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The Queen is BACK Some people might remember be for a diary I started when TEW 2020 first Launched and well to put it simply life got in the way at the time, and I could just never get back into the save. Plus if 'm being honest I always had trouble with it from day one. I loved writing the diary, but inserting images basically made me never want to put the actually posts together. This diary, well things are going to be different. Things are going to be... REAL. This is the story of Cliff Compton's National Wrestling League. Every match has stakes, because every match is part of the league, winners are decided by our road agents, and nobody is safe!

MAW The Clash 2021 Fri, Wk 4 Sep, 2021 Attendance: 2,483 Viewers: 51,339 Pre-Show In a pre-show bout that had a decent reaction from the crowd but sub-par wrestling, Brett Biggins, Bowden Snoop and LM Jr defeated Marvin Lambert and Samoan Destruction Inc. in 10:24 when Brett Biggins pinned Samoan Machine with a B-B-Gun. Marvin Lambert was the weak link, struggling to keep up with everyone else's in-ring performance. Rating: 39 Main Show Opening Match Singles Match 15-Minute Time Limit vs In the opening match of the night Josh Jacobs faced Tyrone Gray having cost him his match at the pervious show. Nate DeMarcus was notably absent from ringside from his partner’s match, perhaps indicating the rumoured tension between the two is more serious than first imagined. The crowd were behind Gray every step of the way in this match as he continuously fought from underneath, with Jacobs focusing his assault on the leg of his opponent. The tide turned however when Gray nailed a picture-perfect shotgun dropkick and willed himself back to his feet, the crowd chanting for him every step of the way. Sadly, it wasn’t to be his night as his leg buckled underneath him before he could hit his Frog Splash which allowed Jacobs enough time to recover and hit a devastating Avalanche Baltimore Backdrop to pick up the win. In a decent match, Josh Jacobs defeated Tyrone Gray in 11:50 by pinfall with an Avalanche Baltimore Backdrop. Rating: 50 Singles Match 15-Minute Time Limit vs Acid II came into his first MAW singles match since May to take on the number one contender to the Mid Atlantic Championship, The Architect. Acid came out of the gates strong, seeing this as a clear opportunity to make a name for himself in the singles ranks, however he was cut off at the pass by a very game Architect who moved like a man with a clear gameplan in mind. Architect attacked Acid’s midsection, assaulting the previously torn abdominal of his high-flying opponent. The injury forced a new style out of Acid as he moved away from his usual high-risk offence and attempted to take the fight to The Architect with some fast-paced brawling and precision kicks. This worked out in favour of The Architect who managed to catch Acid II in the Blueprint and forced him to tap out. In a bout that had good wrestling and a decent reaction from the crowd, The Architect defeated Acid II in 13:22 by submission with a Blueprint. Rating: 59 Singles Match 15-Minute Time Limit vs Allen Smalls stepped into the ring to take on the still-without-a-win War Piece. Smalls was sporting a new t-shirt sporting the nickname he has been pushing for himself on social media, calling himself the “Man of the People”. War Piece held his own well enough against the former NFL man, but he was still unable to take him off his feet. Smalls took the fight to War Piece throughout this short contest and managed to put him away with a Blindside Big Boot. In a bout that had a decent reaction from the crowd but sub-par wrestling, Allen Smalls defeated War Piece in 5:48 by pinfall with a Blindside Big Boot. Rating: 34 Singles Match 15-Minute Time Limit vs Zippy Deverell came to MAW for his second match of the year in the company, with this being his first singles showing, with most reports indicating this match was being watched closely by MAW management to measure Deverell’s abilities. Kid Fantastic looked to continue a recent hot streak having not lost a one-on-one match since facing Sterling Whitlock in May. Deverell played a strong heel, getting the crowd to boo him with ease when delivering punishment to the local boy Fantastic. The pair worked a fairly strong back and forth match, highlighted by Fantastic countering out of a vertical suplex into a picture-perfect stunner that really sent the crowd into an uproar. Fantastic then put the Kentucky native away with his Fantasm finishing move, which got a good reaction even though he “didn’t get all of it” in the words of Marvin Earnest on commentary. In a bout that had a decent reaction from the crowd but sub-par wrestling, Kid Fantastic defeated Zippy Deverell in 8:14 by pinfall with a Fantasm. Rating: 42 Three-Way Match 15-Minute Time Limit VS VS Nate DeMarcus charged at Pilgrim as soon as the bell rang, but the BPA man rolled out of the ring and left DeMarcus to battle Sean Noggin, which he was forced into after the Wolf Pack man attacked him from behind while he was distracted. DeMarcus and Noggin brawled before Pilgrim slid back into the ring and blindsided both men. Pilgrim took control for a few minutes before DeMarcus turned things around on him. All three competitors took turns controlling this match, with Jonah Pilgrim finding himself on the worst end of a Tower of Doom, taking a big bump that delighted the crowd. With Sean Noggin and Jonah Pilgrim down Nate DeMarcus teed both up for the snap tackle. Pilgrim stood first, and after a moment’s hesitation, DeMarcus simply pushed him out of the ring before nailing a Snap Tackle on Sean Noggin for the win. In a decent match, Nate DeMarcus defeated Jonah Pilgrim and Sean Noggin in 14:53 when Nate DeMarcus pinned Sean Noggin with a Snap Tackle. Rating: 52 Tag Team Match 15-Minute Time Limit & W/ vs & The Heartbreak Express came to the ring flanked by their potential new representative Joanne Rodriguez to take on a Rock City Stars team that have struggled somewhat since failing to win the Tag Team Championships at Fan Festival. The two teams worked a respectable back-and-forth encounter with no chicanery. J-Ro made her presence at ringside known to the referee whenever she felt a count was not fast enough for her clients. The Heartbreak Express built a lot of momentum thanks to J-Ro’s encouragement and hit Rockin’ Ryan Turner with The Score to pick up their second win in a row. In a decent match, The Heartbreak Express defeated The Rock City Stars in 6:26 when Johnny Needham pinned Rockin' Ryan Turner with The Score. Rating: 47 Main Event Singles Match 20-Minute Time Limit vs The main event started with something of a whimper as Miller Fforde failed to appear after his entrance music played following the assault at the hands of the BPA earlier in the evening. The referee began a ten count while Tennessee William worked the crowd in the ring, garnering good heat from a crowd naturally inclined to boo southerners. The referee reached 7, and Miller Fforde emerged from the back, hobbling, heavily bandaged, and being largely propped up by Tyrone Gray. Fforde fell to his knees right outside the ring with the referee’s count at nine, and only milliseconds before the victory was handed to William. Gray mustered all his strength and tossed Fforde under the bottom rope to break the referee’s count. William dived right on top of Miller Fforde, laying hard strikes in on his bandaged ribs and shoulder. Fforde tried to battle back, but his injuries coming into the match slowed him down too much to take advantage of the few openings he could create. William got numerous nearfalls, but Fforde’s spirit never relented and no matter what was thrown at him he got his shoulder off the mat. William back up and ran at a downed Fforde in an attempt to punt him in the temple, but, at the last possible moment, Fforde evaded and rolled William up for a three-count to pick up an unlikely win. In a bout that had great wrestling and good heat, Miller Fforde defeated Tennessee William in 16:05 by pinfall with a fast roll up. Rating: 60 Show Rating: 60

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As with many others this diary is missing a lot of content including everything posted after March 2021, which fortunately is “Only” about 3 shows due to my long break. But a lot of other posts are just broke. Will this diary continue? I’d like to think so, but I’m still probably gonna to hold off to see if everything is brought over this weekend. If not? Well we’ll see I guess haha

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MAW The Clash Card Announced

