Following two of the best shows of the year in Uprising and Global Wars, RevPro UK returned this past weekend presenting yet another excellent card; Live in Sittingbourne featured the Beast of Belfast Damo facing the unrelenting Mark Haskins, the despicable Josh Bodom facing a debuting Andrew Everett, a BOLA rematch between The Villain Marty Scurll/Trevor Lee and in the main event, a battle between Drew Galloway and Will Ospreay, arguably two of the best in the world today.



Marty Scurll vs Trevor Lee

Unsurprisingly, RevPro wanted to replicate a BOLA match that helped get Scurll over in PWG. Marty Scurll and Trevor Lee, making his RevPro debut, put together a really impressive match on Night Three of BOLA and this was no different.

Trevor Lee emerged to Taylor Swift’s Shake It Off and appeared in a jovial mood in contrast to Scurll’s humourless countenance. Following an exchange of leverage on the arm, Lee gained the advantage with a drop kick before landing a standing moonsault. Scurll slipped out of a fireman’s carry before snapping the fingers of Lee forcing the crowd to wince.

Scurll continued to work the arm before Lee delivered a uranagi followed by a superkick to shift the momentum. Upon the return to his feet, Scurll received a footstomp before reversing a dead lift german. Scurll landed the superkick just kidding before Lee blocked an attempted chicken wing: Lee received a powerbomb before Scurll drove home his advantage with the pecker wrecker.

Lee reversed a tornado ddt attempt, hanging on to Scurll before an attempted Orange Crush Bomb was blocked by The Villain. Scurll eventually secured the victory following a roll up with a hand full of tights.

This was a really excellent opener: Lee and Scurll have fantastic chemistry together which was displayed here once again. Despite a couple of comedy spots early on, Scurll and Lee delivered a highly impressive match with a hot finishing sequence the crowd really got into. Evidently, both Scurll and Lee have bright futures in professional wrestling. I’ve said it before: Scurll’s gimmick, charisma and technical ability make him a strong candidate for being the best all round wrestler in the UK.

Lord Gideon Grey vs Flash Morgan Webster

Lord Gideon Grey, simply better than you, arrived more suited to riding a horse than to wrestle and was greeted by a chants of princess unicorn. Perturbed by the lack of respect shown, Lord Gideon Grey proceeded to rile up the crowd with various jibes and comments. Fresh off his American debut in Chikara’s annual King of Trios tournament, Flash Morgan Webster arrived to the ring draped in the finest mod gear that would make Paul Weller blush.

Following a cheap shot, Lord Gideon Grey worked over Flash Morgan Webster’ knee for the most part of this match: Grey drove Webster’s knee into the post before delivering several stomps. Grey continued the dissection of the knee before Webster reversed with a diving clothesline. Webster, looking to land some aerial offence, headed to the top before Josh Bodom, British Cruiserweight Champion, pushed Webster down from the top allowing Grey to apply the single leg boston crab to tap out Grey.

Lord Gideon Grey, as ever, did a fantastic job of ensuring the fans cheered for Webster. Few around the UK are currently better at working a crowd than Grey: his arrogant and entitled Lord gimmick generates heat under any circumstance. In this match, Grey not only demonstrated his impressive mic skills but exemplary limb work. Webster did a great job of selling the injury too, this was an enjoyable match.

Josh Bodom (C) vs Andrew Everett

Cruiserweight Championship

Following an excellent performance against Jimmy Havoc at Uprising, Josh Bodom found himself against a man making his RevPro debut: agile, acrobatic and death defying, Andrew Everett has gained world wide recognition for his work in PWG following a potentially career threatening injury.

Everett evaded Bodom’s offence early on: Everett landed a headscissors before a hurricanrana to send Bodom to the outside. Everett took to the skies, delivering a springboard moonsault to ground Bodom.

The Cruiserweight Champion regained the advantage by pulling the ref in front of him before landing a superkick. After delivering several chops to the chest, Bodom delivered the El Bro drop followed by a vertical suplex: Bodom took a moment to talk a little trash before delivering a facebuster assisted by the ropes followed by a standing moonsault.

Flash Morgan Webster, looking to exact some revenge from earlier, appeared at the top of the ramp: the distraction allowed Everett to land a reverse rana before a beautiful shooting star press to be crowned the new British Cruiserweight Championship.

Andrew Everett’s victory here ensures he will be returning to RevPro in the future, perhaps defending his title in a three way with Bodom and Flash Morgan Webster. Josh Bodom’s protein drinking, gym attending, narcissistic gimmick is fantastic: he embodies everything wrestling fans dislike and never fails to get a reaction.

