Looking back at some more classic matches from Deadlock Pro as we count down the final days of DPW.

Match One: Jake Something & Mike Bailey vs. Bryan Keith & Titus Alexander (12/10/2023)

This is from the DPW 2nd Anniversary show in Durham, NC. Titus Alexander and Mike Bailey start for their respective teams. Titus bails quickly so Bryan Keith jumps in and boots down Speedball. Jake Something takes this as an invitation to come in and run through Keith with a body block. Titus missile dropkicks Jake, and gets a brainbuster on Bailey for two. Speedball comes back with a boot and a dropkick, and gets the tag.

Something freight trains the heels with clothelines, but Titus gets a Lethal Injection out of nowhere for two.He tries a rana only to get caught and buckle bombed. Bailey and Keith tee off on each other next and Kieth gets an Exploder suplex into the corner for two. Something rejoins us for a double chokeslam and F5’s Bailey onto Keith for two.

Speedball gets a springboard moonsault to the floor, and Something follows with a plancha of his own. Keith with a suplex off the top on Bailey which only gets a one count. Stacked powerbomb and a kneestrike gets two. Bailey comes back with two superkicks and a tornado kick. Alexander tosses him however and gets a tope con hilo to the floor. Chaos Theory on Bailey gets two as Something breaks up the pin.

Something spears Keith to the floor and Speedball hits a poison rana on Alexander and hits the Ultimo Weapon for the win. Didn’t necessarily have the standard tag formula but they went full speed for the whole thing. ***½

Match Two: DPW Tag Team Championship – Violence is Forever (c) vs. Matt Tremont & Marcus Mathers (4/16/2023)

From DPW Live 2 in Ridgefield Park, NJ. This is also a Jersey Street Fight. Crowd is VERY fired up for this one. Some early chair tosses start us off as Marcus Mathers and Dominic Garrini do a chop-off. Oh, Matt Tremont is already bleeding. Mathers with a cutter and Tremont adds a splash for two.

All four men brawl out on the floor now including some staplegun treatment between Tremont and Kevin Ku. Garrini with a senton off the apron, and then Tremont throws a chair in his face. Back inside VIF hits some more chairshots to Mathers. Ku chokes Mathers with a chain while Garrini takes out Tremont on the floor. Marcus is also now busted open.

More brawling on the floor as Tremont gets clobbered with chairshots. Assisted suplex to Mathers gets two. Mathers fires up with a German suplex and Tremont makes his way back inside for the first time in a while. Forks are the weapon of choice with VIF on the receiving end.

Saito supex from Tremont to Garrini then Mathers lawndarts a chair into the face of Ku for a two count. VIF comes back with a Musclebuster and doublestomp to Mathers for two. They grab a door and set it up across two chairs but the powerbomb attempt to Mathers fails.

Tremont and Mathers add another door and chairs layer to the existing stack, and Marcus hits a tope con hilo on Garrini to the floor. Meanwhile, Tremont superplexes Ku through the doors but only for two. Mathers gets powerbombed through a door while Tremont spears Ku through another leaving Garrini as the only man standing.

All four take turns swinging door shrapnel. Ku pours thumbtacks into the mouth of Tremont and VIF kick them out. That also only gets two. Mathers jumps in with a shooting star press to break the pin attempt and powerbombs Ku. Swanton and DVD on the champs gets two counts.

Garrini and Tremont get booted off the ring apron through a table on the floor leaving Ku and Mathers in the ring. Small Package Driver into an open chair from Ku gets the win for VIF to retain. A violent war that went almost a half hour.  ***

Match Three: Jay Malachi vs. Myron Reed (5/21/2023)

This is from DPW No Pressure 2023 in Durham. Jay Malachi starts quick by tossing Myron Reed to the floor and hitting a tope suicida. He rolls Reed in only for Myron to get his own tope suicida. After a standoff on the apron they trade armdrags and kip-up in the center of the ring.

Malachi hits a dropkick but misses a kick as Reed gets an enzuigiri and a dropkick in return. Reed with a plancha to the floor and a side suplex on the apron. Malachi hits a Superman Punch and a German, but Reed has fighting sprit and gets a German.

They trade poison ranas next, then Malachi gets a head and arm suplex with a trap pin for two. Springboard crossbody gets another two count. Springboard cutter is countered into a suplex by Reed, who tries a cutter from the apron to the floor, but Malachi blocks and kicks him of the guardrail. Malachi then gears up for a huge plancha dive from the ring, over the guardrail onto Reed.

