



Pacific Pro Wrestling - Champions

On May 16, Pacific Pro Wrestling held ‘Champions’ a show where every title in the company was on the line. The show marked a return to the original home of Pacific Pro at Bundamba State Secondary College.

First off was the veteran Triple X Rated taking on Ricky Rembrandt from the Sunshine Coast. The crowd was right behind X, even as Ricky resorted to some less than savoury tactics to gain the upper hand. In the end the experience edge proved to be too much for Rembrandt and Triple X got the win with a Michinoku Driver.

The first of two tag team matches followed with the hometown boys Alex Shepard and Astro Shock up against Bryce McAllister and Slammin’ Sam Richards (a late replacement for Chet Jacobs). This was the Pacific Pro debut for both Astro Shock and Bryce McAllister following impressive outings at the last Prowl Wrestling event. The hometown advantage looked to play a big part early on as Shepard and Shock managed to get up early. McAllister and Richards gelled well as a team though. Shock was eager to spend a lot of time in the ring on debut which seemed to go against Shepard’s game plan. Eventually this would cost the two the match. Alex Shepard - visibly unhappy with the loss delivered a knee strike and tiger bomb to Shock and then left, looking oddly pleased with himself.

The first of four championship matches was next when Pacific Light Heavyweight Champion Lucas Gold defended against Tim Kade (current Prowl Super Hulk Champion). An interesting mesh of styles here, Gold favours a more strike based approach whereas Kade blends explosive speed and power. Gold was accompanied by manager Catherine Mynx who of course would play her part in the match. It looked at one stage as if Kade had the match won, but Mynx’s interjection allowed Gold to use the belt to his advantage (as he did back in February to win the thing). Soon after the match was decided when Gold capitalised with a Destroyer for the pinfall. This was Lucas Gold’s first successful title defence.

Taking us to intermission was one of the most hotly anticipated contests of the night - Rufio vs Thirteen. Rufio is the current number one contender to the AWA Heavyweight title and will wrestle Jonah Rock in June, Thirteen just recently won the QCW North Queensland title in a battle royal. These two are both ready to break out and a victory here would prove huge for either man. A nail biter, both men looked like they had victory at points. In the end it would be Thirteen with a Full Nelson Slam. A huge victory for the tormented soul.

Coming out of intermission was the second title match - Kellie Skater vs Kellyanne. This was the first defence of Skater’s in over twelve months. She was out with an injury early last year and then spent the remainder in Japan. Since last wrestling for us back in June Kellyanne has been honing her skills and picked up the Warzone Women’s title in Victoria. Influenced by her training in Mexico Kellyanne came in with a lucha based game plan to counter the Japanese strong style used by Skater. After maintaining the upper hand but unable to put the champ away Kellyanne resorted to Skater’s game and the two traded blows. The bout degenerated from a wrestling match into a fight and the two took the brawl to the outside. The referee’s count was ignored and the match was ruled a double countout. This didn’t phase the two women though as it took two referees and a couple of wrestlers to pull them apart. Following this Skater told Kellyanne she was ready to go anywhere, any time.

The two top teams in Queensland squared off in the semi main event. The Pacific & AWA Tag Champions, Wolves of the Sea (Australian Wolf & Koi Bombora) defended the Pacific titles against the Prowl Super Tag Cup holders The Street Revolution (Lynx Lewis Jr & Renegade). Rumour had it that Koi Bombora was carrying an injury into the match and the smaller Street Rev capitalised on this, isolating him from the Wolf. In the end it was their signature double team curb stomp that would gain LLJ and Renegade the gold. The Wolves of the Sea were champions for ten months and beat some of the best teams in Australia.

In the main event of the evening the Pacific Heavyweight title was on the line as Jonah Rock made his first defence since defeating Istria for the belt at Grindhouse Wrestling last November. Istria’s road to redemption was realised when he defeated Tim Kade, Alex Shepard and Hartley Jackson on the same night to win the P-1 Tournament (for a second year running) to gain entry into this match. Rock had been on tour in Japan for Pro Wrestling NOAH since winning the gold. Rock entered the match as Pacific, AWA and Australian National Heavyweight champion as well as both MCW and Meltdown Tag Champion (alongside Hartley Jackson). This match was one of the greatest in Pacific Pro’s short history as the two held nothing back. Utilising their wrestling experience and mixed martial arts training, the result looked in doubt midway through as there were two instances of a possible double count out. Each man came close to victory as the two traded holds and the crowd was enthralled by the contest. In the end it was Istria with a Fujiwara armbar that gained him the win and his third Pacific Heavyweight title.

Following the match Istria celebrated with two of his close friends. The celebration was interrupted however as Thirteen came to the ring and challenged Istria to defend the title. Thirteen claimed that Istria had the title and the friends, reasoning that if he were to win the title, he would have the friends. Istria accepted the challenge, delighting in the chance to break his arm.

Pacific Pro Wrestling returns to the Acacia Ridge Hotel on August 15 with Istria defending the Heavyweight title against Thirteen.



Poster by Cory Lockwood Productions | Photos by Just Julie Just Wrestling

