On May 2nd, Pro Wrestling Symphony presented “Blinding Lights”, their first Saturday evening show in the company’s nearly year long run. This show follows an expo held three weeks prior at the East Nashville Beer Festival, and the Symphony was excited to announce that all three championships would be defended.
The evening started with “Rousing and Arousing” Ray Bruce taking on Grayson Pierce. The two faced off in a tag match a show prior, and they picked up right where they left off, as the match began with dueling hip swivels. Ray Bruce pulled off the pinfall victory and celebrated by coaxing referee Jesse Fields into a few gyrations of his own.
We saw the return of Sigrid, who has been on a tear of her own alongside the PWS Women’s Champion Freya the Slaya. Sigrid would fight this one alone, taking on Ravenna Vein. Sigrid would pull off the submission victory with a camel clutch, putting the locker room on notice that her mean streak was far from over.
To start our third match, “The Crocodile” Adrian Thomas made everyone aware of his winning streak, and also stated his intentions of facing Colby Carter for the PWS men’s championship. Tonight he faced Hunter Drake. This match had a fifteen minute time limit, and right as the ref’s hand was coming down for the third count and we were seeing Adrian’s win streak continue, the bell had sounded, and a time limit draw ended the match. Seems like Adrian Thomas might have to wrap up this Hunter Drake problem before he can move on to the title picture, and I personally wouldn’t mind seeing these two run it back one more time to get that clear, definitive winner.
Our first title defense of the evening saw the newly crowned Royal Prestige, merely 21 days into their reign after beating The Hand at the East Nashville Beer Festival, take on The Carnies. Kerry Awful and Nick Iggy are no strangers to wrestling in East Nashville, and the crowd immediately fell back into their disdain for them. Royal Prestige fed off the feverish crowd and won their first defense.
After a quick intermission, we returned to action with the WWE ID champion Laynie Luck defending the title against Alexis Littlefoot. At Symphony’s “Sweet Victory” show, Littlefoot took on Luck’s tag partner, Shazza Mckenzie. Luck would retain her title, leaving Alexis 0-2 against the pair, and I foresee her finding an ally soon to get her licks back.
Our semi-main event had Freya the Slaya continue her defense of the PWS Women’s Championship, this time facing Allie Katch, fresh off of a big WrestleMania weekend in Vegas. This seemed to be Freya’s biggest defense to date, and the back and forth between the two had people wondering if the title would finally slip from Freya. Sigrid would return to ringside and provide the interference that gave Freya the upper hand she needed. A rough chokeslam was the final nail in the coffin, and Freya would survive to defend the title.
In our main event, PWS champion “The Code” Colby Carter would defend his title against everyone’s favorite journeyman, Jeremiah Plunkett, in what was billed as a “mentor versus mentee” match. Between the heights Carter reaches on his dropkicks and Plunkie’s crisp strikes, this match was truly a strong back and forth that deserved the marquee match of the show. The highlight of the match saw Colby getting slung out of the ring, with his foot getting caught in the guardrail with a CLANG that was loud enough to startle a small child ringside. After a knuckle-tap check-in, Colby Carter managed to reverse a piledriver into a small package, pulling off a razor thin retention of the title.
Plunkie stayed true to his word and shook Colby’s hand, handed him the title and presented the champion to his crowd. However, true colors were shown, and Jeremiah blindsided Colby, hitting a low blow, his piledriver, and then eventually hands after hands after hands. Jesse Fields and Shiny Shoes both attempted to get Plunkett off Carter, only to meet the same violent fate. As the beatdown continued, even ringside announcer Pat Dooley caught an elbow to the face. Symphony’s show ended with Jeremiah Plunkett’s suspension announced, however, his trail of carnage tells me we haven’t seen the last of Plunkett and Carter.
Pro Wrestling Symphony will return on Saturday, May 6th at the Music City Fit Expo at the Nashville Fairgrounds. As always, I’m thankful for anyone who took their time to read my write up, and I encourage you to find a wrestling show near you to experience the magic in it’s best format– live and in living person.
