A look back at highlight matches and rivals from 2023!
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00:00 [MUSIC]
00:10 [MUSIC]
00:20 Greetings, Grapple fans, and
00:35 welcome to Kent Pro Wrestling's end of year special on KMTV.
00:39 Today, we're revisiting the year's top four showdowns.
00:42 And first up, our high street battle, the suplex merchant,
00:46 Alpha Edwards, takes on inter-regional champion, Danny Black.
00:49 Let's get to the action.
00:52 So regional championship, Danny Black versus Alpha Edwards.
00:57 And straight away, the suplex merchant brings down Danny.
01:00 >> [APPLAUSE] >> Suplex merchant,
01:04 already with a waist lock, Danny Black fighting out.
01:06 Straight away, into a waist lock on his own.
01:08 [MUSIC]
01:10 Going to a cravat.
01:11 [MUSIC]
01:15 Again, takes down Danny Black.
01:17 Here in Mexico, you've not seen wrestling action like this today so far.
01:22 Alpha Edwards has been on a strong streak.
01:27 The crowd here did not like that at all.
01:29 Not a fan of this.
01:31 Danny Black looking awfully up and down, as if to say, okay, bring it on.
01:36 It's gonna be a fantastic match.
01:38 I'm sure you cannot call it, considering we talk about the timeline.
01:42 Last night, literally less than 24 hours ago, Danny Black defended
01:47 the inter-regional championship against a gentleman named Summer Mills.
01:52 It was an incredibly hard-fought match.
01:53 But now today, it's the heat.
01:56 Danny Black, possibly the largest heavyweight ever in the front row.
02:02 Danny Black defends his inter-regional championship.
02:04 And no one further, who ever wins this match,
02:08 to our unofficial one-year anniversary in Heron Bay.
02:10 A huge arm drag, knocks Alpha Edwards all over the place.
02:14 Bit of rope, over, another arm drag.
02:18 Huge drop kick.
02:20 Wow, there's Danny Black.
02:23 That's why Danny Black is the inter-regional champion.
02:27 Now, Alpha Edwards sitting on the bench, as if to say, give me a minute.
02:31 He doesn't have a minute, he has 10 seconds to get back at the ring.
02:34 Danny Black there, absolutely showing why he has been the inter-regional champion
02:41 since weeks last year.
02:43 Many titles defended.
02:46 And now Alpha Edwards, being quite clever here, slowing the pace down.
02:51 It's sped up.
02:52 That's Danny Black's game.
02:54 Alpha Edwards, though.
02:55 All Alpha's gotta do is grab Danny's throat.
02:59 It's a suplex machine, suplex martial.
03:03 And clearly not enjoying the crowd here.
03:06 We are packed out here in Bexley Heath.
03:09 [CROWD CHEERING]
03:28 Crowd here.
03:29 Don't any single one of you want to see a dance-off?
03:31 Are we going to see a dance-off here?
03:32 I don't know what we're about to see.
03:37 Oh, there we go.
03:38 No, fine.
03:40 Crowd not liking that one at all.
03:42 Bexley Heath.
03:51 Full-on action-packed crowd here.
03:54 And there it is, the one and the one.
03:56 Oh!
03:57 Oh, no!
03:58 Send on, that's it.
04:00 Face on.
04:01 No, no, no!
04:02 It could be over.
04:03 This could be it.
04:06 Alph not finding it funny.
04:08 Alph suplex machine, suplex merchant.
04:11 Into the corner.
04:14 The cover, this could be it, this could be it.
04:16 Operating with the bow.
04:18 It's a two.
04:18 Jeez.
04:20 Oh, I've got to get my breath.
04:22 That was unfortunate, there.
04:24 Danny Black having some fun with the audience.
04:26 And then Alph having none of it.
04:29 Maybe a bit of rivalry between Bexley Heath and Abby Wood,
04:31 maybe, or I'm unaware of.
04:33 Oh, no, here we go.
04:34 Keep quiet.
04:35 Keep it quiet.
04:35 Keep it quiet.
04:36 Keep it quiet.
04:36 Oh!
04:37 Just, just violent.
04:40 Just absolutely violent across the chest.
04:41 Oh!
04:43 Oh!
04:44 Jeez!
04:45 No!
04:46 Oh!
04:48 The crowd here at Bexley Heath absolutely loving Danny Black
04:50 fight back.
04:53 Irish whip, reversal.
04:54 Full momentum.
04:55 Into the corner.
04:57 And again, Alph showing, let's be honest,
04:59 weight and size distribution.
05:00 Fast, decent cover.
05:02 And that was a two.
05:03 That was a two.
05:06 I'm very fortunate I'm ringside.
05:08 I'm looking at the very piece of gold
05:10 that they are fighting for.
05:12 The international championship.
05:13 Danny Black won this five-person ladder match,
05:17 one of the most dangerous matches in wrestling.
05:19 Alph's been defending it multiple times.
05:21 Hang on.
05:22 Oh, no.
05:22 He went for his big finish and move.
05:24 Don't quite get it.
05:26 There we go.
05:27 He's up.
05:28 Danny could be coming crashing down.
05:32 Danny reverses.
05:33 Wow!
05:34 Coldwell over the ropes.
05:35 Huge kick to the chest.
05:37 There's the forearms.
05:39 Irish whip.
05:40 Into the buckle.
05:42 Huge European uppercut.
05:45 Into the ropes again.
05:46 You can't call that except for a big boot to the face.
05:49 Absolutely legal in this match.
05:52 Oh!
05:53 It looked like Alph lost his footing.
05:55 Up goes Danny over the top.
05:57 Huge forearm.
05:58 Now, we've got to be careful because the floor is not
06:00 protected.
06:01 Danny goes in the floor.
06:02 Wow!
06:03 Oh, I think he caught him in the face.
06:05 I think Danny got it.
06:06 Danny goes up high.
06:08 Here comes the momentum of the crowd here in Banksy.
06:10 He got the body there.
06:12 Huge crossbody!
06:13 Huge crossbody!
