Beyond Wrestling’s "Uncharted Territory" Episode 8 Review

Beyond Wrestling’s “Uncharted Territory” Episode 8 live from the Electric Haze in Worcester, Massachusetts took place on May 22nd. Your commentary team are Paul Crockett and Josh Briggs. Your ring announcer is Rich Palladino.

Skylar is returning to Beyond Wrestling for the first time since December’s Heavy Lies the Crown event. The match starts off with back and forth submissions. Solo Darling goes for the Sharp Stinger early but Skylar powers out. Skylar later goes to the top rope for a high risk maneuver but is knocked off. Solo hits her with a running bulldog on the ring apron. Skylar later comes back with a codebreaker off the second rope onto Solo who was on the ring apron. Both woman spill to the floor. Very nasty bump for both women.

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Solo’s second attempt at the Sharp Stinger is successful but Skylar reaches for the ropes. Solo is later able to lock in the submission for a third time. Skylar grabs referee Steven Dumeng’s hand and makes it tap the mat. Solo lets go of the submission thinking that she won the match. Skylar gets the roll up and the victory in her return to Beyond Wrestling. Davienne makes an appearance. Could this be a new partnership between the two?

Cam Zagami is backstage with Jaxon Stone. Stone says he’s world traveled and that he’s been to more countries than there’s been Uncharted Territory episodes. He also states that he’s going to end the Ovaltine Dream.

Thomas Santell makes his entrance to a huge reaction from the crowd. Jaxon Stone gains an advantage in the match when he uses camerawoman Tonya as a shield and hits a cheap shot on Santell. The turning point of the match is when Stone breaks Santell’s glasses. This fires up Santell. Stone is able to hit a brainbuster on the knee but only gets a two count. The crowd gets behind Santell with the chants of “nerd.” Stone goes for a second brainbuster on the knee but Santell blocks it and locks in the Sugar Free hold forcing Stone to tap. Thomas Santell will be returning to next week’s episode as the longest reigning competitor in the Discovery Gauntlet. As Santell is exiting the ring, Nick Gage’s music plays.

Gage immediately grabs the mic and states that he went into the Heavy Lies the Crown event with a knee the size of a softball. He hears that Josh Briggs is hurt but calls him out for a fight. Briggs answers the challenge and the two men brawl at ringside. Anthony Greene takes over on commentary. Briggs controls the match until he slips off the middle rope after his hip gives out. Gage takes advantage. Briggs comes back with a backbreaker and a double underhook backbreaker, but is unable to capitalize due to the bad hip. Gage hits the chokebreaker for the win. Gage gives Briggs a salute as a sign of respect.

Chuck O’Neil enters the ring and attacks Briggs. Anthony Greene makes the save. He says screw the RETRObution tour, he wants a match with O’Neil next week. Richard Holiday takes over on commentary.

Next up is the Whisper vs. Ophidian. Both men are returning to Uncharted Territory following losses to their opponents. These two men know each other well and this is a teacher vs. student match-up. There’s a stalemate in the beginning with neither man gaining an advantage. The Whisper hits a neckbreaker onto the ring apron on Ophidian who was hanging from the middle rope. Whisper targets the back of his opponent. Whisper goes for a unique flipping splash off the top rope but Ophidian gets the knees up. The two men trade palm strikes in the middle of the ring. Whisper hits a Vertibreaker with a spin but is unable to put Ophidian away. Ophidian hits a powerbomb onto his knees and follows up with a Gory Special into a flatliner. Ophidian puts away the Whisper with a Muta Lock.

Brandon Watts and Randy Summers of Milk Chocolate make their way to the ring and issue an open challenge. The Platinum Hunnies of Ava Everett and Angel Sinclair come out for the unscheduled match. Summers asks Ava to lay down for the count. She does lay on the mat but plays a distraction, then tries to get the quick pin on Summers. She follows up with a spinning head scissors and a big double leg drop, Undertaker style, onto the back of Summers who was on the apron. Milk Chocolate double team Ava Everett to gain the advantage. Ava is finally able to make the tag to Angel Sinclair and she clears house. Angel powerbombs Ava onto Watts for the win. This was a pretty short but a fun match.

Next stop on Chris Dickinson’s road to Americanrana is Erick Stevens. Stevens is returning to a wrestling ring after a 9 year hiatus. The two men trade chops to start off the match. Dickinson takes control for most of the match. A tiger bomb from Stevens is unable to put away the Dirty Daddy. The match ends with Dickinson hitting a saito suplex, dropping Stevens on his neck and following up with a lariat. Dickinson picks up another victory before his big match with Daisuke Sekimoto. He will be taking on Tom Lawlor next week.

In the main event the Beaver Boys are taking on Bear Country. Silver starts off with some strikes but they have little effect on Bear Bronson. Bear Country attempt the electric chair splash combo early but the Beaver Boys regroup. Bronson hits a big suicide dive taking out both men. Once Bear Beefcake enters the match he hits a big powerbomb and front slam combo to both of his opponents. They go for the electric chair splash but Reynolds moves out of the way and Silver hits an ace crusher out of nowhere. A codebreaker off the middle rope from Reynolds to Beefcake and every man is down. Silver tires to hit Bronson with a kick but he ducks and accidently takes out Reynolds. Silver ends up getting the big man up and dropping him down for a huge brainbuster.

As Silver goes for the tag, Reynolds moves off the apron and walks out on his partner. Silver tries to fight off both men as he hits a suicide dive on Bronson and an amazing blue thunder bomb on Beefcake. The 2-on-1 fight doesn’t last long as Bronson hits a package piledriver and their double team finisher for their biggest win yet.

Overall:

Beyond Wrestling continues to put on the most entertaining 2 hour weekly wrestling shows. Skylar looked great in her return match. The Discovery Gauntlet continues to be one of the most entertaining parts of every episode. Erick Stevens looked great in his return match and Bear Country killed it in their first main event on Uncharted Territory.

Uncharted Territory is live every Wednesday at 8pm Eastern on IWTV. You can watch the first eight 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 for a 20 day free trial.