DEFY Wrestling 4/17/2025 Living Proof

DEFY Wrestling 4/17/2025 Living Proof

Cody Chhun, Guillermo Rosas & Negro Casas vs. The Bollywood Boyz (Harv Sihra and Gurv Sihra) & Galeno del Mal

Cody and Rosas do The Bolly's dance. Negro then does it too. Both teams then do it together.

Harv or Gurv rolls up Cody and cradles him. Cody takes a double axe handle to the arm. Gurv (shorts) takes shots from Cody. Gurv and Harv take double shoulders. Harv (long pants) takes a double dropkick. Mal and Negro get in. They trade chops and Negro goes down. Mal shoulders over Negro. Mal is pulled over the top.

Gurv takes corner attacks then a dropkick + suplex combo for 2. Negro wristlocks Gurv. Negro and Gurv chop each other. Gurv eye rakes him. Rosas comes in and hits shoulders on everyone. Mal boots him over. Rosas takes corner attacks.

Rosas takes a backbreaker + top rope elbow drop combo. Mal splashes Rosas for 2. Harv chinlocks Rosas. Rosas backdrops Harv. Cody gets in and hits shoulderblocks and dropkicks. Cody hits corner splashes then punches.

Mal takes a double suplex. Cody and his partner have their heads banged together then are put in double sharpshooters. Mal and Negro trade. Negro hits leg kicks and dropkicks him in the knee. Negro's team then does triple la magistral's and wins.

Thoughts: It was fine. It ended at the right time and the finish was clever. Negro didn't do a lot here. Rosas and Cody were happy to be the old school faces here. 

Ravenous Randy Myers comes out and makes out with a man in the front row. I didn't need to see that. He says nothing of note and says let's make some magic. Evan Rivers then pushes him over and ends that.

Randy hits punches and Evans hits a spinning pumphandle slam and ends this.

Vert Vixen, Amira & Viva Van vs. Nicole Matthews, Rhio & Liiza Hall

Hall and Vert go at it. Vert throws her down. Hall throws her over then Vert shoulders her over. Vert goes up and over. She sweeps Hall then elbow drops her back.  Hall is legswept then takes a double basement dropkick.

Hall buzzsaw kicks Viva then fisherman suplexes her for 2. Viva comes in and spinning heel kicks Rhio for 2. Viva flying headscissors Rhio. Viva hits another spinning heel kick and shimmy's. Amira gets in and is dropped on Rhio.

Rhio forearms Amira then double underhook suplexes her. Rhio shotgun dropkicks Amira. Rhio facekicks Amira then crossbodies her for 2. Rhio lariats Amira. Amira armdrags Nicole then spinning armdrags her. Amira backrolls Nicole and Nicole turns it into a sleeper.

Nicole leglocks Amira. Nicole lariats Amira. Hall snapmares Amira and kicks her in the back. Amira takes chest kicks from Nicole on the ropes. Amira takes a high/low then a spinning neckbreaker. Amira sitout powerbombs Hall.

Rhio and Vert trade shots. Rhio step up enzugiri's her. Vert superkicks her. Amira and Nicole each hit shots. Amira hits forearms and elbows on Nicole and Hall. Amira hits corner attacks. Amira and Viva do stereo cannonballs. Vert and Rhio fight in the crowd.

Viva upkicks Nicole then codebreakers her. Hall pump kicks Viva then germans her. Hall death valley drivers Amira. Amira takes a spider german. Viva and Nicole botch some electric chair spot. Viva then ocean cyclone suplexes her to win.

Thoughts: It wasn't that good. It went on longer than it needed to. Most of Viva's offense didn't look good here and she botched the finish twice. Amira and Hall did okay though.

EVIL vs. Michael Oku

Evil eye pokes him and side headlocks him. Evil shoulders him over. Oku flying headscissors him and dropkicks him. Oku then topes him outside.

Evil blocks a PK from the apron and flips Oku onto the apron. Evil chokes Oku with a rope and tries pin attempts. Evil hits chops on Oku then eye rakes him. Oku 2nd rope dropkicks him.

Oku ddt's Evil for 2. Oku PK's Evil then asai moonsaults him for 2. Evil throws the ref in the way of Oku. He kicks him in the gut then does a magic killer by putting him on the ref for 2. Oku superkicks him. Oku fosbury flops Evil outside. Oku top rope crossbodies Evil for 2.