06:14 This could be it.
06:15 This could be it.
06:16 Two.
06:16 And that was a two.
06:18 So close from Danny Black there.
06:21 Huge wide crossbody.
06:22 The people here in Banksy are absolutely loving Danny
06:25 Black now.
06:26 The question in this match now is can Alph Edwards fight
06:29 from the bottom?
06:30 Can Alph show some of that trademark resilience?
06:33 Now, Danny, going for that bloodbuster.
06:36 He's trying to win matches like that multiple times.
06:39 Huge forearm.
06:40 Now, forearm from Alph.
06:43 Danny, that looked like it gazed him.
06:45 Another forearm.
06:46 That went right through the skull of Alph.
06:48 Another huge guard.
06:50 How are these men standing?
06:52 Jeez.
06:54 There's a knee to the gut.
06:56 That was definitely whinged.
06:58 Another forearm from Alph.
07:00 Danny with the European uppercut.
07:03 And there's Alph with a European square with a forearm of his own.
07:07 Alph Edwards goes up.
07:09 Pop up.
07:10 Come on!
07:11 This is it.
07:12 This is it.
07:13 This could be it.
07:14 Two.
07:15 And he got him.
07:16 Boston grab.
07:17 Going for the Boston grab.
07:18 And there he is.
07:19 This could be it.
07:20 I'm ready with the bell.
07:21 Look at the wrench.
07:23 Look at the wrenching of that.
07:25 I'm going to referee's in position.
07:28 Alph is going for the championship.
07:30 Alph wants to be an inter-regional champion.
07:33 The power, the glory that comes with it.
07:35 Danny gets the rope.
07:37 Gets the rope.
07:38 He's got to release the hold.
07:39 He's got to the count of five.
07:43 Wow, Alph, everything he's thrown.
07:46 So close.
07:47 He's literally inches away from a new champion.
07:50 You can see Danny's fatigue.
07:52 Holding his lower back.
07:54 That leg stretches over the legs of the lower back.
07:57 You can't help but think that's going to affect the vertical base of Danny.
07:59 Well, hang on.
08:00 Alph's going for that huge maneuver again.
08:02 We saw it at Rapture.
08:04 It's almost a torture rack.
08:06 Where are we going to go from here?
08:08 Oh, hang on.
08:09 Reversal.
08:10 Huge kick.
08:11 What's Danny going to go for?
08:13 Huge moonsault.
08:14 This could be it.
08:15 One, two.
08:16 Oh.
08:17 It was a two.
08:19 Just a two.
08:21 Danny back now with the momentum.
08:23 So they're going up top.
08:24 This is what Danny is known for.
08:25 High risk maneuvers.
08:27 Danny goes on top of the crowd here.
08:28 He's got Willingham on.
08:30 Are we going to see Danny hit a huge maneuver here?
08:33 Could we see the elbow?
08:35 He's scouting it.
08:36 Rolls through.
08:37 What's Alph going to do?
08:38 Oh.
08:39 Huge drop kick.
08:41 Alph now with the momentum.
08:42 Cannonball.
08:44 Cannonball.
08:46 Come on, come on.
08:47 One, two.
08:48 Cannonball.
08:50 It was a two.
08:52 Oh, my goodness.
08:54 What's Alph going to do to win this?
08:57 What has Alph got to do?
08:59 Goes for the ropes.
09:00 Goes for the powerslam.
09:02 One, two.
09:04 Oh.
09:06 Two.
09:07 Two and seven, eight.
09:09 What has Alph Edwards got to do to win the championship?
09:13 He's not just facing any champion.
09:15 He's facing Danny Black.
09:18 Longest inter-regional champion.
09:20 We just saw a phenomenal sequence of moves.
09:23 I think we've got to see some suplex merchant madness here.
09:27 And again, going for that huge torture rack maneuver.
09:31 He's going to flip him over.
09:33 Oh, elbows.
09:35 Coming back right in front of me now.
09:37 What about holding on?
09:38 What are we going to see here?
09:40 Legato.
09:41 Oh, my goodness.
09:43 He's got him.
09:44 Here he comes.
09:45 Blackbuster.
09:46 Blackbuster.
09:48 Come on.
09:49 One, two, three.
09:53 And there you have it.
09:54 Danny Black retains his championship with that jaw-dropping second rope cutter
09:58 into a blackbuster.
09:59 What a match.
10:00 More on the incredible Danny Black later in today's show.
10:03 But now, folks, we shift gears to another high-stakes title fight.
10:06 It's the women's championship clash.
10:08 When the fierce Kira Chimera and the determined Sapphire Reed clash.
10:12 Fun fact for our viewers, during this epic battle,
10:15 the fire alarm accidentally went off.
10:17 Adds to the heat of the moment, doesn't it?
10:20 Strong kick, Sapphire with a big base-- oh, my goodness.
10:24 This is unbelievable straight away.
10:27 Oh, no.
10:29 Sapphire Reed has set alarms off in this venue with those two drop kicks.
10:36 Sapphire is in the corner now.
10:41 Rimming uppercut from the corner.
10:44 Two count, two kicking out.
10:46 That's too early.
10:48 I got a chance to speak to Sapphire before this match,
10:50 and she is tired of Kira disrespecting everyone
10:53 and doesn't want Kira to have a chance to disrespect that championship.
10:56 Oh, my God, Sapphire.
10:57 Sapphire's out the ring.
10:59 I can't see from this angle.
11:01 Yeah.
11:02 Sapphire straight out past the corner base.
11:05 Sapphire straight into the corner base.
11:07 Sapphire is out.
11:08 Sapphire is out.
11:09 She's getting out.
11:10 She's emerging.
11:11 [CHANTING]
11:17 Rapper fans, if you can hear, the alarm was set off by those drop kicks
11:21 from Sapphire Reed at the beginning of the match.
11:24 [CHANTING]
11:27 Horrible forearms to the back from Kira Chimera there.
11:31 Ladies, I wonder if you can win that beautiful championship without being in the ring.
11:38 And again, Sapphire Reed sent straight into the post.
