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It took two years, but EPW has returned to South Australia and
this time, we’re here to stay.
Cosgrove Hall in Clovelly Park was the battleground for EPW
Adelaide’s official debut, EMERGING. The fans were set for a big
night of wrestling action and that was exactly what they got.
JAMES STREET v JAYSON COOPER
The ‘Queen’ of Australian wrestling took on the sensational
hometown boy. This was a fast paced match with plenty of high
impact moves as the two men went for the jugular from the
opening bell. Street seemed to have the match in hand after a
reverse satellite headscissors but fell victim to a 2nd rope
gordbuster and a swanton bomb as Cooper picked up a big win.
WINNER: Jayson Cooper by pinfall after a swaton bomb
NATE DOOLEY v RICHTER
The Forefathers entered en masse as Jag verbally ripped into
Channel 10 sports presenter, Mark Aiston. Richter headed to the
ring, ready to rip Dooley’s head from his shoulders but was
greeted by Jag and Davis Storm. Referee Matt Smarkson was having
none of this and ejected the tag team champions from ringside.
With his ace in the hole removed, Nate spent the entire match
trying to duck and dodge the 6 foot 5 inch giant. But it was
simply a matter of time before the big man caught him by the
throat and chokeslammed him into oblivion. Another impressive
win for Richter.
Winner: Richter by pinfall after a chokeslam
SA TITLE TOURNAMENT
HAVOK v CHRIS SPARTAN
This was the first of many SA title tournament matches to come
over the next twelve months. It featured the former EPW
champion, Havok, and the debuting rookie, Chris Spartan. Most
people picked Havok to walk all over Spartan but the young man
showed that he was much more than just a physique as he matched
it with Havok for much of this match. But despite Spartan’s
great effort, it was experience that won the day. Havok utilised
Anella to distract the ref at a pivotal moment before putting
Chris away with a brutal powerbomb. It was a great start to the
SA title tournament.
Winner: Havok by pinfall after a powerbomb
SA TITLE TOURNAMENT
DEVLIN REEVES v ROBBY HEART
The EPW Invitational champion for 2007 has set his sights on
becoming the very first EPW SA champion. His first test came in
the form of Robby Heart, who was making his EPW debut. This was
a typical match from Devlin Reeves as he kept the youngster
within arms reach and beat him to a pulp. He punished the
youngster with forearms and chops but could not beat the life
out of Heart. Robby fought back with everything he had and
soared all over the ring with ease. But in the end a package
piledriver stopped him in his tracks.
Winner: Devlin Reeves by pinfall after a package piledriver
SLEX v MIKEY
Two of the finest wrestler in Australia went at it in a terrific
contest. Mikey’s tremendously healthy ego managed to get him
into trouble numerous times in this match. Slex took advantage
of every opportunity that Mikey gave him and proved himself to
be worthy of his reputation as one of Australia’s best. But it
was Mikey’s ego that proved his undoing as he allowed himself to
be distracted while Slex rolled him up for a huge win. Slex will
be a man to watch in EPW Adelaide.
Winner: Slex by pinfall after a roll up
AZAZAL GATECRASHES THE SHOW
The ‘Fallen Angel’ may be loved at home in Perth but it was the
Azazal of old who showed up at Emerging. He lambasted the
Adelaide fans before inviting one of the rookie wrestlers (who
are stationed around the ring as part of their training) to join
him in the ring. He then took it upon himself to destroy the
rookie and force a referee to count the three. Although the
result is unlikely to stand officially, it was a hell of a debut
in EPW-A for Azazal.
EPW TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH
‘JAG’ HARTLEY JACKSON & DAVIS STORM v SHANE HASTE & DAMIEN
SLATER
The main event of the first EPW-A show saw the first official
defense of the tag team titles by Davis Storm & Jag. Haste found
himself in the strange position of being the second most popular
man in his team as Slater got the home crowd fired up. They
proved themselves to be a formidable team as their team work
kept them on top early. But an injury to Davis Storm would prove
to be the turning point. Haste hit Storm with a slingshot
twisting splash breaking Storm’s nose in the process.
Seeing his own blood only set the ‘Ironman’ off and his
intensity went through the roof as he looked for retribution.
But Shane and Slater weathered the storm (no pun intended) and
came back firing.
Just as it seemed like a title change was at hand, Davis
prevented the referee from making the winning three count by
dropping an elbow on him. When a replacement referee hit the
ring, Storm blatantly hit Shane with the belt to earn himself a
disqualification.
Winners: Damien Slater & Shane Haste by DQ
Nate Dooley returned to help Jag & Storm beat down the two
youngsters. This drew Chris Spartan & Jayson Cooper from the
backstage area. No sooner had they hit the ring then Havok and
James Street entered and in an instant, wrestler came pouring
from the back as the ringside area turned into total anarchy.
Spartan paid tribute to his heritage by breaking plates over
Havok’s head, while Haste took to the sky with a phoenix 630
splash to the outside. Haste then drilled Storm with a frog
splash while Slater superkicked Jag from the ring.
EPW would like to thank all who made this history making event a
successful evening. EPW Adelaide is off to a flying start. Bring
on 2007!
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