On Saturday, March 15th, Best of the West Wrestling arrived to Lompoc, CA for Blood Moon Rising. This event saw returning BotW favorites, debuting talent, as well as major surprises that left fans wanting more!
The night started off with an introduction to Best of the West Wrestling’s newest LIVE commentator, The Central Valley’s biggest loudmouth, LunchBox! Best of the West is pleased to welcome LunchBox to the commentary team. Throughout the night he kept the action alive alongside Enoch The Enlightened.
Triple Threat: Jeff Roth vs Joey Thorton vs Corey Kreese
Corey Kreese energized the Flower City crowd before Joey Thorton challenged everyone to a Test of Strength. Roth and Thorton double-teamed Kreese, making pin attempts but eventually clashing with each other, allowing Kreese to gain momentum. Kreese delivered a series of impactful moves, including kicks, a flying forearm, and a double stomp, but was then targeted by both Thorton and Roth. Despite their continued double-team, Kreese fought back, including a fierce exchange of kicks with Roth.
The tension between Roth and Thorton allowed Kreese to capitalize, delivering a flurry of attacks. At one point, both Roth and Thorton performed painful holds on Kreese, but their disagreement led to mistakes. After a series of big moves, including a Samoan drop and a discus clothesline, all three men were down. Thorton gained control, but Kreese countered with a flying knee on Thorton to secure the victory.
Corey Kreese wins via pinfall over Joey Thorton
Days before tonight’s event….
Prior to the event, The Wastelanders paid a visit to a training session attended by The New Era. A lone and unsuspecting Oz Izaguirre fell victim to an attack by The Wastelanders with Draxon injuring Oz’s right shoulder. Soon the arrival of Oz’s partner, Big Nasty Nate, causes The Wastelanders to scatter. Big Nasty Nate reveals Oz was seen by medical professionals and they said Oz suffered a seperated shoulder. However, Big Nasty Nate warned The Wastelanders that he will be there for their match, even if it is 2 on 1!
The Wastelanders vs tNe (The New Era)
The Wastelanders, Draxon & Jesse “The Snake” Poole, arrive to Flower City for their tag match with sheer joy knowing they have a 2 on 1 advantage on Big Nasty Nate of tNe. After making his entrance, Big Nasty Nate declares he does not care if it is 2 on 1 or 3 on 1, he is here to unleash a beating to the residents of the Wasteland for attacking his tag partner Oz Izaguirre before their match.
In a high-energy tag match, Morgan Maclea makes his debut by aligning with Big Nasty Nate against The Wastelanders, consisting of Draxon and Jesse “The Snake” Poole. The match starts with a brutal exchange, with Big Nasty Nate delivering powerful chops to Draxon. This leads to Nate enticing Poole to come into the ring only to be met with a shoulder tackle. Maclea and Nate execute a series of double-team moves on Draxon, but Poole interferes, tripping Maclea and causing a 2-on-1 assault from The Wastelanders on the outside. Big Nasty Nate eventually fights back, delivering a massive bicycle kick to Draxon to stop the attack.
The match continues with both teams trading offense. Poole beats down Maclea, but Maclea fights back with a big boot and a side slam counter. Despite Maclea’s resilience, The Wastelanders dominate, and after a series of near-falls, Big Nasty Nate gets the hot tag, unloading on Poole and nearly securing a victory with a powerslam. However, The Wastelanders regain control, with Draxon hitting a shining wizard on Maclea, and Poole knocking Nate off the apron.
In the climax, Maclea attempts a double splash but is stopped by Draxon and Poole, who then hit their devastating finisher, the “Spark Plug,” a Gory Special-Flatliner combo, to secure the win for The Wastelanders.
The Wastelanders def. Big Nasty Nate & Morgan Maclea
Botw Tag Team Champions, The BFFs issue an open challenge…
The longest reigning BotW Tag Team Champions (504 days!) have returned to Best of the West Wrestling in full as BotW Commissioner Alex Bernard and The Big Leaguer Johnny Butabi, The BFFs, make their entrance! The Champions celebrate their return as a complete tag team by greeting fans ringside before continuing the excitement in the ring as both men seem to be ecstatic to be back in full form!
The BFFs rejoice in the fact that they have held the titles for 504 days but Bernard has Butabi point out that they have only defended the tag team titles…once. Butabi looks for the elephant in the room and reveals its him as his travel issues have been preventing him to be present at past events to team with Bernard to defend their tag team championships. Bernard pleads to the BotW fans in attendance that they are owed a championship defense. The BFFs issue an OPEN CHALLENGE for the tag team championships!
