Wrestlers on the card :-
A-T-T-A-C-K: ATTACK!
Much like Chaos in my previous review; this wasn’t our first time at an Attack! show, but it is my first time reviewing it. Attack! has been on a tear in 2025 and the banner year culminated in a 4-date “Under The Mistletour” around South Wales and Bristol, with the final event taking place at the totally unique Loco Klub underneath Bristol Temple Meads train station. This review is from that event.
The Loco Klub is bizarre, but in the best possible way. It’s an alternative arts venue that hosts raves, gigs, nightclub nights, and, of course, professional wrestling. Finding the entrance to the Loco Klub can be a maze if you don’t know where you’re going. Tucked away around the back of the train station, the Loco Klub greets you with a Gothic vibe, low-lighting, and horror/Steampunk based memorabilia. It’s different to any other wrestling venue I’ve ever seen. In fact, I made a video of it for you to watch…
This was our third time watching Attack! at the Loco Klub this year. Each event has been different in tone and feel. With it being the last one before Christmas, there was certainly a concentrated effort for fun. That’s the word I’d most use to describe it: fun. Session Moth Martina; fun. Act Two; fun. The Freshnas; fun.
The announced card largely took place – James Ellis vs. Gabriel Fuerza, Matt Gatlin vs. Love Making Demon, Dani Luna vs. Session Moth Martina, and Kanji defending the Attack! Championship against Rayne Leverkusen all took place. Chuck Mambo vs. Harrison Bennett was changed slightly to include the always-impressive Charlie Sterling, a dark match of Aaron McRae vs. The Tab was added, and an impromptu defending of the Tag Team Championships in a ladder match between The Freshnas and Act Two was announced. The card looked stacked on paper!
Unlike Pro Wrestling Chaos, New Wave, Brit King Pro, and No Mercy, Attack! doesn’t have meet-and-greets before or after the show. Instead the wrestlers mull around during the interval and post-show, but it’s totally at their own discretion. Some have merchandise to sell so make an effort to come out, such as The Freshnas and Session Moth Martina. Some just like talking to the fans, e.g. Act Two. It’s a very relaxed atmosphere.
Finally, please check out Attack!’s on-demand service. They have 15 years of history, hard-hitting action, and memorable moments to sink your teeth into this Festive period. You won’t be disappointed.
Onto the show itself!
Dark Match: Aaron McRae vs. The Tab
An impromptu match was announced just for the live audience (also known as a “dark match”). We’ve seen Aaron crewing loads of shows this year: No Mercy, New Wave, Attack!, Chaos. We’d even seen him in the Chaos Rumble the day before, but it was nice to see him wrestle a full match. It wasn’t the longest match in the world – around 5 minutes – but it was decent. Both Aaron and The Tab have solid fundamentals, they move well, they sell. Aaron had great interactions with the crowd as a heel.
I actually think this should become more common. Typically a wrestling show has 30-60 minutes between doors opening and the first bell. Why not use that time to give trainees some live crowd exposure? The crowd will know they’re trainees. They’ll be supportive…and it’ll give the crowd a chance to see the faces of tomorrow when they’re first starting off. It’s a win-win situation.
It was nice to see Aaron and The Tab competing at the very start of their careers. I can’t wait to see how much they evolve and grow, and change over the coming years as they become more experienced and polished. On this occasion, Aaron picked up the victory. An awesome, unexpected addition to the show.
Match highlights! :-
Match 1: James Ellis vs. Gabriel Fuerza
For my money the match of the night.
Gabriel Fuerza is a Mexican wrestler living in Canada. He’s a trainer at New Wave Wrestling’s Toronto division. I was totally unfamiliar with him before this event. In stark contrast, I’ve seen James Ellis wrestle a lot over the last few years. He’s certainly one of the best wrestlers in Britain. His use of social media to cut promos and get stories and his character over is impeccable.