Oku half crabs Evil. Oku goes up to the ref and Evil low blows him for 2. Oku dropkicks him then hits a top rope 180 splash. Oku corner dropkicks Evil. Oku is flipped with a lariat. Evil hits darkness falls for 2. Evil then hits everything is evil and wins.

Thoughts: It had the usual Evil cheating. Evil didn't do anything too unbelievable at least but it wasn't great. The crowd was more forgiving to him than you would expect.

Evil sharpshooters Oku after.

DEFY World Tag Team Championship: Sinner & Saint (Judas Icarus and Travis Williams) (c) vs. Lykos Gym (Kid Lykos I and II) vs. HYO & Susumu Yokosuka

Kid Lykos II has the mask and Lykos I doesn't.

Hyo and 1 go at it. 2 headflips out of a wristlock, Hyo headscissors him and they stand off. They then headflip up together. Judas is double teamed by SY and Hyo. Judas takes a double back elbow then a knee > basement dropkick.

Trav chops up Hyo. 1 dropkicks Trav in the leg and head. Trav takes a double back elbow then is tripped into a baseball slide. 2 takes a dropkick + enzugiri combo in the corner.

Trav stomps 2's arm into the mat. Judas lariats 2 for 2. 2 jawbreakers him. Hyo gets in. He hits euros on Trav then rolls him into a double stomp. Rivers comes out and trips Hyo. Randy Myers then hits Rivers on the apron. Rany slams Rivers on the floor.

SY takes a double boot. SY hits lariats on Sinner and Saint. Judas takes corner attacks. SY exploders 1 off top. Hyo then 2nd rope sentons 1 for 2. 1 hits shots on Sinner and Saint. 2 comes in and 1 and 2 hit kicks on Trav in the corner. Trav takes a top rope senton + neckbreaker combo. SY lariats 1. 2 enzugiri's SY then 2nd rope dropkicks him.

Hyo slingshot cutters II. Hyo jawbreakers Judas and takes a dropkick + angels wings. Trav pins Hyo.

Thoughts: It was okay but nothing too great. It was a fast paced match as expected where you'd miss something if you blinked. I was surprised to see the Japanese guys take the fall here. 

KENTA vs. Mance Warner

They trade forearms then slap each other. They hockey fight. Kenta hits chest kicks then Kenta facekicks him down. Kenta hits chest kicks outside and sends MW into the post. MW bites him and headbutts him. MW bites the hand then Kenta bites his hand.

Kenta puts a fan's hat on and facekicks MW against fans. MW hits more shots outside. Kenta hits headbutts then facekicks him while he's in the front row. Mance is sent into the post. They sit down on chairs on the stage and slap each other. MW chairs Kenta in the gut. Kenta powerslams him on a chair.

 Kenta corner dropkicks a chair into MW's face. MW throws a chair in his face then running lariats him for 2. Kenta facekicks him and hits a falcon arrow for 2. Kenta hits a top rope double stomp for 2. Mance hits a big chokeslam for 2. MW running knees him in the face for 2.

They trade forearms. Kenta hits slaps. MW forearms him.  Kenta hits a go to sleep and wins.

Thoughts: It's a 2025 Kenta match. You are not getting much but kicks and slaps and he's not going to be taking a bunch of bumps. This went longer than it needed to and had a slow pace. They tried to make it a heated brawl but without any real aggression or heat, so it didn't quite work. I think MW got as much out of Kenta that you can get in 2025.

Ricky Gibson gets on the mic beforehand. He says it's great to see people cheer for the RNR and said people came to see if they were still alive. Rick says they are still alive for now as the match hasn't started. Eddie says they are trying to save them the embarrassment and tells them to leave their boots in the ring and give a retirement speech. Morton says they went on for 20 minutes and tells them to kiss his @ss. Morton says they know they are old and said they couldn't whip him by himself in his prime.

The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson) vs. Midnight Heat (Eddie Pearl & Ricky Gibson)

Ricky Gibson hits shots on Robert. He then hits Eddie on accident. Ricky Gibson avoids a double team but then takes a double punch. Ricky Gibson goes out to stall.

Robert double chops Ricky and side headlocks him. He then hiptosses Eddie with the other arm. Eddie takes a shot to the gut and a kneelift. Morton punches Eddie.

Eddie backs up Morton in the corner. Morton eye rakes him. Morton wristlocks Eddie then Robert keeps the hold on. Morton then keeps the hold on when he gets in. Eddie uppercuts Morton.

