ASÉ Wrestling was back in the Slingshot Social Club in Charlotte and streamed live on YouTube for “ASÉ 11”. It’s a fun venue to host and watch wrestling. But I can tell it’s a problem to light well, as wrestlers sometimes fall into shadow when they went to the floor.
An entertaining pre-show hosted by hip-hop artist Go79man (Goldman) saw Team NC (Bojack, “So Fly” Manny Lo, “The” Dontay Khalifah, Jha’Quan “Air” McNair) beat Team DC (“Prolific” Moses, Andino, “Hitman For Hire” Mr. Grim, Olijah Friday).
A pair of veterans, Keith Mack and Zuka King, put their friendship over their differing philosophies to beat young stars Blade Brown and Aaron Ehm, who were filling in for Ashton Starr and Zamir.
Plus performances by artists Flower in Bloom and Chocolate Kndy.
The main show was hosted by Gerard Bonner with Chris Lea and Big Swole on commentary. Nadiah Hunter is a fantastic ring announcer.
New Pan Afrikan champion Bishop Kaun opened the show, celebrating his title win at ASÉ 10 last month. He got completely on the bad side of the Charlotte crowd and announced the creation of new ASÉ Tag Team titles. But before he could do a big reveal of the title belts, former champion Suge D came out and had a back-and-forth, demanding his rematch. “The Problem” Isaiah Broner (with Joseline Navarro), who is scheduled for a shot on this show, was not a fan of being overlooked and entered the situation. Kaun exits. Nice segment that looks like Suge is set to face the winner of tonight’s title match.
Frontman Jah-C vs. “The Revolutionary” Darius Lockhart
“Front Man” Jah-C finally gets a win over “The Revolutionary” (and ASÉ founder) Darius Lockhart, avenging his two previous losses. Very good match, heavy technical wrestling, even with the intensity of their rivalry. Jah countered an O’Connor roll with one of his own, but unlike earlier in the match, he grabbed Lockhart’s trunks to hold him for the win.
Maya World vs. Aleah James
“The It Girl” Maya World earned the fourth spot in the 4 Way match to determine the first-ever ASÉ Women’s champion, defeating Aleah James. Good match. “The Big Flexer” Alexis Littlefoot interviews World, kinda. More commenting on how World might have changed how she was going to bet on the title match. Littlefoot is very good here, antagonizing World and then James.
“Pryme” Cedric Alexander vs. “Fast as Hell” Ian Maxwell
“Pryme” Cedric Alexander, who’s been openly disappointed in what he sees as a lack of progress from some NC-based wrestlers and fresh off defeating Amazing Red Thursday night, beat another one of his former proteges, “Fast as Hell” Ian Maxwell, in a really good match, one of the best I’ve seen from Maxwell. There was a scary bump where Maxwell landed too high on a top rope Meteor double kneestrike, landing on Alexander’s shoulders, toppling them both, and nearly landing on his own head. That led right to the finish with Alexander picking him up and hitting the Lumbar Check for the win.
Similar to how he lambasted Yahya back at ASÉ: Return of the King back in June, Alexander started on Maxwell, which brought out Yahya. Cedric gave them both the business. But on his way to the back, Deadlock Pro National champion and Yahya’s scheduled opponent, Labron Kozone, came out.
Kozone reminds Alexander that he lost to him when Alexander challenged for the National title just a couple of months ago. And that while Alexander is berating his former students, Kozone’s own students are either on WWE TV or in the pipeline. ASÉ Commissioner Caprice Coleman enters the picture and wants to clear this up. The winner of Kozone-Yahya here faces Alexander next month, with the winner of that match being the number one contender to the Men’s title, held by “The All Father” Darius Carter.
“The Gifted One” Yahya vs. “The Ring Warrior” Labron Kozone
Kozone defeats Yahya (with Maxwell staying ringside in support), avenging Yahya beating him in the ASÉ Men’s title tournament first round back last December. In a recurring theme, a very good match. Alexander sat in on commentary and had one last staredown with Kozone as he went to the back.
Bishop Kaun (c) vs. “The Problem” Isaiah Broner
For the Pan Afrikan World Championship
Bishop Kaun was successful in defending the Pan Afrikan World Diaspora title against “The Problem” Isaiah Broner (with Joseline Navarro). If you like shenanigans — and who doesn’t — be sure to watch the pre-match pat-downs. This was a power-based Hoss Fight with big strikes and slams in a war of attrition. Kaun gets into a fracas with Navarro, causing her to fall off the ring apron and possibly injure herself, causing the ref to check on her as one of Kaun’s masked sentries delivers a Death Valley Driver to Broner on the opposite side of the ring onto the floor. Kaun hits the Pedigree for the win.
The masked man is revealed to be “Prolific” Moses, an OG Shane Taylor Promotions reunion. I admit: I popped. Before they could do any more damage to Broner, a chair-wielding Suge made an unappreciated save. All he got were two VERY hard shoves from Broner before Isaiah carried Navarro to the back.
The Audacity [Saieve Al Sabah and Treehouse Lee] vs. Uglee Gang [Reyhan Inteus and Zay Vega with Jordan Holt]
The Uglee Gang, represented by Reyhen Inteus and Zay Vega (with Jordan Holt and UG associate, Chayce Coleman ringside), knock off their summer-long rivals, the Audacity (brother team of Treehouse Lee, Saieve Al Sabah), to get in the match to crown the first-ever ASÉ Men’s Tag Team champs in October. The Audacity looked great here. Not only an innovative offense but also some slick defense, but the size of Inteus was the deciding factor.
In a post-match interview, they find out their opponents will be TME. The monstrous power team of Ganon Jones Jr and Duke Davis, making their first ASÉ appearance since the first one. Ouch.
Maya World vs. Savannah Evans vs. Charity King vs. Karen Renee
Four-Way Match for the ASÉ Women’s Championship
In the main event, Charity King became the first ASÉ Women’s champion, defeating “The Cannibal” Savannah Evans, Maya World, and Karen “Bam Bam” Renee in a 4 Way match. Strong main event with all four women getting their moments to shine. There is an underlying theme, which Swole called out perfectly, of Renee having opportunities to win but choosing to showboat. That costs her as she takes too long to get to the middle rope to do her Banzai Drop-style finish on King, first allowing World to slow her then for King to get up and drop her with a powerbomb, followed by a World’s Strongest Slam. New champ!
Great promo from King, who was in the first-ever Women’s match at ASÉ (a show featuring an Aja Kong-Trish Adora main event, showcasing ASÉ’s respect for their women’s talent), to close a great show.
ASÉ doesn’t just present great matches. ASÉ also works hard to create an episodic feel, usually setting up and/or announcing matches for the next show.
The Real Uncle Dave grade: A (93 out of 100)
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