11:44 If Sapphire survives this match, I'm not sure she's going to have all of her arms intact.
11:51 Kira sitting, and a massive chop to Sapphire Reed there,
11:55 sitting her amongst the fans.
12:00 Welcome back to KenPro Wrestling.
12:02 The action continues.
12:04 If I desperately want to win it, then I can't do it out there.
12:09 Kira is parading Sapphire around.
12:11 She's telling the grapple fans to move out of the way.
12:13 I'm really worried for Sapphire here.
12:15 I don't know what--
12:17 Ah, she was just joshing with the fans there.
12:20 She made them all get up, move out of the way.
12:23 And what's Sapphire going to do?
12:25 Oh!
12:26 And a head!
12:27 And a head!
12:28 And Kira straight to the ground.
12:32 Kira is down.
12:33 Sapphire found her opportunity.
12:35 Get her back in that ring, Sapphire.
12:38 This crowd are now firmly behind Sapphire.
12:42 She just needs to bring her into the ring.
12:44 And that's exactly what she does.
12:47 Unbelievable action here in Falconwood.
12:55 And a head kick.
12:58 Sends to the corner.
13:00 [INAUDIBLE]
13:05 Oh, I think maybe going for an open on a roll there.
13:10 Kira using the ropes to her advantage.
13:12 Oh!
13:13 Massive.
13:14 Huge close by.
13:15 Into the head.
13:18 Sapphire kicks out after all of that.
13:21 [INAUDIBLE]
13:24 It's Sapphire's resilience.
13:26 That's why I'm backing Sapphire for this match.
13:28 No matter what Kira has hit her with, she still comes back.
13:32 Amazing.
13:33 Absolutely amazing.
13:34 [INAUDIBLE]
13:39 No matter the outcome of this match, Sapphire is a star.
13:42 I've known Sapphire since she was a 14-year-old kid wrestling
13:46 in a railway arch in Brixton.
13:49 And look what she's grown into, one of the best wrestlers
13:52 that we have here in UKPW.
13:54 Now, Kira, though, you say that, Kira's got an intense advantage
13:59 right now in that dragon sleeper style maneuver.
14:02 Oh, Kira just having fun.
14:05 It's not time to have fun.
14:07 This is a championship match for the vacant title.
14:10 [INAUDIBLE]
14:13 Kira Chimera firmly believes she should have been the champion
14:16 in the first place.
14:17 Kira wants redemption today and will do anything
14:20 to get her hands on the UKPW championship.
14:23 [INAUDIBLE]
14:29 As I said earlier, Sapphire is sick of Kira's disrespect.
14:33 Kira might just flip the Sapphire switch and end up--
14:35 That's what she's receiving now is disrespect.
14:37 Slapping her in the face.
14:38 [INAUDIBLE]
14:41 [INAUDIBLE]
14:44 [INAUDIBLE]
14:47 [INAUDIBLE]
14:49 Swing blade maneuver, fantastic.
14:51 Step up into going.
14:53 We're seeing the Sapphire classics.
14:55 [INAUDIBLE]
15:00 Huge snap German suplex.
15:02 [INAUDIBLE]
15:05 Oh, that was very nearly free.
15:07 So close.
15:09 So, so close for Sapphire.
15:11 But Kira Chimera is one of the toughest women
15:14 in British wrestling.
15:16 Sapphire Reed is going to have to dig deep to become
15:18 the UKPW women's champion.
15:21 The crowd are firmly behind hometown hero.
15:25 Kira Chimera with some distance.
15:28 European uppercut across.
15:31 Maximum distance, back elbow.
15:34 What's Kira going to go for here?
15:36 She's on the second rope.
15:37 Blocks it.
15:39 [INAUDIBLE]
15:41 Tornado suplex.
15:43 Talk about whiplash effects.
15:45 [INAUDIBLE]
15:48 Sapphire managed to kick out.
15:49 That's amazing.
15:50 This crowd are firmly behind Sapphire.
15:53 Again, I can't stress it enough.
15:55 One of these ladies are going home,
15:57 the UKPW women's champion.
15:59 And as you can see, Kira now using those MMA style knees.
16:03 Kira brings the striking style.
16:06 Can Sapphire fight back with her wrestling style?
16:11 Those are huge knees to the face.
16:13 Vicious strikes from Kira there.
16:15 Oh my goodness.
16:17 Massive headbutt there.
16:18 [INAUDIBLE]
16:20 That could have knocked both of them out.
16:22 This match is so violent.
16:25 And it's so violent because of the title that is on the line.
16:29 Grapple fans, we're being treated to one of the best
16:32 women's matches we've ever had here in UKPW.
16:34 [INAUDIBLE]
16:38 The referee is up to four.
16:40 You can see both ladies stirring that headbutt.
16:45 It's maneuvers like that where you question yourself.
16:47 It's desperation.
16:49 How much it hurts you.
16:50 Does it equal the same as the opponent?
16:52 The anti-conformist, Kira Chimera, trying to make her way up.
16:55 Sapphire on her knees.
16:57 They're screaming at each other.
16:59 Sapphire is telling Kira to get up.
17:03 Big forearm from Sapphire.
17:05 Has Kira got anything in return?
17:07 Oh my goodness.
17:09 That's almost disrespectful.
17:11 I think that's what Sapphire wanted.
17:14 It lights this fire under her.
17:18 Kira with a huge forearm.
17:21 One-- oh, jeez.
17:23 How close is this lady standing?
17:26 Heat championship, that's how.
17:29 That's a close one.
17:30 Where's the stunner?
17:32 Can I see it?
17:33 Sapphire on her feet still.
17:34 And there's the spinebuster.
17:35 Run through, run through.
17:36 Oh my goodness, there's a cover, there's a cover.
17:38 Referee was out of position.
17:40 Referee was out of position.
17:42 There could have been a three.
17:44 No one saw that coming.
17:45 That's the first time I've ever seen Kira Chimera's maneuver
17:47 people first like that.
17:49 I think the referee was out of position.