Ask and you shall….FALL!
Emerging from The Dark Age of Chivalry, Mordred, along with Sorceress Hecuba, appears to answer the open challenge laid out by the champions. Butabi questions the whereabouts of Mordred’s partner, assuming its his sorceress. Suddenly, the BotW Commissioner attacks his partner! Alex Bernard has betrayed his BFF, Johnny Butabi in a shocking turn of events!
Alexander G. Bernard (AGB) turns on his former best friend Johnny Butabi in a brutal assault, revealing himself as “The Superior Man” once again. He and his new partner, Mordred, take Butabi on in a handicap match, claiming that Butabi ruined AGB’s life. They unleash a relentless attack, with AGB berating and physically abusing Butabi. Despite Butabi’s fight back, including landing some haymakers and a discus right hand, AGB and Mordred overpower him. After a Russian Leg Sweep-Lariat combo, AGB becomes increasingly frustrated with Butabi’s resilience, attacking him viciously. Finally Mordred executes an unforgiving choke bomb, allowing AGB to pin Butabi with his pinky finger, securing the victory and the tag team championship for himself and Mordred.
Now destroying what BotW saw as the greatest friendship in BotW history, AGB and Mordred celebrate as the new BotW Tag Team champions, raising their championships in the air and basking in their victory.
After the match, The Big Leaguer Johnny Butabi, begins to feel the love of the fans, rises to his feet, and leaves on his own two feet but still feels the result of a betrayal from a former friend.
#ANDNEW BotW Tag Team Champions: Alexander G. Bernard & Mordred
BoTW Heavyweight Championship: Mike Rayne (c) vs M4
The time has arrived for our BotW Heavyweight Championship match! The challenger, BossHawg M4, makes his entrance into the Flower City Ballroom looking to dethrone Best of the West’s newest heavyweight champion, The Original Mike Rayne.
The match begins with M4 dominating Rayne, cornering him and delivering powerful body shots. Rayne attempts a shoulder tackle but is overpowered by M4, only to later counter with an enzuigiri and a superkick that floors M4. Rayne follows up with a series of forearms and two hard chops in the corner, but M4 responds with a massive forward senton. Both men exchange near-falls, with M4 hitting two German suplexes and a spinning suplex, but Rayne kicks out at two.
Frustration builds for M4, and after a series of close calls, Rayne lands an Eat Defeat and goes for his signature spinning roundhouse kick, which M4 dodges to hit a spinning uranage. Despite M4’s efforts, Rayne kicks out at two. M4 pulls down the straps, signaling the end, but Rayne counters with a chop and a spinning roundhouse that knocks M4 out. Rayne pins M4, but the big man kicks out at two.
In the climax, Rayne rakes M4’s eyes and rolls him up, securing the win and retaining the BotW Heavyweight Championship.
#ANDSTILL BotW Heavyweight Champion: Mike Rayne
The Velvet Voice, Michael O’Garro Jr., welcomes back the fans of Best of the West from intermission and BotW Presents: Blood Moon Rising continues with our next match….
JD Horror returns to Best of the West Wrestling with a violent promise….
JD Horror, along with Giggles, returns from a 1 year suspension and makes a declaration that he will not show up unless its under his terms: No rules, no count-outs, no disqualifications, ANYTHING GOES and claims THERE WILL BE BLOOD!
Answering the challenge and making his return (sort of?) to Best of the West Wrestling, Lou Carlyn!
JD Horror makes his return to BotW with a vicious attitude, targeting Lou Carlyn as his next victim. The match quickly escalates as JD attacks Carlyn with a barbed wire bat and tosses him around the arena, using chairs and anything else in sight to inflict pain. After exposing the hardwood floor, JD delivers a brutal Michinoku Driver to Carlyn on the bare ground, then continues the assault with a thunderous chair shot to Carlyn’s back. JD sets up two chairs for a suplex, but Carlyn counters with a tornado DDT, spiking JD’s head onto the chairs. Carlyn gains momentum, hitting a corner moonsault onto JD while he’s trapped under a chair, and even uses JD’s own barbed wire bat against him. However, JD powers through, grabs Carlyn by the throat, and finishes him off with the Gravedigger Chokeslam, narrowly avoiding the barbed wire bat and pins Carlyn for a 1, 2, 3.
JD Horror secures the victory and motions he has his sights on some championship gold. Who does JD Horror & Giggles have on their victim’s list?
