Weekly Watchlist 069 - September 5 2025

What's the story, followers of fabricated feuds?!

I've travelled far and wide in recent weeks to find you guys a little gem of a match. There's a bit of a story as to why I went where I did and watched what I watched, but you'll just need to read on to find out why. I can't give you guys everything right from the start here, can I? It's another one-match-wonder this week, and it's probably going to stay that way for a while. I'm re-working and re-thinking some things for the blog this week, and hopefully you'll see the fruits of my labour in post 071, following next week's Wrestling Roulette post. 

But, until then, read on and find out what the other side of the world is up to! 

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Weekly Roundup

Here's what I watched for the week;

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Adam Gart vs. Ruslan Kalanzhov vs. Vitaliy Scherbina - UWA All or Nothing 2025 - 05/10/2025

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I'll be honest with you guys, I'm pretty blind when it comes to world news and politics. I'm aware of what I need to know to get me by and keep me at least current with relevant topics, but I'm not the kind of person who deep dives the troubles and issues of the world the same way I deep dive a wrestler from Pasadena, Texas that throws a really good lariat and had a couple of great matches. I just have different priorities to most, that's all. But recently, I made a friend from the other side of the world-ish. A displaced Ukrainian woman that I've had the pleasure of getting to know over the past month. Of course, the real test of "will they want to keep talking to me" is telling them "I like professional wrestling." Thankfully, they were not scared off by this humiliating admission, but saw an opportunity for me to dig into her world a bit more, explore the Ukrainian side of wrestling. 

It took me some time to finally commit to this, given the fact that I was getting married and September was one of the most hectic months I've had in a long time, but I never once forgot that I wanted to give the Ukrainian side of the sport a proper look. First, it was the idea of watching famous Ukrainian wrestlers and reviewing some of their matches, which are few and far between. Next, was looking for people who openly support Ukraine, which, again, is hard to properly research. So, I set out to CAGEMATCH to see if there was even any wrestling in Ukraine. Surely, their had to be!

Well, would you look at that! How this wasn't my first google search, I'll never know, honestly.  

Not only did I find an entire fed in the Ukraine, I also found this cool series of videos from a wrestler named Jake Omen who spent some time wrestling for this company over in Ukraine. He highlighted the struggles of those in the Ukraine right now, how their entire world has been up-ended, and how every day is a fight for them just to survive. But, despite all this, they find time to pursue a universal truth, a universal love that transcends the language barrier. The love of professional wrestling. There seems to be a pretty robust scene in the Ukraine with the Ukrainian Wrestling Arena leading the charge right now, and I'm pretty excited to see what these guys have to offer.

When I started the Wrestling Vault a year ago, my ultimate goal was to watch wrestling from every corner of the globe. Of course, America is as robust and bustling as it's ever been, far and away the most dense wrestling scene on the planet. Japan and Mexico has a long history with the sport, the latter arguably more-so than the former, and the UK is thriving again despite WWE's best efforts to drive a stake through their heart. But what about everywhere else? Australia? Singapore? Vietnam? Brazil? Africa? China? Ukraine? There's a whole lot of world out there outside of the heaviest hitters, and it's my goal to watch as much of it as possible. My entry into the Ukraine is honestly long overdue but  could not have come at a better time. If not for my dear friend, this little corner of the wrestling globe would still remain dark to me. So for that, I thank you K.

So, let's get into this review proper, shall we?

For quick reference, I'll note who is who at the start of the review. I'd like to do that cool new "Google experience" widget thing that I've done above for you guys, but all three of these guys are so new, or so underground, they don't even have a profile on CAGEMATCH, despite one of the participants in this match, Adam Gart, being the number 4 most active man on the UWA roster, with 11 matches to his name. Makes ya wonder, eh?

Let's start with him, Adam Gart is wearing blue trunks with red detailing. Blue wrist tape, and has a tattoo on his right bicep. He's also the smallest man in this match, but not by a huge amount. 

Vitaliy Scherbina is the biggest dude in this match. Black pants and sneakers, with yellow/orange MMA gloves. Pretty basic look. Kinda going for that Br*ck Le*nar look, I guess. (Name redacted due to obviously heinous allegations)

Pepsi Coly- I mean, Ruslan Kalanzhov, is the third man in this equation. When he comes to the ring, his graphic calls him "Pepsi Colya" and he gets a Pepsi Man graphic on his entrance video. I can only addume this is an old gimmick of his or something. His getup is a mix of both men's, with black pants, blue kick pads, elbow pads, and wrist tape.

Alright, now that we know the players involved, let's get into the meat and potatoes of this match. The Береться до справи , if you will. 

Ruslan seems to be on the outs with the other two, as Gart and Scherbina shake hands at the start of this. When Gart extends a hand to Ruslan, he gets kicked away, only to eat a lariat for his troubles. Scherbina is quick to toss Ruslan out of the ring, bringing this to an even singles match, at least for the time being. 