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MAW Back to School 2001 Fri, Wk 2 Sep, 2022 Attendance: 2,114 Viewers: 47,458 Main Show Opening Match Tag Team Match 15-Minute Time Limit & vs & • The Peak Brothers came into this match to make their MAW debut to a huge pop from the Baltimore crowd. • The brothers have been on an excellent run since reuniting on the independent scene, with Eddie Peak having put in a series of great performances throughout 2022. • The BPA attacked the Peaks before the bell and controlled most of the early stages of the match. • The Peaks fought back into the match, brawling around the ringside area to the delight of the fans, with Eddie showing shades of his old DAVE form. • Unfortunately, the younger team won out when the BPA isolated Doug Peak, with Deuce Deadline putting him away with his new Tiger Driver finisher, the Baltimore Plunge • In a bout that had good heat and decent wrestling, BPA defeated The Peak Brothers in 9:59 when Deuce Deadline pinned Doug Peak with a Baltimore Plunge. • Eddie Peak carried the match in terms of in-ring performance. Rating: 59 Singles Match 15-Minute Time Limit vs • The giant Kentucky native, Super Massive Destroyer arrived in the ring to face off against Dreadnought. • The two towering behemoths locked up and shook the ring, however when Destroyer hit a series of punches on Dreadnought, they had no effect whatsoever. • After a minute of the Destroyer trying to take his opponent off his feet, Dreadnought began his offence and overwhelmed his 6’10 adversary. • This went on for only a few minutes before Super Massive Destroyer was put away with the Dread Bomb. • In a bout that didn't have much heat and terrible wrestling, Dreadnought defeated Super Massive Destroyer in 3:29 by pinfall with a Dread Bomb. Rating: 21 Singles Match 15-Minute Time Limit vs • Once again as has been the case for the last number of shows, Cheetah Boy and Dreadnought had their matches back-to-back. • This match was much more even than the previous, with War Piece slowly putting together the pieces to win his first match in MAW. • War Piece took a much more measured approach to this match, trying to work the champion down rather than trying to hit his finishing moves from the beginning. • Unfortunately for War Piece the experience of the JHU champion was enough to see him off as Cheetah Boy hit his Flying Cheetah Pounce to end the match. • In a bout that had a decent reaction from the crowd but sub-par wrestling, Cheetah Boy defeated War Piece in 7:45 by pinfall with a Flying Cheetah Pounce. Rating: 37 Tag Team Match 15-Minute Time Limit & vs & • The union of Shearer and Mr. Lucha IV took on The Past Masters after being called out at the last show. • The Past Masters controlled the match heavily, with only brief glimmers of hope for the high-flying fan favourites. • It was clear to all involved that Mr. Lucha IV had wrestled less than 10 matches by this point in his career and his poor timing and communication led to him being hit with the Flashback by Historian to end the match. • In a bout that had a decent reaction from the crowd but sub-par wrestling, The Past Masters defeated Mr. Lucha IV and Gordon Shearer in 8:20 when The Historian pinned Mr. Lucha IV with a Flashback. • Mr. Lucha IV was the weak link, struggling to keep up with everyone else's in-ring performance. Rating: 40 Singles Match 15-Minute Time Limit vs • Bowden Snoop sent Brett Biggins to the back before this match began. • This wound up being a mistake as Lisa Bowens made her presence felt throughout this short encounter before Trix Triumph put Snoop away. • In a terrible match, Trix Triumph defeated Bowden Snoop in 4:21 by pinfall with a Triumph-Plex. Rating: 17 Singles Match 15-Minute Time Limit vs • In another short match on a squash-heavy show, Allen Smalls ran through Nobuyo Hikichi with a series of power moves from the ring bell. • Hikichi managed to land no offense before being caught in the back of the head with a Blindside Big Boot. • In an extremely short match, Allen Smalls defeated Nobuyo Hikichi in 4:06 by pinfall with a Blindside Big Boot. Rating: 28 Main Event 30-Minute Time Limit Trios Match & vs & • Going into this match, the team of Architect and The Wolf Pack seemed the more solid unit, with some clear friction amongst their opponents as Nate DeMarcus openly eyed the Mid Atlantic Championship before the bell. • Despite this DeMarcus and Bradley Blaze took good control of the early stages of the match with a combination of hard strikes and power moves being supplemented excellently by Tyrone Gray’s fast-moving, free-flowing offence. • Things took an awkward turn for the fan favourites however as Sterling Whitlock tripped Gray from outside the ring and turned the tide of the match in the favour of The Architect and Wolf Pack. • From here things began to break down and after a series of big finishing moves were landed, Josh Jacobs appeared at ringside, hitting Tyrone Gray in the back with a steel pipe behind the referee’s back. • The Architect locked the Blueprint in on Gray and forced him to tap out after almost a minute of struggle from the former tag team champion. • In a decent match, The Architect and The Wolf Pack defeated Bradley Blaze and DeMarcus & Gray in 12:11 when The Architect submitted Tyrone Gray with a Blueprint after interference from Josh Jacobs. Rating: 58 Show Rating: 55

MAW Back To School Card Announced Mid Atlantic Wrestling are coming to us once again from Baltimore, Maryland with a jam packed card that looks to bring more fresh faces to the MAW crowd. The opening match sees new tag title hopefuls Jonah Pilgrim and Deuce Deadline take on Doug and Eddie Peak who are taking a trip over after reuniting in Invincible Pro Wrestling recently. Both Cheetah Boy and his soon-to-be opponent Dreadnought are in singles action, while total newcomer Allen Smalls comes into what will be the second singles match of his career against the always dangerous Hikichi! Then the main event sees The Mid Atlantic Champion join forces with the tag team champions to take on the terrible threesome of The Architect and The Wolf Pack!

MAW The Battle Of The Mid Atlantic 2021 Fri, Wk 4 Aug, 2021 Attendance: 2,000 Viewers: 47,186 Pre-Show In a pre-show bout that had a decent reaction from the crowd but terrible wrestling, Allen Smalls, Bowden Snoop and Brett Biggins defeated Baltimore Protection Agency (Ade Nelson, Copperhead and Trix Triumph) in 14:52 when Allen Smalls pinned Ade Nelson with a Blindside Big Boot. Rating: 34 Main Show Opening Match Singles Match 15-Minute Time Limit VS[No Picture Available] • Two veterans formerly contracted to SWF stood across from each other in the ring to open the 2021 edition of Battle of The Mid Atlantic. • The pair shook hands when the bell rang before locking up for the first time and while neither man would be considered a powerhouse, the considerably more muscled, Greg Black got the best of the opening exchanges. • Cheetah Boy ducked out of the way of a corner clothesline and unloaded on Black with lefts and rights before backing up and nailing a running dropkick on his opponent. • Black escaped a brainbuster attempts with a series of knees to the top of Cheetah Boy’s head, but the JHU champion retained control with a drop toehold, rolling through and then locking a chancery in on Black. • Black broke the hold but was too exhausted to fight much longer and found himself on the receiving end of a Flying Cheetah Pounce and the pinfall. • In a bout that had a decent reaction from the crowd but sub-par wrestling, Cheetah Boy defeated Greg Black in 10:28 by pinfall with a Flying Cheetah Pounce. Rating: 40 Tag Team Match 15-Minute Time Limit VS[No Picture Available] • The second match on the card saw The Heartbreak Express come together for their first match since their first-round exit from the Sam Keith Classic to take on Samoan Destruction Inc., veterans making their debut in Mid Atlantic Wrestling. • Needham and Liotta used their superior speed to lay in some early offence on Rhino Umaga before he and Samoan Machine used their superior power to take control of the contest. • Johnny Needham found himself trapped in the wrong corner and was hit with a series of double team moves but managed to get his shoulder off the mat at each time of asking. • Needham mustered the strength to hit a double dropkick on Samoan Destruction Inc, scampering like a mouse to tag in Ralph Liotta. • Liotta ran wild on the hot tag, hitting a lariat on each of his opponents, followed by an German suplex to Umaga and a perfectly executed Norther Lights suplex on Samoan Machine for a close two-count. • Liotta tagged Needham back in and the pair managed to hit The Score on a depleted Samoan Machine to score their second win since reconnecting as a team. • In a bout that had a decent reaction from the crowd but sub-par wrestling, The Heartbreak Express defeated Samoan Destruction Inc. in 8:06 when Johnny Needham pinned Samoan Machine with The Score. Rating: 43 Singles Match 15-Minute Time Limit VS • Much like his former victim and soon-to-be opponent, Dreadnought faced a respected industry veteran in the form of LM Jr, who is looking to make his mark north of the US-Mexico border away from his brother. • LM spent most of this bout’s duration trying to hit and run on his larger opponent but each time he got up, Dreadnought simply smacked him back down to the canvas. • This went on until eventually LM landed a strong strike on the jaw of his opponent which saw Dreadnought fly into a rage and lash out. • He threw LM around the ring like a ragdoll, hitting a series of corner splashed before putting LM away with a ground shaking Dread Bomb. • In a bout that had a decent reaction from the crowd but sub-par wrestling, Dreadnought defeated LM Jr in 7:43 by pinfall with a Dread Bomb. • Dreadnought and LM Jr. don’t click as opponents. Rating: 40 Singles Match 15-Minute Time Limit VS • This match saw Nobuyo Hikichi and Kid Fantastic go one-on-one for the second time this year, with both men falling just outside the realms of title fights while still boasting respectable 5-3 and 4-2 records, respectively. • Hikichi started the match strong, targeting the arm broken by Kid in his infamous Shooting Star Press botch which went viral at the beginning of 2016. • Kid battled back bravely throughout the match, stringing together a plethora of moves in dazzling combination before being taken back down to the mat by Hikichi. • Hikichi appeared to be setting up for his cross armlock before Kid managed to carry his momentum through and flip out of the move. • Kid leapt up and sprung off the ropes, hitting a series of high impact moves on Hikichi before finally hitting the Fantasm to claim another victory for himself in 2021. • In a bout that had a decent reaction from the crowd but sub-par wrestling, Kid Fantastic defeated Nobuyo Hikichi in 10:30 by pinfall with a Fantasm. Rating: 38 Mid Atlantic Tag Team Championship Match Tag Team Match 30-Minute Time Limit & VS & © • Having lost the Mid Atlantic Tag Team championships to the 2020 Sam Keith Classic winner’s The Wolf Pack, DeMarcus & Gray fought through the 2021 edition of the tournament to claim their first rematch for the titles since they lost them in October 2020. • Nate DeMarcus began in the ring with Sean Noggin and the two set about a feeling out period that extended into the opening minutes of the bout as both teams utilised quick tags whenever they gained a minor advantage. • Tyrone Gray’s high-flying ability edged the contest in favour of the challengers as he hit a series of arm drags on each member of The Wolf Pack before wiping them out with a perfectly executed Tope con Hilo. • The champions fought back into the contest and set about wearing down the smaller member of DeMarcus & Gray as they trapped Tyrone Gray in their corner. • With both teams battling it out in the ring and a time-limit draw looking like the most likely result to fans, things took a turn for the dissatisfying when Jonah Pilgirm and Deuce Deadline of the Baltimore Protection Agency sprang forth from the crowd and attacked both teams, leading to a double disqualification. • In a decent match, DeMarcus & Gray drew with The Wolf Pack in 19:40 following a double disqualification after Jonah Pilgrim and Deuce Deadline interfered, meaning the titles were retained. Rating: 53 Main Event COTT Junior Heavyweight Championship Match Singles Match 60-Minute Time Limit https://i.imgur.com/HXPQqmW.jpg vs © • The main event of the night saw Josh Jacobs make his way to the ring for the ninth defence of his COTT Junior Heavyweight Championship, this time for a match against “Lucky” Chance Fortune. • Fortune was making his first in-ring appearance after his release form TCW, which coincided with a year-long injury layoff because of a torn ACL. • The crowd were very much in the corner of the veteran as Chance moved like a man 10 years his junior, dancing around the increasingly frustrated Jacobs’s strikes. • Eventually Jacob made an opening and attacked the heavily protected left knee of Fortune, locking in a knee bar after a series of chop blocks. • The referee temporarily stopped the match after Jacobs locked a figure-four leglock on Fortune from outside the ring, with both Fortune’s legs wrapped around the ringpost, referee Jay Fair was heard telling the ringside medic that he had “heard a pop”. • But in perhaps the loudest pop of the night, the crowd roared with adoration when Chance Fortune stumbled to his feet and charged at Jacobs. • Fortune went up to the top rope to, signalling for a one-legged 450 Splash, he was distracted by Lisa Bowens for just long enough on the apron for Jacobs to his feet and send the veteran plummeting to the outside. • After that it was elementary as Jacobs hit a J-Trigger and finally the Baltimore Backdrop to retain his title. • In a bout that had good heat and decent wrestling, Josh Jacobs defeated Chance Fortune in 12:09 by pinfall with a Baltimore Backdrop after Lisa Bowen interfered. Josh Jacobs makes defence number nine of the COTT Junior Heavyweight title. Rating: 56 Show Rating: 57

