Grab/Twist/Knockout

Kal Conner vs Tanner Ripley, Match 878 (UCW)

When UCW shut down last year, I felt like a close relative had died, but the new owner has picked up the legacy and, in its first two releases, displayed an understanding of what set UCW apart from other underground wrestling promotions. There's the same feeling of grit and bodily invasion, the same bulges, the same genuine and straightforward enthusiasm.

Conner was part of the original legacy, and he has taken it and run with it. My personal favorite Ripley slides into this world perfectly, as great a daredevil bully as Eli Black and Derrick Cole. Conner vs Ripley wakes my dick up. This is rough and tough drama mixed with lust, rage, and velocity - vital components of the early UCW. I'm missing the weekend regularity of the old UCW's releases, but the original spirit is alive and humping.

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