James Ellis was the long-time Attack! Champion until losing the Title to Kanji earlier in the “Under The Mistletour”. Ellis should be commended for his run as Champion. I mentioned earlier in the review that 2025 has been a banner year for Attack! Pro Wrestling. James Ellis and his Championship reign is one of the main reasons why. He’s been brilliant as Champion; pun intended. Consistently great matches, hyping the company and upcoming shows on his socials, and he’s carried the responsibility like a Champion. He should be proud of himself.
Ellis entered this match with a point to prove: that he was still a major force in Attack!
The chemistry between Ellis and Fuerza was undeniable. I must say, as a first-time viewer of Gabriel Fuerza, “El Diablo” is a spectacular wrestler. He was every bit as good as James Ellis, which I don’t say lightly as I hold Ellis’ skills in very high regard. Some particular standout moments of the match were Fuerza’s Frankensteiner off the top turnbuckle to Ellis, his handspring cutter, and Ellis later turning the handspring cutter into a spinning TKO when Fuerza tried to use it again later. I really enjoyed that call-back to earlier in the match.
After using the ref as a shield and then poking Fuerza’s eyes behind the referee’s back, Ellis was able to get the victory. It’s clear that he wants his Title back in 2026.
Match highlights! :-
Match 2: Dani Luna vs. Session Moth Martina
A similar pattern to the first match. I’m very familiar with Dani Luna and her work; I knew virtually nothing about Session Moth Martina.
Session Moth Martina is awesome. From her entrance onwards she was hilarious. I’m surprised she didn’t gas herself out on her entrance alone as it’s so high-energy. Her acting was great, her comedic timing was flawless – it’s the Irish in her – and she was brilliant in the ring as well.
The match started with Martina hiding behind the referee because Dani Luna is such an intimidating badass. Can’t blame her. Especially after watching Luna’s bloody dog collar match at TNA recently. Martina had nothing to worry about however as she more than held her own, going blow-for-blow with Luna. After Martina’s fear to face Luna, I was partially expecting a glorified squash match, but it was really competitive. As close to 50/50 on offence as a wrestling match gets.
Some of the coolest parts of the match were Luna’s countering a headscissors into a backbreaker, Martina countering a powerbomb into a hurricanrana, Martina’s spear looked sick, her tornado DDT was amazing, and Luna’s German suplex from the apron, over the top rope, to the inside of the ring is becoming one of my favourite moves I’ve seen in years.
It was a valiant effort from Martina, but Dani Luna got the job done. That’s 2 for 2 on great matches.
Match highlights! :-
Match 3: Attack! Tag Team Championship Ladder Match – The Freshnas (C) vs. Act Two
Act Two are quickly becoming one of our favourite tag teams in Britain. I think what sets them apart is charisma. They’re great in the ring, they have fantastic chemistry together, but it’s how they use that chemistry that’s unique. Two very likeable babyfaces that really know how to engage a crowd.
I’d never heard of The Freshnas before this event – the exact same pattern as the last two matches – but much like Gabriel Fuerza and Session Moth Martina, they quickly made an impression. I mentioned earlier in this review that “fun” is the word I’d most associate with this show, and this impromptu match between Act Two and The Freshnas is exhibit A as to why.
The Freshnas had recently won the Attack! Tag Team Championships from Act Two earlier in the “Under The Mistletour”, so Act Two were out to win them back. A hilarious side note of this match was that both Jack Knudsen and Benjamin Harland (Act Two) were smitten with Martin Steers of The Freshnas, but weren’t remotely attracted to Fabio. This left Fabio feeling jealous and a story overarching throughout the match where both Ben and Jack – Jack in particular – were trying to kiss the delectable Steers.
As soon as the bell rang – and by “bell”, I mean the audience yelling “ding, ding, ding!” as Attack! doesn’t have a ring bell – The Freshnas disposed of Act Two, dumping them to the outside. However, without a ladder in sight, how were The Freshnas to reach the Titles hanging from the ceiling of the Loco Klub? Don’t worry, they had a genius idea: jump. Yep, jump. They jumped from inside the ring – not even close. They jumped from the top turnbuckle – nope. Eventually, they settled on trying to find a ladder. Einstein has no competition with these two it seems…
Some of the most memorable moves of the match were Jack Knudsen’s suicide dive to the outside onto The Freshnas, Jack and Steers’ double Canadian Destroyers to Fabio and Harland respectively, Harland’s Blockbuster, and Jack’s moonsault off a ladder that was propped up in the corner. Act Two are so entertaining that it’s easy to forget that they’re also remarkably gifted athletes.