Wwe are announcing a rake of releases. Currently: Mickie James, Billie Kay, Chelsea Greene, Tucker, Kalisto, Samoa Joe, Wesley Blake and Bo Dallas More expected to come, this is likely to clear the books before the upcoming Q1 investor call Addition: Peyton Royce, Mojo Rawley

<div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong><span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="color:#FF0000;">MAW Battle of The Mid Atlantic Card Announced</span></span></strong></p></div><p></p><p> </p><p> Mid Atlantic Wrestling are back in Baltimore to bring us their second show of August, the 2021 Battle of The Mid Atlantic!</p><p> </p><p> The card features both Cheetah Boy and his soon to be opponent Dreadnought in singles action up against the well-respected and well-travelled veterans, Greg Black and LM Jr. respectively. Both men will be looking to build momentum going into their championship match which is expected to take place at Where it All Begins Again 2021!</p><p> </p><p> Samoan Destruction Inc. are making their MAW debut as they take on The Heartbreak Express. Questions have been asked of whether or not the Samoans still have what it takes to compete at the highest levels of the sport, as they sport a poor win/loss record since moving to the Unites States in 2017, sitting at 8-20 in PSW in 2021 alone.</p><p> </p><p> Kit Fantastic and Nobuyo Hikichi are set to go head-to-head for the second time in 2021, with Kid taking the victory in their last encounter. Both men have respectable win/loss records but find themselves outside of the championship scene. Could this match be what propels one of these men into the upper echelons of the cards?</p><p> </p><p> The night's semi-main event will see 2021 Sam Keith Classic Winners DeMarcus & Gray make their first attempt to win back the Mid Atlantic Tag Team Championships since losing them to The Wolf Pack at Where It All Begins Again 2020. The champions go into this match in excellent form having not lost a 2v2 encounter since winning the titles while some have asked questions of whether or not the challengers' heads are in the game given recent issues with the Baltimore Protection Agency.</p><p> </p><p> The main event sees Josh Jacobs make his ninth defense of the COTT Junior Heavyweight Championship as he takes on former TCW stalwart Chance Fortune who is making his first wrestling appearance of the year after finally recovering from the torn ACL that lead to his TCW release in the first place. while few would bet against Chance, Jacobs is in career-best form and the potential for BPA interference may swing the odds in the favour of the "Protector of Baltimore" </p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="48443" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>MAW The Battle Of The Mid Atlantic 2021</strong></p><p><strong> Fri, Wk 4 Aug, 2021</strong></p><p> </p><p> <em>Opening Match</em></p><p><em> Singles Match</em></p><p><em> 15-Minute Time Limit</em></p><p> </p><p> Cheetah Boy vs Greg Black</p><p> </p><p> <em>Tag Team Match</em></p><p><em> 15-Minute Time Limit</em></p><p> </p><p> Heartbreak Express vs Samoan Destruction Inc.</p><p> </p><p> <em>Singles Match</em></p><p><em> 15-Minute Time Limit</em></p><p> </p><p> Dreadnought vs LM Jr</p><p> </p><p> <em>Singles Match</em></p><p><em> 15-Minute Time Limit</em></p><p> </p><p> Kid Fantastic vs Nobuyo Hikichi</p><p> </p><p> <em>Mid Atlantic Tag Team Championship Match</em></p><p><em> Tag Team Match</em></p><p><em> 30-Minute Time Limit</em></p><p> </p><p> DeMarcus & Gray vs The Wolf Pack ©</p><p> </p><p> <em>Main Event</em></p><p><em> COTT Junior Heavyweight Championship Match</em></p><p><em> Singles Match</em></p><p><em> 60-Minute Time Limit</em></p><p> </p><p> Chance Fortune vs “Protector of Baltimore” Josh Jacobs w/Lisa Bowen ©</p><p> </p></div><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote>

MAW Battle Stations 2021 Fri, Wk 2 Aug, 2021 Attendance: 1,791 Viewers: 45, 967 Opening Match Tag Team Match 15-Minute Time Limit [Picture Unavailable] vs & • Mid Altantic Tag Team champions The Wolf Pack came into their first MAW match since June to take on Danny Fonzarelli and Oliver Knobb, two men with a combined experience of almost 50 years in the ring. Made up mostly by Fonzarelli whose 28-year career began 5 years before either member of The Wolf Pack was born. • Fonzarelli began the match in the Ring with Sean Noggin and it became clear quickly that the former TCW man had lost a step as he was overpowered and outpaced by a man more than half his age. • Noggin and Tokoeka utilised quick tags and holds to grind down Fonzarelli who looked close to tapping out at some points but gutted it out and managed to find his way to the ropes every time. • Eventually Fonzarelli hit The Wolf Pack with a double clothesline and made the long crawl to his corner, tagging in Oliver Knobb and allowing his partner into the ring to unload on their opponents. • Knobb looked in excellent condition, hitting a series of lariats and then a picture-perfect dropkick, delivered to the chin on Sione Tokoeka. • The champions managed to take control of the match again however after Sean Noggin raked the eyes of Knobb, forcing him to tag out. • Fonzarelli alone was unable to keep up with The Wolf Pack and found himself on the receiving end of the Howling at The Moon to bring the contest to its conclusion. • In a decent match, The Wolf Pack defeated Danny Fonzarelli and Oliver Kobb in 10:02 when Sean Noggin pinned Danny Fonzarelli with a Howling At The Moon. Rating: 48 Singles Match 15-Minute time Limit w/vs • Ade Nelson made his way to the ring followed by Jonah Pilgrim, presumably for the sake of intimidation in the face of his opponent, pro-football standout Allen Smalls, who was making his singles debut in this match. • As soon as the bell rang trucked through Nelson with a shoulder tackle, followed by a duo of scoop slams and a belly-to-belly suplex that would make Nate DeMarcus proud. • Nelson tried to fight back into the match with chops and punches, but they seemed to have little to no effect no Smalls who nailed Nelson with a short arm lariat. • Smalls waited until Nelson made his way up to a knee then ran off the ropes and delivered his Blindside Big Boot to the back of Nelson’s head, spelling the end of the match. In a bout that had a decent reaction from the crowd but terrible wrestling, Allen Smalls defeated Ade Nelson in 3:33 by pinfall with a Blindside Big Boot. Rating: 26 Singles Match 15-Minute time Limit vs • War Piece came into this match looking to pick up his first win in an MAW ring, against the current JHU champion Cheetah Boy. • War Piece went straight for his Missing Piece finishing move on the champ, who managed to slide off his shoulders and score a pinfall attempt with a rollup. • Momentum swung back-and-forth as the veteran used every trick in the book to bring down War Piece, even going so far as to use his Cheetah Claws (his fingernails painted yellow and black) to rake the pack of War Piece. • Things came to an end when War Piece found himself crotched on the top rope, allowing Cheetah Boy to down him and hit the Flying Cheetah Pounce for the victory. • In a bout that had a decent reaction from the crowd but terrible wrestling, Cheetah Boy defeated War Piece in 7:33 by pinfall with a Flying Cheetah Pounce. Rating: 32 Three-way Singles Match 15-Minute Time Limit vsvs • This veteran’s exhibition match saw Greg Black, the newly rechristened LM Jr and Stevie Grayson collide in an MAW ring for the first time. • The match started with both LM Jr and Grayson trying to forge an alliance with Greg Black who had teamed with both men during the Sam Keith Classic in July. Caught in indecision, Black unloaded with rights and lefts on both of his opponents in this match. • All three of the men in this match being accomplished highfliers in the past meant for an exciting clash and the three pulled out all the stops in an attempt to wow the Baltimore crowd, likely in an attempt to earn permanent contracts with the company. • Greg Black spent the bulk of the match in the ring with Stevie Grayson who was on the receiving end of a superkick and German suplex combination from Black and LM Jr before the pair teed off on each other. • LM Jr managed to duck under a clothesline form Grayson which took Black out of the ring with sheer momentum alone. • Once Grayson turned around however, LM Jr dragged him to the ground and applied a deep crossface, forcing the Canadian to tap out. • In a bout that had a decent reaction from the crowd but sub-par wrestling, LM Jr defeated Greg Black and Stevie Grayson in 8:14 when LM Jr submitted Stevie Grayson. Rating: 43 Singles Match 20-Minute Time Limit vsw/ • The Architect came down to the ring accompanied by “The Rogue Assassin” Sterling Whitlock for this match against former SWF and USPW stalwart Andre Jones. Architect whispered in Whitlock’s ear who pulled up a chair beside the announce desk, but he did not join Marvin and Earnest on commentary. • Architect and Jones began the match with a lengthy feeling-out process. The Architect managed to ground Jones several times, but Jones’ superior athleticism allowed him to escape creatively from each of Architect’s holds. • This went on for several minutes until Architect feigned a grapple and poked Jones in the eye to neutralise his movement, pointing at his head in response to the crowd’s boos. • Architect focused much of his offence on the legs of Jones, working over his knees to limit the mobility of his opponent. • Jones battled against The Architect’s submission’s and managed to create enough space for himself to fight back into the match. • The damage done to his leg limited the veteran’s explosivity to a degree and his offence consisted primarily of punches and holds of his own to wear down The Architect. • However, Jones’ technical ability paled in comparison to his opponent and The Architect turned the tide of the match. • Eventually, Jones was worn down to the point of exhaustion and was forced to submit to the Blueprint. • In a decent match, The Architect defeated Andre Jones in 18:12 by submission with a Blueprint. Rating: 54 Main Event COTT World Heavyweight Championship Match Singles Match 60-Minute Time Limit vs © • Masked Cougar came to the ring for his third defence of the COTT World Heavyweight championship against “The Rogue Assassin” Sterling Whitlock. • The twenty-year veteran seemed unaffected by the generally unnerving demeaner of Whitlock, who stood across the ring with his usual, expressionless face. • When the bell rang, Cougar ran straight at Whitlock and nailed the challenged with a shotgun dropkick into the corner, aiming to use his speed and agility to end the match quickly. • Whitlock’s defensive wrestling was not enough to defend against the champion’s early flurry, and within the opening few minutes of the contest. • The champion’s zeal got the better of him however, as a missed dive to the outside of the ring resulted in Cougar crashing back-first into the ringside barricade, allowing Sterling Whitlock a way back into the match. • Unlike his benefactor, “The Rogue Assassin” did not look to wear down his opponent with submission holds, instead laying into the champion with hard strikes and suplexes. • Whitlock focused his offence on the back of Cougar, hitting a series of back breakers on the champion and going for a cover after each one, forcing Cougar to kick out continuously. • The match became a more back and forth affair from there, with a clear ebb and flow to Masked Cougar’s comebacks and Sterling Whitlock cutting him off. • Masked Cougar found himself on the receiving end of Whitlock’s End and would have lost the match and his title, but before the referee could count to three, he was pulled from the ring by an unknown assailant. • Whitlock got up to check the referee, but when he turned around, Bradley Blaze was in the ring and hit Whitlock with the Dallas Drop and rolled out of the ring to rouse the referee. • Masked Cougar rose to his feet, usure as to what happened but would not look a gift horse in the mouth and hit I am Cougar, Hear Me Roar on Whitlock to retain his title and hand “The Rogue Assassin” his first loss in MAW. • In a superb match, Masked Cougar defeated Sterling Whitlock in 22:30 by pinfall with an I am Cougar, Hear Me Roar following interference from Bradley Blaze. Masked Cougar makes defence number three of the COTT World Heavyweight title. Rating: 66 Show Rating: 62

