On Thursday night, in front of a rowdy crowd at the Rec Room in South Edmonton Common, the LPW and Clandestine Society stars collided in another entertaining night of professional wrestling. Whether fans were cheering the faces of the heels, there were a handful of exciting matches and a lot of build-up for Friday night’s super card, LPW #19 Speedball Strikes First.

So, if anyone missed the events that transpired at LPW x CWS #7, here’s a recap of the action from Thursday night. 

TY Jackson lassos “The Rhinestone Cowboy” Steven Crowe in the night’s opening match

On Thursday night, TY Jackson secured a three-count win over The Rhinestone Cowboy Steven Crowe, about 24 hours before his big showdown with “The Thickness” Reid Matthews. Ultimately, in a tune-up match before his opportunity to challenge for the LPW Grand Championship with a victory over Matthews, Jackson overcame a vibrant effort from Crowe, who nearly got the pin on several occasions. 

At first, the two opponents felt each out with some holds, taking things slow before exchanging offensive attacks, with Jackson executing a dive through the ropes, landing with Crowe several rows into the crowd. Surprisingly, upon returning to the ring, Crowe controlled the pace, connecting on a knee from the top rope and gaining two near falls, unable to keep Jackson’s shoulder pinned for a three count. After The Good, The Bad and The Ugly failed, Jackson countered and secured the win with a backflip from the top rope. 

Zoë Sager and Reid Matthews Talk Smack

Immediately following Jackson’s exit from the ring, LPW Grand Champion Zoë Sager and her bodyguard Matthews gave the audience an impromptu promo. During her time with the mic, with several in the crowd booing, she outlined her plan to remain the champion and never lose her title, especially to someone like Judas Icarus, her opponent on Friday night. 

Hilariously, The Se7en’s Jack Pride and Marz the Specialist cut Sager’s time short, coming out to discuss their plans to show the crowd who is the better LPW champion after the night’s main event. Considering that Pride currently holds the Scramble Championship, he said he’s always on guard because his opponents can be anyone, unlike Sager, who gets match announcements months in advance. Besides the back-and-forth bickering amongst the superstars, the segment ended without Marz acknowledging that he had to fight Matthews later in the evening. 

Taryn From Accounting Dominates Jared Rodgers in Front of His Family

As wrestling fans know, there’s nothing more certain than death, taxes, and Taryn From Accounting embarrassing an opponent in front of friends and family. Unfortunately, on Thursday night, Jared Rodgers could not mount much offense against Taryn, who survived the match’s first pinfall attempt and squashed every other attack that came her way. 

After several grappling holds to begin the contest, Taryn took control of the match from the early going, and anytime the crowd felt Rodgers building momentum, she put him back on the mat. Eventually, with a divided crowd of fans cheering on both wrestlers, Taryn taunted Rodger’s family at ringside. Surprisingly, the two combatants stayed down for a seven count, but that was only a minor setback as Taryn hit her Number Cruncher to collect the pin and the win. 

Wolfboy Will Mantla loses a David vs. Goliath-style match to Berat Gorani

As one-half of the current LPW tag team champions, Berat Gorani (Para Lira) waltzed into his contest with Wolfboy Will Mantla, using his towering size to his advantage in what turned out to be a complete mismatch between the ropes. Although Mantla did manage to get in some offense, making Gorani stumble at times, his best efforts only earned him the night’s nearest fall at two and a half. 

Of course, Gorani played up his status as one of the promotion’s biggest heels by posing while stepping on Mantla’s chest for a pinfall attempt early in the match. Besides scoring a fantastic neck breaker from the top rope, his first attempt at a pump-up powerbomb failed with a counter before nailing it on the second try, getting the three count.

Unsurprisingly, Gorani then took the mic and told the crowd that Para Lira would not be losing their tag titles to anyone from the Clandestine Society and was going to give everyone a taste of what was to come with another attack on Mantla after the bell. Luckily, Taryn and Crowe came rushing out to the ring, scaring Gorani into the crowd and planting a seed of doubt a night before the two teams hook up for the tag titles. 

Sager and Mathews Cheat Their Way to Another Victory

Despite the main event on Thursday night not being a championship bout, the LPW Grand and Scramble titles factored heavily into the match’s outcome. After the opening bell, Marz took the brunt of the beating from Sager and Matthews, who managed to sneak in some shady moves while referee Judge Ben Ooman wasn’t looking. Whether using the ropes to their advantage or pulling his hair, Marz could not make a tag from the other side of the ring, spending what seemed like an eternity away from his partner, Pride. 

After several tags from both teams, the match erupted into a four-way, with everyone participating, executing moves with their partners, and trying to get the pin by any means necessary. Eventually, Sager kicked out of the closest pin attempt in the match, which led to Matthews escaping ringside with Pride’s Scramble Championship belt. While chaos ensued outside, Sager used her Grand Championship title as a weapon, hitting Marz in the head and discarding the belt in time for the referee to return to the ring and count the fall. Ultimately, this match could have had a different outcome if Se7en’s manager Thaddeus Archer the Third had been at ringside to cut down on the champion cheating her way into another unearned victory.

Upcoming LPW Events

LPW is set to host their biggest event of the year on Friday night, with Impact’s Speedball Mike Bailey set to take on God’s Gift to Wrestling Michael Richard Blais. Although there are seven other matches on the card, this will be the main event, with two of professional wrestling’s best going head-to-head in front of a sold-out auditorium. 