Ricky Gibson foot chokes Morton then chinlocks him. Morton is kicked in the gut by Eddie then punched in the head. Eddie punches Morton in the gut. Eddie misses a corner charge.

Robert gets in and bangs Heat's heads together. The Express are snet into each other then Ricky Gibson nails Eddie on accident. Morton canadian destroyers Ricky Gibon and Robert gets the pin.

Thoughts: It was a shorter match but they hid The Express' weaknesses well here and there was nothing wrong with this one. They worked this well and kept it safe and simple. 

DEFY World Championship: Clark Connors (c) vs. El Phantasmo vs. Man Like DeReiss

MLD and ELP do taunts beforehand. CC flips both off. MLD shoulders ELP over then dropkicks him out. CC stomps on MLD. ELP hits chops on CC then CC chops him back. ELP dropkicks CC.

ELP twists CC's fingers then stomps the hand into the mat. ELP walks up the buckles, rope walks and and is pushed down onto the ropes. ELP is knocked off the apron into the seats. CC headbutts MLD outside and sends him into the post.

CC eye pokes ELP outside. CC chokes him with a chain. CC suplexes him then elbow drops him. CC chinlocks him. and back elbows him.

MLD hits lariats on CC and lariats him. MLD enzugiri's CC from the apron. MLD diving blockbusters CC off the top. ELP enzugiri's MLD on the buckles. We get a tower of doom with CC being on the bottom.

CC hits his opponents and takes MLD's doo rag off. CC takes a double superkick. They trade forearms. MLD sunset flips him and they trade pin attempts. ELP step up enzugiri's him. ELP spinning ufo neckbreakers MLD for 2.

MLD kips down out of a lariat and cutters ELP. MLD 450's ELP. CC throws MLD and gets a 2 count on ELP. ELP cradles and superkicks CC. He superkicks CC again then hits a gordbuster for 2. ELP is enzugiri'd up top. CC gets his knees up on MLD's 450. CC speakrs MLD then ELP. CC then hits a high angle ddt on MLD and wins.

Thoughts: It was an okay main. Nobody did anything too wild here because there are more shows they have to work but it was acceptable. Someone was sitting out of this one at all times and there weren't any real big spots outside of a tower of doom.

Overall thoughts: I missed some of Mance/Kenta but it was an okay show overall. There's nothing I would go check out here but it's a watchable show. The opener, main and semi-main were all fine. The less said about the stuff with Randy Myers, the better. I'd give it a 5 out of 10 as too many people took it easy due to having other matches to do.

DEFY Wrestling 4/4/2024 DEFY Can't Deny It

DEFY Wrestling 4/4/2024 DEFY Can't Deny It

This is at least my first show of Wrestlemania Weekend 2024 (there were some yesterday but one was intergender and one didn't air). This one will be a live review.

Schaff is riding a dirt buggy says he's the baddest mofo in wrestling and wants all of the baddest mofos in the battle royale. He said he's coming for Philly.

DEFY Tag Team Title Match - The Bollywood Boyz (Gurv Sihra & Harv Sihra) (c) vs. Man Like DeReiss and Michael Oku

MLD does his usual rap during his entrance. He has cool light up sunglasses. He said Leon Slater didn't make it due to travel issues and brings out Michael Oku.

MLD and one of The Boyz lock up. They trade shoulders. MLD hits a headlock takeover and takes a headscissors. Skipping ahead, Oku takes an armlock then his arm is double axe handled. MLD does a springboard moonsault on one of the Boyz. Oku leapfrogs MLD and legdrops one of the bros in the nuts.

Oku takes a back bump on the apron and is sent into the seats. MLD has his head banged off the seats. Oku gets stomped on. Oku is lifted up and takes a back elbow off the top. One of the bros hits a spinning heel kick. Oku takes a back elbow. Oku is thrown out. He gets back in and hits a top rope froggy crossbody.

MLD gets the hot tag in and release germans one of The Boyz. He then hits a fallaway slam and a back body drop. Oku does a nice fosbury flop over the top. Oku hits a corner dropkick on one of The Boyz then that one gets powerbombed. MLD and Oku do stereo half-crabs.

The Boys do stereo sharpshooters. One of The Boyz takes something like a 3D then The Boyz take another 3D. MLD goes for a top rope frogsplash and one of The Boyz gets thier knees up. MLD takes a demolition decapitation and is pinned.

