Nightmare in Newcastle

Fergal Devitt has been playing around with costumes lately — a bonus facet to his personality that makes him even more entertaining.  The Ringside at Skull Island blog recently reviewed a match featuring the “archly malevolent” Devitt in a Joker costume punishing the “brilliant” Zack Sabre Jr..

Here we see Devitt dressed as Freddy Krueger for an ICW Championship bout in Newcastle, which is available on YouTube.

Devitt’s opponent is Jack Jester, the reigning champion who carries a corkscrew to the ring just in case he needs a weapon.  He is also playing dress-up, looking like some other Batman villain with his leather dog collar, tuxedo vest, and zombie-style contact lens.

This isn’t going to be a pretty match with lots of gorgeous holds down on the mat.  Knowing Devitt and seeing the sadistic look in this beast’s face, this is going to be a real Slobber Knocker.  Sure enough, even before the bell rings, Devitt attacks the big man and cuts him open with his Claw glove!  What a cruel bastard this Prince Devitt has become!!

The fight has an Adult vibe to it — taking place in a nightclub in front of a rowdy crowd.  We won’t see any comedy tonight, or any goofy play-acting by clownish buffoons as we might find at some Indy shows.  This is hard-core wrestle-porn for a grown-up audience, complete with blood, weapons, near nudity (by Devitt), and plenty of dangerous, sick, scary moves.

The men brawl outside the ring and eventually outside the nightclub, rolling around and punishing each other on the cobblestone street.  Jester lays on top of the shirtless Devitt, trying to pin him on the cold, dirty bricks (apparently falls count anywhere.)  Devitt then tries to throw Jester over a railing and down into the river flowing next to the venue!  This match is getting completely out of control!

One of Devitt’s favorite attacks is to climb up onto some high place, then jump down onto Jester’s belly, landing with both feet.  He climbs on the bar inside the club and Double-Stomps poor Jester who is laying on the floor.  The fans love it, chanting “Holy SHIT!” as the commentators shout things like: “Oh my GOD!!  A HUGE DOUBLE STOMP!!!!”

Later Devitt lays a steel chair across Jester’s body, then climbs the turnbuckles to stomp on the chair, “caving in the chest of Jack Jester” as the commentator so vividly describes it. Seriously, how do they execute moves like that without breaking any ribs or totally injuring each other…?

I always intend to write more about Prince Devitt on this blog — his matches are so violent, intense and epic, each one seeming like a struggle for life or death, leaving you feeling nearly as exhausted and spent as the fighters themselves.  Really I should start a Fergal Friday series or something — I love this dude.

I wonder sometimes how this poor guy can absorb so many stiff blows and impacts.  I mean his matches are always brutal and he gets kicked in the head or walloped with a chair at least a dozen times per match.  But then I look at his hard body stuffed into those tight little trunks, and I remember:  Oh yeah, he’s a fucking Super-Hero.

Jester’s signature attack is the dreaded Pile-Driver.  He spikes Devitt on his skull a couple times in this match.  Devitt foolishly kicks out after each Pile-Driver which only guarantees him yet another painful Pile-Driver.

To finish off the unbreakable Prince Devitt, Jester delivers the Tombstone Pile-Driver onto the same metal chair that was earlier stomped into his ribcage.  Even the amazing Devitt can not recover from that deadly attack!  Jester smother-covers our hero for the victory.  Poor Devitt was just destroyed (I love when that happens!)

Their bitter rivalry and attempted homicides suddenly forgotten, the two men congratulate each other on a hot match.  Jester gets some loving from Devitt (Hey – I would too, have you seen that BODY!?)

Knowing their beloved Devitt will be leaving the federation soon, the fans chant “Please Don’t Go!” to their hero, hoping to continue seeing him and his six-pack abs in their ring every week.