Damo vs Mark Haskins

Over the past couple of years, Damo and Mark Haskins have both solidified themselves as two of the best in Britain. Both men delivered excellent matches performances at RevPro’s events held in conjunction with NJPW: Damo delivered two career defining performances against Nakamura and Tanahashi while Haskins featured in an excellent match with Naito.

Damo used his size to gain the advantage early on, pushing Haskins to the mat before Haskins landed a couple of fierce kicks to Damo’s leg. A spinning heel kick sent Damo to the outside before Damo caught Haskins following a tope suicida: Damo drove Haskins into the post before tossing Haskins from turnbuckle to turnbuckle.

Haskins fought back after receiving a gutbuster, delivering a couple of dropkicks: Haskins delivered several kicks to the chest before Damo powered out, landing a Belfast Drop for a near fall. Damo set up the Van Damo Nator to no avail: Damo encouraged Haskins to deliver more kicks to the chest before receiving a meteora from the top rope. Damo secured the victory after he pulled the referee in front of him to halt Haskins before landing a spinning inverted ddt to secure the win.

This match was a war and, with the finish, I hope to see a rematch in the near future, possibly at York Hall in January. Although Damo and Haskins have been around for a while, both men have arguably had the best year of their careers: both have delivered consistently impressive matches all over the UK and, given more time and the right audience, they have the potential to pull off something special.

James Castle vs Flyin Ryan

In the only unannounced match of the night, James Castle, one half of the British Tag Team Champions, The Revolutionists, faced a returning Fylin Ryan.

Castle worked the arm early on before spitting on Flyin Ryan: Castle began to dissect Ryan on the outside, driving Ryan into the post. Castle continued to work over Ryan with several stomps followed by a belly to belly suplex. Ryan reversed a ddt before landing a diving cross body followed by a leg drop: Castle regained the advantage with an underhook suplex before securing the victory with a ferocious running knee.

This match was solid with some interesting spots: James Castle always elicits a reaction whether due to his appearance of through his deplorable actions and this was no different. This wasn’t a bad match by any means but it was the weakest on the card.

Will Ospreay vs Drew Galloway

Arguably, over the past year, Drew Galloway and Will Ospreay have been the best two wrestlers in the UK. Galloway and Ospreay, champions of ICW and Progress respectively, have been at the forefront of the British Wrestling revival delivering excellent match after excellent match. At RevPro Sittingbourne, both men further solidified their claims to be the best in the UK by producing a phenomenal match.

As the bell rang, Galloway gained the advantage by tossing Ospreay to the mat before Ospreay landed a couple of arm drags assisted by the ropes: Ospreay dodged Galloway’s offence before Galloway cornered Ospreay with several thunderous chops. The ICW World Heavyweight Champion, Galloway, caught the Progress Champion, Ospreay, following a diving cross body before driving Ospreay first into the wall then into the apron.

Following several more fierce chops, Galloway attempted to irish whip Ospreay into the wall before Ospreay proceeded to run up the wall to land an inverted ddt (this was some serious matrix shit). Back in the ring, Galloway caught a cross body into a back breaker followed by a vertical suplex: Ospreay attempted some aerial offence but Galloway cut him off once more before Ospreay landed a rebound handspring enziguri.

Will Ospreay pressed home his advantage with a standing shooting star press: Galloway, seemingly unaffected, attempted the Future Shock ddt only to be reversed into a tilt a whirl ddt. Galloway shifted the momentum with a sit down powerbomb followed by an inverted alabama slam before landing a yakuza kick that sounded like a shotgun: Galloway, sensing his opportunity, carried Ospreay to the top rope to deliver a death valley driver for a near fall as a this is awesome chant broke out.

Ospreay clawed his way up Galloway, animated by the crowd’s chants, Ospreay reversed a Future Shock ddt into a roll up before landing a springboard ace crusher followed by the Jump Tuck Pray twisting shooting star press to secure the win in an excellent match.

This was phenomenal and one of the best matches I have seen in the UK this year: I was expecting big things from this match and oh boy did it deliver. Not only are Drew Galloway and Will Ospreay two of the best in the world but they are two of the best period and this match testifies to that. Both these men have a future far beyond the shores of Britain and it was a privilege to witness this match first hand.

Final Word: This was a very good show before the main event elevated it to an excellent show: Ospreay/Galloway could have main evented any card in the world and got the reaction they received. This show is definitely worth the cost of the download/dvd for the Ospreay/Galloway match alone but the undercard matches make this show a must see, can’t miss.

With the announcement of AJ Styles vs Zack Sabre Jr and Will Ospreay vs Marty Scurll at York Hall in January, RevPro continues to establish itself as not only one of the can’t miss promotions in the UK but one of the can’t miss promotions in the world.