Dax wins!
Ken Warren (w/ The YOLO Twins) vs. Dax Xaviera
Xaviera was on fire for most of the match, overwhelming Ken Warren and his companions with his high energy offense. The YOLO Twins were ejected from ringside midway through the match due to their interference. The end saw Warren missing his Winning Finish and he would get rolled up by Xaviera for the surprise 1-2-3. Dax Xaviera claimed the upset victory over the former PHX Champion.
PV vs Bax
John Sebastian and Peter Versoza vs. Fighters 4 Hire (Joey Bax and Miguel Rosales)
Two former Royal Flush allies teamed up to try and defeat one of PWR’s top tag teams in Fighters 4 Hire. Sebastian and Versoza used some innovative double team moves such as the Rolling Senton+Senton Spalsh combo on Bax. Rosales got in and sent both PV and Sebastian to Barangay Suplex! The match ended in a no-contest after the two teams knocked out 3 referees and would not stop brawling.
Roasles hits Sebastian w/ the cane
Rosales heads to the 2nd floor!
It took the majority of the PWR Locker Room to separate these two teams after their ringside melee. Sebastian grabbed the mic and proclaimed that he owned this place before he made his exit.
JDL with a HARD slap on Ralph!
JDL favoring his leg
Matira Matibay: Jake De Leon vs. Ralph Imabayashi
It was PWR’s version of a last man standing match wherein the competitor wins if his opponent does not answer the 10 count from the referee. Both JDL and Ralph started the match delivering some hard forearm smashes to each other. JDL hurt his leg at one point and Imabayashi would focus his attack on the prone body part of “The Senyorito”. JDL delivered a superkick out of nowhere and took both of them down until the count of 8. JDL focused on one of Ralph’s arm to set him up for his Inasal Lock.
Inasal lock!
Ralph Imabayashi
JDL trapped Ralph in the Inasal lock after countering the Sonic Crusher. Imabayashi tapped out but that did not stop the matchup. Ralph Imabayashi clinched his first singles win in a long while after he delivered the Sonic Crusher from the top rope and JDL did not answer the 10 count. Ralph Imabyashi notched this victory over JDL in one of PWR’s most physical and intense matches of the year.
Suede locks Panzer in
PWR Championship Match: Chris Panzer © vs Billy Suede
The PWR Champion and Billy Suede put on a great spectacle for the main event that even the “Kiss Me” spot was overshadowed in the end. Both men went at it hard at the start with some huge clotheslines. Suede and Panzer would exchange some painful chest chops at the corner before they go down with dueling clotheslines. Panzer soared up and connected with the Eagle Splash/El Guerrero, but Suede got an arm up at 2! Panzer missed his second attempt and Suede was there to connect with a hard kick + and followed up with the Asai DDT, to which Panzer kicked out of.
Billy Suede caught the Panzerschreck and turned it into a powerbomb. Suede followed up and rolled Panzer into the Single Leg Crab, in tribute to Suede’s mentor, Lance Storm. Panzer rolled out of the submission move and would start a chain of rollup pins between the two. Bily Suede connected with the springboard enzugiri and finished things off with the Asai DDT for the 1-2-3!
Billy Suede = New PWR Champion
After the match, Suede and Panzer shook hands and the Championship era of “Beautiful” Billy Suede has begun at PWR.
PWR Live: Bakbakan sa Bayanihan was a thrill-ride from start to finish and was a fitting ‘send off’ to PWR’s “Unilab Era”. Thank you once more to the PWR crew for inviting us to one helluva [KICK!] show. I can’t wait to see these guys back in the ring for Asia Pop Comic Con 2017.
Quick Results
- Pre-Show Match 1: Brad Cruz d. Trabajador Quatro via pinfall
- Pre-Show Match 2: Revo-Ranger d. a T-Rex via the Revo Kick!
- Pre-Show Match 3: Bolt d. Vintendo via Disqualification
- All Out War: The Apocalypse d. Trian Dela Torre via pinfall
- Punk Dolls d. The Kakaibr0s via pinfall
- Vlad Sinnsyk d. SANDATA via pinfall
- PWR Tag Team Title Match: The YOLO Twins d. The Network via pinfall to retain the PWR Tag Team Championship
- Dax Xaviera d. Ken Warren via pinfall
- Fighters 4 Hire vs. John Sebastian and Peter Versoza ended in a no-contest
- Matira Matibay Match: Ralph Imabayashi d. Jake De Leon when JDL couldn’t answer the 10 count
- PWR Championship Match: Billy Suede d. Chris Panzer © via pinfall to win the PWR Championship
WIM photos in this article by: Tom Huang