I honestly thought this deserved a reply in and of itself aside from all the diary stuff and I just wanted to say this is the kind of thing that really keeps me working on the diary. I'm personally very busy at the moment working on my final semester of college which is why things have been so slow to come out even after I got back onto the forums but I do just want to express my thanks to anybody and everybody who reads, comments or predicts on my work!

Mid Atlantic Wrestling Battle Stations 2021 Card Announced Following the success of the two-night Sam Keith Classic tournament, MAW are coming back to Baltimore with a star-packed card, including an exhibition battle of the veterans as Greg Black, Stevie Grayson and the man now known as LM Jr (Luis Montero Jr.) are facing off against each other. Current Mid Atlantic Tag Team champions The Wolf pack will be taking on the pair of Danny Fonzarelli and Oliver Knobb in order to warm up for their title match against DeMarcus & Gray later this month. Current Mid Atlantic championship number one contender The Architect will be testing his mettle against former SWF and USPW man Andre Jones, while his associate "The Rogue Assassin" Sterling Whitlock will be fighting Masked Cougar for the COTT World Heavyweight Championship, an opportunity which Sam Keith believes he has earned after beating Bradley Blaze last month.

Fri, Wk 4 Jul, 2021 Attendance: 1,821 Viewers: 42,094 Opening Match Sam Keith Classic Quarter-Final Tag Team Match 15-Minute Time Limit &vs& • The elder Montero brother began this match in the ring with Stan Manna. • Having not worked for a “name” promotion since his departure from OLLIE at the beginning of this year, Luis Montero Jr. looked confident as he locked up with Manna and showed very little if any ring rust after spending some time on the independent scene before being drafted in as Stevie Grayson’s replacement. • None of the four men in his match seemed to ever stop for a breath and went all out for its entire eight-minute runtime which may be to their detriment in future rounds. • Eventually Ryan Turner and Stan Manna managed to isolate Greg Black and hit him with The Cover Version to move on to the semi-finals. • In a decent match, The Rock City Stars defeated Greg Black and Luis Montero Jr in 8:05 when Rockin' Ryan Turner pinned Greg Black with The Cover Version. Rating: 44 Sam Keith Classic Quarter-Final Tag Team Match 15-Minute Time Limit &vs& • The former Mid Atlantic tag team champions took on one of the most decorated tag teams in the history of OLLIE and the current COTT tag team champions. • Unlike how teams usually approach a match against DeMarcus & Gray, Evil Intent worked to isolate Nate DeMarcus and worked on this knee in order to keep the world class athlete from utilizing his usual explosivity. • The assault on DeMarcus’ left knee was vicious and left him barely able to stand but managed to nail Hellspawn with a clothesline before clawing his way to tag Tyrone Gray into the match. • Gray sprang into the match like a rubber ball, nailing both members of Evil Intent with a dazzling array of high-flying moves. • Momentum swung back and forth a few times, with Nate DeMarcus’ knee making most of the openings for Evil Intent, before Tyrone Gray managed to put away Slayyer with the Tumbleweed Splash. • In a decent match, DeMarcus & Gray defeated Evil Intent in 12:06 when Tyrone Gray pinned Slayyer with a Tumbleweed Splash. Rating: 42 Sam Keith Classic Quarter-Final Tag Team Match 15-Minute Time Limit &vs& • Wild and Wicked came into this match with an especially large chip on their shoulder, having been taken to the limit a week prior by the rookie pair of Gordon Shearer and Jesus Chavez. • Brett Biggins started off in the ring wit Cobra but found himself on the receiving end of a beating that would have likely spelled a fast end for a less experienced wrestler, but the veteran’s knowledge of defensive wrestling kept him in the match long enough to make the tag to his young partner Perry Longstaff. • The young highflier, who looks like he could have been a Biggins brother sprang to life much like Tyrone Gray in the previous match, but he was cut off quickly when Jesus Chavez stuck him with a thumb in the eye. • Things swung back in favour of Wild and Wicked who ground down Longstaff until Brett Biggins got back into things, but was put away when Chavez rolled him up and grabbed a handful of his tights to win. • In a bout that had a decent reaction from the crowd but sub-par wrestling, Wild and Wicked defeated Brett Biggins and Perry Longstaff in 9:52 when Jesus Chavez pinned Brett Biggins by using underhanded tactics. Rating: 43 Sam Keith Classic Quarter-Final Tag Team Match 15-Minute Time Limit &vs& • This quarter-final match saw a rematch between two teams who contested one of last year’s Sam Keith Classic semi-finals in only the loosest sense, as this year Acid II had managed to avoid injury and joined his partner in a battle against The Past Masters. • The Past Masters both stared a hole through Simon Ice, who managed to beat them singlehandedly last year after the pair took their eye off the ball for only a moment, and when the bell rang, Sandman Winks went straight for Ice on the ring apron. • Unlike when these teams met in December, this match played out almost like a handicap match, as each time Simon Ice made his way back on to the ring apron, he found himself taken out. • This continued until Acid II fell to the Flashback without managing to tag his partner in, despite fighting valiantly. • In a decent match, The Past Masters defeated Devil May Care in 8:24 when The Historian pinned Acid II with a Flashback. Rating: 51 Singles Match 15-Minute Time Limit vsw/ • In order to allow the competitors moving on in the Classic to rest, the crowd were treated to The Architect’s first match since his loss at Where It All Begins Again last year. • He was accompanied to the ring by Sterling Whitlock to take on Bowden Snoop in his first MAW singles match. • The Architect looked as confident as ever and took control of the match as soon as the bell rang, locking Snoop into an abdominal stretch within seconds of the two locking up. • The Architect ran through a selection of suplexes and submission holds before he worked his young opponent down the point where he locked in the Blueprint and forced Snoop to tap out. • In a terrible match, The Architect defeated Bowden Snoop in 3:32 by submission with a Blueprint. Rating: 27 Sam Keith Classic Semi-Final A Tag Team Match 15-Minute Time Limit &vs& • The first semi-final match saw DeMarcus & Gray take on the last COTT entrant team Wild and Wicked. • Nate DeMarcus stood on the ring apron with his left knee wrapped in athletic tape, while Tyrone Gray stood staring down the imposing figure of Cobra in the ring. • Cobra and Gray locked up but the size advantage allowed Cobra to take control and push Gray into his corner, which is where much of the action stayed for the first half of the match. • Gray managed to hit Cobra with a dropkick and then Chavez with a step-up enziguri before diving halfway across the ring and tagging his partner. • DeMarcus came into the ring and flew into both Cobra and Chavez with shoulder tackles and managed to hit a release German suplex on Cobra before having to tag out of the match. • The ebb and flow of the last few minutes of the match saw each man hit their most high impact moves, with Nate DeMarcus barely able to will himself into assisting with the match ending Rocket Launcher, before crumpling under his own weight at the sound of the final bell. • The ringside medic and Tyrone Gray both had to help DeMarcus to the back as he struggled to put weight on his left leg. • In a decent match, DeMarcus & Gray defeated Wild and Wicked in 9:38 when Nate DeMarcus pinned Cobra with a Rocket Launcher. Rating: 48 Sam Keith Classic Semi-Final B Tag Team Match 15-Minute Time Limit &vs& • The Rock City Stars were welcomed with open arms by the Baltimore crowd who peppered The Past Master with jeers and boos following their convincing victory over Devil May Care. • These two teams had each other well-scouted going into what would be their third match against each other in 2021. • The Rock City Stars looked to end things quickly, to have as much fuel in the tank as possible going into the final, but The Past Masters managed to counter everything thrown their way, from superkicks to suplexes. • Once the action slowed down, Stan Manna found himself isolated in the ring, and was worked down by the slower, grinding style of Sandman Winks and The Historian. • Much like in their quarter-final match, The Past Masters cut off the ring excellently and kept Stan Manna in their corner for what felt like ten minutes but couldn’t have been more than three or four. • Manna fought his way out of the corner and just as he reached his hand out to tag in his partner, The Historian pulled Ryan Turner off the apron and threw him, shoulder first into the ring post. • Manna, alone and desperate tried to fight back on his own but eventually found himself locked in the Deep Sleep in the middle of the ring and was forced to tap out. • In a decent match, The Past Masters defeated The Rock City Stars in 11:45 when Sandman Winks submitted Stan Manna with a Deep Sleep. Rating: 48 John Hopkins University Championship #1 Contender Match Four-Way Singles Match 15-Minute Time Limit vsvsvs • This match to crown a new number one contender for Cheetah Boy’s JHU title saw the currently unpinned and unsubmitted Dreadnought in the ring with the endlessly athletic Kid Fantastic, the man with the heart of a lion Gordon Shearer and the man yet to win a match in MAW War Piece. • The three smaller men in this match rarely see eye-to-eye but they clearly agreed that Dreadnought was the biggest threat to them and worked quickly and collectively to neutralise the behemoth of a man. • The strategy worked until War Piece turned on Gordon Shearer which left Kid Fantastic to fend off the bigger man on his own, which he failed to do. • Once Dreadnought got back to his feet he managed to take control and eventually dropped War Piece with the Dread Bomb to win. • In a bout that had a decent reaction from the crowd but sub-par wrestling, Dreadnought defeated Kid Fantastic, War Piece and Gordon Shearer in 12:25 when Dreadnought pinned War Piece with a Dread Bomb. • Kid Fantastic carried the match in terms of in-ring performance. Rating: 44 Main Event Sam Keith Classic Final Tag Team Match No Time Limit &vs& • Going into the Sam Keith Classic final we had DeMarcus & Gray taking on The Past Masters in a match that could very well be a defining battle in the future of tag team wrestling. • As with their semi-final match, Tyrone Gray started in the ring in order to protect his partner. He went face-to-face with Sandman Winks but was grounded by his larger opponent. • Gray was forced to tag out to Nate DeMarcus who tried to use his power to dominate The Past Masters, but The Historian landed a vicious chop block on the former tag champion’s left knee which grounded him for a large portion of the rest of the match. • Winks and The Historian worked on DeMarcus’ knee, using double team moves and submission holds while Gray held his hand out desperately to get tagged into the match. • Nate DeMarcus managed to hit a strong elbow strike right on the jaw of Sandman Winks and got to his corner to tag in Tyrone Gray. • Gray took control of the match and the pair managed just about to hit the Rocket Launcher on The Historian to bring things to an end and win the Sam Keith Classic. • In a decent match, DeMarcus & Gray defeated The Past Masters in 14:40 when Nate DeMarcus pinned The Historian with a Rocket Launcher. DeMarcus & Gray win the Sam Keith Classic. Rating: 49 Show Rating: 50

