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UWA 07.02.04 Show Review

So this was the first "official" UWA show. Gage wasn't here so we're down to Calypso, Scott Slavins, and Outlaw. Before the show even happened there were numerous plans on how to book this show but the easiest one was chosen and thus we got...this. Regardless, this is a historic UWA show, so let's get underway.

Our commentary is done soley by Trace who has little emotion.

Calypso comes out and cuts a promo;
"Tonight is a historic night for not only myself, not only for the wrestles for the back - tonight is historic for we will crown the first ever UWA World Heavyweight Champion. Tonight is historic for many reasons, historic for the fact that I, Calypso, will become the first ever UWA Heavyeight Champion. There are many men on my back who are trying to take this opportunity, this moment, away from me. Whether that being Outlaw, perhaps the sorriest piece of trash I have ever met in my life - Outlaw, he stands at not even six feet and barely weighs anything; he think he can beat me..."

Outlaw comes out and gives Calypso a Lights Out, then Slavins comes up and gets a Lights Out as well. Outlaw's music hits as Slavins and Calypso get up and shove each other. Calypso has the mic and both men talk about their match later in the night.

Tale of the tape for Outlaw.

The idea for the show was to have everyone face each other in a singles match before the main event triple threat to determine the first UWA Champion meaning everybody had three matches.

Outlaw Vs Scott Slavins
Scott Slavins is coming out to "I Hate Everything About You" while Outlaw comes out to "The Game". This was also when UWA used titantrons which lasted for about two shows, if that. Both men grapple and Slavins knees Outlaw in the gut followed by a DDT. He poses then stomps on Outlaw a few times before missing a punch and getting suplex by Outlaw. Outlaw hits a clothesline but gets a low blow soon after. Scott hits a fameasser which gets a two. More stomps by Slavins followed by a superkick. Slavins misses a frog splash off the chair (back before they could afford a ladder) and Outlaw follows up with a DDT. Outlaw waits for Slavins to get up and hits a horrible Dragon Spinkick. Shelton Benjamin he is not. Outlaw hits a dropkick while Slavins is in a chair and the chair's legs bend in half. Outlaw attempts to slam Slavins into the wall but it gets reversed and Slavins works on the leg. Scott locks in a modified figure four but Outlaw reverses it, only for Slavins to reverse it back in. Both men look locked up pretty tightly in the move and unable to escape but Outlaw finally breaks out of it. Slavins runs up and hits a dropkick though to regain control. Slavins continues to work on the leg and then hits an elbow drop from the gas pipe which Trace calls a "rung". Slavins goes for a spear but Outlaw manages to get a knee up and get a two count. Slavins fights out of a Lights Out and hits a DDT followed by a Crossface which is turned into an ankle lock. Outlaw flips out and Slavins goes into the wall. Both men stagger to their feet but Slavins hits another dropkick. He stomps on Outlaw to keep him down for about thirty seconds then hits a frog splash. Slavins tunes up and hits another superkick, this one connecting a lot more than the previous, yet it only gets two! Slavins throws a hissy fit and walks into a horrible big boot that misses by a mile. outlaw locks in a horrible sharpshooter but Slavins manages to fight out. Both men get up and Outlaw hits the Lights Out and wins the first ever UWA match at 8:45. Calypso comes out and hits Outlaw with a Breakdown, taunts him, and then leaves. Match was pretty bad but since this was the first show I'll rate on a different scale and give it *. By today's standards it's -**.
Winner: Outlaw

Scott Slavins cuts a promo saying he's going to win the title.

Tale of the tape for Scott Slavins.