Doublestomp inside is avoided by Reed as he hits an axe kick and follows with a superkick. Slingshot powerbomb gets two. Enzuigiri lands and an F5 for two. Reed now hits the cutter from the apron to the floor in another nutty spot. Superkick and he goes for a springboard, but Malachi meets him on the ropes and nails a Spanish Fly. Malachi goes for his cutter but Reed avoids and hits one. Then jumps right into a cutter and Malachi gets the springboard cutter for the win. My goodness.  ****¼

Match Four: DPW Women’s Championship – Emi Sakura (c) vs. Sumie Sakai (2/25/2023)

From Raleigh, NC at the DPW You Already Know 2023 event. Emi Sakura tosses Sumie Sukai by the hair a few times. Sumie fires back with a corner attack and forearm, but the champion reclaims control working the limbs of Sakai.

Sumie reverses out and puts on a figure-four headlock. Sakura fights out and hits a splash in the corner for two. Delayed double-underhook backbreaker gets a two count. Champ looks for a powerbomb out of the corner but can’t get it, so tries a top-rope rana instead which Sakai rolls through on for two.

Sumie with a crossface and Sakura makes the ropes. Top-rope dropkick by the challenger followed by a Fisherman’s Buster for two. Running knee strike connects, but a clothesline misses and Sakura gets a Saito suplex. Both women get to their feet and duke it out with Sakura getting Smash Mouth for a close two.

Sakura looks for the Queen’s Gambit but Sumie wiggles out and hits Smash Mouth. Emi ducks a clothesline and rolls up Sumie with a La Majestral cradle for two. She gets Smash Mouth again but Sakai kicks out at one. Sakura slaps her across the face so Sumie gets another Smash Mouth for two. Sakura blocks a back elbow smash and hits the Queen’s Gambit for the victory to retain in her first title defense.  **¾

Match Five: DPW World Championship – Lucky Ali (c) vs. Speedball Mike Bailey (6/18/2023)

Colby Corino is the special enforcer for the match, which is from DPW Tag Festival 2023 in Durham. Lucky Ali tries for a cheap shot kick which Mike Bailey catches and armdrags him down. Speedball with the rapid fire kicks and big boot sending Ali to the floor.

Springboard moonsault out there as Bailey sends the champion back in. Helluva kick in the corner and a double kneedrop gets two. Lucky uses Corino as a diversion to send Bailey into the guardrail. A chop hits the ringpost so Speedball fires of some more kicks. Ali dodges the last of those as Bailey’s leg hits the guardrail.

Back inside the champion works on the injured left leg. Ali drops a knee for two and puts on a chinlock. Bailey busts out with a superkick and missile dropkick. Standing shooting star press gets two for Speedball. Ali catches a kick and bites the foot then gets a Northern Lights suplex and doublestomp to even the odds.

They duke it out with Ali stomping the bare foot of Bailey. Speedball goes Karate Kid on the champ with a bicycle kick and moonsault double kneedrop for two. Ultimo Weapon misses and Ali hits the Grime line twice but only gets two. Pele kick, then Ali drops Speedball on the top turnbuckle. He tries for the Junkie Driver but Bailey counters it into a poison rana.

They go up top in the corner and Speedball enzuigiris him to the floor. BK Westbrook looks for a belt shot, but Corino stops him and Bailey backdrops BK onto Ali, then follows with a springboard corkscrew moonsault onto both. The ref tosses Westbrook from ringside as Speedball back bodydrops Ali on the apron, then gets the moonsault double kneestrike on the floor.

Ultimo Weapon is avoided inside, and Ali knees Bailey in the back sending him into the referee. Ali grabs the title belt but Corino takes it away and Bailey hits a series of kicks. Ultimo Weapon connects this time but the ref is out! Corino grabs the referee shirt and counts the three to give Bailey the title!

Oh wait, another referee comes out to state that Corino cannot count the pin so we’ve got a Dusty Finish. The match restarts and Ali gets a low blow and Grime Line. Junkie Driver is drilled and Ali keeps the title. They had me on the false finish. ****

Final Thoughts: Really good batch here. Anything involving Speedball you know will be good, and Malachi vs. Reed was awesome.