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UWA 04.29.05 - The New Era

The whole premise of this show is crowning a new UWA Heavyweight Champion and to announce that the former Heavyweight championship is now the Undisputed Championship. There was quite the debate on what to name the new championship belt as nobody could really agree on anything, but in the end the generic name won out. Maybe next time. The original plans called for a six man tournament including Gage, Slavins, Calypso, Prototype, Outlaw, and Steiner, with the finals being a triple threat match for the title with Steiner going over the Undisputed champion Calypso. Outlaw no-showed, however, and the tournament was changed quite a bit. Instead of Calypso Vs Outlaw, Calypso got a bye, and the finals were Steiner Vs Calypso with Calypso causing a double-DQ in the Gage/Slavins match. Perhaps it was for the better because the actual main event is probably better than what the triple threat would turn out to be. Anyways...on with the show.

Mike Moros is out in the ring as the show starts and announces the card and mispronounces Slavins' name. Calypso Vs Outlaw is announced which brings out Calypso who "couldn't help but notice" that Outlaw couldn't show because of an injury caused by him. He demands a bye and the GM grants him one and places Calypso in the finals. Both men shake hands then Calypso takes the Heavyweight belt and poses with both the Heavyweight and Undisputed belts and we cut to commercial break.

Bob Slavins and Trace are your announcers as Horatio couldn't make it.

Round 1 Match: Steiner Vs Prototype
The commentary puts Prototype over big time. Steiner and Prototype fight for control earlier on and Steiner tosses PT into the wall and hits a DDT. Steiner knees Prototype and then hits a stalling suplex which causes PT to salute to Hitler. PT makes a comeback with punches but gets caught in the GaleSlam which gets the three count at 0:42. Trace says the UWA lost $2,000 on Prototype's appearance. DUD. Squash city, a first for the UWA.

Round 1 and Best of Five Series Match Two: Gage Vs Scott Slavins
Right now Gage leads the series 1-0. Both men stare each other down then grapple, Slavins tosses Gage down, gets kicked off, ducks a clothesline, misses a dropkick, then gets slapped in the head. Gage charges and runs into a dropkick followed by repeated slaps to the head and a standing facewash followed by a senton splash onto Gage. Slavins applies an armbar followed by knees to the stomach. Double knees to Gage followed by two shoulder tackles. Slavins works on the arm some more and then the springboard kick to the back of the head which gets two. Slavins works o nthe mid-section with repeated knees and then hits two punches to the stomach and then hits the Dudley Bog which gets two. Gage fights up and hits a backdrop followed by a brainbuster followed by a snapmare flip over. Gage locks in the headscissors takeover, Slavins fights out, then gets hit with a powerbomb which only gets Gage a two. Gage bodyslams Slavins then hits a shooting star press in which he lands on Slavins face. Trace's phone rings and Bobby is all on his own on commentary to which he "Uhhhhhhh" a lot inbetween calling the superkick and three friends which get a two. Slavins pushes the ref down and hits a snapmare/dropkick combo then hits a springboard dropkick to the back of the head. Slavins asks the ref if he's ready to count to three and Slavins sets up the gore. Gage makes it to his feet, Slavins goes for the RKO instead of the gore, then gets tossed off and then earns some knees to the midsection. Gage hits a dropkick and Trace announces he'll be getting money Friday. Both men get up until Slavins applies a headlock takedown but Gage rolls out of it and gets kicked in the back for his trouble. Slavins sets up the chair and hits a swanton over the chair on Gage. Slavins spends a couple seconds setting up the chair as Gage keeps moving but Slavins finally places it where he wants it and dropkicks Gage in the back of the head which only gets two. Slavins sets up for the gore once again and he hits it and Gage's shoe flies off, literally. Slavins goes for a pin but Calypso comes out of nowhere and nails Slavins with the chair then tosses the ref down. Gage gets tossed into the ropes and nailed with a chairshot as well. Calypso stomps down on both men and hits two F5s, one for each, then poses. The match is a double DQ at 8:32. ** The match wasn't all that good, just a spotfest, although they didn't have much time to tell a story so I can't fault them, although their last match was around the same time and was a little better (got ***).

We come back from commercial break with Moros saying Slavins and Gage are out of commission thanks to Calypso's attack and the main event is now Steiner Vs Calypso.

Round 2 Match: Steiner Vs Calypso (For the UWA Heavyweight Championship)
Calypso takes time to poses with both belts for good measure prematch. Mike Moros is YOUR special ref. Both men circle each other, grapple, Calypso gets locked in a headlock, fights out and puts in the STO. Steiner fights out with elbows and there's double shoulder tackles everywhere until Calypso goes down. Steiner ducks a clothesline but gets hit with a spinebuster for two. Calypso hits repeated kicks to the back, misses his dropkick, ducks a clothesline, then gets a clothesline of his own. Trace's grandma comes in and gives him $30. Both men grapple again and Calypso puts in the front frace lock and takes Steiner to the ground. Calypso goes for the stiff kicks again and hits the dropkick this time for two. Calypso hits a suplex followed by some stiff punches, misses a kick but manages to hit another suplex on Steiner. Steiner kicks out at two so Calypso hits three front flips followed by an elbow drop from Steiner's back but once again gets a two count. Calypso tosses Steiner into the ropes but gets DDT'd for his effort as Bobby announces he went to Outlaw's School of Wrestling where he learned a DDT, dropkick, and how to have a five star match. Both men work their way back up to their feet and exchange punches. Steiner wins the fight and hits another DDT for two. Steiner hits a suplex which made Calypso turn a little in mid-air followed by stiff kicks. Steiner hits a big boot for two. Steiner locks in the Steinerlock as we cut to commercial break. We come back with Calypso tossing Steiner into the ropes and hits a ribbreaker which got a great reaction but only a two. Calypso gets tossed into the ropes though and nailed with a spinebuster. Calypso fights out of the Galeslam and hits a reverse breakdown. Calypso hits it again but couldn't get the full cover and only earns a two. Calypso goes for the F5 but Steiner fights out and hits a DDT followed by the GALESLAM~ which gets the three count at 9:28. *** Not a technical classic but an entertaining brawl and a good match for Steiner's first true singles match. Calypso did his part and carried Steiner to his best match to date. Of course, as we all know, Steiner never really fulfilled his potential. Not yet anyways.

Very short show from the UWA with three matches and the total show being only 22:46 and I can't help but feel the matches needed more time to tell a story and get the match over. The tournament itself was oddly planned and was almost pointless as the two finalist didn't even work a full match (Steiner with a 40 second squash and Calypso with a bye) but the main event itself was entertaining enough and Gage/Slavins was watchable and with a little more time could have been a lot better. Unless you're curious about the start of the Heavyweight title, there's no real reason to watch this show. Thumbs down.