I'm just recovering from last night (and the night before that) and What A Couple Of Shows. Particularly a couple of shows by Relentless Wrestling. As far as I'm concerned they are the future of both wrestling and entertainment in the Spokane area. Each one of their shows should be treated as do not miss. Plan your weeks around them.
Ciriculum Viate
As someone with a hefty case of imposter syndrome, I feel the need to prove myself. Or at least orient myself with you, the reader. I'm only recently a wrestling fan. Never watched it growing up, bought into the "it's not real" brainrot. Not realizing what "real" even was. Eventually someone took me to Hoodslam. And then everything changed for me. I became an instant fan.
Well "fan" might not be the right word. I'd go to every show, bringing as many who I thought would benefit from it as I could. I scream, I chant, I throw money, I love the storylines. Beyond that I'm not a wrestling fan. I don't know the moves, the lore, the history, the politics. And that's probably what swept me off my feet: nobody expected me to know those things. It was the most welcoming atmosphere.
Okay now Relentless Wrestling
Best I can tell,
Relentless turned 1 last april. And I'm so sad to have missed their early shows.
* I can only compare them to Hoodslam, but the comparison feels very close.
† ‡ The wrestlers are distinct and instantly/loveable hateable, the moves are excellent, the fans are super friendly,
§ and it's just awesome.
I was jonesing for wrestling in the INW, looked for shows and found the July 15th one. A couple weeks later we found out that
Crave! NW was happening and had a BURGER SMACK DOWN event the day before. So b2b we got to see Relentless Wrestling shows.
The crowd who had assembled to taste test hamburgers
¶ didn't quite know what to make of it at first but with some excellent crowd work and a good deal of outside of the ring action they were cheering. Had the Friday show not already sold out I bet they could have filled up the rest of the seats.
And speaking of seats, Relentless could really use some more. Trailbreaker Ciderhouse seems to be the venue de choice, and it should be. It's comfortable, stylish, and nice, but the room was absolutely packed with seats. Relentless has the problem of popularity.
And damn were they good. My memory is pretty foggy but here are some of my favorite parts:
Evan Rivers' moonsault
Like a Canuck Free Willie if he annihilated that child
Funny Bone changing the face of wrestling in Spokane forever
The Demigod of Death perching on a post explaining tipping was fantastic
Chase James, the Hero of Spokane breaking doors
What an absolute hometown hero. A whole bunch of signs in the crowd for him.
Everything WARHORSE
DAMN THAT MAN CAN WORK A CROWD. WHAT A CONSTANT STREAM OF ROCKING OUT AND KICKING ASS
#Keita and Taters slugging it out
I had thought the match before this was the finale but holy crap this topped it over and over.
Kidd Bandit just absolutely destroying
Truly the protagonist. And big ups to Pitfall Jones for being so formidable.
Okay there was a ton more things that I'm forgetting but I have to end the list somewhere
tl;dr Relentless Wrestling is amazing