It was a long and slower opener and not how I would have done this. I would have just done a quick sub-10 minute spotfest with some flips and a fast pace.  DeReiss and Oku had multiple sloppy moves here.

CCK (Chris Brookes & Kid Lykos) vs. Moonlight Express (MAO & Mike Bailey)

Kid boots Mao then Mao hammerlocks him. Mao jumps over and goes under him then rolls him up. CB and Mike try to do a test of strength but CB is too tall. CB shoulders him over then is chest kicked over. Kid hits leg kicks on Mike and Mike checks one of them, hurting Kid.

Kid stomps Mike's foot and takes a push kick. Mike kicks him in the chest then hits a kick combo. CB grabs both opponents by the nose and rakes it then takes a double dropkick out. Mao and Mike get on the top rope, grab each other and moonsault out together.

Kid takes a double spinkick and Mao is back body dropped out. Kid gets on CB's shoulders and hits an electric chair off of it. CB hits a senton and Kid topes out. CB camel clutches Mike and with Kid, he puts his spit in Mike's ears.

Mike cradles Kid. Mao top rope kneedrops Kid then rolls into a stunner on CB. Mao shotgun dropkicks Kid then step up knees him. Mao corner face kicks Kid then running shotei's him for 2. Mao uppercuts Kid then is tripped int o 2nd rope CB double stomp. Kid slingshots into a pin attempt on Mao.

CB spin kicks Mao then Mao superkicks him. CB step up enzugiri's him then Mao corkscrew kicks him. Kid corkscrew crossbodies Mike then high kicks him. Mike spin kicks, axe kicks and chest kicks Kid. Mike running ssp's him for 2.

Mike triangle moonsaults outside then Mao misdirection punches CB. Mao and Mike each miss 2nd rope ultimate weapons. We get stereo standing spanish flies. Mike spinning corkscrew kicks Kid. Mike and Mao get on the buckles then do a top rope moonsault + ultimate weapon combo at the same time. Mao misses a top rope 450 while Mike hits a top rope moonault outside. Mao jumps over the ref and hits a stunner. Mike moonsault double knees Kid  the Mao corkscrew kicks CB.

Kid takes a double high kick then hits a canadian destroyer off the coriolis.  Kid brainbusters Mike for 2. CB top rope double knees Mike. Kid is back body dropped to the outside . Mike is in the gori bomb position and takes a springboard diamond dust. Kid's team wins it.

It was a fun match. Not a lot of logic or selling but they had some creative spots and didn't overdo it too much.

They had some music producer named Mega Ran come out to do commentary. They say he does "nerdcore".

DEFY Women's Title Three Way Match - Vertvixen (c) vs. Trish Adora vs. Sawyer Wreck

I didn't get to see all of this but it didn't look bad and got lots of time.

BMF Battle Royal

Luke Jacobs, Galeno Del Mal, LJ Cleary and Charles Crowley were the first four in. Crowley did his dancing entrance with a hat with jorns. Cleary came in and did flips. Shota comes in and hits back elbows then step up enzugiri's Crowley. Shota hits a tornado ddt then jawbreakers Galeno before getting hit. Gene Munney gets in. He hits a slingshot spear and kicks LJ in the crotch.

Gene eye pokes and headbutts Galeno then does a nice coast to coast twisting groin headbutt. Ricky Knight Jr. came out next. Ricky hits a springboard twisting crossbody then lifts 2 wrestlers on his shoulder for a samoan drop.

Schaff comes out next. He lariats Ricky and Shota then uranage's Gene. Gene superkicks Crowley in the gut then LJ 2nd rope canadian destroyers Gene. Gene then gets lariated out for the first elimination. LJ hits kicks on Crowley then they fight on the apron. LJ and Crowley both get crotched on the ropes by Gene and roll out to the floor for the elimination.

Shota double foots Schaff in bthe corner. Schaff blocks his tornado ddt then gorilla presses him out onto LJ and Crowley. Galeno dropkicks Schaff then lariats Ricky off the apron, eliminating him. Schaff forearms Galeno then Ricky ddt's him. Ricky hits a corner forearm. Luke top rope superplexes Schaff.

Luke hits forearms on Galeno and is slapped. Galeno takes a pop-up bomb then lariats Luke over the top. Glaeno and Schaff are the last two. They shove and forearm each other. Galeno headbutts him in the chest. Galeno is nearly pulled out and they trade forearms on the apron. Schaff death valley drivers Galeno on the apron and eliminates him. Schaff wins.