Dave Meltzer dropped that NJPW and AEW have officially agreed a working agreement, Kenta will be working probably a couple of AEW dates and the same for Moxley on NJPW Strong while they may be finished their individual business by the end of February there could be more crossovers

<p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong><span style="font-size:14px;">MAW Sam Keith Classic XI Night 2 Card</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size:14px;"> Fri, Wk 4 Jul, 2021</span></strong></p><p> </p><p> <em>Opening Match</em></p><p><em> Sam Keith Classic Quarter-Final</em></p><p><em> Tag Team Match</em></p><p><em> 15-Minute Time Limit</em></p><p> </p><p> Greg Black and ??? vs The Rock City Stars</p><p> </p><p> <em>Sam Keith Classic Quarter-Final</em></p><p><em> Tag Team Match</em></p><p><em> 15-Minute Time Limit</em></p><p> </p><p> DeMarcus & Gray vs Evil Intent</p><p> </p><p> <em>Sam Keith Classic Quarter-Final</em></p><p><em> Tag Team Match</em></p><p><em> 15-Minute Time Limit</em></p><p> </p><p> Brett Biggins and Perry Longstaff vs Wild and Wicked</p><p> </p><p> <em>Sam Keith Classic Quarter-Final</em></p><p><em> Tag Team Match</em></p><p><em> 15-Minute Time Limit</em></p><p> </p><p> Devil May Care vs The Past Masters</p><p> </p><p> <em>Singles Match</em></p><p><em> 15-Minute Time Limit </em></p><p><em> </em></p><p> Bowden Snoop vs The Architect w/Sterling Whitlock</p><p> </p><p> <em>Sam Keith Classic Semi-Final A</em></p><p><em> Tag Team Match</em></p><p><em> 15-Minute Time Limit</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p> DeMarcus & Gray/Evil Intent vs Biggins and Longstaff/Wild and Wicked</p><p> </p><p> <em>Sam Keith Classic Semi-Final B</em></p><p><em> Tag Team Match</em></p><p><em> 15-Minute Time Limit</em></p><p> </p><p> Black and ???/The Rock City Stars vs Devil May Care/The Past Masters</p><p> </p><p> <em>John Hopkins University Championship #1 Contender Match</em></p><p><em> Four-Way Singles Match</em></p><p><em> 15-Minute Time Limit</em></p><p> </p><p> Dreadnought vs Gordon Shearer vs Kid Fantastic vs War Piece</p><p> </p><p> <em>Main Event</em></p><p><em> Sam Keith Classic Final</em></p><p><em> Tag Team Match</em></p><p><em> No Time Limit</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p> Winner of Semi-final A vs Winner of Semi-final B</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Bonus:</strong>Due to Stevie Grayson's injury in the first round, Greg Black has been assigned a new mystery partner, who is it?:</p><p> </p><p> Hint: He is a former multi-time tag team champion NOT from Canada or the United States.</p><p> </p></div><p></p><p></p>

