Dropkixx Wrestling Training School UK

A fantastic bill last night at Ilford FC Cricklefield Stadium thanks to everyone who attended, helped kick off 2010 for Dropkixx in style.

Our opening bout saw a rematch between Devin Byrne and one half of the Dropkixx Tag Team Champions Cell really fight it out, exciting the crowd with a high impact opener. Cell was victorious proving that perhaps speed is more important than power delivering a deadly neckbreaker and inverted moonsault (which he himself calls the Reggae Reggae splash) pinning Byrnes shoulders to the mat for a three count. It may be safe to say however that this rivalry isn't over as Byrne was far from happy after the bout.

Our second contest of the evening saw a returning Barry Ryan (a former IWC Light Heavyweight Champion) take on 'Honest' Earnest Sterling in a straight up wrestling contest. It was back and forth throughout, however Ryan would lock in a deadly single leg Boston crab and the Honest one had no choice but to tap. He too had grievances after his bout and informed the crowd that he had solid intentions of facing The Grim Reaper for the IWC Heavyweight Championship in due course.

Out next came our IWC Light Heavyweight Champion, Yorghos (in his second reign and he is a former LDN British Heavyweight Champion with victories over Kendo Nagasaki and Jon Ritchie to name but a few) and he very clearly informed the Ilford crowd that he had no intention of wrestling tonight, despite being half of the featured bout. Out came Lazer Lagden, who has been waiting for this opportunity to come up and he made it clear that he wanted his much deserved Championship bout and wasn't going to leave until he did. In step Commissioner Lucas Jackson, who made sure the fans – and not Yorghos- got what they want and announced that the Main Event would still be taking place. An unhappy and bitter Yorghos sneakily attacked Lagden from behind with the Championship belt ensuring that the people of Ilford would not be supporting him in the bout yet to come.

Up next saw a real brawl of a match between aforementioned IWC Heavyweight Champion The Grim Reaper and Sgt. Kevin Anthony. It was a non-title match but from the way these two were clobbering at each other it did seem for a second that the title may be on the line. They brawled both in and outside of the ring and repeatedly did not respond to referee Rob Brazier's demands that they re-enter the ring and so it all ended in chaos as whilst fighting outside the ring the referee and Commissioner Jackson saw no other option but to end this as a double disqualification. Jackson would then naively enter the ring and informed Grim and Sgt. Kevin that they would get another chance to face each other but that it would not be until Sunday 28th February at our St. James' Park bill and that because these two could not maintain there rivalry within the rules of a standard match that Commissioner Jackson was authorising a No Holds Barred contest between the two for the said date. They both did not like this and so sent Commissioner Jackson head-over-heels with a double clothesline. What will Jackson do as his revenge, find out at St. James' on the 28th of February!

Our fourth bout was a contest between one half the most successful tag teams in Dropkixx history – certainly the most accoladed- Gary Docherty, of the Royal Scotsmen taking on one half of No Gimmicks Needed 'Tough' Tony Kemp. A back and forth bout which saw Tony pin Gary after seven minutes.

And then came our featured bout of the evening, and the Main Event, the contest for the IWC Light Heavyweight Championship between champion Yorghos (who was accompanied by Junior Champion Kevin) and challenger Lazer Lagden (accompanied by top Junior contender Matt Ball). This match was held under World of Sport rules of six 3 minute rounds, with a 30 second rest period between the rounds. Yorghos got first blood pinning Lagden in the second round. However Lagden would fight back with a pinfall on Yorghos in round 4. And despite Yorghos' blatant cheating on several occasions – use of a chair, hair pulling, eye-raking- Lagden was able to hit his patented manoeuvre and earn a second pinfall in Round 7 and after twenty minutes of ring action was crowned the new IWC Light Heavyweight Champion to end the show. And in a fantastic moment in Dropkixx history he was joined by his peers in the ring to celebrate an incredible victory, as well as inform Yorghos (after Matt Ball had cheekily thrown him over the top rope) that he would have to earn his rematch for the belt and that it would not be given to him. An ideology that Commissioner Jackson also shared.

After such a fantastic show you will be pleased to know that a follow up show has been booked for Saturday 10th April, so add that date to your diary.

So thanks once again to everyone who came and we hope to see you all in four weeks time at St. Andrew's Community Centre, Alec Wizard House, 12 Old Pye Street, Westminster, London, SW1P 2DG (nearest station is St. James' Park served by the District and Circle Lines check before you travel at www.tfl.gov.uk.