It wasn't bad here with the heavies getting some time and nobody really getting a chance to overdo it too much. As with most battle royales, it was 2 people going at it and everyone else tucked in the corner. Galeno didn't get to do most of his cool stuff here and Shota got little in.

C4XKC (Cody Chhun, Guillermo Rosas & KC Navarro) vs. Sovereign (Evan Rivers, Judas Icarus & Travis Williams) vs. Team Dragon Gate (Kzy, Ho Ho Lun & Shun Skywalker)

It started off slower than yo uwould expect. KC is flipped by Kzy. KC flips over Kzy. KC takes a stiff lariat. KZY is brought down by both arms then takes a stomps/boots to the back. Rivers hits a stiff lariat to the back of Kzy's neck. Rosas hits a back body drop then hits corner moves.

Rosas takes a double enzugiri in the corner. Williams springboard dropkicks Cody then Williams topes outside. Judas plancha's outside then Rivers dies outside. Williams handspring lariats Rosas. Rivers belly to belly suplexes Rosas for 2. Williams stomps on Rosas.

Judas falls from an electric chai outside. Rosas and Judas lariat battle then Judas is flipped with one. Cody hits forearms and single leg dropkicks. He then does a spinarooni. Cody hits corner splashes then does jabs on Judas. Cody ddt's Judas then KC top rope splashes Judas for 2.

Kzy is monkey flipped into two opponents then Lun suplexes Cody. Shun standing moonsault double knees Cody.  Shu is popped up into a german. Shun is held in the air and Rivers top rope moonsaults him. Rivers and Cody trade then Rivers pump handle emerald flowsions him. Priest works Rosas' arm then Lun leg lariats the back of Rosas's head. KC ddt's Lun.

Williams rolls Shun into a suplex. Williams back elbows Cody. Cody gets throgu ha double lariat then hits a double oscutter. Rosas hits a double spear then pulls the straps down. Rivers rolls in and gets fliipped then KC hits a shiranui on him. Rivers takess a high low and Cody's team picks up the win.

It was weird with only 2 men being instead of 3. It was flippy and spotty and of course but these large matches cover some of the limited selling. I'm not sure what went on with the electric chair spot outside here. We didn't see a ton of the Dragon Gates in this one. I did kind of end up liking this, but you know the deal with this one.

Cody's team does spinarooni's after.

DEFY World Title Match - KENTA (c) vs. Gringo Loco

They trade basic holds. Loco flips out of the corner. Loco hits him in the gut then they shoulder battle. Kenta pulls him down by the hair. Kenta diving hurricanrana's him off the apron to the floor. Kenta hits punches on Loco in the crowd. Loco hits chops then takes punches.

Loco's head is banged off the post. Kenta snapmares Loco then kneedrops his head. Kenta eye pokes him. Loco kicks him in the gut then handspring back elbows him. Loco hits an emerald flowsion for 2. Loco snapmares Kenta then kicks him in the back. Loco ties up Kenta's legs then armlocks him and poses on him.

Loco double jump corkscrew moonsaults him for 2. Loco chops Kenta then Kneta running knees him in the gut. Kenta hits a nice lariat then hits a kick combo. Kenta fisherman suplexes him. Kenta tornado ddt's him over the top rope then top rope lariats him. Kenta stf's him

Kenta hits uraken's on Loco and Loco sitout powerbombs him off a poisonrana. Kenta ddt's him on the apron. Kenta dropkicks him in the corner then top rope double stomps him. Loco has him up for an emerald fwlosion the spins him around into a ddt. Kenta hits forearms on Loco then Kenta falcon arrows him.

Kenta goes up top and is hit. Loco does a top rope falcon arrow. Loco is thrown into the ref twice and the ref goes down. Kenta ddt's him then chairs him. Kenta misses a tile belt shot then takes a pop-up fire thunder driver. The ref is out though so there's no pin. Loco corkscrews off the top and takes a knee from Kenta. Kenta busaiku knees him for 2.

Ketnta hits hard slaps then hits a go to sleep. Kenta then wins it.

It started off not that bad, but still kind of slow. Then it kept going with a ref bump and them doing too much as usual. I was not a fan of this.

Overall thoughts: I will try to catch the women's match later. It was a longer and slower show despite having a lot of more indy style wrestlers. There were 3 matches I somewhat liked here and I would recommend either Mike Bailey tag or the 3 way tag if you wanted to see something from it. It wasn't must see but had a lot of people on the show and was better than I had expected.