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On a hazy, warm Saturday afternoon, the stars of LPW took their talents outdoors in Sherwood Park to entertain the fans outside of Randy Ross Arena. Just hours before the puck drop of the AJHL’s Sherwood Park Crusaders game, two LPW champions, “The Intangible” Zoë Sager and Son of Irish, put their titles on the line in front of a rowdy crowd of passionate pro wrestling fans. 

Unsurprisingly, it has been a revolutionary week for LPW. Besides hosting LPW: FACE OFF 2, the Edmonton-based promotion just recently announced the Oil Rumble, a groundbreaking event set to take place at Rogers Place in January. During that evening’s Edmonton Oil Kings game, LPW will have matches throughout the night, with the main event in the second intermission. Historically, LPW will become the first independent wrestling show at the new downtown arena.

However, before we spend too much time discussing future events, here’s a recap of the action from the LPW FACE OFF 2, the promotion’s second-ever outdoor event. 

Sager extends reign as Grand Champion with another gutsy win.

Since becoming Grand Champion on Jan. 27, 2023, Sagar remains a fighting champion, never backing down from a challenge and picking up a victory over Eli Surge in the event’s opening match. Despite coming to the ring without “The Thickness” Reid Matthews by her side, the champion spent the first few minutes of the match avoiding Surge’s attempts to get her to put on his aluminum foil hat. 

After a slow start, the two exchanged near falls, with each competitor controlling the pace for extended periods, with the top moment of the match occurring when Sagar tossed Surge from the top rope with a Queen’s Bridge suplex. Although the move resulted in a two-and-a-half count, Sagar ended the match minutes later with her patented Z-Factor, successfully extending her championship reign to 233 days and counting. 

Michael Richard Blais pins TY Jackson in a wildly entertaining bout.

Initially, Michael Richard Blais should have faced Berat Gorani, but as all wrestling promos go, “card subject to change,” and instead tangled with TY Jackson. As one of the top contenders for the Grand Championship, Jackson spent more time outside the ring than in it to begin the match. 

As the crowd of spectators grew, including an entire section of kids cheering the competitors on, Jackson engaged more with them than Blais early on. Eventually, when the bell rang, these two starred in the best match of the evening with incredible back-and-forth action, feeding off the crowd’s energy. Despite keeping everything inside the ring for a while, the two ended up back outside, where Jackson took several chops from kids looking to get involved in the melee. 

After the ringside shenanigans, Blais got his opponent back into the squared circle, where Jackson slowed everything down with several long sleeper holds. Although fans went extended periods between pinfall attempts, Jackson snuck in a low blow with referee Stewart Garvey pinned in the corner by the two grappling stars. However, it didn’t slow Blais down, as he nailed a superplex from the top rope, which Jackson kicked out of before tapping to the Sharpshooter.

Jack Pride defeats Lumberjack Larry Woods in a scrappy non-title match. 

As the crowd of eager kids watched from ringside, banging on the apron, Se7en’s Jack Pride escaped a dogfight with Lumberjack Larry Woods, adding another feather to his cap while carrying the LPW Scramble Championship. After the opening bell, the two competitors exchanged near falls before the action really picked up. However, things never got too far out of hand despite Thaddeus Archer the Third interfering several times, trying to turn the tide in Pride’s favor. 

Eventually, the bout took its toll on Woods, who had visible scrapes on his body, and after a tumble out of the ring, Pride appeared exhausted, but the two warriors continued battling. Shortly after returning to the ring, Pride narrowly escaped defeat by getting his foot on the rope to avoid a pinfall before taking Wood’s finisher, the Sawline, kicking out again before securing the victory by a rollup. 

Challenge Champion, Son of Irish, continues his hot streak, pinning Marz the Specialist.

The Future of Wrestling is indeed upon us, with Son of Irish defending his Challenge Championship for the sixth straight month. Despite watching his opponent Marz control the match from the opening, he escaped several pinfall attempts while trying to find his footing in the contest. Of course, after Son of Irish started to build momentum, Marz faked an eye injury, hoping his manager, Thaddeus Archer the Third, would assist him with a sneak attack. However, the stunt backfired, resulting in Thaddeus getting banned from ringside. 

As the fast-paced action continued without outside interference for the first time in the match, both stars went down for a six-count after a spectacular springboard cutter. Eventually, when the two competitors returned to their feet and reengaged, Son of Irish connected on yet another from the top rope minutes later, securing the pinfall and pushing his reign over 205 days. 

Upcoming LPW Events

If anyone is new to LPW, the promotion’s next show is on September 28 & 29 at The Rec Room in South Edmonton Common. During their Thursday night event, stars from LPW will collaborate with the Clandestine Wrestling Society before a super card on Friday night. 

The main event of the two-day show is shaping up to be a banger, with current IMPACT Wrestling star Speedball Mike Bailey set to take on God’s Gift to Wrestling Michael Richard Blais. Meanwhile, Sagar will defend her Grand Championship against Judas Icarus in what should be another entertaining title match.

As always, tickets are selling out fast, and limited seats are available, so if you are not sitting ringside already, you will miss out on Edmonton’s premiere professional wrestling show. 

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