Scott Slavins Vs Calypso
Calypso comes out to "Miseria Cantare" and this match is taped extremely close up, making it hard to watch. Calypso walks out looking depressed and with a lot...a LOT, of hair. Both men stare down and Slavins goes for two punches which do nothing. Calypso punches back, tosses Slavins into the ropes and reverses a headscissors into a clothesline. Calypso goes for a suplex but Slavins reverses it into a pin. Calypso tosses Slavins into the wall and hits a series of hard right punches only to get hit with a headscissors. Calypso doesn't look hurt though. Slavins smashes Calypso's face into the gas pipe followed by some stiff punches to the head. Calypso gets a dropkick while on his knees. Slavins goes for a spilt legged leg drop but Calypso powers out and hits a DDT out of a grapple. Calypso hits a forearm to the back followed by stomps on the fallen Slavins and then picks him up for yet another clothesline. Slavins hits a low blow on Calypso followed by a bulldog off the gas pipe! Slavins doesn't go for the pin though and completes the leg drop he attempted earlier in the match. Calypso kicks his way up and hits a big boot. Calypso goes for a backdrop but Slavins lands on his feet and hits applies the ankle lock but Calypso fights out and takes control once again. Calypso hits a fameasser on Slavins and then hits a brutal legdrop off the gaspipe crushing Slavins which only gets a two. Calypso applies the Haas of Pain and then raises it to a bad angle but Slavins gets to the ropes. Both men are up but Calypso hits a splash against the wall then rests on the chair. Slavins is having troubles standing so Calypso puts in a headlock, gets pushed up, and hit with a dropkick and an elbow drop to the back. Slavins works on the arm but misses a spear and gets a stiff kick and a suplex for his troubles. Calypso without a goatee isn't right. Calypso goes for a cocky pin and only gets a two. Front face lock into a leg choke turned into a rear chin lock to Slavins which is followed up by a toss to the ropes, Slavins goes for a headscissors - reversed - lands on his feet, dropkcicks Calypso down - dropkicks Calypso while he's down, then works on the back with submissions and knees. Slavins hits a spear and hits a frog splash but Calypso throws Slavins off and hits a vicious superkick and Slavins' head bounces off the ground. Calypso hits a diving karate kick followed by a bulldog. Calypso with a Trash Compactor bending Slavins in half and follows with a super stiff kick to the back. Slavins begs Calypso off then slaps Calypso twice which only angers Calypso, so Slavins hits a kick to the side followed by kicks to the head. Slavins hits a diving dropkick off the chair followed by punches. Slavins sets up the chair and hits a a springboard spear off the chair but Calypso kicks out! Calypso hits a running knee, sits Slavins in the chair, and hits a charging superkick. Calypso goes for the F5 but Slavins lands on his feet, hits a series of chops and slaps but Calypso picks him back up in the F5 - Slavins rolls out, gets tossed into the ropes, and Slavins spears Calypso for the third time and gets the pin at 11:38! Much better than Outlaw/Slavins and the match of the night, though that isn't saying match. ***1/2 for the time, *1/2 for now. They had an interesting big man/little man dynamic at first with Calypso seemingly being a monster but Slavins found ways to counter Calypso's power and with his speed and quick thinking beat him.
Winner: Scott Slavins

Calypso Vs Outlaw
Outlaw attacks Calypso from behind and hits a DDT to start the match off. Outlaw hits some stomps (a lot of those tonight) but Calypso fights back and hits a clotheslines and hits stomps of his own. Calypso quickly goes to work on the leg with kicks then knee drops. Calypso tosses Outlaw and kicks Outlaw's leg sending him down and Calypso works on the leg even more. Calypso hangs on the leg but Outlaw kicks out but gets taken out with a chop black. Calypso tosses Outlaw into the wall then applauds himself. Odd. Calypso drops onto the leg in a submission and does it a couple more times for good measure. He gives a double foot stomp on the leg and then has the ref ask if he gives. Calypso rests on the chair then kicks the leg out from under Outlaw once more. Calypso locks in the stretch muffler but Outlaw fights hit way up with repeated punches then a dropkick off the chair. Calypso gets up before Outlaw though and takes the leg out from under Outlaw once more and continues the work. Repeated stiff kicks to the leg followed by a suplex. Only gets a two count. Forearm into a headlock but Outlaw fights out and hits a big boot on his good leg. Outlaw misses a splash off the gas pipe and Calypso hits the Calypso Elbow which, sadly, only gets a two count. Calypso tosses Outlaw into the ropes but gets a DDT for his troubles. Outlaw tries to kip up but his leg is too damaged. Outlaw tosses Calypso into the house but falls under the pressure of his leg. Outlaw goes for a Lights Out but Calypso fights out and hits the Pedigree which Outlaw kicks out of at two. Calypso hits his own version of the Lights Out but a lazy cover only gets him two. Calypso argues with the ref and Outlaw hits a takeover and locks in the sharpshoot, still crappy as ever. Calypso sells it like death but Outlaw lets go of the hold for no reason whatsoever. I'll chalk it up to it hurt his leg too much to be bent or something. Outlaw gets kicked in the leg once again to be taken down and locked in the Figure Four. Calypso lets go after Outlaw fights out of it, goes for another FF and gets booted in the butt. Both men stagger up and Outlaw hits another crappy dragon spin kick. Outlaw picks Calypso up but gets caught in the F5 but Outlaw lands on his feet! Outlaw hits a big boot but falls due to his damaged leg. Outlaw climbs the chair but misses a legdrop and Calypso runs up and locks in the Figure Four and they fight in it for a minute and forty seconds. Calypso lets go after it gets reversed and slaps the ref. Ankle lock on the chair but Outlaw flips out and Calypso flies off the chair. Calypso gets up first, hits the F5 and then locks in the Ankle Lock and hooks the leg and Outlaw taps out at 13:48! ** for then, DUD for now. After the match Calypso attacks Outlaw's ankle with a chair, doing the Pillman stunt then simply smashing the ankle with the chair. This match was all psychology but this was really before Claypso knew all the submission he does now and even know he's better suited with the upper-body submissions. Outlaw's inconsistant selling didn't help either.
Winner: Calypso

