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February 2, 2021

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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

Lisa Bowen came down to the interview area, tailed by Josh Jacobs, Jonah Pilgrim and Deuce Deadline. She grabbed the microphone from the hands of DeAnna Desire and shooed her from the area before she began to speak.
“Three weeks ago, Deuce Deadline pinned Tyrone Gray in the middle of that ring and then I get a call from Sam Keith saying only two of my boys are making it into this year’s tag team tournament? I’m not one for calling a conspiracy, but the blatant favouritism shown to these outsiders is exactly why this company needs the BPA. And to whoever wins this sham of a tournament? Watch your back”

Rating: 43

Sam Keith Classic First Round Match

Tag Team Match

15-Minute Time Limit

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

After the match, the house lights went down and a hooded figure walked out onto the entrance ramp, illuminated from above by a single spotlight while a lick of smoke curled around his ankles. The figure made its way to the ring and entered, handing a roll of cash to “The Rogue Assassin”, and then turned to face the unconscious form of Bradley Blaze. An eerie quiet descended over the Baltimore crowd as they drank in the figure standing before them. As the spotlight grew in size the figure reached up and pulled back its hood to reveal that Sterling Whitlock’s benefactor was none other than…

The Architect!

Rating: 50

Show Rating: 56

A/N: I would like to first off deeply apologise for what I feel is the poor quality of the matches on this show, making a card of eight straight up tag matches interesting to read haha.

In terms of predictions both Historian and Sco xY2Jx scored 6/9 and somehow both predicted that I would ever give Devastating Don a win in a diary, extremely brave picks!

January 29, 2021

<div style="text-align:center;">MAW Sam Keith Classic XI Night 1 Card

Fri, Wk 3 Jul, 2021

Opening Match