So last week was the first review of WCPW Loaded on here and as such, I figured it was only right to continue to review the shows. Now onto the current show, it opens with a well put together highlight video package of the previous week. Thankfully unlike the previous week, which was understandable for that week, the show doesn’t open with a promo instead, we get a match.

Now onto the match itself. It wasn’t as big an opener as the previous week which itself again is understandable, however, it was a mix of styles in the opening match this time as Drake takes on Angelico. The match itself wasn’t all that bad as you had Drake, who is known as “The Gimmick Killer” trying to keep Angelico who is a high-flyer grounded; the match itself too was rather slow paced compared to the quick moves everywhere from the previous week, and while Drake lost the match he was made to look strong against Angelico. I feel that Drake if given the chance could have a good run challenging and potentially I feel that Drake if given the chance could have a good run challenging and potentially winning the WCPW Internet Championship.

Speaking of the WCPW Internet Championship, the second match on Loaded sees Gabriel Kidd defending against “The Kiwi Buzzsaw” and a member of The Prestige, Travis Banks. Before the match can even start, Kidd calls out Banks to battle him outside the ring. While Kidd was always seen as the underdog previously, in this match he also similarly felt the same against Banks. The match itself was a bit back and forth to start with before kicking into what I feel is the “Tommy Dreamer” moment as Kidd took plenty of kicks from Banks requesting another one each time. Kidd picked up the victory after Banks attempted to use the WCPW Internet Title as a weapon but was taken away from him by the referee, Joel Allen and Kidd is then able to hit Banks with the running knee strike.

The next match in sort was promoted by Dave Bradshaw and James R. Kennedy was mentioned as a brawl between Primate and BT Gunn; which follows on from the previous week of the two guys battling to the back, but the placement of the brawl/match was odd in the fact it does feel like it was still from the previous week even though the show feels like it is coming from a different venue to the previous week. The brawl itself was a typical backstage brawl with an array of weapons being used by both the men, however, I say it’s a match as when they reach the boxing area of the venue, BT Gunn calls for a referee who is just randomly placed there, to which Primate wins after a spear and retains his WCPW Hardcore Championship.

Now for me, if they are playing the WCPW Hardcore Championship off with either a 24/7 rule which it seems from this backstage brawl, I feel they can do a lot more with this in a similar way that the WWE did with Crash Holly taking it out and about on the road too which can be filmed in advance of the show to then post on their social media platforms or even WhatCulture Extra.

Also, an extra point to mention is throughout the show we get some moments with WCPW General manager, Adam “Plumpy” Blampied creating a match for El Ligero’s Magnificent Seven briefcase which starts off as Jay Lethal vs him in a Ladder match, then Gabriel Kidd gets added, as does Rampage and potentially anyone else on the WCPW roster or even international names such as Angelico.

After the Harcore Championship match, we then move into the match for the WCPW Tag Team Championships were Kings Of The North take on the new champions and the current IWGP Tag Team Champions, War Machine. While Rowe & Hanson are the more dominating duo of the two teams in the match, Corvin & Bonesaw looked quite a well-oiled machine and likely to be the team to dethrone the champions after a week. However Kings Of The North wasn’t able to win the titles, but they sure as hell looked quite strong against War Machine and could easily be added to the WCPW tag ranks with another shot for the titles down the line and who knows maybe even a victory.

The main event of Loaded saw WCPW Champion, Joe Hendry defend his title against “The Villain” Marty Scurll. Hendry first kicks off with a promo about how Scurll claims to be the man but has to use a prop have a name for himself. The match itself is yet another strong main event on Loaded. Marty Scurll gets most of the opening offence. There is a spot in the match where much like the Internet Title match, Joe Hendry picks up the title and bring it’s into the ring which leads to a tug of war between himself and the referee. Given that this moment happened earlier on in the show but with different results, I was shocked to see it happen twice. The match also saw a moment where the referee was knocked down and Marty Scurll should have won the title by pinfall but as the ref was down he couldn’t. This also leads into Marty

The match also saw a moment where the referee was knocked down and Marty Scurll should have won the title by pinfall but as the ref was down he couldn’t. This also leads into Marty picking the referee back up, Joe Hendry nearly winning after hitting his fall-away slam; potentially winning by submission from the Ankle Lock. However, after another moment with the referee being knocked down, both men use their umbrellas to knock each other out and the main event finishes with an unannounced result which I’m sure should’ve been a double disqualification, but I’m sure it will be explained on the next Loaded the outcome of the match.

Overall it was an ok episode of Loaded, but there were just a few things that I would have tweaked such as the “use” of the titles in two matches, the main event also didn’t really need the referee to get knocked down twice. But for me the tag team match was the stand out match on the card as there were no shenanigans and made both teams look strong regardless of the outcome.