At one point, Act Two were climbing either side of the ladder, when Steers wriggled in between them and yelled “guess who?!”, hoping for a kiss. Fabio got jealous and pushed all three off the ladder. One of the moments that made me laugh the most personally was one that I’m not sure was planned…Fabio slammed Harland into the ladder. As he retrieved Harland to do it again, he yelled “one more time!” to the crowd and nobody joined in, so he trailed off mid-sentence. Yet again the Irish comedic timing is immaculate. You can see it in the highlights video below – and you can hear me laughing my ass off at it.
Fabio was down. Harland was down. The moment was now. Jack and Steers locked eyes across the ring. They crawled towards each other. Stood up. Gazed longingly; finally ready to kiss…when Steers booted Knudsen in the stomach. The drama! The betrayal! The bastard! He broke Jack’s heart!
After a back-and-forth match that had us dying with laughter, Fabio climbed a ladder, kissed Harland, pushed him off the ladder, and retrieved the Titles. The Freshnas retain! Comedy wrestling can be very hit-and-miss…I’d suggest more miss than hit. It usually ends up being hokey and not funny. Mercifully, this was hilarious. I really encourage you all to find this event on Attack!’s on-demand service. The whole show was decent. There was something to cater to every fan’s tastes.
A four-way kiss from Knudsen, Harland, Fabio, and Steers concluded the merriment in the ring.
Match highlights! :-
Interval time. We used this as an opportunity to meet Gabriel Fuerza. We had a chat, grabbed a picture, and got an 8”x10” signed. Really cool guy. Hope he comes back to Britain soon. I also got to chat with James Ellis finally! Been trying to all year, but we’ve kept missing each other. Glad to finally get to do it. He’s a great guy and a phenomenal wrestler.
Match 4: Harrison Bennett vs. Charlie Sterling vs. Chuck Mambo
Originally slated as Harrison Bennett going one-on-one with Chuck Mambo, Charlie Sterling was added just before the match got underway. We had an inkling Sterling would be added into the show somewhere as we saw him outside just before doors opened.
This was chaos. One of the benefits of three-way matches in general is that the action can move at a frenetic pace. While one person is down selling, the other two can keep going. With these three spectacular athletes together, it was bound to be magic…and it was. The amount of near-falls during the 10-minute match was ridiculous.
We’ve watched Sterling and Bennett have a number of breath-taking matches this year. Bennett’s showing in the Chaos Rumble the day before was a particular standout as the final 10 minutes of the Rumble was Bennett and Leon Cage going toe-to-toe. I don’t think it’s possible for Sterling to have a bad match. He’s an easy-to-love babyface and an easy-to-hate heel (a rare combination) that has more athleticism than is fair for a man of his size.
Chuck Mambo was new for us. Oh. My. God. Is he athletically gifted?! He did moves I’ve never seen before! At one point he had Sterling by the arm and he jumped up to the top rope, down to the second rope (with the top rope between his legs), back to the top, jumped over a clothesline from Bennett, landed back on the top rope on his thighs, flipped backwards into the ring, and arm-dragged Sterling. It’s on the highlights video below. It has to be seen to be believed. Remarkable stuff. In addition to that, his springboard double back elbow was awesome and his springboard double Blockbuster was cool.
Much like…well, every match so far…this one is worth going out of your way to watch on Attack!’s on-demand. Brilliant, brilliant match that was eventually won by the impressive Chuck Mambo. Bravo, guys.
Match highlights! :-
Match 5: Matt Gatlin vs. Love Making Demon
For anyone unaware, Matt Gatlin is the former Welsh standout ELIJAH. He changed his name in 2025 to Matt Gatlin. I’m not sure why. I’m assuming it’s something to do with Elijah in TNA wrestling, but that is an assumption on my part. Nonetheless, Gatlin is a fantastic wrestler. Not particularly flashy or oozing charisma, but he’s stupendous in the ring. A real ring general. A marksman of precision, timing, and athleticism. He can brawl, chain-wrestle, mat-wrestle, and high-fly. He can do it all. Great to see him popping up at Brit King Pro now.