Sam Keith Classic XI Night 1 Fri, Wk 3 Jul, 2021 Attendance: 1,592 Viewers: 40,017 Opening Match Sam Keith Classic First Round Match Tag Team Match 15-Minute Time Limit &vs& • The show opened with a match between two teams that the Baltimore audience are well acquainted with. • Ralph Liotta started off in the ring with The Historian and the two rough brawlers laid right into each other with punches. • Little separated these two teams, although the new edge to The Past Masters work was notably lacking in Heartbreak Express, and while their slick double team moves got the crowd on their feet, they lacked the explosiveness to put either of their opponents down for three. • Sandman Winks failed to lock in the Deep Sleep several times throughout the match, his opponents had the former JHU champion’s deadly submission well-scouted. • Unfortunately in trying to avoid getting caught in Deep Sleep, Johnny Needham took is eye off the ball and found himself on the receiving end of the Flashback from Historian and was eliminated from the tournament. • In a bout that had a decent reaction from the crowd but sub-par wrestling, The Past Masters defeated The Heartbreak Express in 9:35 when The Historian pinned Johnny Needham with a Flashback. Rating: 40 Sam Keith Classic First Round Match Tag Team Match 15-Minute Time Limit &vs& • The first non-MAW team to wrestle in the Sam Keith Classic this year was none other than the duo of Eric Leroy and Tony DeWonderful of CZCW as they took on The Rock City Stars. • Leroy started in the ring with Rockin’ Ryan Turner and it was clear from the off that the Coastal Resort graduate lacked the fundamentals to make a strong showing of himself against a seasoned veteran like Turner. • It was also clear however that Leroy had charisma in spades and while he failed to keep up on the mat with his opponents, he did manage to elicit some audible boos from the Baltimore faithful. • Leroy was in the ring for the bulk of the match’s overly long run-time, and when he was forced to tag in his partner, DeWonderful fell quickly to The Cover Version. • In a bout that didn't have much heat and terrible wrestling, The Rock City Stars defeated The Creatures in 9:34 when Rockin' Ryan Turner pinned Tony DeWonderful with The Cover Version. Rating: 37 Sam Keith Classic First Round Match Tag Team Match 15-Minute Time Limit &vs& • This match saw Snoop and Smalls wrestling one of their first ever professional matches against the sure-fire OLLIE Hall of Famers Evil Intent. • Evil Intent were typically vicious as they worked down their green opponents. • Allen Smalls got a good reaction from the crowd when he made his way into the ring, and his clean-cut all-American image made it very easy to cheer for him. • Unfortunately, despite his impressive frame and physique, Smalls was felled after just under eight minutes by a Pit of Hell, eliminating him and his partner from the tournament. • In a bout that didn't have much heat and terrible wrestling, Evil Intent defeated Allen Smalls and Bowden Snoop in 7:37 when Slayyer pinned Allen Smalls with The Pit Of Hell. • Bowden Snoop was the weak link, struggling to keep up with everyone else's in-ring performance. • Smalls and Snoop have zero chemistry as partners. Rating: 36 Sam Keith Classic First Round Match Tag Team Match 15-Minute Time Limit &vs& • Two Man Riot looked well-prepared to take on their veteran opponents, and Lisa Bowen at ringside put very little effort in jeering the now 40-year-old Canadians as they made their way to the ring. • Two Man Riot started the match off strong, isolating Stevie Grayson and grinding him down with strikes and submission holds. • However, after a few minutes, Grayson went down clutching his shoulder and the referee made an allowance to bring Greg Black into the match so Grayson could be examined by the ringside medic. • Black came out of the gate looking strong, although without the momentum he would have had if his partner had tagged him in, • Black took control of things as Grayson managed to make his way back on to the apron. • Once he was tagged in Grayson hit the Shades of Grayson on Trix Triumph to qualify for the quarter-finals. • In a bout that had a decent reaction from the crowd but sub-par wrestling, Greg Black and Stevie Grayson defeated Two Man Riot in 10:27 when Stevie Grayson pinned Trix Triumph with a Shades Of Grayson. • Stevie Grayson suffered a Separated Shoulder. Rating: 36 Sam Keith Classic First Round Match Tag Team Match 15-Minute Time Limit &vs& • The stars in the making, Gordon Shearer and Mr. Lucha IV looked to make their first big splash in the wrestling world as they took on the Wild and Wicked team of Jesus Chavez and Cobra. • Gordon Shearer’s high-flying offence was the main talking point throughout this match as the man from the Colorado River Indian Reservation let out an offensive flurry unlike much of what is typically seen in Mid Atlantic Wrestling. • Things took a turn when Jesus Chavez raked the eyes of Shearer, forcing him to tag out to his less experienced partner. • The sadistic sides of Chavez and Cobra came out once they were in control of the match, wearing down Mr. Lucha IV on their side of the ring so he could not tag in his partner. • Eventually he managed to escape the clutches of his opponents and make the tag to Shearer who sprang into the ring with a double dropkick on Wild and Wicked and fought valiantly against both men. • The numbers game eventually caught up with Shearer and a stunner from Chavez led to him being caught in the Viper Vice and forced to tap out while his partner was knocked off the ring apron. • In a bout that didn't have much heat and terrible wrestling, Wild and Wicked defeated Gordon Shearer and Mr. Lucha IV in 10:13 when Cobra submitted Gordon Shearer with a Viper Vice. • Mr. Lucha IV was the weak link, struggling to keep up with everyone else's in-ring performance. Rating: 38 Sam Keith Classic First Round Match Tag Team Match 15-Minute Time Limit &vs& • Tag team veteran Brett Biggins took IPW’s Perry Longstaff under his wing in this match and the two seemed to immediately click as a pair. • Their slick double team moves made the aging Biggins roll back the clock and even hit some of his old aerial moves in a show that delighted an audience who have seldom seen the best of Biggins since he became a member of the MAW roster. • Quick City Kingpins wrestled well during this match but it wasn’t their day and Biggins hit his B-B-Gun on Murray Firth to seal the win for his team. • In a bout that had a decent reaction from the crowd but terrible wrestling, Perry Longstaff and Brett Biggins defeated Quick City Kingpins in 9:38 when Brett Biggins pinned Murray Firth with a B-B-Gun. • Brett Biggins carried the match in terms of in-ring performance. • Longstaff and Biggins showed excellent chemistry as a team. Rating: 38 Sam Keith Classic First Round Match Tag Team Match 15-Minute Time Limit &vs& • Terror Rising and Devil May Care hit the ring for what would likely be the biggest clash of styles in this year’s tournament. • Devastating Don and Richie Riggins tried to take the initiative and attacked their opponents before the bell. • This only worked for a few minutes as after a counter, a spattering of dazzling moves and a body breaker to Don by Acid II, the match was over within five minutes and DMC were moving on to the tournament quarter finals. • In an extremely short match, Devil May Care defeated Terror Rising in 3:57 when Acid II pinned Devastating Don with a Body Breaker. Rating: 28 Sam Keith Classic First Round Match Tag Team Match 15-Minute Time Limit &vs& • One of the most hotly anticipated matches of this year’s tournament saw former MAW tag team champions DeMarcus & Grey take on the current CILL tag team champions, Team Rex. • Tyrone Gray started the match in the ring with Amazing Fire Fly and the two men flew around the ring like they were weightless, constantly countering one another’s moves and springing off the ropes in an athletic effort that moves the Baltimore crowd to their feet. • The technical mastery of the luchador style gave Fire Fly the advantage and once Hysteria entered the match, Gray found himself on the end of a vicious beating. The current Campeanato de Universal OLLIE, Hysteria is the man who took the belt of Nicolas Lopez almost a whole year ago and his mastery was on full display during his deconstruction of Tyrone Gray. • Gray nailed Hysteria with an enziguri and made the long crawl to his partner, and once Nate DeMarcus was in the match his pure power and inhuman athleticism brought the kind of kinetic energy that could overwhelm any opponent. • A series of belly-to-belly and German suplexes to his opponents turned the match in favour of DeMarcus & Gray and the match ending Rocket Launcher on Fire Fly shook the ring with its impact. • In a poor match, DeMarcus & Gray defeated Team Rex in 9:33 when Nate DeMarcus pinned Amazing Fire Fly with a Rocket Launcher. Rating: 45 Main Event Singles Match 30-Minute Time Limit vs • After running through the first round of the Sam Keith Classic, the crowd settled in to welcome “The Dallas Cowboy” and “The Rogue Assassin” down to the ring. • This match started off slowly, with both competitors trying to feel the other out over the course of a lengthy chain wrestling process. As time elapsed, it became clear that Blaze had been training in his technical wrestling, but the Mid Atlantic champion found himself struggling to keep up with his opponents grappling. • After the pace of the match picked up, an errant tick brushed the front of the champion’s face and when he came up off the ground a steady pour of blood was oozing down the face of Bradley Blaze. • Upon realising he had been seriously injured, Blaze lashed out at Sterling Whitlock in a fit of rage and rained down punches on his opponent until the referee had to intervene, threatening Blaze with disqualification if he failed to keep his temper in check. • The match devolved into a series of stiff strikes and throws, with Whitlock reversing the Dallas Drop into a rollup for two, and Blaze breaking out of Whitlock’s End and nailing a Uranage. • Sterling Whitlock gained the upper hand as the clock was creeping towards the twenty-minute mark and he nailed Blaze with Whitlock’s end, but the champion kicked out. • With a look of near-boredom on his face, “The Rogue Assassin” proceeded to hit Blaze with a second Whitlock’s end, and then mounted the champion and rained blows down on his defenceless opponent until the referee believed that Blaze was no longer capable of continuing and called for the bell. • In a bout that had good heat and decent wrestling, Sterling Whitlock defeated Bradley Blaze in 21:32 by stoppage when Bradley Blaze could not continue. Rating: 58 Show Rating: 56

<p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>MAW Sam Keith Classic XI Night 1 Card</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size:14px;"><strong> Fri, Wk 3 Jul, 2021</strong></span></p><p> </p><p> <em><span style="font-size:10px;">Opening Match</span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size:10px;"> Sam Keith Classic First Round Match</span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size:10px;"> Tag Team Match</span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size:10px;"> 15-Minute Time Limit</span></em></p><p> </p><p> The Heartbreak Express (MAW) vs The Past Masters (MAW)</p><p> </p><p> <span style="font-size:10px;"><em>Sam Keith Classic First Round Match</em></span></p><p><span style="font-size:10px;"><em> Tag Team Match</em></span></p><p><span style="font-size:10px;"><em> 15-Minute Time Limit</em></span></p><p> </p><p> The Creatures (CZCW) vs The Rock City Stars (MAW)</p><p> </p><p> <span style="font-size:10px;"><em>Sam Keith Classic First Round Match</em></span></p><p><span style="font-size:10px;"><em> Tag Team Match</em></span></p><p><span style="font-size:10px;"><em> 15-Minute Time Limit</em></span></p><p> </p><p> Allen Smalls & Bowden Snoop (indie) vs Evil Intent (OLLIE)</p><p> </p><p> <span style="font-size:10px;"><em>Sam Keith Classic First Round Match</em></span></p><p><span style="font-size:10px;"><em> Tag Team Match</em></span></p><p><span style="font-size:10px;"><em> 15-Minute Time Limit</em></span></p><p> </p><p> Greg Black & Stevie Grayson (indie) vs Two Man Riot (MAW)</p><p> </p><p> <span style="font-size:10px;"><em>Sam Keith Classic First Round Match</em></span></p><p><span style="font-size:10px;"><em> Tag Team Match</em></span></p><p><span style="font-size:10px;"><em> 15-Minute Time Limit</em></span></p><p> </p><p> Gordon Shearer & Mr. Lucha IV (MAW) vs Wild and Wicked (FCW)</p><p> </p><p> <span style="font-size:10px;"><em>Sam Keith Classic First Round Match</em></span></p><p><span style="font-size:10px;"><em> Tag Team Match</em></span></p><p><span style="font-size:10px;"><em> 15-Minute Time Limit</em></span></p><p> </p><p> Brett Biggins & Perry Longstaff (MAW/IPW) vs Quick City Kingpins (ACPW)</p><p> </p><p> <span style="font-size:10px;"><em>Sam Keith Classic First Round Match</em></span></p><p><span style="font-size:10px;"><em> Tag Team Match</em></span></p><p><span style="font-size:10px;"><em> 15-Minute Time Limit</em></span></p><p> </p><p> Devil May Care (MAW) vs Terror Rising (NYCW)</p><p> </p><p> <span style="font-size:10px;"><em>Sam Keith Classic First Round Match</em></span></p><p><span style="font-size:10px;"><em> Tag Team Match</em></span></p><p><span style="font-size:10px;"><em> 15-Minute Time Limit</em></span></p><p> </p><p> DeMarcus & Gray (MAW) vs Team Rex (CILL)</p><p> </p><p> <span style="font-size:10px;"><em>Main Event</em></span></p><p><span style="font-size:10px;"><em> Singles Match</em></span></p><p><span style="font-size:10px;"><em> 30-Minute Time Limit</em></span></p><p> </p><p> “The Dallas Cowboy” Bradley Blaze vs “Rogue Assassin” Sterling Whitlock</p><p> </p><p> <img alt="IXOBa69.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/IXOBa69.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p></p>

