Universal Uproar

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Universal Uproar - billed as The Wrestling Supershow 2 - was a professional wrestling event that took place at the Skydome, Coventry, England, on November 12, 2005. The show followed hot on the heels of International Showdown - the first Supershow. Due to The Wrestling Channel only looking to run an event only once a year, the London MCM Expo was the adviser for this show, which subsequently also included the first ever Wrestling Expo.

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[edit] Card and Results

Universal Uproar - The Wrestling Supershow 2
Skydome, Coventry, England
Attendance: 1,900 (estimate)

[edit] Dark Match

Charlie Rage, Mark Sloan & Hade Vansen vs. Bubblegum, Ross Jordan & Andy Simmonz

[edit] Team Fleisch vs. Team Storm

Jody Fleisch, Aviv Maayan & James Tighe vs. Jonny Storm, Spud & The Amazing Red

The former two-time FWA British Heavyweight Champion and one-time FWA All-England Champion, Jody Fleisch teamed up with two up-and-coming British wrestlers, in Aviv Maayan and James Tighe to face the former 2-time FWA All England Champion, and the only XPW European Champion in history, Jonny Storm, another young British wrestler of Spud, and the former TNA X-Division Champion, NWA Tag Champion and ROH Tag Team Champion, The Amazing Red. After some serious high-flying action, Storm picked up the victory for his team, pinning Tighe after the Wonderwhirl.

Result: Jonny Storm over James Tighe via pinfall

[edit] ITV Celebrity Wrestling Challenge Match

Joe Legend vs D'Lo Brown

The former WWE IC Champion, former 4-time WWE European Champion and former NWA Tag Team Champion, D'Lo Brown faced former NWA Tag Team Champion, Joe Legend, and both men were trainers on the ITV1 show, Celebrity Wrestling. Legend picked up the win, using the A.D.D. to finish off Brown.

Result: Joe Legend over D'Lo Brown via pinfall

[edit] The Wrestling Channel's ITV World of Sport Hall of Fame Ceremony

Wrestling journalist Bill Apter inducted legendary British wrestler Kendo Nagasaki into The Wrestling Channel's ITV World of Sport Hall of Fame.

[edit] Next Generation World of Sport Match

Colt Cabana vs. Nigel McGuinness Rules: Six five-minute rounds, and the match can end by a pinfall, submission or knockout

The former 2-time ROH Tag Team Champion, Colt Cabana faced then current ROH Pure Champion, Nigel McGuinness. In a chain-wrestling epic, Cabana won via pinfall after a missile dropkick in the third round.

Result: Colt Cabana over Nigel McGuinness via pinfall

[edit] Ring of Honor Guest Match

Low Ki vs Homicide

In this battle, the student and the teacher went head-to-head. In one corner was the former 2-time NWA Tag Team Champion, 1-time TNA X-Division Champion and the first-ever ROH Champion, Low Ki, facing his teacher, former 6-time JAPW Heavyweight Champion, Homicide. After some stiff kicking action, Ki got the win after hitting the flying Ghetto Stomp while Homicide was trying to get out of the tree-of-woe.

Result: Low Ki over Homicide via pinfall

[edit] Cruiserweight Match

Shannon Moore vs Sonjay Dutt

In this match, the former 3-time WCW Hardcore Champion, Shannon Moore faced the only MLW Junior Heavyweight Champion in history and the winner of CZW Best of the Best 4 tournament, Sonjay Dutt. Shannon won this match after planting Sonjay with the Mooregasm neckbreaker.

Result: Shannon Moore over Sonjay Dutt via pinfall

[edit] Hardcore Rules Eight Man Tag Team Match

Iceman, Stixx, Stone & Alex Shane vs. Paul Travell, The Sandman, Steve Corino & Mick Foley

In a hardcore contest, Geordie wrestler Iceman teamed up with the FWA Tag Champions, Stixx & Stones, and the current 2-time FWA Champion and former 2-time FWA Tag Champion, Alex Shane to face the "British Hardcore Legend", Paul Travell, the former ECW Tag Team Champion and former 5-time ECW World Heavyweight Champion, Sandman, the former AWA Heavyweight Champion, ECW World Champion, the last-ever MLW Champion and former NWA Champion, Steve Corino, and the former 3-time WWE World Champion, 8-time WWE World Tag Champion, the first WWE Hardcore Champion, a former WCW Tag Team Champion, 2-time ECW Tag Champion, 2-time WCWA Tag Champion and a former WCWA Light Heavyweight Champion, the Hardcore Legend, Mick Foley.

Sandman was eliminated when Stixx & Stones hit him with their One Way Trip and Stixx made the pin.

Travell and Iceman were eliminated when Travell made a kamikaze dive into a tornedo DDT from the crowd balcony and both men were deemed unable to continue.

Stixx was eliminated with a Foley piledriver.

Stones submitted to Foley's Mandible Claw.

Foley was eliminated after the Shanesation Kick by Shane.

Corino eliminated Shane after the Lariat and got the win.

Result: Steve Corino over Alex Shane via pinfall

[edit] Pro Wrestling NOAH Tag Team Match

Kenta Kobashi & Go Shiozaki vs Jun Akiyama & Doug Williams (Sponsored by Warren & Lee Powell, Adam Harman and Chris "Schmidt" Brockbank)

In this puroresu-style tag match, former GHC World Champion, GHC Tag Team Championship and former 3-time AJPW Triple Crown World Champion Kenta Kobashi teamed up with up-and-coming Japanese wrestler Go Shiozaki to face the former GHC World Champion, GHC Tag Team Champion and the first GHC Openweight Hardcore Champion, Jun Akiyama and former GHC Tag Champion, ROH Pure Champion and a former 2-time FWA British Heavyweight Champion, Doug Williams. Williams picked up the pinfall victory after planting Shiozaki with his Chaos Theory finisher.

Result: Doug Williams over Go Shiozaki via pinfall

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