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Compound Pro Wrestling review (3-16-18)

Posted: Mar 20th 2018 By: Josh C. Jones

It has been a few months since I last wrote about the great wrestling performers at Compound Pro Wrestling in Tulsa, OK. Six months or so I believe. A lot seems to have happened in my absence. So, let me jump right into it.

I want to begin with Latrell Upton. If you remember my reviews from 2017 I talked about this young man and called him ‘the new guy’ who had a lot of talent but was yet to be victorious. However, something happened in the six months since I attended a Compound Pro Wrestling match. It would appear that Latrell has picked up some victories and, somewhere along the way he began teaming with “Fear the Fro” Nathan Estrada, to become the tag team champions. Man, I wish I could have seen his first victory and his first title belt win. I bet those matches were incredible. And, from my previous times attending matches at Compound Pro and listening to the excitement these wrestlers can draw out of the fans, I’m sure the crowds were deafening with their cheers for this young star. Sadly though, Latrell and Estrada would lose their belts to the unlikely duo of ‘Diamond’ Duke Swellington and Rex Andrews. Andrews would offer to team with Duke for a chance at the title belts since Andrew’s partner was unable to show up. After the match Andrews would attack Duke and try to walk off with both belts, claiming he “only needed a body” to fill in while his tag partner was absent. Duke wasn’t having any of this abrupt betrayal. Duke fought back and held on to his half of the tag team championship; not only that but he challenged Rex Andrews and his tag partner to a title match with himself [Duke] and his tag partner for next month. This should be a great match.

The night actually opened with a match between, for me at least, two unknowns: Max Castanellos and Terrale Tempo. From what I gathered Max was the heel and Tempo was the face. The first match is always an important one because it helps set the pace for the rest of the night. If the match is too slow or the stars don’t have that synergy to create the energy needed to jumpstart the crowd then the rest of the stars have an uphill battle with their matches. But this wasn’t the case. They both brought the energy and performed well together. For me, though, the most memorable part was due to the bizarreness of a fan adding on to Max’s name – Maxipad; not just that but shouting his problem was that he couldn’t ‘absorb’ the blows. This set Max off from the start indicating this nickname might be a great catalyst for his heel persona and a disturbingly possible, if one has a clever enough marketer, tag line and merchandise line. But only time will tell if this nickname will be absorbed well by the fans and grow wings or not. But in all seriousness, these two put on a great opening match.

Joe Cuedo, or as some in the crowed were heard shouting Uncle Joe, took on the deranged Morrison. Morrison was different without his long greasy looking hair and orange jumpsuit, but this change to short hair and a grunge style appearance serves him well in his screaming and deranged joy for hurting his opponents. It takes him from an escaped asylum type patient to a more relatable crazy, strung-out, anarchy, rebellious, end-of-the-rope, switched-flipped in the head person we see on the streets every day. In my opinion, it makes his character more unsettling. Still, the win would go to the spry and wiry, depression era styled, newcomer Joe. The match began with a sneak attack from Morrison before Joe even got in the ring but ended with a big power bomb on Morrison for the win. Joe is an energetic and surprisingly resilient fighter who isn’t afraid of high risk moves. He is definitely another one to keep an eye on.

Compound Pro’s Oklahoma X Division Champion “sworn enemy to all Bears everywhere” Dimitri Alexandrov dropped his title to Brock Baker. Brock dodged Dimitri as Dimitri charged toward him and Brock threw Dimitri shoulder first into the ring post. Later in the match, while Brock was in the turnbuckle, Dimitri charged at him. Brock evaded and Dimitri nearly took out the ref. Capitalizing on this moment, Brock shoved Dimitri into the ref temporarily stunning the ref. This opened the opportunity Brock needed to use his bat. Brock knocked Dimitri out with a shot straight to the forward for the 3-count. It was a cheap shot, but hey, what do you expect from a heel, especially when there is a title belt on the line​.

Armin Syzlack is a wrestler known, by myself at least, for his brief reigns of terror in the ring before being dismantled by Psycho Sawyer. And once again he did not disappoint. Syzlack, to my knowledge, has yet to have his day against Psycho Sawyer, but he is improving. He lasted 2 minutes and 18 seconds against Psycho this time. Syzlack was also able to evade a move by his opponent and land a knee strike and a drop kick on Psycho – the drop kick knocked Psycho off his feet momentarily. This was a massive improvement for Syzlack and a positive sign that he is slowly but surely improving and learning his opponent’s moves. Psycho better watch out; a few missteps and Syzlack’s reign of terror could be victorious.

The Main Event: Compound Heavyweight Title Triple Threat. Aaron Anders vs ‘The Monster’ Abyss vs Michael Wolf.

This was one heck of a match ending in bruised bodies and two broken tables. It began with Wolf and Anders double teaming Abyss in the hopes of leveling the playing field. This plan worked, but only for a brief few moments. Abyss would regain his composure and double clothesline his opponents. From there it would be almost all Abyss. There was one point where Wolf would try to strike Abyss down to no avail ... of course. Wolf would then bounce off the ropes and cross body Abyss; surely the impact of his own body weight would knock Abyss off his feet. Nope. Wolf hit Abyss with a thud and then fall flat on the mat. Abyss didn’t even budge. I bet Abyss was thinking something like, “​I think I just got bit by a gnat. Yeah, that had to be what that slight tap was that I just felt.​” It was funny to watch. Soon after Abyss would attack Anders and put him through a table outside the ring, then he would turn his attention back to Wolf; he planned on putting Wolf through a table propped up in the turnbuckles with a swing from Janice (the weapon of choice for Abyss). This plan was thwarted by Wolf’s quick reactions to evade Abyss’ devastating intentions. Anders, who had recovered enough to get back into the fight by this point, jump in the ring and speared Abyss through the table intended for Wolf. From this point on it would be Wolf versus Anders. All three competitors put up one heck of a fight in a match with chants of “​this is awesome​” from the crowd. But, in the end it was the Wolf’s howl that would echo through the arena, signifying his reign as the new Compound Heavyweight Champion.

Once again it was a great show at Compound Pro Wrestling and I would like to thank everyone involved.

----- Josh C. Jones