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6/12 WRESTLING REVOLVER 'NO COUNTRY FOR OLE' MANCER' REPORT FROM DAYTON, OHIO

Wrestling REVOLVER was back on their new streaming home, YouTube, for "No Country For Ole Mancer" (I highly recommend No Country for Old Men) at the Calumet Center at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds in Dayton, Ohio.

Commentary team of Bork Torkelson, Jessica Havoc, and new voice Carmen Michaels. They were okay. A little too much profanity, and Michaels hadn't figured out how to jump in and keep Torkelson from running him over. They missed Joe Dombrowski.

Joe Alonzo of the Algorithm got a huge marquee career win, defeating former TNA World and International Champion "Bulletproof" Steve Maclin in the opener.  I liked Maclin's intensity and pace; he kicked off the match fast.  Alonzo was a good crash test dummy here with a good comeback, getting the win with some distraction from his Algorithm mates, Crash and Brent Oakley, and a low kick.

Killer GOAT (Killer Kelly, AEW star "Young GOAT" Myron Reed) were victorious over The Production (Katie Arquette, Derek Dillinger) in a tag match.  This was pretty good. There were a couple of awkward spots due to maybe rushing the moves, but otherwise, it was a good match. It seemed the crowd was split, which was a surprise with Killer GOAT having been heels for a couple of years in WR.

"The Blackheart" Lio Rush was visiting from AEW and picked up a win over WR mainstay Damien Chambers (with Kayla Cassidy).  Another good match and one where Rush's bizarre persona didn't overpower the work.

Ace Austin, another AEW star, got a win in a 3-Way Elimination Match over Alan Angels and Jeffrey Johns. I think multi-person matches are best in elimination style, so this worked for me.
Johns revealing he had on multiple head scarves was a good sight gag.  Angels using the classic Angel's Wings finisher from Christopher Daniels makes too much sense. He used it to eliminate Johns (9:41) before falling to Austin's The Fold neckbreaker (11:09).

They seemed to be heading to an early intermission when "The Blood Fighter" Alex Colon stormed out and demanded WR Heavyweight Champion Mance Warner face him now instead of later on the card.
Warner obliged, and they went all out.  All of the brutal bells and whistles you expect from a REVOLVER match involving either of these two.  A lot of doors broken. Chairs used. Staple guns. Blood.  It was short of 20 minutes but felt longer before Warner bashed Colon in the head with a door, then hit a running knee to the face for the win.  They continued fighting after the bell when a quick video hinted at the return of former champion Krule.  New REVOLVER General Manager Ganger, fresh off losing his retirement match to Colon at the previous show, announced a 3-Way title match with Warner, Colon, and Krule, and it will be in the Cage of Horrors.

They returned from intermission with a title match.  Crash added more gold to the Algorithm, winning the 24/7 Title in a veritable hoss fight, beating Bigg Pound (c), Dreadknot (Madman Fulton), and the very impressive young giant Troy Parker.  Entertaining bout.

In some odd, only-in-REVOLVER booking, Tye or Die (Ryan Matthias, KJ Reynolds) teamed with their muscle, another impressive young giant, Amazanga, to retain the WR Tag Titles in a 6-man tag match over former TNA World Champion Rich Swann, WR mainstay and former TNA X Division Champion Jake Crist, and AEW/ROH star Billie Starkz.  A lot of good action here, but I was most taken by how cleverly Tye or Die used Amazanga's superior size and power to their advantage, like watching Bobby and Stan work with Big Bubba Rogers. Tye or Die are another highly promising tag team.  It looked like Swann, Crist, and Starkz had the titles, but Swann had struck the official referee, who reversed the decision. A Dusty Finish in 2026. I did like that.

In the main event, Brent Oakley made it a clean sweep for the Algorithm, defeating his former friend, TNA star BDE, for the Remix Title in a Dayton Street Fight, a stipulation chosen by BDE.  Mainly the same weapons as before, but still a lot of hard work by both young stars in the first singles main event for either in the promotion (I think). Again, it felt a bit long but still showed why both guys should have bright futures.  Alonzo and Crash tried to help but were taken out by Oakley's former teammates in Alpha Sig—KC Jacobs and "Big" Dick Meyers—and a chair-swinging Maclin.  Oakley still got the win with a final hard chair swing to BDE's face.

Maclin isn't happy with any of this and tells the Algorithm fellas that he, Alpha Sig (the "frat boys," as he calls them), and BDE will face them at the Aug. 15 show in Dayton in Cage of Horrors, and it will be a Frat House Rules match. Wait, what? Two Cage of Horrors matches on one show, and this one will have those Frat House comedy rules? Uh. Okay.

The excess the previous show lacked all came rushing back for this show, but there was still a lot of good action throughout.  There is a kid in the front row in a green shirt who was having the time of their life. I love that for them.  I did think the profanity in the ring and on commentary was a bit much, but it's how they do things.

The Real Uncle Dave grade: B (89 out of 100)

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