The Wrestling Revolver
REVOLVER The Ring of Future
June 17, 2023
Calumet Heart At Montgomery County Fairgrounds
Dayton, Ohio

Watch: FITE

The ABC (Chris Bey & Ace Austin) vs. Motor Metropolis Machine Weapons (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin)

That is fairly the coup for REVOLVER, as a result of as lots of it’s possible you’ll know, each of those groups are signed to Affect and have a declare to being not simply the perfect that promotion has to supply, however two of the perfect groups on the earth proper now. MCMG must be acquainted to all, not least ABC, who owes a stylistic debt to the Detroit boys. Shelley and Sabin have by no means not been nice, however you can argue that they’ve been revving up previously two years for what this 12 months seems to be the house stretch of hall-of-fame careers as tag and singles wrestlers.

Ace Austin and Chris Bey linked up as stablemates as a part of Jay White’s BULLET CLUB, and whereas not awkward, their staff felt like two singles wrestlers reasonably than well-oiled machines. In 2023, nevertheless, they’ve discovered a rhythm that works and identical to the Weapons, have change into famend for crisp and nimble tagging constructed on a strong technical basis.

We’ve received two of the perfect tag groups on the earth, each hitting their artistic strides. If we get twenty minutes and never an excessive amount of in the way in which of shenanigans, we might be taking a look at a MOTY right here.

Second Gear Crew (1 Known as Manders, Mance Warner & Matthew Justice) & Jon Moxley vs. The Rascalz (Myron Reed, Rey Miguel & Zachary Wentz) & Ricky Shane Web page

So in February, the SCG and the Rascalz fairly actually tore the home down at REVOLVER Night time on the Moxbury in entrance of a scorching crowd and delivered a Match of the Yr Candidate for many who appreciated all out brawls that includes artistic plunder spots and moonsaults off scaffolds. Should you’re an AEW fan who appreciated Anarchy within the Enviornment, then anticipate extra of the identical, and perhaps higher.

REVOLVER Title Match
Steve Maclin © vs. Jake Crist

I’m hyped for this because it’s two of my present favorites in a simple singles match. With three excellent fundamental occasions this 12 months for Affect, Maclin has confirmed himself as one of many strongest staff in North America. Going through him is Crist a wrestler I’ve lengthy had on my “most underrated” checklist; strong technical expertise and, like Maclin, a versatility that enables him to slide between grappling and deathmatches. I’m hoping we get to see an actual conflict of types right here, with Crist dipping into his lucha libre toolbox and Maclin responding with explosive offence—a darkish horse when it comes to present stealers.

Unfortunate 13 Staple Gun Match
Alex Colon vs. Loopy King

I’m not too conversant in both, so I requested Voices of Wrestling’s deathmatch skilled, Kevin Hare, for his tackle this:

“Colon is the person and is among the greatest US guys; I haven’t seen him lately since his return. His vibes are bizarre proper now since his GCW exit and look in XPW, and a staple gun match appears sort of like a lame stip, however I suppose they might do it properly.”

Konosuke Takeshita vs. JT Dunn

Dunn is a reliable all-rounder who can speak and wrestle, typically concurrently. I don’t anticipate this to be the match of the night time, however Takeshita, making his REVOLVER debut right here, is infinitely watchable, and this will probably be probability for Dunn to impress.

Robert Martyr vs. Angels

We’ve received ourselves a type of biblical-themed matchup right here when it comes to nomenclature. Not conversant in Robert Matyr, who’s right here representing Status Wrestling. Who or what’s he a martyr for? I hope it’s good wrestling. Angels, previously often called Alan, is somebody I consider as a strong hand, however I feel we’re all nonetheless ready for him to actually escape. Anticipating a strong three-star affair.

The UNIT (Allie Katch & Logan James) w/ Phil Stamper Vs. “The Brat Pack” Billie Starkz & Brogan Finlay

I’ve zero concept how this one goes to go. I’m not in opposition to intergender tags, however after some time, there are solely so many tropes you are able to do. Allie Katch is likely to be identified to most for her antics in GCW, however I feel she’s discovered a extra grounded place in REVOLVER as a heel. The Unit is just about route-one dangerous guys, and whereas it might be pantomime at occasions, it typically appears to work with stay crowds.

Golden Ticket Gauntlet
Jessicka vs. Jeffrey John vs. Crash Jaxon vs. Dan the Dad vs. Fulton w/Rehwoldt vs. Damiam Chambers vs. Blair Onyx vs. TBA vs. TBA vs. TBA

I want this had been your typical scramble with everybody within the ring doing loopy spots on one another. The Gauntlet gimmick presumably means we’ll be getting a collection of singles matches, which might go properly however might additionally drag on if booked incorrectly.

General, this is a wonderful card, and if it’s something like the usual that REVOLVER has been placing out lately, it could be properly price your FITE+ subscription.

Nevertheless, I really feel duty-bound to level out that this present continues the REVOLVER/Status feud, which is the foremost overarching storyline for each promotions this 12 months. The issue is, nobody cares. It’s nice that promotions are working collectively and sharing expertise, however there’s no warmth for this angle, which might have been revolutionary and thrilling perhaps 20 years in the past, however doesn’t actually matter in 2023.

One of the best tag staff on the earth AND the Status Wrestling world champion are in that very same match???

Roderick Robust’s first unbiased match in practically 7 years???

Kidd Bandit DESTROYING Alan Angels???

Killer Kelly vs Taya Valkyrie for the primary time ever???

Y’all are INSANE.

— Status Wrestling (@WrestlePrestige) June 13, 2023

This can be a implausible card, and other people will purchase the present based mostly on the nice checklist of matches and expertise that REVOLVER has assembled right here, however nobody is shopping for this due to the promotional feud angle, which typically appears like an afterthought more often than not anyway.

Secondly, and this goes for lots of indies, however to search out this card, I needed to scroll via the Wrestling REVOLVER Twitter account to see the introduced matches. The FITE web page doesn’t have the lineup, and as of writing, neither does the official REVOLVER web site. Why make it a chore to search out this stuff? Come on, type it out.

That mentioned, this can be a great-looking card, and REVOLVER is likely to be placing out the perfect indie present in America. So, if you happen to’ve received no different wrestling to observe this Saturday, I like to recommend checking this out.