Sam Keith Classic XI Non-MAW Entrants Evil Intent [OLLIE] The current COTT World Tag Team champions will fancy their chances in this year’s tournament as they have lost only 3 matches across several promotions and independent shows since January. This is accompanied by their unprecedented 16 successful title defences across the territories and recent trios success in OLLIE. While the duo have never won a title outside of their native Mexico, their experience travelling across the United States, Canada and Mexico will surely give them an advantage against the more inexperienced teams in the competition. Stevie Grayson & Greg Black [indie] These two Canadian veterans have gone their whole careers without sharing a ring, and with Black’s release from USPW last year following a lengthy injury, this may be their last chance to do it. Ring rust will be this duo’s biggest worrying heading into the tournament as Black has not wrestled a single match since his release from USPW and Grayson has only worked three matches at small-time shows since the beginning of last year. With both of these men’s best days likely in the rear view, could they pull of an upset and score a victory in the biggest tag team tournament in independent wrestling? Quick City Kingpins [ACPW] While neither Murray Firth nor Spencer Edmund hail from Quick City, Missouri the pair have shown no signs of slowing down on their assent through the tag team ranks of ACPW. The puroresu stylings of Murray Firth have been an excellent balancing act to Edmund’s high flying antics and while the pair may be against the odds to win this year’s tournaments, few would deny their potential and even fewer would doubt that they will be back to win the big one again in the years to come. Team Rex [CILL] Current CILL Tag Team champions Team Rex have made for an unlikely success story. The risk taken with Amazing Firefly turning to the dark side has seemingly paid dividends and his popularity seemingly knows no bounds. Like with other young starlets entering this years tournament, his eventual call form EILL will surely dampen expectations of he and partner Hysteria winning this year’s competition, however the in-ring standard will be undoubtedly higher with their inclusion. Terror Rising [NYCW] When older fans and industry veterans discuss a desire to go back to “the good ole days” when wrestler’s were real men – and they do generally mean exclusively men – it’s unlikely they ever anticipated a team as antiquated as Terror Rising. Devastating Don and Richie Riggins have been described as “the platonic ideal of 1980s American wrestling” and while that may be the case the pair’s lack of success in the ring likely speaks for itself. Don was eliminated from this year’s Rip Chord invitational after lass than 6 minutes and few would be surprised to see the same happen again in this tournament. The Creatures [CZCW] The Creatures are a team who have worked with and against each other several times throughout the year, with neither man finding massive success in 2021. A lack of experience, a poor run of form and a lack of clearly defined character may well leave these two lagging behind, both in the ring and with the fans during this tournament. Wild and Wicked [FCW] Two-thirds of The Storm Riders are entering this year’s Sam Keith Classic under the name of Wild and Wicked. Cobra is another COTT man who has competed before in MAW, having taken part in the 2020 iteration of the Rip Chord Invitational. Despite losing in the first round on that occasion both he and his partner Jesus Chavez have only lost a single match since January 2020. If they manage to carry this momentum to Baltimore there is on team with a better win/loss record in the field to stop them. Allen Smalls & Bowden Snoop [indie] The last and perhaps definitive least entrants to the tournament is the second Independent outfit invited to MAW in the for of Allen Smalls and Bowden Snoop. Smalls is a graduate of the Supreme University and played for the New Mexico Lobos at college level and went on to be drafted into the NFL although didn’t achieve much in the way of championships. While many feel that Smalls was taken into the Supreme University based on his name value alone, his partner Bowden Snoop ground his way through the House of Stone under the relatively Spartan tutelage of Dan Stone Jr. These men come from very different wrestling backgrounds, and collectively have wrestled one professional match, but their particular combination of skills may be all that is needed for them to cause an upset and walk away with the Sam Keith Classic trophy.

Sam Keith Classic XI MAW Entrants DeMarcus & Gray The winners of the 2016 Sam Keith Classic come into this year’s tournament fresh off of forming an alliance with crowd favourite Miller Fforde. The former Mid Atlantic Tag Team Champions are 4-2 as a team this year and found themselves on a four-match winning streak before falling due to interference from Lisa Bowen. The pair have been in good form since the beginning of 2020 and will be looking to launch themselves back into the title picture with a second tournament victory. Two Man Riot The representatives of the Baltimore Protection Agency currently sit at an unimpressive 2-5 record in 2021 and will be looking to turn their year around with a good showing in this year’s SKC. The pair have shown steady improvement over the course of the year however they do find themselves sitting comfortably as outside bets to win the tournament this year. Devil May Care One of the biggest talking points coming out of last year’s tournament was the Herculean efforts of Simon Ice following his partner’s injury in their first-round match. Ice went on to the final, only falling to The Wolf Pack after a combination of tiredness and numerical disadvantage got the best of him. The pair find themselves with a very respectable 4-1 this year and without the bad luck of injury last year it is possible that they would have won last year’s tournament. Rumour has it that the team’s work in PSW is attracting early interest from some of the biggest companies in wrestling today which may result in a cooling off period for the high-flying duo. The Past Masters The Past Masters team of Sandman Winks and The Historian have a record similar to that of DMC and DeMarcus & Gray, with a 3-1-1. The duo have spent much of the year away from the tag division as former John Hopkins University Champion Sandman Winks defended his championship throughout the year. The duo’s new more sadistic approach may help them beyond the semi-finals, where last year their overconfidence became a stumbling block. Gordon Shearer & Mr. Lucha IV This young duo has only come together very recently and have entered this tournament as a kind of trial-by-fire. Shearer would have likely planned to enter with former Lionhearts partner Kyle Diamond before he was called back to TCW after the breakdown in relations between the company and MAW. Given that Lionhearts were yet to pick up their first win as a team, Shearer may have more confidence with the newest man in the Mr. Lucha lineage. The Heartbreak Express Following Ralph Liotta’s departure from MAW in 2020, Johnny Needham floundered as a singles star. Losing Lisa Bowen and every match he took part in, Needham was a man in need of change. The return of Liotta seems to have reinvigorated Needham and the pair have a win and a loss since their reunion earlier this year. The former two-time Mid Atlantic tag team champions will be looking to win their first Sam Keith Classic and go on to become one of the few teams who win a third set of tag titles in the company. The Rock City Stars The most decorated team to enter this year’s tournament as representatives of MAW are also one of the teams to have never one gold in the company. Rockin’ Ryan Turner and Stan Manna are five-time tag team champions and find themselves with a 4-1-2 record in MAW in 2021. Fresh of the back of a tag team championship match loss to The Wolf Pack, the two veterans will be looking to bounce back with a strong showing and have good odds of bagging their first Sam Keith Classic in what many are dubbing a last hurrah for the duo in the company. Brett Biggins & Perry Longstaff Former SWF man Brett Biggins finds himself as a permanent member of the MAW roster after impressing Sam Keith with his ability to guide younger wrestlers through a match. He will be teaming with Perry Longstaff as part of the only inter-promotional team in this year’s tournament. Longstaff’s Minnesota Awesome teammate Clark Smallbone left IPW earlier this year and was requested not to be entered into this year’s tournament now that he is no longer a member of a COTT company roster. While the pair lack experience teaming with each other, their individual tag team mastery could well bring them success in the tournament.

