Back with a Bang 2006

Another Great British Wrestling DVD from GPW. Recorded live at the Monaco Ballroom Hindley

The first show of 2006 kicked off with a party and not just any party, Dirk Feelgood’s birthday party. This party had a bit of everything including guests (Bubblegum) a clown and even a present given to Dirk by the clown. However, when Dirk opened the gift, it turned out to be none other then SIN member Joseph Hayes and then in another swerve, the clown unmasked to reveal that he was Joseph’s fellow team mate Johnny Phere. A brawl erupted in the GPW arena until it came down to Bubblegum and Joseph Hayes and match number one was on!

Opening Contest:
Joseph Hayes versus Bubblegum

The opening match got the first show of the year off to a great start as these 2 individuals went one on one for the first time. The match was a great showcase of the british cruiserweight style as well as being seriously competitive with neither man wanting to lose the first GPW match of 2006.

Tag Team match
The Mil-Anfield Connection (Danny Hope and Jiggy Walker) versus The Geeks (Rupert Holmes and Elroy Doogle)

The next match was a tag team match. Back in September at Trials and Tribulations, The Geeks defeated The MilAnfield Connection via disqualification so this was a rematch of sorts. However before the match actually began, Walker demanded a replacement referee on the grounds that the current referee (Mike Holmes) for the contest was related to Rupert. In the interest of fairness he was quickly replaced by another official.

Stevie Lynn vs Ruffneck

This match was signed as a result of what took place at Trials and Tribulations. On the night, Ruffneck had tried to interfere in a match between Dangerous Damon Leigh and Mark Kodiak and Stevie Lynn who had wrestled earlier in the show made the save. Before the match began however, MC Angel D Souza announced that Stevie Lynn could not compete due to injury and had set his tag team partner Ice XVII to face Ruffneck on his behalf. This match had an interesting clash of styles as the brawler Ruffneck faced the technique of Ice.

Sabotage vs Spud

This match came about as a result of what took place at the Salvation is Near event back in May. Spud had just defeated El Ligero (albeit due to the distraction by JC Thunder) and Sabotage came out to congratulate him on his victory, or so we thought. After praising Spud, he quickly turned on him, laying him out with a barrage of brutal moves as the stunned crowd looked on. Sabotage said that he was sick of cruiserweights and was going to ensure that from now on, any willing cruiserweight had to defeat him in order to prove they were a wrestler. So Spud had a lot to prove going in to this match. Sabotage made his entrance and then out came Spud. Yet this turned out to be a cruel setup perpetrated by Sabotage as his opponent turned out to be a Mr Potato Head toy from a childs toy box. Sabotage offered to give “Spud” a fighting chance saying he had to the count of 5 to kick out of any pinfalls and the match began.

The W K DanceOff Challenge

This contest was organised by fan favourites WKD who hoped to send a message to their rivals, Damage Control, Project Ego and Kev and Krev about who the next tag team champions would be in GPW. The teams began to dance until they were interrupted by Flood of Damage Control who seemed to have his own message to send. Flood claimed that his regular tag partner The Dragon could not make the show but he had found a replacement, the cousin of Project Ego’s Kris Travis.

The Main Event: GPW British Championship Match:
“Dangerous” Damon Leigh versus Champion “The Show Stealer” Alex Shane

This match was just over 12 months in the making and the crowd had been anticipating the bout all evening and it did not disappoint. Shane had “stolen” the belt back in January 2005 and it had not been seen in GPW since so this was DDL’s big chance to get the belt back.

Back with a Bang 2006 and other Great British Wrestling DVD's are available from GPW