BASH

Not the Iceman... this is the shittiest Christmas ever!

Way to up the ante before a PPV. Jay says it best that OCW really does know how to do a show before a PPV. Going to go through each segment and give my general recap/thoughts as usual. We start with the Perfect Storm. The back to back shift camera work on the segment was cool. They swerved us all into believing there was a title match still when Doc came out and then Tony came out to make the picture clearer. Cannot wait for Uncrowned vs Perfect Storm at Animol House. Uncrowned gets the upper hand and the Perfect Storm retreats. Another piece of gold writing from the GM team. Their back and forth bickering, plus the outlandish things they deal with on a weekly basis always make me chuckle. Everyone freaking out but Drago picking up and petting the Tarantula was very on brand for the entire dynamic. Love the PPV plug at the end. Overall enjoyed this segment tremendously. A-Mart vs Mark Reese ended up being everything I expected from the match. A country ass whooping through and through. A-Mart did have different times where it felt like he mounted some offense, but the match overall had a one sided feel. Which works quite well with the way I believe they are trying to play this story out. Then Wrex attacked Mark Reese after the match, so my thoughts on the next logical step for Mark Reese are a bit confused at this point. I love how the history of the GOAT Academy is shown here. The disdain that John and Chance have for one another has festered over a period due to what happened. Chance blaming John for what happened to the GOAT Academy and cutting a scathing promo on his foe. Vowing to take his championship, these two men are going to war later this evening. Bobbi interrupting and letting Chance know that Derek is hurt, they run over and signal for help. Will need to keep my eyes on what happens next here with Derek. Pahlka Aadne vs Paul Boulet was a very short match that pitted two large men against one another. Boulet immediately tried to stretch his opponent out with a submission. Pahlka answered back with one of his own and then the match ensued. It looked early like Boulet might get the advantage but Pahlka shut the door on that quite quickly. Boulet fought hard but first a lariat and then a huge swinging Polish Hammer later he was down for the 3 count. Good match that did not overstay its welcome. Devon and Ryvaughn talk, Devon apologizes to his partner for not being there. They are focused on Grit and Glory, the number one contenders to the OCW Tag Team Championships. Good segment where they continue to build the beef with G&G without interacting with the other team. Belle and Marrisa had beef last week, but now they are on the same page it seems at first. They come out in some wonderful holiday themed gear. Nice dancing show until Flojo kicks Marissa into Belle. Starting the conflict that sees the women clearly draw sides. Ashley comes down to the ring as well and it is clear we have two camps. Rumble Bellas vs Flojo & Marissa. Liked the segment, confused by how it started but understood where it finished. This segment starts with the 5 Star French Factory verbally destroying his opponent at Animol House. He goes on a for a bit until the scene cuts over to El Parca and Catorina in what appears to be a pool hall. They continue to affirm their love and support for one another. I incorrectly pinned Rust for stealing the championship last week when Parca was revealed to have it this week. Nice work by all involved in this triangle of championship rivals. Deaver and B17 do some wonderful writing here illustrating the intriguing nature of their relationship. Deaver has always needed a daddy, it seems like Quartz didn’t want the job. However, whether he is being forced into it or not B17 seems to have a weird soft spot for him. Good writing by the duo, B17 really is a man’s man. John cuts a quick promo on what he is going to do to Chance tonight and then Chance comes out. The match was very back and forth early, then John took an advantage on Chance early. Chance managed to come back and even things up in the middle portion of the match. Then even taking the advantage after hitting the Chance Kicks. The two men battled back and forth but Chance caught John twice before downing his foe. Really enjoyed this match, it was a higher paced match full of energy from both sides. All I am going to say is