PCW PowerBombShells 2017

Rhio vs Sierra Loxton

Both ladies are pretty young, but you can tell that Loxton is a bit more polished at this point. She’s got a bit more aggression about her offence, putting real force behind her forearms and looking comfortable working Rhio over on the mat. Her hip attacks in the corner look nasty and there’s real snap on her German suplex. Rhio’s offence is a bit softer, but she does take a nice looking bump from a DDT. Sadly, she ends up winning with the worst looking move of the match, some sort of Sister Abigail/Flatliner that doesn’t hit well, but both showed their promise.

Molly Spartan vs Jokey vs Jennie B

Fun triple threat with a mixed cast of characters. Spartan is the largest of the ladies and plays brickwall really well, letting the other two bounce off her. It takes Jokey and Jennie B teaming up to down her. Really liked the bulldog Jokey hit on a weakened Spartan, really drove her face into the mat. I was less of a fan of Spartan selling a Jennie B bronco buster with some disgusted retching, felt a bit of a cheap joke. Spartan gets to hit a lovely looking powerbomb, but Jennie B, who is in the match the least, ends up getting the pin, covering both women.

Jayde vs Lady Chardonnay Darcy

I was more familiar with both of these guys, though I hadn’t seen Darcy since she appeared in HOPE in her “chav” guise as simply Chardonnay. She looks in slightly better shape her, a bit stronger and more athletic. Jayde I saw have a decent enough match with Angelina Love, also in HOPE, but she’s very much the rookie here. They work a fun wristlock sequence to start, both girls looking comfortable with Jayde holding her own. Really liked Jayde breaking a run of Darcy control with a vicious headbutt. Some of her other offence looks a little hesitant, but she carries her weight in this match, and her back suplex looks terrific. Darcy is really smooth here, there’s that certain sheen of competence and professionalism some wrestlers have where you know you’re in good hands, and Darcy definitely has that here. A chokebomb sees Darcy pick up the win.

Jayla Dark vs Sadie Gibbs

Another good match, again pairing a more experienced pro with a relative rookie. Gibbs has a great look, seems to be a natural athlete, but has a few moments where her inexperience tells and Dark gets it back on track. Gibbs has a lovely looking standing moonsault early on, before Dark rolls out to sit on the apron. This seems to be to lure Gibbs in, as Dark drops her over the top rope when she reaches for her. Dark catches a charging Gibbs with a really perfectly timed kick, and it’s this kind of experienced sheen that helps keep the match together. Gibbs does have a habit of posing too much at times that don’t fit the move that’s just taken place, but the basics are there. Dark gets the win with a vicious looking Rocker Dropper.

Session Moth Martina vs Nadia Sapphire

This was a comedy match, but a fun one that broke the card up nicely. These feel like two characters who clash nicely for comic effect, with Sapphire’s high-maintenance egotist schtick working against the Moth’s chain-smoking, heavy-drinking antics. The few bits of actual wrestling here were really good. Sapphire laying out Martina in the ropes to hit a running hip attack was nice. Martina picked up the win with a codebreaker, this did what it needed to do.

Kasey Owens vs Jennie B

Owens was supposed to face Lucy Cole here, but an injury means she’s issuing an open challenge here. This really explains why Jennie didn’t do too much in the earlier triple threat. This was more of a showcase for Jennie, she got in a fair bit of offence and moved with more urgency. Her pump kick on the apron looked really good, aided by some decent selling by Owens. There is one botched DDT, but on the whole this was solid stuff. Owens hits a series of nasty looking running knees. Owens picks up the win with a kick to the jaw, but Jennie got more out of this match than the match she actually won.

Nightshade vs Lauren

This is falls count anywhere. I thought Nightshade was tremendous in this match, she seems pretty vicious and, being larger than Lauren, she makes sure to work the match that way. Her strikes look great and she hits a Michinoku Driver that had real snap. Lauren has some good points and some bad. Her offence doesn’t look like it should hurt Nightshade. Her Drive-By kick barely connects, with the same being true of her flipping elbow. Her strengths seem to be in her agility, as she moves really confidently and bumps like a maniac. Nightshade just hurls her through some chairs. Nightshade keeps overwhelming her, hitting a giant forearm and this massive German suplex. Another huge bump as Nightshade catches a crossbody to the floor and hits a fallaway slam through some more chairs. Back inside, a big kick gets the win for Nightshade. Really left me wanting to see more of Nightshade.