RESULTS: Ciaran Gallagher Makes History at Celtic Pro 9
Celtic Pro Wrestling presented Celtic Pro 9 this past Sunday night, July 2nd, at the Good Counsel GAA Club in
In the double main event, The Amazing Insano successfully defended the Celtic Pro Heavyweight Championship against David Dunn. Also the courageous stroke victim Ciaran Gallagher, who has spent the last six years physically rehabilitating and the last year working towards a seemingly impossible wrestling debut, has now become the newest member of the Celtic Pro locker room. Gallagher acquired a pro wrestling contract after a thrilling blow-out with arch nemesis and trainer “Celtic Tiger” Blake Norton.
Quick results are as follows:
1. Danny Demento def. Neo Dragon
2. The J-Team def. Neil Frenzy & Irish Dragon
3. Studly Stevie (w/ Gerry Soul) def. Napalm
4. Celtic Pro Heavyweight Championship:
The Amazing Insano © def. ‘Dirty’ David Dunn
5. Unsanctioned Streetfight:
“Celtic Tiger” Blake Norton def. Ciaran Gallagher
FULL RESULTS
Danny Demento (w/ Max Martello) def. Neo Dragon
Two crowd favorites, Danny Demento and Neo Dragon lit up the arena in the opening match with an encounter even more action packed than their battle last month. After being bested by Neo Dragon in their last meeting, Danny used his weight advantage and came out on top this time around. As before, Gerry Soul came to ringside, and made Danny a final offer to take on his managerial services. Soul promised that Neo Dragon would pay for turning his offer down the month before, and this was Danny’s final chance to “join the winning team.” Danny politely declined, and left ringside with Max Martello, leaving Soul fuming.
The J-Team def. Neil Frenzy & Irish Dragon
Before the match began, J-Team leader Adam Joyce re-iterated that he plans to break Neil Frenzy’s collarbone as revenge for Frenzy accidentally doing so to him back in March, putting him on the shelf for three months. From the outset, it looked like he may have his way; as Frenzy’s partner Irish Dragon entered the arena, “Dirty” David Dunn” immediately attacked him, leaving him lying in the entrance way. The match immediately became a two-on-one handicap for Frenzy.
Frenzy did an incredible job using his speed to outmaneuver his two foes early on, but the numbers caught up to him, as Adam Joyce illegally struck him from the apron. The J-Team took Frenzy apart for several minutes, but Frenzy refused to surrender. He finally spiked Darragh from the top, leaving both men flat on their backs, at which point Neo Dragon burst out of the locker room. Despite having already competed, he came to Frenzy’s aid. The numbers even, Frenzy and Neo Dragon fought back against The J-Team and came agonizingly close to defeating them before a miscommunication led to Adam Joyce securing the submission victory over Frenzy.
Even in defeat, Frenzy showed incredible courage, and Neo Dragon great strength of character to come to his aid after having already wrestled. It remains to be seen if Neil Frenzy, with the numbers against him, can ever topple the seemingly invincible J-Team.
Studley Stevie (w/ D4) def. Napalm
Gerry Soul had promised to present the first member of his “D4” faction tonight. Soul expressed anger that commissioner Ross Hart passed him up in favor of the less experienced Brian Griffin as head referee back at the very first Celtic Pro show, and promised to “expose Hart’s bias” by bringing in wrestlers that Ross allegedly overlooked for opportunities because of politics.
As had been widely speculated on, former head of security Darren Holmes entered the arena, presumably to face Napalm Hamilton. However, moments later, “Studley” Stevie, who had apparently entered the arena from the opposite entrance undetected, jumped Napalm from behind. Napalm fought back and taught young Stevie a lesson or four, but when he had him set up for the “Black Hawk Down” finishing move, ring announcer Andrew Dixon jumped on the apron. As Gerry Soul distracted the referee,
Celtic Pro Heavyweight Championship:
The Amazing Insano © def. “Dirty” David Dunn (w/ Adam Joyce)
In the heavyweight championship match, The Amazing Insano continued his winning ways with a pinfall victory over “Dirty” David Dunn in a thrilling battle of extremely rounded technical competitors. Dunn’s manager Adam Joyce interfered liberally, leading to him being ejected mid-way through the match.
“It’s a bloody good thing the referee was on his game tonight,” commented an exasperated Insano after the match. “Usually he’s not so astute, and how everyone expects me to keep defending this title against top competition when it winds up in a two-on-one so often is beyond me. Ross Hart needs to get his act together.”
Unsanctioned Streetfight for a Wrestler’s Contract:
Blake Norton def. Ciaran Gallagher
Ciaran Gallagher and Blake Norton battled to a 20-minute no-holds-barred blowout in the final bout of the evening. After Gallagher refused to die and turned back everything Norton had to offer, his obsessed trainer knocked him unconscious with the ring bell. The action, while legal by the rules of the match, seemed to shock everyone – including Norton himself, who became visibly upset in the moments following. Referee Brian Griffin called an end to the match shortly thereafter.
Leading up to the match, Norton swore to use the blank wrestler’s contract to bring his “Emerald Fusion” faction back to Celtic Pro, in order to help him win the heavyweight championship. However, as the Celtic Locker room assisted Gallagher in returning to his feet, Norton returned to ringside, contract in hand. “I’m twice the wrestler you will ever be” he asserted to his bloodied student Gallagher, his eyes welling up with tears, “but maybe someday I can be half the man you are. I think this belongs to you.” Norton handed Gallagher the contract, and limped to the back in obvious pain from the fight. The fans in attendance gave Gallagher a standing ovation, as his fellow wrestlers lifted him on their shoulders.
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