PCW Phase Thirty-Two: The Philosopher's Stone
UIC Pavilion
Judas Scream vs Isla Dawn
From the get-go, the match had the people at the edge of their seats: The witch versus the extradimensional being. The fight itself was surreal, with both competitors giving it their all and subjecting the other to the most innovative and strange holds anyone had seen.
Judas' flexibility and Isla's almost impossible strength made it for a very interesting display of abilities from both parties, with their techniques bordering in the fantastic.
But finally, it was Judas that took the win, pinning Isla with a crucifix pinning combination.
Flash Morgan Webster (with Taeler Hendrix) vs Frankie Valentine
Flash and Frankie had an incredible match, but Frankie's human strength wasn't enough to put the "naturally" enhanced Flash Morgan Webster away. When he saw himself pushed to the end of his limits by Frankie's resiliency, Taeler stepped in with her strengthening kisses, bringing Flash back to his superhuman strength, helping him move Valentine from one side to the other of the ring much like a ragdoll.
A 630 senton, one of the best executed high flying moves of the night, was what put Frankie away in the end, though not without a lot of struggle. The audience could see her writhing under her opponent, but Webster's strength kept her down long enough to get the three count.
Jenny Blake vs Priscilla Kelly
The battle of good versus evil was well personified from the very start of this match, the sultry, hellish Priscilla Kelly met the heroic and almost Disney-like Jenny Blake in what proved to be an epic battle of wits, high-flying and sometimes near unbelievable agility. Priscilla licked, shoved, pushed and trapped Blake mercilessly, stretching her with an inverted rope assisted figure-four for as long as the referee count allowed her, kicking her off the ring when the referee broke the torture device-like hold.
Jenny crawled back onto the apron barely in time, and Kelly greeted her with a painful-looking piledriver, pinning her for the win.
Jinny vs Chad Lail
The brand new women's champion came out first, waiting for her opponent at the center of the ring, standing very still after removing her coat and mask, fingers wiggling with anticipation for this non-championship bout.
Lail didn't go easy on the champion, treating this match as he would if gold was on the line. Every minute of the match was hard hitting and with the intent to keep the opponent down and get the victory.
Jinny set up the soldier for an Acid Rainmaker, but she was caught with a strong suplex that sent her flying from the center to the corner of the ring, but she fought until the last minute, resisting to Lail's submission for as long as she could until the referee lifted her hand and it fell three times, giving Chad the victory over the queen of couture.
Eddie Kingston vs Joey Ryan
The challenger had a lot to prove going into this match, despite the championship not being on the line, if he could beat the champion, it'd be a statement to Kingston and the rest of the locker room of what was about to come.
For this second meeting, Kingston found that Ryan relied a lot less on the comedic side of his wrestling to focus on the champion's limbs, targetting his left arm, knowing the history and the force of his Backfist to the Future and trying to avoid it.
Successfully, he managed to make the King tap out after torturing his arm the entire match, forcing him to give in or face serious injury.
Allysin Kay vs Will Ospreay (PCW Championship Match)
Allysin had teased her encounter with Ospreay for weeks, demanding a match with the aerial assassin, who'd been amassing points left and right all in a single season.
Despite Allysin's efforts to keep her opponent away from the ropes, Will's speed and her exhaustion from defending once a week (sometimes twice) made it very difficult for her to keep up with him, having to resort to the use of rope breaks as often as she could to avoid being pinned.
Just when everything seemed to be lost, both tired and wondering what would it take to put the other one down for good, Allysin took advantage of Will's momentum and speed with his 630 to get him into a deadly looking jumping cutter, successfully pinning him for the win, but remaining over his body still after the bell had rung to recover from the match.