Venue: Credit Union 1 Arena.
Location: Chicago, Illinois.
Theme Song: "BURN IT" by FEVER 333.
Attendance: 9,500.
Belltime: 6:00 PM CST on Friday, Feburary 1, 2019.
Pre-Show Panel: Jasmine Peyton, Jason Skilled, and Mark Stephens.
Commentators: Evita Verano and Pierre McGuire.
Ring Announcer: Niara Price.
Backstage Interviewer: London Morris.
Officials: Ichiro Yagata, Otis Burch, Elle Halen, and Amanda Aspen.
Summary: The roster of Omega Wrestling Tomorrow took center stage with the advent of the Uprising series in October 2018. Uprising: New York showed the world that, even with the main roster having grabbed the attention of the world with Civil War, the upcoming prospects of OWT were not to be taken lightly. They put on a dazzling show of their own and proved that they were more than capable of standing on their own two feet. Now, with a bitterly cold winter storm having battered the city of Chicago, the men and women of OWT are once again ready to kick ass and take names. With OWT’s versions of the Clash of the Titans and Clash of the Goddesses now set to take place, the stakes are higher for the stars of tomorrow than ever before. A winter wonderland will double as a battleground as championships are decided and two lucky wrestlers punch their tickets to guaranteed championship matches at Uprising: Phoenix.
Match #1: 20-Woman OWT Clash of the Goddesses match.
Proving that there would be absolutely no time to breathe during this show, the broadcast kicked off with the women of OWT trying their hands at winning the first-ever OWT Clash of the Goddesses. The match kicked off with crowd favorite Chantal LeBeau and loathed villain Myra Kaur. The field predictably filled out from there, the breathtaking action bookended by Rebecca Sawyer coming out as entrant number twenty. Match highlights included a staredown between family members LeBeau and Sarita Cervantes, a picture-perfect diving elbow drop from Ashlee Cane to Narcisa Valdez, and Ruby Auriel eliminating Presley Dawn and Sage Voorhees at the same time. Over the course of the high-stakes battle royal, first entrant Chantal LeBeau would become the match’s Iron Woman (lasting just over fifty-three minutes) and fifth entrant Lieta Collins notched the most eliminations (with an impressive five). The final four saw Belle Kingsley, Chantal LeBeau, Sakuya Hirose, and Bethany Sharpe as the last few women standing. In a finish that had the crowd on its feet, eighteenth entrant Kingsley dumped fourteenth Sharpe over the top rope to earn a monumental victory.
Result: Belle Kingsley last eliminated Bethany Sharpe to win the OWT Clash of the Goddesses.
Match #2: Sydney St. Clair (c) vs. Vanessa Santiago for the OWT Spirit Championship.
The night’s second match saw Sydney St. Clair putting her OWT Spirit Championship on the line against former SSW star Vanessa Santiago. Since becoming the inaugural champion at Uprising: New York, St. Clair had truly lived up to the “workhorse” mantle of the title, having netted three successful defenses over Yasmeen Namir, Kat Ricci, and Ruby Auriel on televised broadcasts. St. Clair’s fast-paced and unconventional offense did much to keep the technical and MMA-influenced Santiago off-kilter for much of the match. Every so often, Santiago would manage to catch St. Clair with a submission out of nowhere that would cause the defending champion to panic. Ultimately, a well-timed and even better-placed Cuban Missile Crisis would lay St. Clair out, and net Santiago her first championship in OWT.
Result: Vanessa Santiago def. Sydney St. Clair to become the NEW OWT Spirit Champion.
Match #3: Valhalla Death Squad (c) vs. The Blade Brothers for the OWT Tag Team Championships.
The two teams met previously, with the addition of The Boston Air Raid, to determine the inaugural champions back at Uprising: New York. The Blade Brothers later defeated their Boston-born rivals in a televised number one contender’s match to earn the right to challenge for the championships yet again. Feeling a renewed sense of urgency, the English tag team threw caution to the wind for a great deal of the match, nailing their much bigger and stronger opponents with a plethora of quick and dazzling double-team moves, if only for the sake of playing up to their strengths. Never to be outdone, Valhalla Death Squad showcased the raw power and seamless teamwork that netted them the titles in the first place. Having to improvise and think on their feet when it came to ways to potentially end the match, the brothers nailed running single-leg dropkicks to either side of a vulnerable Thorsen’s head, putting the big man down for the count and earning them tag team gold.
Result: The Blade Brothers def. Valhalla Death Squad to become the NEW OWT Tag Team Champions.
Match #4: Miles Maverick (c) vs. Taj Navid for the OWT Commonwealth Championship.
