed in these situations and her brutal side is back in full. The crowd is cheering for Liviyah but she’s getting taken apart. Liv finally with a German and a spear but it’s not enough! Liv with a suicide dive but Davienne catches her and rams her into the apron. She hits a Daviennd Your Life but Liv is still alive…so she hits another and Liviyah crumples to the floor and stays there for the full ten. Solid enough match but Liv is Cranston’s girl and they HATE this.
Davi grabs the mic and says Liv should go back to ring crew and ticket selling. If Liv tangles with her again, she’ll Daviennd her CAREER.
Match 4: Anthony Greene & ??? vs Dustin Waller & ??? (Dream Partner Match)
Both guys get to pick their partner from the Open roster…but if they attack their own partner (like SOMEONE did last week coughing cough Waller cough cough), they will be FIRED from open! Who do they pick? Dustin gets right under Greene’s skin by picking WORLD CLASS CHANNING THOMAS. Greene has a partner in mind….its the DIMEPIECE AARON ROURKE! Waller immediately tags Channing in against Greene. The Star Struck partners gets to WRRRRESTLING!!!! Waller hates it. He wants a fight. What did he expect? Channing with a sneaky tag forces Waller to join the contest with Rourke and he is UNHAPPY about this. Dustin’s so emo now. He wants Channing to be more like Kylon and do cool tag team moves…but Channing just CANT SEEM to throw Dustin with any sort of accuracy. Whoops. Rourke with a catch swinging uranage! Dustin can’t tag out because Thomas is tying his boots…SAFETY FIRST. You did this to yourself, Dustin. Waller finally hits a rolling cutter on Greene with a minute left in the contest! Channing almost hits a piledriver on Dustin but realizes that could go badly for his career…Dustin shoves him off and rolls up Greene with a handful of tights and gets the three before Channing can stop it! Nooooooo!
Match 5: Dante Drago vs Brando Lee
Dante is out here in Brando’s gear AND using Lee’s music?!? Is he just stealing from wrestler’s road bags these days? Does he pay off the sound guy? Apparently he’s trying to use Brando’s playbook too…but he sucks at it and Lee is just running him over. Drago starts getting some shots in but the crowd KNOWS who they should be cheering here. Drago whiffs a double stomp and Lee gets rolling again! The Rolling DVD connects and a REAL double stomp pastes Dante for the three!
Main Event: The Residency (RJ Rude, Rex Lawless & Nick Robles) vs Shooter Boys (Aaron Ortiz & Anthony Vecchio) and Bobby Orlando
I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again: Open RI has been HUGE for the growth of the Shooter Boys. I notice that RJ calls the Residency “New and Improved”…did they officially hire Robles? RJ is proud of their new member….until Robles goes out there and into Mom’s meat grinder. RJ isn’t much better. Rex has much more luck just by virtue of being a big ol’ meat…and it’s too much meat for mom to handle. Shooter Boys with an intervention to stop a triple team sends the Residency into a huddle….and the strategy gets Orlando isolated again and eating a big man beatdown. Ortiz tries to swing the pendulum but this numbers game is getting rough…and RJ isn’t holding back, dropping hard shots to the back of the head. Ortiz with a rolling dodge and Vecchio gets in there. Roblles getting tossed at will but Rude in there to set up a powerbomb into the knees! Bobby makes the save! Rex with a claymore to Mom! Rude & Lawless hit a hart attack style doomsday slam to Orlando and Vecchio! Kick out! Robles and Rex sent flying to the floor! Rude off the top but Vecchio shoves him right into a sick trick cutter! Kick out! This is killer. The big moves are flying! Bobby with an AA to Rex! Flying knee to Rude for the stun…SHOOTER BOYS HIT THE HART ATTACK BLOCKBUSTER ON RUDE FOR THE THREE!!!! They’re going to the finals!!!
Gal, Zamora and Battee instantly hit the ring to beat down their opponents in the finals! Zamora swinging that tripod of his with abandon. It’s in pieces now as Gal grabs the mic to talk down to these “dummies” as we go off the air.
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