Beaumont, Texas
I crossed the Sabine River into Texas over the weekend with my family for my fourth round of Hurricane Pro Wrestling. Although I’m still learning about this promotion, it has been around for quite awhile in southeast Texas and has seen steady growth since it first began. I last wrote about Hurricane Pro in June when they crowned their first Women’s Champion, Miranda Alize, in one of the best live shows that I’ve ever attended (and I’ve attended multiple WWE, WCW, NWA, Deep South, and Mid-South shows and tons of independent events over the years).
I wasn’t able to post about last month’s event, but it was excellent as well. New Tag Team champions were crowned when Alex Lane and Ricardo Cage, together known as Make Your Own Path (M.Y.O.P.) successfully took the belts in a three way tag match. Don Rodrigo won the Cruiserweight Championship in a shocking upset over Jared Wayne of the Pump Patrol. The biggest win of the night came when Jordan Jensen defeated long-time Heavyweight Champion Terrale Tempo for the belt. I didn’t get many good shots that evening, but here’s one of Tempo and Jensen hugging in the ring after their match.
On August 18th, all three of the belts won in July were put on the line. The event saw all three belts defended, but not without controversy. The first match of the night saw Don Rodrigo defend his belt against Jared Wayne’s cohort and fellow Pump Patrol stable member, Jonny Flex. I’d love to see these two have a hair versus hair match, as it was a battle of flowing manes in the opening match. The Don defeated Flex, but it was an excellent struggle that saw Flex take control of the match multiple times.
Sorry for the poor quality of my photos. All promotional photos taken from the Hurricane Pro Facebook Page.
The second match featured the high-flying Estrella Galactica taking on Billy Fletcher of the Dark Alliance. The match featured some excellent moves from both wrestlers and Estrella did a great job winning the match despite the occasional interference of Billy’s valet, the lovely but deadly Divinity.
Match Three of the night saw crowd favorite Bu Ku Dao, the Situ-Asian, square off against the very big and very angry Rex Andrews. The match featured some excellent aerial and ground work from Dao, but the sheer strength of Andrews and his multiple power moves coupled with some excellent submission maneuvers saw him walk away victorious. Both men earned the respect of the crowd after putting on an excellent display of speed, strength, and grappling.
After a brief intermission where some of the wrestlers came out to visit with fans and pose for photos, things got underway in the second half of the evening with a brutal tag team match featuring M.Y.O.P. defending their belts against the hungry duo of Curt Matthews and Jared Wayne, the brains and brawn of the Pump Patrol. The match moved quickly with M.Y.O.P. using their speed and ring knowledge to outmaneuver and outsmart the much bigger Pump Patrol. There were multiple tags during the match and this resulted in a lot of confusion in the ring. Thankfully the referee, Said, kept his head during the chaos and gave a ten count to Ricardo Cage of M.Y.O.P. to give the Pump Patrol the win by disqualification. In the ring, Curt Matthews had Alex Lane pinned for the three count, but this came after Cage was disqualified. That meant that M.Y.O.P. retained their belts on a technicality since the belts can only change hands by pin or submission. The Pump Patrol became enraged, stole the belts from M.Y.O.P., and told them that the only way to truly become the Hurricane Pro Tag Team Champions would be to defeat them.
The next match featured the “Pinfall Wizard,” Steve-O-Reno against the man that the people of Beaumont love to hate, Ashton Jacobs. The duo put on one of the best matches of the night as Jacobs drew a ton of heat from the crowd and Steve-O-Reno won them over with his crazy moves. Victorious last month, Jacobs’ winning streak would come to an end at the hands of the Pinfall Wizard, as Steve-O-Reno would take Jacobs down in the ring.
The night was capped off by a great main event featuring Heavyweight Champion Jordan Jensen defending his belt for the very first time. His competition, Ricky Starks, immediately drew heat from the crowd as he taunted and leered at them. The duo squared off in a fast moving match featuring some excellent high spots and solid grappling moves. Both Jensen and Sparks wowed the crowd with their moves and in the end, Jensen walked away with a successful title defense.
Next month’s show has already been announced. Hurricane Pro will return to the Beaumont Civic Center on September 22nd. The doors will open at 6:30 PM and the first bell rings at 7:00 PM. If you are in the area, I highly recommend checking out Hurricane Pro. Their events are family friendly and extremely interactive. Wrestlers will often come out to visit with the crowd before the matches begin and there’s some great food and items to purchase as well. During the intermission and after the last match, wrestlers will come out once again to hang out with their fans.
If you’d like more information about Hurricane Pro, check out their website here. To get the latest scoop on upcoming events, check out their Facebook page or look for them across other social media.
As always, thanks for reading my post. If you do get a chance to visit a Hurricane Pro show, let me know in advance and we can hang out for a bit.
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