Outlaw says he's wrestling on the hurt ankle against Doctor's orders and he'll win the UWA title tonight - regardless!

So every man has a loss and a win with Slavins over Calypso but under Outlaw, Calypso over Outlaw but under Slavins, and Outlaw over Slavins but under Calypso.

A recap video of the night is shown.

Triple Threat Main Event to Determine the First Ever UWA Champion
Scott Slavins Vs Outlaw Vs Calypso
The ring (AKA tarp) is set up at a different place and the camera is a wide shot. Man, I do not want to watch this. Calypso sits down in the chair as Slavins and Outlaw lock up and do nothing of note. Calypso applauds as he takes the belt from the ref and rests it on his shoulder. Slavins hits a leg drop but runs into a clothesline from Outlaw. Outlaw hits a DDT. Calypso suggests a Lights Out so both Outlaw and Slavins go over there and double team him and then go back to the ring. Slavins hits a DDT as Calypso gets in and pushed Slavins down followed by a clothesline. Stiff punch to Outlaw and then to Slavins and both of them are down. Calypso works on the leg and Slavins/Calypso double team on Outlaw's leg trying to one-up each other. Slavins goes for a stalling knee drop, Calypso catches him and tosses him into the ropes for a big boot. Slavins hits a lot blow and Slavins/Outlaw double team Calypso for the time being. Calypso runs out of the ring and Outlaw goes for a lights out but Calypso saves Slavins only to get a stunner - Outlaw hits a dropkick to Slavins. Calypso goes for the cover but Outlaw breaks it up. Calypso locks in the Boston Crab but Slavins hits Calypso with the DDT and then locks Outlaw in the Ankle Lock only to get a superkick from Calypso. Slavins gets tossed in the ropes and hits a headscissors on Calypso then goes back to work on Outlaw's leg. Boston Crab to Outlaw and Calypso hits Slavins with the belt. Outlaw punches Calypso but Slavins has dropkicks for everyone! Slavins hits an elbow drop off...a slide for two. Outlaw breaks a submission with a clothesline on Slavins. They do a bunch of nothing for 15 more minutes until Calypso sets up a table. He tries to give Slavins an FU through it but it doesn't break, so he picks up Outlaw and gives Outlaw an FU for through the table but Slavins breaks it up. Slavins fights Calypso but gets caught in the FU and he finally goes through the table for the pin at 22:23! Calypso is your first UWA Champion!!! DUD for then, -***** for now. Seriously - this match is just bad. These three had a much better triple threat a month before but that match never "counted". I give that triple threat *** for then, * for now. But nonetheless this match, no matter how bad, was important since it started Calypso title reign which has lasted over a year. Quite impressive...even with it's rocky start.
Winner and FIRST EVER UWA CHAMPION: Calypso

Calypso cuts a promo basically saying he wrestled three matches in a row and won two of them and issues an open challenge for the next show - even if it's the US army.

Overall this show is horrible. Even by early-2004 standards. The only decent match is Slavins/Calypso and that match was zoomed in the whole time. It's historically important as the first official UWA show, the crowning of the champion, and of course the begin of Calypso's amazing title reign. Having four matches back then was a horrible idea although I wouldn't mind seeing a Gage/Slavins/Calypso show now where they each wrestled each other and capped it off in a triple threat. That being said, pick this up if you want to see how UWA started, but otherwise stay FAR away. Thumbs down.