17:51 Ref didn't see it coming for sure.
17:53 No.
17:54 I feel bad for the referee.
17:55 You never quite know what's going to happen.
17:57 But Sapphire probably could have won there.
17:59 She holds on.
18:01 Reversal.
18:02 Oh, no, the referee.
18:03 Referee's been squashed in the corner.
18:05 That wasn't the plan.
18:07 Oh my goodness.
18:09 It could be done, it could be done, it could be done.
18:12 She could become the women's champion.
18:15 Shining wizard.
18:18 That's it.
18:19 Come on, Sapphire.
18:21 One, two, three.
18:24 The referee's down.
18:25 It could have been it.
18:26 No.
18:28 Sapphire should be the UKPW Women's champion.
18:30 Where's the referee?
18:31 He's down.
18:32 She could have won.
18:33 We need another one.
18:34 Is there another one?
18:35 There's Tristan.
18:36 There's Tristan.
18:37 Tristan's here.
18:38 The official.
18:39 Go and check your funny referee.
18:41 There are rules and regulations.
18:43 This referee has been assigned for this match.
18:45 Only that referee.
18:48 What's Kira doing?
18:51 Oh my goodness.
18:54 Wait, hang on.
18:58 There we have it, grapple fans.
18:59 Kira Chimera is the UKPW Women's champion.
19:02 And what a dominant force she's been throughout 2023.
19:06 Her prowess in the ring is undeniable.
19:08 But let's not count out Sapphire Reeve just yet.
19:11 Though she faced the sat back, her fighting spirit never wavered.
19:15 In a thrilling twist, later that evening, Sapphire made her surprise entrance
19:19 as the fifth competitor in the heart-stopping Inter-Regional Championship tables.
19:24 Ladders and Scares main event.
19:26 Brace yourselves grapple fans, as we look back at this incredible match.
19:31 Oh my.
19:33 Let's take the James out for a little bit, I'm sure.
19:38 Oh my goodness.
19:39 Crash man taking it to the knee flap.
19:41 We've asked people to stay in their seats, because this is going to get dangerous.
19:45 Sapphire Reeve is beating the hell out of the suplex merchant, Alf Edwards, on the outside of the ring.
19:58 Crash man up on the apron now.
20:00 Oh, get the cannonball onto everyone.
20:04 Oh my goodness, this is going crazy already.
20:07 Everyone's down, we can't see from our angle.
20:10 No.
20:11 Station, station.
20:13 You've got the branding in, good man.
20:17 I was at Summer Jam where I saw Joe Lando, Danny Black and Sapphire Reeve in one match.
20:23 And it was amazing.
20:25 Taylor James sending Danny Black back into the ring there.
20:28 And we've got a chair involved.
20:30 A chair from the audience.
20:31 This is never good.
20:34 Oh no, no, no.
20:37 Oh.
20:39 I think Danny Black actually landed on that chair and just got straight back up.
20:43 I saw a side RKO.
20:45 I can't believe it.
20:47 We knew this match was going to be crazy, we knew this match was going to be dangerous.
20:50 Where is Sapphire going?
20:52 Sapphire to the floor.
20:53 Where is she going?
20:55 Oh my goodness.
20:57 Wow.
20:58 Wow.
21:00 From the top to the floor.
21:04 Sapphire Reeve wants this so much.
21:07 Sapphire back on her feet now.
21:09 For those who have been watching all the way through, Sapphire Reeve did not become the
21:14 UKPW Women's Champion.
21:16 But you can see it in her eyes.
21:18 She is not leaving Falconwood without a championship title.
21:22 Here's a huge ladder.
21:24 Sapphire Reeve is the first person to touch the ladder in this match.
21:26 She wants that championship.
21:29 Look at the size of the ladder compared to her.
21:33 The ladder is in the ring.
21:34 Oh, the others are down.
21:35 Everyone else is out.
21:36 Is Sapphire going to win the belt?
21:37 Is she going to win?
21:39 What's happening?
21:41 The ladder, I don't think people realize how big the ladder is and how clunky it can be
21:45 to maneuver.
21:46 Sapphire is trying to get into position.
21:48 With just a few minutes in, is she going to do it?
21:51 Albert Woods is there hitting Sapphire and the ladder just fell over.
21:56 This is a dangerous match.
21:59 This is an incredibly dangerous match.
22:02 Oh, hang on. Danny is just slidding a smaller ladder in.
22:06 Oh, no.
22:08 Taylor James and Albert Woods now at the top of the ladder.
22:11 Everyone apart from Sapphire Reeve is really getting into it.
22:13 And a mini ladder. Danny Black is up there.
22:15 Trashman hasn't got any rungs to climb on.
22:18 The ladder is collapsing under the weight.
22:22 Oh, no, no, no, no.
22:24 Oh, Albert Woods now sent back into the rung.
22:27 Sapphire took everyone out.
22:29 We've already got a broken ladder.
22:36 There's a chair in the ring.
22:40 Oh, my God, a chair shot to the head.
22:43 And another one to the suplex merchant.
22:45 Taking Albert Woods out.
22:48 With a drop kick to the chair straight into his face.
22:51 With that Dow Jones branded green chair.
22:54 I know, it's been around a long time, hasn't it?
22:56 What's Taylor going to do?
23:03 Oh, Taylor now thinking, nope, it's ladder time.
23:08 Maybe wisely getting rid of that ladder whilst everyone is too quick to enter the ring.
23:12 Off the ropes.
23:13 Oh, my goodness.
23:15 Huge boot to the face.
23:17 Ducks under.
23:20 Oh, my goodness, we've got a ladder open in the corner.
23:28 Oh, no, powerbomb, powerbomb.
23:30 Ducks down.
23:33 Huge headbutt.
23:34 Sapphire has already been in a wrestling match, let alone one of the hardest fought.
23:38 Pop up, powerbomb.
23:41 Taylor's going to win.
23:43 Everyone's out.
23:46 Danny Black is back.
23:49 Ducks.
23:55 Danny Black is back.
23:59 Welcome back to Kent Pro Wrestling.
