Black Label Pro has generously released the full event, Erick Stevens Presents Professional Wrestling, to their YouTube channel. The show took place on August 22nd, 2020 from the RDS Gym in Crown Point, IN. This took place in the heart of the Covid-19 pandemic, but the card looks great, so let’s check it out.

The announcers are Percy Davis and Sarah Shockey.

Opening Contest: Alex Zayne & Blake Christian vs. Violence Is Forever

Blake Christian hands out some socially distant high fives to the fans on his way out. Alex Zayne and Dominic Garrini begin. Dom grabs a quick heel hook and then wrenches the arm. Zayne gets put on the apron but comes right back with a rolling senton to take over. Christian and Kevin Ku tag in with a fast paced exchange and Blake gets a spinning heel kick and standing moonsault for two. Garrini makes the blind tag and VIF hit a doubleteam suplex. Dom with the ground and pound for a bit, until Blake gets a pump kick but isn’t able to make the tag. Garrini with a kneestrike for two. Christian flips over a Kevin Ku attack and dives to make the tag to Zayne. Side suplex and springboard senton gets two for Zayne. Shooting Star but nobody is home allowing VIF to get a high/low. Christian then hits a Swanton Bomb to breakup a pin attempt. Blake gets some straight kicks to the chest of Garrini who shakes it off and hits a GTS. Christian avoids a Chasing the Dragon. Zayne hits a shooting star kneedrop on Dom which gets two as Ku dives to break it up. This time VIF does get Chasing The Dragon on Zayne to finish this one. Good opener. **¾

Match Two: Arik Royal vs. AJ Gray

AJ Gray with the early advantage as he grabs the leg until we get a rope break. A test of strength that Arik Royal wins, after which is snaps at the leg of Gray. Spinning heel kick by Royal followed by an overhead belly to belly suplex. High angle Saito suplex gets two. To the top by Gray catches him with a kick and delivers an iconoclasm. Corner splash and powerslam from Gray gets two. Big spinebuster but a moonsault misses. Arik gets a pair of T-bone suplexes. Twisting backbreaker gets a two count. Uppercut and a Space Jam gets a close two. They trade forearms until Gray gets an impressive Emerald Flowsion for the pin. This was a fun big man match. ***

Match Three: IWTV Championship – Warhorse (c) vs. A Very Good Professional Wrestler

Quick rollup by Avery Good for two. Kneelift and a turnbuckle shot, but Warhorse no-sells that and gets a corner spear. Delayed Northern Lights suplex with a bridge gets two. Out to the floor for some brawling until Warhorse gets tossed into the ringpost headfirst. Avery Good gets an Oklahoma Roll for two, then locks on a full-nelson. Running neckbeaker gets two for the challenger. Fisherman’s Buster for another two count. Warhorse bounces back with a lariat putting both guys down. Scorpion Death Lock put on by the champion. Doublestomp out to the floor and they go to the top where Avery Good gets an overhead toss and then a Gory Special into the turnbuckle. Running Ligerbomb by Avery Good gets two. Warhorse comes back with an ushigoroshi and a Death Rider DDT. Top-rope elbowdrop finishes for the champion to retain. ***¼

Match Four: Benjamin Carter vs. Anthony Henry

Benjamin Carter is now known as Nathan Frazer in WWE. Anthony Henry hits a quick running kick right off the bat and gets two. Carter comes back with a big dropkick and enzuigiri sending Henry to the floor. Tope suicida hits twice, but he third is caught with Anthony dropping Carter knees first on a chair. Henry goes after the legs now as you’d expect, getting a kneebreaker on the apron. Just vicious. Carter makes a brief comeback which is stopped by a double dragonscrew legwhip. Henry wrenches the leg on the buckle and looks for a superplex and gets it, but Carter rolls through with a small package for two. Double clothesline has both guys down. It’s a chop-off won by Carter. Dropkick and a springboard coast to coast connects. Superkick and frog splash by Carter gets a close two. Moonsault misses and Henry grabs the leg on the way down applying an anklelock and Carter has no choice but to tap out. Really good mix of styles and a fast pace. ***¾