Viktor Karmine is a disrespectful box loving freak. Good work Jake, you asshole. In all seriousness I laughed so hard at this segment. The get back has to be even better. First I want to say, Jim Black’s teeth looked scary. C-Note and Claude trade a bunch of verbal heat that makes Jim Black extremely uncomfortable. Bringing down each other’s home towns and generally just talking a bunch of trash. I am not sure how they are going to continue doing this without Claude being allowed back into a ring. Would love to see 2024 be the year these two get to mix it up. Deborah vs Belle is coming up next. I really love the work Jake puts into making that entrance look great with the championship. The match was all Deborah early, and Belle fought valiantly throughout the entirety of the match. Deborah shows us why she is the Women’s World Champion and her claim that no one is on her level. I really enjoyed the match they put on, it screamed heel champion vs underdog baby up and comer. Great work to the ladies. Dennis Dillinger has his crew together when Parca and Luis discuss his diet habits. Paul Boulet makes his way into the picture and insults the newly aligned group. Boulet spews insults at Luis including asking if he gets booked on PPV’s yet. Parca steps up and challenges Paul Boulet to a match at Animol House for all his tough talk. Boulet also tosses a towel at Chris Greene before insulting him. Good work on this one and love when different characters are given the ability to interact. Speaking of Paul Boulet, the LOC Challenge is up next. He waits for someone to come out and face him. It is Paul Harris who comes down. He makes some remarks about being a Snake Pit graduate. Boulet locks him into the hold and puts 30 seconds on the clock. Boulet being cheap does not want to give up his money. Jynx comes into the picture and stomps him out. Jynx gets tossed from the ring, and Harris tells Boulet to keep his money. Good segment to all involved. Horse tells Kassidy Hayes in the next segment he is moving past him forever when he beats him at Animol House. Horse for world champion is going to be my campaign for now. I think he has killed it this season with all the big matches he has been a winner in. Loved the words, need a small entrance next time. Deborah cuts a post match promo on Belle, letting the audience know that she was indeed unworthy. She opines about her stardom and hoping that Belle learned her lesson. Debbie storms off after that and screaming in her midst. KISS at its finest. The Kingu stuff was hilarious, I am having a hard time understanding the underlying feud that they are trying to sell here. Content is A+ though. The unique style of the presentation was also something I totally enjoyed. Do not love the loop hole thing, Jake is not really an active wrestler even if he competed before. You can work around the logic but I am going to enjoy this either way. I popped hard for Spider and want to see more. Post match for Belle now and we are taken to real raw emotional moment. I appreciate what she did here because the human side of things are often left alone in OCW. Ashely cheers her up and again here comes FloJo to finalize the matchup. Nice bow on things ladies. The International Title match was a rollercoaster of emotions for me. I am a firm Iceman supporter, but I also really love the character that Sheldon is. He has worked hard to have success in OCW and this match was no different. He dominated the Iceman on his way to being the youngest champion in OCW history again. Sheldon is setting up 2024 to be the year of Sheldon Tremblay. Paul Harris gets sick in catering, couldn’t happen to a nicer and more hygienic guy. Is he going to be okay? The stuff he did in the bathroom looked unnatural. Looking forward to seeing where this goes next. Dragan and Harper come out to announce that Ms. Cesar is going to have an open challenge for charity at Animol House. The screen cuts to a see you later graphic and that is all we are left with. Melon you have my intrigue, can’t wait to see what you have cooked up. Mark Reese and El Parca end up meeting up. Parca congratulates Reese on his victory. Parca affirms that he continues to seek Aries not the title. They both aim at the same person but for different reasons. They reconcile the fact they can help each other if needed to. Great work. Thanks to everyone in the main event for their performance. Awesome work everyone!