24:01 The action continues.
24:03 Oh, it's too far away.
24:04 He's going to elbow him.
24:07 Oh, my God.
24:09 Oh, my God.
24:10 Into the bin.
24:12 Albert Woods is in the ring now.
24:14 Oh, no.
24:15 Oh, no.
24:18 Across the back.
24:23 This is one of the most violent matches I've ever seen.
24:25 We've now seen an elbow drop from the top of a ladder.
24:28 Through a bin.
24:29 We've then seen Alf Edwards with a kendo stick across the back of Trashman.
24:32 What's Alf Edwards looking for?
24:34 He's looking for something.
24:35 Oh, no, he's got to wait.
24:36 What's in the bag?
24:37 What's in the bag?
24:38 No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
24:39 What's in the bag?
24:40 This is a family show, Alf.
24:41 I can't go, Alf.
24:42 Is it going to be like--
24:43 Thumbtacks.
24:44 No, no, Alf, this is a family show.
24:46 No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
24:48 Thumbtacks.
24:49 Uh-oh, stapler.
24:50 We're not going to be able to broadcast this.
24:51 KMT, the old--
24:52 What's it going to be?
24:53 I thought this is going to be too far.
24:54 There's kids here.
24:55 No, this is like a bag of fun.
24:57 For anyone that knows wrestling, there's a lot of drawing pins that are traditionally
25:00 in one of these bags.
25:01 Marcus Boom looking in the bag now.
25:03 Surely not.
25:04 The bag-- oh, it says--
25:05 It says "tax on you."
25:08 It's American for "drawing pins."
25:12 What is it?
25:13 Oh, my God, it's Custer Creeks in the bag.
25:15 It's Custer Creeks.
25:17 It's Custer Creeks.
25:19 Marcus Boom hates Custer Creeks.
25:25 Alf Edwards is diabolical.
25:27 He put Custer Creeks in that bag to get Marcus Boom.
25:31 He knows exactly what to do.
25:33 There's a crowd chant for Custer Creeks.
25:36 Go, go, go!
25:38 Go, go, go!
25:40 Oh, my God, it's disgusting.
25:44 It's diabolical.
25:46 Everybody knows Gary Brody's are the best biscuits.
25:50 I mean, Alf just did a suplex, but the lad that lands on his face--
25:54 We've got-- oh, my goodness, we've got four sneakers going on.
25:58 Four.
25:59 I don't know how anyone's going to be able to do--
26:02 Marcus Boom up to the top now.
26:05 Oh, oh!
26:08 Everyone got stung.
26:10 That was four stunners.
26:11 That was four stunners.
26:13 Four.
26:15 This crowd cannot believe what they're seeing.
26:17 We've seen a ladder, we've seen a chair, we've seen a chemist,
26:20 we've seen a bin, and we've seen Custer Creeks.
26:23 Don't get the Custer Creeks in your hair, guys.
26:25 They won't get out very easily.
26:27 I'm more worried about the new canvas we've got.
26:29 That's what reads up the slack.
26:30 Alf is in a rage, clearing the Custer Creeks from the ring.
26:33 We're going to have to get a brush on that or some sort of mop.
26:37 Marcus Boom can saw it.
26:39 There's my famous green chair in the corner.
26:43 Taylor-James taking a seat.
26:45 Just taking a seat, why not, in the middle of the championship match.
26:52 Huge boot.
26:55 Double fine.
26:57 Alf Edwards taking two people out.
27:02 Oh, no, suplex merchant.
27:03 German suplex position.
27:05 German suplex.
27:07 Dark side clothesline.
27:09 German suplex.
27:11 Alf Edwards is on a suplex merchant machine.
27:13 And again, are we going to see it?
27:15 Oh, my goodness.
27:17 Deadlift, deadlift, deadlift.
27:20 The suplex merchant showing us exactly why he's called that.
27:24 Here comes Sapphire.
27:25 Is she going to do a suplex of her own?
27:29 Oh, I'm going to go for Alf.
27:34 Oh, Sapphire Reed has got to take an E for Alf.
27:39 Sapphire Reed hates disrespect.
27:42 Let me be clear, Sapphire Reed has won many a Monty Plus.
27:45 Oh, German suplex by Alf Edwards there.
27:50 He's cleared house.
27:51 Alf has cleared the ring, except for the Custer Creeks.
27:56 Oh, Alf.
27:59 Don't come over here.
28:00 We've had to have a table.
28:01 This is being used as a merge table, aren't you?
28:03 Don't come near.
28:04 Not the commentary, not the commentary.
28:06 Keep up on.
28:07 That's the table.
28:09 Oh, no.
28:11 That's the table.
28:12 Everyone's down to concentrate on climbing the ladder rather than--
28:16 Someone's going through.
28:17 --a table.
28:20 I don't know if any of the audience can see, but this is one of the proper, solid, genuinely--
28:25 It's so big.
28:27 It's massive.
28:28 It's bigger than Alf Edwards.
28:30 I wasn't going to say that.
28:32 Well, hopefully you don't hear me say it.
28:34 Everyone is still down.
28:35 But the table is in there.
28:38 I think everyone took a German suplex from Alf Edwards, and everyone is still down.
28:44 He could have used this time maybe to climb the ladder, but he's just kind of seeking revenge, I think,
28:49 from losing that title shot.
28:52 Patsy Heath against him.
28:55 With the table set up in the middle of the ring, Sapphire Reid takes a big shot.
29:01 Sapphire has already been in a hard-fought match earlier today, and now she is competing for the
29:07 Interregional Championship.
29:08 Oh, no.
29:10 Alf is on the table.
29:12 Sapphire's been through enough today.
29:14 Alf Edwards just looks like he really wants to make an example of Sapphire Reid for some reason.
29:19 Oh, my goodness.
29:20 Oh, my goodness.
29:22 Sapphire is still in a very precarious position, laying on that trash table.
29:27 It's in the ring.
29:32 What are we about to see?
29:35 Oh.
29:36 Moving the table closer.