Miles Maverick had been all but insufferable since overcoming the odds in a six-man ladder match to become the inaugural OWT Commonwealth Champion at Uprising: New York. Eventually, the challenger who emerged to face him en route to Chicago was a man who had tried his hand at winning that very ladder match -- beloved fan favorite Taj Navid. On televised OWT weekly shows for the better part of December and January, Navid had Maverick’s number in singles and tag team matches. As a result, Maverick played dirtier than ever when the two finally met in Chicago. Navid managed to battle back against his adversary’s nefarious tactics, more often than not. Both men showcased just how well-rounded they were, utilizing aerial moves, strikes, and chain wrestling all with relative ease. As it turned out, a belly-to-back piledriver from Maverick would ground Navid and give the Minneapolis-born titleholder the satisfaction of retaining his championship.
Result: Miles Maverick def. Taj Navid to retain the OWT Commonwealth Championship.
Match #5: Dani Woods (c) vs. BIANCA for the OWT Women’s Championship.
Dani Woods had a strong showing at Uprising: New York, defeating a very game Bethany Sharpe to become the inaugural OWT Women’s Champion. That night was also a great one for BIANCA, who captained a winning five-woman team to victory over the squad led by her then-rival, Rebecca Sawyer. The JET alumnus won a fatal four-way over Sharpe, Sawyer, and Tiffany Santana on a televised OWT broadcast to earn the right to face Woods at Uprising: Chicago. The spunky defending champion made use of the strength and size advantage that she had over the petite BIANCA, flinging the one-time JET Champion around with powerslam variations and tying her up in a cobra clutch torture rack. Never to be slept on, the strong style influenced offense of BIANCA was something she leaned on heavily, lighting Dani up with kicks and knees, knocking the San Francisco native silly more than once. A slingshot variation of BIANCA’s signature spear seemed to be all she wrote, but Woods somehow still managed to kick out. Woods went on to drill BIANCA with a sitout electric chair facebuster, bringing a thrilling match to its conclusion. Afterward, the two women shook hands in the ring.
Result: Dani Woods def. BIANCA to retain the OWT Women’s Championship.
Match #6: Travis Montana (c) vs. Miller Jones for the OWT Championship.
With the departure of his greatest rival, Jonah Masirewa, from OWT, some could say that Travis Montana now sat unchallenged atop the brand’s hierarchy. The Alabama native emerged as a terrifying force of nature thus far into his reign, emerging from televised title defenses against Aengus O’Leary and Haas Blackwell still with the championship in his grasp. Enter Miller Jones, who following his best friend Nolan Eliwood’s main roster call-up, had focused his energy on running the entirety of OWT. The former villain gradually morphed into an anti-hero in the weeks leading up to his inevitable clash with Montana, cutting scathing, biting promos against the titleholder and laying him out with post-match attacks on a number of occasions. By the time they were due to meet in Chicago, Montana resigned himself to the fact that he had to make Jones suffer. The two big men traded heavy-handed punches, ring-shaking suplexes, and spine-jarring powerbombs. A missed Yakuza kick from Jones left him wide open for Montana to nail him with his patented discus big boot, securing the defending titleholder both the three-count and the win.
Result: Travis Montana def. Miller Jones to retain the OWT Championship.
Match #7: 20-Man OWT Clash of the Titans match.
Capping off the night was the match that many had paid to see -- OWT Alphas colliding in their own incarnation of the Clash of the Titans. Starting off the match were no-nonsense brawler Aengus O’Leary and the crafty and cocky Chance Rashid. From there, the ring continued to fill up with the rest of their adversaries, finished off by a surprise twentieth entrant in the form of OWT alumnus and one-time Olympus talent David X Fierce. Highlights of the match included a duel between two sets of brothers when Fierce and Craig Black traded shots with The Boston Air Raid, Carter Stirling’s shooting star press onto ERUFUJI, Axl Willow trying to drag “Sunshine” to the ring with him, and Joe Holly powerbombing Trevor Marsden out of the ring into the clutches of the already-eliminated Jayden Carter and James Anderson. As the match wore on, third entrant Sebastian Fuego emerged as the Iron Man (clocking a time of just under fifty-eight minutes) and Haas Blackwell scored the most eliminations (with a ridiculous seven). The final four was composed of Cyrus Raine, David X Fierce, Masaki Nakata, and Sebastian Fuego. In the match’s conclusion, powerhouse Raine last sent Fierce packing to punch his ticket to Uprising: Phoenix.
Result: Cyrus Raine last eliminated David X Fierce to win the OWT Clash of the Titans.