Thought this was one of the best episodes of the season personally. Lots of great action, segments video and written. Great work by the community and let’s keep raising the bar. Kareem starts off by confusing me a bit as to what his intentions are and who he was talking to in the shower presumably. Will have to wait and see how this portion develops, as I have always been a fan of Kareem content. AJM and Shianne have good chemistry in these written segments. AJM playing the woman who does things with honor and Shianne the mean girl. Their weird tension but bond over the fact AJM has a match with Sue Plex. EMP potentially being interested in AJM with her association already to Dragana makes this very intriguing to watch unfold. Owen and Sheldon keep teasing a physical confrontation. I love the fact that both did voice promos. They are both so cool, calm, and collected when talking. Would love to see a little more emotion, but the content and context of the promo was spot on. Aries interruption telling both that they are unworthy of him made sense. Has me wondering where the OCW World Title is going with all these potential challengers Aries has riled up. Nice quick match between Sue Plex and AJM. Sue took control early unleashing a flurry of offense on AJM to start. However, AJM recovered nicely and about the mid-way point it looked like anyone’s match. AJM ended up taking home the victory in a pretty good match. Paul Boulet has a fun written segment where Jim Black gets after him quite a bit. The Canadian Exchange rate joke made me laugh. Cameraman intimidation seems really on brand for Paul Boulet. What the former North American Champions next move is, and how he rebounds from losing to Karmine is the next question. Claude returns after the brick attack at Hard Target, was not a fan of it at the time. With that being stated I did like the promo from tonight addressing the attack and what Claude remembers leading up to it. I would have liked to see more emphasis on the recovery from such a gruesome, frankly criminal attack. Where Claude and C-Note take this from here shall be interesting. FI sitting over the head of C-Note with limited time left to use it. The continued building of the relationship of Derek Smith, Chance Williams and Bobbi Baddi warms my heart as a viewer each week. This group does it right and they feel like the tightest knit unit in all OCW. Bobbi in her aggressive yet playful attacks on Chance, the back-and-forth ribbing Derek and Chance gave each other over film study all felt very genuine. I want to try some of Bobbi’s magnificent food, who can hook me up? Mark Reese calling out Anthony Martin was a decent segment. I did like the aching beaver tooth reference it made him feel as country as I perceive him to be. A Mart playing the role of the tough guy is an interesting departure from earlier this season. I think most fans would see his threats as hollow and they are looking for conclusions. Reese offers conclusions by telling Martin they will meet in a steel cage on Riot 614. Let’s see if GSS can get involved on Martin’s behalf or if he gets fed to the corn-fed country boy Mark Reese. The Cockbyrne’s are letting us in on a well-kept secret up until now. Their long-storied lineage in the wrestling business. Some might even call the Cockbyrne’s the first family of wrestling with all that they have given to the sport. The back and forth between the brothers is witty, different, and extremely funny. Recounting the time they lost the Southern Tag Titles and Stuart asking about how stunning he looks. I want more Cockbyrne on my screen every week. Ryvaughn vs Derek was a bit surprising for me. I thought Ryvaughn held the advantage for much of the match. The match was ran quite long for these big men and in the end Ryvaughn downed Derek in their one on one rematch of the previous tag team number one contenders match. I am a fan of both wrestlers movesets for the most part. I think Ryvaughn could have a better finisher for him but good work to all involved. Cody Hagen is in the hospital room of Furiosa who is still recovering from the events of Hard Target. Cody clearly feels a connection to Furiosa as he mentions how he feels their paths are so alike. I wish Cody provided a little more context to the things he says about relationships, success, and failures on his end. Cody professing his respect and admiration for Furiosa despite his disdain for Kasstianity is interesting. I feel like he is on this arc of trying to save Heather. Cody slyly getting the nurse to take him out was interesting and I want to know if more will come of that. Marissa slaps the absolute shit out of Belle when Belle goes to approach her from behind. Claiming she is paranoid about House of Faith. Ashley and Flojo show up on the scene, with some back and forth. Flojo threatens to slam Belle’s head