As
many of you would be aware, EPW recently traveled
to South Australia to put on its first show abroad.
14 of our finest went to Adelaide to show the great
fans of SA what EPW is all about. The show also included
6 of the best wrestlers that South Australia had to
offer. The event was held at the Dom Polski Centre
in Central Adelaide in will, hopefully, be the first
of many EPW events abroad. This is a brief recap of
the event.
SIX MAN INSANITY
Richter v Psychofett v Devlin Reeves v Jamie Jurah
v The Vagrant v Shane Haste
This was a fast paced match that got the event off
to a flying start. Haste was at his sensational best
in this match, taking to the air with ease on more
than one occasion. Jurah and Reeves got the crowd
extremely riled up with their antics. All six men
wound up battling on the floor with Haste completing
a 450 moonsault onto the pack. Soon after, Jurah found
himself victim to Richter’s Impaler (chokeslam
backbreaker) and the #1 contender walked away the
winner.
TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH
The Genetically Superior Team v The Serial Thrillers
The champs versus the former champs. The Thrillers
came out firing as GST struggled to find their feet.
Although they fought back, GST could never seem to
seize control for very long. The end saw classic GST
as they managed to barely escape from several close
near falls. Eventually, CJL drilled Brad West with
the tag team title behind the referees back for a
highly tainted win. Anda Nothica ruined the champ’s
celebration by raving through the ring. GST attacked
him which brought the Thrillers back out. After Brad
and Justin laid GST out, Noth went upstairs and hit
the 450 on CJL.
NWA-A GRUDGE MATCH
Cannonball Chris Taylor v Chopper Colman
EPW officials were more than happy to have this grudge
match take place on this history making show. These
two big man used all the heavy artillery in this match.
Chopper was looking to put Cannonball away for good,
while Taylor was looking for revenge after suffering
several sneak attacks from Colman during the year.
In the end, Chopper’s former valet, Anella,
wondered down to ringside for a closer look. Colman
allowed himself to be distracted and Taylor capitalised
by hitting the CannonBomb for the 1-2-3.
INTERSTATE CHALLENGE
Mike ‘HAVOK’ Mills & Will Power v
FN Carnage & Davis Storm
This was a battle for state pride. But personal pride
was the deciding factor in this match. Neither team
was happy about being paired with each other. Will
Power is a fan favourite in South Australia while
Havok has been showing more and more contempt for
the fans all year long. The history between Storm
and Carnage is well documented so they were never
going to get along. After Will mistakenly struck Havok,
Mills drilled him with a clothesline and walked out
on him. Things looked bleak for Power, as Carnage
nailed him with a TKO. But instead of going for the
pin, Carnage continued to beat on Will. This brought
Storm in who argued with his partner, telling him
to just get the pin. Carnage responded by punching
Storm in the face. Storm retaliated and Will took
advantage by dropkicking Davis from the ring before
tornado DDT’ing Carnage for a shock win.
Mikey v Jayson Cooper
As popular as Mikey is in Perth he is just as unpopular
in South Australia. Jayson Cooper on the other hand
is one of the South Australia’s favourite sons.
These two went at it hard and heavy with Mikey dominating
Cooper early on. Cooper fought back with high impact
moves but could not put the EPW champion away. He
made a fatal mistake by going for a swanton as Mikey
managed to get his knees up just in time. Mikey then
rolled Cooper up for the win. He had squared the interstate
challenge up at 1-1.
Jag v Jimmy Payne
Jimmy’s return to EPW competition would not
be an easy one. He faced one of Australia’s
finest in Jag. This was a back and forth match with
the action going to the outside on many occasions.
Jimmy and Jag had clearly not forgotten about the
war they waged when they last fought in Perth. Jag
seemed to have the match won after Payne missed his
patented Gore but Havok came out and cut Jag down
from behind as he went for the Jagged Edge. Jimmy
then gave Jag a tiger driver to win the interstate
challenge for WA under dubious circumstances. Havok
laid boots into Jag as Mikey and Carnage returned
to the ring.
Will Power and Jayson Cooper ran out to break up the
beat down on Jag and Storm returned to try and have
a go at Mikey and Carnage. He then challenged them
to return for an 8 man tag match. They returned and
it was on.
Jag, Will Power, Jayson Cooper & Davis Storm V
Havok, Mikey, FN Carnage & Jimmy Payne
Noone seemed to care who they were paired with as
long as they got a shot at their arch enemies. This
match was non stop from start to finish with Storm
and Mikey going at it and Jimmy looking to cut down
anyone in sight. It looked as if we were going to
get a long awaited showdown between Jag and Havok
before Havok backed down and tagged out.
The match became a brawl with Jag and Storm getting
the crowd on their feet with simultaneous tope’s
to the outside. The action was going back and forth
with no rest until Anella low blowed Jag. Storm went
for the Eye of the Storm on Jimmy but was slapped
by Anella. He then drilled her with a DDT as Cooper
came flying off the top with a match winning swanton.
That was the end of a historic evening for all involved.
We would like to send out a heartfelt thank you to
all involved with the show. Especially our fantastic
South Australian production and organization teams.
This show could not have happened without your dedication.
And to our South Aussie fans. Thank you so much for
showing up and we hope that we gave you your money’s
worth. And an even bigger thank you to our wonderful
WA fans who traveled all that way to watch your fed
take a historic step. We hope to be back in 2005.
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