XWA: 'Last Fight At The Prom'

Posted by Phil Jones

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GET READY FOR THE XWA'S LAST FIGHT!

For the past four years, the coming of the autumn has meant only one thing at The Morecambe Dome. It's that time of the year for XWA Last Fight at the Prom.

The final show of the year at The Dome has traditionally been a time for feuds to end, for issues to be resolved, and for loose ends to be well and truly tied up. And this year’s Last Fight show – taking place on Saturday, September 6 as part of the third North West Weekender of 2008 with GPW and Future-Shock - is shaping up to be no exception.

The two top matches, in particular, look like the kind of cataclysmic confrontations where long-running disputes will be resolved one way or another. The winner will move on to bigger and better things, while defeat can only mean devastation for the loser.

And when you’re talking about huge confrontations with earth-shattering repercussions, Last Fight will also see one of the most important showdowns in XWA history. Not a wrestling match as such, and hopefully not a fight, but a face-to-face meeting between two of British wrestling’s most controversial and headstrong characters, where desperate times really will call for desperate measures.

*Headlining XWA Last Fight at the Prom will be a British Heavyweight Championship match over 12 months in the making, when for the first time in a one-on-one matchup, wily veteran ‘The Shining Light’ Stevie Knight will square off with XWA’s People’s Champion and number one contender, Sam Slam.

Knight, who captured the championship for the first time in a 17-year career at Vendetta 2008 in July, has ducked and dived to avoid a singles collision with the unstoppable powerhouse ever since he jealously cracked Sam across the shoulder blades with a kendo stick shot – to absolutely no effect – at Vendetta 2007.

Whenever Sam has cornered ‘The Grimsby Gob’ in the XWA ring, Knight has used every possible loophole and short cut to somehow avoid defeat. Can he do the same on September 6 when the stakes are at their highest? Or will Sam’s impressive physical advantages and the fervent support he receives in The Dome propel him to his first British Heavyweight Title win?

*Last Fight at the Prom will also see, quite literally, the last fight in one of British wrestling’s most intriguing rivalries of 2008 – when former British Heavyweight Champion ‘The Wonderkid’ Jonny Storm battles his perennial nemesis ‘The Psychotic Warrior’ Johnny Phere in a Two out of Three Falls Match.

Phere has been obsessed with Jonny Storm ever since ‘The Wonderkid’ ended his ‘Year of Phere’ winning streak at the corresponding Last Fight show in 2007. Since then the lunatic Phere has repeatedly attacked Storm, threatened Storm, beaten up a wrestling fan who reminded him of Storm, basically lived his entire life in a desperate attempt to wipe Jonny Storm from his deranged mind once and for all. But during all that time, Johnny Phere has never actually defeated Storm.

Victory over Storm in a two out of three falls match would go some way towards exorcising The Psychotic One’s demons, by proving conclusively that he is really the better man. But should ‘The Wonderkid’ prevail yet again, heaven only knows how the maniacal Phere will react.

*At Last Fight, two bitter enemies with a storied history of hatred for each other will meet face to face in the XWA ring when ‘The Guvnor’ Martin Stone steps into The Dome as an invited guest of the XWA’s head honcho Greg Lambert.

Over the past few months, the XWA has faced a severe threat to its very future. Martin Stone and his gang of cronies The Firm have invaded XWA shows and laid waste to the finest stars the promotion has to offer. They mercilessly battered El Ligero, pulverised Jonny Storm and put Stixx on the shelf with a broken collarbone. They have committed acts of violence on a brutality level never before seen in The Morecambe Dome... and all because the egomaniacal Stone believes the XWA’s very existence is a personal slap in the face to him - the man who killed the FWA.

So why on earth would Morecambe hometown hero Greg Lambert – former owner of the FWA and now boss of its successor the XWA – roll out the red carpet for Stone to enter The Dome on Saturday September 6? Greg says it’s because desperate times call for desperate measures. Find out what that means when the two figureheads in British wrestling’s biggest rivalry square off in a verbal altercation that had better not turn physical, at least for Greg’s sake...

*One battle involving The Firm that WILL definitely turn physical will be the Six-Man Tag Team grudge match on September 6. One one side will be Martin Stone’s lackeys The Kartel – Terry Frazier and Sha Samuels – and the new British Flyweight Champion and the latest turncoat to The Firm’s cause, Spud. The other squad will be Team XWA, captained by Joey Hayes, assisted by Dirk Feelgood and one other member to be announced.

Declan O’Connor, Joey Hayes’ partner in The Manchester Massive, desperately wants to be that third man. But medical experts say that Declan should not be continuing to wrestle on his surgically-repaired knee, because he is risking permanent injury. A current poll at www.xwawrestling.com gives the fans the chance to have their say on this burning issue. Should Declan wrestle on September 6, or is the headstrong Mancunian taking such a risk with his long-term health that it really could be his Last Fight?

*Speaking of the XWA fans, they chose Jules Lambrini v The Juice as their favourite match at Vendetta... so on September 6 they will have the chance to see that match all over again! A rematch between ‘The Champ of Camp’ and ‘The Serious Wrestler’ – two men who are chalk and cheese in their wrestling and life philosophies – has been signed for Last Fight at the Prom. Lambrini will be out to embarrass Juice once again, while the serious Southport technician will be determined to rebuild his reputation with a victory in honour of ‘Dangerous’ Damon Leigh, who continues to boycott XWA events – disgusted that outrageous, flamboyant ‘sports entertainers’ like Lambrini and Dirk Feelgood are employed.

Saturday September 6 2008, The Dome, Marine Road Central, Morecambe, Lancashire

Doors 7pm; Bell time 7.30pm

Tickets - £16 ringside, £11 adults, £9 children of age 14 and under, £34 family of four, £42 family of six (advance sales only)

BOX OFFICE NUMBER - 01524 406108 or tickets available from Morecambe and Lancaster Visitor Centres

CARD TO DATE

THE MAIN EVENT - For the British Heavyweight Title:
'The Shining Light' Stevie Knight(champion) v Sam Slam

TWO OUT OF THREE FALLS:
'The Wonderkid' Jonny Storm v 'The Psychotic Warrior' Johnny Phere

DESPERATE TIMES, DESPERATE MEASURES:
XWA owner Greg Lambert invites Martin Stone to meet him face-to-face in the XWA ring

SIX-MAN CHALLENGE - THE FIRM vs THE XWA:
Spud and The Kartel face Joey Hayes, Dirk Feelgood and one other XWA star

FAN POWER REMATCH:
Jules Lambrini v The Juice

PLUS - The Morecambe Raffle and much more

Card subject to change. Children aged 14 and under must be accompanied by an adult.

CHECK OUT the new XWA website at www.xwawrestling.com for all the latest British wrestling news.

Credit: XWA

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