29:38 I mean, he's not wrong.
29:41 Sapphire Reid still laying on the table.
29:44 What are we about to see?
29:46 I mean, we can't see this.
29:48 No way.
29:49 No way.
29:50 No way.
29:51 The guys are kind of falling.
29:53 Sapphire is up.
29:55 No way.
29:56 No.
29:57 No.
29:58 Sapphire, you're blocking that hit.
30:01 Oh.
30:04 Narrowly missing the table.
30:08 That is so unfortunate for Alf Edwards.
30:10 He would have been wiped out of this match if he had not been through the table.
30:14 The legs of that table have been mangled.
30:18 That table is just in the way now.
30:20 What is Sapphire thinking?
30:23 He can't help himself by telling him where the ladder is.
30:26 The ladder fell out of the ring during that melee.
30:34 Absolute madness.
30:36 In goes the ladder.
30:38 Alf Edwards is so lucky.
30:39 So lucky there.
30:43 Sapphire is in the ring with a ladder.
30:46 It's Sapphire.
30:48 Oh, no.
30:54 Danny Black is not going to let Sapphire win.
30:56 They might be friends, but Danny is not going to let Sapphire win.
30:59 What a trade of shots here.
31:03 This must be an interesting dynamic because Danny Black has been pinned by Sapphire Reade.
31:08 Oh, spinning kick.
31:16 Into the ropes.
31:18 Reversal.
31:20 Oh.
31:22 You know there is a lot of respect between these two.
31:24 Ducks the -- oh, hang on.
31:26 Pump handle.
31:27 Into the -- nicely done.
31:30 Danny Black does respect and shows Sapphire the respect that she deserves.
31:36 As a equal competitor here.
31:38 Not like some of the guys.
31:40 Danny is making his way up to the top of the ladder.
31:45 There it is.
31:48 There it is.
31:50 Danny Black can win.
31:52 Danny Black is going to win.
31:56 I think he's going to do it.
31:58 Everyone else is down.
31:59 We haven't seen -- ladder is not in the right place.
32:01 He can't make it in there.
32:03 Danny is going to jump for it.
32:06 There's the cutter.
32:08 There's the cutter.
32:10 Sapphire Reade.
32:11 Is Sapphire going to do it?
32:13 She's too far away.
32:15 She's too far away.
32:17 Repositioning the ladder.
32:19 Is she going to do it?
32:20 Is she going to do it?
32:21 She's looking around.
32:26 She's going for it.
32:27 She's going for it.
32:28 She's got her hands on the belt.
32:29 Sapphire Reade.
32:31 Yes.
32:33 Sapphire Reade is the Interregional Champion.
32:37 Wow, what a match.
32:38 Sapphire Reade scored the surprise win in Tables, Ladders and Scares,
32:41 demonstrating the spirit of fair play.
32:44 She's offered Danny Black the first opportunity to regain that championship.
32:48 Now we dive into this epic showdown, embodying our ethos of equal rights,
32:53 equal fights.
32:54 Let's get to the action.
32:59 Really powerful look-up as well.
33:01 Neither of these want to let go.
33:02 Well, it's going to be about establishing dominance early in the contest.
33:05 Both have a point to prove.
33:07 Sapphire wants to prove that she can pin Danny Black.
33:10 Same as well, she can pin Danny Black.
33:12 So possibly Danny Black wants to get that title.
33:17 Right on the shoulder, forget how it works.
33:25 Sapphire has pinned Danny Black before.
33:27 It was in a triple threat match with Joe Landau.
33:29 Yes, indeed it was.
33:31 This is the thing, they really get into serious competition with each other.
33:34 In the UKPW.
33:41 Again, trying to get the measure of each other.
33:47 Again, maybe playing to try and play favorites with the crowd.
33:50 You can see them both looking to the crowd.
33:52 Whoa.
33:53 That's a good offer from Danny Black.
33:55 Use the momentum to...
33:57 Forget about Danny Black, his legs are made of springs.
34:00 Absolutely.
34:01 This could be over early.
34:03 Two count.
34:04 That was a very innovative pin-jump for them.
34:06 How did he even catch Sapphire?
34:08 Oh, just flubbering Sapphire Reid.
34:15 Trying to switch the lights off.
34:20 Oh, knock-off to the back.
34:22 It's a minimum of two minutes.
34:24 Half-time offense from Danny Black and he didn't even get to the top rope.
34:27 He didn't even come to stand up.
34:28 Incredible.
34:31 So Sapphire rolled out of the way of that move, but he still landed perfectly.
34:35 Oh, Danny Black rolls through again into a cover.
34:37 Two count.
34:38 Once again, trying to...
34:40 Shades of Joe Landau early in the program.
34:43 Just trying to catch him off guard for that split second.
34:45 Oh, Danny Black landed slightly off the rebound.
34:55 Yeah.
34:56 A little further.
34:59 Modified slip-throw from Sapphire Reid there.
35:02 Oh, a step-over into Gary and Danny Black is dazed.
35:06 But manages to stay...
35:07 Sapphire Reid is everywhere.
35:09 Manages to stay on the 8-pointers.
35:11 What's the plan here?
35:17 Oh, not...
35:18 No, not the 8-turn.
35:19 My goodness.
35:20 Danny Black needs to stop this from happening.
35:23 It's for the championship.
35:24 Is it worth that much?
35:25 Absolutely.
35:26 Oh!
35:27 Oh, my goodness.
35:29 A boot straight to Sapphire Reid's face.
35:31 Yeah, a boot to the face.
35:34 Wow, the crowd didn't actually like that very much.
35:37 Yeah, Danny Black's going to make enemies.
35:40 If he does this to Sapphire.
35:42 That's absolutely something he could potentially do.
35:44 He came in with the agitation of the crowd.
35:46 But doesn't have to stay that way.
35:48 Oh, Danny Black goes for a backflip.
35:52 Oh, and a baseball slide from Sapphire Reid right in the chest of Danny Black.
35:59 Welcome back to Kemp Pro Wrestling.
36:01 The action continues.
