We are so back! Coming off the heels of a massively successful Oil Rumble at Rogers Place, LPW 33 Cool Beans is here and I’m giddier than when Rod sees Denise; you bet your sweet mustache this card looks pretty! My name is Pluggo and I like to party, and by party, I mean break down super sweet wrestling cards. 

LPW Scramble Championship Match: Eli Surge vs. Nate Nixon vs. William Taylor vs. Wolfboy Will Mantla vs. Berat Gorani vs. Elliot Tyler

Eli Surge was nothing short of impressive in his first title defense of 2025 at the Oil Rumble. Just as fast as Rod had to raise $50,000 to save Frank, Surge must prepare for a whole new group of eager challengers to his tinfoil throne. We see Nasty Nate Nixon who is becoming one of the favorites in LPW. He’s as good as advertised, fam. Wolfboy and Goose take another crack at Scramble gold. Plus William Taylor and Elliot Tyler are back and looking to make a statement. Then there’s Berat Gorani, who became your new #1 contender for the LPW Tag Team Championships with Sheik Shabaz. One has to wonder if Berat is going to walk into that title opportunity already draped in gold?  

Eli, I hope you have Summoned all the animal spirits on this one because the Scramble Championship difficulty is at an all-time high. 

TY Jackson vs. Dean Richtor

TY Jackson is your brand new #1 contender for the LPW Grand Championship. What a way to kick that campaign off with Dean Rictor, an absolute brick house. Remember the scene in Hot Rod where the ramp breaks and Rod flies right into that trailer? Well, I imagine Dean Rictor hits about that hard.

If anyone can hang in there and take the punishment, it’s TY Jackson. Month in and month out, he continues to prove why he belongs at or near the top of the card. Putting aside the RADz’ “issues,” if you even want to call them that, TY remains cool under pressure and is looking to earn that Grand Championship that has eluded him to this point. Dean Rictor, you may hit harder than most but TY has the soul of a bottlenose dolphin. 

Marz the Specialist vs. Casey Ferreira

Every time Casey is in LPW, he shows out, and this will be no different. You’d have to believe a win here in this non-title opportunity, or even a showing that pushes Marz to the limit, could result in a future rematch for the Grand Championship. 

Last year I declared it was the year of The Thickness, Marz’s fellow short king. Well, this year I am declaring the year of the Specialist. He’s hot off winning the first-ever Oil Cup, defeating MRB, so he’s off to an impressive start and Friday night Marz will look to go 2-0 in 2025. Does that fellow short king I mentioned make his intentions known in regard to that Championship of Salvation which can be cashed in whenever he’d like? Tune in to IWTV at 7 pm Mountain time to find out! 

The RADz vs. Los Suavecitos

The RADz are coming off a loss in a #1 Contenders match against Para Lira, and they will look to rebound against the debuting Los Sauvecitos. I’m not sure what’s going on with the RADz and I don’t want to look too much into a loss to Para Lira, who are a top-tier tag team, but this feels as must-win as any non-championship match they have ever had. The cracks keep showing and they have managed to hold it together to this point, but at some point does all the losing just implode the once proud faction who couldn’t be defeated? Friday night will go a long long way into determining which way the RADz’ 2025 will go.

LPW Challenge Championship Match: Michael Richard Blais vs. Big Ben Ortmanns

Michael Ricard Blais takes on the debuting Big Ben Ortmanns for the LPW Challenge Championship.

Ortmanns is a mainstay for IWS in Montreal so we have ourselves a little East vs West matchup. To add a little more stakes to it, Ben is retiring at some point in 2025 but in no way plans to leave Edmonton without gold. As Ortmanns said in an interview on Between Two Beards, he’s not looking for this to be a one-off, and the easiest way to ensure that is to just win and become the new Challenge Champion. 

Michael Richard Blais couldn’t care less if this is your retirement tour and you want to go out on top. The leader of the Clandestine Wrestling Society has had a choke hold on the challenge championship and his willingness to go to any lengths to keep it might prove too much for Big Ben.

LPW Tag Team Championship Match (Hardcore Tornado Tag): Ride or Die vs. Intangible Violence

It’s always admirable to want to do things yourself and conquer the mountain solo. That said, when the mountain is the most dangerous group LPW has ever seen, you might want to call for some backup. Reid Matthews is doing just that. After months of issues with the Clandestine Wrestling Society, Matthews will tag-team with Zoë Sager in his latest attempt to take down the group that tried to end his career, and score the LPW Tag Team Championships in the process. Zoe scored the leg up on Ride or Die with a win over Taryn From Accounting at the Oil Rumble last week. Can Reid and Zoe ride that momentum into defeating Ride Or Dide?

Say what you will about TFA and Steven Crowe, but you can’t argue the results. They have mowed down every challenge that has been put in front of them, en route to becoming your longest-reigning tag champions in LPW history. Some have even gone as far as to say they are the Douglas Bubbletrousers of Tag Team wrestling. 

There we go folks! LPW is off to a hot start and it’s only getting hotter in the coming months, so strap in and keep it right here for more previews and breakdowns of everything Love Pro Wrestling! 

UPCOMING LPW EVENTS

January 30th ⎸ LPW x CWS #21 👉 https://tixr.com/e/116990

January 31st ⎸ LPW 33: COOL BEANS! 👉 https://tixr.com/e/117001

February 28th ⎸ LPW 34: How the West Was Won 👉 https://tixr.com/e/126560

March 1st ⎸ LPW x CWS #22 👉 https://tixr.com/e/129131

March 7th ⎸ LPW CALGARY: PRESS START 👉 https://tixr.com/e/125120