It’s hard to describe Love Making Demon if you haven’t seen him. White trousers, weird mouse mask (at least I think it’s a mouse)…entering the ring to “Careless Whisper” and making love heart shapes to the crowd with his hands, Love Making Demon is quite unique. His offence includes a Rock Bottom (while grabbing his opponent’s ass for leverage) and using his legs to repeatedly smash his opponents face into his ass. He really is a Love Making Demon.
It was a solid match. Quite even offence. The crowd were into it – the crowd always love Love Making Demon – and Gatlin attempted to tear the mask off of Demon’s face, giving him enough time to slam Demon into the mat and get the three-count.
Match highlights! :-
Match 6: Attack! Championship – Kanji (C) vs. Rayne Leverkusen W/Harrison Bennett
Firstly, cool to see the talented females main-eventing the show. It’s wonderful to see a female, Kanji, as the Attack! Champion as well. Not every company has advanced enough yet to let females hold their “main” Title unless it’s a Women’s Title. Good for Attack!
Rayne Leverkusen has been one of the finds of the year for us. One day before this event we watched Rayne tear the house down against Dani Luna in a 30-minute Iron Woman match for Pro Wrestling Chaos, where Rayne won the Maiden of Chaos Championship back. Here she is main-eventing against Kanji for the Attack! Championship. It was a good weekend for Rayne Leverkusen.
We’d heard a lot about Kanji, but never watched her wrestle live. She was brilliant. I can see why Attack! chose her to be their Champion. There was a lot about Kanji that stood out, but the #1 thing for me was her selling. Selling! Remember selling, everyone?! Fairly early in the match Rayne worked on the left knee and leg of Kanji. For the rest of the match, Kanji sold the shit out of it. Even when she was on offence, she’d make a point of selling the leg constantly. In 2025, it was beautiful. She did a 619 to Rayne – sold the leg – then executed a flawless spear-through-the-ropes.
After a great match, there was the inevitable ref bump (inevitable because Harrison Bennett was at ringside). This led to some truly fantastic exchanges. Rayne dove off of Bennett’s shoulders from the Powerbomb position and performed a picture-perfect cutter to Kanji. Kanji followed this up by using Rayne – on all fours – as a springboard to land a tornado DDT to Bennett. Awesome.
When the referee finally woke up and sent Bennett backstage, Kanji locked in a Dragon Sleeper on Rayne Leverkusen, making her tap out. Kanji retained the Attack! Championship.
Match highlights! :-
Great show from top-to-bottom. One of the best shows of the year. I think we’ve attended 25 indie events in 2025. This was top 5. At the time of writing this on Friday all that is left is to drive to Stourbridge this evening to watch Bridge Pro Wrestling’s benefit show for Millie McKenzie. Not only is it for a great cause, but it’ll give us one last chance to watch Charles Crowley, Jay Joshua, Leon Cage, Chicago Desailly, Aluna, Simon Miller, Jakk Sellstrom, Kanji, and others, before hibernating for a few weeks. Please consider donating to Millie’s GoFundMe. I’ll try and have that review up before Christmas Day.
Stay safe and keep pushing forwards
- Your Friendly Neighbourhood Shangel
Hey so you may need to re-edit this article as it technically spoils something about ATTACK! lore and ruins ATTACK lore. The Freshas didn't beat Act Two for the Tag Titles, they beat The Legion of Bloom, a 'COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TAG TEAM' (those who know wrestling know it's the same people or if you've looked up results on Cagematch, but those who only go to the shows may not know so you'd really be the buzzkill for spoiling it for them. And technically I would too by double confirming it for them too). Hopefully you can remove this reference and also my comment along the way if at all possible. I'm sure you didn't mean it, just be mindful with doing this sort of thing with ATTACK since they are very heavy with sticking to their characters and not breaking kayfabe with who is under the personas of them.
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