Fight Forever, Dance of the Dragon/Fight Syndrome, PRYZM, Birmingham - review

This meant that the event had a greater focus on episodic storytelling than is usually the case for local pro-wrestling events, with matches and confrontations in the first-half of the show, setting up matches for later in the evening.

Despite this, as with the previous show, Fight Forever maintained a brisk pace, with the promotion managing to run ten matches in just over three hours.

It was a card that highlighted many of the overseas pro-wrestlers who have made their home in the West Midlands.

In the final match of the night, Canadian El Phantasmo faced PAC, who will be known to fans of America’s World Wrestling Entertainment as Neville. This was his first appearance in the West Midlands since leaving WWE, and he had an enjoyable match against the Wolverhampton resident. Both men’s styles meshed well, with the two exchanging high-flying moves.

There would be similar eye-catching moves when British veterans Jody Fleisch and Jonny Storm took on Australia’s Mark Davis and Kyle Fletcher to determine the first-ever Fight Forever Tag Team Champion, after both teams won relatively one-sided qualifying matches earlier in the show.

Since moving to Wolverhampton, Aussie Open enjoyed tremendous success, becoming one of the most celebrated tag teams in the country. Fleisch and Storm have a combined age of eighty years old, but you wouldn’t know from how well they move around the ring, with both veterans flying over the top rope to the top rope.

They would secure the victory, with Storm catapulting his partner onto their opponents for the pin. The new women’s champion would also be determined in Birmingham, with Dominita winning the title in a three-way that also featured popular WWE UK pro-wrestler Candy Floss.

The latest foreign pro-wrestler to move to the West Midlands to train is Spain’s Carlos Romo, who faced Birmingham’s Thomas Frazier. Whilst this match wasn’t as wild as some of the other matches on the show, it was an enjoyable contest, with some stiff grappling exchanges from the two pro-wrestlers.

Elsewhere on the show, both David Starr and Sha Samuels challenged Fight Forever Champion Joe Hendry, with Samuels in particular working hard during his title match. He would be in action later against his fellow World of Sport performer, Crater.

Overall it was another enjoyable show from Fight Forever, who will hopefully continue to correct the odd situation where despite the West Midlands being a pro-wresting hotbed, no shows are run in Birmingham city centre.

Fight Forever Dance of the Dragon and Fight Syndrome will shortly be available worldwide through FITE TV. For more information visit https://www.fite.tv/vl/p/fight-forever

Review by Will Cooling