JD Horror def. Lou Carlyn
Tag Team match: Honest John & Enoch the Enlightened vs Chaz Price & Marcus Eriks
The team of Honest John & Enoch the Enlightened make their entrance and begin to insult the BoTW crowd in Lompoc. Honest John & Enoch gloat about their friendship and claim this will be a 2 on 1 match because Marcus Eriks doesn’t have any friends.
Much to the displeasure to them, The Highest Chaz Price makes his BotW debut! Upset by Price’s arrival, Honest John & Enoch are then welcomed to the BotW OG, The Opportunity Marcus Eriks.
Honest John and Eriks starts this tag match off, going move for move, hold for hold. After a failed cross body attempt, Honest John scrambles to his corner, tagging in Enoch The Enlightened, only to quickly tag himself back into the match. Honest John then goes for a leaping lariat, but Eriks ducks and counters with a swift snap powerslam, earning a two-count.
Marcus Eriks tags in Chaz Price, showcasing Price’s impressive athleticism as the newly-formed team of Price & Eriks deliver strong double-team moves on Honest John. However, Enoch interferes, allowing Honest John to take control with a draped facebuster for a two-count. Honest John and Enoch use quick tags and sneak attacks to isolate Price, but Price fights back with a stunner-enzuigiri combo. Despite a few close calls, including a sunset flip reversal by Honest John and some rope mishaps, Price keeps battling. Eriks finally tags in, bringing high-energy offense and executing a picture-perfect Blue Thunder Bomb on Honest John. Enoch then tags in an unwilling Enoch but Eriks tosses him into the ring. Pleading to Eriks, Enoch soon is suprised by an unsuspecting superkick by Price. Eriks hits his finisher, the Falling in Reverse, on Enoch, but Honest John pulls Eriks out of the ring. Price attempts a moonsault, but Honest John protects Enoch, and Price misses. Seizing the opportunity, Honest John hits Price with a snap double under-hook DDT and secures the victory for his team.
Honest John & Enoch The Enlightened def. Chaz Price & Marcus Eriks
2 out of 3 Falls: Buddy Royal vs Sunami
“Classic” Buddy Royal is first to make his entrance and it is evident, Royal is oozing with confidence coming into this exciting match. Royal is then joined by the local icon, Sunami, who is also pumped and ready for a battle.
This match begins with both men going back and forth, each trying to best the other. Eventually, Royal gains the upper-hand and delivers a beating to his former mentor. Royal takes the fight to the outside and into the BotW crowd. Sunami turns it around quickly, pulling out all the stops to Royal, including a hard-hitting suplex on the ringside floor. Just when Sunami looks to continue the fight in the ring, Royal cuts Sunami off by targeting his left knee. Sunami regains control but it is apparent his knee is in bad shape. Sunami sends Royal to the corner and unleashes 10 punches in the corner. Sunami goes for a frog splash but misses his target. Royal takes advantage and lays in more punishment to Sunami’s leg. Royal then pins Sunami and secures the first fall of the match.
1st Fall: Buddy Royal
Wasting no time, Royal continues the attack on Sunami’s left knee. Royal is stopped by Referee DC Brown to allow Sunami to get to his feet and start the 2nd fall. The bell rings and again, Royal wastes no time to destroy what’s left of Sunami’s knee.
Royal applies a unique submission in hopes to force Sunami to tap out. Sunami tries to fight out of the hold but Royal has no intent of releasing the submission hold. Sunami reaches the ropes and the hold is released. But Royal is on his feet and returns to punish his former teacher. Royal drags Sunami to the center of the ring and applies a single crab. Writhing in pain, Sunami gets the rope break, forcing Royal to release the hold. After arguing with ref, Royal grabs a chair from the back and swings it across Sunami’s knee!! As a result of using the chair, Buddy Royal is disqualified and the second fall is won by Sunami.
2nd Fall: Sunami
Before the final fall, Royal takes clear advantage of the 30-second waiting period and lets loose an assault on Sunami’s leg using chair as his weapon of choice. As Sunami struggles to get to his feet, Referee DC Brown asks if he his able to continue. Refusing to quit, Sunami makes it to his feet and the match continues.
Bell rings and Royal charges at Sunami in the corner and resumes the vicious attack. Sunami turns the tide with an enzuigiri. The BotW are out of their seats, getting behind their hometown superhero. Sunami gets Royal on his shoulders but his knee gives out and Sunami falls to the floor, favoring the damaged limb. Royal sees his opening quickly and locks in a Figure 4 Leglock. Sunami quickly taps out and Buddy Royal secures the 3rd fall and the victory.