MAW Fan Festival 2021 Fri, Wk 4, Jun 2021 Attendance: 1,683 Viewers: 32,715 Opening Match Trios Tag Team Match 15-Minute Time Limit &vs& • The Past Masters rekindled their uneasy alliance with Dreadnought in order to take on Cheetah Boy and The Heartbreak Express. • The Past Masters worked well with Dreadnought during this match, their new, more aggressive attitudes proving to mesh well with that of their monstrous companion. Meanwhile their relatively diminutive opponents struggled to find cohesion in the early goings of the match. • While they fought valiantly, Cheetah Boy found himself on the receiving end of a Dread Bomb after being isolated form his partners resulting in Dreadnought pinning the John Hopkins University champion for the second time in the space of a few months. • In a bout that had a decent reaction from the crowd but sub-par wrestling, Dreadnought and The Past Masters defeated Cheetah Boy and The Heartbreak Express in 7:32 when Dreadnought pinned Cheetah Boy with a Dread Bomb. • Cheetah Boy, Dreadnought, Sandman Winks off their game. Rating: 39 Mid Atlantic Tag Team Championship Match Tag Team Match 30-Minute Time Limit &vs& © • The Rock City Stars relatively poor win/loss record since returning to MAW had many critics, including the defending champions writing off their chances of winning their first ever tag team honours in the company. • The Stars started off exceptionally well with Ryan Turner aiming to nail a Six-string Shooter on Sione Tokoeka within a few minutes of the opening bell and would have ended the match there if Sean Noggin had failed to pull his partner out of the way. • The Stars brought the fight to The Wolf Pack until Sean noggin raked the eyes of Stan Manna and took control of the match. • Manna managed to fight back into the match and tag in Ryan Turner who hit some big moves on the champions, nailing a double northern lights suplex which brought the Baltimore crowd to their feet. • Unfortunately for the challengers in a moment of quiet genius Sione Tokoeka “accidentally” bumped into the referee which created a moment’s opening for Sean Noggin to hit a low blow on Turner and roll him up for a title defence. • In a bout that had a decent reaction from the crowd but sub-par wrestling, The Wolf Pack defeated The Rock City Stars in 14:54 when Sean Noggin pinned Rockin' Ryan Turner by using underhanded tactics. The Wolf Pack make defence number three of the Mid Atlantic Tag Team titles. • Stan Manna seemed off his game. Rating: 41 Singles Match 15-Minute Time Limit vs • This match is another chapter in the ongoing issues between Miller Fforde and the BPA, and his opponent Deuce Deadline looked especially confident after pinning Tyrone Gray two weeks ago. • Deadline used his size to his advantage to control the early stages of the match, but it quickly became a back-and-forth affair as the crowd got behind Miller Fforde. • Things came to a rather abrupt end when Fforde nailed his opponent with a missile dropkick and sprung up to hit a quick Fforde Flip Face Crusher. • In a decent match, Miller Fforde defeated Deuce Deadline in 8:29 by pinfall with a Fforde Flip Face Crusher. Rating: 50 Singles Match 15-Minute Time Limit vs • The young Nuboyo Hikichi went head-to-head with tag team wrestling veteran Brett Biggins. • This match ended up being an extended squash, with Biggins only managing fleeting moments of hope before being locked in the Cross Armlock. • In a bout that had a decent reaction from the crowd but sub-par wrestling, Nobuyo Hikichi defeated Brett Biggins in 8:04 by submission with a Cross Armlock. Rating: 43 Singles Match 15-Minute Time Limit vs • Two young starlets of Mid Atlantic Wrestling crashed here as Gordon Shearer took on Marvin Lambert. • Both of these guys look like stars, but the gaps in their work was evident despite this match’s short run time, with Lambert clearly doing a poor job of catching Shearer off of a flying crossbody. • Shearer came back strongly from this however and hit his Marvelous Elbow from the top rope to pick up a win. • In a bout that had little heat and embarrassing wrestling, Gordon Shearer defeated Marvin Lambert in 4:02 by pinfall with a Marvelous Elbow. Rating: 13 Main Event Mid Atlantic Championship Match Singles Match 60-Minute Time Limit [Picture Not Available]vs © • Former TCW man Marc Speed came to take on MAW’s own Bradley Blaze, with the match made to be a title fight at the behest of the champion, which is reported to have gone poorly with Sam Keith. • Many online have speculated that Blaze requested this match to gain experience with an out-and-out counter wrestler due to Sterling Whitlock’s stronger defensive wrestling. • Blaze’s straight brawling style was quickly neutered by Speed who tied Blaze up in a string of submission holds. • After almost ten minutes of Blaze being countered and trapped in the clutches of the challenger, he managed to land a hard shot to the jaw of Marc Speed. • The crowd sprung to life at the sight of a solid punch being landed in the main event, and Blaze took the initiative to fire up and lay punch after punch into speed. • Unfortunately for the champion, Marc Speed is anything but a one trick pony and battled from underneath to get things back to an even standing. • Things escalated quickly and after a serious of counters, Blaze managed to grab Speed up to his shoulders and hit a lightning quick Dallas Drop to pick up the win and defend his title. • In a good match, Bradley Blaze defeated Marc Speed in 18:03 by pinfall with a Dallas Drop. Bradley Blaze makes defence number one of the Mid Atlantic Championship title. Rating: 56 Show Rating: 53

MAW Honfest Sat, Wk 2, Jun 2021 Attendance: 1,348 Viewers: 55,225 Opening Match 10-Man Tag Team Match 15-Minute Time Limit VS • The high-flying Devil May Care reignited their short-lived alliance with Kid Fantastic here to team with rookies Mr. Lucha IV and Gordon Shearer in order to take on four members of the Baltimore Protection Agency alongside their own rookie, the enigmatic War Piece. • The BPA managed to control much of the opening minutes of the match after an attack before the bell on their opponents, and Gordon Shearer found himself on the receiving end of a beating from Josh Jacobs. • Shearer managed to break free and tag in Kid Fantastic who bounced around the ring like a superball, taking out each member of the opposite team with his smooth array of flips and dives. • The match moved back and forth until finally after a flurry of finishers, Fantastic nailed the Fantasm on Trix Triumph for the win, • After the match Copperhead and Trix Triumph, Two Man Riot were jawing with Mr. Lucha IV and Gordon Shearer. • In a bout that had a decent reaction from the crowd but sub-par wrestling, Acid II, Simon Ice, Kid Fantastic, Mr. Lucha IV and Gordon Shearer defeated Ade Nelson, Copperhead, Josh Jacobs, Trix Triumph and War Piece in 11:56 when Kid Fantastic pinned Trix Triumph with a Fantasm. • Mr. Lucha IV was the weak link, struggling to keep up with everyone else's in-ring performance. • Kid Fantastic suffered a Fractured Cheek Bone. Rating: 37 John Hopkins University Championship Match Singles Match 30-Minute Time Limit vs© w/ • Cheetah Boy came out for this match with his face painted and with a fire that few have seen in him since he lost the Mid Atlantic Championship more than two years ago. • Sandman Winks was accompanied to the ring by The Historian, the pair shared equally smug expressions going into what many felt would be an easy victory for the rising star. • Cheetah Boy tried to force a hot start to the match, running at Winks right at the bell but his bellicose approach to the match led to Winks taking the advantage. • The Sandman ground Cheetah Boy down for what could only have been five minutes but felt at least five times the length. • While Cheetah Boy crawled for the ropes after finding himself locked in a Boston Crab, The Historian hurled abuse at him from outside the ring. The usually cocky yet controlled pair kept maniacal looks in their eyes as Winks focused his offence on the historically weak knees of Cheetah Boy. • But, against all odds the veteran scratched and clawed, literally, his way back into the match after raking the champion’s eyes. • Cheetah Boy looked good heading into the closing stretch of the match, and when The Historian tried to cheap shot him from outside the referee’s field of view, Cheetah Boy managed to dodge and sent Sandman Winks right into his partner’s closed fist. • Cheetah Boy then headed for the top rope and nailed the Flying Cheetah Pounce to claim what is just the second singles title of his career. • In a bout that had a decent reaction from the crowd but sub-par wrestling, Cheetah Boy defeated Sandman Winks in 11:55 by pinfall with a Flying Cheetah Pounce. Cheetah Boy wins the John Hopkins University Championship title. Rating: 38 Tag Team Match 15-Minute Time Limit &vs& w/ • Deadline and Jonah pilgrim, the heavy hitters of the BPA came out to take on DeMarcus & Gray, one of the best teams to come through MAW in recent years. • This was a standard tag team affair, with Gray absorbing much of the offence early on before he made the tag to Nate DeMarcus who impressed with an array of suplexes against two not-inconsiderable men. • Gray was tagged in and angling to hit a frog splash before the referee was distracted by Jonah Pilgrim and Lisa Bowen popped up on the apron and pushed Gray off the top. • Nate DeMarcus tried to save his partner but was cut off by Pilgrim before Deuce Deadline hit a Deadliner on Gray to end things. • In a bout that had a decent reaction from the crowd, but sub-par wrestling, Deuce Deadline and Jonah Pilgrim defeated DeMarcus & Gray in 10:07 when Deuce Deadline pinned Tyrone Gray with a Deadliner after Lisa Bowen interfered. Rating: 45 Singles Match 15-Minute Time Limit vs • Former SWF man Brett Biggins made his debut in MAW to take on Dreadnought fresh off his failure to win the Mid Atlantic Championship in a six-way scramble last month. • Biggins experience allowed him to survive for almost eight minutes, but that is all the veteran managed to do in this match as much of his offence barely phased his opponent, let alone knock him down. • Eventually Dreadnought hit a series of impressive power moves and finished things off with a Dread Bomb. • In a bout that had a decent reaction from the crowd but sub-par wrestling, Dreadnought defeated Brett Biggins in 7:57 by pinfall with a Dread Bomb. Rating: 43 Main Event Singles Match 30-Minute Time Limit vs • Two weeks after gifting Bradley Blaze the Mid Atlantic Championship, “The Rogue Assassin” Sterling Whitlock took on legend of the business Big Cat Brandon James, visiting MAW after an agreement was reached between the company and his employers FCW and NYCW. • This was expected to be a big test for Whitlock, even with his advanced age Big Cat is no slouch and the match devolved into a straightforward slugfest almost immediately. • For the first time in a long time, Big Cat got to be the hero in front of a crowd of adoring fans and they cheered for everything the legend did. • Whitlock focused an assault on his opponent’s ribs with pinpoint precision and the veteran looked winded only ten minutes into the match. • Whitlock paced himself, and like an animal stalking its prey, “The Rogue Assassin” beat down Big Cat until he was barely able to get to his feet before putting him away with Whitlock’s End. • In a bout that had fantastic heat and great wrestling, Sterling Whitlock defeated Big Cat Brandon in 19:37 by pinfall with a Whitlock's End. Rating: 64 Show Rating: 60