IPW:UK "Iron Fist", April 18th, Swanley - Kent
The Background
The Show Down
'Crowd popping moments...'
The main event was match of the night, and it was your prototypical "Alex Shane Match", so you know the drill. That's not a criticism particularly - everyone knows the "Hulk Hogan Match" and it still works nearly thirty years later. There was brawling around the arena, big dives onto large groups of men, trademark moves, run-ins, referee bumps. I enjoyed it though.
Iestyn looked good (not to mention bigger), and there were all the usual crowd-popping moments.
Crowd popping..... and eye watering, moments.
First fall was a double countout (so, it was 1-1). Alex then won a fall via DQ when Rees cracked him with a tyre iron (2-1 to Shane). Rees then won three straight (one pinfall and two near consecutive submissions to abdominal stretches) and was cruising. Then, when trying something off the top at about the 23 minute mark, Alex managed to turn it into a top rope powerbomb. The referee counted both men, and Alex struggled to his feet by the count of 10, while Iestyn tried and failed. Under Iron Fist rules, that knockout immediately ends the match. However, the finish didn't really get over with the crowd immediately because they didn't realise what they'd just seen until Alex's hand was raised. It's actually a great finish because even though Shane won, Rees was never pinned, never made to submit, and was actually leading 4-2 at the time of the knockout.
Iestyn stared a hole through Shane post match, so it seems that a rematch is a certainty (or perhaps a series of rematches).
The tyre iron come out - way to go Iestyn!!!!
The Results
IPW:UK - Iron Fist 2009
Venue: White Oak Leisure Centre, Swanley, Kent
Referees: Chris Roberts & Chris Hatch
Master of Ceremonies: 'Hardcore' John Atkins
Commentary: Dave Bradshaw & Billi Lightning
Results:
Pre-Show Match: Sha Samuels soundly defeated IPW:UK Training Graduate JD Sin via submission.
Match 1 - Non Title Match: British Tag Champions The Thrillers (Haskins/Hype, w/ 'Gentleman' Gilligan Gordon) defeated 'The Man That Gravity Forgot' Pac & The Tango Man via pinfall after a low-blow and rollup on Pac by Haskins.
Match 2 - Singles Grudge Match: Paul Robinson defeated his former tag team partner Marty Scurll via pinfall with a Shooting Star Press!
Match 3 - Singles Match: Former WWE Star 'Squire' Dave Taylor defeated former IPW:UK Champion Andy Boy Simmonz via pinfall after a Double-Underhook Suplex.
--Interval--.
Match 4 - Non-Title Grudge Match: 'Mr. IPW' Ashley Reed & All-England Champion Terry Frazier fought to a double disqualification.
Match 5 - Women's Match: Lucy Claydon defeated Janey B in both women's IPW:UK debuts, via pinfall after a spinebuster.
After the bout, the arrogant LT Summers, who had kicked Dave Bradshaw from commentary for the bout, entered the ring and once again berated the women and women's wrestling as a hole. And like last time, one of the females (this time Janey B) stood up for herself and knee'd Summers south of the border to the delight of the crowd!
Match 6- Main Event - Iron Fist IPW:UK Match: 'The Showstealer' Alex Shane defeated 'Irresistible' Iestyn Rees (c) (w/ 'Gentleman' Gilligan Gordon) via knockout after 24 minutes, via a top-rope powerbomb to become the NEW IPW:UK Champion! However, Rees will definately be cashing in his rematch clause, as at the time of the knockout Rees was winning the Iron Fist bout 4 falls to 2, and was cruising through to retaining his title had he stayed on his feet for 6 more minutes!
- Alex Shane vs. Iestyn Rees - Double Count Out [1:1]
- Alex Shane def. Iestyn Rees by DQ [2:1]
- Iestyn Rees def. Alex Shane [2:2]
- Iestyn Rees def. Alex Shane [3:2]
- Iestyn Rees def. Alex Shane [4:2]
- Alex Shane def. Iestyn Rees by Knock Out
The champ is down .....
UKFF
The Alex Shane match was exactly what I expected, except I could not see half of it, nor understand most of what was happening. Neither did many in the crowd.
Most of us did not understand the “Iron Fist” rules (bad audio as I explained earlier), and we lost track of what was happening as they wandered all over the hall in typical Alex Shane fashion.
... Iestyn Rees was looking particularly impressive and surprisingly dominating much of the match. Rees does seem to get better each time I see him.
I missed the end because by then there were so many kids leaping up and down all around the guard-rail that nobody who was sat down could see anything in the ring at all. So I have little idea how or why Alex Shane was declared champion, but he was. I suspect many of the crowd were equally confused.
Where this is going? ....
I got the impression that very few fans were excited about “Alex Shane”. He gained in popularity as the match continued because of the adorably evil tactics of Gilligan Gordon and his Thrillers.
The gathering of heroes in the ring after the match to celebrate his victory seemed half-hearted....
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