Beyond Wrestling’s “Uncharted Territory” Episode 7 Review

Beyond Wrestling’s “Uncharted Territory” Episode 7 live from the Electric Haze in Worcester, Massachusetts took place on May 15th. Your commentary team are Paul Crockett and Richard Holiday. Your ring announcer is Rich Palladino.

David Starr starts off the show in the middle of the ring with a microphone. He is upset about not being invited to the Lethal Lottery event. He is about to give his plans for Americanrana when Josh Briggs’ music interrupts. Briggs is also upset because Starr ruined his winning streak at the Treasure Hunt Tournament. Briggs chokes Starr and says they’re gonna have a match tonight.

The action starts with two big man tag teams doing battle. Bear Country gets a huge reaction from the crowd. The match breaks down quick and is basically a tornado tag match from the start. There’s a ton of action throughout including Bear Beefcake hitting a Samoan drop and fall-away slam combo on the Butcher and the Blade. Bear Country win the match with an elevator drop. This was a quick match lasting about 7 minutes but it had non stop action from the start.

A video plays showing the issues that the Beaver Boys have had recently. Jay Freddie starts off the match with some mat wrestling. He later hits a suicide dive and a flying headbutt for only a two count. Reynolds comes back with a half and half suplex, superkick and powerbomb but only gets a two count out of it. He follows up with a submission but Freddie reverses it with a sharpshooter. Reynolds is able to rake the eyes of his opponent and pins him while his feet are on the ropes. Referee Kevin Quinn catches him and only counts to two. Reynolds tries to finish him off but Freddie locks in the sharpshooter once again and Reynolds is forced to tap.

Rory Gulak is seeking revenge for Chuck O’Neil’s attack on him following his match with Ophidian at Episode 3. O’Neil grabs the mic but it’s stopped by Gulak throwing his cape into his face and attacking his opponent. O’Neil regroups to the outside. He re-enters and hits a knee followed by a Michinoku Driver into an armbar. Gulak is forced to tap. The match ends in less than a minute. O’Neil holds up a black belt and says it’s the only legit belt.

Chris Dickinson continues his road to Americanrana with a huge test in Eddie Kingston. Kingston looks to be a roadblock in Dickinson’s journey to Daisuke Sakimoto. The match starts off with a test of strength, that turns into mat wrestling. The match turns into a hard hitting affair with a ton of chops from both men. Kingston hits a series of lariats for a near fall. He follows up with a fisherman buster for only a two count. The two men then trade strikes in the middle of the ring. Dickinson wins the exchange after an enziguri. He hits a huge Pazuzu Bomb for the win. A good physical match you would expect from these two veterans.

Cam Zagami is backstage with the next participant to step foot in the Discovery Gauntlet, Juan Francisco de Coronado. He says that this will be Santell’s last week in Beyond Wrestling. Thomas Santell is returning to Uncharted Territory for his third consecutive week. He is clearly the crowd favorite in this match. The match starts off with some amazing back and forth wrestling until a rake of the eyes of Santell. Coronado starts to work Santell’s left leg. He locks in a figure four but its reversed by Santell. Santell returns the favor with an eye poke of his own. Coronado is unable to win the match with a tiger bomb and Coronado lock. He goes to the top rope but misses a somersault. Santell takes advantage and locks in a submission for the win. Another great showing from Santell in the Discovery Gauntlet, as he punches his ticket to next week’s episode.

Shazza McKenzie is making her Beyond Wrestling debut against the Uncharted Territory regular, Solo Darling. The match starts with a series of pins, each only getting a one count but putting the referee to work. Darling hits a suplex onto the ring apron. McKenzie tries to suplex Darling onto the floor but Solo reverses into a bulldog onto the hard floor. At one point Shazza gains some momentum and hits a split stunner off the top rope. The momentum doesn’t last for long as Solo locks in the Sharp Stinger and Shazza immediately taps.

Another video plays showing the events of Lethal Lottery, where John Silver walked out on his partner Alex Reynolds. Brandon Thurston is returning to Beyond Wrestling after a great showing against Jay Freddie at Uncharted Territory Episode 4. There’s some back and forth chain wrestling. Thurston begins to work Silver’s left arm. This doesn’t stop Silver as he’s able to hit a one armed German Suplex. Silver comes back with a lariat, lawn dart, boot to the face and a spinning tombstone. Unfortunately this fury is only able to get a two count. Thurston comes back with a swinging face plant into an armbar. Silver reverses this into a blue thunder bomb. Thurston kicks out and immediately locks in an armbar again. Silver is able to escape and punts his opponent in the head which puts away Thurston. Great showing from Thurston once again. Hoping he becomes a regular in Beyond Wrestling.

Alex Reynolds enters the ring and grabs the mic. He says that they’ve been best friends for 13 years, and they’re better together as the Beaver Boys. The two men hug in the middle of the ring. The Beaver Boys are back!

Now for the main event, Josh Briggs vs. David Starr. Briggs wastes no time and gives Starr a big boot to the face during Starr’s long ring introduction. He continues the attack until he misses a boot in the corner. Starr takes advantage and goes after the bad hip of Briggs. Starr begins to work on his left leg also. This affects Briggs later in the match when he goes for a chokeslam popup powerbomb and his hip gives out. Briggs tries everything in his arsenal to put Starr away. A chokeslam onto the ring apron and a Go To Hell both only get two counts. Briggs ends up hitting his finisher but he doesn’t go for a pin. Instead he makes his way to the commentary booth and comes back to the ring with a steel chair. It looks like he’s about to hit Starr with the chair but he throws it down to the mat and hits him with a boot to the face instead. Briggs tries to disconnect the top rope from the ring post. While referee Kevin Quinn tries to fix the rope, Starr hits Briggs with a chairshot to the hip. Starr follows up with a straight jacket German which ends the match for Briggs. Good main event to end this stacked episode of Uncharted Territory.

Starr grabs the mic and says that even though he hates Janela, he has respect for him. Janela killed himself for independent wrestling. But Janela couldn’t hack it and he sold out. That is the reason that “Mr. Americanrana” David Starr won’t be at Americanrana. Starr walks out of the ring.

Overall:

Beyond Wrestling ends week seven with another entertain episode. This stacked episode had 8 matches but it went by quick, in a good way of course. The matches on this episode weren’t must-see but every single match was solid. Not only was every match good, but Beyond continued their storytelling going into their biggest show of the year, Americanrana. Uncharted Territory continues to be the must watch show on Wednesday nights.

Uncharted Territory is live every Wednesday at 8pm Eastern on IWTV. You can binge watch the first seven episodes as well as have access to Beyond Wrestling’s past events dating back to 2013. With an IWTV subscription you’re also able to watch other promotions such as Black Label Pro, Freelance Wrestling, Women’s Wrestling Revolution, and plenty others. Sign up to IWTV using promo code UNCHARTED or MJFSUCKS for a 20 day free trial.

Quick Results/Star Ratings:

Bear Country def. The Butcher and the Blade ***
Jay Freddie def. Alex Reynolds **½
Chuck O’Neil def. Rory Gulak NR
Chris Dickinson def. Eddie Kingston ***¼
Discovery Gauntlet Match: Thomas Santell def. Juan Francisco de Coronado ***
Solo Darling def. Shazza McKenzie **½
John Silver def. Brandon Thurston ***
David Starr def. Josh Briggs ***½