Rose and Massaro both got average receptions here in Nottingham. Rose has been unfortunate not to put together a good run of results since his FRONTIER debut and this was the first time any of us had seen Massaro, so both had a point to prove here.
Once referee Sal Mancini got the match underway Massaro caught Rose in a hammerlock. They went back and forth with some tough brawling early. Massaro shoulder-blocked Rose down but Rose came back with an elbow to the head. Massaro went to the floor, where Rose nailed him with a dropkick through the ropes. Rose went for an uncharacteristic moonsault but Massaro grabbed his legs and slammed him to the floor. He whipped Rose into the railing and laid into him with jabs, fist pumping the air between each shot.
Back in the ring, they exchanged chops. Rose was sent up and over the ropes but landed on the apron. Massaro was run into the corner. He came back to suplex Rose back in and sent him shoulder first into the ringpost. Massaro stalked Rose on the floor. He brought Rose back into the ring and choked him in the corner. Rose began kicking to attempt a comeback but was cut off by Massaro. Massaro continued to work over Rose’s shoulder.
Rose began mounting a comeback with a series of rights and the T-Bone Suplex. He missed a clothesline but then managed to take out Massaro’s knees with a dropkick. He nailed a Juicebox Special on Massaro for a two count. Rose went for a German suplex but Massaro elbowed his way out of it. He went for a flying lariat but was caught in mid air by the main known as Flex Diesel and snap powerslammed for a two count.
Massaro backdropped Rose over the top. Rose landed on his feet and went for a shoulderblock but Massaro kicked him in the head and DDT’d him back into the ring. Massaro went for a lariat in the corner but missed. Rose hit a dropkick. Massaro went for the Atomic Bomb but Rose escaped and rolled Vincenzo up for a two count. Rose went for a powerbomb of his own but was reversed into face smash. Massaro stomped a hole in Rose before pulling him up and nailing the Grenade Drop.
Massaro went to the top for an elbow drop but Rose got his knees up. He waited for Vincenzo to get back to his feet and went for the Suicide Cutter, but Massaro just pushed him away. Rose bounced off the ropes, unsteady on his feet. When he came back Massaro hoisted him up onto his shoulders and nailed the GTLS (Gym, Tan, Laundry, Sleep) for a pinfall victory.
Your winner, VINCENZO MASSARO!