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Great show last night by OTT, not a bad word can be said about the night!

Gave a review of Saturday's OTT show here from about 44:00 if anyone is interested! https://soundcloud.com/raginrick/low-blows-33-more-loaded-than-stephanies-bra

Really fun show at the Tivoli on last week. Busy, boisterous atmosphere again, the wrestler’s had their working boots on and the characters introduced to us at the first show were developed.

Opening the show a suited man came to the ring with two chaps in Hi Vis jackets declaring that they were installing meters under the ring. They were however interrupted by drunkard and keen socialist the Ballymun Bruiser, who hit the ring and gave them a good kicking in what would be difficult to spin as a ‘peaceful’ protest.

What is Bruiser’s entrance music? Sounds like Eminem, its class anyway.

Meanwhile at the bar, the bargirls are no selling myself and another lad’s attempts to get a pint. We attempt to grab their attention with sustained eye contact and a bit of leaning on the bar, but nobody gets over.

The opening match is between Sean Brennan (is he calling himself Sean Guinness now?) and Tucker. This was a really good, hard-hitting match with tons of dives and strikes and what have you. Neither man was overtly playing the heel so this was ostensibly a battle between two lovely lads kicking each other in the face. Tucker won with a Swanton. After the match Maxer low blows Tucker and takes a payoff from heel owner Humperdink. He wasn’t a lovely lad after all! Humperdink announces the Extreme Rules man event and is wearing a blonde wig and woollen cap because he is a pure evil bastard. An “Anyhoosles” chant breaks out confirming that Humperdinks catchphrases are even getting over. Fun so far.

Bonesaw beat Paddy Ward next. The Wards are really over and Bonesaw’s ample frame is perfectly hairless.

Jordan Devlin beat Nicky and Pete Dunn is a solid threeway in match number three. Nicky portrays a sinister homosexual and Dunn being English is also heel because wrestling. The crowd questioned the legality of Nicky’s valet with some spirited chanting before an ‘Up the ‘RA” chant broke out briefly for Dunn’s benefit which isn’t even the most offensive thing on the show. Devlin eliminated Nicky with a nice package piledriver and Dunn pinned Devlin with a twisty facebuster thing which my brain didn’t really comprehend because I’m drunk at this stage. The talented Devlin gets a deserved ovation from the crowd afterwards.

Justin Shape comes out next with Sammy D and B Cool for a tag match. Sammy D has put aside his life of hash and Pringles since the last show apparently and is doing a fitness gimmick along with the two lads. Their opponents are the two vagrants from the main event of the debut show. They are absolutely brilliant, totally inhabiting their characters and delivering the goods in the ring too. Some good Love/Hate inspired chants from the crowd. They do a great spot with some talcum powder leading to them channelling the Ultimate Warrior, ultimately getting the win with a lovely reverse DDT/Moonsault combo. Post-match celebration is good craic.

After the interval, Lord Paul Tracey took on the Ballymun Bruiser. Tracey said he was going to win on behalf of the upper classes or whatever, but staunch Leninist Bruiser again was having none of this. Fun match which the crowd were into.

The main event is a hardcore match between Luther Ward and Damien Corvin for a belt which I presume is the NLW title. This is a wild brawl around the theatre with some really exciting action. Ward did a tope into the third row and then downed a can like a lad. Corvin chucked Ward off the top rope in the classic Ric Flair spot, but this being an extreme rules match Ward landed on an upright chair, smashing it to pieces. In the closing moments, the pair brawled up onto the stage before Ward hit a Michinoku driver on Corvin off the stage through a table. He then rolled him into the ring and sidewalk slammed him through a chair for the pin.

After the bell Maxer, Tracey, Humperdink and Corvin beat the ****e out of the Wards because they haven’t a decent bone in their bodies. Thankfully Paddy Ward grabs a hurl and gives chase to the heels, before announcing he’ll fight them like men in January…Bai. Everyone has cans to close the show.

I would really encourage people to go to their next card in January. This was a great night out. Between OTT and Lucha Underground, I’m vaguely interested in wrestling again which was unthinkable even 3 months ago.

Very tempted to head to Waterford for this. Although the last deathmatch I saw live was Masada vs Jun Kasai so I'm not sure what to expect from this :pac:

Whereabouts is that going to be taking place? Ah crap, I'm working a 66 hour shift that weekend.

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Whereabouts is that going to be taking place? Ah crap, I'm working a 66 hour shift that weekend.

Europa Hotel

Going on my lonesome on Friday to OTT. Any boardies attending? If not I'll probably end up wearing my #lowblows badge and try tag along with Leggo et el.

Note to self: you won't be going to OTT on FRIDAY as the show is on SATURDAY. Not even the Wards caravan was parked outside when I rocked up tonight.

You'd wouldn't believe how hard to is being a complete gobsh*te.

So who else is heading to OTT tonight?

I pray someone recorded that 3 way or OTT put the whole match up online, everyone needs to see it. I'd put it as one of the best matches I have ever seen in an Irish promotion. Unbelievable!