Beaumont, TX
On Saturday, June 16th, I took my son and daughter to the best professional wrestling event that I’ve been to in a very long time. Hurricane Pro’s The Crowning, which took place at the Beaumont Civic Center, was simply awesome. There’s no other way to describe the event.
We purchased VIP tickets that gave us early access to the venue, a meet-and-greet with some of the featured wrestlers, and hot pink t-shirts commemorating the event. My kids really enjoyed meeting the women of The Crowning. All five competitors met with VIPs before the show and took photos and signed autographs with everyone. As a rule, I don’t post photos of my children on my blog, but know that the kids were excited to meet the competitors before the matches began.Our seats were ringside, meaning we had an up-close-and-personal view of everything that went down during the night and things definitely went down!
Things opened up with Ayden Cristiano taking on Jordan Jensen. Cristiano didn’t get a very warm reception from the crowd. They cheered on fan favorite Jordan Jensen throughout the match. Both men and Cristiano’s manager, The Don, put on a great show. The Don interacted with the crowd and took a lot of verbal punishment for his troubles. He also ended up on the business end of Jordan Jensen’s fists a few times as well. Jensen was victorious, but he wasn’t done for the evening. I’ll get to that later.
Next up was an interesting pair of matches pitting two tag teams against each other in singles matches. Make Your Own Path’s Alex Lane faced off against the Dark Alliance’s Heinz Emmerich. Lane’s high energy dominated the match despite interference from Emmerich’s partner, Billy W. Fletcher. Lane and Emmerich took things outside of the ring and into the crowd at one point. Blood was also drawn as Lane started bleeding from the mouth during the match.
Lane succeeded in his match, but for him and his teammate, Ricardo Cage, to become the number one contender for the tag team titles, Cage had to defeat Fletcher in singles competition. That match started immediately after Lane pinned Emmerich, and unfortunately for Make Your Own Path, Fletcher defeated Cage. During that match, though, myself and the crowd had a lot of fun taunting Emmerich. He even told me to shut up a few times.
Next up was the Hurricane Pro Heavyweight Title Match between challenger Bu Ku Dao (my son’s favorite wrestler) and champion Terrale Tempo. In all honesty I’m a fan of both of these guys, so I pretty much sat quietly as this match unfolded. Neither wrestler disappointed as Tempo managed to keep his title for another day. After the fight, the crowd applauded both wrestlers and Bu Ku Dao left the arena knowing that he did a great job. During his exit, though, another wrestler entered the arena, grabbed the heavyweight belt, and walked around the ring with it a few times before finally giving it to Tempo. That wrestler? Jordan Jensen, a man who has wanted a shot at Tempo’s belt for awhile. It looks like he’ll get his shot in July! More on that in a minute.
The next match-up was a a two on three handicap match between the Pump Patrol and Brysin Scott and Estrella Galactica. Despite the handicap, Scott and Galactica held their own throughout the match. Things even went outside of the ring a few times, as Scott and Galactica utilized their aerial moves on the Pump Patrol numerous times. Ultimately it was a failed attempt at cheating that cost the Pump Patrol the match. setting up Estrella Galactica for the win.
The event was capped off by the first ever Hurricane Pro Women’s Championship match that featured five excellent wrestlers. Miranda Alize, Chelsea Green, Phoebe, Hyan, and Simply Luscious faced off in a gauntlet match. Phoebe and Luscious entered the ring first, with Luscious brutally attacking Phoebe. Simply Luscious never let up on Phoebe, but Phoebe eventually managed to get the best of Luscious and scored a victory. She had no time to catch her breath, however, as Hyan entered the ring immediately after Simply Luscious’ exit. Hyan focused on Phoebe’s damaged arm and wore her down with a series of holds and attacks. Phoebe eventually succumbed to Hyan’s perfect execution of moves and was sent packing despite a solid effort. Miranda Alize was next in the ring and she and Hyan squared off in an excellent contest that showed both ladies take a ton of abuse. Miranda managed to defeat Hyan, but Hyan definitely left her mark on Miranda, Phoebe, and the fans of Hurricane Pro.
The final competitor to enter the match was Chelsea Green. Demanding that the crowd cheer louder for her, she strutted into the ring full of confidence and she and Miranda began circling one another until they finally commenced their battle. The competition was very close as both ladies gave as much as the got during the first half of the match. Green verbally sparred with the crowd while holding her own against Miranda.
About halfway through the match, and possibly as a result of two running corner kicks from Miranda, Chelsea Green snapped, whipped out some lipstick, and turned into the highly unhinged Hot Mess of Professional Wrestling that she is known and loved for by her fans. Her attack became more brutal and relentless, eventually tossing Miranda into the crowd. Neither Miranda nor popcorn buckets or chairs were safe as the Hot Mess savagely beat her opponent. The action spread all over the arena and eventually ended up in the row behind our seats.
It was at this point that Miranda started to regain control of the match and the two wrestlers finally found their way back into the ring. Miranda eventually got the win over Chelsea Green to become Hurricane Pro’s first Women’s Champion, but none of the ladies involved in the match did a bad job. All of them were deserving of the title, and hopefully we will see Miranda defend her title against all of them in future matches.
After the match was over, the announcer let everyone know that both Miranda and Chelsea and many of the other wrestlers from the event would be out signing autographs and taking photos. My daughter got a second photo with the ladies and my son grabbed a quick snap with Estrella Galactica. I had to get a selfie with the Hot Mess in full psycho mode, and she happily took a photo with me. I also got an autographed photo from her.
Just a few hours ago, Hurricane Pro officially announced that their next big event is coming up on July 28th and it will feature Terrale Tempo defending his belt against Jordan Jensen. More matches and ticket information will be coming in the near future, so be sure to check out Hurricane Pro’s website and follow them on Facebook to keep up with everything that is happening at the next show!
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Keep an eye out for my eventual Solo review and also for a recap of my recent visit to Austin, TX. I had a blast out there and have a ton of things to talk about from my trip. Again, thanks for reading!!!
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