Gart and Scherbina lock up in the middle, with Gart technically twisting his opponent with a wristlock into a hammerlock, but Scherbina snatches a side headlock to relieve the pressure put on his left limb. Getting sent into the ropes by Gart to break the headlock, he rebounds off the ropes with a stiff lariat, flattening Gart in the middle. Standing and bouncing in the middle, Scherbina challenges Gart to try and take him down once he's back on his feet. Gart obliges and takes off for the ropes, rebounding and colliding with a shoulder tackle that just bounces off of the larger Scherbina. Backed to the middle, Gart tries a double leg on Scherbina, but he holds fast, gutwrenching Gart off his feet before dropping him on the canvas, displaying his power early on. 

Кинув його! UWA

Gart is back on his feet quickly, getting in the face of Scherbina and shoving him back into the corner. Big mistake. Scherbina snatches Gart off his feet, driving him back to the opposite side of the ring before driving his shoulder through the gut of Gart over and over again. Dismissively painbrushing Gart with one of his gloved paws, he grabs him under the arms and biel's him out of the corner, with Gart nearly clearing the entire ring. It should be noted, this ring looks to be a big smaller than your standard 20x20. Maybe 18? Doesn't look to be a 16, but certainly not a 20. Scherbina tries for an early cover while Ruslan watches at ringside, with Gart easily escaping at two. 

A powerslam repositions Gart in the middle of the ring, with Scherbina taking off for the ropes to come back with something, but we'll never know! Ruslan snatches the legs of Scherbina and pulls him to the floor, a right hand to the jaw enough to stun him to be sent into the ringside barricade. Climbing inside the ring, Gart tries to get a cheap shot in but Ruslan ducks, landing a kick to the gut and a backbreaker to keep him down. Pressing his advantage, he rolls through a vertical suplex while keeping his front facelock held tight, picking Gart up for a facebuster once vertical again. A cover is attempted, but Gart survives.

An ushigoroshi adjusts the neck of Gart as he writhes around on the canvas, with a very European uppercut in the corner to Gart. Lining Gart up from the opposite corner, Ruslan takes off as Scherbina climbs back inside the ring, intercepting his charge and popping him up with a huge choke bomb! Scherbina attempts a pin but Ruslan survives, with the larger man rising to his feet only to get caught with a lariat from Gart! A stalling vertical brings Ruslan back to the canvas and a pair of lariats flattens both Gart and Scherbina in the middle.

Попався! UWA

 

Standing toe to toe in the middle, Scherbina and Gart trade right hands back and forth, with Scherbina ducking a shot before scooping Gart up for a big sit-out powerbomb! With Ruslan already in the corner, Scherbina tosses Gart in and heads for the opposite corner. Gesturing as if he's an archer lining up his kill, he knocks and arrow and lets it fly, taking off with a big double stinger splash! With both men dazed and out on their feet, Scherbina pulls them out and drills them with a back suplex! Now, in stereo! Laying them next to each other, a crotch chop signifies a big senton splash, that's probably what he was going for earlier on in this match. 

Further trying to show off his strength, Scherbina tries for a double vertical suplex, but his adversaries are awake enough to half his deadly momentum. A superkick from Ruslan and a spinebuster from Gart takes him down, evening the odds- if only a little bit. Calling the shots, Gart calls for Ruslan to pull Scherbina to his feet, firing out from the opposite corner with a dropkick to the back once the big man is again vertical. A nip up into a waistlock has Scherbina held tight, an impressiver German suplex takes him down with an elbow drop from Ruslan keeping him flat. 

Suddenly, Ruslan decides he wants to work together with Gart even further. The two men exchange glances and words in the middle, with Ruslan taking a position at the middle of the ropes while Gart pulls Scherbina to his feet and waistlocks him again. Another German pulls the big man over, while Ruslan takes off from the ropes and catches his neck with a cutter! A slick combination!

Чудова комбінація! UWA

 

The partnership is short lived, however, with Ruslan cracking Gart in the jaw with a quick superman punch to leave him alone with Scherbina. A DDT drills the big man into the canvas, and Gart flying in from the top rope with a big splash! It's all double team offence right now. Ruslan keeps trying to keep things one-on-one, sniping Gart with a scorpion kick to the back of his head, dropping him flat out. Calling for the end, Ruslan pulls Gart to his feet and slashes at his throat, letting him know that the end is near. Able to briefly distract, Gart points out something in the corner, making Ruslan do a double take. There's nothing there, really, but Ruslan doesn't know that at first. Gart shoves him into the corner and follows close with a running knee, stunning him against the ropes. Pulling Ruslan onto his shoulders, he drills him with a F5, pinning him for three!

Ось ти і попався. UWA

 

Overall, this match was pretty good! It was short, sweet, and did exactly what it needed to do. It was one of the stronger matches on the card, better than the main event that I was initially hoping to review, with the constant action between three pretty decent wrestlers giving this match the edge it needed to be better. It wasn't anything exceptional, by any means, but it's worth checking out if you feel like seeing what wrestling from Ukraine looks like. 

 

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Another week down, another week closer to Wrestling Roulette! Yes, folks, you're calendar's do not deceive you. Next week is the seventh edition of Wrestling Roulette! Man, am I excited. I've been in a pretty good rut lately of watching only AEW, so I'm excited to see what the RNG gods have in store for me next week.

Also, to those who have been able to read my Ukrainian so far, I have one final message for you; "Я підтримую Україну" 

But, until then, be well, stay safe, and love one another.  

 

 

 

 

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