36:02 Oh, Danny Black to the outside.
36:04 Oh!
36:05 Oh!
36:07 Sapphire Reid just launches herself through the air at the Kid Without Fear.
36:11 And you can argue that Sapphire Reid herself is no slouch when it comes to fear.
36:16 Sapphire!
36:18 Sapphire!
36:19 Sapphire!
36:20 Daryl Jones called her the grappling goddess in her introduction earlier.
36:25 And Sapphire Reid is proving that point.
36:28 She wants him back in the ring.
36:30 She wants to win decisively.
36:31 She wants to win definitively.
36:32 She doesn't want to win by a count out.
36:34 She's not in her best interest.
36:35 The questions will just persist.
36:37 Two count from Sapphire Reid.
36:41 Danny Black, you can see he is feeling the effects of that sustained offense from Sapphire Reid.
36:46 He took some offense to the floor and various parts of the arena that are not the ring.
36:54 Sapphire measuring Danny Black here.
36:57 Going for that cutter.
37:00 Danny Black.
37:01 Oh!
37:02 Oh, and counters.
37:03 Knee.
37:05 Face to the canvas.
37:08 These two know each other very well.
37:10 But it seems like there is absolutely no love lost here.
37:13 Absolutely not.
37:14 They both want that championship more than they want a friendship.
37:16 They're both fierce competitors.
37:18 And ultimately what it boils down to is they both want to be the one who walks out of here with that title in front of the Falcon League fans.
37:24 Where these two last competed.
37:27 The crowd is starting to turn on Danny a little bit.
37:30 The parts of it at least. Hard to say if it's the entire crowd.
37:34 But right now he has a small amount of momentum.
37:38 Oh!
37:39 He drenches the arm of Sapphire Reid and slams it to the mat face down.
37:43 A two count from referee Kristen Stone.
37:45 This contest is still not over.
37:47 It was a big kick out from Sapphire Reid though.
37:49 She's not anywhere near done yet.
37:51 No, she's definitely got spirit to keep fighting and to keep staying in this contest.
37:59 [crowd cheering]
38:04 Working that arm.
38:06 Oh!
38:07 Here Sapphire Reid in tremendous amounts of pain.
38:10 But will not submit.
38:11 You heard that no from here.
38:13 You heard it through my microphone.
38:15 Sapphire Reid will bend but she will not break.
38:18 That's got to be frustrating for Danny Black.
38:22 [crowd cheering]
38:25 He's going to have to, he's going to be thinking what do I have to do to keep her shoulders to the mat.
38:30 Oh!
38:31 It won't be that.
38:32 Kicked by Sapphire Reid.
38:33 Oh another one.
38:34 This time to the head.
38:36 Danny Black is rocked in the corner.
38:39 Sapphire Reid hits in that European uppercut to the turnbuckle.
38:42 And an elbow just keeping that offense against the head going.
38:46 Danny Black reverses the whip.
38:48 Oh!
38:51 Sapphire Reid going for an aerial maneuver there.
38:52 But Danny Black.
38:53 Oh my God!
38:54 Oh!
38:55 Cinches up both arms.
38:57 One, two.
38:58 Two counts.
38:59 Thought it was overish.
39:00 It could have been.
39:01 Danny Black's finished playing.
39:03 These are ground and pound from Danny Black.
39:05 This is an aggressive side of Danny Black.
39:07 I don't think I've seen this.
39:08 You don't see this very often.
39:09 You know he's competitive but like you said this is a level.
39:15 This is something else.
39:17 This is Sapphire Reid's first defense of that title.
39:21 Danny Black defended the title a lot of times.
39:24 He knows what sort of head space she must be in right now.
39:27 Absolutely.
39:28 And he's really using that to his advantage as well.
39:30 100%.
39:31 This crowd is very much rallying behind Sapphire Reid as the champion right now.
39:36 Chanting her name even as she's being set up in the turnbuckle.
39:41 Hit with some really quite stiff forearms by Danny Black.
39:45 Oh!
39:46 Okay.
39:47 Sapphire Reid seems to be energized by these forearms now.
39:50 Well Sapphire Reid is radioactive so maybe it's what we're after.
39:54 Oh!
39:55 That forearm was certainly hazardous material.
39:57 Now Sapphire Reid with some strikes of her own.
40:03 Goes around comes around.
40:05 If it's good enough for you Danny Black you can take it from Sapphire Reid.
40:08 One thing you can't argue with is that this contest has been a lot of back and forth offense from these two incredible competitors.
40:14 Very, very easy.
40:15 Another of those European uppercuts.
40:16 That one has some venom to it.
40:19 Oh!
40:20 Good smeet!
40:21 That turnbuckle cover is teetering on the break.
40:24 Oh my goodness!
40:26 It's just relentless.
40:30 Oh!
40:33 Two count!
40:34 How is that only a two?
40:35 It's still not over.
40:37 Tristan Stone confirming what we saw.
40:39 That's a two count.
40:40 The look of disbelief on Sapphire's face says it all.
40:42 And now the crowd wants Danny to rally back.
40:45 This is the dilemma of the UKPW audience.
40:48 These are both fan favorites.
40:50 Nobody is going to want to see either one lose.
40:52 But somebody has to win.
40:54 I think whoever wins today the fans have won.
40:57 I think either way we've all won except the person who loses today.
41:01 Which you know, it's the worst.
41:04 Somebody has to lose.
41:06 Oh!
41:11 I love that!
41:13 Oh!
41:14 I love that move from Danny Black.
41:16 Straight off the ropes into a DDT and Danny Black is signaling
41:19 that this is over with.
41:21 Maneuvering Sapphire Reid into a position for what looks like a German Superlative.
41:25 Sapphire countering with elbows.
41:27 Oh!
41:29 Right on Sapphire's head!
41:32 It's an innovative offense and Sapphire Reid would be understandable
41:36 if she was out for the count.
41:40 But it's not.
41:42 She hasn't moved too much yet.
41:44 Why is Danny Black not going for the pin?
41:48 It's a great question.
