UCW Wrestling's Eli Black vs. Skip Vance: S&M With No "Safe Word"

    I thought I might be finished writing about UCW. Several of my most recent reviews were totally ignored by the company, and I figured, "Why bother?"
     However, this atrocity that I watched last night -- this videotaped crime against humanity -- just screams for a review.
     Screams --  I can't type that word without thinking of how this release (UCW match #431) was promoted. The company's gloating over the screaming that Eli elicited from Skip...
    Skip "asked for it" -- that was the justification. Well, Skip Vance undoubtedly requested a match with Eli Black, the BG East persona, in a safe, sane environment like the one Skip knew in Boston.
    Underground wrestling matches like those in Philadelphia (especially the ones featuring sociopaths like Eli Black or Quinn Harper) simply should not exist (and it's the height of irony that Ethan Axel Andrews posted a video blog after this match was recorded, assuring us all that "Philadelphia treated Skip well"). Oh yes, and Ethan also informed us that Skip is not on Facebook anymore -- so, if we want to correspond with him, we have to do so via UCW (kind of like corresponding with a prisoner, or a captive hostage).
     For those who have been out of the loop, Skip Vance is a gay wrestler, a sexy Scorpio who has been dicked around by various people and who suffered quite a bit of emotional trauma in a very public manner via social media.
     With that background in Skip's recent past, the blond stud headed out to Philly to pick up a few bucks and was immediately matched against Eli Black, a straight MMA fighter who has exhibited unparalleled brutality in his wrestling matches (driving my beautiful, precious Johnny Deep out of the underground wrestling scene and -- along with Quinn Harper -- subjecting Shane Saunders to enough mistreatment to turn the once sweet, innocent kid into something of a prick).
     The promotion of this match has been somewhat misleading, casting Skip in the role of  "jobber" to Eli, the dominant "heel." (The word "jobber" has an immediate appeal for many sadistic wrestling fans; therefore, UCW has been utilizing the word frequently when hyping their matches.)
     The truth is that during the actual wrestling match featured in video #431, Skip more than holds his own against Eli, and Skip actually dominates the thug during several intervals. However, video #431 contains much more than the actual match; I'll explain later.

     As soon as the video begins, we notice the stark contrast between the two wrestlers. Both are clearly big names in the business. (Skip has starred in many promotions, including BG East and Rock Hard Wrestling, while Eli has been a mainstay in both BG East and UCW.)  Both wrestlers are in great shape, the physical conditioning is evident, and both are undeniably masculine and aggressively competitive -- but the openly gay Skip Vance has a beautiful body that is unmarred by jailhouse-style tattoos.
     It is also immediately clear that the two wrestlers personally dislike each other. Eli looks at Skip's eyes and remarks that either he's Chinese or he's been "puffing a little bit" -- a nice bit of rude, judgmental behavior to start off the video from Mr. Eli Black, that morally upstanding, Nazi-like, paragon of virtue. Skip notes that Eli has "a big mouth" and the match begins.

     As I mentioned, during the actual match, Skip is in control approximately 50% of the time. On a personal level, it was extremely gratifying to see Skip Vance, an out-and-proud, politically liberal, preppy young man from the Deep South (a rarity in itself), subjecting the hateful Eli Black to not only physical domination, but also several instances of UCW-style emasculation as well.

     However, as one might expect, the MMA fighter managed to hurt Skip at the 14:34 mark. Skip submits and the bell rings.

     That should have been the end of the video. Even in hardcore S&M videos, there is respect for a "safe word" that enables a participant to call an end to the action once it becomes too intense.
     However, Eli Black was in no mood to accept such niceties. Eli, outraged by some of the treatment that he'd received from Skip, continued to abuse the kid.

     At this point, someone -- the cameraman, or anyone else on the set -- should have intervened. In no way can the continuation of videotaping be justified under such circumstances. Yet the videotaping did continue, for an extended duration, while this notoriously ruthless egomaniacal thug brutalized a down-on-his-luck, masculine gay dude. Time and time again, Skip made it clear that he wanted out of the situation, but no one on the scene cared or dared to stand up to Eli Black.
     Well, if this is your cup of tea, the video is available here: http://www.ucwrestling.com/product-p/431.htm.