Match Five: Isaias Velazquez vs. Alex Shelley

Smooth technical sequence and Alex Shelley gets a PK then a low dropkick. Another dropkick is avoided with Isaias Velazquez hitting a doublestomp. Single-arm DDT and an armbreaker from Isais. Onto the apron where Shelley hits a dragonscrew and flying kneedrop. Velazquez is favoring the left leg now so Shelley looks for a figure-four and puts it on. Velazquez fights out with a small package for two and then drills him with a kick to the head. He kicks the left arm of Shelley but Alex strikes back with a roaring elbow. Sliced Bread is avoided and Velazquez gets his own for two. Doublestomp off the top gets a close two. Rollup gets a very close two count (likely was supposed to be the finish) so they audible with Shelley putting on the Border City Stretch, and Velazquez cradles him for the win. ***

Match Six: Lee Moriarty vs. Josh Alexander

Josh Alexander has the power advantage and gets a slam. He looks to finish quickly but Lee Moriarty reacts quickly getting a lucha armdrag and rolling forearm. Good looking dropkick and a kneestrike on the apron, followed by an STO. Lee works the left arm but cannot get a suplex, getting reversed into one by Alexander. Running back elbow followed by a single-leg crab by Josh. Well executed backbreaker but Moriarty fights back with a nice kick and enzuigiri. European uppercut and they duke it out from their knees resulting in Moriarty putting on a Fujiwara Armbar. Josh gets an elbow and big boot, then grabs the ankle. Lee rolls through but gets another elbow to the back of the head. Up top Moriarty fights out, getting a doublestomp to the arm and kick to the face. Lariat doesn’t work and Alexander gives him the spinning tombstone to win the match. Another good one. ***½

Match Seven: BSTRD Cassidy vs. Tom Lawlor

Filthy rules. Tom Lawlor throws some quick strikes but BSTRD Cassidy bows up and trips Lawlor down. BSTRD looks like he hurt his knee but Tom isn’t able to shoulderblock him off his feet. So Lawlor forearms the crap out of him and then knocks Cassidy down. Filthy lands a straight kick to the man boobs and charges, but runs into a clothesline for two. Cassidy can’t lift Tom and Lawlor locks in a guillotine choke. Now BSTRD does get a bodyslam for two. Lawlor tries the guillotine again but Cassidy powers out with a vertical suplex. Gutwrench suplex gets two on Filthy. They exchange strikes and Cassidy hits a German suplex and clothesline for two. BSTRD can’t get a side slam with Lawlor hitting an enzuigiri and a head and arm suplex. Filthy puts on a kneebar to force the tapout. I don’t know if Cassidy suffered a legit leg injury early on but Lawlor did a nice job of working around whatever happened. **

Match Eight: Black Label Pro Heavyweight Championship – Erick Stevens (c) vs. Calvin Tankman

This is actually Calvin Tankman’s BLP debut. The champion tries unsuccessfully to knock Tankman off his feet and winds up eating a dropkick. Out on the floor they do some brawling. Erick Stevens tries a lope suicida and is caught, then spinbustered on the apron. Tank tosses Erick across the ring and they head out to the apron. Stevens escapes a driver out there and rips the left arm of Tankman across the top rope. That arm becomes the focus of the champion now. Stevens toys with Tank a bit and winds up getting Pounced big time. Backbreaker and a lariat from the challenger gets two. A one-armed slam by Tankman, but he misses a running shooting star press (!) and Stevens puts on a Labell Lock. Calvin casually picks him up and drills him with a sitout powerbomb. Tankman climbs but Stevens pulls him down onto the top rope and clotheslines him off for two. Kimura Lock is put on now, and once again the champion slaps Tankman around to irritate him. Headbutt and a Tankman Driver gets only two. Stevens rocks Calvin with a series of elbows and delivers a Northern Lights Bomb for two. To the top, where Tankman gets a superbomb but is slow to make the cover and can’t finish. Lariat is caught by the champion into an armbar. Tank busts out, hits a spinebuster and an elbow to the back of the head. Top-rope moonsault gets a close two count. GFD from Tankman gets the win, and we have a new champion! ****

Jake Something walks to the ring after the match, cashing in on a title match he’s owed. Jake clocks Tank with the title belt and we have a match.

Main Event: Black Label Pro Heavyweight Championship – Calvin Tankman (c) vs. Jake Something

Tankman tries to fight off Jake but runs right into the Into The Void slam and Something takes the title.

Final Thoughts: Erick Stevens promised some professional wrestling and darn it that’s what we got. The main event was excellent, as was Henry vs. Carter. Everything else on the show was good to very good, and it’s less than a 2.5 hour watch on YouTube, so worth the time if you ask me.