41:50 Sapphire Reid just staring daggers at Danny Black right now.
41:53 Send off a nut.
41:58 Well it looks like a repeat of the same move.
42:00 Huge forearm from Sapphire Reid.
42:03 Once again Danny Black trying to hit her with...
42:06 Oh!
42:07 Right, she said that earlier. They're coming out now.
42:10 ...from Sapphire Reid.
42:11 Danny Black can only be done...
42:13 Oh!
42:14 Another huge 3, 4, 5, half a dozen huge forearms followed.
42:22 I can't... this is too quick to call.
42:25 Oh!
42:26 Huge forearm from Danny Black.
42:28 Off the ropes.
42:29 A big boot from Sapphire Reid.
42:31 Oh!
42:32 Nice move!
42:33 A massive headbutt.
42:34 I don't know if anybody came off relevant now.
42:37 No, they're both off their feet now.
42:39 Danny Black certainly got rocked to the outside of the apron.
42:42 But Sapphire Reid came off pretty badly as well.
42:45 Sapphire Reid just both looking to use the ropes to climb back up to their feet.
42:50 Kristen Stone checking on the well-being of the both as well, you might.
42:54 Hard work to Sapphire Reid to back from Danny Black there.
43:02 Another forearm from Sapphire Reid.
43:04 She's not throwing them.
43:05 Danny Black does not like receiving them.
43:07 He gives them just as good as he gets.
43:09 It's like Christmas really.
43:11 You're not meant to give a gift to receive, but you expect it.
43:14 Oh! Slap from Sapphire Reid.
43:15 Oh my God!
43:17 German suplex in the apron and Danny Black would be well forgiven for not knowing what month it is.
43:23 I think they might have been straight off the apron.
43:25 I don't even know if Danny Black touched it or if it went straight to the outside.
43:28 It happened so fast.
43:31 Kristen Stone is going to be counting a 10 for both of them because I can't imagine that went well for Sapphire Reid either.
43:37 Please don't let this match end outside of the ring.
43:40 I mean, if it has to end, but it will just persist the same questions.
43:46 Is there a contest, you know, can the championship be contested?
43:50 And until that definitive finish one way or another, we will still have a question.
43:55 I can't see much from here, but I just saw Danny Black move a little bit.
43:58 From our broadcast station, we are watching Kristen Stone's onto the second hand of counts.
44:03 And it's a nine count.
44:05 Nine?
44:06 This could be the 10.
44:08 They both roll in.
44:09 Sapphire's on the count, they broke it.
44:10 They both roll in on nine.
44:12 Neither one wants to be the one to say no.
44:16 Both just in each other's faces, just furious right now.
44:23 And they're just throwing forearms backwards and forwards.
44:27 Danny Black misses one there.
44:29 He's swinging it, swinging it, oh.
44:32 Sapphire Reid is rocking Danny Black.
44:35 Oh, ducks the clothesline.
44:37 Oh, forearm, but he didn't.
44:41 Oh my goodness, another one, another one of those.
44:44 No, Sapphire Reid's not having it.
44:46 Sapphire Reid's lucky to have counted that.
44:48 Just back and forth at a relentless pace, hard to keep track.
44:53 Danny Black keeps trying to hit those high impact moves.
44:56 Oh, and then lands with an incredibly high hard kick.
45:02 And Sapphire Reid dodges from the, another impact super star maneuver.
45:07 Oh my goodness.
45:09 Both of these competitors are worse for wear.
45:12 Sapphire, oh, the two.
45:17 Unbelievable.
45:19 Sapphire Reid with a clothesline that almost took Danny Black's boots off.
45:23 And still can't get that three pin.
45:25 How much are these two willing to pay on their bodies for this championship?
45:30 How much have they got left in the tank after this?
45:32 They're both giving each other absurd amounts of punishment.
45:35 I can see them both needing to be carried out of this ring after this.
45:38 I wouldn't blame them.
45:41 Danny Black blocks a kick, hits one of his own.
45:44 One on the back. Sapphire Reid ducks.
45:47 Danny Black ducks.
45:49 Goes for another.
45:51 Huge high impact move.
45:54 Poor guy must have come down I guess.
45:56 A one, a one.
46:00 Wow.
46:01 Oh, goodness.
46:10 There is no way Sapphire is surviving that.
46:12 It has to be.
46:14 She kicks off.
46:16 I don't believe what I'm seeing.
46:18 It's the power of the crowd here in Falconwood keeping Sapphire Reid going.
46:21 There can't be anything else right now.
46:22 The crowd is 100% right now.
46:24 You can hear it no doubt through our mics.
46:26 The crowd is rallying behind Sapphire Reid.
46:29 Not taking anything away from Danny Black.
46:30 He has his fans here, but right now it's almost like the fans don't want this contest to end.
46:35 Danny Black's first to his feet and it looks like he's about to climb.
46:38 Absolutely. Scaling the top rope.
46:40 Surely you've not got it left in you this late in the game, Danny Black.
46:43 It has to be.
46:44 I mean at this point, what else do you throw?
46:47 I know you're the kid without fear, but really?
46:50 He's not afraid.
46:51 Oh.
46:52 He telegraphs and rolls through.
46:55 Huge kick to Sapphire Reid in the corner there.
46:57 Maybe looking to put Sapphire to the mat from the top rope himself.
47:05 The fans are just not knowing what to make of this as well as they might.
47:09 Sapphire rolls through from the attempted top rope maneuver by Danny Black.
47:22 Oh, it couldn't be, could it?
47:24 Sapphire Reid climbing the top rope with Danny Black.
47:31 Goodness, a reverse hokumai from the top rope.
47:34 Oh, Sapphire.
47:37 Sapphire hits a huge knee and that's it.
47:40 Wow.
47:41 What a fantastic match.
47:44 That has got to be match of the year.
47:46 Sapphire Reid definitively winning the Interregional Championship.
47:50 And that's all the time we have on this 2023 retrospective of Kent Pro Wrestling.
47:54 Thank you kindly grapple fans for watching.
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