into the mat. Marissa walks off and I believe it was a simple yet effective segment for some interaction between these ladies. I am really wondering what Flojo has planned for that FI. Paul Boulet and C-Note have an encounter prior to their match. They trade insults, the Side Show Bob quip popped me hard here. I also personally love him being told DNS ran him out of Ambition. I think I need a Loc Challenge with C-Note in the future. These two wrote a very nice piece that hyped up a match later on the card. Really appreciate the effort when people go the extra mile to promote the matches, they are booked in. Screaming man makes an appearance. Harper and Dragana make their way to Kassidy Hayes, in search of answers for these messages they have been getting. Kass hitting the Dragana heart eyes was cool. Kass is hinting at a transformation, and I am here for it. Kingu is called the to COO’s office after his ruthless assault on Jake Allen. Drago seems upset Jake specifically was attacked. I love the Spider texting about Kingu’s legacy line. Drago hits Kingu with the indefinite suspension. He leaves it like he is going to do something else to Jake. I want to see what more this angle is going to provide. Parca and Bishop doing some team building with Dennis to smooth over what seems to a cold relationship between his two clients. They intended to handle the DNS issue after Luis and his previous partner Cody Hagen failed to do so. Bishop is the more trusting of the two and Parca seems to be upset with Dennis for blindsiding him with Bishop. However, it seems things are good at the end as Parca jokes about Dennis and his ass being on the line. Amazing story telling and character building. Paul Boulet vs C-Note was a fun match, with Boulet started by stretching his opponent early. Match was back and forth early on, C-Note took a decisive advantage a few minutes in. Boulet battled back but the outcome was never really much in doubt. I love Boulet’s heel ring psychology, the stuff he does seems to have a purpose. Great win by C-Note and I want to see where the French Canadian goes from here. Enjoyed the Grit & Glory / Future Idiots segment. Derek going after John for having fun was interesting. They harken back to their GOAT Academy days and the things get ugly as stones about the demise of GOAT Academy are thrown. Ready to see these two teams go to war. Rust comes out and cuts a scathing hot promo on H20 and how he does not live up to Quartz. Aries interrupts him surprisingly and lays down the challenge. Aries vs Rust at Animol House for the OCW World Championship. Aries is trying to topple former champions as he looks towards the legacy of his title reign and what it will mean long term. EMP has returned! Finally freed from that hell hole jail. Love the idea of EMP being totally ignored and the rest of the team going on business as usual. The blocked jokes and EMP cussing out Tibby at the end and kicking Spider in the face was on brand. Welcome back EMP. Uh apparently Karmine wants him some of DNS after Mad Dawg broke up his title match with Aisu. BASH name drop was interesting. I felt like I was watching this on video when I read it. Can’t overstate how excellent the writing was here. Being blunt I am not sure Karmine is ready for that DNS or BASH smoke. These Deobrah segments are amazing. She is tearing the down the rest of the women’s division in a way that is hilarious and uplifting to the overall the stature of the title she carries. They have been really funny and the disgust Deborah shows with Belle and Ashley when they come out to hype up their match on Riot. Good segment overall. Kingu appears to challenge Jake Allen to a match at the anniversary show. Nice presentation, and totally unique. H20 calls out Doc and seems real bitter in the process of doing so. Doc does answer the call and questions his former teammates actions. Quartz interjects and gives this whole speech about how much he respects Doc before the double cross ensues and double super kicks follow. I like the idea of H20 and Doc again, Doc beat him up good at Lution in that Hell in a Cell match. I hope we get this match. Aries lost his title. Which of his many potential challengers stole it? Was it someone in GSS potentially? Aries is clearly freaked out, if I had to put my money on someone it would be Rust. We will have to wait and see on Riot this week if we are to learn more. Great main event, Telos brought his A game, but Horse was able to adapt and overcome the big man. The double horse stomps are such a cool unique thing to him, just a finisher that seems to stack so well. Telos seems like he is on the cusp of doing huge things in OCW. Speaking of huge things in OCW I think it is high time Aries introduced another challenger to his mix. The Last Blacksmith. Thank you for reading all of this, and keep up the amazing work!