3rd Fall & Victory: Buddy Royal
After the match…
Dark Arts Entertainment World Warrior Championship: Mecha Wolf vs The Wiseguy
The time has arrived for the CO-MAIN EVENT of BotW Presents: Blood Moon Rising! In an inter-promotional matchup, Dark Arts Entertainment have allowed their World Warrior Champion, International Superstar, MECHA WOLF, to defend his title against the longest-reigning, first-ever, BotW Heavyweight Champion, THE WISEGUY!
The match begins with a collar-elbow tie-up, with Mecha Wolf backing Wiseguy into the corner and howling in his face. Both men try to knock each other down with shoulder tackles, but neither backs down. Mecha Wolf takes control until Wiseguy hits a high dropkick, taking the fight outside. Wiseguy throws Mecha Wolf into the crowd and suplexes him onto a table. Mecha Wolf counters with a chair shot to Wiseguy’s head, and they return to the ring. Wiseguy hits a Mr. Wonderful tribute elbow for a two-count, but Mecha Wolf regains control, hitting a tope suicida onto Wiseguy.
In the ring, Mecha Wolf shows why he is the international star that he is. Mecha Wolf heads to the top turnbuckle, but Wiseguy counters with a leaping calf kick and follows up with an avalanche vertical suplex. Mecha Wolf barely kicks out, and Wiseguy tries for his Forgetta’ Bout It finisher, only to be countered by an enzuigiri from Mecha Wolf. Both men continue to exchange brutal offense, with Wiseguy connecting with a jumping knee and Mecha Wolf hitting a pop-up powerbomb. They brawl all over the building, making it back before the countout. Mecha Wolf nails his running knee finisher, but Wiseguy narrowly kicks out at two.
Both men attempt their finishers, but time runs out before either can secure a victory. The match ends in a time-limit draw, with Mecha Wolf retaining his World Warrior Championship.
#ANDSTILL Darks Arts Entertainment World Warrior Champion: Mecha Wolf
After the match…
The Bad Wolf, Mecha Wolf, grabs the mic and while paying respects to Wiseguy’s unmatchable talents, he says the fans in attendance crave more from the both of them. Mecha Wolf tells Wiseguy to name the time and place for the rematch. Wiseguy grabs the mic and returns the respect to Mecha Wolf and agrees the BotW fans want more! WIseguy then tells Mecha Wolf the rematch will happen when Best of the West Wrestling returns to Lompoc on May 10th!
MAIN EVENT: BotW West Coast Championship – HEX vs Red Williams
After waiting as patient as possible, we have arrived to our highly anticipated MAIN EVENT of the evening. One of BotW’s newest roster additions, Red Williams has earned his shot at our last event to challenge the BotW West Coast Champion, HEX.
Red Williams makes his entrance to a loud unwelcoming crowd but that did not hinder the focus of the High Plains Drifter. BotW West Coast Champion (and hometown hero) makes his entrance with every fan on their feet excited to see another successful title defense from HEX.
Williams dominates the early part of the match, using his size advantage to overpower HEX. HEX attempts a submission but is quickly overpowered by Williams, who lifts him with one arm and places him on the turnbuckle, forcing HEX to let go. Williams shows no respect, slapping HEX, which sparks a fierce response from the champion. HEX delivers a series of quick attacks, but the High Plains Drifter regains control and punishes HEX for most of the match.
After a quick reversal, HEX fights back with a series of quick strike combinations. But then Williams counters HEX with jumping knee, followed by a flying elbow drop. Williams goes for the pin but HEX barely kicks out at 2, with Williams shocked he did not secure the win. Out of nowhere, HEX plants Williams with tilt-a-whirl DDT and Williams barely kicks out at two. Looking to end it, Williams executes a devastating powerbomb. Williams goes for the pin but HEX reverses it into an arm bar! Williams struggles to reach the ropes and succumbs to the submission hold. Winner and STILL BotW West Coast Champion, The Headbang Extremist HEX!!
#ANDSTILL BotW West Coast Champion: HEX
After the match…
As HEX is celebrating his hard fought victory, out comes JD Horror who appears to be congratulating HEX on the win. Out of the nowhere, JD hits a powerful short-arm clothesline on HEX and chokes him with his wrist tape. JD Horror then finds the HEX’s BotW West Coast championship and hits him over the head with it. JD Horror then pulls out a plastic bag and wraps it around the head of the champion looking to end the life of HEX! JD then poses with the West Coast Championship making his intentions clear. JD Horror wants the West Coast Championship and possibly end HEX’s short career.
